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Hey guys 👋  How are you all? 🥰 let me know in the comments.  I thought I’d write this post as I figured it may help some parents/first-time parents. Some of these products I wished I had brought at the start of my pregnancy, but unfortunately I didn’t know they existed at the time. But lucky for you now I know I can share with you if you didn’t! So let’s get into it 😊  1. Tommy Tippee perfect prep machine   https://amzn.to/3DlvtUn Now this machine was an absolute lifesaver for me and I am still so grateful I had it gifted to me after the birth of my son. It saved me so much time when doing night feeds or even during the day! And if your kids are anything like mine, when they want a bottle.. they want it now and don’t like to wait for it to cool down. Which still amazes me the fact this machine gets the bottles at a perfect temperature every-time and lasts for ages if you take care of it well, for instance mine is still going strong after 17 months and I still have...

We always hear about post-partum depression but never just about the general mental health struggles that mothers face. The days where we just feel as though nothing is in our favour. The thoughts that surround and torment us during waking hours, feelings we just can’t shake no matter how hard we try. That pit of loneliness and jealousy we find ourselves falling into as familiar faces turn into acquaintances over time.  We don’t talk about the day to day lives of mothers struggling just to even go to the toilet in peace, something we once took for granted before having children. A box of chocolates that we try to indulge ourselves in until we hear the pitter patter of little feet coming to interrupt our treat, the one thing we had looked forward to at the end of a tiring day.  Our daily routines work us on auto-pilot, functioning us to become robot-like as we list all the to-do’s to make it run smoothly. Wake up, breakfast, clean, play, lunch… etc. Then as the children go to b...