Tag: Baby
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More firsts for the baby
Five weeks, five days From going up a nappy size to a visit to the first Foyles book store outside of London, this week has been full of firsts for the baby and more energy and sleep for mama. Mersina’s first official smile has been written down, in her Junior Moleskine diary, as having taken […]
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The grandparents’ favourite
The grandparents’ favourite photo, well one of, and mine. Here she is sitting on dad’s lap and contemplating the camera which has taken over a hundred photos of her that day.
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Commonplace and yet miraculous
Dad and I were having coffee and cupcakes the other morning when I mentioned that if he ever wanted to know what a baby that we made would look like, he just had to look at Mersi. In response, he demonstrated his ability to convey sarcasm in a glance without needing to roll his eyes. […]
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An official Bristol baby but where’s the drama?
Dad and I almost had a Jeremy Kyle moment last Saturday. We were at the registry office on Corn St to register the baby’s birth. The calm and well spoken woman first took my details and added them to the computer. She then turned to dad and asked him to confirm that he was the […]
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I’ll feed, you worry. A bit of a tribute.
My housemate is a natural, born worrier. He frets about the flat, the neighbours, putting the food back in the fridge properly covered, cleaning work top surfaces and other such details. Ever since he acquired a little additional flatmate, he has added one more thing on his worry list. One of the first evenings after […]
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Baby, come dine with me and late night shifts
The baby has finally fallen asleep. It’s been over five hours since her previous nap. Unfortunately she’s sleeping on my lap which means she will wake up if I move her. So I stay where I am and try to rest a bit until she is up again. She wakes up two minutes later so […]
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Progression: bump to baby
12 Weeks, July 2010 20 Weeks, September 2010 September 2010 November 2010 February 2011 Day 0 – February 14 Day 1, 15 February 2011 Day 5, 19 February 2011 Day 9, 23 February 2011 Day 13, 27 February 2011 Day 14, 28 February 2011 Day 18, 4 March 2011 Day 19, 5 March 2011 – […]
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A series of firsts for me and the baby
I visited my GP on Monday and little M became very hungry and vocal while the nurse drew my blood. I said that she was hungry and was offered a chance of a place to breastfeed. First time I fed the baby in public was in the surgery’s common area / kitchenette / staff room. […]
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A diary of sorts
Day 11 The sound of bells from the Bristol Cathedral, an ambulance towards Clifton, loud rain on the windows and the baby’s soft breathing. A grey day. Day 12 Today the baby was restless all morning. Usually there are three things which make her cry: being hungry, needing her nappy changed and needing to be […]
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Relying on the kindness of the strange and not so strange
10 days old Baby and I left the hospital eight days ago and hadn’t left the flat since. If it had been up to me I would have waited a few more weeks but I had to get to my post-natal check up and so it began. I had to figure out how to get […]
Ephemeral digest 