Posts Tagged by development

Dear Ameli- Letter To A Sixteen Month Old


Dear Ameli Sixteen months, little girl. Sixteen months. We’ve had quite a hard month, really, and it’s been more about me than about you. I’ve been on this hormone treatment to try to sort things out in my very messed up hormones, and besides that I had a great case of food poisoning that knocked… more

365-98 to 365-104 A Week in Pictures


Our weeks are sometimes so diverse, it’s hard to find a common theme. This is one of those weeks. From Folkstone to Norway, a bit of London, some nature and some routine, but always two constants: the people I love in the life we live. more

If you follow by RSS, please update my feed address


A little note to those of you who follow my blog by RSS. I have decided to change to a Feedburner feed so that I can keep track better track of things around here. If you have been following by RSS your feed has come from www.diaryofafirstchild.com/feed. If you can, please update that to now… more

Letter to a Six Month Old


Dear Ameli I can’t believe you’re six months old today. You’re asleep here next to me, and I look down over your long little body and my breath quickens as I try to take it all in. I can still see you, a tiny little curled up figure, barely bigger than my two hands lying… more

365-35 to 365-41 A Week in Pictures


Another week come and gone, and life with a child is steadily finding its rhythm more

Becoming a Better Blogger


You know that girl in school who moped around cause she only got 97% on her exam? Well that was me. What happened to the other three percent? What if that was the knowledge that would have saved someone’s life?  I’ve been told I have a tendency to be hard on myself. more

365-20 The Day I Found My Feet


Every day brings new experiences, and sometimes the smallest things are the greatest fun… today, she found her feet, and now she rarely lets go! more

365- 10 Chubby Cheeks


I see changes in her every day. Little things, like making the connection between hand and mouth. Or holding on to something. Or smiling. Or laughing. I love here how her smile reaches her eyes. more

Growing Days


Things have been really busy in our little family the last few weeks. We seem to be settled in to our new roles of father, mother and baby, and by the looks of things, we’re all adapting to these roles quite well. I can’t believe that Ameli is 8 weeks old already, and the changes… more


Things have been really busy in our little family the last few weeks. We seem to be settled in to our new roles of father, mother and baby, and by the looks of things, we’re all adapting to these roles quite well. I can’t believe that Ameli is 8 weeks old already, and the changes are phenomenal. Every day seems to bring something new.

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