Wondrously Other: June 2014

Five Awesome Meals For New Parents

When I was pregnant, I was very blessed to have my freezer crammed full of delicious home cooked meals. They didn't appear one day by magic, I had been asked what we wanted for the new baby and in scandalous tilt at British humility, I answered the question squarely: I wanted things that would give me more time to enjoy my new baby. Knowing what an amazing impact it...

Thursday, 26 June 2014 Comments: 2

Alfie Esme

How To Play Hide And Seek

There are a few things you need to know about my son: First, if he is going to do something, he is going to do it properly. Secondly, if he’s going to do something he’s going to win. Always. Esme: 14, 16, 14, 16, 14, 16 Alfie: no, no, no you only count six Keith: Alfie, Esme cant count as well as you yet. So you have to be patient and help her. Or why don't you count...

Tuesday, 24 June 2014 Comments: 2

Stay At Home Dad Working Mama

Seven Years of Marriage

Bird-Understander Of many reasons I love you here is one the way you write me from the gate at the airport so I can tell you everything will be alright so you can tell me there is a bird trapped in the terminal all the people ignoring it because they do not know what do with it except to leave it alone until it scares itself to death it makes...

Friday, 20 June 2014 Comments: 0

Olive

The Near Disaster Of Miss Olive's First Birthday

I was really struggling to know how to write about Miss Olive’s first birthday without it descending into schmaltz or borderline depression. When it comes to celebrating The Last First Birthday in the family, it’s easy to swing between the two extremes. Luckily my family saved me from that particular dilemma by providing some “light relief”. By the end of the weekend I was...

Thursday, 19 June 2014 Comments: 0

Breastfeeding Olive Review SNS

A Review of Ecostore Foaming Hand Wash

When I was asked to review the ecostore foaming hand wash, I thought I would write a review that talked about how four year olds are made entirely of mud and snot and how this soap was so much fun it even made them want to get clean. I spent some time on the ecostore website so I would feel like I could speak with authority about its goodly credentials and I was blown away...

Tuesday, 17 June 2014 Comments: 4

Esme Olive Stay At Home Dad Toddler DoOm

The Brutal World of Toddler Revenge

I have something of a love/ hate relationship with dummies. On the one hand they are ugly lumps of plastic that are going to make my girls talk like Daffy Duck. On the other hand there’s quiet ... and sanity; both compelling reasons to make your peace with your children talking like Daffy Duck. Recently we mislaid Olive’s dummy and I offered to buy Esme any...

Thursday, 12 June 2014 Comments: 2

Attachment Parenting Esme

Middle Child Syndrome

I want to resist the convenience of labelling my children, especially when it comes to things like birth order and kinship. I remember being a child who was told “I know you better than you know yourself” and wondering if I was such a simple creation, that a parent could see me laid bare before I even knew myself. My children are of me and their father, but each...

Tuesday, 10 June 2014 Comments: 2

Alfie Attachment Parenting Toddler DoOm

Good News!! My Son Finally Plays Well With Others!!

On Saturday we were invited by a friend to join her family’s olive harvest. I was giddy about the idea of combing trees for the day but, as always, I was terrified that Alfie might do something that would mean I might never be able to speak to my friend again. This is the boy who floored a toddler at a birthday party and got me bawled out in front of a room full of parents....

Thursday, 5 June 2014 Comments: 4

Working Mama

I Am Working Mama

When I get up in the morning I fall out of bed having had too little sleep, shuffle through a mountain of washing in the semi darkness and try to put together something that won’t get me fired from my job for looking like a hobo or a hooker. By the time I walk out of the door, the triumph of positive mental attitude means that I have persuaded myself that I am a poster...

Tuesday, 3 June 2014 Comments: 2

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