Im Baaaack!

Finally. Im back in the mood for blogging. 

It has been a pretty tough few weeks for me, i wont go into too much detail

Firstly my mum, who has a serious illness, has been in hospital. Thankfully it was nothing too serious in the end and is now back out and on the mend.

Over the weekend it was the anniversary of my grandads death, i always find this a really tough time, even 11 years on. 

I have been feeling pretty ill over the weekend. I think its a combination of my Asthma and the crazy changes in the weather. One minute its really nice and sunny, on Thursday it was so warm. I thought summer had arrived early, but yesterday it was snowing again. Strange huh?

So today im feeling a little fragile and nursing a sore thoat and a snuffily toddler.

Now that she is happily napping away i thought id get out the laptop and catch up with the blogging.

I am back on my intense diet as of this morning. Im in 2 minds wether to get back on the soup diet or just have small protions and eat with everyone else. 

On the soup diet i lost some weight, but not as much as id liked. It does get pretty boring too. 

Im going to aim to do around 200 sit ups a day for a week, and then up it too 250, then 300 and so on untill im happy with the amount im doing and then maintain a steady number. At the moment i can do around 200 with out my stomach acheing like crazy. (FYI i dont do them all at once, i do 100 in the morning and 100 in the evening. It works for me) Im also going to be taking Amy out for walks now that the weather is looking much nicer. I have found a new little duck pond just a nice walk away from me so will be taking Amy there. 

As some of you may know i am coated in stretch marks. Some from my pregnancy and some from weight gain and weight loss. Lately, they have been getting me down so much and i am feeling very self consious, my confidence is rock bottom. I was tempted to speak to my doctor about them but i cant deal with the embarrasment of showing him. The only people who have seen them are Paul and my sister. The only people i can honsestly trust not to laugh at me. 

I have been doing some research on a new Johnsons Skin Perfecting Oil for Stretch Marks. It retails between £9.99 and £14.99. I have tried Bio-Oil and Palmers Stretch Mark Cream and found it made my skin red and itchy, i think i may have been allergic. So i am willing to try this product. It advertises that you can see visible results in just 4 weeks. I will do anything to see visible results in 4 weeks. I will be doing a weekly post on this if i ever find the damn product. 

I also have a few reviews for you and will be doing some OOTDs

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Bepanthen Nappy Care Ointment Vs Johnsons Soothing Naturals Nappy Cream

Im a mummy first, blogger second. 

My 16 month baby little girl has had nappy rash for around 2 months now. It is getting much better and is almost gone. I have tried both Bepanthen Nappy Care Ointment and Johnsons Soothing Naturals Nappy Cream to try and get rid of it. 

Here is my review on both products. 

When she first came out with the rash we used sudocrem. This didnt last long as we found it very dry and didnt do a thing to the rash but make it look sore. 

When browsing my local discount store i they were selling this Johnsons cream for 0.99p

It comes in a lovelt pale green tube that is the perfect size for any change bag. I thought for 0.99p i will give anything a try. Well, not anything but something from a reliable well know household brand. I dont just put anything on my babys tushy. 

The product is white and isnt too thick in consistanct but doesnt run of your finger when trying to apply it. There is a scent to it which is quite nice. Its not too strong or overpowering. The plastic tube makes it easy to get the product out, just a little squeeze and you have enough. This retails for around £2.55 for 100ml from Boots. 

Bepanthen is a completly different type of product. Also white, it feels very thick and much harder to spread, this isnt very good when you have a wriggley toddler. It feels much more oily compared to the Johnsons cream. It comes in a sort of metal/aluminium tube which tends to tear when you bend so some of the product does squirt out the sides. There is no scent to the product which is nice. This retails for around £2.65 for 30g from Boots.  

As Amys nappy rash hasnt 100% cleared, i cant say either of these products are the perfect ones to use.  Its taken me almost 2 months to get rid of her rash. They both do bring the rash down tons, but neither has completly beaten it. The Johnsons product is the cheaper of the two. 

I do find myself reaching for the Johnsons product more than the Bepanthen as i find it much easier to use.