Vicki Cockerill - NICU MUM Blog

                                             1. Denial I will just put a few episodes on so I can get on with my jobs/ go to the toilet in peace. (Message of "Are you still there?" pops up three times.) I can tune it out whilst I work. I will not get the theme tune stuck in my head. "Paw Patrol... Paw Patrol..." oh crap. 2. Scrutiny You begin asking yourself... How much must the vet bills be for all those dogs and how does a teenager afford them? What product does Ryder use in his hair? Why am I strangely attracted to Mr Porter and why does he remind me of Paul Hollywood? How much is the Council Tax if dogs are the emergency services? Should we get Captin Turbot on Tinder he seems to spend way too much time with the walrus for my liking.  Do they clean up their own poo? One girl dog.... 5 boy dogs... you do the math. 3. Guilt.  Jesus the plot lines are awful why am I letting my kid watch this? It cannot be good for him especially when he has beg

The newest Cockerill Do you all remember my ever so optimistic natural birth plan? You can read it here. However, spoiler alert, it didn’t happen. What did happen was something no one was expecting. Wednesday the 5 th July… a mundane sort of day spent cleaning the house and doing the weekly shop. With Greg going back to work the next day I was determined to make sure everything was ready for when this baby arrived! I was three days off my due date and still hadn’t had one single sign this baby was imminently coming. I had been receiving messages from quite a few people asking if baby was here yet. I was getting fed up as everything I had tried to induce labour failed miserably and every morning for the last two weeks I woke up disappointed I wasn’t in labour! I gave up, walking didn’t help, pineapple made me sick and I was beginning to tire of the raspberry leaf tea. This baby was staying put. In the evening I put Elijah bed, and we began to settle down for the eveni