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I’m Grateful For . . . Reinforcements

    I might have a few control freak adjustment issues which initially prevented me from enjoying having more help around the house this last week. This might have been exacerbated by someone really missing his alone time at work. Don’t we all? But I can handle a bit of micro-managing adjustment when I’ve been [...]

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Waiting

Yes. You guessed it. Still pregnant. ‘Overdue’ by about 5 days. And no, this isn’t some April Fools joke where I’m actually sitting in hospital with a newborn baby. Trust me, I’m not that good with secrets and I’m worse at practical jokes. On Monday I head in for the official testing to do with [...]

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Toddlers Good. Night Bad.

It may say something about my unhealthy and/or poorly developed coping skills, but in times of high emotion or stress I look for the best vice going around. Ordinarily this would be a beer and a cigarette. My two favourite vices together. Unfortunately, pregnancy precludes both of these things. Not to mention that I no [...]

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The Mama Guilt

6:00am Nothing more likely to make me feel like a royal shithead for going away for three days and two nights like having a poor sick munchkin on my hands this morning. Vomiting at 3am. Which initially I thought was just an upset tummy, but more vomiting at around 5:30am says gastro. So now we’re [...]

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155/365 This is What Nesting Looks Like

  Toddler bed, gone. Toy vomit, removed. I think there’s an actual room in there. Thanks to a spurt of hormone-induced nesting the other day. The toddler now has an actual bedroom instead of a crash space in the middle of a dumping zone. Now if only I could do the same thing with the [...]

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Jelly Bean Watch – Week 39

Checkup Details Blood Pressure: 100/50 Engaged: 1/5th Fundal Height: 36cm Fetal Heartbeat: Found by toddler so I’m guessing pretty strong Pronouncements: Baby considered ‘leggy’ Last week I was 2/5ths engaged – this week 1/5th. So my main message to unborn child is to stay put until after the weekend. AFTER. Just. Stay. In. I was [...]

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Preparing Your Toddler for a New Baby @ Kleenex Mums

I’m guest posting over at Kleenex Mums You can check out my tips for getting your toddler ready to welcome a new brother or sister here: Preparing Your Toddler for a New Baby.

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You’ll Never Do That With Your Second Child

I heard that a whole lot when Riley was a baby. The tilt of the head. The tut-tutting. The look that not just spoke but screamed, it’s a mistake. And then that simple sentence. ‘You’ll never do that with your second child.’ I guess the theory being that it’s all well and good to spoil [...]

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I’m Grateful For . . .

Anyone who follows me on Twitter will know that this week I haven’t exactly been the poster-child for gratefulness. It’s been hot. I’ve been sick. Technically, it’s just a cold and now a cough as well. But that didn’t stop me from using phrases like ‘death warmed up’ and ‘coughing up a lung’. Adding anything [...]

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Jellybean Watch – Final Countdown

4 weeks to go. In theory. That theory doesn’t take into account happy dwellers like Riley who opted to stay inside for an extra two weeks. But for the sake of argument and my sanity we’ll say I have four weeks to go. Four weeks until I can look accusingly at my belly and say [...]

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