Dot writes: my official breastfeeding reading for today is an academic book I’m reviewing, but after a good start my ability to concentrate is flagging (also Frank is asleep on my lap and I’m getting pins and needles in my bum and typing at a funny angle so as not to rest my elbow on [...]
Entries from October 2009
26 October, 2009
Apology
Dot writes: this morning I misguidedly put my cup of tea on the floor (this was because I had to sit in the armchair not on the sofa, as Hugh was playing house with the sofa cushions). Of course within a few minutes Hugh had tripped over it and spilled the whole lot. So as [...]
25 October, 2009
Too sleepy to think of a title
Dot writes: I had a very good day on my own with the boys yesterday while Ken went to Belfast for a conference, but who cares about that. This morning it’s back to horrible: Hugh awake at 5.20, sopping wet and very angry. Only because the clocks went back last night that made it 4.20. [...]
22 October, 2009
3D
Dot writes: there’s an article by Mark Cousins in the October issue of Prospect magazine (which Ken bought while he was away at the weekend, for reading on the ferry) about cinema in 3D. As it happens it uses as its main example the film Up. Ken and I saw Up in 3D but Hugh [...]
20 October, 2009
Mixed
Dot writes: parts of the weekend were pretty enjoyable. We (really I) chickened out of going to Mount Usher Gardens on Sunday and instead went to see chickens at Airfield, which is an open farm near Dundrum. My friend Aura heroically chased toddlers around while I fed Frank and had a slightly awkward encounter with [...]
17 October, 2009
Scary
Dot writes: so this weekend the Mothering Challenge has gone up a level: Ken is away until Sunday evening and I am on my own with the boys for a night and two whole days. Eeek! I contacted my friend Aura to arrange to meet up with her and her toddler, as it’s always far [...]
12 October, 2009
Succulent Sprout
Dot writes: I got Frank weighed at the clinic today and he is now 9lb 9oz or 4.355kg in nappy and vest. He is three weeks and three days old. I’m trying to work out if he is gaining as fast as Hugh did but am hampered by the imprecise nature of the data and [...]
11 October, 2009
Up
Dot writes:
if you had to think of a silly thing to do, taking a three-week-old baby and a not-quite-two-year-old to the cinema might be pretty high up the list. We tried it this afternoon, and it wasn’t even one of those special sessions aimed at harried parents. We prepared ourselves for a quick escape by [...]
