We have recently started our kitchen refurb. This is something that has been in the plan for a long long time. I was avoiding having to do it because, quite frankly, I couldn’t bear the thought that I was going to be without a kitchen for several weeks. How would we feed the kids? Would we have water? And heating?…
Awwww, come here my baby…
I am sure this happens mostly with the first born. That moment when they are starting to toddle and they bump into something that makes them fall on their bum and start crying. It’s just so easy to pick her up and say “awww. come here baby, Mommy will fix it”. There is nothing wrong in principle with doing this (unless…
There’s life after reflux…
As a first time mother, I had very little preparation for handling babies. Prior to motherhood, I wasn’t exactly the mumsy type (well, I still don’t think I am). I did a lot of reading about pregnancy. I did the NCT and NHS courses in preparation for labour and breastfeeding. But actually preparing for the bundle of joy, nothing. It…
I’ll stay for a minute
Right around the time Mr A was 1 year old and Miss Z was 3, she started wanting me to stay with her until she fell asleep. I don’t know if it was because she started feeling that Mr A had a lot more attention all of a sudden. Our bedtime routine had been the same for a long time.…
Don’t downplay loss
When I was pregnant with Mr A (and to some extent with Miss A) and found out I had a 1 in 5 chance of Downs syndrome I was devastated. I think nothing prepares you for that kind of situation. Whilst I know that life is not a bed of roses and bad stuff happens, when you’re faced with this…
The difference a little love makes
I’d say I’m a pro employer of nannies now. Having gone from employing one nanny for almost 5 years to having 3 different nannies in the following 9 months, I’m pretty sure that makes me a pro. When our long time nanny Ms C announced that she was pregnant with her first child, I was 6 months pregnant with Miss…
I will never, ever, ever eat this food. Ever!
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard this sentence. I’ve lost count. And something tells me that in the next 10 years I’ll hear it hundreds of times more. When Miss Z was 2 we met a family during our holiday in Portugal. They had a little girl just 5 months younger than Miss Z and they started…
New nanny
Since our beloved nanny had a motorbike accident that I went from looking after her, to having no nanny to hiring a nanny from back home. That nanny was very calm and organised, but I felt something was missing. I am a strict Mom, I like routine and structure, and I insist on good behaviour, so I guess in the…
When frustration takes over…
Intention to be a PC parent (patient and consistent) is what I wake up with every morning. But of late, this evades me as quickly as a snooze cycle on the alarm clock. I have 3 kids to get ready in the morning. The nanny only arrives at 8 and they should already be dressed and be eating breakfast. I…
How do people come alive?
This afternoon, Miss Z turned to me and said “Mommy, how does God make people come alive?”. I said “what do you mean make people come alive?”. She said (with great depth to her words): “Just how does He make people come aliiiive?” “Well”, I said, “God created the Universe, and then he created this planet Earth in which we…