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The Sleep Conundrum: A Disturbed Relationship
originally published on 2/12/2021 Image by Daniela Dimitrova from Pixabay In my lactation group the main topic, apart from bleeding nipples, is sleep. Every parent, it seems, struggles to get their offspring to fall asleep gently; napping terrorises the better half of the day, and we all know about the sleepless nights. When you have a baby, sleep,…
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Happy New Year and a Little Update
originally published on 1/9/2022 I hope you all slid into the New Year well and will have a splendid 2022. I am fairly sure we will have. Come April, we’ll move into a new, bigger flat, and in May we will welcome Lily’s little brother into our family. But before we delve into the new…
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Happy Easter
This post was previously published on my other blog on 4/11/2023 And it’s already been Easter again – can you believe it? The year is racing past, and next week it will already be my birthday! I do hope you had a wonderful Easter. It was the first time that we celebrated it at our…
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Living on a Sugar and Gluten-Free Diet for Two Weeks
10/19/2023 Over ten days ago, I started a diet that allows neither sugar nor gluten – and with no sugar, I mean no fruit, no honey, no syrup, no sweeteners, nothing. It all started with visiting an alternative doctor who specialises in the gut. He quickly identified a parasite in my liver and an unbalance…
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How I Got Rid of my Post-Partum Anal Fissure
OK, let’s talk about assholes. No, I don’t mean people who are behaving rudely, but actual buttholes. This blog isn’t for anyone who has the mindset of a Victorian lady, as there will be a detailed description of how I managed to get a persistent and awfully painful anal fissure under control. Some might now…
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New Beginnings…Ideas for A Calm 2026
Welcome back, dear reader. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas time and a good start to the new year. Where to start. It took me a long time to write this post – not knowing how much to share, or whether to share at all. My last post was in late September, and there…
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My SURVIVE Tips for going on Holiday with Children (and the plane ride there)
In less than a week we’re going to fly to Greece to attend my cousin’s wedding. We are getting really excited, as we’re staying for a week for a family holiday. It’s going to be our first time flying with the kids, and I’ve been busy preparing everything to make a smooth journey (or as…
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On Guilt and How Much is Too Much
It’s Wednesday night, the last day of April, and I’m feeling guilty. Again. Guilty for writing my April blog post on the last day of the month. Guilty that I haven’t prepared a great post for this month. Guilty for not doing more, being more, being more successful – as a mum, a writer, a…
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And She’s Crawling…A 9-Month Update: Lily
This blog post was originally published on May 5th, 2021 on Floating the Boat. Today marks the 9-month mark of Lily’s life. Now she’s been outside of the womb for as long as she’s been inside, and she’s developing rapidly. The past weeks have brought so much change in her. On April, 26th, she officially started…
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8-Month Update: Lily
This blog post was originally published on April 14th, 2021 on Floating the Boat. The days are long, but the years are short. I’ve heard this quote a thousand times in relation to children, and I must say it is true. Mind you, there haven’t yet years passed, but the weeks fly by, and now Lily…
Mama Bear Tales 