My daughter Jessica was born with a congenital heart defect (CHD) called hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). This is a complex CHD where the left side of the heart doesn’t form correctly. Basically this means that Jessica only has half a working heart. Babies born with HLHS need to have heart surgery in order to survive.… Read More
This week’s black and white photo was taken at the coffee morning I held at our church this weekend to fundraise for Little Hearts Matter. During October, members are being asked to make handmade hearts in aid of the charity and although it is not quite October yet, I thought I’d join in with the… Read More
Mealtimes with little ones can certainly be a challenge! Here are ten rules that definitely seem to apply: 1. Only 10% of what your child is offered (with the exception of cake or chocolate) is likely to actually make it into their mouth. 2. Whatever is on Mummy’s plate is always much more interesting than… Read More
One of the things on our autumn activities list was to go blackberry picking. As it was a little late in the season for blackberries, we went to a local farm where we could pick raspberries instead – although as it turned out, they had plenty of blackberries still left on their bushes so it… Read More
It’s Friday again and time for me to share five of my favourite posts that I’ve read this week. This week’s Friday Fabulous Five are: Katie at Pouting in Heels shares some fabulous advice for those tough moments of parenthood: http://www.poutinginheels.com/friday-five-how-to-cope-when-motherhood-feels-like-a-challenge/ A wonderful poem from Muddled Manuscript illustrating how society views mums and dads… Read More
With the mornings starting to become quite chilly, we have now started to put on the: I know it seems very early to be starting to put the heating back on, but Jessica’s heart condition means that she gets cold very easily and will go quite blue when she is cold, especially on her hands,… Read More