Category Archives: Doctor’s note

On yet more teething terrors

Posted on May 1, 2013 by gillian

Just a very quick post to say, for what must be the billionth time, isn’t teething an absolute pain? We’re awaiting the arrival of the fourth back tooth (story to date: here). It’s hanging around in the gum like an … Continue reading →

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On sickness and sofa days

Posted on March 28, 2013 by gillian

Signs my child was ill: #1: she refused toast #2: she refused my toast #3: I handed her my iPhone and she wasn’t interested Poor Eliza! She’s been struck down with the dreaded lurgy since Tuesday. She did seem vastly … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Three Back Teeth

Posted on March 23, 2013 by gillian

Once upon a time there was Alex, Gill and Eliza, and there was the next instalment in the tale of the terrible thing called teething… Our story begins during lunch three weeks ago. My mum, who was visiting, spotted something … Continue reading →

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On postnatal depression: this way madness lies…

Posted on February 22, 2013 by gillian

Today’s post is a guest post from the brilliant Cat Dean, who blogs at www.postnatalsurvival.com and is author of Fertile Thinking and The Postnatal Survival Guide. You can also read more from Cat over on TalkMum (my new work project – more on this later). … Continue reading →

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Don’t leave me this way – on nursery blues and separation anxiety

Posted on January 8, 2013 by gillian

It’s all change in our household at the moment; I’m returning to the world of work, which means this week is all about settling the youngest member in at the nursery that she’ll be attending for a couple of days … 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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Baby, it’s cold outside…

Posted on December 5, 2012 by gillian

…it’s also cold inside, despite having had the heating on all day (that’s Victorian conversions for you – when we lived in a new build in Balham we had the heating on about three times in two years). It has … Continue reading →

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Home Alone 2: Lost In…south east London?

Posted on November 22, 2012 by gillian

Photos, from left: spotting a rare smile in the supermarket / my surprise bedfellow (I’m sleeping in her nursery – aka the old spare room – while my parents are here and found the Eliza duck in the sofa bed … Continue reading →

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The first tooth has been sighted…

Posted on September 17, 2012 by gillian

…I repeat, the first tooth has been sighted. Spotted making a brief appearance to the left of the lower front gum, at seven-and-a-bit months, discovered while we were were away in Sheffield for the weekend (celebrating Alex’s parents’ ruby wedding … Continue reading →

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On the whole world of parenting worry

Posted on September 6, 2012 by gillian

So we somehow have a seven-month old baby; when did that happen? And so far each of those seven months have been filled with firsts, and most of them have been great (like her first proper giggle, the first time … Continue reading →

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