Fanfare please, and bring out the jazz hands, for it’s a momentous day in our household. Eliza’s last baby tooth has made a special guest appearance in her mouth, which means she now has the whole set. And more importantly, it means No. More. Teething.
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The one with the dentist and the over dramatised near-death experience (kind of…)
Read moreThis week has seemed slightly…strange. As well as Eliza’s clockwork early morning wake-up time of 5.30am – my new nemesis – she’s not been very well and is also teething again, and has also taken to waking up at around midnight for a few hours. So sleep, or lack of, has been a big factor in the…
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On yet more teething terrors
Read moreJust 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 unwanted guest who is threatening to get drunk, cry, and ruin the party. As a…
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On sickness and sofa days
Read moreSigns 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 better yesterday, but then had a sudden relapse early evening, and indeed we were up…
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A Tale of Three Back Teeth
Read moreOnce 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 unexpected. “What is THAT in the back of Eliza’s mouth?” she asked. It was a…
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Postnatal Depression Survival Guide
Read moreA Postnatal Depression Survival Guide 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). Thanks Cat! I read a really interesting piece on…
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Don’t leave me this way – on nursery blues and separation anxiety
Read moreIt’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 a week. I’ve written before about parenting worry, but my worries since becoming a parent…
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