On reflection, what a July! July is usally a tricky month for me, with dates and occasions throughout the month. Including my birthday. Add in the reflections of this birthday being number 40. It’s also the lead up to Henry’s birthday, which we still have birth trauma reflections of. Plus I had my first (second and third) dentist appointment for 10-12 years! So there’s just a lot going on. With this, and more, happening… it’s been a lot. My ‘process’ is usually to try as best

I recently turned 40(!) and that’s overlapped with some health struggles. Because of that I’m in the process of a few health checks, and that got me thinking. Why do we so often wait until there’s a problem or struggle to check in with ourselves? I wonder, were we ever taught or encouraged as young people/ young adults to be proactive with health. All the messaging I remember was always about ‘getting better’ when you’re unwell. Not keeping yourself well. If you’re unfit try

Over the last month we’ve been toilet training Henry, and he’s been doing really well. After a perfect first 3 days, we had 2 weeks where Henry mostly got it but struggled some days, and we are now getting towards three weeks of no accidents; just the occasional post wee dripping. **Content Warning - This ones about potty and toilet training Wow, is there lots of information online about this. Like most things, working out what’s helpful, and what's not, can be tricky. While