Author: Oana

Pregnancy wear:blessing or nightmare?

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Hey, I managed to stick my little girl in the bath for a wee while and and here I am, trying to blog about pregnancy wear. I will not finish this post while she’s there but bear with me… So far, I have bought maternity wear worth around £200. It consists of three t-shirts, one vest, three pairs of jeans, two hoodies, six long/medium length-sleeved tops and three bras. I bought my first pregnancy jeans this time while I was around three months pregnant. As a second-time around mum, I knew what lay ahead and wanted to be prepared. I also thought I was being very clever and ordered them in the summer, while the main shops and retailers had their sales on. After shopping around-virtually-for a while, I decided on a pair of progressive maternity jeans from Vertbaudet (yeah, the posh shop that advertises kiddy wear on Nick Junior).  I chose them in my pre-pregnancy size(as the maternity wear retailers recommend) and hoped for a really good pair of jeans, practical and adjustable which …

The moment of truth

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So it looks like I have been living a lie. Not because I chose to but because I believed the reality was different. When I first became pregnant with Emma I experienced a LOT of mood changes. Normal, right? Weeeell, so everybody told me so I chose to believe my hormones were dictating my behaviour and were responsible for me becoming a witch almost overnight. A big, bad witch, as Emma would have described me if she had met me back then. Then, I had Emma and….baby reflux on my hands. So I went from big, bad witch to a wreck of tears, raw emotions and dysfunctionality. In the sense that I couldn’t cope with being up 24/7, coping with a hysterical baby and all the other household responsibilities and had to call my mum to the rescue. Normal, right? Weeeell, so did all my away-from-home friends told me, over a cosy cup of tea, with their mums/sisters/mothers-in-law semi-permanently installed in their homes. But then, time passed and the symptoms didn’t lift. I blamed it …

Our good news

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Well, first of all, hello, my blog friends. I have been stranded in Greece for the past 7 weeks with no internet connection and means to keep in touch with you. But I hope you forgive me especially since I have some good news. After two years of coaxing, reasoning, threatening, arguing, pleading and praying hubby finally decided to give me the best present a girl ever got: a baby!!! Yeap, I am 15 weeks pregnant, hormonal as it can be, struggling with my thyroid issues but over the moon. My Emma will not be an only child, thank goodness! She will have a mate to play with, practice her negotiating skills with, fight with and love in a selfless way. Someone who will bring balance, not only to her egocentric little world but to our family life as well. It’s equals numbers now, as well, as the scan showed clearly it will be a boy so the hormonal levels will hopefully even out in our household :-). So my health challenge dash weight loss …

My curious George little monkey

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Emma loves watching TV and DVDs when she needs to wind down and as we’ll be away the whole summer I have started to think about DVDs we could bring with us. I have already bought a mini iPad and started to download educational apps that are meant to keep her busy during our travels and then during our long stay in Greece. So when I saw this competition launched by Tots 100 that involves winning a bundle of curious George DVDs I knew this would be perfect for us. Emma loves George and can’t have enough of his clever adventures and silly fun. So here is a picture taken last Saturday of Emma and daddy enjoying a cheeky ice-cream in the rain. Oh well, I assume it tasted even better, despite the rain, by the look on their faces 🙂    

More knowledge enhancement on Romanian traditions

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Romanian ladies do have a habit of complicating their lives in order to create beautiful(if non-perennial) consumables at Easter. Egg dying takes a whole new dimension in villages where people take the time to create edible masterpieces. I found the process explained here in English. Hope you enjoy watching it. It makes me proud to be Romanian!!