Babies Archive

  • This 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 […]

    Nephews

    This 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 […]

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  • We 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 […]

    Norman

    We 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 […]

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  • –          ‘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 […]

    20 years on

    –          ‘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 […]

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  • When 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 […]

    Leaps and bounds

    When 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 […]

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  • We 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 […]

    Up late: update

    We 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 […]

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  • Lara 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 […]

    Sick babies = tired parents

    Lara 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 […]

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  • The 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. […]

    Grub

    The 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. […]

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  • Since 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 […]

    A fruitful Sunday afternoon

    Since 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 […]

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  • People 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 […]

    Chuckles

    People 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 […]

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  • We 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 […]

    Plumming

    We 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 […]

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