Hello everyone! First off, I want to say how proud of myself I am with all of the recent blogging, adjusting to the new town hasn’t gone as smoothly as I expected (Alberta is the fourth province I’ve lived in after all) and I’ve been busy unpacking and setting up our new house! I figured… Continue reading One Year In: My Favourite Baby Products
Hello everyone! So as you may remember I ended up having a scheduled cesarean section for Baby G’s birth because of his position, and a mutual decision on the safety between myself, my doctor and my hubby lead to a scheduled section when I was 39 weeks+5. I had pushed to hold off on the… Continue reading New Mum Files – C-Section Recovery, 7 Months Post Partum
Hey Mommys! So as you may remember, Baby G is a cloth diaper baby! We recently took a trip to Calgary, where Baby G experienced a lot of firsts! There was also a big first for me: figuring out how to cloth diaper while flying! So I’ve come up with a few tips based on… Continue reading New Mum Files – Cloth Diapering While Flying
So as you already know, Baby G and I have now started going to our local swimming pool (as well as the hotel pool we stayed at while we were visiting his dad – we’ll all be in the same province soon I hope!) and I wanted to give you a glimpse of what’s in… Continue reading New Mum Files – What’s in my Swim Bag!
Baby G and I have started going swimming! We decided to wait until he hit the 6 month mark (it’s ultimately up to the parents but 6 months seemed like a good time for us!) and I’m really glad we did! We’ve been slowly introducing new ‘firsts’ to Baby G, some have gone well, some…… Continue reading New Mum Files – Tips for Taking Your Baby Swimming
Facebook. Can we all honestly raise our hands that we actually kind of hate Facebook? My personal Facebook is roughly 80% pictures of Baby G for out of town family, and my Blog’s Facebook page gets zero traffic after the Algorithm change, I’m starting to be over it. Mainly, I’m over Mommy Groups on Facebook.… Continue reading New Mum Files – Why ‘Mommy’ Groups Aren’t for Me
Hello everyone! So as Baby G has been hitting more milestones and becoming a very curious little boy, I decided it was time to start doing the crafts and activities I keep seeing on Pinterest that I’ve been pinning since before I was pregnant (any other ladies guilty of this?!). The first one that I… Continue reading New Mum Files – Baby’s First Artwork! (A how-to)
Do you ever feel like sometimes as a new parent you’re in a daze, and suddenly a week has passed and all of the days have melded together? I definitely do! I also feel as if sometimes, the thought of forgetting some of the memories I relish in now, but am too busy doing the… Continue reading New Mum Files – Recording Memories Doesn’t Have to be Hard, or Expensive!
So I saw Jasmin do this tag last week, and she put an open tag out at the end of her post, so I decided to take part too! Keep reading on to see my experience as a mum to Baby G! How old were you when you had your first child? 28, exactly when I… Continue reading New Mum Files – The Mummy Tag
Hello everyone! As a new Mum, do you feel (or did you feel) as if your life was a constant revolving door of attending to baby’s needs, trying to maintain the housework and sleeping? I definitely do sometimes! Lately Baby G has just been taking mini naps throughout the day, making it hard to get… Continue reading New Mum Files – 6 (non-housework) things to do While Baby naps
Amanda Diaries 