You Left Me Just When I Needed You Most

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My world had come crashing down around me. I was on my knees, my legs could not take the strain, my heart was being shattered into a thousand tiny pieces and you were twisting the knife in deeper. My nanna had died. No illness, no reason, she just passed away. I was on the phone [...]

Controlled crying is heartbreaking for mums

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  Almost every parenting text book you will come across will supply a section on controlled crying, sprouting on about how great it is and how it works well. While I agree YES it does work, sometimes getting it put into practice can be heartbreaking.   This sleep technique teaches us it is OK to [...]

Allowing your baby to cry – is it cruel?

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We had many mixed views on the discussion of allowing your child to cry last night on my mums group. I am of the opinion that it is OK to allow your baby to cry for short periods of time.   When you first become a mum and you have this tiny little baby to [...]

I hope one day his suffering will stop and he’ll live a “normal life”

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  On the 24th november 2010 at 3:11am my little man entered the world 5 days late, he was just perfect I couldn’t believe I was 19 and had just given birth to my baby.   Something didn’t seem right though and my midwife seemed very panicky,  Charlie wasn’t crying just lieing still. He was [...]