My aim is to support and bring awareness to more local brands during 2019. Browse the winter range on Pickalilly’s site or in-store
Category: Children
It takes a village to raise a Mother
TweetI have been a mother for 10 years and one of the most important lessons I have learned is that a support system is so important. Perhaps this is something that you only learn – In time, After lots of crying, Once we’re drowning, After we are utterly exhausted We’ve all heard the simple saying
Pardon the silence while I had a baby
TweetAfter a much needed break and lovely maternity leave, I am back at work and finding our new rhythm as a family of 5 (well 6 if you include Delta). If you’re like me and have just returned to work or will be returning to work shortly know that it is perfectly natural to have
Postpartum | Surviving the first few weeks / month with a newborn | Recap
My postpartum journey has been one filled with happy moments and some challenging ones.
Birth | Welcoming Baby Grace
Grace Leigh Thomas, born via a joyful and peaceful cesarean birth.
Psalm 139: 13-14
Pregnancy | A few things I plan on doing differently with baby no. 3
Tweet5 Things I plan on doing differently with baby number 3! As parents, we are constantly learning from our mistakes. It’s just part of being a parent. There is no set plan. I recently read a post on Bad Mammy (published May 2017) on things she planned on doing differently with baby number 2. This
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Pregnancy | Quick update | Week 20 – 22
TweetWell hello weeks 20 – 22, it’s been so real Sometimes I feel like my baby bump is way too big during this pregnancy, then I remember I am 22 weeks and this is baby number 3. More importantly if it doesn’t bother me, why should it bother you. How Far Along: Currently 23 weeks
Canal Walk | School Holiday | Alice in Wonderland
TweetCanal Walk Theatre Lewis Carroll’s much-loved classic, Alice in Wonderland, returns in a spectacular original musical by award winning duo at the Canal Walk Theatre. We were lucky enough to be invited by Canal Walk to the opening of the show and the kids (as usual) LOVED it. We’ve been previously and this is something they look
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Pregnancy | Baby names I love BUT we won’t be using
TweetSome of the names I love but we won’t be using This tag has been doing its rounds on YouTube forever and I love watching vloggers share baby names they love but won’t be using so I thought I’d share some that I love (why I love them) but we won’t be using. I must
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Pregnancy | Series | My favourite… Apps
TweetOne of the first things I did after finding out (after freaking out completely) I was pregnant was download some pregnancy apps to my phone. Of course, there are tons of apps out there and I tried out a few. But eventually I narrowed it down to my favourites (and deleted the others). So how do we