When it comes to making a list of what you need for breastfeeding, there are a few extra items to consider after listing baby and boobs. Not everything needs to be hauled into the maternity ward though and the following are five things I found essential for the first few days of motherhood and nursing. … More 5 Hospital Bag Items To Pack For Breastfeeding
I love receiving packages, especially exciting one’s that I had forgotten were on their way! The postman had me out of the bed at 8am and initially I growled at him a small bit. It was the second time this week. “You really have to stop doing this to me. I’m back on school runs … More Willow Shop Quilling Art
A little inspiring fashion guest post by Lily, age 10 and in full control of her own vibes and styles! Yesterday I went to Primark in Omagh in County Tyrone with my Nanny and brother, Morgan. There was a huge selection to chose from and I had a budget of £32 to spend. I got … More Lily’s 1st Fashion post – A Penneys Haul!
I am another person who has lived with a novel and it’s characters in my head for a long time and yet they never make it onto paper or screen. Another one who swears she will write a book someday. Another who procrastinates and never finds or makes the time! When I was asked if … More Believe in yourself, make a dream true.
Accepting an offer to do a book review on the newly released novel Ginny Moon, I realise that the main topic, Autism, is one that I have very limited knowledge of. I had no idea what to expect and I worried that maybe I wouldn’t follow the story, after all, this novel was based on … More A Review of “Ginny Moon” by Benjamin Ludwig
There are very few family days out or fun events that I take the kids to on my own but on this occasion, when daddy was on the road with the band to an event in far away Belmullet, I was offered an afternoon appointment for the opening day of Rathwood’s Easter Train so decided to … More All Aboard for Easter!
Put this item in your room,
Do it quick
Now, not soon.
Do not put it on the floor,
Do not put it near the door.
Do not leave it in the hall,
Do not leave it there at all. … More Every Mothers Prayer
This mum took a scissors to her kids’ bath toys; what she found will shock you. Well , it won’t but isn’t a little click bait fun? While our timelines were all full last week of the exposé on Sophie The Giraffe and her dirty little secret, I realised I couldn’t continue to ignore the … More Low Down Dirty Ducks!
Time to get this little page and blog back up and running I think! After a month or so of virtually avoiding it and not feeling inclined to post anything, I now find I’m right back to being in love with the blogging vibe and thinking about it daily! So here we go, 2017 lets … More 2017
Something I have never got around to doing is writing out my birth stories about each of the kids so I thought I might do a little My Pregnancy Story series. Each story will be in three parts; The Test, The Nine Month Tale and finally, The Birth Day. Starting off with Part 1 – … More My Pregnancy Story. Part 1: The Test
How many school items did your gang misplace last year? We lost one tracksuit top, one cardigan and countless drink bottles! This coming school year (sorry to mention it already but it is only 6 weeks away!) I am much more prepared and I’m arming myself with a full quota of name stickers from http://www.mynametags.com … More Our Review of My Name Tags Stickers
I’m going to share this on the off chance that I’m not the only one living by the rule: “IF IT WEREN’T FOR THE LAST MINUTE, NOTHING WOULD GET DONE!” This is what we’ve put together for our teacher gifts this year. Now, I’ve actually been a little bit better organised than usual and picked … More Last Minute Teacher Gift Idea!
Dear Children While you are sleeping And dreaming away in your beds, Mammy is thinking and writing And blinking And kissing the tops of your heads. You ask of me Why is it bedtime? You protest and hesitate so. You dance around doing Important one more things, Till I chase around yelling Let’s Go! … More Dear Children.
Gosh, meat free and sweet free week is no joke!! We had all the best of intentions and really, on reflection we did alright! While I was spending too much time hanging out on the virtual veggie aisle of Tesco’s website I spotted a product I certainly hadn’t bought before. Super Sprouts by Good4U..now that had … More Green Quiche with Goats Cheese
Sundays are Mondays Dressed up in good clothes. Seven AM someone’s punching your nose, The mid-week So-Sleepies Have brightly arose And buzz round the hallways Like dawns singing Crows. That fancy full lie in? Out the window it goes, They need feeding, Alright I’m up I suppose. Ask around and they’ll tell you Cos every … More Sunday; Monday in Disguise!
In conjunction with my latest post, This Is 40, Finish have given me a great selection of their best selling dishwasher products to give away. 1. Simply Like the Facebook page (www.facebook.com/thechaosof3) 2. Like and Share the link to This Is 40 on Facebook. That’s it! Winner picked Friday September 11th. X
We’ve often said we’d go to Electric Picnic festival some year when the kids are bigger but for now we decided to just pop an event tent, live band and a bar in the back garden! As you do! After wearing him down, Shane eventually agreed to have ‘a few friends’ over to celebrate his … More This is 40!
I have had so much new traffic on the blog the last couple of weeks and just want to say a little hello and a very big thank you for reading! ❤ If you have enjoyed your visit to the blog it would be super to have a Like on my Facebook page…xx http://www.facebook.com/thechaosof3 Have … More A Little Thank you x
Funny thing happened over dinner the other evening. The family took a ‘hands up who’ vote and decided unanimously that I need to get knocked up again. They decided. Like they fancied planting a few herbs. A patch of carrots or spuds perhaps. Who fancies growing something? Sure, let’s get a little allotment. Oh it’s … More “Hey, Hands Up Who…”
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