Ghostwritermummy and bump - Susanne Remic

Ghostwritermummy and bump

Susanne Remic is a primary school teacher, freelance writer and parenting blogger. She writes at Ghostwritermummy and Maternity Matters and in between all of that she regularly wins mummy of the year awards for running around after her two children, aged six and 19 months. This is her pregnancy blog: an online diary of her third pregnancy as she strives to overcome two difficult births, one angel child and one awkward toddler. Join Susanne as she shares every step of her journey from bump to baby!

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May 25

To work or not to work?

I’ve worked in one way or another since I was about ten years old. I started with babysitting, paper rounds and washing up. I moved on to waitressing, bar work and office work. I studied and I trained and I sacrificed a lot to become a teacher. And then I had children. Lots of parents will...

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May 03

Where did my waist go?

Okay, own up. Who took my waist? It was here around 12 months ago so I know I had one... On a serious note, though: why did nobody tell me that it is your third child that finally does it? The first two, I managed to fairly quickly spring back into my jeans and even had some room. This time...

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May 02

Juggling the balls of parenthood

We’re all doing it. Some of us are spinning a couple of plates too, with jobs and pets and teenagers thrown into the mix. Myself, I have a seven-year-old who is starting to get an attitude, a toddler who is partial to a tantrum or two, and a newborn-ish baby who likes to be clamped to me for...

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Apr 30

What do you think about co-sleeping?

The baby is ten weeks old already! And yes, it quickly felt as though she had always been there, nestled in her basket, or her bouncy chair, smiling up at us. Her baby smell is so familiar and there is a twinkle in her eye that tells me she knows me well... I had a little wobble when I relegated...

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Apr 26

Mums supporting mums

Yesterday I attended the first ever Birth Trauma Association support group in Manchester. This is a project that the charity has wanted to get started for some time and it came to fruition after lots of women in my local area requested extra support. Having just had the baby, I didn’t feel...

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Mar 30

Sibling rivalry

I always knew that my daughter would make a good big sister second time around. Not only is she easy going and very caring in nature, but she is seven years old - the optimum age for little girls to really love being big sisters, I find. It was my son I was worried about. At two years old, he was...

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Mar 29

Breastfeeding: the journey so far

Throughout my pregnancy I was a little undecided about breastfeeding to be honest. It had all gone swimmingly with my daughter, but my son’s lactose intolerance and severe reflux made it fairly difficult second time round. By the time he was four months our consultant had told me to stop...

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Mar 28

That baby smell

There’s nothing quite like resting your face close to a baby’s head and breathing in that smell. It’s even sweeter when it’s my baby. If they could bottle it up, they’d make a fortune. That smell takes me instantly to a warm, safe, happy place where children play and...

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Mar 15

Here we go again?

Life has been serenely calm and happy since the baby’s arrival. Her birth was such a healing experience and her presence in our family has eased a lot of pain. She is a calm and contented baby so far- she rarely cries and she sleeps well. I should know, I have been obsessively...

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Mar 14

Adjusting to a newborn

It soon comes back to you. The night feeds; the burping after feeds; the cotton wool and water at nappy changes. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t take a lot of adjusting. Oh yes, I had to change the time on my alarm clock (not that I am ever asleep when it’s time to get up) to make...

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