What we learnt from a holiday disaster & Ivy 8 month update 🌴✈️😅

ordinary people who want to do extraordinary things. Hello Ann, Welcome back to the Rising Conker Podcasts. It is your host, Georgie Stephenson and I'm back feeling refreshed after a week holiday in Fiji with Tim and Ivy, and I thought i'd just do a bit of an impromptu recording episode. It's literally like nine am on the Monday, and I got back yesterday at seven pm last night, so my brain isn't working properly, so we'll see how this episode goes. But I want to chat to you about what happened

our holiday, the strange events that happened before. There's some like w WU stuff that happened my RNC project. Fam are gonna love that. And then also just what it was like holidaying with Ivy, who's eight months yesterday, our first like international holiday with her, and just like how we navigated that and yeah, so she's going to be like a little update and then even just a little Ivy update too, So that's what this episode is going

to be about. So, first of all, this holiday was planned and it was supposed to be a big family holiday with Cooper, my brother and his wife Ash and his two kids, Billy and Body obviously meet him and Ivy. So we booked this incredible villa. We stayed at the sixth Census in Fiji, which is like a beautiful like I don't want to see. Yeah, i'd say, like holistic. They're very into like your health and wellness, very bougie.

And we had that booked from the start of the year obviously because you know, we've been in COVID the last two years, no one's been able to travel, and me and Cooper were like, we're craving a holiday, let's do it together. And yeah, so we booked and we were so excited and you know, getting ready for that. I had prepped my team and hate team and everyone

was all good to go. And then literally a week before we're supposed to leave, Ash Cooper's wife got COVID and we were just like, oh my god, and we were just kind of hoping, you know, maybe she would start testing negative towards the end of the week and Cooper and the boys just like isolated in another end of the house. Long story short, Cooper ended up getting COVID, Billy and Body ended up getting it, and they couldn't join us on our family holiday, which is just bloody devastating.

I just feel obviously so sad for them because I know how much they were looking forward to it, but also for us because we were really excited to go with them anyway. So that was the first thing where we were like surely, not like what are the chances because Cooper and Ash had never had COVID before. And also just like another random thing I got a lot

of during this episode two. I'll be answering questions about traveling with Ivy, and I got the question of, you know, was I worried about Ivy getting COVID by traveling and I don't know. I try not to let the fear of COVID consume me so and even just like small things make me feel better. So I had the two vaccines done when Ivy was still in my belly, so

I know that she's got some antibodies from me. And then when I got COVID at the start of the year, she her and Tim didn't get it, and I would assume that maybe she started to get it and maybe her system like you know, foughd it off. I don't know. I actually don't know how it works. But I really wasn't too worried. Obviously, were super safe. We're wearing masks and hand sanitizing everything. But I try not to let

like COVID put me into a fear base mentality. So I wasn't too worried with Ivy, and because she had antibodies from my vaccine, made me feel a lot better about us traveling internationally. But anyway, long story, sure, Cooper

and Ash can come very upsetting. We still had to go just because Cooper and Ash could you know, get some money back because they were they did test positive, whereas me and Tim hadn't, So we still had to go otherwise we were going to lose all accommodation anyway, So we went, and I was definitely ready for a holiday I'll kind of chat about this in a different episode, but even if you listen to a previous episode, I kind of explained I do feel like I'm at a

position now where I am a little bit out of alignment. And the reason that I know I'm out of alignment is because previous to this holiday, I was feeling quite burnt out, and I find I feel burnt out when I'm I guess explained it in a way of you know, when you're running a business, you do have to be ahead of time, and so you know, within Naked Harvest, within the podcast, within my personal business with brand sponsorships

and brand partnerships, everything is very much planned out. So for example, last year, I made a lot of decisions that then I guess play out this year. And I feel like last year Georgie is so different and so far from now Georgie, but I'm dealing with a lot of her decisions, if that makes sense. I hope this makes sense. And so I am feeling out of alignment because I'm like transitioning into this new Georgie who is a mom and she's navigating business and Ivy and Tim

and all the things. But I'm like dealing with old Georgie's decisions, and that's how I know him kind of out of alignment because before our holiday, I was feeling really burnt out. And I absolutely love what I do. You guys know, I'm so passionate, Like my business is literally empowering women. How could you not be in love with that if that was your purpose? And you know, I was launching the project, which is my favorite thing to launch, and it just lights me up and seeing

everyone on the same vibe. And so even though I was doing all the things that you know should light me up and should make me feel a certain way, I was starting to feel burnt out. And that's how I knew I really needed to get back into alignment. And that's actually what I'm working on in the project right now with everyone else in real time. It is officially week two. Congratulations everyone if you're following long and yeah,

so that's what I'm working on. Anyway, long story short, I definitely was feeling burnt out and I felt like I needed a holiday, So me and Tim were going to kind of go no matter what, if that makes sense, obsolutely, if we had COVID, we would not have gone, but just yeah, so we went and amazing, we you know, got all packed. We went to the airport early Sunday morning.

We had like an eight thirty flight and then so the first thing was like Cooper and Nash not being able to come, and I don't know, previous to us going again, I don't know, not that if I should be sharing this, but I just was getting like really weird thoughts about because Billy is a year old and you know, only six months off Ivy, and I just kept getting these weird thoughts of this is gonna sound really horrible, but like little kids drowning, and I don't

know how to explain it. But I even had a conversation with Ash where I was like, I don't know, I'm feeling really concerned because the villa we stayed in had an infinity pool right off like the main area, and because it's in Fiji, there's no like you know, pool regulations where the pool is fenced off like here in Australia, and I just like, I don't know, like I kept having weird feelings of like I know that infants, like when they go into water, they can often drown

very quickly, like within thirty seconds, because they just they don't know how to like breathe underwater, and they swallow water and they drown. And I know this is getting like really dark, but I don't know. I had this like just weird feeling. And I was like starting to like have a bit of fear around going to Fiji and having Ivy near the pool, and I was like, oh my god, what if she starts crawling and like

you know, Billy's crawling. And I even spoke to Ash about it, and I had I also follow this page called Tiny Hearts Education where it's all about like education, and they put up a pose which is probably where it like stemmed from of a little boy who drowned, who was only two years old, and it was just so devastating and I just, I don't know, I had

this weird feeling anyway. Again, I don't know where I'm going with this, but when Cooper and Ash couldn't come, obviously it was very upset and very upsetting, and like who knows, but that fear of the pool and the babies and stuff went away, and so me and Tim, you know, I like to think things do happen for a reason, and the universe is supporting us and whatnot, and so like Tim even said something like, you know, maybe if Cooper and Ash were meant to come, something

bad was going to happen, and so maybe it was I don't know, it just I had this feeling and then you know, they couldn't come and whatnot. So I'll just like leave that as that. But that feeling kind of vanished with fear around Ivy and the pool once we got there. Anyway, so we got to the airport. Now, guys, we haven't traveled internationally obviously since COVID, and I just felt like a bit of a deal. But the first

problem was we hadn't done our international vaccine certificates. I didn't really know we had to do this because Cooper booked the holiday. But basically it's just this thing where if you have the vaccine, you just have to get it authenticated by Many Care and you can simply do it online. Takes two seconds. It's not an issue. And so the lady was like, oh, I just need your international vaccine passports, And as soon as she said it,

my heart dropped because I have this annoying thing. I'm so annoying because I leave things and I'm like not proactive with things, whereas Tim is so proactive, but for literally six months now, my financial advisor has been like, you need to have everything in one name because things are just getting so confusing because I sometimes have important documents in Stevenson, my maiden name, and then I sometimes

have important documents in Crouch, my married name. So for example, my passport is in Crouch, whereas a lot of other documents are in Stevenson, and my license is in Stevenson and Medicare is in Stevenson. And I'm just like, I've just been lazy, Like I've just been so lazy that I haven't changed things over and like, for example, my

license because it hasn't expired. I was just like, when I have to get it redone in a year or two, I will just do it then because it's like it costs money, Like I don't want to like have to get a new license and you know, line up at the place and this and that. So anyway, long story short, my financial advisor has been advising this to me for so long, and I'm like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll

get to it. So there, I've had an issue with my MYGV app not allowing me to get that official green tick thing because my Medicare is in Stevenson and other things are in Crouch anyway, so I had to go to my doctor and get a certificate printed off of my vaccines like to get into you know, public places when we had to do that. So I literally have like a paper certificate of my vaccines and I don't have the app. And so soon as she said that, she's like, it's really easy, you just do it through

the app, and I just knew straight away. I was like, holy shit, I'm not going to be able to do it through the app. And I just said to her straight up, I was like, I can't do it through the app. What does this mean? And she goes, well, we need this for you to be able to fly, like this is like you need this to get onto the plane. And I just instantly broke down. I knew,

like I like started tearing up. I looked at him and I'm like, we're not going to be able to fly because my Medicare is in Stevenson and my passport is in Crouch. So Tim's like, it's all good, let's just try and do it. And guys, like I know, Tim was like sent to me by the universe because and I said this in my wedding vowls, he is the calm to my crazy. I just instantly spiraled. I started freaking out. I started tearing up, and he literally like held me and he's like, Georgia, it's going to

be okay. If we're meant to go, we will get onto this flight. Otherwise it was not meant to be. And I just like, but I just thought, like, after everything, surely not. And like we've been up since three am because we had to get to the airport and this and that. And that's like my advice guys if you are traveling internationally, like just get there three hours early because something like this could happen anyway. So I'm going through the app. I'm trying to get this certificate and

it's just not working. It even has an option where it's like if your name is different, and I'm putting you know what my passport it says and what my medicare says, and it's just it's not letting me. So anyway, that was the first problem that's happening. Then comes to me and goes Also the ticket is in Stevenson and your passport says Crouch. Again, I didn't book and Cooper organized this, but it wasn't his fault because he sent

it to me for approval. And it just like would have been when I was working and I saw Stevenson and I'm just like, yep, yeap, book the ticket. It's like all good. So then she goes, you have an hour until like check out close. You need to call your flight like the person who booked your flight and get her to change it now, otherwise you also won't be able to get onto the flight tickets of this.

So I instantly call our flight, not flight attendant. I forget what she's called our flight booker, our accommodation booker. I don't know, you guys know what I mean. I called her. She's literally asleep because this is like six am on Sunday, and I'm like, oh my god, my name's wrong. Can you quickly call flight center and do this? So then and she literally said to me straight away, she goes, I don't think we can get this done in time, just letting you know. I'm like, my god.

So then she's trying to do her part. I'm trying to do my part. I end up talking to a higher up person, and I'm just like, look, you can see I've had my vaccines. You can see that that's in Stevenson and my passport is crouch, Like, surely you guys can just see this. Then he's calling Immigration and he literally talks to like someone downstairs at the gate with that side of things. Long story short, they end up so I didn't get my international thing and they

end up just letting me through. Wait wait, wait, let's track back. So while this was going down, I said to Tim when I was freaking out, and then he's trying to calm me down. I had to literally just like pull myself together and I just said this little prayer and I was like, had to take it deep breath, and I was like, if this is meant to be, we will get onto this flight. It will all work out and we will get onto this flight. And if it's not, these blocks are clearly happening to you know,

protect us or for whatever reason, it is okay. And I had to say a little prayer and I just was like, look, it is what it is. I was

so fucking nervous, like basically crying. Long story short, Immigration let me through, and the flight attendant, well she she didn't actually get to change my name, and she goes the alternative is we can book you a flight, like I would have to pay for another ticket, and we had booked in business and there was obviously no spots left in business because like I couldn't take my own spot,

if that makes sense. So I was going to have to buy another ticket in economy and like sit away from Tim and Ivy, who would be sitting in business. It's not I'm not saying about the economy part of things, like, so you don't mind at all, but like I'd be away from Tim and Ivy and there would be a spare seat beside them, which is technically my seat. But that's what would have to happen. I don't know. It

was like this whole big thing. Long story short, the surface desk guy end up calling someone and then calling someone else and they could fix it in the back end. And long story short, we literally just made it to our gate. We got through customs, they changed my name, they got my immigration okayed me, and we literally were the last people walking on the plane and we were

there three hours early. So anyway that happened, I was just like, oh my god, I guess like invoking that asking the divine and just being like, look, if this is meant to happen, please help me, Please let this go through, and if it's not, I accept. It was just so necessary during this period. So yeah, that was a bit of a shit shit show. Long story, I guess like the takeaways from this is like, just like

get everything sorted before we go to the airport. And I know that's like self explanatory, but I think I just like had so much trust in like flight Center and just everything being fine, and I just felt like a bit of an idiot. But it all worked out. We got on the plane, we got there, and honestly

there was no other hiccups moving forward. And I just remember this feeling, and this is going to make sense to my riots and Conker Project girls of just locking in the core belief of if this is meant for us, it will work out, if that makes sense, and if it's not, it is okay, because I really could have just like spiraled and crumbled crumbled. But it's like obviously Tim really helped because it really pulled me together. But yeah, that was that was the start of our all day.

But anyway, we got there, We had the most beautiful time. It was stunning weather. It was stunning weather, and it was perfect because it was their winter. But it was like still hot. It was twenty eight degrees sort of thing. But it's like wasn't too hot. You know how some tropical places are just like they're a bit hot. It wasn't too hot. It was perfect. I definitely recommend Six Senses Fiji. Not sponsored or gifted or anything like that.

We paid for everything ourselves. We stayed in so they have villa and then residences, so we stayed in a residence. So it is a four bedroom villa sort of thing. Obviously, because Cooper and Ash was supposed to come, so we needed the bedroom. So it was just like me and Tim in this big villa. But it was beautiful and it was lovely. It was quite expensive, just to be very honest, So just like I noticed obviously, like the

accommodation was quite expensive. But I'm someone who I really I love paying money for good accommodation and for like the lifestyle when you're holidaying. But even like the food and everything was just quite extensive. Like I got a massage, a ninety minute massage, and it was like four hundred Australian. You know that when you stay at a resort, a bougie resort, but everything's expensive, like the food, everything like that. And I guess, I don't know. I've never been to Fiji,

so I don't know if that's normal. I think I just wasn't expecting that. But it was amazing and yeah, so we had a really good time and it was a really good trip with Ivy. So this was our first international flight, well, Ivy's first flight. Yeah, Ivy's first flight in general. So I've had questions about what we did on the flight. I packed, you know, a couple of bottles, her sippy cup, everything empty, just because obviously you go through customs internationally and you can't have more

than one hundred millis. I did pack her baby food and you know, all those sorts of things. And as soon as we got on the flight, I just asked the flight attendant if she could fill up her bottle with boiling water and then I just let that cool. We put water into a sippy cup and she just sipped on that as she went up for her ears, so they weren't blocked and she was really good. You know, we just like fed her, and then she slept for a little bit, and then she played for a little bit.

She did cry a couple of times, but him just had to like kind of get up and entertain her, and you know, it's it's just gonna happen, like babies are babies. And also Ivy's a bit temperamentalso she wasn't like sitting still. So the flight was okay. It was

only three and a half to four hours. I did say to Tim though, I don't know, so Ivy's eight months, but I just I don't know if I would do a longer flight with her, because she was pretty over it towards the end and it was getting not stressful, but just you know when you like can't relax and you're just like wanting to be there ready. So don't know how like a longer flight would go. You'd almost I've seen people literally you can put a cot at the back of the aeroplane seats and the baby can

sleep in there. So if you are traveling like overseas, like to America or something, I think you would definitely do something like that, because yeah, even just like a three to four hour flight, she was getting pretty over it. But she did really well, and everyone on the plane was like, oh, she's so good, and me and Tim were sitting there like, you know, just a bit stressed out, cannot relax, but it's fine. You do what you gotta do. In regards to like the holiday with Ivy, again, the

time difference wasn't too bad. It's only a two hour time difference. So in regards to her naps, we kind of just tried to keep them very similar to at home rather than times we just go off her a wake windows, so her wake windows right now are two and a half to three hours, and then she had two day naps that are usually an hour and a

half long. She did wake up a couple of times during the night, and I do think that's mostly because the cot that the hotel provided just you know, was like a porter coot and it was quite small, and I feel like she kind of just rolled too much and got caught in, you know, the sides and woke herself up. So the first couple of nights we were like putting her back to sleep was like, which was fine. You know, when you're holiday and not doing too much

during the day, you don't mind getting up. And then she started to sleep through probably by like the third night. And yeah, so the time difference also wasn't too bad. Again, it was only two hours. I like definitely noticed she

was a little bit unsettled, but it was fine. And then like just you know, I brought all her medication, all her like nappies, all her wipes, everything that she needed, like her cot sheets, blankets, all outfits, everything she needed, just because I didn't want a chance having to like try and find somewhere to buy things, even though I'm

sure you can buy all the items. I just preferred to have everything, and babies like get their own like travel luggage allowance, so like she had her own suitcase with everything in it. We did bring her prem and we didn't use it just because if we needed to go anywhere, we would just get a buggy around and she just sat on our laps. Otherwise she would just like walk with her and it was fine. I did use her carrier for when we were in the airport.

Definitely recommend that just so you can have some hands free to like you know, hand your passport over and go through customs and all that sort of thing. Otherwise I just packed everything and feeding her was fine too, because we would just like boil water and have that ready for her and just hand wash all her bottles. So yeah, the trip, it wasn't too bad at all, and Ivy was really good, obviously, like holidaying with a

baby is going to be different. To be very transparent with you, we had the best holiday and we had so much relaxing time just us because our room actually came with a nanny. So I remember reading like the online description and it said nanny comes with room and I remember thinking like what and I kind of just

was like, oh, yeah, like kids club or whatever. But when we got there, well actually the first night, because we got there in the afternoon and so we went straight to the hotel dinner, and Ivy was just sitting with us on a high chair and she was so tired from the day and we were trying to feed her and she was cracking it. And you know, you're in this like nice restaurant, and you feel bad because people that you know trying to relax and they've got

this crying baby. And so like Tim, you know, stood up and tried to chill her out while I had my dinner, and then we were going to swap but I just said, let's just get it delivered to the room, put her to bed, and then we can just like relax. So that happened the first night, and I was thinking, oh my god, every time we eat, this is going to happen, just because at home, like you know, we get Ivy sorted, we put her to bed, and then we eat and breakfast and lunch the same sort of thing.

Like you always get baby done first and then you can joy after. But it is very hard when you're going to you know, restaurants and eating out to like work out the timing. So that happened the first night, and I was like, oh my god, we're gonna have to just like order to the room every night. Ivy also is just a bit temperamental with things like that.

So I know, for instance, my girlfriend who has a baby the same age, he's just so different, like he will just sit there and chill and just like, oh my god, he's so good, and Ivey's just not like that. And it's fine. I love her. She's just you know, she's a fiery gal. She's a Sagittarius. But yeah, it just does make things a little bit difficult. And then so the next day we were out breakfast and again Ivy was in the high chair. We're feeding her some food.

She's really good at breakfast, but it was like towards the end where me and Tim were trying to finish out breakfast and she was cracking it. And then oh my god, guys, the Fiji and people are just so lovely, so lovely, and they're obsessed with babies, so they're obsessed with kids, and so she's kind of cracking it. And then this lady just like comes over and picks up Ivy and like gives her kisses and then just like walks away, and me and him are like, what is happening?

But we could like see them over at the lounge, and then we finished breakfast and then yeah, so this woman was like, oh, I'm Sally, I'm your nanny. So anytime you need me to look after Ivy, you know, just text me. She gave me her WhatsApp and she was like literally our full time nanny the whole time. So what would we What we would do is like Ivy would wake up, we'd give her bottle in the morning, we then head to breakfast, we give her her solids, and then as soon as she kind of started to

get over it. The nanny would come and like get her and play with her where we finished her breakfast, and then we would go to the room and get her a bit sorted, and then we would put her down for a nap. And then instead of because the first day, Ivy went down for a nap and me and Tim were just like, you know, waiting around because you just you can't obviously leave the room while the

baby's sleeping. And then so the nanny would literally just come over and watch Ivy and me and Tim could like go stand up paddle boarding or go snorkeling, or go sit by the pool, and then she would just text us when Ivy woke up. So it's really weird because I just like, I don't know, I didn't know that this was a thing. But everyone at the hotel, anyone with a young baby, had a nanny and it was just like a normal thing. And I just didn't

know about this. So you don't know if this like happened anywhere else, but I don't know if it's like a Fijian thing. But it was honestly incredible because we got to spend you know, all the incredible time with Ivy while she was awake and playing and all that sort of thing. But then also me and Tim had time to literally sit down and have a meal together. And if you're a new parent, you would know what

I'm talking about. You would be like what, because when you have a baby, it's just it's really hard to connect with your partner because someone's always feeding baby or making sure they're okay, or you're talking about baby. And yeah, so it was just like really incredible. And don't get me wrong, it's not like we didn't see Ivy and

she was just off in the room. We had her with us all the time, and it was just when she, you know, started to crack it or she needed to sleep, I would just what's up the nanny and she would come and grab her and you know, just help us out. And it was just so amazing to have that, because when you are a new parent, your relationship does really get put on the back burner and it's just what

it is. And you know, me and Tim have been navigating it, but we did comment that to have a holiday where we could share a meal together, where me and him could have some time to connect, really made such a difference. And also my parents joked, you know, they've had four kids, and they're like, oh, like a holiday with kids is it's not actually a holiday because you're just worrying about the kids all the time. And so I was like, not worried about that, but you know,

obviously we're not going to not holiday. So I just kind of went into it thinking, Oh, I'm not going to be the most relaxed. It's just about you know, getting through this. So it's all good. It is what it is. So I very much went into the holiday thinking it was going to be like that, and then when this happened, I just had my mind opened and I was like, oh my god, Wow, I'm making sure

every hotel we stay out next has a kid's club. No, no, no. But it like really made a difference, especially because it was just me and Tim with Ivy. So yeah, that was like a really random side of it, because, like I said, going into this holiday before, I was feeling really burnt out and I was really craving some time with Tim and just like some relaxing time, and we got to have that as well as so much time

and so much family time. So it really was like one of the most incredible holidays ever, because obviously we had IVY, obviously we got to spend some time together, and I do feel really relaxed, and a week was like the perfect time because I feel like previously me and Tim always book holidays for five days. I don't know why, and then I feel like, just as the fifth day, you're just relaxing and then you've got to

like go back to the real world. So to have seven days was perfect because on Saturday, the day before we left, me and Tim both said, we feel like we're ready for home. We feel like we're ready for routine, and I just I love what I do. So I was so ready to like come home and record this podcast and get back into it. But it was such

an amazing time. And yeah, and I yeah, I just wanted to be like very transparent about the nanny thing because you guys would have seen like a lot of content of just me and Tim hanging out and having dinner together and special time. And I never want to Yeah, I don't not like lie about anything, but I just

want to be like very transparent. And me and Tim did feel like really weird about it at the start, because I don't know, I think I had some like limiting beliefs around it, because I remember growing up and my mum kind of saying like, oh, we never put you guys into you know, kids club because we want to spend time with you, and she almost like frowned

upon doing that, if that makes sense. And obviously to put it in context, my mom is like the most maternal, best mum ever, and like I've when she put me in Kindy, I cried the first day obviously, like every child who goes to Kindy, So she just never took me back, like she goes, Oh, you cried, you didn't want to be there, so I just never took you back to Kindy, Like that's her thing is. She just was very we were you know, wrapped in cotton wool

sort of things. So she was like, oh, well, you never wanted to go to kids club, so we would never put you in kids cub. So I had this like weird thing that it's like you could never do that on holidays. But now my mind is opened because it, Yeah, it made the trip really relaxing, which so many people were like, oh, you don't get a holiday when you're holiday with kids. Anyway, that's a bit of a ramp.

But it was incredible and I'm feeling really refreshed, and I got so many exciting ideas for the potty And like I said, I really feel like I'm stepping in to this like new transition as Georgie as a mum who was just so different to Georgie last year. And I'm really excited to start making decisions from this place. After doing week one of the project last week with everyone, I just feel so much more clear on what this

next chapter looks like and what I want. And yeah, I'm just really really excited to move forward from this place, if that makes sense. So it was like the perfect holiday because it's almost like this like endpoint and you know, of a new chapter. So yes, it was incredible. It was really good with Ivy. I yeah did not like if you are traveling with an infant, don't get too stressed, because like the hotel was so good. And also that's

another thing. It's like we bought heaps of those food pouches for her because we just didn't know, but the hotel just like purade her food, so she would just be like, oh, can she have chicken and you know, vegetables, and they just like puried her food and gave it to us and everything was like, yeah, really done well and we really did not have to stress. So yes, that was amazing. A little update with Ivy. So she's literally eight months yesterday, guys. It's just incredible. So she

has started crawling. She started crawling, she's on the move, she's loving that. She's having two sleeps a day. She's still sleeping through and she's having about four bottles a day and then she has solids three times a day, so she eats a lot of food. She's a big baby for her age. I'm told literally, when we first got to Fiji, one of the Fijian women women was like, how old is she? I'm like, oh, she's she's about

to be eight months. And she's like, oh, she's so big for an eight month old, so long, and I'm like, oh, that's so funny because I'm so short. So yeah, Ivy is doing really well. And I just feel like eight months at like from six months, from six months to now has been such a sweet spot for me just feeling confident as a mom. I felt like before she was six months, I just did not know what was happening. And I really struggled with like what does she need,

what is happening, what's her routine? And I was like really fixed on like finding the perfect routine. And I don't know, it's like, since she's hit six months, I feel like I've been able to relax and just feel really confident with my decisions with her, and like, I don't know, I just like, intuitively, I feel like being a mother is coming a lot more natural, and I

feel like before that it didn't feel like that. And so you know, if you do have a baby and you're kind of feeling like kind of like me where it was like being a mother isn't coming natural to you, I just want to say, like, it does come, and just relax into it. I know a lot of women, you know, it's like the baby's born, and they straight away just like, oh, you know, perfect maternal, that sort

of thing. But I'm saying, like me personally, it honestly didn't feel like that until I view was six months old. So don't don't stress, because it does come. And I feel, yeah, I just feel like more intuitive with her and more confident with her, and like I know what she needs and I know her certain cries and just more in

tune with her. And it's also just such a beautiful age because she's obviously sitting up and she's crawling and she's laughing, and I just feel like she gets life a bit more and it's obviously, like you just I just am enjoying this face so much in regards to like me. So obviously I'm eight months postpartum, I am.

I don't know. I'm feeling really good energy wise, and I think that's because whose Ivy has been sleeping through since she was twelve weeks old, so three months, so I've been getting amazing sleep and I know that's not always the case, and sleep has just made such a difference for me. I've been working out a couple of times a week. I still, you know, am nowhere near my prebody baby, and I just like, I don't even know if that's ever gonna come, and I'm just not

too worried about it. I'm still like ten kilos heavier, and I think, like that's normal and it's all good. And I'm like, you know, trying to navigate that and work within that. And I'll probably do a whole episode on that because it is really weird, because you know, like obviously your prebody baby was still your body, but it's like I have a new body now and I'm like just getting used to it and it's all good.

But you do, you know, you do still feel pressures and it still feels like weird sometimes because it's like you, but it's a new you, so like still navigating that.

But I'm doing really good physically and mentally. I just feel like since the sixth month mark, I have just, like, like I said, just felt a lot more confident as a mum and you know, got into more of a routine with going back to work, and Ivy's in a great routine and me and him have kind of worked out what it looks like for him to be at home and me to be at work and us finding time together and all these things. It definitely took a lot of time and we're still working it out, but

it does. It feels really good. But yeah, so that's just a bit of an update. I hope you enjoyed that, like holiday holiday disaster story that turned out good and just what it was like for our first international holiday with Ivy. Oh my god, it was just so much fun. And she loves the water. She was obsessed with the water. But thanks so much. Guys. It's exciting to be back in your ears and moving forward on this season, we are having more guests, We're having more of our Georgie's

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