Archive for October, 2005

Nine months

Monday, October 31st, 2005

It’s hard to believe that my daughter is now nine months old…officially passing the line where she has now spent more time on the outside than my insides.She is scarily independent, pushing my face away when she doesn’t want kisses or cuddles. …which happens more often than not.She happily gobbles a wide variety of solid […]

hello i’m boring

Friday, October 14th, 2005

This is a profound post for a profound kind of day.
Things that I should currently be doing:1. Housework2. Washing3. Preparing interesting and nutritious meals for my daughter4. Work on some kind of stimulating hobby to keep my mental faculties sharp and at the ready5. Exercise to tone up my flabby belly (this old mare […]

WWM

Wednesday, October 12th, 2005

For those of you who aren’t familiar with the acronym, WWM stands for World’s Worst Mother. I think I may be in the running for this rather dubious honour.
Last night, my little cherub woke up crying at around 10pm. As we have just recently dropped the 10 pm dreamfeed, I decided to resettle her. Into […]

…or not

Wednesday, October 12th, 2005

Some days I wonder whether I am providing my daughter with enough stimulation/interaction.
Some days I feel so guilty letting my daughter cry so I can finish getting her breakfast ready/prepare her bath/grab washing out of the machine/finish going to the loo (hooray for separation anxiety).
Some days I want to run screaming back to full time […]

smelling the roses….

Tuesday, October 11th, 2005

When I started this blog I thought I would be writing a lot about the personal impact of various social and political issues that relate to motherhood. You know…breastfeeding and its impact on our lives thus far, my personal struggle to determine what role paid work will have in my quest to achieve a balanced […]

Eight and a half months (almost)

Tuesday, October 11th, 2005

It is just amazing watching the small, human type creature that is my daughter go through yet another major leap in her development. In the last three weeks she has mastered the art of sitting up, babbling, eating chewy things like toast, blowing puckery type kisses and…sucking her toes.
Her favourite words to babble are dada, […]