by Jackie Bailey | Nov 24, 2011 | Babies
Bubba kept me awake until 3.30 am when I finally caved and took her to bed with me. I don’t want to make co-sleeping a habit, but have to say, last night I took it on with not much more than a wry smile: Ellie 1, Jackie 0. I manage nights like that now by...
by Jackie Bailey | Nov 23, 2011 | Babies
It’s a lovely thing, having a baby. You have created a little person! It’s amazing to hold your baby in your arms and think, you didn’t exist before. You didn’t exist at all. And now here you are, a human in the making. And you’re mine....
by Jackie Bailey | Nov 21, 2011 | Babies
I have been meaning to write this post for a couple of weeks. But I have been too tired. Every new mother knows why sleep deprivation is included in the UN Convention Against Torture. I don’t need to elaborate on that. Instead, I want to write an ode to sleep...
by Jackie Bailey | Nov 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
I did not love my baby the first time I set eyes on her. The first time I saw her, the main impression I had was, “Whose baby is that?” My husband and I both said the same thought out loud: “She doesn’t look like either of us.” Yen...
by Jackie Bailey | Nov 7, 2011 | Babies, motherhood, Uncategorized
“I am a mother.” I read those words, and I hear them over and over again. Before Ellie (shorthand maybe should be B.E?), I never really thought twice about them. But now I “am” a mother, the question of what that statement actually weighs...
by Jackie Bailey | Nov 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
I waa thinking last night about my own mortality. Fun times, I hear you say. What else does she get up to on Saturday nights? When I was pregnant, I found that the reality of my own mortality really hit home. I mean, I have always, intellectually understood and...
by Jackie Bailey | Nov 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
I just had one. A baby, that is. Six weeks and three days ago, to be precise. This is the reason for not blogging for an age … That and procrastination of course. And can I just say that one of the very first, clear things I have learned about human development...
by Jackie Bailey | Mar 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
This article in the Sydney Morning Herald echoes some of the points I made in my last post about the future of bookstores. It notes that indie bookstores have a role in promoting and finding new author talent, given their role as respected taste leaders. ...
by Jackie Bailey | Feb 24, 2011 | Random insights, Self-publishing Mr Middleton's Teleporter
Yen and I just read this article in Business Spectator, about the future of the publishing industry. It has some interesting information about the way the current revenue is structured in publishing, and the kinds of risk which publishers are exposed to with the...
by Jackie Bailey | Jan 20, 2011 | Random insights
This is the Year of the Wedding (or at least, the Q3 10/11 of the wedding). Not mine – been there, done that. My two dearest friends are tying the knot with their two dearest friends, and my husband’s dearest friend is tying the knot with his dearest...
