I think I cry more than the babyI cried at the doctors today because the baby put on weight and I’m so happy and so sad. She’s doing so well but she’s also getting bigger & I don’t want to forget these precious newborn days of having this tiny soul so close to me 24 hours a day.... See More »
Dreading next week!!Next week it’s just me outnumbered by 3 kids when my husband’s back to work properly and with 7yo out of school. Bad news for me because 7yo realised I am tired with the baby and not as strict as I usually am. She thinks she can do whatever she wan... See More »
my husband is living in his own world frasked my husband to (word for word) grab some coconut milk on his way home from work today for a curry I wanted to make The man shows up with 1) regular milk 2) baby formula 3) a coconut 4) a bag of desiccated coconut 5) fresh pre-cut chunks of... See More »
my cousin thinks her dog is more important than my kids lolmy cousin is throwing a fit because I told her we can’t dog sit for her dog this year. We have done it every year for 6 years but with a new, surprise, baby still recovering from opioid addiction, looking after a dog is a big no from me She blew up... See More »
Life with a 7yo….My husband had to break the door of our bathroom down because our 7yo locked herself in there so she didn’t have to get out the bath and go to bed. She ignored us yelling for her to open it and when we got in there she was laying in the bath with... See More »
New baby lifeOur sweet baby girl is doing well. She is putting on some weight and is officially named. I think her body finally told her she needs to sleep because she sleeps a lot now in short but regular naps. I’m relieved that she’s kind of doing what she... See More »
My husband had a good idea for once lolHis grand plan to get us some sleep with the tiny girl needing 24/7 cuddles is actually working well so far I go to bed right after we do bedtime with the big girls, sleep for 5 hours so until around 1am and then we switch and he sleeps until 6am.... See More »
Goodbye routineI had the best routine going before we had the bombshell baby news three weeks ago. I went to the gym everyday and had time to keep my house clean and cook from scratch every day. It feels like a distant memory now and the baby has only been home for... See More »
Two more sleeps until a baby rules the roostThe baby is coming home on Saturday!!! Provided nothing goes wrong between now and then, and she has to pass her car seat test. But all going well she’ll be home on Saturday. I can’t believe it! I knew it could be as soon as this weekend but I kind... See More »
Music is HealingI’ve been playing music to our little baby whenever I hold her in the NICU. Her favourite was definitely Someday by Steve Earle, but today I played Yellow by Coldplay and she loved it. It settled her down right away. Funny she’s still got no name but... See More »
Introduction - straight into the deep end with my crazy lifeHey 👋 I’m Seana, I’m 25 and going through some crazy, terrifying and stressful life events right now. I’m looking for advice and support online and came across this site so here I am, just wanting to see what it’s like, if it suits me and hopefully... See More »
