Katherine Ann Blogs

In 2016 we had our first baby, a little boy, H. I was 23 at the time and my now husband, 25 and we had absolutely no idea what we were doing.  H wasn't a planned baby and when he was born we found out that he has Down's Syndrome and Klinefelter syndrome - You can find out more about Down's Syndrome  here  and Klinefelter Syndrome  here  - so we were pretty overwhelmed. He spent 18 days in NICU as he had some complications when born so when he came home he was already in an established routine which was pretty much the only way we survived.  We always knew we wanted two children and so when I finally found out I was pregnant in March of 2023 we were beyond excited. F made her appearance in November and we were lucky enough to be able to bring her home just 24 hours after she was born, however this meant we had a newborn and a 7 year old to look after.  F couldn't be more different to H, besides being a girl she is loud, clingy, chatty and needy. She lov...

Anyone else used to be obsessed with the 'What's in my bag' videos on YouTube? Just me? I honestly loved a nosy into everyones bag, but even now I'll take a look at the 'work bag' editions out there because I love to be organised. I thought it might be a good idea to put together a post with my 10 must have items. Some of them you probably already have and maybe one or two you had never even thought about.  1. Hand sanitiser.  Okay so this one is obvious these days, however I have carried hand sanitiser in my bag since being pregnant with my eldest. It was like it suddenly occurred to me that the world is a filthy place! I find that 'fun' sanitisers mean I reach for them more, I currently have the Carex love heart scent but I am partial to some of the Primark fun scents.  2. Hand cream.  Again this one is probably a given, but I work on a computer all day find it really hard to type when my hands are dry. Sanitiser doesn't really help with dry hands ...

 It's a new year, and everyone you speak to, and everywhere you look you will see them;    New Year's Resolutions and they all consist of pretty much the same thing, lose weight, eat better, save money ect ect, and every one of them will be forgotten by February, so why do people do it every new year? I think there is something about the start of a new year that makes people want to better themselves, it has been drilled into us that the new year is a new start and sometimes it really does feel like that, but is it really? As I've grown older I've realised that it really isn't. If you want to change you can literally start anytime you don't need to wait until a new year, month or even week to start making the changes you want to implement in your life. So don't wait for January to make those changes. Set yourself some goals and start now.  Now this is where I started asking myself how can I set goals for myself that are actually achievable? So I went to my b...