Hello and welcome to the fourth and final instalment of my blog

Thanks to the sparkling juice drink Shloer, I have had the opportunity to share with you my thoughts, feelings and general pregnancy tips and this is the final instalment.

Baby Kit Valentine Jones is now three months old. He came home from hospital when he was five weeks and since that time we’ve been adjusting to life with a tiny baby in the house again and enjoying looking after him. I am happy to report Kit’s doing really well. Obviously, having him two months early was not the plan and it has had its traumatic moments but overall I have found having my second baby as rewarding as any mother would. It is funny how the weeks spent ferrying ourselves to and from the hospital once or twice a day to visit Kit at hospital just faded into dim and distant memories from virtually the second he came home. I am eternally grateful to the staff at Chelsea and Westminster for helping both my babies through their first few weeks of life but from the point of view of his parents, enjoying Kit properly only really began once he was home. It was then that we could take him out, introduce him to our friends and family and do ‘normal’ things together, as a family.

In the last couple of months we’ve spent the weeks doing a mixture of lots and lots, and not very much at all! I am bringing out a single and am finishing an album, but on the days I am not working I am very sedate indeed. I am still breast feeding Kit, so I make sure I take it very easy, drink lots and eat enough. I can’t say choosing to breast feed has always been the easiest choice. The five weeks when Kit was in hospital I had to express every three or four hours and this was at times emotionally draining as I missed having my baby with me but I was very determined. It felt like the one job I could do that none of the doctors or nurses could so I kept going with it. Now he’s home he’s a hungry little piglet but he’s putting on weight and that’s worth the sleepless nights - just about! As Kit is still pretty tiny he essentially behaves like a month old baby and so eats and sleeps his way through the days. Richard would happily help with doing the odd night feed but to be honest I would wake up anyway and there’s other ways to be supportive. Richard has been making supper for us most nights and putting Sonny to bed. I find that more helpful as having two children is definitely more chaotic than having one and so we need all hands on deck.

Sonny has recently turned five and is loving his little brother. I wasn’t expecting him to be quite as smitten with Kit as he is. I hope it is the same once Kit is moving about and trying to grab Sonny’s toys! I think the four year age gap has worked out well for us as Sonny is very secure in his world and able to understand a little bit about the demands Kit has. I try to make the effort to spend quality time with Sonny when Kit is asleep. I don’t think Sonny feels he’s lost me to the baby too much. He still seems very happy and cheerful in any case.

Health wise I feel pretty good. Obviously I am surviving on not much sleep but I feel ok about that and have returned to the gym. Exercising is helping me feel a bit more energetic overall. I am not trying to lose weight primarily as I’ve found with the breastfeeding my appetite is bigger now than it was when I was pregnant! I just want to feel fit and healthy. For any new mums I think it’s essential to take it slowly with getting rid of the baby weight. Not least because it’ll stay off if you lose weight with healthy eating and exercise rather than some crash diet. Anyway Richard and I love treating ourselves with nice food and as Richard, Sonny and I have had birthdays recently there’s been an abundance of yummy meals and cake!

With regards to work I am feeling really positive about everything. My fourth album is shaping up well and should be out in the autumn. It’s about 90% done so not far to go. Again it’s a dance/pop/electro sound I’m going for and I’ve been spoilt with collaborators. One of them has been the excellent Freemasons and the song we did, Heartbreak (make me a dancer) is out on June 22nd. I filmed the video a couple of weeks ago and whilst it was strange and hard to be away from Kit I must admit it felt good to be dressing up and performing again. I’m lucky that with my work I am able to work just the days I want to so I can spend lots of time with my boys too and bring them to work with me if I want to. Over the next few months I have to finish my song writing and promote the single but I’m enjoying the process. It’s absolutely not time for me to hang up my microphone just yet. I hope Sonny and Kit enjoy being along for the ride.

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