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Category Archives: parenthood

joy

November 18, 2008 – 2:20 pm

In the months after he was born I thought of looking after him as A Meanwhile State, a thing I had to do before I could be on to other (by which I mean better) things. I was filling in as a full-time carer to Inconsolable Monkey but that was just a temping job. I [...]

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The Return, although only for a day or so

August 28, 2008 – 4:21 pm

Hello!
I have come back from Montenegro with my baby and 50% of my luggage. The other 50% is enjoying an extended holiday in Vienna.
Age at which Matei learns to pull himself up to stand holding on to bars of his cot – 7.5 months.
Age at which Matei manages to vault himself over the side of [...]

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The month of teething dangerously

May 12, 2008 – 12:11 pm

Dear Matei,
You are 4 and a half months old and have had an extremely busy couple of weeks growing hair and teeth and regaling all and sundry with your drooling and screaming. As stressful as your teething has been at least it is nice to know that your screaming has a cause and a purpose [...]

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Family hobby – resting with undone trousers

February 23, 2008 – 2:27 pm
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keepin it real

February 11, 2008 – 1:41 pm

Motherhood brings out the best and the worst in me. Because no matter how tired I am, how fed up, I know that there is no other option except to continue to care for this child and give it the most of me I can. It is after all helpless. And unable to communicate. And [...]

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a wrenching kind of love

January 21, 2008 – 2:34 pm

Since having Matei, there are moments of every kind of emotion imaginable and there have been a few nights when I just wanted to throw my child at his father’s head and shriek something helpful like “You deal with him!” and storm off somewhere to a less complicated life. There are other moments when I [...]

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