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Awkward History: Forceps
Have you ever given much thought to the forceps, other than wondering if they would/will be necessary during labor and oh God I hope not I don't want a metal tool shoved near my bits?! Well, if you...
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Baby Fashion Gone Wrong
There are plenty of gimmicky onesies out there for baby. You can even make your own! Sites like CafePress are quite popular because you can add any image and text and create a bespoke onesie (or any...
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The Mom Version of Going "Out Out"
Do you remember the days when you'd go out? And before you knew it you were "out out"? I can remember a day spent Christmas shopping in Lincoln. Husbandfriend and I were walking back to our flat, laden...
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So, where are you from?
I often describe my life as being incredibly awkward. I have my Awkward Amy moments that make me just cringe upon reliving them in my mind as I lay prone in the dark wondering if I can move, change my...
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Murphy's Laws of Babies
You know Murphy's Law? That old adage that states: Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. Or sometimes: Things will go wrong in any given situation, if you give them a chance.This can definitely be...
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It's not the same red, white and blue
I've lived in the UK for about 7 years. That's almost a decade - a decade! I can't believe it some days. Like, truly cannot believe it and wonder sometimes if I'm in a dream. You know the kind when you...
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Awkward History: Your Doctor Has Dirty Hands
Childbirth fever - yikes. I didn't really know much about this until I read Superfreakonomics (seriously, read this book, it's great!) by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt.Also known as puerperal...
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Stars and stripes for me
Baby fashion post!I've recently become obsessed with baby fashion posts. I love looking at the pretty pictures on Instagram of adorable babies in cute clothes.I think that LBO is pretty adorable and...
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Top 5 Reasons I Had A Kid
Let me just say that of course the number one reason is to have someone to always love forever and always and to raise a part of the next generation and impart my knowledge and wisdom and blah blah...
View ArticleJune is CDH Awareness Month!
June is CDH Awareness Month and it's also the month my friend is hoping to raise £1500 before July 1st for the charity, CDH UK. She's taking on the massive challenge of cycling from London to Paris and...
View Article5 reasons I'm probably not losing the baby weight
1. My love of pizza2. My love of pizza3. My love of pizza4. My love of pizza5. My love of pizzaThe Husbandfriend was away for the night last week and my first thought was "AWW YISSS I'M ORDERING...
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Things I Was Sure I Would NEVER Do
1. Live in yoga/stretchy/sweatpants It's not that I have anything against them or that I was really fashionable before I had a kid but I just thought I would be able to maintain wearing jeans on a...
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Chicken recipes for the discerning adult
If you thought that this post would include refined recipes such as French-style chicken with peas and bacon, or maybe something like a chicken Alfredo: move along, nothing to see here.I'm sure I can't...
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Spend a little, slay a lot
I'm not really of the mindset that I always need to buy the *best* when it comes for clothes for Little Bald One. Yes, I like stores like Gap and Next. And to be fair, their prices are not that high...
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Wedding Season Is Upon Us
And that means it's wedding anniversary season.Yesterday was my 3rd wedding anniversary. The Husbandfriend surprised me with breakfast in bed, a lovely card, flowers and picture frame. This picture...
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I am blogger, hear my type. Or something.
I've been nominated by the lovely Angie over at The Stereotypical American for the The Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award. Thank you Angie! I have so enjoyed finding her blog as there are a few...
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Make Your Own Father's Day Cards
This year is the Husbandfriend's first Father's Day and I want to make it extra special.Also...I gave him a Valentine's Day card still wrapped in plastic and if you saw my post about our anniversary,...
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Chatbooks Part 1
For the Husbandfriend's first Father's Day, I wanted to do something with pictures of him with LBO and just pictures of LBO in general. We have about 9084507 pictures of the kid!I found a site called...
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Remember when you could remember stuff?
The other day as I frantically tried to remember where I put the Father's Day card I bought for the Husbandfriend, I had a thought: I'm a squirrel.I'm basically running around, burying my nuts and then...
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Holiday! Celebrate!
I've been rather quiet on the blogging front lately - I'm on holiday!The trip was originally going to be until July 6th but I ended up switching my ticket. I now have a whole extra month here in the...
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