She Who Mums Wins

Now that I am on maternity leave and you can't hold an umbrella and push a pram at the same time I need a proper 'mum' coat with a hood for when Rose and I are out and about. I'm trying to be in the car as little as possible for 3 reasons: Walking off the mum tum slowly but surely Making sure Rose gets plenty of vitamin D Rose doesn't like being in the car (car seat is fine, I pull off and sometimes it feels like armageddon)  So far I have tried on multiple coats in the shops and ordered 9 online - with no success. I've tried Joules (which I was convinced would be 'the one'), La Redoute, ASOS, Seasalt and H&M. My pre pregnancy coats are too small and don't have a hood, and my maternity coat also doesn't have a hood and I am keen to wear as many non maternity clothes as I can moving forward as I miss regular clothes!  I started this blog several days ago and they take me so long to get finished that I did manage to get a coat this

I am fairly nervous to write this post as I know breastfeeding stirs a lot of emotions and opinions and so let me be clear that this is a post about how I have found breastfeeding, in the hope that it helps just one person, as I wish I had come across something similar before Rose arrived. Everyone chooses the best way to feed their own baby, the most important part being that the baby gets fed! This is just a few notes on my personal meandering down the breastfeeding road. When I was pregnant it felt like every medical professional I came across mentioned breastfeeding, or asked me if I would be breastfeeding, and subsequently ticked all the relevant boxes on my various records and paperwork. At the time I often said I would be breastfeeding just in case I would be in for a deluge of persuasion or information. I had every intention of trying to breastfeed but didn't see the need to discuss it further with these 3rd parties, and when Liam and I discussed it we both agreed no pres