Firstly excuse the title, but I wanted to call a spade a spade as we have had some testing times with Etta since introducing Uma to the family.
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On 5th July this year we became a family of four. A lot of people had warned me that going from one child to two was far more than twice the work but I didn't believe them.
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At midday on 5th July 2018 as I was wheeled into theatre, a part of me wondered what on earth I had done. Choosing major abdominal surgery to bring my second daughter into this world couldn't have been more different to the months of hypnobirthing practice and my assumption that Etta would slide into the world under water and practically pain-free.
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I have been somewhat astounded at how different I have been during this second pregnancy, versus the first time with Etta. Obviously a lot of it is driven by my thoroughly different circumstance of having an active and demanding 2 1/2 year old at home, oh and this business to fill my nights and weekends, but still I suspect a lot of the differences are rather universal.
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Gosh i'm tired. Unsurprising when I realise that for the last 10 weeks I have not slept for more than 90 minutes at a time, and never once had more than 6.5 hours sleep in any one night. Honestly.
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I remember being warned with my first pregnancy that people, often random people, would reach out and feel the need to stroke my growing stomach. I suspected that I'd done the same myself so had broadly accepted that this would happen and that I'd be OK with it as a temporary invasion of my personal space and midriff.
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I’m Laura and I’m an Orthoptist, which means that I am a specialist in children’s visual development. I’m currently on maternity leave with my 14 week old son, Thomas, and have been a consultant for Etta Loves since Jen first had the idea and got me involved to add the science into the designs.
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I had a boss once who changed me for life. She was a fearful woman who had clearly not got the memo that she didn't need to take on masculine traits to make it to the top. She made my life hell by being aggressive, without a trace of self-awareness or warmth. And whilst I hated every moment of that year we worked together it taught me a very valuable lesson, that of the strength of femininity.
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You all know by now that our muslins are super clever. Not only do they do the multitude of things that muslins do, but they also stimulate your baby's developing eyes from as little as a few days old.
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For me Nct was a no-brainer as we'd recently moved to a new area, knew very few people locally - none with kids - and it was our first baby so I felt like I had some serious learning and friend making to do.
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I was never the organised one in our mum group. I often forgot muslins (the irony) or any kind of toys for Etta, sometimes even nappies and wipes, to dire consequences.
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