When we first moved into this house, we debated about ripping the carpets up and finishing the hardwood floors. I knew they were diamonds in the rough. I wanted to do it — really, really wanted to do it — but everyone else was against it. M thought we didn’t have the money to spend [...]
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Dirty Like This
Posted in Living with Allergies, Motherhood, My mother, Observations of America, Observations of Life, tagged Children, Family, funny, humor, humour, kids, Life, mothering, Parenting, Personal, poo, potty training, SAHM, toddler, toilet training on January 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Falling Off the Face of the Earth
Posted in Failure, Gratitude, Living with Allergies, Motherhood, Observations of Life, Prayer, Repatting, Who am I?, tagged allergies, asthma, Blogging, Children, Family, Health, kids, Life, Love, Parenting, Personal, relationships, SAHM on December 31, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Just lately, several people have written to me or left comments on the blog, wondering where I am, whether I’m ok. The happy-spin answer is that I’ve been taking some time off, basking in the glow of the love of my family. The truth is, it’s felt a lot more like hanging on by the [...]
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 | 7 Comments »
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 [...]
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 | 6 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 | 3 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 [...]
Extended Breastfeeding: What’s on the Cutting Room Floor
Posted in Lactivism, Living with Allergies, Motherhood, Observations of Life, Who am I?, tagged Family, Personal, Parenting, Children, kids, Breastfeeding, Life, baby, babies, mother, mom, mum, parenthood, toddler, toddlers, extended breastfeeding, nursing, mothering 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 [...]
Rise and Fall
Posted in Gratitude, Living with Allergies, Motherhood, My mother, Observations of Life, Prayer, tagged A&E, asthma, breathing, Children, croup, ER, Family, Health, hospital, kids, Life, parenthood, Parenting, Personal on September 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This time I spotted the signs much quicker — the belly breathing; the way the base of her neck caved in on the inhale; the listlessness, so much so that she was lying flattened on the floor and wouldn’t even lift her head — and I knew what to do. My mother held her [...]
I am Boring
Posted in Failure, It happens to an Expat, Living with Allergies, Observations of America, Observations of Britain, Observations of Life, Repatting, Who am I?, tagged Personal, Life, Moving, Friends, conversation on July 9, 2009 | 13 Comments »
I’ve come to an uncomfortable conclusion. It turns out that… well… I’m quite boring. I always had some suspicions of this but I’d had enough social success to be able to brush those concerns under a convenient nearby carpet. But just lately, that’s not worked and I’ve got to admit what I’m quickly realising to [...]
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