So, according to my former neighbor – a no-nonsense, motherly Lao woman who spends half her year in Australia – I am destined to have my second son. I dropped …
Pregnancy
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I wasn’t planning on announcing my second pregnancy quite yet. Perhaps I should have thought of that before I mentioned it to the reporter from CNN who was interviewing me …
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It’s baby bath time. I’m sitting on the toilet lid. Mike is perched on a small stool. Dominic is sitting in his little plastic tub, playing. As Mike and I …
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To: Your Royal Babyness From: Your Mother Regarding: Pending termination of lactation services This notice shall serve as your first and final written warning that your in-house lactation services are …
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I know I said I was going to put up a post on author’s favorite children’s books today, but I’m not. It’s taking longer than I thought it would to …
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It is 7:45 on Monday morning. I have been up for two hours already. Dominic’s “secondhand milk” score this morning is my hair, two of my tee shirts, two of …
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This post is an addendum to one of my favorite posts from the last year, Life lessons in pregnancy and breastfeeding from cows. 5AM this morning: Me: “Dominic!!” Mike: “What’s …
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To: Baby D.M. Current Residential Address: Your mother’s uterus. Dear Baby D.M., today is your due date. Pursuant to the provisions of all the laws of mammalian biology you are …
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Yesterday I posted the following as my facebook status: Good things about pregnancy #11: You feel totally justified eating enough strawberry sorbet to give your tongue frostbite at the odd …
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No. The baby hasn’t come yet. Yes, I’m grumpy about that (though not yet quite as grumpy as I still am about the fact that apparently he won’t be arriving …
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“How are you?” Mike asked me last night via skype. “I’m grumpy,” I said. “Why are you grumpy?” Mike said. “I don’t know. Why are you in Laos?” I said. …
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Last week I found myself wandering around the cute shops in Bangalow. This little town is smack in the middle of eucalypt forests and green fields filled with cows, yet …