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Lyrical Sunday | Between

June 10, 2012June 10, 2012 BritMumInNZ 7 Comments Lyrical Sunday, Sarah

This isn’t my usually thought out poem for Lyrical Sunday. I love the theme Cyndi has set, of ‘Between’ for ‘Lyrical Sunday’ – so many great possibilities came to mind. Unfortunately I feel terrible this morning. I tried to get out in the sunshine, but it was a disaster. I just need to let go […]

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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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4 Seasons: Making, Baking, Coughing & Spluttering

December 7, 2010December 7, 2010 BritMumInNZ 8 Comments Art

The nippers all have coughs and snuffles, which is surprising for the season. They are still happy loves, but a little on the tired side and having more time off school and kindi than usual (really don’t want to pass on germs just prior to Christmas!). Poor bubba isn’t sleeping well with her snuffles (which […]

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Loving and NOT Loving Today; from blissful naps to burnt scones

November 4, 2010November 4, 2010 BritMumInNZ 19 Comments Alice, Baking, Loving & Not Loving, Sophie

LOVING listening to my intuition. This morning I phoned my Mum in the UK on impulse and she said, ‘I was just thinking of you!’. The miles and miles between us evaporated in a moment. The strong bond between mother and daughter struck a chord of connection on the heart strings. LOVING watching baby Alice […]

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Wardrobe Wednesday: Someone’s learned the art of keeping awake!

October 28, 2010October 28, 2010 BritMumInNZ 9 Comments Alice, Charlotte, Sarah

It’s close to 1am and little Miss 8 month old has decided it’s the perfect time to exercise her vocal chords. She has a beautiful voice and is making the most delightful sounds, only her timing is awful! I have brought her downstairs so she doesn’t wake up the rest of the household. I can […]

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Loving, Not Loving lately…

August 24, 2010 BritMumInNZ 12 Comments Alice, Loving & Not Loving

Whoop! Whoop! Spring is sooooo ready to spring (1 September officially in New Zealand). Strawberries are in the supermarket (all be it Australian ones), daffodils are blooming in the garden and filling our vases, the buds on the silver birch tree in the garden (one of our few deciduous trees, marker of the seasons and […]

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Carrying my baby in natural style

August 13, 2010 BritMumInNZ 9 Comments Alice

I ordered a beautiful Mei-Tai from Oyako last week, having read about them on Juggling Motherhood’s ‘5 great finds‘. I already have a ‘front-pack’, but it’s heavy, bulky and doesn’t fold up easily in a bag. I love carrying my little ones for naps and trailing around after my older girls. When I saw the […]

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Trying to stay focused on the magic

August 6, 2010August 6, 2010 BritMumInNZ 5 Comments Random Musings

I’d forgotten how life with a baby can sometimes feel a little relentless. It’s easy to get caught up in the repetition and forget to focus on the magic. Yesterday started well, with berry muffins freshly baked and cooling down at 9.30am. Sophie, still home from Kindi with a cold, played well and Alice was […]

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Needing sleep

July 6, 2010July 6, 2010 BritMumInNZ 8 Comments Alice

And now she lies here blowing raspberries at me like it’s all a big joke. 1.32 AM my clock reads. She’s fed and slept, but I’ve snatched only pockets of twenty minutes sleep at a time. Third night in a row. Hubbie took her downstairs. He said kindly, ‘Get some sleep love.’ But as I […]

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She who trusts

June 16, 2010June 16, 2010 BritMumInNZ 7 Comments Alice

There is no clock in Alice’s world, only the difference in light between night and day. She feeds when she’s hungry. She sleeps when she needs to. And spends her wakeful time drinking in every sight, sound and texture. The only taste to cross her lips is that of her mother’s milk from the breast. […]

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Sophie’s Super Energy Charged Car Cookies

April 29, 2010May 27, 2010 BritMumInNZ 6 Comments Baking, Charlotte, Sophie

She loves to bake does our Sophie (as much as she likes to eat!). On Sunday she whipped up some ANZAC biscuits and today, after only 8 hour’s sleep (see below!), she made these car cookies… So, little Miss Sophie, despite not being ‘A1’ was up chattering till 9pm last night and was awake before […]

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The way we sleep

April 28, 2010 BritMumInNZ 3 Comments Alice, Charlotte, Dan, Sarah, Sophie

Winter’s approaching, though you’d barely notice. Sophie was out in the paddling pool on Tuesday morning, helping me to clean all the bath toys that had found their way outside during summer and stayed there gathering dirt and cobwebs. She was home from Kindi with a little virus that reared its head Monday night with […]

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Alice at 7 weeks: Sharing the love (and the milk!)

April 6, 2010April 7, 2010 BritMumInNZ 7 Comments Alice

The badge of honour – baby sick on the shoulder – is one Mummy is wearing frequently of late. Alice is seven week’s old today and looking plumptiously scrumptious. She’s feeding like a champ and has a big appetite. Mummy has been completely soaked to the skin several times due to her over-feeding (cheers Alice)! […]

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Alice & Mummy have an all nighter!

March 29, 2010March 29, 2010 BritMumInNZ 7 Comments Alice, Sarah

12.30am One feed down for the night and nappy changed. Gotta love my iPhone in bed! Baby back to sleep and so must I… 2.30am And so my all night milk party continues; still rocking! Having a blast on the dance floor. Alice is necking back the drinks. 4.30am She’s on the heavy duty cocktails […]

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