You’llYou might never need them but I always have them in the press. Most of these I was totally unaware of when I had Ned and learned the usual way from other mums recommending them or running to the chemist and asking the pharmacist for advice. I put together a hamper for my best friend when she had her first baby in July and all these tinctures made an appearance. Some are not suitable until three months old and some are just for emergencies and some I still use daily with Ned in toddlerhood.
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Sleep – Your Questions Answered by Sleep Specialist Niamh O’Reilly
A big hello to all the readers of Thoughts Tots and Tea! Thank you so much Dee, for having me along to this Q and A, relating to all things sleep!

Memories of growing up – Documenting those milestones a review
We’ve all seen that angelic moment on TV where the 7th heaven family make marks on a wall or door frame documenting their child’s height.

Fertility – Your Questions Answered by Dr. Vicky
My tribe of Mum’s and I asked Dr. Vicky O’Dwyer of The Stork Box our personal questions on our fertility and she delivered! If any of your questions weren’t included please don’t hesitate to use the amazing resource called Pregnancy unboxed Ask Dr. Vicky available on www.thestorkbox.ie

7 Tips I wish I had listened To Having Baby Number One!
Rest
Bless, you don’t quite get what that means and you think your GREAT at eight, nine months pregnant and still thropping along! You’ll literally never get this time again. People aren’t just being kind! Rest!

Weeks 1-12…….Pregnancy The First Trimester!
Baby number two is on the way! Post Fertility treatment bliss and relief was replaced with extreme nausea and aversions to most food other than toast and general white carbohydrates! So really healthy! It’s weird this time you do everything on your own because someone needs to mind Ned where as last time we were like loves young dream going to every appointment hand in hand.

Let’s have another?
I was never one for wanting a whole brood of Babies! in fact, I didn’t really pay that much attention to babies before my own! Let’s just say I was not a Baby sniffer! I’ve always worked with children and teenagers and enjoyed that so much …. I guess, I thought that’s where all the action was, so to speak. Diagnosed with severe polycystic ovaries at an early age, it was probably self-preservation to repeatedly insist that “the yearn” wasn’t really there, because who knew what life had in store for me. Continue reading