So yes it is now March and 2019 was some time ago, but I’ve done some kind of review every year for a while now…
Category: Life
Felix’s birth story
I read a lot of birth stories during my pregnancy, something that I’d been avoiding until then. They always feel deeply personal and I didn’t…
Adventures in Japan – Mt Fuji
Some of my best memories of the previous times I’d visited Japan were staying at traditional ryokan, with tatami rooms, kaiseki style meals, yukata to…
Adventures in Japan – Osaka
A home style cooking class was one of our highlights in Osaka. We caught the train out to meet Osaka local Naoko, who was inspired…
Adventures in Japan – Tokyo
So the last post was about the logistics of travelling Japan with a baby – here’s some things we actually did! Tokyo We arrived at…
Adventures in Japan (with a baby)
Lots of people told us not to fly overseas with a baby. Reasons included it not being fair on him, not being fair on other…
Adventures in Yallingup (with a dog & a baby)
Our first ever trip with baby Felix (then 3 months old) was our standard winter weekend getaway down south. With fingers crossed for nice weather…
A mini, minimalist nappy bag
For a long time I’ve kept what’s in my bag pretty minimalist (when carrying a bag at all). With a dodgy back I can’t carry…
Felix at five months
It’s been five months, and it still feels weird calling myself a mum or talking about my son. Having a baby is a roller coaster…
Random pregnancy advice
I started writing this whilst on maternity leave waiting for my baby to arrive – it’s now almost 4 months later but I didn’t want…
How time flies
It’s been almost a year since my last post here, and my plans to spend more time writing in 2018 haven’t really gone as well…
Rollercoaster 2017
We made it! 2017 sounded like a rollercoaster year for everyone, and it certainly was for me too. Towards the end of the year when…