Little Hearts, Big Love - Finding gratitude amongst the grief of life without our heart angel
Menu
Skip to content
  • Home
  • About me
  • CHD Awareness
    • My heart child
    • Jessica’s story
    • CHD posts
  • Child loss
  • Christmas
  • Country Kids
  • Crafts
  • Days out
  • Outdoor fun
  • Family
  • Reviews
  • #30dayswild
  • #365daysofgratitude
  • Guest posts
  • Disclosure and Privacy
    • Privacy notice
    • Cookie policy

Author: Louise

Enjoying the sunshine: simple pleasures

28/06/201431/05/2018
Jessica having a picnic with her toys in the garden

One of the best things about the summer is being able to spend so much time outside, going out and about or just spending time in the garden. The girls love being able to play outside, not least because Mummy is much less distracted by chores than when we are stuck inside!   Sophie loves… Read More

8 Comments
Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Email

Word of the Week 27/06/14 – Outings

27/06/201431/05/2018
Outings - this week's word of the week

This week, we’ve been making the most of the sunshine and enjoying a few outings. Last Saturday, we had a fabulous day out at Peppa Pig world with some of the other heart families from the ward where Jessica was cared for following her heart surgery. Each year, the park gives some free tickets to… Read More

6 Comments
Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Email

In pursuit of a miracle: how in-utero surgery gave my child a chance to live

26/06/201429/07/2017

“If I was seeing this in a newborn baby, I would be advising against surgery as it is so unlikely to be successful.”   I was 22 weeks pregnant with my first baby. Two weeks’ earlier, at the 20 week scan, my world had fallen apart. Our baby girl had a serious and complex heart… Read More

62 Comments
Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Email

Breastfeeding my heart child: in the beginning

25/06/201431/05/2018
Me breastfeeding Jessica on the neonatal unit

There were many moments during my pregnancy with Jessica that I hardly dared hope I’d get to hold her living breathing form in my arms, let alone have the chance to breastfeed her. Hearing her cry as she entered the world was one of the most overwhelmingly joyous moments of my whole life. A fleeting… Read More

6 Comments
Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Email

Making birthday cards

25/06/201431/05/2018
The finished birthday card for Godmummy Katy

Jessica loves sticking and helping to make birthday cards. It was Godmummy Katy’s birthday recently and so we got the card, stickers and colouring pencils out for Jessica to help Mummy make a birthday card.     Jessica had a square of cardboard and various different stickers. She enjoyed arranging them on the card and… Read More

2 Comments
Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Email

Review – In The Night Garden Live

23/06/201431/05/2018
The In the Night Garden performers holding the various characters

In The Night Garden is one of Jessica’s favourite CBeebies programmes. We thought that she and Sophie would enjoy going to see one of the live shows in Richmond.   The show is held in an inflatable showdome. As soon as Jessica saw the pictures of all the In the Night Garden characters outside the… Read More

4 Comments
Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Email

Silent Sunday 22/06/14

22/06/201431/05/2018
The fishbowl cake I made for the Families of Ocean Ward day out
12 Comments
Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Email

Posts navigation

Previous Page 1 2 … 388 389 390 391 392 … 396 397 Next Page

I'm Louise, mummy of three - Jessica, forever six, who was born with half a heart and lives on in mine; and heart-healthy Sophie (born 2013) and Thomas (born 2018). I blog about living with grief after child loss, crafts, days out and the little moments of family life.

Follow me

  • X
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • YouTube
A square cartoon showing the Little Hearts, BIg Love logo with four interconnecting hearts (3 red, 1 blue), cartoon drawings of a woman, a toddler boy, a little girl, a little girl with angel wings and a man and text above "finding gratitude amongst the grief of life without our heart angel"

Top Posts

  • What can you do at Chessington World of Adventures with little children?
  • #30DaysWild - The ladybird life cycle
  • Crafting with kids: a simple lighthouse craft
  • My darling, you're growing too fast
  • What it means to be a heart parent

Categories

  • CHD Awareness
  • Child loss
  • Christmas
  • Country Kids
  • Crafts
  • Days out
  • Family
  • Parenthood
  • Reviews

Blogging awards

“BiBs
BritMums
Mummy in a Tutu

I’m a member of:

Sticky Mud and Belly Laughs

Archives

Site made with ♥ by Angie Makes
Angie Makes Feminine WordPress Themes

We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website.

You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in .

Little Hearts, Big Love
Powered by  GDPR Cookie Compliance
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

You can adjust all of your cookie settings by navigating the tabs on the left hand side.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.