Hollieday!!!

After much discussion on the best time to leave so as nt to disturb Hollies sleep too much, we finally left at 6.30 on Sunday morning and now, here we are, in Cornwall on our first family holiday! We were so excited and now we are having a lovely relaxing time!
The weather has been a bit mixed so weve not done a great deal which is nice cos we both needed a bit of a break from doin a lot. We strolled into the little village and had some proper Cornish ice cream which was yummy and yesterday we went to the beach whilst the weather was a bit better. There were people swimming in the sea but we whimped out of that one! In stead we strolled and jogged along the beach, sat on some rocks whilst I fed Hollie and did a small bit of sunbathing. In the evening Pete did us a bbq and we wined and dined in the conservatoire!
Hollie is sleeping very well- not sure why, maybe its the sea air?!?! So we are both getting a well deserved break!
All that plus in 2 weeks me and Hollie are going to France as well!
Very posh!

An Oympian in the making!!!

Iv got up with Hollie this morning and were just watching the Olympics Breakfast on BBC1 and she is absolutly facinated! She does love the tv anyway so maybe its just that but I like to think she will win gold one day! Pushy mother!

Le photo pour la passporte

Voila:

Its a bit of a funny size cos i scanned it but its quite sweet. I got up early this morning to take her to Meadowhall cos someone told me there was a woman there who does it but when I got there she had a booking and told me to come back in an hour which was a real blag so I put Hollie and the buggy back in the car in the rain and drove to the OTHER end of the city to get it done there. It was a mission and a half but here it is!

Passporte d'enfant

Well, Hollie and I are going on our vacances a la France in 4 weeks avec les grandparents de dyer (Pete cant come cos its the 1st week back at school :() and we only just figured out, with the help of grandmere, that we need to get her a passporte! It was something that hadnt even crossed our minds before untill my mum saw an advert about fake passports and made the connection! We nearly got to the day before without one!
So i've got a form to fill in and tomorrow we are going to get our photo taken. All very exciting!

Fully fledged breastfeeder

Yesterday I had my graduation party for the breastfeeding peer support course I have been doing. So, along withm my book, rather pasionately titled 'The womanly art of breastfeeding,' I am now able so support woman breastfeeding, wether they have a major problem or just want someone to chat to who knows how it feels. Shffield is on a mission to become a breastfeeding city so courses like this are there to help spread the word and to get breastfeeding women supporting breastfeeding women. Cos after all breast is best! And I think a lot of people dont fully know how much better it is. Everyone is aware of health benefits, but a lot of people dont know quite how extensive they are, and many people do not know the practical advantages of breastfeeding- indeed many women think that formula feeding us easier! So its all about education and most importantly support.
But anyway, my graduation. All my friends from the course were there aswell as the 2 breastfeeding councillors at the surestart centre. We also had a few people of note there. There was a buffet laid out and a display of the students breastfeeding stories we had written. As soon as I got there Hollie did a massive poo which needed to be changed and then she fell fast asleep. But just before my name was called out she typically woke up and so had to come up with me to collect my certificate! But it was ok cos she got to be in all the pictures with me. It was a nice afternoon and it was nice to see so many people who are so passionate about breastfeeding. We just need to keep spreading the word now!

Fishy

As Hollie gets closer to going on to solids I have been trying to be a bit more creative with my cooking and thinking about how I can adapt our meals so Hollie can eat the same as us cos, lets face it, im pretty lazy and definately dont want to be cooking 2 meals at a time if I can help it.
Its been really fun experimenting rather than just cooking the same thing all the time.
Tonight we had salmon cos iv seen lots of people feed it to their babies so I reckon it must be good. I had never cooked it before and Pete didnt think he liked it so I was quite excited! I cooked it in the oven with garlic, onion and peppers and we had rice and crunchy steamed brocoli with it and it was scrummy! Plus Pete really liked it so its definately on the cards!
More new and exciting food coming up...