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    Harris’ Arrival – Having A Premature Baby During A Global Pandemic

    May 30, 2020 /

    Having a premature baby is hard, but having one during a global pandemic was on another level. Harris arrived 9 weeks early. He just had to do one better than his big brother by arriving even earlier and during the coronavirus pandemic. During my pregnancy with Dylan, I developed pre-eclampsia which led to him being born ahead of schedule. This meant that when I was pregnant with Harris, I had extra monitoring and was seen by the consultant throughout my pregnancy. Aside from a bit of sickness early on and some back/hip pain as the pregnancy progressed, my blood pressure was behaving and everything seemed to be going really well…

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Welcome to The Tartan Leeks

Hello, I'm Helena. Mum to two beautiful boys and wife to Mik. Born and bred in South Wales but now living in North East Scotland where I've given up my job as an engineer to be a stay-at-home Mum. I hope you enjoy following along with our parenting journey here.

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Feeding Harris at 5 months old (3 months corrected Feeding Harris at 5 months old (3 months corrected), at the park while Dylan played. It was around now that I started to feel like a "normal" breastfeeding Mum.We'd gotten through NICU, tube feeds and the gruelling pumping schedule. I had finally stopped pumping to try and increase my low supply due to IGT. He was still getting formula top ups at this point but I'd made my peace with the fact that he'd never be exclusively breastfed.For so long I felt ashamed that I wasn't able to exclusively breastfeed either of my children, but I've finally accepted that I did my best and they are happy and healthy which is all that matters.Harris is still going strong at 11 months and he's not showing signs of wanting to stop breastfeeding yet! I've loved feeding both of my boys, it's been well worth all of the challenges โค๏ธ#thebooblife #breastfeeding #breastfeedinglowsupply #breastfeedingnicu #tubefed #ngtube #neonatalunit #neonatalunitfeeding #igt #breastfeedingigt #lowsupply #lowsupplymum #mumofboys #mumblogger #mummyblogger
Painting with 11 month old H (9 months corrected). Painting with 11 month old H (9 months corrected). I tape the paper into a plastic wallet and he loves the crinkly noise it makes. An artist in the making I think! ๐ŸŽจ I love this activity as D (2-1/2 years) can be painting at the table with H so they are both entertained.
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A morning by the sea ๐Ÿš #toddleroutside #toddler A morning by the sea ๐Ÿš
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Another beautiful day for a walk ๐Ÿ‘Ÿ #toddler #2y Another beautiful day for a walk ๐Ÿ‘Ÿ
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Today we had a long overdue Dylan and Mummy mornin Today we had a long overdue Dylan and Mummy morning @castlefrasernts. Exploring, hot chocolates and sunshine โค๏ธ
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Helping to sweep and clear the patio in the sunshi Helping to sweep and clear the patio in the sunshine ๐ŸŒž
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Muddy knees, catching bubbles and the remnants of Muddy knees, catching bubbles and the remnants of our snowman ๐Ÿ˜„
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Feels like spring is around the corner finally. Fo Feels like spring is around the corner finally. Found a swan at the pond so I had a very happy boy this morning! ๐ŸŒธ
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Climbing in the sunshine at the park yesterday - a Climbing in the sunshine at the park yesterday - almost felt like spring if you ignored the snow on the ground and the biting wind ๐Ÿ”†
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