loopyloulaura

This week I have been struggling. Poor Chris has had to deal with a lot of crying. This post is really for him, I’m trying to share with him my thoughts and feelings but maybe some of you will recognise yourselves or have some advice. Two months ago I stopped breastfeeding Zach during the day […]

I have seen many powerful messages this week across social and regular media. I debated whether I had anything that I could possibly add that would seem valuable in light of the strength shown by these mothers sharing their stories. I have heard accounts that are tragic. Inspiring. Humorous. Heartbreaking. Thought provoking. My story isn’t […]

Now that I have stopped breastfeeding Zach during the day I can start to reclaim my own identity. It isn’t selfish (I hope!) to want to be Laura sometimes rather than Mummy. I will never be the same person I was before children, nor would I want to be. But being me again as a […]

Three weeks ago I decided to stop breastfeeding Zach to sleep twice a day so that he could sleep train as he had already done at night. See this post and this one if you’ve missed them! It hasn’t been easy. UNDERSTATEMENT! The first two weeks were pretty much a write off. Sometimes he ended […]

I’ve actually found that sleep training and our routine is much easier with 3 than just 1! Of course this was filmed just before I stopped breastfeeding Zach during the day and so we did hit a bit of a blip. But fingers crossed the problem is now resolved. Next we want to move all […]