TMI Tuesday

Let's give this a whirrrrl!

WARNING: 

TOO MUCH INFORMATION!!!!!

1: What are you wearing? Topshop jeans, Topshop cami top and Primark cardy.. Oh and bambi socks :) 

2: Ever been in love? Not even close! Well, except for Rian.. But he's my son! 

3: Ever had a terrible breakup? What defines terrible? I've had guys cheat on me but it's never really got to me too much cause yano.. Look at Q2! :P 

4: How tall are you? 5'4''.. But I think that has changed since having Rian cause everyone says I seem shorter and all my friends seem taller so I'm gonna have to check this out! 

5: How much do you weigh? 52.5kg.. I think that's like 8stone 3pounds? 

6: Any tattoos? No not yet. I have a gazillion ideas but never do anything about getting them done haha. Soon though! :) 

7: Any piercings? Just my ears. I never wear earrings they annoy me.. I had my nose pierced at one point about 5 years ago but that situation got NASTY and it had to come out! (infected piercings are not fun!) 

8: OTP? Me & Rian :) :)

9: Favorite Show? ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK. I watched this like a month ago and still having withdrawls I will drop dead when the next season comes out! DROP.DEAD. Girls is great too I got season 1 on dvd from Rian(his dad) for Mothers day.. Watched it all in one night... Must find the next 2 seasons online now..

10: Favorite brands? Primark, h&m, Topshop, GAP.... endless list. 

11: Something you miss? SLEEPING for 12+ hours.

12: Favorite song? True colours - Cyndi Lauper.. Mostly cause Rian loves it.. It's on the Sky ad at the moment and he always stops and stares at the TV when it's on :) 

13: How old are you? 20. 21 on July 10th. Mark that date now ;) :(

14: Zodiac sign? Cancer. Look up the traits of a cancerian and I am ALL of them. Its creepy. 

15: Quality you look for in a partner? Oh boy. I am SO picky. Men who are not obsessed with the gym and bragging about themselves are the best. Being a gentleman is the best :) 

16: Favorite Quote? I have so many quotes on my pinterest its a problem. haha I cant pick just one! 

17: Favorite actor? Obsessed with Cillian Murphy. 

18. Favourite colour? Blue... I think... Yeah, blue. :)

19: Loud music or soft? Depends. 

20: Where do you go when you’re sad? For a cuddle from the bestest baby in the galaxy.. :) 

21: How long does it take you to shower? About 20 minutes. Yano yourself.. 2 minutes actually shampooing and washing and 18 minutes contemplating the meaning of life and such. 

22: How long does it take you to get ready in the morning? Probably a lot longer than it should. I would need an hour. Make up and picking out clothes is tough!! 

23: Ever been in a physical fight? Freshers week 2012 I got a black eye with no recollections how! haha! Me and a friend were also targeted in a teen disco one night.. i got pushed to the ground, she got pushed against a wall... It was all so unnessecary.. haha:)

24: Turn on? Tall, broad shoulders, not skinny, blue eyes, SENSE OF HUMOUR.

25: Turn off? Self obsession. So many guys now think the way to impress a girl is to talk about how much they go to the gym and love themselves. So yuck. Skinny jeans on men. Long hair. Hipster style makes me cringe for them. 

26: The reason I joined Blogspot? I have nothing else to be doing with my spare time at home so I thought I would start blogging about my life as a young single mother and offer my experience to other women in the same position! :) 

27: Fears? Ladybirds. Crashes. Wasting a talent by never realising I have it until its too late. haha

28: Last thing that made you cry? A fight with someone who really knows how to piss me off.. Verbal not physical! :P 

29: Last time you said you loved someone? To Rian.. This morning.. :) 

30: Meaning behind your Blogspot Name? YoungyMommy?.. Kind of explains itself really, duh. I'm a young mother haha! 

31: Last book you read? The Art of Racing in the Rain... Cried multiple times. Doggies<3 

32: The book you’re currently reading? Gone Girl.. Although it's taking me forever..

33: Last show you watched? KKWTK! Keeping Up with the Kardashians!.. a guilty little pleasure! :P  :)

34: Last person you talked to? My dad.

35: The relationship between you and the person you last texted? Last person I texted was a friend, about meeting up this week! 

36: Favorite food? anything that involves pasta. 

37: Place you want to visit? Australia. (hopefully next year)

38: Last place you were? Outside of Ireland? Germany.. 5 years ago (oh.my.god I need a holiday) 

39: Do you have a crush? No. Right now men repulse me.. I think it's all Tinder's fault. :)

40: Last time you kissed someone? A few weeks ago. A frog that did not turn into a Prince! sigh.:P

41: Last time you were insulted? Probably last week.. Or yesterday.. The lighting in Topshops changing rooms insulted me BIG time! :( haha

42: Favourite flavour of sweet? Red. haha. Red is a valid flavour when it comes to sweets! Red is always best. 

43: What instruments do you play? Eh, none. Oh wait! The recorder/tin whistle... awks..

44: Favourite piece of jewellery? My Alex and Ani bangles. 

45: Last sport you played? next question...

46: Last song you sang? True colours.. I sang along to the Sky ad :) 

47: Favourite chat up line? Telling a guy he is handsome has always worked.. in the past.. now I dont bother with men at all.. #independantwoman #dontneednoman haha

48: Have you ever used it? Yes.. I'm a charmer :P 

49: Last time you hung out with anyone? Eh.. Hung out with my mother shopping yesterday! (that sounds sad) :P 

Hope whoever actually read this far enjoyed my TMI... :) 

Peace! 

MommaKatiexo.

Pale skin : makeup routine

Good auld Irish skin.... I have probably skin the exact colour of a sheet of paper.. A ghost.. A corpse.. Whatever I've heard it all! Haha! 

I have no undertones to my skin.. Maybe sometimes a tinge of red if I'm sick or having a reaction to some product.. Yep.. It's also super sensitive!! 

I also have a lot of freckles.. Not the cute ones some people get.. Across their nose.. Mine are like little brown smudges making my skin look dirty! Ugh! 

I have bad dark circles under my eyes too.. Not sure why.. Nothing seems to help even a good nights sleep! I think it might have to do with my sinus problems! Apparently that can cause dark circles from bad circulation in the eyes area.. anyway here is my most basic make up routine.. To cover up my imperfections.. I havnt done any eye make up here.. 

These are the areas I apply my concealor...

The concealer I use is the palest I've ever found and I think it would only suit very pale people as you can see.. It's hard to see even on the palest girl in the world! :P (apologies for the crap lighting!!)

These are all the products I used.. 

Primer : baby skin by maybeline

 It's lovely and light on the skin.. And does fill in those pores... Which can be very visible with pale skin! (Great news right!) 

Foundation : 25 hour lasting finish by Rimmel.

This is not too light and not too heavy. It's the lightest shade it comes in. It does stay put for most of the day but definetely wouldnt last 25 hours haha! But what foundation does. I've gone off my usual MAC foundation lately and I'm not sure why.. I just keep going back to this every morning! It wouldnt be good for going out at night though unless you applied it kinda heavy! :) 

Contouring : Rimmel bronzer.

Cant remember the accurate name for this cause I lost the cover.. Which I always do! Its also nearly gone! Oops! I love it! Its great for pale skin cause it isnt too pigmented leaving you looking like a drag queen!..

I just apply this to my cheek bones, temples, along my hairline, down the sides of my nose and down my neck to blend my foundation with my natural skin colour! Ye all know the way anyway! :P 

Eyebrows : A pencil by Eylure.

The name had faded off this.. and I got it over a year ago! Its alright for light shading! Again I wouldnt use that on a night out! But it's perfect for daytime! :) 

Real Techniques brushes! Both foundation brushes! 

The result...

Basically this is just evening out uneven skin tone that very pale people always seem to have issues with.

There's no eye makeup done here.. Not even mascara! (feel sooo naked in the eyeball area ahaha!)

MommaKatie xo.

OOTD

Cardigan/A-wear. 2 years ago

Top/ h&m

Shorts/DIY from old jeans :)

Shoes/Uggs (can't see them very well)

Just a casual look today! Going having some family time with my mom and Rían, I think we're going to Killarney for the day. :)

Nothing is more simple than shorts, tights, top & cardy :) and that kind of is my style; simple and comfy!! 

I love the colours in this cardigan! I don't wear it very often! Not sure why not really! It's such a shame Awear has closed down! I got this in a sale years ago for like 10euro, they always had great sales! 

My uggs are chocolate brown (they match our chocolate Labrador, Harley perfectly!!) :) I got them sent from Australia, where they are way more affordable!! I think they were like 80euro! My godmother lives there so it's handy! :) 

Jewellery was just my usual Alex and ani bangles and my other bracelets! I really need to get a nice necklace! Maybe a Dogeared one! :) 

On top- the colours of my cardigan!

On bottom- the bracelets I wore today! Mostly Alex and ani! 

My hair has been FULL of volume the last few days since my new routine. As I have blogged about before, my hair has gotten very thin and falls out in clumps now due to having a baby a few months ago.. (It's common!) 

I bought Aussie shampoo! The one for adding volume to fine and limp hair! I don't have fine hair at all but it's extremely flat! Ugh! I also got a heat styler wand to replace my normal hair dryer! Using one of these really adds volume to your hair too! :) I just got one for 25euro in Argos! A tresemme one! It does the job! Sometimes I think I have the courage to cut my hair short but nah.. It's such a security blanket for me! :) 

Talk soon! 

Apologies for the crap layout of my text.. Have to blog from my phone while the internet is down! The hurricane messed it up big time! Grr! 

MommaKatie xo.

Single Mother

Hi everyone! Here is my story! :)

My name is Katie Moynihan and I live in Cork in Ireland. I'm 20 years old and I have a 6 month old baby called Rian Andrew. (It's prenounced Ree-an) :)
I dont work right now and I dropped out of college after one year. I studied Herbal Science. (don't even ask.)
My days consist of spending 24/7 with my handsome baby boy and my family.
I've had huge changes in my life in the past year or so and dispite being really worried my life was going down the complete wrong path, I love how it has all turned out now.
I'm a single mom but my babies dad is always there if we need him and Rian spends a day a week, usually Saturday, with him and his family! We get along for the most part but just are not suited to eachother in a relationship!
I decided to set up a blog as something to keep my sanity haha! But really, I just want to document Rian growing up and the things I experince along the way.

I'm very brutally honest about everything and won't pretend to like something unless I do. 
I think I have a very laid back approach to parenting.. THAT SAID, I do get mini heart attacks if I think Rian isnt breathing anymore!! (It's a mother thing!haha)
I hope you enjoy reading about our lives :)

So.....

Let the journey begin!

MommaKatie xo.

Postpartum body

Before pregnancy - 60kg

9 months pregnant - 68kg

4 months postpartum - 54kg

Me - 2 months postpartum

I was really blessed with my weight all through this pregnancy and afterwards on how it all just fell off with no effort at all really! About 2 months after Rian was born I was down to 57kg.. and now 4 months on I weigh 54kg.. The lightest I have been since I was about 17! (before my drinking days haha!) 

It really was shocking how little I had to do to get back to normal! I was however pretty sick for the first 5-6 weeks after I had Rian and I had zero appetite during that time! I was in agony with my pelvis and back! I felt crippled! Luckily all the pain just kind of disappeared one day! (phew!) I lost most of the weight during this time!

Granted I actually didnt gain very much while pregnant and Rian was a whopping 8lb 4ozs!!! He was most of the weight I gained! I dont exactly have a healthy diet and I rarely exercise! Although taking care of a new baby is major exercise! I do however feel I need to work on toning my stomach muscles! Which is to be expected after having a baby! I do also feel though that my back is still quite weak right now so I dont want to over do it too much and injure myself again! I am pretty happy with my body right now anyway :) 

My bra cup size went from 34B to 34DD when I was having Rian too but now they are smaller than ever at 34A!! :(  My advice to any pregnant women or new mothers is to not stress out about your weight! It's not the time for weight obsession when you bring home a new baby! :) There is plenty of time to work on yourself after settling in your baby first! :)

STRETCH MARKS!

I got absolutely NONE whatsoever on my stomach which I am so grateful for! I did however get a good few on my boobs! They started not long after I got pregnant! It is quite a mystery to me cause its not like my boobs got huge.. they just went up 2-3 cup sizes and that all happened quite gradually too! ugh! Anyway I try not to dwell on them. I do apply coconut oil sometimes when I even remember now! They are lightning up thank god! I do have very VERY pale white skin though, and this is meant to be a plus when getting stretch marks as they eventually fade to a white/silverish colour! :) I dont believe there is any way you can stop them, if they're going to happen, then they will happen! (sucks I know) I applied coconut oil (my fav moisturizer EVER!) since finding out I was pregnant and I dont think it prevented them from happening at all! Most women would agree that the products out there for stretch marks will not prevent them at all! I might however look into laser removal in a few years if they are still too noticable for me! :) 

MommaKatie xo.

OOTD & small baby haul

Cardigan - Penneys

Top - H&M

Jeans - Topshop

Shoes - Converse

Excuse the dodgy face and hair! Was literally out in a serious hurricane ahaha! Simple outfit for a day trip to Mahon Point with my gal pal Bridget! (I have most Saturdays off as Rian is with his dad then) The top from H&M is actually detailed on the back and falls off one shoulder.. I wore it when I was pregnant a lot haha! So yeah its very stretched! Converse are of course very appropriate for nearly every outfit! Got them in a sale after Christmas in Life Style sports I think! (again excuse the mess of my room!!! I'm a busy mom!) :P 

Skinnys from Topshop are a moss green colour. Got last year. I love the colour its very unusual yet goes with a lot! Best with other earthy tones! 

Bag - Topshop

Converse - Lifestyle Sports

This leather look bag from Topshop I got off my mom for Christmas is huge! Its perfect when popping out with Rian as I can shove a few nappies, wipes, change of clothes and bottle in and still have room for all my stuff! It is too big for casual use though! Perfect for stylish mommies though! :) 

Shoes - Next baby

Top - Next baby

Love you teddy - Easons

I have a big problem when I go out and bringing home something for Rian. I dont think I've ever gone to a shop that has done baby stuff and come home empty handed! He's there to be spoilt though! :) I LOVE Next's baby clothes they are by far the cutest and most stylish I've ever come across! He has so many tops that mention yours truely... ;) haha! I love them! Cause obviously, I am thee best at hugs! :P 

The little shoes are little leather-look shoes with a strap over with a little car detail! They are lined with fluffy material too! in size 6-12 months! Some people think it's stupid putting shoes on a baby that cant even walk yet, but they are great for keeping little toes toasty in this arctic weather! :) 

The teddy is a whole other story! ha! When I was small my mom used to always get me a valentines card and gift and pretend it was from ''a secret admirer'' :) Sooo cruel I know but I just cant wait to do it with Rian! Plus he does own all my heart! So the teddy will be put away until Valentines! I ordered his card off Asos last week it is yet to arrive! It was actually surprisingly hard to find an I Love You teddy that wasnt a girly me to you teddy! 

MommaKatie xo.

Postpartum hair loss

BEFORE:

My hair at its longest and fullest! (found this on my phone and found it pretty hilarious) 

AFTER:

Excuse the wet hair.I have this bald patch on both sides of my head! :( 

Now this is a topic very close to my heart! Mostly because I am overly emotionally attached to my hair (crazy lady style) and everyone who knows me knows this! I have ALWAYS had long hair and rarely get it cut because I am always just an emotional MESS afterwards until it all grows back! haha!

Now before I was pregnant my hair was of normal thickness and well, what I considered normal for me! By the end of my pregnancy it was looking the fullest and shiniest it ever had! it was great! I also didnt dye it until just 3 weeks before I had Rian (needed to be glamorous giving birth), so that probably had something to do with its good condition too!
BUT now, just 3.5 months after I had Rian.. it seems like its all falling out around me! :( Its EVERYWHERE! Its disgusting! Of course its not ALL falling out but because hardly any fell out while I was pregnant it seems like soo much! I now have 2 pretty noticeable ''bald patches'' behind my hairline just above both temples! It makes a side parting look like I have a receeding hairline like some middle aged balding male! sob! (bald men freak me out, nothing personal, just love hair haha)

As a solution to this heartbreaking issue I have cut bangs into my hair and trimmed a good bit off my ends! (about 3-4 inches) and now it is very hard to tell I'm a balding mess at all! :) I am also putting coconut oil on my roots before having a shower cause I believe its miracle stuff! ha! If anything it makes your hair super shiny anyway! According to all my online investigating my hair should be back to normal by Rian's first birthday :D I'll be MILFing it up in no time!

MommaKatie xo