by Jackie Bailey | Jun 14, 2012 | Babies, motherhood
Today Ellie and I attended our last Crows Nest Mothers Group. At the risk of being a little sentimental, I wanted to say a bit of a good-bye. I have seen the babies in my mothers group grow from the size of poppets into fully fledged leprechauns, the type who would...
by Jackie Bailey | May 21, 2012 | Babies, motherhood
I have a couple of friends who are pregnant at the moment. Sometimes I envy them. Not the being pregnant part – that was not a glowing time for me – but of it all being just, about, me. There is something wonderfully young and naive about the time before...
by Jackie Bailey | May 21, 2012 | Babies
The end of another day full of life. Bubba is 8 months old and delightful at the moment. She has said a few words, including : “lamb,” “OK,” “Abbah” for Dadda, and “Amma” for Mama. Which is pretty sweet. Listening to her...
by Jackie Bailey | May 1, 2012 | Random insights
I have been mulling over this post for ages now (hmm – probably since I was 12?) The topic always seemed too big to deal with in one feel swoop. But here goes! I just read this article courtesy of my buddy Lance. It’s about the ways in which modern...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 26, 2012 | Babies, motherhood
There are lots of lists of things one needs when one has a baby, but as I mentioned in my last post on the topic, absolutely critical is having some good trash TV to watch. Here are my top tips. THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF PREGNANCY 1. Upstairs Downstairs – the...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 25, 2012 | motherhood, Random insights
20 days ago, I wrote the post “Losing weight.” Since then, I have been on the waggon, off the waggon and now in the last two days, back on again. It appears I have lost about 2 kilos so far. 15 to go. In that time, I fell off the waggon when I got tired....
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 19, 2012 | Babies, motherhood
Sometimes I look at bubba and she looks just like I used to when I was a little kid, all cheeks and smile. It is easy to forget that she is actually not a mini-me. I am pretty much the exact opposite of my mum, possibly as a reaction, but also possibly because maybe...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 19, 2012 | Babies, motherhood, Uncategorized
Is it wrong to apply the skills from work to your 7 month old baby? I just read this post on Mamamia from a mum who applies her skills as a lawyer to her children. She has spreadsheets and applies the SMART principles to parenting. This struck an OCD chord with me. I...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 17, 2012 | Babies, motherhood
I have a confession to make. Sometimes, I do not enjoy having a baby to look after. Of course I love her. Of course I would do anything, anything at all for her. If there was ever a danger I could protect her from with my own life, then I would do it. But there are...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 14, 2012 | Babies, motherhood
Anything could happen. I was walking to my Pilates class last night, after a good day with bubba. We had managed to convince her to sleep for two cycles per nap, so she was better rested in her awake time, and I had a chance to get some things done between play...
