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I guess I should mention that I had a baby?

Meet Declan.

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Nice Anon just popping in! Just to say hello, you’re doing great, keep it up, have a lovely day and congrats 🌸🌷🌼🌺

Oh my goodness anon this is super delightful and you've totally made my night (even though this is weeks old and I've only just seen it 😂).Thank you 💕

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My baby isn't a baby anymore 😭 and belly baby is taking up a whole lot of room in my body 😳 17 weeks tomorrow, and trying to savour every minute of being a mum of one.

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Yep, we're doing it again. Cillian's getting a little brother or sister later this year ✨

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Little dude is 13 months old today. He looks much tinier in this photo than the giant he actually is. I on the other hand look as large as I actually am 🙄 But I am more than my post-partum body. I grew this little boy, and nursed him for just shy of 13 months. He deserves to have a mum who loves herself, and sings praises of the female form. I want to raise a boy who perhaps one day, will encourage the mother of his child to love and embrace her own post-partum body.

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This bloody brilliant guy has started taking his first steps. So far 8 is the record 👣 (Also he will be 13 months on the 8th of this month, I totally missed his birthday here on tumblr 🤷).

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I'm such a hypocrite, I love coming on here and catching up on all your news, and yet I go weeks if not months between posting anything myself. So here's me all matchy matchy with my four weeks away from being one year old. Yeah, you read that right. Cillian is nearly one. How even. Beyond that, I don't even really know where to start with an update. So I won't even bother, and I'll just try and be better with posting from now on. (Although why do I feel like I've said that before? 🤔) If there's anything in particular you want to know about the last few months then feel free to ask!

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Double digits 🙈✨

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Everyone come to Tauranga please.

Found someone wandering auckland! @libellulecolore 😍

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Little bit of baby spam and a life update for those interested. Things are really excellent at the moment. Cillian is seriously the most delightful little guy, and it's heaps of fun being his mum. He's getting so confident with pulling himself up on furniture, and is slowly figuring out how to get his legs to do the walking thing (he can take his time with that tbh, I'm not ready to have a walker). He's down to one wake up/feed a night, and is having two decent naps during the day (still in our bed full time). He still breastfeeds 4x a day (including overnight), and loves his solids for breakfast, lunch and dinner + snacks. I'm a lot more confident going out with him by myself these days, and will generally go out for coffee with just him for company 2 or 3 times a week. I'm trying to get better at having coffee dates with other mum friends too, but laawwwd it is hard to align babies' schedules 😂 His absolute favourite thing to do right now is 'cheers' with his straw cup. He's so clever and it's so bloody cute. I'm so excited for his first Christmas, even though he won't have a clue what's going on. We're having three separate Christmas celebrations (Sean's family, just us, my family) so there's going to be sooooo much festivity over the coming weeks! We are just slightly struggling with what to get him. We're going to start a tradition of 'something to read, something to wear, something he needs & something he wants', plus a stocking with random stuff. We don't want to resort to a bunch of plastic crap. But what on earth do you get a 10 month old? As for me, I'm doing pretty well. I'm still struggling to make/take time for self care, and I'm in a constant battle over my body. My eating has improved a lot, but I can't tell yet whether it's impacting my weight or not. I've been unable to stick to any exercise 🙄 apart from my Kangatraining classes once a week. Anyhow this has turned into a mega ramble, if you're interested enough in my life to have read this all then you're fantastic and I wish you every good thing ✨

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Just in case you were wondering how the red hair situation is going. It's still very red 🔥

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We had family photos taken last month and would you look how cute my husband and baby are 😍

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Guys I dyed my hair for the first time. Just a semi-permanent out of a box. It's the patchiest, most amateur job ever, but it's a change and I love it.

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Tag someone and say something nice about them

I'll start.

@justanotherhotmess You are killing this whole new mum business and your little girl is so beautiful.

@libellulecolore You are so selfless, and I hope all of the good energy you put out is returned to you.

@kimberleyhealthyandhappy You are such an incredible mum to your little guys. You make the whole mum/work/life balance look like a breeze (although I'm sure it isn't!!)

@mommastrong You handle motherhood and pregnancy with such grace. Your little girls are so lucky to have you.

@steen-to-be-a-marathoner Your passion for life is inspiring. I hope you achieve all of your dreams.

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Walk & home workout completed, featuring an A+ playlist. Let's see how long I can keep this up.

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I'm back, I need the accountability.

Between now and the end of year I will:

* Drink 3 litres of water a day

* Go for a 20 minute walk (with Cillian in front pack) every day that the weather allows

* Do a bodyweight/cardio circuit at home 5 days a week

* Limit refined sugar

* Have fruit and/or vegetables with every meal

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Hi hello I'm still alive and kicking. Cillian is 8 months old now and threatening to get up and walk 😭 I'm mega fat but working on being less fat. It was my 28th birthday last week and I had the nicest day. But how am I 28. We are getting family photos taken on Friday, and it's our 5th/2nd anniversary on Monday. That's the brief rundown, but tbh there's not a whole lot more than that going on. I'll try and start posting more regularly!