Life in a rucksack

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Walking up Victoria Peak in Hong Kong

May 12, 2018AbbiAdd comment

From the ground level, Hong Kong can feel a little chaotic. It is busy, noisy and when in central, the towering buildings can feel a little daunting. However, there are ways to appreciate the city from a different perspective. One of the best ways to explore any city I find is on foot.  Seeing Hong Kong from one of the highest vantage points is a must when you are...

48 hours in Hong Kong

March 27, 2018Abbi2 comments

If you are travelling to South East Asia from Europe, chances are you may fly into some of the big hub cities such as Bangkok, Singapore or Hong Kong. Our three week honeymoon tour of South East Asia started off in Hong Kong. We flew here as it offered the best flight prices. Rather than fly in, and get on a connecting flight, we decided that we would get over our...

Where Life in a Rucksack is going in 2014?

May 14, 2014Abbi7 comments

Although we are almost halfway through 2014; I thought I’d share my travel plans for the remaining 6 months of this year. I’ve been living in New Zealand for the past 2.5 years, and will be leaving to travel around Asia for a little over four months. I am excited, scared, nervous, … I am again going into the unknown. A new chapter. New adventures...

The baby spam on my feed has been crazy lately, but we have now just booked our first family holiday to Palma 🇪🇸 for a few months time (so normal travel content will resume soon!) I’ve never been so if you have any tips or recommendations then shoot them my way ✈️
One year ago today we found out about you. Now we are exploring with you. As the word “pregnant” appeared on the screen of my @clearblue test, my heart skipped a beat. We had planned and hoped for you. Now you are here. Motherhood hasn’t always been easy but you are a joy to have in our lives baby girl. Watching you discover new things daily and see your little face light up in the mornings is just a delight 🥰 #loveyoutothemoonandback
We are almost 15 weeks into our journey as parents, and now counting it more in months! Time is flying by so fast and we are finding that our little one is growing and developing at such a rate. She will regularly giggle at our funny noises, smiles daily and wants to see more of what’s going on around her. Her latest party trick is to roll from her back to her tummy (time slow down!) Learning more than ever to cherish these moments whilst she is so small 🥰 📸: @chrisjphotography
Suddenly I have a 3 month old baby! Where has that time gone? These past 12 weeks have been some of the most intense 12 weeks of my life. I have spent these weeks constantly questionning myself whether I am doing it right. 'It' being a parent that is. I have come to the conculsion that the answer is no. I am probably not doing it right, but I am doing the best I can do. I may not have it altogether, but who does? Aren't we all just figuring it out as we go along? My baby is happy and healthy and we are loving life with her 🥰 My latest blog (link in bio) is full of my reflections on the #fourthtrimester 📸: @chrisjphotography
In Bath with my babe 👶🏼💕 When our baby arrived I was filled with a whole load of emotions. I was immensely happy and so totally in love, but I was also exhausted and would cry at the slightest little thing. I mourned at times for my life pre baby and even leaving the house filled me with such anxiety. I had no idea how I’d ever be able to travel with a baby. However, we did it. At just 7 weeks old we took our baby on a road trip to the south west of England. A mere 5 hour drive away. We had to stop a lot and much of our trip revolved around finding places we could park our pram, feed or change our baby. We didn’t see as much as we usually would, but we did enjoy it. I’ve just written a blog about what it’s like to travel with a newborn (link in bio). Have you travelled with a baby? Please share with me some of your pro tips below 👌🏻 📸: @chrisjphotography
Oh how these little feet have grown! 🥰 I can’t believe how quickly our tiny baby is growing into a proper little lady now. We’re now almost through the fourth trimester and finding our way with this parenthood thing. Something I have been reminded about lately though is how our need to choose convenience as parents will affect our ability to be sustainable. Thinking about all the products I’ve been using over the past 10 weeks the majority of them contain plastic or are single use plastic such as nappies and nappy bags as well as my single use express and go pouches. I’d love to try to be more sustainable and have more reusable products in the future but it may take some time to make the switch. Thanks to @thetravelista I’ve learnt that the @huggiesuk wipes we have been using contain the least amount of plastic products than any other disposable wipe, so that makes me feel a little better and I am going to continue to seek out other products which reduces waste ♻️ #huggiestiniestfootprint
How could I have ever not known you? 🥰 It’s almost 10 weeks since this little one rushed into our lives. The days before she even existed seem like a distant but happy memory. My days are now just filled with loving and caring for our little girl and it brings me such joy being her mother. She is no longer a helpless tiny baby and is starting to show us her personality. She knows what she wants and how to get it, whether that be a nappy change, more milk or just an extra long cuddle. Even when her little bottom lip turns downward and she looks at us with those big brown eyes, I can’t help but love her even more. I love watching her discover things and watch as her eyes widen when she sees or achieves something new. She will show us her beautiful smile daily and is almost starting to giggle. I am excited for the next 10 weeks and beyond; to see how she grows and develops and to show her more of our world ❤️
"Breast is best". It's what 'they' say. They say it in the antenatal classes, your midwife will advocate for it, and there is such a huge societal emphasis on its benefits. Breastfeeding looks easy (or so I thought before I had my baby), but it is far from it. Feeding has been one of the most difficult aspects of adjusting to life with a newborn. This photo was taken when my baby was just 2 days old. We struggled immensely with breastfeeding in the early days. It is something that it difficult for a lot of mums but not often talked about. For the past 8 weeks I have continued to breastfeed but I do so by exclusively expressing my milk and feeding my baby with a bottle. It has been an incredibly difficult thing to do, and I feel like I constantly have to justify myself to others and explain what I am doing or that the milk in the bottle is my milk and not formula. I have also carried around a lot of guilt regarding 'giving up' on directly breastfeeding and I continue to worry if I am producing enough or even the right type of milk to feed my baby. Exclusively expressing is no easy task. It means I am awake in the night when my baby is asleep, just to get enough milk for the next feed. I often feel like a I am in a cycle of constantly expressing, feeding and sterilising. However, my baby is thriving and been having my milk for the first two months of her life so far 💪🏻 🥛 I intend to feed her this way until I am unable to do so. I have written a blog on my experiences with breastfeeding. Expressing and feeding isn't something that is common in the UK and many people wouldn't choose to feed in this way, but it is an option and I am very much of the opinion that fed is best. #fedisbest #exclusivelypumping #bottlefeeding #EPing #honestparenting #breastfeeding #medelamums
The Cotswolds 🇬🇧 basically a collection of towns and villages in the south west of England, whereby when visiting you wander around and photograph other peoples houses 📸😂 Finally some travel content back on my grid. This past weekend @chrisjphotography spent 3 nights away and visited 5 different places! We also took our almost 8 week old baby with us which was lovely but certainly a different experience. Gone are the days of lazy lie ins in our hotel room and going to dainty little cafes. We now look for pram friendly places with good baby changing facilities and explore as much as we can in between feeding and nappy changes 👶🏼 🍼 I’ll be writing a blog post soon about travelling with a newborn. In the meantime I am off to do about 5 loads of washing and restock up on nappies!
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