Sunday 20 April 2014

Crafting fever

So Nemo's been able to entertain himaelf for a bit longer now he's almost 9 months old and he's also started having longer naps so I've been able to do a bit more crafting. 
I've really enjoyed getting my sewing machine out for the first time since Nemo was born. I made him some harem trousers out of a t-shirt and my knitting a waistband with spare wool. I was pretty happy with them- it's my first time making any baby clothing! 
Rowan wasn't very happy being made to model! 
 
Inspired by something I saw on pininterest  I made this for Rowan from bits of material I have stashed away and a plain baby vest. 
 

My crochet blanket is getting bigger:
 
And I'm also using another pininterest idea of crocheting using material to make a rug (?) maybe!!

Just a few things to keep me busy! 

Tuesday 8 April 2014

Catch up!

So much has been happening I have struggled to keep up on blogging. 

Bye bye wisdom teeth!!!

Firstly I had my 'special' wisdom teeth removed at the beginning to March. I'd had a hard time trying to negotiate with the hospital  beforehand to have Nemo and my husband to be with me. I didn't have the best experience of hospital when I had Nemo (long story!) and I really didn't want to be on my own. Also Nemo is breastfed and outrightly refuses bottles. 

When we turned up to the hosptial the first nurse we met said "oh YOU'RE the woman with a baby" which made me a little nervous but I was quite relieved that I had another nurse who was really friendly. The procedure took much longer than expected as they were having difficulty with one of the teeth. The anaesthetic had a really strong affect on me and I dosed for hours afterwards- the woman who had her operation after mine left 2 hours before me! The hosptial had been strange about me breastfeeding Nemo after the operation saying that the policy is not to feed for 48 hours afterwards because of the drugs in your system. This is understandable but medical research states that a long gap is unnecessary if you have certain anaesthetics. I had practiced giving bottles of expressed milk to Nemo for weeks before but had no luck getting him to take one. Luckily the anaesthetists were really knowledgable and were happy for me to feed Nemo when I felt ready, despite what the nurses kept saying about hosptial policy! 
What was amazing was how quickly the nurses changed their mind about the policy when they watched my husband struggle for ages giving Nemo a bottle whilst he screamed on the ward. When I fed him Nemo my nurse was pleased and said  "that's really what he needed". 

The recovery was pretty rough. I couldn't taste anything for about 25 hours apart from this one bit on the side of my tongue which was really weird. The swelling wasn't too bad to begin with but got progressively worse over the days following. It then was replaced by bruising which made me look like I'd been beaten up. It then spread to my neck which made me like I had been strangled. I'm not showing you a photo of my face- it was not pretty and you might be eating breakfast!

First holiday 

So not thinking it through very well I forgot that we were due to go on a week holiday to Northumberland the day after the operation. We spent the weekend with my parents and they really helped look after me and my boys :) 

We went up to Northumberland on the Sunday night but it was less then 12 hours before I was at the local Berwick hospital for more painkillers! They were amazing at the hospital and we were seen before we even sat down in the waiting room! Even the receptionist was lovely having a giggle at me attempting to give my details with a very swollen mouth :)

On the Monday we walked around Berwick and went to the Green shop. This is a fair trade shop we go to every year. I always get my Mums Mother's Day present from here and they remembered I was pregnant last year and are excited to see us with Nemo. We went home pretty quickly because I felt quite unwell.

On the Tuesday we went to Alnwick. This is were we got married and it a special place for us. We went to Alnwick gardens were we had our wedding reception it was so nice to bring our baby to place with so many memories. 




 
On Wednesday we went to seahouses to have fish and chips for lunch then went to Holy Island in the afternoon (after a little nap!) 

We spent the afternoon walking around and letting poppy get rid of some energy. 
My mum would approve of this picture, she has a bit of an obsession with boats! 
In the background is the castle. The lobster pots remind me of my childhood, I had one we found years ago in my sea themed bedroom :) 
This was our view as we headed back across the causeway. 

On Thursday we went for my favourite beach in the world- Ross Sands. I don't know why but I just love it there- it's always pretty deserted I suspect because you have to walk about a mile to get there. 
 
Poppy and Nemo are developing such a bond, poppy follows him around everywhere and Nemo always reaches for her!
Nemo's mighty steed!!!

Me and Nemo Ross sands March 2014
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Me and Nemo Ross sands February 2014 (just started to get a bump!) 

On Friday we went to Bambrugh castle - somewhere in all the years of going to Northumberland I've never been in to. I have to say I wasn't overwhelmed by the inside although the outside (which you can see for free!) we fantastic. Maybe the cold strong winds didn't help! We had a good day there though and it was nice to be inside. Nemo got lots of attention as my husband carried him around in a sling. 
(I felt a bit sorry for this cannon!)

On the Friday night we had saved our monies to go to Alnwick Treehouse for dinner. It's a really special place for us as out wedding reception was held here. The manager of the restaurant even recognised us and gave us free drinks which made us feel important! 
We had a beautiful and yummy meal and it was so lovely to bring little Nemo with us :) 

Well that's me for now! 
:)