Baby Ballet..

Hello everyone!

We have just arrived home from Keira-Elise's morning baby ballet class. 

She is currently having a nap so thought I would pop on here and write a quick blog. 

We absolutely love baby ballet! I cannot recommend it enough.

At first when researching baby ballet, a few people said to me 'she's too young' 'she won't know what to do' and 'what if she doesn't want to do ballet?' How wrong could they be?!

 She is almost 19 month old and absolutely LOVES it.
It isn't all little pink tutu's and prancing around. They learn discipline and manners, colours and shapes, numbers and nursery rhymes. 

The biggest change I have noticed in her is her vocabulary. As the children range between 18month-3year and Keira is currently the youngest in the class, she has learnt so many new words from the other children that I am amazed!

She can say so many different words; hello, bye bye, night night, mummy, nanny, daddy, gan-dad (grandad) peppa pig, house, car, tree, dog, cat, cow, duck... The list goes on!

If you have an active toddler girl or boy, I strongly recommend you take a look at www.babyballet.co.uk

You can pay £15.00 for the 3 week introductory sessions, so if you or your child don't enjoy it after those 3 weeks, you don't have to go again. I would recommend definitely trying it out for the first 3 weeks.
On Keira's first session she was a little monkey. She didn't want to do anything but try and take the dance teachers ipod out of the dock, open the cupboards or the doors and climb on everything!

I remember leaving and feeling exhausted!
The second session and she really settled down. She learnt how to say a few more words, twirl around, point her toes, stamp her feet and it was fantastic to see her joining in.

The third session and I think i'm safe to say she was a pro ;) Haha.

Only joking, I wouldn't go so far, however it is so rewarding to see her so happy. 

It's so cute how they make little friends too. On each morning when we arrive, she says hello to the same little girl and they give each other cuddles! 

Anyway enough about ballet! Just thought I had to share this with you.

Today we are going to get a few jobs in the house done, then take a walk to the park and maybe go and feed the ducks, however I am not sure if I can handle the steep hill! I am so unfit since becoming a mummy, or maybe I am just getting old :(

Tonight we will be going late night shopping to the White Rose Shopping Centre as my other half is treating me to a pair of Converse and a new handbag! Lucky girl.

Speak soon
xJx

Tuesday 26th February 2013.

Good evening everyone!
Just thought I would stick to what I've promised and write a post, even if it is a little boring.

We haven't had a productive day today. Just housework today, with a lot of jigsaws, baby Jake and teddy bears thrown in for good measure!

It is now 6.45pm and Keira-Elise has had a wash, brushed her teeth and has her pyjama's on ready for bed.

Not that I expect her to go to sleep any-time soon! It gets to this time and rather than been tired like she should be, she turns nocturnal! 

 She is currently in her toddler bed with about a million teddy's but she doesn't want to go to sleep without her 'LittleLife Ladybird Toddler Daysack' on her back! 

Can't imagine how this is comfortable and I have tried to explain to her that she can't sleep with it on her back but all I get back is 'Noooo' and a little scream for added effect! 

Where did my little baby go? She is almost 19 month old now and she acts so much older than she is. She is such an affectionate and loving little girl though most of the time, then the odd times I think she remember's shes a toddler and not to forget about those 'oscar winning' toddler tantrums! 

Tomorrow I have work and if i'm totally honest, I really hate Tuesday evenings. I know going to work is beneficial for our family and also going to influence Keira-Elise greatly when she is older, but I absolutely hate leaving her!
She spends the day with my mum (her nanna) on a Wednesday and to be honest they both love the time they spend together. She is always so happy when I come to pick her up so it does make me feel a little better. 

Gone are the days where we could stay at home, doing beautiful home baking and raising our children! I am sure I am from the wrong era! 

Anyway I have to go now, as like I have mentioned in the previous post's, Keira-Elise is now shouting 'mummyyy stuck'. I assume she has been trying to escape again and has got her chubby leg stuck in the safety gate! 

xJx

My journey begins..

"In the early hours of a cold Saturday morning in August 2011, I gave birth to my beautiful daughter. 

As I held her in my arms, her tiny hand grasped around my thumb. I gazed into her eyes and I realised in that moment that this little person depended on me. 

I knew that I was going to be the best mum that I could be and I promised that I would give her the best that I possibly could give her, forever. 

She looked at me with the biggest brown eyes with a content smile on her face.

This little girl was mine, my world, my life and my all" 



  I remember feeling so overwhelmed with the most intense love. I really believe that you do not understand ‘true love’ until you have a child of your own. It is literally like your heart is now on the outside. 

I was almost 20 years old when I found out I was pregnant. If I had a map of how I expected my life to turn out this definitely wasn't the plan, not yet anyway!
 Me and my boyfriend we're both living with friends and enjoying our life as young adults, not much routine and not much structure.

Choices:  When you are faced with pregnancy there are ultimately 2 decisions that you can choose between. I wont list them as I do believe any young parent who has been thrown into unexpected pregnancy knows what they are. I am not going to judge on the 2nd decision as each to there own. I totally respect that people have different circumstances to what we did, however both me and my partner knew that the right thing for us personally was to embrace the blessing that we had been given.

I can honestly say that having my daughter was the most beautiful and the best experience of my life and I feel so in love with her every day.

Life as a young parent: 
 There is so much negativity surrounding young parents. So much, that when I found out I was pregnant I felt ashamed. I wasn't ashamed because I didn't want my baby. How I felt about my unborn child was the exact opposite to shame.. I loved her from the minute I knew she was there, when she was just a 'seed' and I was proud that god had given me such a perfect gift.
I guess I was always concious of what other people thought, how other people perceived us and our situation. Now, I kick myself that I let that even bother me in the slightest!

I knew my daughter was always going to be perfect because she was mine and I was hers.
Yes I was young, however what was I really going to miss out on that I couldn't enjoy with my child?
I personally have never been a big drinker. I had been illegally(*oops) going on nights out since been about 15 years old so to me, i'd done all that. I feel that everything I want to do in life can be done with my daughter by my side. It may take me a little longer but I know I am determined to make me and my family proud.

 'Been a mum isn't hard. Everything else is' - You rarely have a moment to yourself and when you do there are so many other jobs that need doing that it is never possible for you to relax completely.
Your baby needs you constantly. Your jobs have to take a back seat, that your house is no longer spotless, your clothes are rarely ironed. You rarely have time to do your hair or make-up, not properly anyway and they really control every aspect of your life but that is what been a mum is.
As a woman I think we were born to care and love our children.
The smile on your child's face when they wake up on a morning, when they feel worried or scared and need a cuddle or when there tired after a long day and again just want a nice cuddle from mummy. It really does make life worthwhile.
Every day is an adventure. Every day brings something new and something so perfect. Even the negatives, the smelly nappies, the poorly days, the sleepless nights obviously at the time are challenging, however when you look back even them parts are lovely. Believe me, been a mum turns you into a right weirdo. Haha.

Materialistic - In life you can spend £100's even £1000's on material items to make you happy.
You pick the item, take it home and it is fantastic. It's the best thing you have ever purchased. You show all your friends and at the time can't imagine anything better. However after a while, after a few weeks the novelty has worn off. It's not as exiting any more and you want something new.
 That isn't the case with your baby. You love them every day!
Every day they do something new, something different and they make you happy every day. You may have to spend a lot of money on the material things that you apparantly 'need' for your baby, however the beauty of your child is that you made them (along with the help of someone else of course ;)

This doesn't give you much of a clue on my personal experience. It's just a few opinions that I have relating to my experience.

If you are a young mum, you have every chance to be a brilliant mum and having a fantastic bond with your child. Age does not matter and it's about time society realised that.

xJx

Hello again..

Hello. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. 

I think I have had this blog up and running for well over a year now, however I really haven't shown it the love and attention that it truly deserves. I guess I haven't had the time to really commit to writing everything down however I feel like I am now bursting with things to tell, I have to let it all out somewhere! As you can see, my blog has now had a complete makeover so I intend to give it as much time and attention as possible..

As you may know I am a proud mummy to my princess, who is 18 month old. I spend every moment possible with her, however when I am not with her you will usually find me at work. I work at the head office at Mamas and Papas so every aspect of my life revolves around babies, whether I am at home or at work.

Working around baby products every day, I feel I have grown to have a good understanding of caring for a baby, the essentials items that you need for baby and the importance of getting it right. 

Add to that my experience as a mother myself, I feel like I may have some knowledge that could help other mummy's out there, even if this is just a little bit!

I hope you enjoy my blog & I hope I don't ramble on too much. If you have anything you would love to know, please let me know and I will respond as soon as possible. 

Anyway I will start my first 'proper blog' shortly! I hope you enjoy 

xJx

Its official!!..

Its official!

I am the world's worst blogger..

Since my introductory post on the 30th of November I haven't yet published another blog, until now that is.

Keira-Elise is currently fast asleep at the moment. Its her afternoon nap so I am guessing she will shortly be waking up and I will hear her climb out of bed, run to the safety gate and shout 'mummyyyy'. She will then proceed to say 'stuck stuck' as after every nap time she sticks her chubby little leg through the safety gate and gets stuck! 

I am currently in the process of deciding what to do with my life. I haven't set anything in stone yet however I feel I have so much more to give so watch this space. For now I will be putting all of my attention into my mummy role and this blog. I hope you enjoy.

Speak soon

xJx