Late and grey, but just checking in to say Kenderín and I stocked our presses with ~3 weeks of shelf stable and frozen food, household cleaning supplies, and paper goods (rationally, over 4 grocery runs, not clearing any shop’s shelves of any one item, except maybe dark-choc-and-orange flapjacks) 2 weeks ago, plus ~6…

I think so too. It feels to me almost disrespectful to be like “RIP ... anyway MY news is...!” 

Fucking hell, Pumpkin, that’s horrible. I’ll be thinking of you, I hope it works out more smoothly than you’d fear <3 

(well that took like 14 tries and let’s see if it even works, but HERE SHE IS in her lil Docs!) 

Hi SNS! I’ve been not on Jez on Saturday nights for like, months?? Kenderín and I are doing well, she’s currently trying to feed and look around at the same time (low success rate but sure she tries)

Happy Christmas, Maya! It’s wonderful that you’re volunteering <3 And you’ve convinced me to find time tomorrow to buy some mascara for my church’s gift collection for the women’s refuge.

Usually I do baby thread but this week I’m just doing a lil selfish update; it was my birthday a few days ago! And my party was tonight; my 30th on the 30th!

I actually read somewhere that co-sleeping with a breastfeeding mother and baby away from any blankets is as safe as a safe cot because it introduces a potential smothering risk but SIDS cause being so close helps them self-regulate. So I’m hoping that’s correct!! I really feel you, though, it’s difficult, especially…

I hope you find the right person soon!

Ugh I’m glad my system goes in for leaflets and face-to-face information and not videos because I don’t think I could’ve sat through that. And you’re absolutely right! It goes against all their instincts, they’re miserable. Like they say if they fall asleep in the sling or pram you’ve to take them out of it at once…

Today we made a bunch of harried PhD students’ days! It is lovely being out and about with a baby <3 Thank you for your lovely comment!

Oh I totally get it! I felt exactly the same, but was bored and lonely enough to push through and I’m really glad. You can DM people, so ping me if you like and I’ll welcome you!

Two months of sleeping on me would be okay, we’re almost there!

Ah, we couldn’t afford a night nurse, and anyway, it’s okay. We do one cycle all together in the bed, as safe as we can manage - her on top of the blanket (in a sleep suit), lying flat, with my arm cradled around her, and a fan on in the room - and then I take her in the late evening into the wee hours while Mr Kender…

Oh that’s so sweet. And I love that she’s honouring his memory with a Pikachu nightlight! May we all be so blessed after our time is up!

There’s willing and there’s willing, y’know? There’s a difference between a self-confident woman in her early 30s thinking this guy sounds like a hot piece of ass she’d be delighted to take advantage of and hey, if it doesn’t work out, no worries, pop a return flight on the credit card and get out of dodge... and a…

It’s what the nurse and doctor both said: babies don’t gain weight linearly! They have to check up on them if they fall below the curve, in case they’re dropping off the curve entirely, but they said it was soooo common and loads of babies needed to come in for a double-check because they did a slow week / couple…

Nah that’d squick me out. I don’t understand it at all. Like I don’t understand why you would WANT a random woman on your holiday, even if you were planning on bascially using her as a live-in prostitute. It would be so awkward?? It kind of gives the impression he doesn’t think of women as people, but rather as like,…

Have you considered an accent wall? My old bedroom used be three cream walls and a dark dark red wall and it was gorgeous without being a weird dark cave which I think it would’ve been with all four dark.

Kenderín’s witching hour is around 11 pm. Right when she was getting herself born. Maybe she misses the womb... Sometimes I miss her BEING in the womb, where she was quiet.