Badass

This is how you feel when you take a 7 month old on a 10 hour flight (x 2, plus delays) and come out (a) alive (b) not covered in sick (c) with the same number of grey hairs (d) still married and (e) with other passengers smiling and commenting on how great your bebe is. […]

Boobies, Breasticlés, Amazeboobs

WARNING: This post contains graphic boobie-related content. If you don’t have boobs, I suggest you don’t read this. You may be traumatised. As someone* once said: “I don’t care about amazeballs, what about these amazeBOOBS?!” *probably As this week is apparently world breastfeeding week it seems opportune to celebrate the wondrous balls that are higher up, the […]

BFFs

One of the best things about having a baby is making new friends, solidifying existing friendships and generally realising how extraordinary mothers really are. The BFFs (baby fast friends) These are your new baby momma friends. They are all in the same boat as you: pregnant, and scared. You have been thrown together, in the same fast moving […]

Baby Stuff #3 – Bathing, Dressing and Playing

The last instalment – for now – on baby stuff. Baby bathing products. Yes, you need to bathe your baby. Eau de fromage can become quite pungent after a while. You have to be careful about the umbilical cord, but once that’s off, you are free to bath. When you look at your bath and then your […]

Baby Stuff #2 – Travel Systems

The big one often reserved to daddy is the pram, buggy or more accurately, the “travel system”. These are devices on wheels used to transport your precious bundle from A to B when it can’t be achieved using your arms. The hot wheels. Typically made up of a chassis, a bassinet / flat bed (babe lies […]

Baby Stuff #1

Babies are expensive. Everyone starts to tell you this about a minute after you announce your happy news. You nod politely but secretly imagine yourself laden with baby joys in one hand and a full purse in the other. After all, you are a master shopper. Bargains fall into your hands. Shopping is easy. When your bump […]