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Wednesday 28 August 2013

Young mum

I fell pregnant with Ellie at 17 and had her when i was 18, i took to it like a duck does water it was amazing the rewards of being a parent are unexplanable and a true gift the first smile was bar far the best thing. I breastfed Ellie which no one was convinced i would, but i proved them all wrong i wasted so much money on bottles sterilisers milk as no one thought i would but i did tell ellie was 6 months. The following year my dad died but i am so glad i had Ellie young as my dad loved being a grandad and if i hadn't of had Ellie when i did he would never had of expereinced that.
 
 Mollie was then born when i was 21 after 2 miscarriages and what a joy she was to have Ellie enjoyed being a big sister i breastfed Mollie for 4 months but she wasnt gaining much weight at all so then had to introduce bottle feeding which was the biggest struggle i tried every bottle going and went to the london baby show and saw a mam stall, it was a life saver! She took to them very well and within a few days was gaining the weight she needed.
 
I then had Rylie when i was 23 after another miscarriage. I had a home birth with him and was magical! highly recommend to anyone and was so straightforward i had him at 4.30am and the midwives had gone by 5.30am and i was left to bond with him with my 2 sisters in the comfort of my own home. The girls were amazed to see Rylie and were both glad to be Big sisters, they loved to help out. i also breastfed Rylie till he was 4 months when my milk dried up. He then became quite poorly constatnyl being sick a strange rash and was always hungry and crying, the doctors tried many different milks till finally he accepted Neocate and he then was back to the content little baby i had whilst i was breastfeeding.
 
Ellie is now 8, Mollie 5 and Rylie 3 i'm 26. Being a young mum is great and i am enjoying every minute of it. There is times now i am a single parent that are hard but i have a very supportive family. My mum was young when she had my brother, sisters and me and she is now only in her 40's and its so nice that she has her life back and gets to experience being a nan whilst she is young she coped very well with us and still does and i hope my children will look up to me like i do my mum and appriciate everything i have done and given them in life. They are my world and i wouldnt change my life for anything. Being a young mum is great and i often get "there not all yours are they?" Well i'm proud and i'm sure the politeness and good manners of my children show people that i am doing a grand job of bringing my 3 children up.


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Tuesday 27 August 2013

The dreaded headlice

Itchy little creatures which have been very annoying for the last 2 weeks. I tried pretty much every over the counter headlice treatment and still after repeating some of them the girls still had them. I then tried the conditioner trick ( putting half a pot of conditioner on leaving for half hour and brushing with a nit comb for half an hour which is very long and although i got a few out it didnt solve the problem.  They was only tiny but they just seemed to multiply. I have never had the bad luck of catching nits so i can only imagine how irratating they can be! On reading up apparantly the saying that they only go on "clean" or "dirty" hair what ever you have heard is an old wives tale.
After not getting rid of them successfully i started to read up on what i could try next! Couldn't believe it when it said to use original lysterine mouthwash! so i thought i would give it ago. To my success i bought it and it worked first time i have since repeated twice more incase there was any eggs left! I did not use the original ( yellow colour) as i could not find any in shops around here and as long as you dont buy the alcohol free one it will work, we used the blue one the only thing it does is mak you sticky but it works. I have also done my hair even though i was checked by numerous memebers and i did read up if you have dyed blonde hair the blue one can turn your hair green but i tested this and for me ( i use nice and easy colour ) my hair stayed blonde and i didnt find any nits or eggs!
 
My instructions of how i used the Listerine :
  • open listerine and have a carrier bag or shower cap ready plus a towel or tea towel
  • dry hair and head over a sink start at the bottom of your neck as it pours to the front on its own
  • massage it in
  • tie hair up
  • put the carrier bag or shower cap over hair and towel/tea towel on shoulders as it does drip
  • leave for 2 hours
  • wash hair normally
  • comb with nit come
  • repeat again 2-4 days later
  • repeat 5 days later jsut to be on the safe side
  • put hairbrushes in a sandwich bag tip up and leave for 3 days i didnt test this i only did it on combs as i threw the old hairbrushes away.
I hope this helps someone treat the problem if the over the counter products didnt work for you :)

Summer Holidays 2013


With the summer holidays coming to an end i have found that over the last few weeks now that my children are older 8,5,3 there is alot more that can be done with them all participating and not getting bored. We have had so much fun getting an 15ft swimming pool and teaching the children to swim in it, making pizza's and cakes to going to different beaches and collecting shells crabs seaweed etc, we have inspected insects but my favourite of all has got to be the summer bbq where we played rounders ( adults and children) we only got in one game each as the weather was typical for here and rained but we still had alot of fun and made some good memories.
Today my children are going to make a diary and draw what they have done over the last 5 and half weeks this is good to take to school but also to get them to think about all the things that have done, plus a good memory for the keepsake boxes to look back on.
I have throughly enjoyed this summer holidays and am a little sad to know it is coming to an end because i have loved every minute of it.

A trip to Southend with my nan and grandad my sister my niece, nephew, Ellie Mollie and Rylie. 


This is my nephew Jake he has not been allowed swimming because he had a trachy but the swimming pool I bought has given him great delight ( shown in this photo ) as it means no one would splash him as everyone understands how dangerous it can be. His mum was able to take him in most days in the summer on his own so he could enjoy something that he has never been able to do. 


Monday 5 August 2013

A little about my family and me


hi i'm katie im 26 and from hertfordshire in England uk
I have 3 children 2 girls and a boy 8,5,and 3
I also have alot of pets 2 dogs 3 cats 1 guinea pig 2 rabbits and some fish
I take great pride in the way my house and garden looks and i dont mind getting my hands dirty as i love seeing the finished result.
I love seeing my children happy and love going on days out with them even if its just walking the dogs we have great fun.
my dad was a birdwatcher so i always look after the birds that visit my garden.
my children love peppa pig, micky mouse and moshi monsters.
I love the Hungry Caterpillar i own alot of stuff and am currently trying to persuade my mum to make me a king size quilt cover although she thinks i am very childish!
I hope you enjoy reading my blogs as i look forward to writing them.

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Ellie my eldest with me 
Mollie my middle child and me 
Rylie my youngest and me