The Family Blog
Something different for Mother’s Day
My aim at Moments by Katie Mitchell is to help people celebrate family life. For a lot of people their service is a large part of that. Are you a serving in the Armed Forces or Emergency Services? When was the last time you had a decent photograph taken of you in your...
My new intro video
I've been busy trying to find ways of improving my client experience so I thought I'd do a quick intro video for my home page so that people can get a feel for who I am and what I do. Unfortunately, this task wasn't quite as easy as I'd hoped - but I do think the...
Remember My Baby
How many things can you say you’re passionate about? Before I had my first child, I really think I would have struggled to answer that question. I mean I liked photography, trying to keep fit and, well, eating (!), but could I say I was truly passionate about any of...
Have you seen the signs?
When Oliver was a newborn, I was so excited at all the great baby classes available that I may have gone a little overboard when I signed him up for three classes a week from the age of eight weeks old! One class I fancied but never actually got around to was baby...
Having my baby
My memory has been rubbish for as long as I can remember (no pun intended!) so, with the added worry over what baby brain might actually do to me, I was genuinely concerned about forgetting about all the special little (and big!) moments in my child's life. So a few...
Parenting advice: Love it or hate it
I think at some point in their parenthood journey, every mum and dad-to-be is offered some kind of unsolicited advice. I asked my friends for the good, the bad and the downright ugly advice that they were given about labour and coping with a newborn baby....
The Benefits of Exercise
There's some more great content from the lovely Annelize Van Staden from Class Fit this week, focusing on the benefits of exercise. The health and fitness industry in the UK is booming; the rise in budget gyms has made fitness more accessible to everyone, whilst...
The Benefits of Breastfeeding
In celebration of National Breastfeeding Week in England, this week's blog post is all about breastfeeding. The Benefits They say 'breast is best' and there's some really good reasons why: Breast milk protects your baby from infections and diseases, including reducing...
Five things I remember about my pregnancy
1. How we got there… (no I'm not telling you THAT!) Before I fell pregnant, we had been trying to conceive for a whole year. Although every month was a source of frustration and disappointment, I knew that it was perfectly normal for it to take a long time. I had gone...
Katie is a lovely person and made me feel totally at ease during my maternity photoshoot, which I was a little apprehensive about! The pictures are gorgeous and something to treasure forever.