Thursday, 28 July 2011
Thursday, 19 May 2011
My new home....
I have taken the plunge and decided to get myself a new blog so will not longer be using this one as from today. If you have been reading this then please follow me at my new home-
www.mummydaddyandmemakesthree.co.uk
Thanks and look forward to seeing you there!
www.mummydaddyandmemakesthree.co.uk
Thanks and look forward to seeing you there!
Sunday, 15 May 2011
Your Challenge should you wish to accept it...
Did you know that the 16-25th May 2011 is Real Nappy Week?
No I didn't either...until I was approached by Bambino Mio who invited me and seven other Mummy Bloggers to use one real nappy a week instead of a disposable one.
I jumped at the chance at having a go at the challenge as I have always wondered about using real nappies but if am honest, have never had the motivation to get out there and try it.
I have some preconceptions about using real nappies and I am interested to see whether these views will change throughout the week.
1. Firstly I worry about them being too time consuming and too much hard work when I am busy enough as it is being a first time Mum.
2. I worry about them being messier than disposable nappies.
3. I worry about the initial cost of buying all the kit.
I did like the idea of using real nappies when I was pregnant with Mads as I know that they are better for the environment, and they will also save you money in the long term but we, like a lot of families, are real fans of ways of saving time in our busy lives. If I am honest, although I liked the idea of using real nappies, it never entered my head to use anything other than disposables.
That is why I am looking forward to trying the Real Nappy Challenge and I am hoping it will change my way of thinking.
The challenge is simple, (I hope!) all we need to do is use one real nappy a day for a week and then let everyone know how we get on.
A large, daunting looking box arrived in the post last week and I must admit I was a little nervous when I opened it up and saw all the kit.
However on first inspection and after having a quick read of the instructions I must admit it looks so simple. Even for me who was never any good at Origami and putting together folded boxes!
The challenge starts tomorrow and I am looking forward to having a go and getting Mr E to join in too!
Wish us luck!
Check out the other Mummy Bloggers taking part-
Mothers Always Right
Northern Mum with Southern Children
Whimsical Wife
Edspire
Mummy Musings
Knees up Mother Brown
Mummy Mummy Mum
No I didn't either...until I was approached by Bambino Mio who invited me and seven other Mummy Bloggers to use one real nappy a week instead of a disposable one.
I jumped at the chance at having a go at the challenge as I have always wondered about using real nappies but if am honest, have never had the motivation to get out there and try it.
I have some preconceptions about using real nappies and I am interested to see whether these views will change throughout the week.
1. Firstly I worry about them being too time consuming and too much hard work when I am busy enough as it is being a first time Mum.
2. I worry about them being messier than disposable nappies.
3. I worry about the initial cost of buying all the kit.
I did like the idea of using real nappies when I was pregnant with Mads as I know that they are better for the environment, and they will also save you money in the long term but we, like a lot of families, are real fans of ways of saving time in our busy lives. If I am honest, although I liked the idea of using real nappies, it never entered my head to use anything other than disposables.
That is why I am looking forward to trying the Real Nappy Challenge and I am hoping it will change my way of thinking.
The challenge is simple, (I hope!) all we need to do is use one real nappy a day for a week and then let everyone know how we get on.
A large, daunting looking box arrived in the post last week and I must admit I was a little nervous when I opened it up and saw all the kit.
However on first inspection and after having a quick read of the instructions I must admit it looks so simple. Even for me who was never any good at Origami and putting together folded boxes!
The challenge starts tomorrow and I am looking forward to having a go and getting Mr E to join in too!
Wish us luck!
Check out the other Mummy Bloggers taking part-
Mothers Always Right
Northern Mum with Southern Children
Whimsical Wife
Edspire
Mummy Musings
Knees up Mother Brown
Mummy Mummy Mum
Saturday, 14 May 2011
What kind of world am I raising my daughter in?
The news story dominating the headlines today is the tragic event in Tenerife, in which it appears that a British national was picked at random in a supermarket and stabbed and beheaded in front of shocked tourists.
Not a nice subject for my blog quite frankly but I can't seem to get it out of my head. It really has made me wonder what kind of world Mads is going to grow up in.
When I look back to my childhood, it was idyllic. I am not saying that bad things didn't happen and serious crimes weren't committed, of course they were. But it was safer than it was now, or at least maybe we weren't so aware of everything. I would go out for hours on my bike, build dens with my friends and roam around in the woods near my house. I didn't have a mobile phone so couldn't contact my Mum every few minutes to let her know that I was alright, but she assumed as long as I came back every couple of hours to check in, that I was safe and well. Obviously this was when I was old enough to know the dangers of talking to strangers etc, but I was streetwise and remember my childhood as generally being a very safe and carefree time.
Fast forward to today and I feel it is a very different story. Perhaps serious crimes aren't being committed more but we all have to be a lot more aware of what is going on. As a mother to a baby girl, I am worried for her when she becomes a teenager. Girls seem to be a lot more sexualised and the Internet has become a frightening place, I feel, for our children. My sister is ten years younger than me, and I remember when she was a few years younger, we had to stop her from placing innocent photos of herself in a bikini on her then 'bebo' account. Nowadays Facebook accounts have better privacy laws to stop people getting onto your profile but still they could fall into the hands of the wrong person.
We have the fear of terrorist attacks, and we have teenagers killing each other just for being in the wrong postcode. I know that these are still rare events but I can't help but think that you can't turn on the television without reading a distressing story. I have been to Tenerife a few times and I can't believe that such a macabre act would happen in a quiet resort like that. To me the world just seems to be getting a more violent and frightening place, or is just that I am more aware of it now I am a mother?
I have already mentioned in a previous post about posting photos of Mads online, I find it so upsetting that I worry about showing off photos of my daughter, for fear of them getting into the wrong hands. At the end of the day I am not stupid enough to show her without clothes, they are innocent shots, but the fact that we even have to think about these things, I think is a real shame.
I, like any other parent, would do absolutely anything to protect my daughter. But does that mean that I will have to wrap her up in cotton wool? I want her to grow into a well rounded, streetwise individual, not a scared, clingy one. Will she be able to have an innocent childhood like I did, camping out overnight in a tent in a park about twenty foot from our house, where my Mum could see us from the window? Unfortunately I don't think that this will be the case as we are more aware of what potentially could go wrong.
I know this isn't a particularly cheery post first thing on a Saturday, but I really have woken up this morning, wondering what kind of world we are now living in, and what kind of world it will be when Mads is older. As I looked at her in her moses basket smiling up at me, it really made a tear come to my eye. I want her to stay innocent forever, and not have to realise the dangers of the world around us. At the moment she is my baby, and will do a beaming smile at anyone, it will be such a shame when I have to tell her otherwise.
Not a nice subject for my blog quite frankly but I can't seem to get it out of my head. It really has made me wonder what kind of world Mads is going to grow up in.
When I look back to my childhood, it was idyllic. I am not saying that bad things didn't happen and serious crimes weren't committed, of course they were. But it was safer than it was now, or at least maybe we weren't so aware of everything. I would go out for hours on my bike, build dens with my friends and roam around in the woods near my house. I didn't have a mobile phone so couldn't contact my Mum every few minutes to let her know that I was alright, but she assumed as long as I came back every couple of hours to check in, that I was safe and well. Obviously this was when I was old enough to know the dangers of talking to strangers etc, but I was streetwise and remember my childhood as generally being a very safe and carefree time.
Fast forward to today and I feel it is a very different story. Perhaps serious crimes aren't being committed more but we all have to be a lot more aware of what is going on. As a mother to a baby girl, I am worried for her when she becomes a teenager. Girls seem to be a lot more sexualised and the Internet has become a frightening place, I feel, for our children. My sister is ten years younger than me, and I remember when she was a few years younger, we had to stop her from placing innocent photos of herself in a bikini on her then 'bebo' account. Nowadays Facebook accounts have better privacy laws to stop people getting onto your profile but still they could fall into the hands of the wrong person.
We have the fear of terrorist attacks, and we have teenagers killing each other just for being in the wrong postcode. I know that these are still rare events but I can't help but think that you can't turn on the television without reading a distressing story. I have been to Tenerife a few times and I can't believe that such a macabre act would happen in a quiet resort like that. To me the world just seems to be getting a more violent and frightening place, or is just that I am more aware of it now I am a mother?
I have already mentioned in a previous post about posting photos of Mads online, I find it so upsetting that I worry about showing off photos of my daughter, for fear of them getting into the wrong hands. At the end of the day I am not stupid enough to show her without clothes, they are innocent shots, but the fact that we even have to think about these things, I think is a real shame.
I, like any other parent, would do absolutely anything to protect my daughter. But does that mean that I will have to wrap her up in cotton wool? I want her to grow into a well rounded, streetwise individual, not a scared, clingy one. Will she be able to have an innocent childhood like I did, camping out overnight in a tent in a park about twenty foot from our house, where my Mum could see us from the window? Unfortunately I don't think that this will be the case as we are more aware of what potentially could go wrong.
I know this isn't a particularly cheery post first thing on a Saturday, but I really have woken up this morning, wondering what kind of world we are now living in, and what kind of world it will be when Mads is older. As I looked at her in her moses basket smiling up at me, it really made a tear come to my eye. I want her to stay innocent forever, and not have to realise the dangers of the world around us. At the moment she is my baby, and will do a beaming smile at anyone, it will be such a shame when I have to tell her otherwise.
Friday, 13 May 2011
CyberMummy Meet and Greet.
So I am very excited that I was lucky enough to get hold of a ticket to go to Cybermummy this year. I am very new to blogging and saw lots of people talking about 'Cybermummy' on twitter, but by the time I finally got confident to ask about what it was all about, it had sold out! I was disappointed as it sounded right up my street and I really want to learn more about blogging and meet some of the friends I have made so far.
That's when I heard through the grapevine (well twitter actually!) that someone was selling a ticket. Woo hoo- I practically ripped the ticket out of her hand before she could say anything, and now I am a soon to be Cybermummy attendee!
Carly at Mummys Shoes is hosting a meet and greet so people can introduce themselves before they arrive, which is fab for me as a relative newbie!
Without further ado...
Name: Kat
Blog: www.mummydaddyandmemakesthree.blogspot.com
Twitter ID: @mummydaddyme
Height: 5ft 6 and a half. (the half makes all the difference)
Hair: Browny, down to my shoulders.
Eyes: Blue
Likes: Travelling, Sun, Chocolate, Vanilla Ice cream, Diet Coke, Angel Delight, Photography, Reading, Cuddles, Apple (the company not the fruit, although the fruit isn't bad!)
Dislikes: Horseradish, selfish people, unfriendly people, wasps, coffee, people cracking their knuckles.
I really can't wait to meet everyone, so if you are going do comment and let me know.
Here is me and Mads, my lovely girl!
See you all in June!
That's when I heard through the grapevine (well twitter actually!) that someone was selling a ticket. Woo hoo- I practically ripped the ticket out of her hand before she could say anything, and now I am a soon to be Cybermummy attendee!
Carly at Mummys Shoes is hosting a meet and greet so people can introduce themselves before they arrive, which is fab for me as a relative newbie!
Without further ado...
Name: Kat
Blog: www.mummydaddyandmemakesthree.blogspot.com
Twitter ID: @mummydaddyme
Height: 5ft 6 and a half. (the half makes all the difference)
Hair: Browny, down to my shoulders.
Eyes: Blue
Likes: Travelling, Sun, Chocolate, Vanilla Ice cream, Diet Coke, Angel Delight, Photography, Reading, Cuddles, Apple (the company not the fruit, although the fruit isn't bad!)
Dislikes: Horseradish, selfish people, unfriendly people, wasps, coffee, people cracking their knuckles.
I really can't wait to meet everyone, so if you are going do comment and let me know.
Here is me and Mads, my lovely girl!
See you all in June!
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
The Gallery- Chilled Out
This weeks theme for The Gallery is 'Chilled Out.'
There are many ways in which I personally like to relax and unwind- lying in a nice bath with candles and reading my book, watching television in the evenings while cuddling up to Mr E, getting into my dressing gown super early and having a large glass of white wine. I could go on. I think I am most chilled out when on holiday, I am happiest in the sun, lying on a sun lounger, reading my book with a cocktail in my hand. All the stresses of life are forgotten when you are on holiday. Although I realise it won't be quite as relaxing now Mads is on the scene!
Which is why I couldn't pick just one photo for my post this week when I have two which perfectly sum up the theme in my eyes.
The first...my 'old' life...travelling is one of my passions and I honestly enjoy nothing better than having the sun on my face. (although I have recently started getting the dreaded crows feet so ought to reign it in a little!)
The second...my 'new' life which I would not change for the world. Mads is a very chilled out baby who can sleep anywhere. In this photo I put her down for about two minutes to put some clothes away in her wardrobe and this is what happened! (I put her in her moses basket after taking the photo- I am not that cruel to let her sleep on the carpet!) I know it will change as she gets older but it never ceases to amaze me that she can sleep anywhere and through anything! We went to a charity pub quiz with all my family a couple of weeks ago and were going to leave early but she ended up sleeping under the table. I am very lucky that she is a 'chilled out' baby who rarely cries. (although she does have her moments!)
So there you have it. Two very different interpretations of 'chilled out' but both perfect in their own way.
Now head over to Tara and check out the other entries...
There are many ways in which I personally like to relax and unwind- lying in a nice bath with candles and reading my book, watching television in the evenings while cuddling up to Mr E, getting into my dressing gown super early and having a large glass of white wine. I could go on. I think I am most chilled out when on holiday, I am happiest in the sun, lying on a sun lounger, reading my book with a cocktail in my hand. All the stresses of life are forgotten when you are on holiday. Although I realise it won't be quite as relaxing now Mads is on the scene!
Which is why I couldn't pick just one photo for my post this week when I have two which perfectly sum up the theme in my eyes.
The first...my 'old' life...travelling is one of my passions and I honestly enjoy nothing better than having the sun on my face. (although I have recently started getting the dreaded crows feet so ought to reign it in a little!)
The second...my 'new' life which I would not change for the world. Mads is a very chilled out baby who can sleep anywhere. In this photo I put her down for about two minutes to put some clothes away in her wardrobe and this is what happened! (I put her in her moses basket after taking the photo- I am not that cruel to let her sleep on the carpet!) I know it will change as she gets older but it never ceases to amaze me that she can sleep anywhere and through anything! We went to a charity pub quiz with all my family a couple of weeks ago and were going to leave early but she ended up sleeping under the table. I am very lucky that she is a 'chilled out' baby who rarely cries. (although she does have her moments!)
So there you have it. Two very different interpretations of 'chilled out' but both perfect in their own way.
Now head over to Tara and check out the other entries...
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