I admit it, I’m one of those people who always says “I should back up my data, but . . .”, or “what could possibly happen . . .” and well it happened. Nothing is backed up. Backing up is just one of those things – you don’t need it until you absolutely do. What did I lose? Alot of things that I don’t really care about – old e-mails, spreadsheets, music and the one thing that I really do care about – over 1,700 photos of my 15 month …

It’s Never as Easy as It Seems . . .
It seems impossible to start a series on all the things I learnt in my first year as a mother without starting at the beginning with breast-feeding.
It Didn’t Come Naturally (At First)

I had always assumed with all the beautiful images I had seen of a mother and a newborn, and the fact that I was a breast-fed baby myself that the act of breast-feeding would come very naturally to me. But it didn’t – we had a bumpy ride at first. …