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A good week
Posting this as a reminder when things get tough again later in the year (as they most definitely will -- our annual income will drop by a third because of maternity leave). We've had a good week!
1. Due to a case of mistaken identity, a man in New York who used to run the Met has asked to see Matt's artwork, and has also expressed interest in ( Read more... ) -
hats
Last summer I got an urge to make hats. I can't really remember why now -- I must've seen someone's home-sewn hats on a blog somewhere and thought it was a good project. And there were a few birthdays coming up so it seemed like a good, cheap idea. Dive into the stash, sew some hats! Free gifts ( Read more... ) -
crafting!
Bah. I really thought I'd have stopped procrastinating so much as I got older, but no, it's still one of my biggest problems. Anyway, I've been thinking a lot about what my LJ is for. I have hardly any LJ friends (my own choice, as I'm typically awful at reaching out to new people) so there's almost no-one out there reading this. But I do like ( Read more... ) -
Apologies
I'm really sorry I haven't been on in such a long time. I wrote a post about River's development MONTHS ago, but then we lost our camera (left in bag on top of car then drove 13 miles before realising) and it took a while to find the camera (benefit of living in a small community is that someone found it and recognised the people in the pictures ( Read more... ) -
here we go again...
Sorry I've not been here much lately. Nothing awful has happened. River is fine -- just getting over a mild stomach bug; Matt is fine but tired from juggling babycare with renovations and trying to make some money; I am fine but exhausted from babycare, teaching 6 days a week, and being pregnant again ( Read more... ) -
NB: Sling
Matt's parents bought us a pram. Then an ex-pupil of mine gave us a complete travel system. And my sister's boyfriend's sister gave us a pushchair.
But we really prefer slings.
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thank you!
Just a little thank you to the anonymous benefactor who recently gave me a virtual panda. Thank you, kind stranger!
I'm reminded of the time my chicken-keeping friend planned to put an ad in the classifieds in the local paper, saying simply, "Free to good homes, baby pandas" but he never got up the nerve. -
NB: Milk
Before River was born, I imagined that we'd probably get to 6 months with the breastfeeding. I had the typical attitude of British women, basically: breastfeeding is a necessary thing for small babies but, once they start tackling real food, boob should stop. I was especially uncomfortable with the idea of breastfeeding an infant with teeth, or ( Read more... ) -
NB: Sleep
Before River was born I read a lot of books about babies. I rather smugly thought that I would be very clever and wonderful with River. Breastfeeding would go easily. We would put her into a strict routine from the beginning so that sleep would never be an issue. I didn't think at all about nappies or weaning or what to do about prams. I didn' ( Read more... )
