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Posted on May 14, 2020June 7, 2020Categories LIFESTYLE, PARENTHOOD

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#WednesdayWisdom - Mumma, Listen To Your Body! Day

#WednesdayWisdom - Mumma, Listen To Your Body! Day 5 @thenappygurus August photo challenge⁣ 📸
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🖌️🎨👩🏾‍🎨If you saw my stories and post yesterday you'll know I did a bit of chalk paint for baby's room. I'd like to say that hubby took this picture of me after I did all the hard graft. But I'd be lying.⁣
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This was me slumped and knackered on the sofa before I'd even started the one thing on my to-do-list for the day. I got up in the morning. I showered, organised the room for painting, ate did a couple basic bits around the house and that was it. My energy was gone.⁣😴
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The usual temptation would be to push through and just get on with it. I'd ignore my body that's shouting 'I'm exhausted'.⁣
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But one of the last things the midwife said to me was 'Listen to your body'. Her simple words of wisdom stuck with me. ⁣👩‍⚕️
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As parents we often don't listen to our bodies. We want to do it all. Get the nappies ready, the dishes done, the food prepped, the kids sorted, promote your business, do the craft, complete the work, respond to the emails and DM's, wash the dishes....we can sometimes choose productivity over ourselves. Often we strive for perfection and having it all.⁣
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I've decided I don't need it all. I don't want it all. I want a well looked after, healthy body and mind. And sometimes that looks likes four simple letters. R-E-S-T. The other stuff sometimes has to wait. I've had burn out before and it's not nice. Listen to your body' 🥰🥰🥰⁣
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Uh Oh!⁣ Did you know....... ⁣ ⁣ • An estim

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• An estimated £30 billion worth of clothes that have never been worn are hanging in wardrobes across the UK?⁣
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• The drive of ‘fast fashion’ adds to the waste problem, amounting to a staggering 10,000 items of clothing being sent to landfill every five minutes, equivalent to £140 million in value every year⁣
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• It’s also the amount of raw materials used to produce the items that are going to waste too. To put it into perspective, it takes around 1,800 gallons of water to make a single pair of jeans.⁣
(Source: Go to Keepbritaintiday.org for more info)⁣
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Of course WE can ALL make a DIFFERENCE. One way we do our part is stocking up Baby Blueberry's wardrobe with Preloved goodies from @kidamajg.⁣
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It's WIN WIN WI ! We get a bargain🎁, we get to save the planet 🌏and to save your pennies 💰while baby gets to look FABULOUS 👶🏽!⁣
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Not just that, For and EXTRA 10% DISCOUNT off your FIRST order simply enter the code: ADAMS 🎊🎊🎊👍🏾⁣
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For orders later on down the line you can put the code 'ADAMS' into the ‘comments’ section of the order to be entered into a monthly draw to win a one off discount on your next order. 🎉🎉🎉⁣
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LETS curb our addiction to fast fashion and bless this planet, our kids and our pockets one Preloved garment at a time. ⁣
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Thank so much ⁣
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(Please share with other mamas, papas, grandparents and aunties that love a good barg!)⁣
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Love from
Dom, Shiv and Baby Blueberry A.K.A Baby Adams⁣

P.s can't wait to dress baby Blueberry in this bright red Preloved #Joules jumper from @kidamajig. 👍🏾🎊👶🏽
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Its been months since I've had the time to pick up

Its been months since I've had the time to pick up a paint brush and get creative 🖌️🎨👩🏾‍🎨 ⁣
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I spent the day customising some beautiful second-hand baby bits that were gifted to us.⁣
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If I'm honest it took a lot more patience than usual being that all my groin joints are achey and baby blueberry is getting heavier every week. But we did get the job down. yay! Way to go mama! ⁣
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Oh and I bought these dungarees second hand from a vintage store about a year ago just to wear during my paint my projects! I thought they would be all brightly coloured and artiscitc with paint splashes by now but they aren't because I use chalk paint and it washes straight out of your clothes 🖌️🤦🏽‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️⁣
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You may have notice that I can't button up my the buttons at the wide anymore 😂😂😅 I'm way too wide. And to be honest I was so hot I ended up stripping and just painting in my t-shirt anyway 🤷🏾‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️😅☀️😎⁣
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Ok so daddy loves anything monochrome. Black and w

Ok so daddy loves anything monochrome. Black and white is his fashion thing! So of course our first purchase from @thenappygurus all those months ago when we started our stash as cloth newbies, of course included black and white prints!!!!!⁣⁣
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In fact, top tip, if you wanna get daddy on board with buying extra nappies just say you're 'getting them so that he and baby can match'. That'll do the trick 😂😂😂😂⁣⁣
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Just kidding! Fortunately I don't have to convince Dom when it comes to reusable nappies. I'm indecisive 🤦🏽‍♀️ so he has a say in most the choices, and he even helped choose my first lot of reusable sanitary wear and boob pads from @thenappygurus last week (📦package is an on the way. yay!!!)⁣⁣
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Dom loves cloth nappies because:⁣⁣
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🌍 They'll be kind to the planet ⁣⁣
💷 And they'll be equally kind to his wallet 💓⁣⁣
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Win win win 🎉⁣⁣
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And how cute is my bubba's vest? 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰⁣⁣
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Packing baby's bag is harder than I thought. Doesn

Packing baby's bag is harder than I thought. Doesn't help that I'm an over-analyser, it's our first time doing cloth nappies and we're doing it from birth, and due to Covid, how long we have to stay in hospital rules are always changing! I just don't wanna forget anything!⁣
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Anywho, it's so exciting though. And because Dom is currently furloughed and I'm on mat leave pay, we have been beautifully thrifty.⁣
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@kidamajig we bought LOADS of pre-loved baby stuff for next to nothing. Huge savings and everyithing was in PERFECT CONDITION 🤩⁣
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@thenappygurus where we purchased 90% of our cloth nappy stash, we use @ayorkshiremama mums code for 10% off for every order which has saved us a bunch!⁣
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@ebay_uk is King for discount on big stuff that are still NEW.👑⁣
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And most shops currently have sale trying to get people to spend. So we have lots of sale goodies including Babys Mickey Mouse @disney bag was 10 quid at Primark in the sale. 🥰⁣
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I couldn't be more happy with our packing on a budget with a mixture of new and pre-loved goodies....I mean save the planet, save pennies and baby still looks good. Win win win! 🛍️⁣
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Anyway, Have a good weekend. I'm going to go and finish of baby Blueberry's packing! 👋🏾👶🏽🤰🏾🎒🏥⁣
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(p.s. Oh and if your expecting don't forget to collect all your freebies @bootsuk . They give you a bottle, soother, breast pads, bathing kit and more at various baby stages! Enjoy 🥰 )⁣
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