Silent Sunday 08/02/15

07/02/201521/10/2017

Me with Jessica and Sophie all wearing red for heart awareness day

Think HEART: the signs that your baby may have a heart defect

07/02/201521/10/2017

An infographic summarising the different signs that your baby might have a heart defect. H - heart rate (too fast or too slow?) E - energy (sleepy, quiet or falling asleep during feeding?) A - appearance (pale, waxy, dusky, blue or grey skin colour?), R - respiration (too fast or too slow?) and T - temperature (cold to touch - especially hands and feet?)

Congenital heart defects (CHDs) affect approximately 1% of all babies. Around a third of these are detected during pregnancy and another third during the standard newborn checks that are carried out in babies born in hospital before they go home. This means however that around 1 in 3 babies with a CHD will go home… Read More

Friday Fabulous Five #22

06/02/201519/06/2016

The Friday Fabulous Five is my regular feature where I share five of my favourite posts that I have read in the previous week – posts that have made me laugh, made me cry or made me think. Here are this week’s Friday Fabulous Five: Slouching Towards Thatcham shares a list of 10 types… Read More

The Friday Focus – 06/02/15

06/02/201513/02/2015

I’ve been flying solo this week as hubby has been away working on an event all week. On the whole, it’s not been too bad though apart from having one night with Jessica being sick all over my bed which of course coincided with Sophie waking up and crying for Mummy – that was quite… Read More

From the heart

05/02/201514/06/2015

Our journey as a heart family has been very much at the forefront of my mind recently. Jessica had her cardiac check-up last week and whilst her heart function is currently looking good, the team are now starting to consider her next major surgery and when this is likely to take place. It would be… Read More

Paper plate crafts

04/02/201516/03/2020

Jessica holding up a frog mask made from a paper plate

Recent craft sessions in the Little Hearts, Big Love household have mostly been centred around paper plates. We usually have a few painted ones lying around having been used as artist’s palettes and ending up looking rather colourful as a result which makes them a good base for another craft project. Here are three… Read More

Sophie sees snow

03/02/201506/02/2015

I have to confess I’ve been a little envious of all the snowy photos I’ve been seeing across social media in recent weeks. We hadn’t had any snow here so I was very excited to see a light dusting across the lawn when I opened my curtains this morning. The girls didn’t quite share my… Read More