Poo, floods, nails and Christmas!

After another night of being up every 2 hours, it was pretty hard to drag myself out of bed today. But my little girl was due her vaccinations so I had to be ready to go.

So I managed to get her and I ready and then the phone rang at 8.30am- the GP cancelled the appointment as the nurse had phoned in sick. This put me in a rather bad mood!

Things didn't improve as baby is teething and spent the morning screaming like crazy and chewing everything that went her way.

Luckily I felt a bit better when I met my lovely friend who is going through exactly the same thing- shared experience really does help give you perspective on things.

I set off home with a new, positive outlook and looked forward to an afternoon of reading a book about baby led weaning and having a herbal tea. About half way home my little one started screaming, thinking it was teeth again I picked her up to give her a cuddle. Strange...the car seat is wet...my hand is wet!

Yes, it was an epic nappy. All the while she was still screaming and I was trying to figure out how to get the baby gro and tights off without covering the poor child who was already wearing poo from knee to ankle!

I caved and am not afraid to admit that I started crying! The combination of being unable to settle her, feeling knackered and having a child covers in poo was rather overwhelming.

I took a very deep breath and ran a bath (she loves the bath!), grabbed a pair of disposable gloves and managed to extract her from the tights and baby gro without too many problems.

As soon as I put her in the bath she was splashing and cooing away like nothing had happened!

Feeling a little better, after I got her dressed and settled in her baby chair I tackled the clothes. I decided to pop them on a rinse cycle in the wash first. And then the kitchen flooded...

Oh dear. It took so long to mop it all up and I felt more sorry for myself then ever. My lovely other half came home from work early and made me a cup of tea and a fish finger butty. Order was restored.

Thankfully I managed to get her down to bed around 8pm so I have done my nails, had a cider and am having a little chill out time before sleeps.

On the plus side I bought my first Christmas present today! I won't say what it is but it's lovely and I can't wait for it to arrive.

Here is the day in pictures.

I ate homemade apple and raisin pie.

I applied Leighton Denny polish in Starlet.

I admired my new Baby-led weaning cookbook.

The dreaded vaccinations

I am not looking forward to tomorrow morning. Not just because I will more than likely be tired but because I am taking my daughter for her vaccinations.

Last time she was grumpy and hot afterwards and I am dreading the sme reaction this time, especially given that she is so unsettled.

The rest of my day went pretty well, managed to knock up a home made apple pie for desert- yum!

Spent quite a bit of time finding various bits to eBay- needs must considering that my savings are nearly gone and maternity pay isn't great.

This means that any beauty treats will have to be presents for my birthday next month as I definitely can't afford to be buying them for myself!

I am pretty excited as the allotment man said I should have a plot by new year- cant wait to grow my own fruit and veg and get some fresh air. Mind you my friends might well get sick of me passing endless crops of veg to them.

The dreaded sleep regression!

Wow, it's been really crazy here lately with my sister visiting and getting out and about with friends.

Unfortunately my daughter has hit the 17 week sleep regression phase and has gone from sleeping 10pm until 6am to being up every 2 hours at night. Not only is it making mummy and daddy tired- it's also making the poor tot tired! Apparently it's caused by a period of intense brain development which causes sleep disturbance.

We are a bit tired and a bit grumpy and she still refuses a bottle so it feels like we are really up against it at the moment. I would love to get out to an exercise class but don't have the energy or motivation!

Hopefully I can settle her at a reasonable time tonight and post properly!

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Tea and cake with lovely ladies and lovely babies.

Today I was lucky to go to an indoor picnic at a fellow mummy's house. We were very well looked after with a lovely veggie frittata, homemade raspberry muffins, crudités, dips and lovely scones!

As you can guess I've had several cups of tea so probably too much caffeine!

Tonight I am being truly spoiled as my sister and her boyfriend are looking after baby while I have a chill out. I've done a lovely Elemis Papaya Enzyme Peel, exfoliated and moisturised my feet and had a lovely play around with my new Leighton Denny winter colours which I am loving!

I can highly recommend the Leighton Denny Miracle Drops which speed up drying time of your polish- unlike other sprays and drops that claim to dry quickly, these genuinely work. A great buy for mums on the go!

The day in pictures:

I applied...Leighton Denny Take a Bow.

I admired...Leighton Denny nail collection.

I wore...H and M cardigan.

The weekend is here!

Hi everyone,

It's cold outside but the sun is shining and we are sitting in a cafe by the river having breakfast- sausage butty for me, well it wad supposed to be a sausage butty but he ordered me a bacon one instead and scrambled eggs and smoked salmon for my other half (no healthy breakfast today but the 4 mile walk to town and back will burn it off!)

We got up early so we could get all of our jobs done before lunch and can have family time for the rest of the day.

I got my eyebrows done while my partner bought swim nappies for baby then we took her for her first trip to the library (she slept!). We bought some birthday cards for our friends and even had time to take some rubbish to the tip.

Hope everyone is having a great Saturday morning.

I ate...bacon sandwich

I admired...paintings by local artists.

Let me know what you think of our new look!

Hi everyone,

I did eventually get off to sleep last night but not before I had played about with the blog following some feedback from readers. Please let me know how I can improve it further.

I am amazed to say that people from the UK, US, Greece, Netherlands, Turkey, Germany, Canada and France are reading the blog! It's incredible to think that people have stumbled across this little piece of the internet. So a big big thank you to all of my readers!

Today we went into town to meet my friend and her lovely little girl. We had several cups of tea and some lunch and indulged in a bit of shoe shopping at Office. I was incredibly jealous of the lovely pink Converse that my friend bought and had to talk myself out of buying a leopard print pair after deciding that I am clearing out my wardrobe rather than filling it! You can click on the link to see what you think!

In terms of Princessing, the good I have done today has probably been out-done by the wine and chocolate I am currently consuming. Ah well, can't be good all the time! I have managed to walk a lot, do my cleansing-toning-moisturising routine and drink some water. The heartburn has put me off taking my vitamins- I have been swallowing Gaviscon instead!

Our lovely daughter has discovered that she can scream, she has been practising her new skill for a lot of the afternoon. It's really hard not to encourage her by laughing too much. She spent half an hour lying on the playmat in the kitchen screaming happily as I made dinner. That was after she decided to dunk her head completely underwater in the bath so that she could drink some of the water. My heart was beating so so fast I thought my chest would explode, my little girl thought it was great fun and was eager to do it again so bath-time was cut short!

So here is the day in pictures:

I ate.....I applied.....I admired.....I wore.....

No, I haven't eaten the whole bag (yet!)

L'Oreal ColorAppeal Platinum in Metal Plum (well used!)

Scarf from Miss Selfridge

Macmillan Thank-you card following coffee morning