Tag: 1 month

Mummy night off

22 September 2018 : 5 weeks (1 month) My night off waze for test dick. Let’s try that dictation again. “My night off was fantastic.” My accent must be off because iPhone dictation is not recognising my dictation. Anyway, husband and I are each getting one night off per week. For my night off, I slept from 10:30pm until 3:15am...

What to do with baby

21 September 2018 : 5 weeks (1 month) Lochie grows calmer, bigger, sweeter, stronger. Passing wind summons a scream, he is not out of the woods yet, but his unique and unexpectedly calm personality is beginning to shine through. So far, outside of colic and reflux, all I see is a happy-go-lucky disposition that my baby must have inherited from...

A lazy afternoon

21 September 2018 : 5 weeks (1 month) We’re trying to get into a routine. Following a lazy afternoon of boobing in the courtyard, we cuddled in the lazy afternoon sun by the window as Lochie slept on my lap. Then it was time for play! We had tummy time. It was uneventful. Am I doing it right? After a...

Dreaming about sleep

21 September 2018 : 5 weeks (1 month) Lochie slept for 7 hours overnight. The last couple of days have been incredibly difficult with poor Lochie being fussy and unsettled. Yesterday my mother-in-law was here all day so that I could rest and head into the night better prepared. We bathed him (twice) then enjoyed music appreciation hour in the...

How do I mum, mum?

20 September 2018 : 5 weeks (1 month) Becoming a mother makes you suddenly need your own mother again: to watch the baby while you sleep, to teach you the ropes, and to share in the joys of mothering. At the beginning, mothering is quite distinct from fathering. There’s a certain faith, a secret code if you like, that is...

Much ado about milk

20 September 2018 : 5 weeks (1 month) The chocolate mousse cake from father-in-law’s birthday dinner at 6pm last night came in handy at 6am this morning. I inhaled half of it using a soup spoon: an enormous amount of chocolate mousse with marshmallow and nuts. I attacked that chocolate cake like a heartbroken teenager after prom. It has been...

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.)

Sleep is hunger

17 September 2018 : 4 weeks (1 month) Sleep is hunger, sleep is greedThe more you sleep, the more you need The more you need, the more he criesThat baby with those deep blue eyes

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....