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An interview with Melissa Moonie. She is 41 weeks pregnant….yes 41 weeks. Here’s what I asked her….
What did you do for the sickness you had in the beginning?
I ate small and often, stuff like nutrigrain bars and rich teas. I also drank cooled boiled water because iced water just made it worse.

What are your top pregnancy tips?
Assume you will go late and then you won’t be disappointed!
Spread buying stuff and getting organised for the baby over the whole 9 months and then you will have stuff …

Since becoming a parent I have been quite surprised how much intervention there has been from health professionals.
So far it has gone something like this;
Midwife help in hospital, midwife visits for up to ten days after hospital, several health visits, several weigh-ins, 6 week check with doctor and health visitor, more weigh ins, three lots of jabs, a depression questionnaire carried out in my home and I have another visit to my home next week regarding weaning. Not to mention the monitoring of feeding, pooing, sleeping and everythingelse she …

Trying for a baby will either be great fun…….I mean……lots of sex and no worries like – ‘will I fall pregnant?’ or ‘who bought the condoms?’ (where’s the nearest 24hr garage?!!) ‘did I take my pill last Sunday when I was hungover all day?’………..Nope………It’s just a whole load of great sex and no worries…………….isn’t it?
Well maybe for you.
Or maybe (like me!) you’ve made the decision and you want to be pregnant now…..you don’t want to wait until when your period is due (or more sensibly a few days after) to …

Religion – there I said it, are you cowering at what is to come. Or maybe it’s just me, because as soon as I hear the ‘R’ word in my house I know my husband is gonna be on a rant, a 5 minute one if I’m lucky….much much longer if not.
He is an atheist (my words not his), but it goes further than that, he vehemently discredits religion at any and all opportunities. He is not usually forceful with his opinions.
His main arguments roughly are; no proof of any …

Out of interest I did a search on the definition of the word ‘normal’.
The definition was ‘common’. The synonyms included ‘average’, ‘commonplace’, ‘general’, ‘ordinary’, ‘run-of-the-mill’, ‘standard’, ‘typical’ and ‘usual’.
Doesn’t sound that great does it. Being normal. So why does everyone want to be normal?
Social conditioning, familial and community acceptance.
Ok so we all want to be normal for good reasons but what is normal? Is your normal the same as my normal? Not everyone’s normal can possibly be the same because surely being normal is being and doing what is right…
‘There …

One of the central themes of Authentic Living is consumerism. In this post I will deal specifically with choice.
You may be wondering how choice is a problem. Surely having the ‘luxury’ of choice is a positive thing, and it is, but like most things – it’s best in moderation.
The problem today is that we have too much choice, just take a look at our shopping outlets, only a couple of generations back our relatives were doing all their grocery shopping on one street, probably between only four or …

Authentic Living ; Living a life that’s right for you and that you are comfortable with. Doing a job that you love (whether that be bringing up your children, pursuing a hobby as a business, or writing a book). Spending more time on hobbies and with family. Making the most of what you have and not selling out for the things you don’t.
Just be yourself.
We’ve all found ourselves changing our character to suit work environment, family environment etc… the time we spend being ourselves is diminished and …

Ingredients;
Half a Salmon Fillet
1 x Potato
Half a Carrot
4 x Sugar Snap Peas or Mange Tout
1 x Babycorn
1. Chop vegetables into cubes
2. Cut salmon into large chunks
3. Steam for 15 mins
4. Blend in cooking juices.
Makes one large ice cube tray(equivalent of 3-4 jars).
Cost; 90p

I am bottle-feeding Erin.
What judgements have you made about me? Maybe you haven’t made any, are you bottle-feeding too? Or maybe you think I am a bad mother. Selfish. Don’t love my baby. More interested in being able to drink and eat what I want. Too lazy to get up in the night to do all the feeds.
Actually I have Crohn’s and the medication I am on would actually harm Erin if I breastfed her.
Why do I feel the need to defend myself every time someone mentions feeding? Surely it …

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