Posted in Alice, Random Musings on March 14th, 2010 7 Comments »
Baby Eyes, by Bernard Shaw
Large Baby eyes smiling joyfully at me,
Baby eyes as brown as can be.
Two deep pools most innocent and bright,
To me are symbols of sheer delight.
May I greet you every single day?
For you are sunshine on my way.
Other people see you smile so sweet,
All are happier when you they meet.
Eyes are the [...]
Posted in Alice on March 6th, 2010 4 Comments »
Alice, like all newborns, really is the best kind of time waster. Stuff the baby sleep books telling me to put my baby to bed in her cot – whilst I can hold her in my arms and watch her sleep, I will!
But how do I get anything done? Well, my Natures [...]
Posted in Alice on February 27th, 2010 7 Comments »
So… I am a walking milk machine. All is going reasonably well and Alice is gaining weight nicely. Here she is being weighed by my midwife (the girls found this technique fascinating!) and looking scrumptious sleeping in her moses basket:
Unfortunately, we’ve had a few unsettled evenings, with Alice producing green, instead of [...]
Posted in Sarah, Sophie on November 15th, 2007 No Comments »
Sophie had her ‘Plunket‘ check (health-nurse) this week and it was really just a formality as I know she is absolutely fine on all levels. When it came to her ‘weigh-in’ Sophie started to cry (a rarity for her!) and I said to Sophie, ‘Well, never mind, it’s really not necessary as you’re obviously [...]
Posted in Charlotte, Sarah, Sophie on September 10th, 2007 1 Comment »
We’ve been back home in New Zealand for nearly a fortnight and it feels good to be back to our regular routines. Charlotte settled straight back in and is so happy. She particularly enjoyed Aunty Claire’s company in our first week back. Sophie took a particular shine to Aunty Claire’s boyfriend, [...]
Posted in Charlotte, Sarah, Sophie on June 15th, 2007 No Comments »
In an age when often our first experience of breastfeeding is our own child at the breast, something that’s ‘natural’ isn’t always easy. In the western world we frequently grow up without the first hand opportunity to observe breastfeeding and learn. We don’t tend to walk around with our nipples bared, so the [...]
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