Monthly Archives: December 2011
Friday Features: ‘Fine And Fair’ And ‘The Hippie Housewife’
| December 16, 2011 | Posted by Luschka under Friday Features |
Parenting is a ride where everything changes all the time. No sooner have you figured out something, possibly even mastered it when WHAM! In your face: it changes. That’s happened to me a lot this year as Ameli has gone from baby to toddler to two. I have made a stand against the whole concept…
Revisited: For The Love Of Cosleeping
| December 15, 2011 | Posted by Luschka under Carnivals, Cosleeping |
This post is included in the Safe Cosleeping Blog Carnival hosted by Monkey Butt Junction . Our bloggers have written on so many different aspects of cosleeping. Please read to the end to find a list of links to the other carnival participants. *** I’ve been thinking a lot about bed sharing recently, as we plan to…
Mamatography 2012 – Are You Interested?
| December 14, 2011 | Posted by Luschka under Mamatography, Projects |
Are you up for a challenge? One that will take something from you every day, but give a whole lot back too? How about joining me for the photography challenge in 2012 then? A photo a day of whatever your day involved.
Pic Of The Week – Week 49 – Getting Festive
| December 14, 2011 | Posted by Luschka under Pic Of The Week, Projects |
Ooooh…. We’re getting festive here! I blame all the end of year Christmas parties, and use the term blame very loosely.
The Little Green Sheep Christmas Stocking Competition
| December 12, 2011 | Posted by Luschka under Competitions, Products, Reviews |
The Little Green Sheep is a lovely organic baby products company who currently have gorgeous Christmas Stockings available. These are really lovely gifts and would make a lovely Christmas present for baby’s first, or to spoil mum. There are three stocking options – a massage stocking, a bathtime stocking an a bedtime stocking, and they…
How To: Send A Hug In An Envelope
| December 10, 2011 | Posted by Luschka under Communication, Language and Literacy, Creative Development, Home Education, Incidental Learning, Toddler Crafts |
It’s my sister’s 30th birthday today, and while I’ve been doing my best to not think about it, since thinking about it causes me physical pain in my chest, I did have a moment a few weeks ago where I did something to prepare for it: We made a hug in an envelope.
Friday Features: ‘African Babies Don’t Cry’ And ‘Parenting God’s Children’
| December 9, 2011 | Posted by Luschka under Friday Features, Misc |
Today’s bloggers in the spotlight are ladies who stir something within me. Reading their blogs is sometimes painful as it triggers a memory, something I prefer to keep shut away, so that I don’t have to remember, and with remembering, feel loss, or loneliness, or worse: longing. Â They might not inspire the same emotions in…
Dear Squidgy,
This is it. The final week of pregnancy that starts with a 2. From here on out, if I recall, things begin to move really very fast and before we know it, you’ll be in my arms.
To be honest, I’m a little afraid. It’s not you. It’s us, this life, our lives. I’ve been a mother now for 26 months. You’d think I’d have a better handle on it all by now, but I really don’t. And no sooner do I celebrate a victory, confident in having figured something out than the whole game changes and WHAM! Just like that. I’m back to knowing nothing, feeling uncertain, unsure, insecure. (more…)
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