As I looked in the mirror, my hair wet and tangled and my foot slightly damp after I’d jammed a sock on without really drying properly, I adjusted my hurriedly thrown on jumper and there it glinted. A single white hair. Or as my sister calls them, ‘unicorn hairs’ (I love her for this). There…
ADVENTURES OF HUNGRY BEAR
Dear HB, please go to sleep – getting a newborn to sleep
The one thing that I remember from pre-parent life is everyone warning me about the lack of sleep. “Say goodbye to lie-ins!” they said, almost gleefully. HB is now almost 3 months old and we’ve had a roller coaster of a ride with his sleep. Suffice to say, there were times when we awoke only…
Hungry Bear tries out TEN Skincare
I’ll say it outright. I’ve worked with TEN Skincare so you would imagine I’d be biased towards this. And whilst I’ll let you know now, this is a positive review, it’s honestly written. Read on and you’ll see what I mean. Several years ago, founder of TEN Skincare, Amanda, brought me on board to help…
Lessons on Cankles
Hungry Bear has given me cankles*. They first appeared round about Week 32 but since hitting Week 37, I literally only have to look at my ankles for them to sprout. Maybe they were there already and I’m now destined to have cankles forever? Seemingly, cankles (also known as oedema) are common during the later…
At 35 Weeks It’s Time to Take it Easy
I’m a little bit terrified that in a week’s time, Hungry Bear will be considered ‘full-term’ and developed and fat enough to enter the world and thrive. With 5 weeks to go until the required ‘40’, I’m still in denial that my life is going to change massively. After all, I thought fostering a dog…