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How to be an attachment parent without a caffeine addiction?

May 10, 2011 BritMumInNZ 11 Comments Sarah

If you clicked through from your Google reader hoping for an answer to the above then I am sorry to disappoint you. Perhaps I should have titled this post, ‘How to be a parent without a caffeine addiction?’ – but I do know plenty of parents (incredibly!) that do manage to parent on only milk, […]

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Eyes as fresh as a new dawn

January 16, 2009September 8, 2010 BritMumInNZ 6 Comments Random Musings, Writing

Her smile rises before her eyelids have even opened. She feels the warmth of the new day filtering through the blinds and hears the melodic birds in the garden. Stretching out her arms, and letting out an involuntary sigh of peaceful happiness, she reaches over to her mother’s warm body. She’s there. Eyes bright and […]

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