Just don't.Yesterday, I mentioned I wasn't getting much any sleep.And this leads me to my next lesson.When you have a newborn at home, and you're not getting enough sleep, just roll with it. Don't count the hours of sleep you're missing out ...
You lose track of time when you have a newborn
When you first come home with a baby, you're up all the time. Life becomes a blur of feeds, burping, settling, re-settling, giving up on settling, cuddling, entertaining the toddler, explaining a lot of things to the toddler, cooking, resting, ...
Your heart always has room for more love
There is room in your heart for the love for another baby.Or maybe your heart grows.Or maybe the love overlaps.Or maybe your heart knows from the time it is created just how much love you'll have to give in your life, and is exactly the size it needs ...
Children make simple things complicated (guest post)
Welcome to week six of my bubby bloggy break! And my sixth and final (for now) guest post.Meet Emma, a friend of mine from ye olde university days (which were, of course, practically yesterday, so less of the ye olde jokes, thank you very much). ...
No two babies are alike (guest post)
Welcome to the first of my bubby bloggy break guest posts!And please welcome... Kelly from Handmade Tears and Triumphs! (Insert applause track here.)Kelly is one of my favourite bloggers and, bless her cotton socks, jumped at the chance to guest post ...
It’s time for my bubby bloggy break!
It's time.Time to prepare for the arrival of bub. Time to completely give in to my nesting instinct.Nawww, look at all the cute little person clothes with theblue and the stripes and the... (cluck, cluck)Time to soak up some precious ...
Pregnancy is an experience of contradictions
Home stretch, people. Home stretch.(And what a stretch. This belly! Surely it can stretch no more?!)In approximately one month's time, a new life will enter the world. Our world. Our family.We are very excited. When we have enough energy to be. ...
Watching your child learn things on their own is amazing
I love helping Ashleigh learn new things. There's a sense of satisfaction and, I'll admit, self-serving pride when I explain something to her and see the 'penny drop' moment, knowing that she has understood.But she's reached that age where ...
You can create a ‘why’ question from anything
I'd been warned it was coming. But knowing about it and living it are two very different things.The 'why' phase.At first, it was very cute. As most development stages are. And I revelled in the fact that my child was become more inquisitive ...
Things could always be worse
Ashleigh found a book of mine yesterday. She brought it out to me to read because she liked the pictures of animals in it. But it wasn't a children's book.Remember this?SourceThe Blue Day Book by Bradley Trevor Greive. It was released in 2000 and has ...
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