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Sarahcontrary: Motherhood

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Over the past eight months (yes, really! I've been asked many times variations on "how are you getting used to motherhood? However, I'm not prepared to be one of those people who say "when she smiles at me it's all worth it". I'm not sure it's an equation that can be balanced like that - one smile=3 dirty nappies? I may take your second paragraph and frame it. :). Good to hear from you. 7:36 pm, August 18, 2010. Sums it up perfectly. 4:34 pm, August 23, 2010.

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Sarahcontrary: July 2009

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Saturday, July 18, 2009. Life is full of questions I hadn't expected to need to answer.  For example, what do you put in a nursery? 160;We've moved the spare bed out of the spare room and into the attic, so that's a good start - there is now room for other furniture in there.  Matt's going to do a bit of a paint job and we're getting Little Miss and Mr Men stickers to go on the wall, so it will look like a room for a baby. Planning for a baby is really quite puzzling. Sunday, July 12, 2009. I've also bee...

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Sarahcontrary: March 2010

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Saturday, March 13, 2010. I have always hated baby on board signs in cars. They suggest either that parents think you need to know they have a baby so you make a special effort not to crash into them (because it's ok to maim or kill the childfree in a car accident) or to warn you that they are going to drive badly due to being distracted. I still don't plan on having one. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). So I thought I'd write a blog about what I think about and my friends can read it too. That's all.

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Sarahcontrary: June 2011

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011. Phoebe now has company, in the form of Darcie Hannah, who was born on 10th June, looking like this:. We had a home birth, which was lovely - two days actually getting into labour and then 55 minutes from being 3cm dilated to actually having a baby. Maybe I'll write a whole post about that for people who like the gory details. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). So I thought I'd write a blog about what I think about and my friends can read it too. That's all. View my complete profile.

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Sarahcontrary: November 2010

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Saturday, November 27, 2010. Can't we all just get along? I am still alive, I just don't have much to say or much time to say it in. But I read this article. Just now and it made me laugh - actually laugh out loud, not just one of those times where you write 'lol' but actually aren't - and I wanted to share it with you. I had a lot of trouble getting going with breastfeeding. Actually, I was fine. I did everything right. Phoebe. Breastfeeding - I felt tied to my baby and stuck to the sofa - the baby deci...

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Sarahcontrary: Why Toby Young is an idiot

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Monday, January 17, 2011. Why Toby Young is an idiot. I am so rubbish at updating my blog. It isn't likely to get any better either. However. Toby Young was on PM. On Radio 4 today, commenting on the forthcoming changes to maternity leave. I had to keep reminding myself that my one-year-old was sitting at the table with me to stop myself shouting "bollocks! Repeatedly. So women intrinsically know how to look after a baby, do they? Or because it's all out? 1:30 pm, May 08, 2011. 5:16 pm, April 19, 2014.

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Sarahcontrary: October 2009

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Thursday, October 15, 2009. By Audrey Niffenegger is sitting on my sofa waiting to be read. I am both afraid and anticipatory. Her previous novel, ' The Time Traveler's Wife. Is one of the most beautiful and devastating books I have read, with a unique approach to time travel which makes it seem almost natural. I have high hopes for her new book. However, I've found that when I read anything by the authors of some of my favourite novels, they're just not that good. ' The Poisonwood Bible.

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Sarahcontrary: Oops, I did it again...

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Thursday, January 27, 2011. Oops, I did it again. It's not just Phoebe. People are very pleased for us but there's not the same excitement. A first pregnancy is a rite of passage, a transition from being non-parents to being parents. Second time round, you're just increasing your family size. I'm not complaining, just saying it's not worth having a second baby just to relive the attention of the first pregnancy. Will she be ok? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I'm not really from Uruguay. But that...

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Sarahcontrary: December 2009

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Sunday, December 27, 2009. Look what we found under the Christmas tree! Phoebe Ella was born at 12.16 pm on Friday 18th December weighing 7lbs. She is so beautiful. We came home from hospital on Tuesday as she had some jaundice and difficulty learning to breastfeed. Looking after her is the hardest and most tiring thing we've ever done, but by far the best. Here she is just after she was born:. And here we are yesterday - she's getting bigger already! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.