Radio silence

We’re leaving early tomorrow morning. We won’t be home until next Monday. As we’re going to un-charted territory I’ll be out of contact until then. Carry on as usual.

Personality

Rose is showing signs that she’s going to be an independent, curious person. I had her in the sling this afternoon because she was tired of playing in the rocker and her baby gym. It was the last thing I could think of doing to keep her entertained while I got some things done, like [...]

Harry Potter and the sleepy hallows…

We’re all a bit tired today, due in part to Chris working hard on a conference paper, me being under the weather and Rose having slightly odd sleeping hours. I was talking to my sister-in-law Fiona yesterday and we agreed that one of the worst things about being a parent to small children is the [...]

Bewilderment

The last two posts attest to something that seems to go hand-in-hand with child-rearing: a state of near constant, low-grade anxiety-producing bewilderment. At any given time you can think you know what’s going on with your child, but often it’s a deduction, and more usually a guess. Suddenly, without warning, new behaviour and changes in [...]

But a much better evening

Rose was inconsolable this afternoon and had a slight temperature, so I relented and gave her some Baby Panadol. She really hated the taste, but it really did the trick. She fell asleep in my arms within 20 minutes, and then I put her down to sleep in our bed. I lay down beside her [...]

Crappy couple of days

Rose had her 4 month vaccinations yesterday and while she was a trooper before, during and after the injections, the hours since then have been a trial. Yesterday afternoon and evening there was lots of uncontrolled crying and screaming. Rose hasn’t been like this since she was a newborn! It’s so horrible. Last night she [...]

The important stuff

Is that the sound of trumpets heralding us home? No, it’s the sound of jackhammers working on the apartment next door. Poor Rosie was just having a sleep when all that started up. I swear, having a baby has made me more grumpy about other human beings than I ever thought possible.
Anyway, as I sit [...]

Back home and tired…

I’ll keep this post short: we got back from Melbourne this morning and we’re all really tired. We had a fantastic visit with Mark, Fiona, Alistair and baby Frances. It was really wonderful spending time with my nephew Alistair and see how he’s grown. Such a big boy – nearly 3 years old! There was [...]

We’re going to Bonnie Doon!*

I’m so excited! Tomorrow we get on a plane (not excited about that part) and go to Melbourne to visit my brother, sister-in-law and Rose’s new cousins Frances and Alistair! It’ll be great to see Ali, he’s nearly 3 now and very grown up! I haven’t seen Frances yet (she’s only two months older than [...]

Rose loves hind-milk!

Many times I’ve been sitting eating a piece of pizza or a scoop of ice-cream and I’ve thought about how weird it is that Rose doesn’t know the wonderful variety of yummy food that exists. In Rose’s world the equivalent of hot chips is the high-caloric creamy goodness of hind-milk.
She tolerates fore-milk in a matter-of-fact [...]