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Dinner Our Sleepy Smiles RecipesNovember 3, 2017

Creamy Carrot soup 

I love carrot and coriander soup, I love most soups really, but this one is a favourite all year round!  When it comes to cooking I want my food to have a lot of flavour and this soup really does.  The ground cumin, chopped tomatoes and cream make it such a delicious soup.  I always…

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Our Sleepy Smiles Recipes Sweet StuffMarch 17, 2017March 17, 2017

My orange cake

I have been making this very easy and tasty orange cake for years.  Over the years I have decreased the amount of sugar that I put in it, just because I don’t think that it needs too much sugar.  Don’t worry, there is still sugar in it, just a bit less then when I started…

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• Sunday • I stopped revising at 22:00 last night but then I just did a liiiiiittle bit more and before I knew it it was 2:00 in the morning 😕 so I am tired today. We had a slow start to the day, JJ went to Sunday school whilst I went to church. Daddy took Silas and Suzie for a long walk. Now we are preparing lunch and then it will be revision again. I am sincerely hoping that some of this revision is sticking to my brain 🧠 . . . . . #revision #studentmidwife #jamesheralvurkelly #sunday #slow #tired #mumfirst #motherhood
• Enough • That’s it, I’ve had enough for one day! Time for bed and to continue the revision again tomorrow! Oh and this is what most pictures of Silas look like 🤣 . . . . . #overandout #done #enough #goodnight #silasaonghuskelly #motherhood #revision #studentmidwife #bedtime
• Bedtime story • The boys got a new book (second hand) from the little elf who stays in our house during December. We love the stories about Katie Morag. In tonight’s story was this lovely illustration of Katie’s mum breastfeeding their baby and it made me so happy to see. Once again, the more society is exposed to breastfeeding the more acceptable it will be. . . . . . #katiemorag #normalisebreastfeeding #morethanjustfood #motherhood #storytime
• Breastfeeding • Today I am revising breastfeeding. It is a topic I am very passionate about and I have loved learning more about the anatomy and physiology behind it. I strongly believe that in order to make society more accepting and comfortable with seeing women breastfeeding their children we simply need to see it more. So here is a picture of Silas feeding. He is just over a year old in this picture. Today he is 22 months old and still breastfeeding. It is definitely hard at times, especially during the night when he crawls all over me to go from left to right breast 🤣 but as I am sitting here reading about all the benefits and all the good stuff I have and still am giving him I know that it is worth it! . . . . . #breastfeeding #revision #midwifery #studentmidwife #momfirst #momlife #motherhood #normalisebreastfeeding #justfood #silasaonghuskelly #thebest #breastfeedingmom
• The Start • Do you ever get that feeling where you have to revisit your source of inspiration? Last night I looked out the picture from JJs birth and found this one amongst them. It gave me all the feelings 💓 I can not wait to support women through their pregnancy and birth, to be there at moments like this one will be indescribable! I had a very rough night with Silas, so much so that I am home from university today and I feel so bad about it. But I knew that it would not be wise to drive in on less than 3 hours sleep. Silas seems better now and has gone to granny’s house to bake, he just needed me A LOT during the night. A full on study at home day for me with this picture in front of me as motivation and inspiration. . . . . . #motivation #inspiration #studentmidwife #midwifery #momandstudent #momlife #studentlife #motherhoodfirst #jamesheralvurkelly #newborn #birth
• Good Night • There is finally quiet in our household. Silas had a late nap today and has just fallen asleep again. But on the bright side I just managed to buy James Christmas present whilst feeding Silas to sleep 🤣 hands up who has done most of their Christmas shopping whilst breastfeeding babies to sleep? 🤱🏻🙋🏻‍♀️ . . . . . #breastfeeding #dinosaur #brothers #bedtime #playing #buddingphotographer #jamesheralvurkelly #silasaonghuskelly #motherhood #christmasshopping #shopsmall #brandreps

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