Parenting

False Alarm

False Alarm

This morning I thought I was pregnant. This afternoon I know I’m not thanks to the gift of a highly accurate pregnancy test. I didn’t even know what I was hoping for when I did the test. I really want to be not pregnant for New York. Somehow not being able to drink at all [...]

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First Steps

First Steps

The day before yesterday Piper took her first tentative steps. Yesterday she took a few more steps. Some were on purpose. Some she did when she wasn’t paying attention and just forgot to hang on. Once she starts walking around I will probably have to accept the fact that she is a TODDLER. The horror. [...]

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Waiting

Waiting

I believe you’ve met my two balls of energy? Most days they get me up at 4:30-5am. I know. It’s technically still night time. I average about 5 cups of coffee a day. Where Riley is a peaceful, snuggly sleeper when she comes into our bed, Piper is a wriggly thrashy one. I know people [...]

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Two Birthdays in April? Just Stupid.

Two Birthdays in April? Just Stupid.

I don’t know whose brilliant plan it was to have our two children born within two days of one another but for the record? I am not a fan. Two birthdays in April is just stupid. And two birthdays in three days? Freaking batshit crazy. The irony is of course is I did plan for [...]

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Someone Once Asked Me

Someone Once Asked Me

Someone once asked me if I loved Piper more because she was easier. It’s an interesting question. It would be easy to think that you would love the easier one more. Or that you just loved them as babies more, because babies are easier, or something like that. But that’s the miraculous thing, you don’t. [...]

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Dear Four, I Think I Love You

Dear Four, I Think I Love You

Whenever I hear people talk about the ‘terrible twos’ I laugh, mostly out loud and mostly at them. Because then they hit three and they realise that two was freaking cake. And maybe because I had just had Piper when Riley turned three. Or maybe it was just three. But three was rough. Over the [...]

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Girls, Mirrors and Magazines

Girls, Mirrors and Magazines

I have two girls. I have hardly any mirrors. And I don’t have any magazines in my house. This would be the same if I had two boys. Quite awhile ago I saw a TV show about this study that had been done on girls body image in the US. And they found that young [...]

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In My Former Life

In My Former Life

This is a snapshot of my former life. Money well spent. Very well spent. Things that I miss from my former life are pretty simple. Being sick without having anyone other than myself to look after. Shopping alone. Losing a whole day in the sun reading a book. Movie marathons. Either sitting at home and [...]

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That’s Why I Had Them

That's Why I Had Them

  Every now and then someone will comment on how rare it is for me to spend the night away from the girls. Before I went to Melbourne I’d been away from Riley three times since she was born and Piper never. But that’s why I had them, because I didn’t want to be away. [...]

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An Inconvenient Truth

An Inconvenient Truth

I have a plan of military-esque precision to ensure that all the baking, preparing and cleaning gets done before Saturday for the girls’ birthday bash. I have to stick to schedule or there is no way anything will get done. So I’ve planned it all out. The problem with cleaning and tidying a house with [...]

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