I worked as an au pair in Germany for an English family during a year out, which turned out to be the beginning of life as a childcarer in one form or another. I had changed a nappy before, but it was still a steep learning curve. To be honest I had no idea it [...]
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The Threeva has been learning about growing plants. She enjoys being outside and looking at the leaves on the trees and digging in the garden. She and her Daddy will go out in all weathers to potter and play. Last year they grew strawberries and if she went missing, I often found her at the [...] Picture Credit The Mothership has returned from foreign shores to be my afternoon Nanny, so this is in her honour (sort of.) [...] You get to Christmas and when people have stopped talking about presents and shopping and asking “are you ready?” they ask the classic rhetorical question: where did this year go? I wondered the same thing at 4am when I was lying awake being kicked by the Jumping Bean. I didn’t really get into blogging until [...] The doctor informed me yesterday that I’ll need to talk to the consultant about another early delivery. This is not really a surprise given that a) it’s what happened last time (hence use of the word another) and b) I am 25 weeks pregnant and asking her for serious pain killers. My maternity leave started [...] Night Train(Commentary for a G.P.O. Film, July 1935) by W.H. Auden (1907 – 1973) This is the Night Mail crossing the border,Bringing the cheque and the postal order, Letters for the rich, letters for the poor,The shop at the corner and the girl next door. Pulling [...] |
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