Gods, haven't posted for a while have I? Rory is now two. Two!! And wanting to go for a walk again.. I'm not allowed on the computer much. So I'll just post this ( Read more... )

Rory woke me crying in the middle of the night, so I went in to soothe her. To my surprise her sleepsuit was damp - had her nappy leaked? And her hair was damp too. Sweaty? It wasn’t that warm, despite the heater being on. Why did the room smell of sour cheese ( Read more... )

Thank you to my dear flisties for the birthday wishes! It was mostly spent indoors due to very hot weather. Today was Aurora’s christening. She behaved beautifully, even when water got poured on her head. I was worried, however, because she hadn’t done a poo (sorry, TMI) like she usually does in the morning. Happily she didn’t do it during the ( Read more... )

Melbourne Cup Day! I’ve always been working on this day before, so I was very keen to go out for a Cup lunch at a local winery this year, if I was allowed to take Aurora. Luckily I was, and she behaved very well. In fact the adults made more noise than she did. We had a yummy lunch and it was lovely to dress up, even if I had to mix and match a bit ( Read more... )

Peachling and I are going along nicely. She’s almost six weeks old (!), does cute smiles, noisy poos that crack me up, and five feeds a night. She has her rough days and nights with colic, and I long for a nap that’s longer than ten minutes, but in the main she’s fine. I drove for the first time the other day since the caesarean, and soon I’ll have ( Read more... )

Aurora Leigh was born at 11.24am by caesarean on Monday after 12 hours of interestingly painful labour! She was facing the wrong way and not coming down fast enough for the doctor's liking, so it was that way out. She weighed six pounds and is a darling wee hobbitling! Still a bit sore from the op but I'm learning mummyhood. Hopefully my milk will ( Read more... )

Peachling is due on Monday, but seems happy to stay in the smial for the moment. No false labour or anything like that. Her head is engaged (ready for birth) and the doc is happy to let her go seven days overdue before considering induction. I'm getting the occasional text/call to the effect of 'had it yet'? Newp. She's just doing roly-polies in ( Read more... )

It's my last day at work today! Now I'll be on 12 months of maternity leave plus holidays. My workmates gave me a surprise morning tea with pressies for the Peachling, a cartoon of me by the paper's cartoonist and a bunch of lilies. Lovely. I still get constant comments on how 'compact' I am for eight months - I think she's a hobbitling in there. ( Read more... )

Broke the news about the new impending cousin to Sadie-niece yesterday. She was a bit nonplussed at first. Later she asked me who I would be marrying. I explained that wasn't going to happen. By the end of the day she was suggesting baby names (all of her friends at school ( Read more... )

I used to wonder about 'baby brain' but after a particularly embarrassing mistake at work today (regarding baby pics of all things) I think I actually have it. The Peachling is stealing my IQ ( Read more... )