Category: Diary

The project invites people to tell their fairytales of motherhood, with a focus on the initial “six months” of motherhood with their firstborn.

The magic squat (to rewrite)

20 September 2018 : 5 weeks (1 month) I’ve discovered 4 methods to calm Lochie’s crying, listed in order of effectiveness. (#1 will surprise you.)

Mums love poops (and other love stories)

17 September 2018 : 4 weeks (1 month) Lochie has hit a new milestone today with his first poonami. It was quite the event. To share the pleasure of sleepless nights, from 8pm until 8am, husband looks after baby for the first 6 hours and I for the next. And so on this eventful night, Don was on baby duty....

Early breastfeeding

2 September 2018 : 3 weeks (1 month) Lochie is feeding sleepily on the right boob. He works hard but occasionally falls asleep on the job. It is my absolute hope that he gets enough food during these feeds. He detaches with as much vigour as he attaches but his little mouth is then covered in milk. Availability of milk...

From the beginning

12 December 2017 : Conception It would be fair to begin the tale of Lochie from the very beginning of his conception. At the end of 2017, once we had completed all our planned babymoons for the year, we decided to start trying for a baby. I downloaded the Flo app, did a bit of math to work out the...