I know I’m very lucky in naturally conceiving and bearing a healthy first baby after 40. I’m recording what I did here, both for posterity and to remind myself of the hard work good luck often is founded upon. I put in a lot of work to conceive Pickle and on those days when […]
Background When my daughter was four months old, both sets of grandparents came from overseas to visit her in Australia. I ended up taking my mother to the emergency room when she arrived. Sleep deprived and extremely stressed I saw my mother in a new light. I look like my father. While I have my
Warning: this is just one big rant. I’m feeling sandwiched between the other generations. Squashed completely. No room to breathe. For the past couple of weeks it feels like I’ve not had a moment to myself. I missed Microblog Monday on the 3rd because I didn’t even notice it was Monday
Over the years of trying to get pregnant and my two losses I sometimes had insidious thoughts, especially during the throes of disappointment after another fruitless two week wait. Or over the weeks months of hopelessness and futility following a miscarriage. The thoughts undermined my confidence, my positivity, my hope I have always held a
This is my hundredth post. I wanted my hundredth post to be something substantial. Meaningful even. But I haven’t completed any of the half dozen or so drafts I’ve made over the past two months. Pickle is still learning to overcome the 40 minute nap. I don’t seem to have learned to blog in
I’ve been looking at sleep-sack tutorials as, now that she’s getting bigger, Pickle wriggles out of her swaddles. I want her to be able to sleep in the middle of her cot rather than at the very end to make it easier to lift her for night feeds. The plan is to use her existing wraps
Here is an unpublished post I discovered from back when I was preparing for baby to arrive… These meals saved me in those early days—easy to reheat, nutrient-dense, and manageable with a baby in tow. List of Freezer Meals In response to Marcy’s comment, here is a list of the meals I’ve been stashing away in
Co-sleeping is a wonderful way to bond with your baby and make nighttime feeds easier, especially for new parents. When I was pregnant and trying to figure it all out, I spent a lot of time and strategic googling to find the information I wanted. In this post, I’ll share exactly how we set up
My notes. Breastfeeding It was a challenge. I tried all the different positions recommended by the lactation consultant. I finally got a good latch once I lay her down beside me and let her do her thing. Yes to lanolin. No to disposable breast pads. They are uncomfortable and scratchy to wear. Yes to shelf-bra-singlets
Pickle barely spends more than 15 minutes ‘playing’ after being fed and burped and when she’s not practicing her head control in ‘tummy time’ on the old fashioned mat I found at the local charity shop, her favourite game is copying faces. Popular wisdom suggests she is now approaching the developmental stage that spending some