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Free!
Anya’s arrival is setting me free! It is easy for me to focus on what I have lost or given up to become a mother: work, free time, a social life… and these early months can feel a little prison like,...
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10 ways I get that warm mommy-baby glow
My favourite things to do with baby, at the moment (now that she is three months old) include: sleeping snuggled up together in bed going for a walk with Anya nestled in my sling. It is like she is...
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“What you appreciate appreciates”
In the early days I spend my day wating for the crying, dreading the next moment she would scream out for attention and need me desperately, even though I just put her down two minutes ago. I was...
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Mothering musts
What I find most important in raising a baby: - love – healthy food – intellectual stimulation – instilling a passion for self-directed learning – social and emotional support – fun!!, play, enjoyment...
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Do what I do, not what I say
“Teach not with your words, but with your actions; not with discussion but with demonstration. For it is what you do that your children will emulate, and how you are that they will become.” Neale...
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something to aspire to: how the way I was parented influences how I parent today
I know a lot of people who are trying to do things differently from how their parents did it. They don’t agree with how they were raised (they were hit, shouted at, ate anything they wanted… whatever...
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What I eat she eats
Must remember that: what I eat Anya eats. Bless her little belly. Because we are breastfeeding, our link is that close. I was reminded of that in a rather dramatic way. I got a funny tummy, nothing too...
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Mumzy
Yep, now to go with my mumzy car (which we bought just after Anya was born – after failing to negotiating one while I was in early labour) and my mumzy wardrobe (composed mostly of sweat pants, which...
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I am new at this blogging thing and though I can track how many people visit my blog each day, I can’t really tell what you all think. More feedback please! Also feel free to ask questions, make...
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Life Changes… and so do you
I wrote this in the first weeks after having the baby: I am struck, at the mo, by the asymmetry in how having a child has affected K and my life. As I see it from here, his life remains much as before...
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