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The Little Lilypad is a lifestyle blog mostly written by a mum to two beautiful, cheeky and entertaining daughters. It is sometimes written by the Man on the Pad or by one of our baby bloggers. Occasionally we accept guest posts too. There is frequently talk of sustainable living, saving money, lifestyle and travel. It is hopefully helpful, sometimes funny and always honest.
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New Year : New Projects : New Furniture

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We have been talking a lot lately about the new year and how that brings a fresh approach to things whether that is your lifestyle choices, your eating habits or just the push to have a spring clean but what about when you know something needs changing but you don't really want to change it?

My husband has been talking about getting a new sofa and I even went as far as making a mood board on the styles I like ...

 

New sofa moodboard

Now I appreciate that this may be of no consequence whatsoever to the readers of our blog, but the reasoning behind this may make you smile. I talked about my birth story some little time ago and it remains without doubt one of the most empowering things I have ever experienced. The short version is that I sat on my birthing ball and breathed through the surprisingly strong initial surges while my husband was busy downstairs (we had opted for a home hypnobirth) preparing the mood with candles and inflating the birthing pool and had tried to call my mom and the midwife but no one answered! Unfortunately for me when baby decided she was going to make an early appearance, the rather large pool was no where near filled and I was forced to make my self comfortable on the sofa (you can now see where I am going with this post can't you?) and continue to practice my hypnobirthing techniques despite the deviation to the ‘plan’!   

The little one arrived safely, in the comfort of our own home ..... on our own sofa (thank goodness it is leather) but there are still friends of ours that look a little uncomfortable sitting there when they visit. In fact we have one male friend who pointedly refuses to sit on it. (It is clean I promise .... the photo below confirms it).

Baby on sofa 1 

So you can see my dilemma, the truth is we probably do need a new sofa and let's be honest, I don't usually need much persuasion to go shopping but this sofa is where our daughter was born. How many people can tell their children that they were born right there <points to sofa>.

So what would you do? Select a gorgeous new hardwearing sofa (although it is highly unlikely I shall be giving birth on this one) and throw away the old one (and the memories) or do we keep the birthing sofa forever?

 

 

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  1. I'd be tempted to go for the shiny new sofa although that's probably more because that's what I'm trying to convince my husband to agree to right now ;-)

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  2. I'm so jealous I wanted a homebirth with my third but she turned out to be breech half way through labour.I would crochet a big blanket and put over the 'birthing spot'.

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  3. You need a den for the birthing sofa to go into and then get a shiny new one! lol Mich x

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  4. I'd be tempted to keep the sofa forever, however having just bought a new sofa myself I would say buy a new one.

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  5. I'd keep the leather couch and the memories - but maybe put it in another room which is used by family only.

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  6. Ooh what a dilemma. I can see how it must be hard to part with after that!

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