I’m 39 weeks pregnant, have just realised I’ve got SPD and have been running about like a headless chicken. So what to do? Book in a pregnancy massage! For my birthday last month (was it really only last month..? Time is flying!) Rosie got me a luxury pregnancy massage at KX Life Spa, a private…
ADVENTURES OF HUNGRY BEAR
Baby Changing Bags – Storksak VS Fact + Fiction VS Fjallraven
I’ve realised that I’ve experimented with 3 baby changing bags since HB arrived in August 2016. For some reason, I was quite fixated on having the ‘right’ baby changing bag, after all, this was going to be an extension of myself and the little one. I didn’t want one that looked ‘babyish’ – I figured…
HB goes cold turkey on the boob
On HB’s 15th month ‘birthday’, the decision was unconsciously made to stop breast-feeding HB. It was something I’d thought about for a while, but there had never been a good enough reason to stop. If anything, certain people’s comments that I ‘should stop breast-feeding’ at around 10 months onwards only fuelled my determination to let…
Welcome Back Old Friend
On the 25th June, exactly 319 days after HB was born (or 10 months and 15 days), my period returned. I’d always known this time would arrive, especially since I’d cut down breast-feeding quite a lot. My thoughts were mixed. Not having a period (and knowing that it’s not a sign that a) you’re pregnant…
HB Eats: Baby Oat Bars Recipe
I used to make a version of these baby oat bars that were great for teething – they were hard and biscuit-like and HB could gnaw on it for AGES before they got too soft. However, HB is now in a weaning phase where he doesn’t want to be spoon-fed and sometimes, especially when I’m…
HB Eats: Sweetcorn Fritters Recipe for Babies
Baby hands love sweetcorn fritters! These are a fab way to get a bunch of veg into your child’s diet whilst at the same time supporting baby-led weaning. Little hands can also easily grasp the fritters and you can make them into different shapes too. For this recipe, the sweetcorn is roughly chopped so you…
![From first glance, you may think I’m just chilling out with a baby and his fur-sister on my lap, watching Netflix, hanging out on my phone. BUT NO!
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I’m actually exercising! Because I don’t want my fanny to fall out in the future 😶 Just because we can’t see some of the muscles we’re working out, doesn’t mean they’re not just as, if not more important to spend time exercising. Especially before and after having a baby (yes, even if you have a C Section!)
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Pelvic floor exercises can seem boring but they’re essential. They’re essential for preventing incontinence (no one wants to have to avoid the trampoline. And whilst we don’t HAVE to trampoline, we’ll all succumb to the odd sneeze every now and again and we don’t want that to be a [literal] dampener on our social life).
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Everyone always talks about getting your pelvic floor exercises in after birth but it’s equally as important to do them before. The growing weight and size of the baby stretches the pelvic floor muscle so it doesn’t work as effectively but the good news is it can be re-strengthened with a few simple exercises. And now is always a good time to start them!
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➕ Squeeze your pelvic floor for 7-12 regular pulses, making sure your glutes are relaxed (imagine you’re activating the muscles you would use to stop seeing mid-flow).
➕ Squeeze and hold your pelvic floor for 7 seven seconds, breathing as you go before fully relaxing. Repeat 3-5 times. ➕ Slowly squeeze from ‘back’ to ‘front’ (imagine, and there’s no nice way to put it, squeezing the muscles which stop you pooing before moving on to squeeze the muscles which stop you weeing. Repeat 7 times.
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Do these 1-3 times a day, every day!
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Good news is you do these whenever, wherever and no one will know... work meetings, at the dentist, whilst on the phone to your family... it’s all cool.](http://scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com/vp/c73092b40f89a11f9a7672838c3ff785/5B9F45AC/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/31991221_1651284988313121_8063880460645695488_n.jpg "From first glance, you may think I’m just chilling out with a baby and his fur-sister on my lap, watching Netflix, hanging out on my phone. BUT NO!
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I’m actually exercising! Because I don’t want my fanny to fall out in the future 😶 Just because we can’t see some of the muscles we’re working out, doesn’t mean they’re not just as, if not more important to spend time exercising. Especially before and after having a baby (yes, even if you have a C Section!)
.
Pelvic floor exercises can seem boring but they’re essential. They’re essential for preventing incontinence (no one wants to have to avoid the trampoline. And whilst we don’t HAVE to trampoline, we’ll all succumb to the odd sneeze every now and again and we don’t want that to be a [literal] dampener on our social life).
.
Everyone always talks about getting your pelvic floor exercises in after birth but it’s equally as important to do them before. The growing weight and size of the baby stretches the pelvic floor muscle so it doesn’t work as effectively but the good news is it can be re-strengthened with a few simple exercises. And now is always a good time to start them!
.
➕ Squeeze your pelvic floor for 7-12 regular pulses, making sure your glutes are relaxed (imagine you’re activating the muscles you would use to stop seeing mid-flow).
➕ Squeeze and hold your pelvic floor for 7 seven seconds, breathing as you go before fully relaxing. Repeat 3-5 times. ➕ Slowly squeeze from ‘back’ to ‘front’ (imagine, and there’s no nice way to put it, squeezing the muscles which stop you pooing before moving on to squeeze the muscles which stop you weeing. Repeat 7 times.
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Do these 1-3 times a day, every day!
.
Good news is you do these whenever, wherever and no one will know... work meetings, at the dentist, whilst on the phone to your family... it’s all cool.")
