Thinking about my first night at home with Liam and it is not the best memory. I remember how tired I was after birth and because my milk did not come that time  and the poor baby screamed of hunger. I was so terrified that it will be like that every day. Well, lot of things have changed since.

The routine got better and easier. Of course I still have to feed at night and Liam wakes up because of his sore tummy but in general we are very blessed. I though regret one thing. I should have got this wonderful product much sooner. My friend Christina told me about it when I was expecting but at the time I did not pay much attention. I was hoping that my baby will be one of those that will sleep like an angel for hours (how naive I was back then). And plus with all the things we had to buy I saw this as an extra cost. However, Cocoonababy is worth every penny. It is worth to buy it no matter how much expenses you already have as nobody gives you that extra hour or two of sleep.

Cocoonababy is something I started to look into when Liam was waking up at night because of winds. We know lot of babies suffer however he was up so many times a night and I heard stories from people around me how their babies sleep 5-6 hours straight. Oh, what a dream!

It is design in a way to help the baby transition from womb to this world. Thanks to the curved posture and ergonomic design it reminds them being in the womb and gives them security and comfort. And it helps a lot when babies have bad reflux. I really wish I had this from the start but still in general things have improved. We have now more nights when Liam sleeps 5-6 hours straight and he is 2 months and those hours are such a blessing.

I am so happy we are using this now as it really improved the whole routine and I sleep longer and better. I am happily joining all those people that gave this product positive reviews and want to tell you that there is no need to see this as an extra expense. Nobody will give you extra sleep so this really is worth it.

Kdyz tak vzpominam na prvni noc doma, kdyz jsem prisla z porodnice tak to nejsou moc prijemne vzpominky. V Britanii jdete na druhy den po porodu domu a nikdo mi nic moc nerekl. Prvni noc byla krusna, nenastoupilo mi jeste mleko a Liam kricel hlady celou noc. Byla jsem jeste tak vycerpana po porodu, ze jsem se desila po teto noci vubec vstoupit do loznice. Prislo mi, ze se loznice zmenila v mucirnu. Nastesti se od te doby hodne zmenilo.

Jedne veci ale opravdu lituju a to ze jsem si neporidila Cocoonababy hned od zacatku. Moje kamaradka Christina o tom skladala basne, ale uz tak ma clovek tolik vydaju, kdyz ceka miminko a tak jsem to vydela jako dalsi utracene penize. A to byla chyba, protoze je to uzasny produkt. A dobry spanek navic vam jako nove mamince nikdo neda. Liam spi docela dobre, ale budil se mozna vice nez jsem slysela od druhych maminek a hlavne ho trapily prdiky. A tak jsem zacala vyhledavat na internetu, co by nam mohlo v noci pomoci, abych taky mohla jednou rict, ze nas prcek spal pet ci sest hodin v kuse. A recenze na tento produkt byly jenom pozitivni. 

Je to opravdu skoda, ze jsem to nepouzivala od zacatku. Design je zkratka udelany tak, ze miminku pripomina pozici v deloze a navic pomaha miminkum, ktery maji spatny reflux. Liam ma ted dva a pul mesice a Cocoonababy pouzivam asi dva tydny a od te doby mam mnohem vice tech noci, kdy spi az 6 hodin v kuse a opravdu se budi mene. Dokonce se budi mene i na jidlo. Prijde mi, ze se vzdy zklidni kdyz ho do Coocoonaby polozim. 

Opravdu dobry spanek vam nikdy nezaplati a proto se nebojte trosku investovat, protoze u nas Cocoonababy skutecne zabral.

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Have you heard stories that breastfeeding is hard (at least at the start?). Well, I have and I can add now another story to all those out there. Nobody prepared me for this. You hear that it hurts at the start and it can be very exhausting to be a “milk factory” every three hours (as it may also be every one hour right). However nobody out there tells you everything and mainly say that everybody is different.

Well, I learnt the most in my NCT class however our breastfeeding class was interesting one on its own. The teacher was one of those who claimed everybody can breastfeed and there is no way that there are women that do not start to produce milk. I already knew back then that was rubbish as I was not breastfed from those reasons. She also said that you can eat whatever you want without having an impact on your baby and their behaviour. Now, I had to learn the hard way that it is rubbish piece of information after I ate too much cheese one day.

I cannot even describe how stressful were the first few days. I was pulled to different directions by my friends, family, internet and all. And everybody was saying different things that “will definitely work”. I had quite major baby blues and so much confusing information coming at me from all possible angles. Breastfeeding was all I talked about. I tried so many things from hot towels, hot showers, nursing teas, massaging, stimulation with breast pump, feeding less, feeding too often and it was bloody hard. It was painful, time consuming and frustrating. I wish I could sit here and say (like some women out there) how beautiful breastfeeding is and how they felt the bond with the baby. As I did not. And I do not think it makes me a bad mother. Actually, I am proud of myself that although I struggled so much I lasted and I did it and I am still doing it. It makes me a brilliant mother as I kept going although I wanted to stop every second and was tempted to go straight on formula full time.

I remember how tired I was with all the work, new baby and feeding. Even if I knew breastfeeding was not my favourite thing I sat there and after each feed I tried to stimulate the production by using a breast pump. That was one thing that at least made it easier because I cannot imagine to all this I would have to do this manually. I chose an electric pump that is widely used at hospitals here in UK and has got best reviews ever. Medela swing pump was the pump of my choice and I can just add another positive review to all those out there. It is very easy to use and will save you lot of time and stress. The buttons set up is pretty self explanatory and it really is simple to use it. You have got bottle that comes with it and also a strap that makes your expressing sessions more comfortable.

I knew full time feeding with formula would suit my lifestyle so much more. I am the type of person that is not designed to sit at home. I am running this blog, go to events, meetings with PR and I have so many other activities and social life so I need people to be able to mind my baby and if you breastfeed you are pretty much chained to your little ones. And again that does not make me cruel. You need to adapt things to your lifestyle and needs. And even after this I kept going. I was drinking my teas, using the pump, massaging and everything possible to make it happen.

Another thing was breastfeeding in public. I am not a huge fan to be honest however I got now to the point where I fed Liam on a bus, on a platform, in Starbucks, different restaurants, Tate gallery and everywhere possible. I still have got issue to feed in certain places that seem less breastfeeding friendly but it got so much better.

My point is that lot of women do not say things openly and they should. I am not ashamed to say I really had to work hard to get to this point and I am still not loving breastfeeding. There is so much pressure on women to make this work but nobody should feel like this. There are also lot of judgmental people out there including some of my friends. My message to them would be you do what you feel is right and I do what feels right for me. Everything you do should make you happy as you know what they say happy mummy means happy baby.

Uz jste asi slyseli pribehy o tom, ze kojeni je pekne narocne (alespon na zacatku). Ja se k temto pribehum s radosti pridam a podelim se o vlastni zkusenost. A budu asi pekne uprimna, protoze nedokazu tady presentovat neco co vlastne neni. Nikdo me totiz nepripravil na kojeni, tak jak jsem si myslela a ano ty informace, ktere nam vsichni davaji jako ze kojeni ze zacatku boli a take je velmi vycerpavajici jsou pravdive. Proste vase telo je “mlekarna” kazde tri hodiny (a vlastne kdyby ty tri).

Nejvice jsem se o kojeni asi naucila v nasich NCT hodinach, coz je kurz, ktery je organizovany tady v Britanii pro budouci rodice, kde se ucite o porodu, jak se starat o miminko a jak kojit. Nebudu vam lhat. Nase lektorka na kojeni byla trosku jako prisna ucitelka s pravitkem a presne ten typ, ktery tvrdi, ze kazdy muze kojit a ze muzete jist uplne vse aniz by to melo dopad na dite a jeho chovani. Oboji je bohuzel jedna pekna lez. Za prve ja jsem nikdy kojena nebyla, protoze moji mamce nikdy mleko nenastoupilo a za druhe jsem se bohuzel musela jednoho dne pekne zakusit, kdyz maly plakal, protoze jsem den pred tim snedla hodne syru.

Nejak ani nedokazu popsat prvnich par dnu a zacatky, protoze to bylo silene. Opravdu nic pro me a to, ze vam to sdelim uprimne neznamena, ze jsem spatna matka, ale kojeni neni vubec muj salek caje. Rada bych tady sedela a napsala, ze jsem citila spojeni s miminkem a jak krasny pocit to je, ale to bych vam lhala. Na zacatku jsem prozivala docela silne “baby blues” a do toho se snazila, aby mi nastoupilo mleko. Ze vsech stran se valily jine informace a ja masirovala, davala teple obklady, pila kojici caje, kojila casto a pak zase kazde tri hodiny, mazala bolava prsa, sprchovala teplou vodou a hlavne jsem nedokazala mluvit o nicem jinem. A prave proto si myslim, ze jsem dobra matka. Dokazala jsem se pres tento sileny zacatek prenest a vydrzela to a kojim doposud. 

Jako odsavacku jsem si vybrala tuhle Medela Swing, protoze jsem slysela, ze je nejlepsi. V Britanii je to odsavacka, ktera se ve velkem pouziva v nemocnicich a vubec ma nejlepsi recenze. Ja k tomu muzu dodat, ze jsem ji opravdu pouzila jenom zpocatku na stimulaci, aby mi nastoupilo mleko. Po kojeni jsem ji pouzila na dalsich 10-15 minut. A uz to samo bylo narocne. Kazdopadne je hrozne jednoducha na pouzivani, takze pokud chcete usetrit trochu prace a nechcete pouzivat tu manualni, jdete do Medely. Nedovedu si predstavit, ze do toho vseho bych se tady jeste trapila s manualni odsavackou na mleko. 

Bohuzel clovek je obklopeny lidma, kteri neustale soudi. Soudi vas sestry, lekari, kamaradi a vsichni. Pritom kazdy by si mel delat co chce. Ano kojeni je dobre pro dite, ale k cemu to je, kdyz to matku frustruje a pak stres prenasi na dite. Ja stale kojim, ale na zacatku jsem kazdy den chtela nasadit umelou vyzivu. A pro ty co kojily mesice ci roky tohle bude znit asi divne, ale ja jsem pysna, ze jsem to vydrzela doposud. Nejsem ten clovek, ktery citil pri kojeni nejake spojeni s miminkem a byla to opravdu drina a presto jsem to vydrzela. 

Dalsi veci se kterou bojuji (ted uz snad mene) je kojeni na verejnosti. To je jeden z duvodu, kdy vim, ze umela vyziva by pro me byla jednodussi. Muj zivotni styl je uspechany a diky blogu vlastne nejsem ani na materske. Mam porad spoustu prace, schuzek, akci a fakt, ze jsem pripoutana k miminku to jenom stezuje. Jsem porad v terenu. A tak ho beru sebou kam se da. Kojeni na verejnosti mi ale neni dvakrat prijemne. Pomalu se to zlepsuje a uz jsem krmila na zastavce, v autobuse, v galerii Tate modern, Starbucksu, restauracich a vsude mozne. 

V Londyne jsou ale stale mista, kde mam pocit, ze kojeni neni moc vitane a nebo pro me nejsou ani moc pohodlna. Ale snad prekonam i to a nakonec mi to nebude vadit. 

Moje rada vsem budoucim maminkam je takova, ze nemusi delat neco, co nechteji. Nikoho neposlouchete a ridte se vlastnim instinktem. Ono je to na zacatku tezke, protoze vam vsichni a take hormony opravdu zatemni mozek, ale udelejte to. Spokojena maminka totiz znamena spokojene miminko. 

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Before I became mum I heard lot of opinions about motherhood and some were good and some were bad. Well, the true story is that nobody can explain or prepare you for motherhood and plus all babies are different. However, most of us experience the same – lack of sleep, less freedom, emotions and there is all the attention on the baby. OK, however if it was that bad people would not have kids at all so there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I cannot say much yet as Liam is 1 month today and there is so much more to come however I have noticed huge baby boom so why is it so cool to be a mum?

Look at the huge baby boom. When I was pregnant three Victoria’s Secret models got pregnant at a similar time. These super successful women decided to have kids and that is already cool itself. From rocking down one of the major catwalks straight to baby duties. And they manage to look fantastic. I was probably not at their level but I did try my best (hehe).

Now, look at all the trends in music. Fergie and her latest MILF song and the video full of super hot mums. It is about celebrating how cool motherhood can be and it does not mean that your life is finished. The video to this song is so good that I badly want to be in it. At least Liam’s pram had an appearance in it and that made me proud of my choice (haha).

And we also have the new Bridget Jones movie which is about guess what? Babies…LOL

I am also surrounded by lot of friends with kids and they manage to make everything easy and still manage to have a great life. Well, yes with a bit of help but there is no need to slip in to a lazy route and end your life at home on the sofa.

And mainly giving birth and looking after a child is a hard job. Everybody deserves a medal for this.

So let’s celebrate motherhood, stay stylish, happy and mainly be cool!

Nez jsem se stala maminkou, tak jsem slysela na materstvi spousty nazoru. Mame tu ty matky matek, ktere by na materstvi nedaly dopustit a pak zase druhy tabor zen karieristek, ktere maji sice dite, ale nechteji prijit jak o svuj predesly zivot tak ani kariery. Jak ci tak vetsina z nas proziva to same – nedostatek spanku, strach, emoce a take fakt, ze vse se toci kolem miminka. Ale kdyby to bylo tak strasne, tak jak je mozne, ze lide maji deti a maji jich nekolik? Ja asi nemam az tak co mluvit, protoze Liam ma dneska teprve mesic, ale prece musi existovat vysvetleni. Podle me je byt mamou zkratka cool?

Podivejme se na ten obrovsky baby boom. Jenom behem meho tehotenstvi byly tehotne tri Victoria Secret modelky, otehotnela i Blake Lively a spousty dalsich celebrit. Z predvadecich mol hned k materskym povinostem. A co je na tom jeste lepsi, ze zvladnout vypadat uzasne jak behem tehotenstvi, tak i po. Ja jsem se snazila zuby nehty a i kdyz jsem asi nevypadala stejne (LOL) tak jsem se alespon citila dobre. 

A perfektnim prikladem je novy hit od Fergie MILF, kde shromazdila ruzne celebrity, ktere vypadaji neskutecne a jsou to vsechno maminky. I svet hudby uz se nesoustredi pouze na mlade bezdetne modelky. Byt mamou je proste cool. A dokonce se v klipu objevil i Liamuv kocar coz mi udelalo radost. No asi jsem vybrala zkratka dobre. 

A taky tu mame posledni film Bridget Jones, ktery je jak jinak nez o tehotenstvi a detech. LOL 

Uz jenom fakt, ze zena dokaze dite porodit a starat se o nej je cool a kazda si zaslouzi velkou medajli.

A proto se snazme i jako mamy zustat stylove, krasne, stastne a hlavne cool. 

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