Oh Candida, our almost favourite band

I have to learn the words to “O Canada”. Months ago, when my mother was flying on Air Canada to Heathrow, I went to the Air Canada website to check the status of her flight. E1 was on my lap as I looked at the screen and, for some reason, I started to sing the [...]

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Coming over terrified

I am terrified. This is probably the sleep deprivation talking, but tonight I have been coming over terrified over and over. I was letting it out by kind of yowling like a cat in pain, but that scared the baby (and occasionally, my husband) so I’ve stopped. But, man, it just rises up inside me [...]

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Crashed and Burned

My goal this week was to carry on with getting E2 up early, in order to get her into an afternoon nap routine and going to sleep earlier at night. We had some success yesterday — she fell asleep at 12.30 on Sunday night so I was able to get to sleep by 1.30 myself [...]

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Chatterbox

E1 knows that our friend Amanda has given her a lot of her favourite things, and because they’ve come from Amanda, they are named after her. Thus we have the blue Amanda-cardigan and the pink Amanda-cardigan and a whole series of Amanda-books. Amanda is an important person. Today she was at the table for lunch [...]

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Maybe she’s a vampire

We are rapidly approaching the point of E1 being an afternoon napper and E2 being a morning napper — and that is just never going to work! We’d end up never leaving the house again. The problem is that I let E2 sleep too late in the mornings. It’s vicious cycle — she keeps me [...]

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Her screaming is the soundtrack to my life

I suspect E2 will turn out to be an extrovert. I don’t know what to do with an extroverted child! Her dad and I are both introverts (he an ISFJ, me an INTP), and I’m quite certain E1 is as well. E2 wants constant attention — no, she demands constant attention — and if she’s [...]

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Heal thyself

Before I was a mother, I used to think that “kissing it better” was a bit naff, a bit sissy-ish. All these little kids running around, banging their heads, and coming over for a kiss in the deluded belief that it will make everything better. Please. But the other day, before I even realised what [...]

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Things I thought I’d miss

Top Things I Thought I’d Miss When I Moved from the US to the UK my favourite television shows Subway sandwiches Wendy’s My books American plumbing Thanksgiving Top Things I Actually Missed When I Moved from the US to the UK Detailed weather forecasts Easy access to the performing arts (opera, ballet, the symphony, etc) [...]

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Welcome to my Failure Complex

I feel like such a failure. I am sure I have some sort of failure complex, although I don’t even really know if that’s the right term. But sometimes, this sense of being a complete and utter failure comes over me in waves. It is something I struggle with more and more these days. I [...]

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Lactivism

A woman I know has recently booked connecting flights on Northwest Airlines and asked the customer service rep about having a window seat so she could breastfeed during the flight. The CS rep replied, “Breastfeeding is not allowed. It’s considered public nudity.” The mother was shocked, and asked the rep to check that with a [...]

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