…I bought these slipper-boots… or is it boot-slippers???

…picked up these cute Christmas pegs from Jumbo…not sure what to do with them to be honest…

…watched while Georgie danced on his daddy…

…and finally took a picture of my favorite corner now complete with slightly overdecorated Christmas tree. What?I can’t help myself!

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Let the drinking, eating and shopping commence! xxx READ MORE

Georgie is now well into the solid phase and doing quite well. Seeing as he wasn’t sleeping  very well at 5 months our pediatrician gave us the OK to start solids. He was exclusively breastfed up until then    as he wouldn’t accept formula so we gave fruit jar food and powders a go. By six months he was sleeping through the night- something I never thought would happen! Now he loves porridge with bananas and apples, can’t get enough of anything with cheese sauce and goes all starry-eye when I offer him toast and jam. As a first-time mama, naturally I am a little paranoid about choking so everything he eats is finely chopped or mashed. READ MORE

We spent a lovely weekend in Nicosia stopping by the Women’s Market and then enjoying a spot of lunch at Chronoperpatimata, which by the way is an absolute must if you’re looking for mezedes.

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Georgie has never been an `easy’ baby. The first six months were rough and I often found myself wondering if I was in over my head and if a baby was really what I wanted. At this point I would like not to have to add how much I love my son, how much meaning he has brought to my life but society’s pressure bears down on my shoulders as this is something many mothers feel they need to do to balance the unpleasantries they occasionally express about life with a new baby. I want to scream at them: “You’re just being honest!” I can’t tell you how many times I thought of stopping strangers with kids at the mall and asking them if I could pick their brains.”How many hours does your baby sleep?” “Do you rock him?” “How often does he or she eat?” “Did you use a Moses basket?” “Does your baby sleep with you in bed or in a separate room?” He just wasn’t sleeping enough, didn’t seem happy enough so, I thought, I must be doing something wrong! Maybe there’s another way.

Throughout my pregnancy I read numerous articles and stories about babies and how much life can change when you have one but not once did I come across something that expressed the painful reality. I was prepared for sleepless nights- many, many articles and parents give warnings about this- but no one actually said what sleep deprivation can do to you. Team that with a colic baby- an issue I will get into another time- breastfeeding for hours on end, not being able to go to the toilet or have a shower without someone else in the house and you have a very unhappy new mother. When Georgie was three months I literally got sick, feverous and weak from lack of sleep. On more occasions than I care to remember, he didn’t sleep AT ALL throughout the night, briefly napping on my chest while I shut my eyes and fell asleep in an upright position.

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