First Cloth Nappy

Yay I just brought my very first cloth nappy with 2 liners for baby Ella. The cloth nappy has come a long since the olden days. No more pins, it all domes now and no folding skills is needed. just put them on like a disposable. I still have not used this cloth nappy yet as I am doing the three soaks and 3 washes to get the liners really absorbent as it says on the instructions.

I am a newbee so this is a trial run for me to see what it like and if it works out, I may be a convert!! For 8 weeks I have been putting the disposable on my baby and she keeps getting crease line on her from them, now they not as bad because she is in infant size but she still gets a few lines on her..Does cloth do that? I wouldn't know if cloth does never seen or used them on any baby before.

I so excited about using them as I have heard wonderful things and they so cute with the patterns you can get. Yeah u gotta wipe or spray the poop off but it is easy enough to do that and wash in washer machine..

I'd save so much money as I will buy a certain amount of cloth nappy and then I never need to buy again. i'd save more than $2500 a year. sounds good to me i will rather wash them then throw out loads of disposable nappies that take 70-100 years to break down. I feel sorry for the planet. Im not a total saves the planet kinda person but I am aware.

So yay to cloth diapering and wash me luck !

Make a Stop To Mothers Being Judged

☆ First of all being a mother isn't easy at all especially when it is your first child. You do not know what to expect and how it will feel physically, mentally & spiritually. You ask yourself so many questions. You have mixture of positive and negative feelings.Your emotions go out of whack (mainly because of the hormones). You wonder if you'll ever get decent sleep again and time for yourself. Being a parent in one word it is HARD! Not only for the mother but the father too. It's hard but very rewarding to see your beautiful child develop and grow. Another thing is you will never be ready for a child until you have the child in your arms and start settling to the fact that it is not all about yourself now it's about looking after this helpless little human being. I tell you one thing you will never feel the same again, you'll still be you but you will change in some ways. I know I have and I feel like a better person because it. Going into labour and birthing a child was a life changing experience like no other that I ever felt. I sit here to this day wondering how i managed to push out a 8 pound baby in the bath without pain medication. I did it! And I'm happy to start and continue my journey into motherhood.

  ☆ So I guess you are wondering. Why did I start this blog? I wanted to have somewhere to write a diary to look back on, share my story about my pregnancy, labour and birth plus what it is like being a first time mum. I would like to get my story out there to make other mothers and young ladies find out what is like. I know there are many mummy bloggers out there that do the same well this is my story and it is different to all the others. All pregnancies and woman are different. No one is the same. We all have our different views, beliefs and opinions, different situations and lifestyles, different body types and cultures.

  ☆ I may not be a teenager but I would like to say this. There are so many teen mums out there who are solo mothers with an absent fathers of the child or don't know who the father of the child is. There's teen mums who are co-parenting because they are not with the father or they're still living with their parents. Most of them still go to school and some dropped out to look after their baby. Some teen mums put there child up for adoption and some have abortions. But there are some teen mum who are with the father of their child. Every case is different and just because their teens doesn't mean they are not capable of being a mother. Teen mothers are just as good, or even better!!

What ever the situation, what the ever lifestyle, no matter what the age... a mother is a mother and she makes the decision on what sort of mother she is or will be. Mothers have the most hardest job in the world. Yes being a mother is a job. They shouldn't be judged by the way they do their job. Do you go judge the husbands, fathers and boyfriends out there working? No! so why should woman be treated differently. Mums do what is best for them and their child(ren) and they certainly do their best that they can to financially support themselves to give their baby the best life they can whether she works or the father of baby works. I'm very lucky to have what I have.

So please be thankful for what you do have even if it is not the best. Be thankful because there are many who aren't as well off. What im trying to say is the motherhood is not easy no matter what situation you are living in.


So this is me a first time mum who is doing her best to learn how to be a mother as she goes along with the help and support of family, friends, midwife, mummy bloggers/vloggers, plunket nurse and maybe your fellow supporters reading this. I don't expect anything just somewhere to share my story and may be make one other lady out there feel not so alone.

If I can do it and many other can I'm sure you can be an awesome parent too :)

please leave a comment below and tell me what you think about mothers being judged


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6 Weeks old Immunisations

On the 28th of November my daughter was 6 weeks old.
I can't believe how fast the weeks have gone by.
It mean't that she is old enough to get her first set of immunisation shots (vaccines).
I was immunised and I think that my daughter should get it too.
There are many parents out there delaying getting there children immunised because they have fears of what it being injected into there innocent child or because of the pain of the needle. I understand that.

When it came to the time of her being injected I was super nervous and scared for her but I held her. Suddenly the needle was slowly injecting the fluid into of the INANRIX -hexa vaccine into the side of her left thigh and then the next injection SYNFLORIX in the other thigh. . She was screaming and crying loudly as it was happening. I was holding her tight. My baby was in pain. It made me cry along with her but before we both knew it, it was over and done with. She crying and moan for a bit but once she got home it was like it had never happened. She is the same child that went into the doctor but with only one difference she is protected from Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio, Hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae type b and Pneumococcal disease.

I was quite nervous and scared for her getting it done but I prefer for her to get these few injections and be prevented from being sick with a the many diseases that are floating around. I would want her to experience the time in hospital and feel the pains and aches of what these diseases can cause.
That is the reason why I wanted her to be immunised.

  I didn't go to the doctors without research.
I made sure I knew what was going into my daughter soft chubby thighs.
The Infanrix -hexa in one thigh and the Synflorix in the other.

 These injecions prevent babies from getting them nasty diseases in New Zealand
 The first set of injections are there stated below

Diphtheria/Tetanus/Pertussis/Polio/Hepatitis B/Haemophilus influenzae type b
1 injection (INFANRIX® -hexa)

and..

Pneumococcal
1 injection (SYNFLORIX®)


Don't get me wrong though these diseases may not be easily caught or let alone be here in New Zealand but do you really want to risk it. I don't.

So at the end of the day I'm happy to say my child is immunised and I'll ave no problems taking her to day care and pre school.

Many of you may disagree with me so please tell me your thoughts and opinions abut this.

Pregnancy Weight Lost

I cannot believe I am already fitting into my jeans. I would say  that my pregnancy was pretty easy going as I had no complication only a few spotting scares but they turned out harmless. Was only uncomfortable near the end as I felt huge. I have had no shame with how my body looked and I am still happy with how it looks now.

Having a postpartum body isn't easy to look at but you got to remember it didn't happen for nothing you have a beautiful baby and that's all the matters. My weigh before pregnancy was 68kgs and I was a little over weight but I was happy with my curves.

With this baby i gained 14 kgs, I think that was a healthy weight, don't cha think? I do. Now that I'm nearly 8 weeks postpartum I feel really good.

Just with a few walks and breastfeeding I have lost...
                                                                                                         12kgs....

  I cant believe how quicky it has melted away Im now 70kgs and fitting into my pre-pregnancy clothes. This is awesome. A woman that can fit her jeans is a very happy woman. We love our jeans.

My hips are wider and I still have a bit of back roll going on under my bra line but that is okay I'll a able to tone. I hope..

There is no need to be down on yourself about your appearance. Because somethings aren;t meant to be the same, things do change. With effort or without the effort you are doing what's best for you. It takes time to heal. I still have quite a bit of healing do and I don't just mean physically, I still healing mentally as well.

Be happy and enjoy every step of the way with your baby no matter what :)