http://sprogblog.wordpress.com Subverting dominant gender stereotypes since ... oooh, about 1989 Sun, 11 May 2008 08:39:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear Schmoo, I am struggling to believe that next week you will be three months old. Something strange happens in adult brains, I think, when it comes to time and babies. The hours when you scream your displeasure at how tired you are seem to drag on forever. And yet it ... http://sprogblog.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/a-letter-to-nelson-month-three/ Dear son, A-ga-ga. A-goo-goo. Last week you turned two months old and overnight became a new baby. One day you were a squished up little red thing, and the next you had discernible facial features and a newfound ability to talk back to your parents, a fact that continues to delight all ... http://sprogblog.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/a-letter-to-nelson-month-two/ Unsurprisingly, Number One Son has been having sleep troubles. And, also not surprisingly for a newborn baby, he's taken to crying as if it's a national sport. After spending 10 months in a nice, warm dark place with meals on tap, being rocked gently to sleep when one feels like it, ... http://sprogblog.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/the-sleep-monster/ Number One Son doesn't leave me much time for luxuries like writing, eating, or sleeping these days, so I won't be banging on in great detail about how the kid eventually got born. I will bang on a bit about some of it, though, thoughtfully organised into procedure, followed by ... http://sprogblog.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/that-whole-birth-thing/ The danger of expectations ... What I was expecting, part 1: A earth mothery, waterbirth with minimal pain relief, definitely no epidurals or surgery, lasting under 24 hours. What I got, part 1: A 36 hour labour that never progressed past 4 centimetre dilation, a membrane sweep, three applications of cervix-softening gel, artificial rupture ... http://sprogblog.wordpress.com/2008/03/22/the-aftermath/ Dear son, This Wednesday you turn a month old, a fact that amazes me given that I've read *this* many manuals about parenting, but I am still hopeless inept at the job. I am getting much better as the days pass, however, at blaming my farts on you. In the past month ... http://sprogblog.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/a-letter-to-nelson-month1/ V-Day to me usually means rolling out the usual answers to questions about whether The Beloved and I actually give a shit about a day nominated by a card company to make them more money than usual. This year, V-Day took on a different meaning altogether. This year it became VAGINA ... http://sprogblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/16/week-415-v-day/ Feb 5. Official due date according to the dragon midwife (now sacked) and own calculations. Get very excited at one sign of vague stomach ache at about 3.30pm. Feb 7. Official due date according to the dating scan done when sproglet was 12 weeks old. This is the date, according ... http://sprogblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/week-41-the-waiting/ Dear pikelet, We were just wondering, your parents, why you have decided to be late. given that your parents are consistent over-estimators when it comes to working out how long it takes to get anywhere, and have been late for a sum total of about ooh, three things in their whole ... http://sprogblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/week-40-and-a-bit-where-are-you/ Dear sproglet, Aside from the remake of the Saturday Night Fever album cover position, and the head-banging to Nirvana position, neither of which bother your father or me particularly, even while in the womb, did you have to take up the posterior position as your preference, just before birth? At least we ... http://sprogblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/week-39-were-ready-as-well-ever-be/