Category Archives: Baby E

Bump to baby to birthday number one

Posted on February 19, 2013 by gillian

Here’s the past nineteen months in blog posts: Bump: 12 weeks (in utero) my pregnancy week by week and my pregnancy diary in Pregnancy & Birth magazine Birth: Welcome to the world, Eliza and her birth story Baby: Eliza at one … Continue reading →

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On breastfeeding…beyond 12 months

Posted on February 12, 2013 by gillian

So breastfeeding an older baby; that’s strange, right? Due to lack of information and discussion, and of course the ubiquitous Little Britain sketch, there are so many negative stereotypes around boob-feeding babies past a certain age…but surprise! It’s actually the … Continue reading →

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How to be one

Posted on February 4, 2013 by gillian

1) Open birthday presents in your own unique style (show a fleeting bit of interest in ripping the paper, be absolutely fascinated by pulling cards out of the envelopes, put everything straight in your mouth) 2) Try your first tiny … Continue reading →

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Transfer deadline day

Posted on January 31, 2013 by gillian

Today is the football transfer deadline day. What’s that you say, football? Really? Yes! It’s a day I’ll now always remember as a year ago today it was also Eliza’s due date, which was coincidentally fitting for a baby with a … Continue reading →

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Eliza, 11 months (and three weeks!)

Posted on January 24, 2013 by gillian

It seems I’ve blinked and all of a sudden we have a mini toddler in our midst. A really nearly one-year-old. And she is just brilliant at this age; a complete and utter joy. I do a lot of looking … Continue reading →

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Baby steps

Posted on January 19, 2013 by gillian

So we’ve had quite a week! There were lots of things I was going to write about in this post. Like how we’re getting on so much better following Eliza’s first full three days at nursery (once she’s distracted she … Continue reading →

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Five festive firsts

Posted on December 23, 2012 by gillian

1) That all-important first meeting with Santa. Eliza was fine, didn’t cry, and was only moderately interested in his beard. It must have gone well, as Christmas came slightly early in the shape of 2) her first present, a beautiful … Continue reading →

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My pregnancy diary in Pregnancy & Birth magazine

Posted on December 11, 2012 by gillian

I’m really thrilled to have been asked to appear in the December ‘Pregnancy Diary’ feature in Pregnancy & Birth magazine, along with lots of photos of all three of us (I loved reading P&B when I was pregnant, and also … Continue reading →

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On celebrity baby booms, sibling age gaps and second babies

Posted on November 13, 2012 by gillian

No-one was more surprised than me to be interested in some news about none other than Peaches Geldof yesterday. She’s pregnant with her second child – a boy they’ve already named Phadera (?) – and there will be 13 months … Continue reading →

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Home alone: on a few days of solo parenting

Posted on November 8, 2012 by gillian

Alex has just returned from a few days away on a work trip to Barcelona, during which time Eliza and I were all by ourselves. It was the longest the three of us have been apart and it’s fair to … Continue reading →

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