Raspberries are my favourite fruit

I was blowing raspberries on Lenny’s tummy the other day and he started copying me. Now he’s become obsessed. Happy raspberries, sad raspberries…it’s raspberries all day long.

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Kenny Rogers cracks me up

Another milestone today – Lenny’s first proper laugh! We’ve had lots of giggles but this was unmistakable: long, loud and infectious. And I have his nana as a delighted witness to back me up.
What was it that sparked such amusement? Me singing Kenny Rogers’ The Gambler.  Who would have thought?
So far I haven’t been able [...]

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Immunisations round II

I’m pleased to announce we survived (almost) unscathed from the second round of nasty needles. I took the advice of several more experienced mothers and administered a generous dose of baby panadol half an hour before the dreaded shots were due and it did the trick.
Of course there were tears but there was no fever [...]

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We survived our first night alone!

Nath was in Melbourne last night for the ADMA awards so it was just Lenny and I for the first time. I must admit at 8am yesterday I was thinking “this is going to be a very long day” but we managed perfectly. Lenny was an angel having several daytime naps and going to bed [...]

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These hands rock!

Lenny’s made a big discovery this last week: not only can he put his hands in his mouth, he can use those same hands to put other things in his mouth!
Yes Lenny’s very excited about learning how to open and close his fingers so he can grab on to and hold things. So excited that [...]

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Thank goodness for modern dads

I always seem to be drawn to people who’re at a similar place in life, so at the moment I find myself surrounded by new mums. And if there’s one thing we all have in common it’s a reliance on our partners to share the “load” of parenting.
Dads these days are required to be–and do–so [...]

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