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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Forty years, and a picnic in Norwood Park
Is how long my parents have been married for; it was their ruby wedding anniversary this weekend. The sun shone, and to celebrate we had a picnic in the park. Needless to say the youngest and newest member of our … Continue reading
Posted in Baby E, Life / style / clothes / beauty, London
Tagged Norwood Park, Picnic, Ruby Wedding Anniversary
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Saturday (brunch at The Charlotte Street Hotel)
Saturday was a day of new and old experiences, most notably Eliza’s first trip to central London. The pair of us headed off to the Charlotte Street Hotel for a late birthday lunch for one of my friends (along with another … Continue reading
Posted in Life / style / clothes / beauty, London
Tagged anniversary, babies who brunch, Charlotte Street Hotel, London, M&S food, number 38 bus
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Eliza, three months
We’d heard so much about the three month mark being that mythical point where babies calm down and become much more manageable – is three is the magic number? Well, I’m not sure when it happened, but at some point … Continue reading
Posted in All about being a parent, Baby E
Tagged baby sleep problems, grabbing, gripping, magic three month baby mark, parenthood, three months, tipping
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On the beach
We’ve just arrived home from a long weekend in Bournemouth, where the sun actually shone for us, for a change. We were there to help my brother move house (although my contribution to helping mainly involved sitting around and feeding … Continue reading
Posted in All about being a parent, Baby E
Tagged Boscombe, Bournemouth, grandparents, sea air, sleepy baby
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First night out minus baby
Thanks to some strategic power expressing, last week saw the momentous occasion of my first night out minus baby. The NCT dads in our group have had beers on a couple of occasions, so purely in the interests of balance and … Continue reading
Eliza’s birth story – an unexpectedly quick induction of labour
I thought I’d post my birth story today to coincide with International Midwife day. I received such amazing care from midwives, both in the hospital (despite it being incredibly busy) and from the community midwife team at my doctors surgery (who came out to … Continue reading
Posted in Baby E, Doctor's note, Pregnancy, Pregnancy: Third Trimester
Tagged birth story, childbirth, Eliza, epidural, gas and air, giving birth, induction birth story, induction of labour, induction of labour via propess, International Midwife Day, Kings College Hospital, midwives, pain relief, planned induction, welcome to the world
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