shit doesn’t happen
Our baby foodie adventure has been somewhat curtailed the last few days by the onset of a rather unpleasant side effect. It seems that the challenge of making the switch from boobie juice to solids food has thrown Bubs’ lickle guts into disarray and the result is, well…nothing much. Yes folks, the turtle is point [...]
splat!
That’s the noise a blob of baby rice makes when it hits your glasses at high speed, propelled by the latest in raspberry-blowing technology as expertly demonstrated by one small boy I know. Yes, folks, we are weaning and it’s a very messy business! I started off with some baby rice, which to be honest [...]
making strange
I’m not sure if it’s just a Northern Ireland term or if all of you out there in cyberspace (who am I kidding eh?) will understand what I mean when I say that Bubs has started to ‘make strange’; that is, he has started to pout and cry when confronted with somebody he doesn’t know [...]
It’s official….
I’ve turned into something I said I never would. I am the woman who schleps around with no makeup on and both sides of her nursing bra undone (apologies to the postman, if he noticed); I am the woman who plans her day around nap and feed times, who pays close attention to the minutiae [...]
questions…
Tomorrow it will be sixteen years since my dad committed suicide and this year I am missing him a little more than usual. I wish I could tell him that he has a beautiful grandson, and that Bubs has his eyes, dark as pools of melted chocolate and so full of expression strangers often stop [...]
to wean or not to wean?
Now we’ve reached the magical four month mark this seems to be the question on everyone’s lips…except mine! If I had a pound for everyone who told me I better start Bubs on solids now as my breast milk can’t POSSIBLY be enough for him well, I’d be a rich woman. I can’t figure out [...]
one step forward…
…and two steps back – and he can’t even walk yet! Just when i thought we had cracked the daytime sleeping, the whole thing has gone tits up again and we are back to the glorious 45 minute naps. I mean, the boy is literally like clockwork, waking up 45 mins after he fell asleep [...]
back to work?
…or stay at home? That is the question on my mind this week for some reason. And though i never thought I would see the day, I’m leaning towards stay at home at the minute – yikes! I used to think stay at home mums were all of the same ilk- matronly types with no [...]
high and mighty
Woohoo we got our highchair today! Bubs looks proper tiny in it as well, poor wee man! I’m kinda relieved though, that he is still a bit little for it, because every time I try him in the next size clothes or nappies, thinking they will be massive, they fit! Which means my little baby [...]
sleeping through and other myths
If one more person asks me whether Bubs is sleeping through the night yet I am going to throttle them. Oh, the pitying looks I have to endure when I admit that no, he still has me brandishing a boob every couple of hours while all the world is snoozing! And then there’s the comments [...]
