The night before my surgery I felt like I was in a bubble. I couldn’t believe that the following morning I would get to meet my little girl for the first time. I was torn between feeling excited and terrified; the awful delivery I had with the boys kept coming back to haunt me. In preparation for another traumatic delivery I’d even written a list of essentials for Husband, just in case the worst happened and I didn’t come home with my baby. I was so scared of never getting to meet her. . . . Keep Reading
Review: The Baby Show at Birmingham NEC May 2012
On Saturday I went along to The Baby Show in Birmingham for the first time. I'm not sure what I was looking forward to more; being able to shop for everything we needed for our new baby in one place, or having a toddler-free day with Husband. . . . Keep Reading
Pregnancy: The 20 week scan
On Wednesday we had our twenty week anomaly scan. It was a bit nerve-racking because the word 'anomaly' fills me with a deep dread. I can't imagine how terrifying it must be to find out there is a problem with your baby and be powerless to do anything to help it. Thankfully, everything was fine. . . . Keep Reading
Book review – Twins: A Survival Guide for Dads by Johnny Pearce
I've been lucky enough to see a preview copy of a new book on the subject of twins written by a friend of mine. Twins: A Survival Guide for Dads was written by Johnny Pearce, a father of one year old twin boys. There aren't that many books on the market about twins and - don't quote me on this - but this may be the only one that tackles the subject entirely from the dad's perspective. . . . Keep Reading
One of my twins had flat head syndrome (plagiocephaly)
This is a controversial subject and one that I'm passionate about. When T1 was about six weeks old we noticed the back of his head was quite flat. At the boys' first check up I mentioned it to the Dr and he assured me it was fine and would get better when he started to sit up and was putting less pressure on it. We thought nothing more of it. . . . Keep Reading