Our Irish Family

Here is a Christmas gift guide to spark ideas when buying for the fabulous men in our lives. I know I always struggle when buying Christmas gifts for men. 2015 YouTube video I did a YouTube video on this topic last Christmas if you are interested in viewing. 2016 gift…

In this post, I show you a range of advent calendars available for him, for her and for your kids. We have even included an organic dairy free calendar and a DIY calendar for you to enjoy. Here are the 2016 Advent Calendars: Vtech Toot Toot Advent Calendar First up is…

On Thursday  15th September 2016, I participated in my first 5km run in a neighboring town. This was my first step in post birth fitness. If you are new here you may not know my back story. I suffered Infertility for years before we finally conceived (with a little help)…

I had to share some of the outfits, Ava has been styling of late. First up, we bought this outfit from Tesco, as you can see Ava was delighted to pose 😉 Next up is Ava’s Halloween costume for 2016. As she was 7 months old this costume lasted a…

On 21 September 2016, I started to work full time. Normally this wouldn’t be a reason to write a blog post. However, this past March I did give birth to a baby (a little girl to be exact). She has turned 6 months old and one day after I started…

To catch up on this story, part one is here and part two is here. I finished part two of this story on leaving my GP with metformin and a referral to a fertility clinic. I received a letter from the HARI Clinic onsite in the Rotunda Hosptial within 2…

The next food of choice on this baby led weaning journey is yogurt. We have tried this 4 times now (however, I only have photos from the first 3 attempts) I purchased natural yogurt for my daughter Ava to try. Since we have started solids, Ava has never been a fan…

After trying my daughter Ava with Sweet Potato, we next moved onto Brocolli. So far we have tried her with this 3 times, each time to prepare I have steamed the broccoli. On the first try, she seemed to enjoy it a lot. She especially enjoyed the stalks. The majority gets…

In my last post, I discussed how we are starting to wean our daughter Ava. We have decided that baby led weaning (blw) is the way to go for two reasons: Ava refuses to let a spoon in her mouth I am a very fussy eater, I’m hoping this approach…

On Friday 02nd September 2016, at 5 months and 12 days old, we made the decision to wean Ava. I decided that her first food was to be Ella’s Kitchen baby rice. I have made a youtube video if you are interested in her reaction. Please accept YouTube cookies to…