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DIGGING FOR DIAMONDS || If only! If only there were actual diamonds in all this rubble and stone! Ready for the cheese of all cheesy lines? I already have my diamond right next to me bringing me a lifetime of sparkles! 😉🙌🏼 - There was a time where I didn’t think these days would come, I struggled, I cried and had many a dark day as I couldn’t understand why my baby was so demanding or wouldn’t sleep or eat or be happy with me. It’s only now that I look back after coming through that long loooong tunnel can I rationalise and understand why he was like he was. It wasn’t because I wasn’t good enough, He was expressing himself in the only way he could, he too was struggling with his understanding of the world, he couldn’t tell me that those damn teeth were being a bitch. - Baby number two will be different and the same in so many ways I’m hoping that I’ll be more relaxed in the knowledge I hold now but, just because you have one child doesn’t make any of the others any easier! I’m just hoping I’ll be a little more prepared and understanding when going through a tunnel or two. Whatever happens I know it gets easier and there’s always light at the end of the tunnel! 💗💙 - - #babynumber2 #parentproblems #mumlife #diamondgeezer #motherlylove #mumandfun #toddlerlife #toddleractivitiesathome

BYE BYE WEEKEND || - And just like that the weekend went pooffff 💨 Happy Monday guys! Historically Monday’s tend to be against me even when I put the positive polly soundtrack on. 🙈 so far Dylan for some reason refused breakfast... WTF?! We were late late LATE! And now my computer is being hijacked by the technical support team due to the fact my computer has the functionality of someone who clearly hasn’t had their morning coffee, so I’m sat here reminiscing on the weekend just gone and how great our KTM and IKEA family trip was. - Every cloud though, while my computer is down I get to put my feet up for a bit to rest the old cankles (fat ankles for those of you wondering) 😂😜 - - - - #borntomx #babymx #mumlife #mondaymotivation #positivepolly #parentlife #workingmum

FOOTBALL IN MY PANTS || - 27 weeks, a word of advice to all you pregnant penguins out there, don’t get on the scales. Just don’t do it, it’s not worth it! 😂 - I’m ravenous, carbs are life right now and I couldn’t be happier! While I am consciously trying to make healthier choices I can’t help but give into the calling of the carbs. I put on 3 stone with Dylan and I’m absolutely on track for doing the same this time round too! 😂👌🏼 - I won’t be jumping on the scales again, they’re clearly broken anyway! 🍔🍟 - - - #27weeks #pregnancycravings #pregnancy #carbsarelife #cravings #funnypregnancy #pregnantmeme #motherlylove

CABIN FEVER || It’s hitting hard, two days in and I’m chewing my cheeks off at being stuck indoors. It’s still windier than a evening after a vindaloo and this so called new ‘Baby Club’ on CBeebies takes brain rotting to a new level! 😩 - Potty training - ok so Dylan has done really well, little superstar has picked it up mega quick when he’s running around bare bummed hooowever, get close to the afternoon nap time and it goes to shit (not literally thank god)! In the space of 20 minutes we had 4 super sofa soakings and x4 ‘I know I’ve done wrong mummy’ meltdowns. So I reassured him (through gritted teeth) 😆 slapped a nappy on him faster than you could say ‘time out’ and settled him down for a nap, that was it the afternoon nappy on to give the poor dude a break but over all I’m so proud of his progress. Just need to conquer no nappy but with trousers on, that’s still a bit too confusing right now. So here’s me dettol soaking the shit out of our sofa thinking where did we put those puppy training mats in a last minute attempt as saving our sofa from being piss soaked right the way through forever! 😆 - - - #pottytrainingboys #pottytrainingproblems #pregnantlife #parenthood #mumlife #motherhood

2 YEAR ASSESMENTS || I mean, how can you determine if a child has special needs from whether they are able to jump with two feet off the ground?! And how can you mark a childs development down because he doesn’t pull a chair to a counter to climb and reach things when as a responsible parent I’ve taught him not to? I should have told the Health Visitor ‘oh yes, he does do that and then he gets the knifes from the knife block and sticks them in the toaster. ☺️’ The concept of the assessments are great, the process of the system is shocking. Problem is there’s no money to develop the system and the Health Visitors are so stretched as it is that even when they determine action needs to be taken the follow up very often gets forgotten and parents are left wondering what happens with their children now? That questionnaire really does needs looking at too. ‘Oh I see you’ve ticked that your toddler sometimes has tantrums longer than 15 mins, is this a bit of a concern?’ ... urrh, no Janet, he’s a toddler he sometimes has almighty tantrums! 🙄 ‘we don’t condone tablets though do we?’ ... Actually Janet, tablets are welcome in my household how do you think I get to drink a hot cup of tea or get the housework done?! ‘Does your child listen to you?’ Well Janet, that’s debatable, he seems to have selective hearing and quite frankly so would I if I had to listen to the sound of my own voice going on like a broken record. (No Dylan, put that back, no Dylan you can’t have another snack, no no,NO). To put it in perspective Janet, no he doesn’t thread pasta onto a shoelace but he can use a cordless drill, which one would I rather put in his 2 year old CV, stacking some blocks on top of each other or level 1 carpentry?! 😂 Janet is qualified to ‘asses’ the development of my child yet has little or no interaction with him with 20 mins of her time she simply eyeballs a questionnaire to see if he conforms to the bracket of ‘normal’. To me the priorities of the system have gone off track but on the flip side I understand that resources are simply not there to support the Health Visitors in development and training. A frustrating situation for parents! #developmentalassessment

DYLAN || 💙 When I look at you I get an overwhelming sense of emotion, not only do you drive me round the twist but you fill me with more love than I ever thought I could ever handle and more. - The world can be a tricky place but with you as my main focus the wind blows away all my fears. Nothing in the world will ever be more important to me than you and our growing family. - In the words of Bruno Mars - I would catch a grenade for you. - - - #nothingelsematters #mymainfocus #youdrivemecrazy #myboy #myfamily #motherlylove

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