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...
by Jackie Bailey | Mar 25, 2012 | women who write
When I get anxious, I get jealous. It is an unpleasant trait, and one not immediately obviously related to my heightened state of worry, which makes it harder to rationalise away. I look at pictures of other people’s living rooms and think they are much nicer...
by Jackie Bailey | Mar 24, 2012 | Babies, motherhood
My baby may be babbling like my ever sociable mother, but she is like me when it comes to motor skills – somewhat unconvinced of their utility until in a tight spot. Bubba was up every hour from 3.30 am onwards this morning. She sent herself back to sleep, but...
by Jackie Bailey | Mar 21, 2012 | Babies
When I was pregnant, mums would variously make recommendations to me about how best to use my time before the bub arrived. With a certain, hungry look in their eye, they would say, “Get lots of sleep.” “Go out to lunch with friends.” “Eat...
by Jackie Bailey | Mar 20, 2012 | motherhood, Random insights
This morning I had a realisation. It was a bit late in coming, and for all my intelligence, there are some things that I am pretty slow on. I watched bubba play on her mat, and I thought about my own mum. I can be cynical about the world, and right now, various of my...
by Jackie Bailey | Mar 19, 2012 | Random insights
This morning, my husband and I started the first day of the rest of our lives together. Which is what we do every morning, of course. But today, we started officially working together. My husband got up at 7.00 and went for a walk while I fed and played with bubba....
