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Nephews
Posted on November 27, 2022 | No CommentsThis week I attended my nephew Oli’s Year 12 graduation and met my nine-month old nephew Felix. Felix is a happy, gorgeous baby, and has been passed around his extended […] -
Norman
Posted on February 22, 2015 | No CommentsWe had more sad news this month with the death of an old friend of Steve’s family, Norman Beischer, who died from leukaemia on the second of February. He left […] -
20 years on
Posted on September 25, 2011 | No Comments– ‘How quickly does twenty years go?’ He had been a friendly boy but I doubt I had exchanged a word with him when we were at school together. We […] -
Leaps and bounds
Posted on August 28, 2011 | No CommentsWhen does a baby become a toddler? My local baby centre nurses are adamant that the transformation occurs at the age of one (at their 12-month checkups: ‘I knew these […] -
Up late: update
Posted on July 31, 2011 | No CommentsWe stuck to our plan, more or less, and enrolled in a seminar for parents of older babies who sleep poorly. I never got around to doing the internet research […] -
Sick babies = tired parents
Posted on June 26, 2011 | No CommentsLara and Rhea have turned one, and I went back to work part-time last week. We’ve started another chapter in their lives and another routine for all of us. The […] -
Grub
Posted on May 29, 2011 | No CommentsThe babies are now nearly one year old. They have grown from loose-fitting 00000-sized clothes to a respectable size 0. That journey, as much as anything, has been about food. […] -
A fruitful Sunday afternoon
Posted on April 24, 2011 | No CommentsSince Steve went back to work two months ago, one of the biggest changes to our lives has been the busyness of our weekends. Like most families, weekends are when […] -
Chuckles
Posted on March 27, 2011 | 1 CommentPeople are starting to ask me whether the babies’ personality differences are becoming more apparent. We don’t want to label and stereotype them for their future years, so we don’t […] -
Plumming
Posted on February 27, 2011 | No CommentsWe planted an apricot tree and two plum trees four years ago: one satsuma plum and one blood plum. The plum trees were productive from the second year, and this […]