Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the babies category.
My mum knits yellow booties.
Filed in Love, babies, fertility, hope, February 9, 2008, 8:27 pm While I’m trying to digest all that has happened this last week and work my way into the next round of tests and doctors scratching their heads, I thought I could give you this…
My mum knits yellow booties.
She started knitting them after William died. She doesn’t do it for money, she does it because she […]
…and now for something completely different.
Filed in babies, midwifery, January 28, 2008, 9:23 pmIn another life I was a midwife. Next year, I will hopefully be in a position to go back to it. I love it. I miss it.
In a life before that, I was a student midwife and I recorded the first few births and my feelings about them. (Before that I was a cardiac nurse).
So […]
Some interesting trivia, for me anyway…
Filed in Daily life, babies, pregnancy, premature babies, November 27, 2007, 2:47 pmIvy and Noah were born on the 30th of November 2005. (Two hours shy of the 1st of December).
Our caesarean was originally booked for the 23rd of December and their estimated date of delivery was the 12th of February.
They were born at 30 weeks gestation.
On this day the Feast of Saint Andrew is celebrated. […]
When I was pregnant…
Filed in babies, October 27, 2007, 4:04 amWhen I was pregnant with the first set of twins, it was after a struggle with three years of infertility.
When I was pregnant with the second set of twins, it was after the loss of our son. The struggle of grief and guilt.
When I was pregnant with my first set of twins, I didn’t have […]
An age old question…
Filed in Love, babies, children, October 9, 2007, 2:57 amHi!
Come in, come in! Don’t be shy!
Grab a chair and a coffee, grab a biscuit or some chocolate if you like, go on, help yourself. There’s plenty to go around.
First time here? Yes, I know there are alot of them, aren’t there? Yes, it’s always busy, sometimes chaotic but each and every one of them […]
“10 unusual nappies I’ve changed” or “She must be well oiled down there”
Filed in babies, children, October 1, 2007, 7:48 pmCourtesy of Ivy, consumer of all (supposedly) inedible products.
*Disclaimer: I have older kids who have repeatedly been told to put their small things away. These have been confiscated, thrown away and/or donated to goodwill shops. I am as vigilant as a mother can be but the girl still manages to swallow things.
* Tinselpoo (festive Christmas […]
I’ve Learnt So Much.
Filed in Love, babies, children, family, premature babies, September 7, 2007, 4:07 amA friend phoned me last night. She asked me if I imagined my life would be like this, when I met David, when I was 17. She asked me if I ever imagined I would have so many children. The simple answer to that is; no.
I knew that I wanted kids from a young age. […]
Sneezin’ season…one day until Spring.
Filed in Health, illness, babies, children, doctor related posts, August 31, 2007, 4:53 amThere is horses flu everywhere in NSW. It started up here in the boonies, apparently. Horses all over Australia are being quarantined so as not to infect the rest of the equine community. It leads me to wonder what it would be like if you were standing next to a horse, with the flu, when he […]
Five things I have learnt today.
Filed in Daily life, babies, August 27, 2007, 11:21 pm1. Do not feed your babies pumpkin, sweet potato and carrot mix for dinner and then take them out Father’s Day shopping the next day. That is a very bad move. Post - pumpkin - poo is bright orange and runny and will squelch out of nappies and onto the stroller. Pumpkin poo is also very […]
Baby sleep lessons 101 and the devil has blonde hair.
Filed in Daily life, Sleep deprivation, babies, children, family, twins, , 10:08 pmAt least, that is what he looked like at 4am this morning when he was in my bed trying to evict my eyeballs from their sockets. Blonde hair, blue eyes, a blue and white striped Bonds suit and the most devilish of grins, dimples included.
Why, oh why won’t my babies sleep through the night? […]
