Oh, little girl. The task of reflecting on the first year of your life feels impossible to write without relying on tired cliché. The year has flown! Where has the time gone? It can’t be a year! Already??? But these are the words that come instantly to mind, the words I have been uttering all year […]
There was a time when I could not sleep for all the thoughts in my head. A frantic mind full of 'stuff,' I had a lot of trouble switching off. The exhaustion of motherhood has been a complete cure. But lately, there's been something keeping me awake at night, and I can't quite believe it. […]
Maybe if I go like this…. …and then like this…. …and then…ummm… Mumma? I stuck!!! Which means only two more months before a year has passed. I can tell you this – holding this baby girl, feeling the soft, rounded babyness of her little body in my arms, sends a euphoric wave through me […]
On Thursday, we celebrated 40 years of a dear friend's life and 9 months with our little girl. The balloons were for him but try telling Harlow that… Well, that flew! As a writer, it's cliché cringe but seriously, where has the time gone? Time moves too fast to record in any baby book and […]
Look at this little fool, would you? She knew full well it was bed time and yet, the cheekiness! If I told you she literally made my heart explode, of course, that would be a ridiculous thing to write because literal means really, actually happening, and exploding hearts normally disallow the typing of […]
Oh, little girl She of the bright blue eyes and the crooked smile She of the belly laughs and the wrenching sobs She of the kick-kick-kicking legs and the bah-bah-bahs She of the whatever you call the wrist version of cankles She who has more than thirty size 1 summer dresses (not.even.kidding.) She who […]
29 weeks old and cuter by the minute, no? This little pink bodysuit has been folded away in a box and waiting patiently…..for years. A treasure trove of clothes for the daughter I was worried I had planned for in vain – one by one, she is wearing and – sob! – outgrowing them […]
I love this baby girl. Last week, I noticed a woman putting her little baby into the car and as she transferred him from pram to carseat, she paused to kiss him. It was almost an absentminded gesture and one that was so familiar to me. I simply can not hold my baby – in […]
