So Mags, how you feeling about being 17 months old now? Yuh HUH I am feeling you GF. It's like you have been working all this time, these 17 months on just perfecting the mullet which you now have. I get it. And I like it. As Daisy said to me last week "Mum she has new strategies … [Read more...]
It doesn’t matter
October 13, 2016 by 59 Comments
When you fret and worry about whether your kid takes to the breast, or won't take the bottle or you can't get a good attachment and need a breast shield, or a pump or not to pump, to demand feed or feed strictly every 4 hours. Whether you still give your baby a bottle in the middle of the night, or … [Read more...]
Maggie is 16 months old!
September 21, 2016 by 26 Comments
So Maggie Macdonald is no longer a baby. It's time to admit defeat and realise that she's more toddler now than baby. That baby? She got big. Maybe it's the hair (one of the finest mullet's this side of Australia I think you'll find) or maybe it's the running around EVERYWHERE, or the … [Read more...]
Maggie is 15 months old!
August 30, 2016 by 12 Comments
Facebook showed me earlier this week that this time last year Maggie looked like this: And now look at her! 15 months old. I'm with you girlfriend, it's entirely too much to deal with. I can't EVEN. Miss Maggie Roslyn ticked over 15 months a week or so ago (on my birthday in … [Read more...]
Maggie in the mornings
August 25, 2016 by 31 Comments
Oh that time of year when the day starts getting brighter earlier and earlier and with it, the rising of the smalls. For the past week or so its started. 5.30am. 5.15am. Even the odd in the 4's which I have managed to convince her that is entirely not OK so we stay in bed together, her slapping my … [Read more...]
Full Maggie update (12-14 months)
July 22, 2016 by 18 Comments
About time we checked in on this one isn't it? Hi Mags! I was saying to Rob just the other day how much Maggie has grown in the last few weeks. Over the school holidays everything that seemed to have been frustrating her for the past months: teeth/walking/communicating kind of clicked and we … [Read more...]
The name that got away
June 21, 2016 by 88 Comments
This morning my sister and I took the kids to a local kinder gymnastics class. It had been a few years since I had been there with Harper, in fact, it was the place where I was when I realised I wasn't done with kids just yet. I wrote a little about it here, but I clearly remember seeing little … [Read more...]
Saving all my love for you
June 16, 2016 by 18 Comments
I read this article last week. Last August a study out of the University of Washington Department of Psychology has revealed that children are 800% worse when their mothers are in the room. If the children are under ten, the percentage doubles to 1,600%. And don't we know it? Yesterday when I … [Read more...]
Baby Files #8
June 1, 2016 by 41 Comments
The Love to dream giveaway has now closed and the winner chosen (Sarah Gooley) with this comment: "Oh that Maggie. She is beautiful. And like I say under breath to my girls every single day. Thank the Lord that you are cute, because otherwise… OTHERWISE! My eldest is three in July and the baby is … [Read more...]
5 Things I know about Newborn Land
May 25, 2016 by 34 Comments
A sponsored post for BUPA If you were anything like me after you had your first baby you would have been in shock and dismay that they actually let you out of the hospital with the baby. I mean, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? ARE YOU SURE I CAN TAKE HER? HOW ARE WE MEANT TO KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING? A little … [Read more...]
Maggie is 1!
May 17, 2016 by 45 Comments
A combination of exhaustion and post everything stress sees me an emo wreck, and I'm not quite sure sure to start with this. But here we are, Miss Maggie, my sweet little baby girl, apparently is now 1. A whole year since she came here at 3.34pm on a cold but sunny Highlands Saturday … [Read more...]
Maggie is 11 months old!
April 16, 2016 by 40 Comments
Ah 11 months, here you are. With all your movement, and laughing, and standing and life, here you are. This about it sums it up: here Mags sit down so I can take a photo. Yeah, nuh. It's been a tough month for the little one, with sickness AGAIN and a case of the teefs causing LOTS of pain … [Read more...]
Skin deep
April 7, 2016 by 86 Comments
Is there ANYTHING better than a cool change after a hot day? Overnight one swept through here so that when we went to bed and it was 25 degrees we woke to 10 this morning...delightful! I've had a productive morning stacking wood for the fire that will be on tonight, mopping floors and pottering … [Read more...]
3rd times a charm: baby-led weaning with my 3rd kid
April 5, 2016 by 49 Comments
I've had a few people ask about how we feed Maggie, having seen many an Instagram shot of her in her high chair knawing on a piece of sourdough or covered from head to toe in a roast chicken dinner. So I thought I'd write a post about it, to help others have a crack at this baby-led weaning … [Read more...]
Let’s hear it for the girls!
March 31, 2016 by 68 Comments
You know what's happened around these here parts? I've stopped breastfeeding. Well, it just kind of happened. It's been well over a week now since I last fed Mags and so I guess that kind of means we're done right? No last significant, memorable feed. Just a refusal from her for a few days in a row, … [Read more...]
Maggie is 10 months old!
March 16, 2016 by 42 Comments
Maggie, apparently according to the calendar today you are 10 months old today but I mean REALLY? Really?! How can that be? She's obviously not concerned by the rapid time vortex thing we are spinning in, in fact, she's delighted to be this big now. And what a big month it's been for her. … [Read more...]
Important days
March 3, 2016 by 64 Comments
Yesterday morning at 2.30am I was awake. Maggie still hadn't woken for a feed (sure 45 times for coughing fits while she still slept) but still asleep! Shit, don't tell me she's starting to work out this sleep thing? In any case, there I was...PING! Wide awake. I started thinking. Too much. About … [Read more...]
Baby Files #7
February 24, 2016 by 64 Comments
Note: the Monkey & Mum necklace giveaway winner has been chosen. The lucky winner was Belinda with this comment: "Absolutely yes to all the things baby. My big boy was swaddled til he was over 7 months, and my little boy until 9 months and will still get swaddled on occassion now at 10months+. … [Read more...]
The first 1000 days
February 17, 2016 by 23 Comments
A sponsored post for Bupa When you think back to when you had a baby what were the most challenging times? When were the times when you needed support the most? Was it when you were pregnant, or trying to get pregnant? Sick as a dog and unable to do the most simplest of tasks? Was it … [Read more...]
Maggie is 9 months old!
February 16, 2016 by 52 Comments
We're on a number 9 roll this week as Maggie today rolls over to 9 months old. Longer out than in...? Something like that. In any case, the 8th month of her life can be summed up in one photograph: HOLY SHIT. What a month it's been. Probably one of the worst of my parenting career with all … [Read more...]
