Three times in the last five weeks… Three times! And that’s a lot really — I’m exhausted. Am I talking about sex? No. Dates with my husband? No. Attempts to start weight lifting again? Nope. Trips to the Emergency Room, that’s what I’m talking about. And those were just the (dubious) highlights — in between [...]
Archive for October, 2009
I’m So Glad I am a Stay-at-Home Mother
Posted in Living with Allergies, Motherhood, Observations of Life, Prayer, Who am I?, tagged allergies, asthma, Children, ER, Family, Health, kids, Life, mothering, Parenting, Personal, SAHM, SAHP, stay at home mother on October 30, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Questions About Death
Posted in Motherhood, Observations of Life, tagged Children, dad, death, Family, father, kids, Life, mom, mother, mothering, mum, Parenting, Personal on October 26, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Just of late, my elder daughter has been a bit… concerned about death. She knows that people die, but she doesn’t really understand what that means. So she’s trying to wrap her four-year-old brain around it. She plays games about dying. She sings songs about dying. She discusses dying. And she asks a lot of [...]
Follow-Up
Posted in Gratitude, Living with Allergies, Motherhood, Observations of Life, tagged allergies, asthma, childern, daughter, egg allergies, egg allergy, ER, flu, food allergies, food allergy, h1n1, Health, hospital, kids, Life, mothering, parenthood, Personal, swine flu on October 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
In the end, we did go to the emergency room, and a very good thing too. As I said in the postscript to my last blog post, E2 got me back up again around 3.15am (though I say she “got me up”, I had yet to actually sleep) and, this time, she was having to [...]
Breathe, Breathe, My Daughter Breathe
Posted in Living with Allergies, Motherhood, Observations of Life, tagged allergies, asthma, Children, Family, food allergies, Health, kids, Life, mom, mother, mothering, mum, Parenting, Personal on October 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Another night of watching her breathe, of watching her chest rise and fall and having to make that judgment call. What has caused E1’s nose to run and M’s throat to feel a bit scratchy has attacked E2 ferociously. She is wheezing and rasping… and I know those sounds so well.
She spent the day trying [...]
Lying, But for the Best of Reasons
Posted in My mother, Observations of Life, tagged adult children, car, cars, Children, Family, kids, Life, mom, mother, mum, Personal, relationships on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When my mum stopped by today, I noticed her car was making a funny noise. She agreed it didn’t sound right, and then described a few other odd things it had done today. As I listened to the list of symptoms, it suddenly made sense to me and I knew, more or less, what [...]
Extended Breastfeeding: What’s on the Cutting Room Floor
Posted in Lactivism, Living with Allergies, Motherhood, Observations of Life, Who am I?, tagged babies, baby, Breastfeeding, Children, extended breastfeeding, Family, kids, Life, mom, mother, mothering, mum, nursing, parenthood, Parenting, Personal, toddler, toddlers on October 12, 2009 | 16 Comments »
I was contacted recently by a television producer from LA who was looking for people to take part in a documentary she is making about extended breastfeeding. I was excited, flattered, and… a little wary. Depending how it’s handled, the women on the programme could end up looking like amazing mothers or absolute freaks. I [...]
Uncomfortable Truths
Posted in It happens to an Expat, Making our move, My mother, Observations of Life, Repatting, Who am I?, tagged Children, dad, Family, father, fatherhood, kids, Life, mom, mother, mothering, mum, Parenting, Personal, relatinships on October 6, 2009 | 5 Comments »
My husband is a pretty straightforward guy. He gets up before the birds start singing, he is on time for everything and, if you ask him a question, he’ll answer you honestly. And, as such, he has a habit of telling the truth when people ask how he likes living in the US. Every time, [...]
I Am
Posted in Motherhood, Observations of Life, Who am I?, tagged birth, childbirth, Children, Family, humor, humour, kids, labor, labour, Life, midwife, mom, mother, mothering, mum, Parenting, Personal on October 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
For all the books and classes and preparation, I anticipated there’d be a lot to giving birth. I thought there’d be choices, decisions to be made, forks in the road left or right… I envisioned myself as a cognizant, informed participant. All those long months, while I waited in excited anticipation of that wonderful day, [...]
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