I’m a Programme Manager by profession. What that means is that I manage projects (of software development) that are complex to deliver. I coordinate virtual teams of people (software engineers, designers, lawyers, business development people, marketers, partners, etc.) that are located all around the globe, and for it all to go smoothly requires strong organisational and management skills. I spoke…
Baby rice at 4 or 5 months. I don’t think so.
I know a few Moms. I didn’t know any before I was a Mom (ok, except for family members). Some of the Moms I know seemed to be a little too eager to start their babies on solids… and in the UK it seems it all starts with baby rice. I like to think of myself as a nature Mom.…
Eight hours of beauty sleep
You come home from hospital with your bundle of joy and what you know is that you have to feed your baby every 3 hours. What this invariably means is that you will need to feed him at least once in the middle of the night. I struggled with this big time. I’m one of those people that need 8…
Wake to what?
According to Tracy Hogg, children (and apparently adults too) have sleep cycles of more or less 45 minutes. After the first few days of being a sleepy blob, babies tend to wake up after these short naps. As a Mom, you can do one of two things – you can go to your baby and get him up OR you…
The day I suddenly became a Mother of 4
When I was 6 months pregnant with Miss A, my nanny announced that she was pregnant too. It was her first pregnancy and she was excited and scared at the same time. You might thing this post has something to do with her baby, but it doesn’t 😉 My nanny decided that she wasn’t coming back after her maternity leave,…
Dummy: yes, no, when, how long?
I’m an Earth Mother, so I had the utopian notion that my babies were never going to use dummies. When I brought Miss Z home, she wouldn’t stop crying when I put her to sleep unless I put my finger in her mouth. My dummy philosophy ended in 2 days (I very much like my finger). Now, I am a…
Like this during the day, like that during the night
Miss Z was born around 4pm. They say that babies that are born during the day don’t sleep at night… I have no idea is that’s true, but the fact of the matter is that after 48 hours of practically no sleep at night, I was pulling my hair out. Thankfully, my Mom was around and we took shifts. The…
I love being pregnant. NOT!
I honestly was over the moon when I found out that I was pregnant. I had wanted a baby for many years. Choosing a life partner that is younger than you means that he’s not in a hurry… not in a hurry to get married and not in a hurry to have kids. And so I waited… and waited. When…
My first blog
One of my friends asked me the other day “Why don’t you write a blog?”… I must confess it’s not something I ever thought about doing. I am an avid internet user and find everything I want to know online. I search forums, read news online, heck, I even listen to music and watch movies and TV online… but I…