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The Backslide

The Backslide

When Riley was about 14 months old she started reliably sleeping through the night and no needing my presence to get to sleep. Up until that point she was up three or more times a night and at nap time I would need to rock or stroke her to sleep. Perhaps it was because I [...]

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I am Very, Very Sleepy

I am Very, Very Sleepy
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The Night Before Christmas

The Night Before Christmas

I now totally get why parents always go on about their kids getting up really early on Christmas morning. It’s not the fact that you’re up before dawn, it’s that you were up past midnight with Christmas preparations. We were up until 12:30am on Christmas Eve (technically Christmas morning) and managed to whisper ‘Merry Christmas’ [...]

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The Googy

The Googy

Fair Warning – this is going to be one of those super mooshy posts where I wax lyrical about how much I love my baby. If it’s not your kind of thing you may want to skip over it or get a bucket. But don’t say that I didn’t warn you. I’ve had a rough [...]

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Sleep – No Training Required

Sleep - No Training Required

As a new mother you hear all sorts of things about sleep. There’s something perverse about the one thing that you crave above all else is the one thing your baby seems incapable of doing. And it’s the number 1 question (are they sleeping through the night) you are asked by other parents and non-parents [...]

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10 Things I Didn't Read in What to Expect

10 Things I Didn't Read in What to Expect

1. Babies Never Settle into a Routine, Ever As soon as you get used to one thing, they change it. And then they change it again. 2. Dirty Nappies are the Least of Your Concern You may think that changing dirty nappy after dirty nappy is the worst part of having a newborn but really [...]

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10 Things I Didn’t Read in What to Expect

10 Things I Didn't Read in What to Expect

1. Babies Never Settle into a Routine, Ever As soon as you get used to one thing, they change it. And then they change it again. 2. Dirty Nappies are the Least of Your Concern You may think that changing dirty nappy after dirty nappy is the worst part of having a newborn but really [...]

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First Sleepover

First Sleepover

I am very nervous about it. Not for her. For Me! After 18 months, she’ll be having her first sleepover at my sister’s house. I’m not even sure that I’m fully adjusted to non co-sleeping yet. I often wake up early in the morning wondering where her fuzzy head has gotten to. As I write [...]

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Crying It Out to Create Soldiers

Crying It Out to Create Soldiers

“War babies cry it out shut down’ was a search term on google that landed not just one person on my site, but two this week. A little odd, but it reminded me of the Channel 4 Show: Bringing Up Baby which attempted to measure the successes and shortcomings of three different parenting methods for [...]

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Meet Mr Goog

Meet Mr Goog

I knew early on that I would marry Josh because I knew he was the father of my children. I just knew. Other things confirmed it – we fought like cats and dogs, laughed alot, enjoyed doing absolutely nothing together and were completely different yet totally the same. This is us on our wedding day [...]

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