by Jackie Bailey | Apr 13, 2012 | Babies
This morning started at 6.00. I heard my bubba rousing, and wished through the wall that she would drowse again. And she did – until 7.15 am! But I was up. I am like a superhero, with special hearing powers attuned to one station: the sound of my baby’s...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 10, 2012 | Babies
I have a new baby. She came into my life two days ago but is already just shy of seven months old. Se looks a lot like my old baby, except that her head is bigger. This baby can stay awake for two hours or more at a time. Like my old baby, she will only nap for a...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 7, 2012 | Random insights
My husband was just reading on Business Spectator, about the anachronism of government regulated, public holidays. The author, Caleb Samson, makes the point that, workers can make the choice for themselves if they want to work on a public holiday like Good Friday, for...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Being post-Catholic at Easter, I think of the Jesus story with a wistful sort of yearning. Good Friday’s service, the Veneration of the Cross, was always my favourite service out of the entire Catholic calendar, even better than Christmas in my estimation. I...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 5, 2012 | motherhood
I have never had a good relationship with the idea of losing weight. Whenever I have lost weight in the past, it has normally been through a health problem, or accidentally, like when I moved to Melbourne and started cycling everywhere as it was quicker than public...
