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Bringing a smile to my face

7 May 2012 5 Comments

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I am a very happy mamma today following our visit to the nurse for Baby E’s weighing in. Yep, he’s back on the curve and growing well. (And let’s see if he also sleeps through a third night as well tonight – holding my thumbs, as they say here in Sweden!)

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Brain drain

22 March 2012 2 Comments

I think the packing up of most of our possessions ahead of the photos being taken for the brochure to sell our apartment is getting to me… I just searched on Google for “home stagging”. Luckily, Google understood what I meant and directed me to sites on home staging, but I think it is a sign that I should take myself off to bed.

Today, I am just so happy that for the past three nights, Baby E has gone seven hours between night feeds – woo hoooooooo! Otherwise I think I would be curled up in a little ball in the corner, rocking backwards and forwards.

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Learned this week

8 February 2012 Leave a Comment

This week, I learned that…

  • Little O really does love his new little brother
  • you can feel more tired even after you start getting more sleep (I learned this but I still don’t understand it…)
  • maybe I can start reintroducing some dairy products back into my diet – Baby E does not seem to have had a bad reaction again when I have accidentally eaten dairy
  • I am a stronger person than I believed I was
  • Little O is not ready to stop his daytime naps – he did not sleep at preschool today, fell asleep for 20 minutes on the way home in the stroller and was inconsolable for most of the rest of the evening.
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An early arrival

23 January 2012 2 Comments

Baby E arrived four days early at 00.01 on Saturday morning after a quick dash to the hospital. We brought him home yesterday and introduced him to his very excited big brother.

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Learned this week

17 January 2012 Leave a Comment

This week, I learned that…

  • peanut butter gives me terrible, terrible heartburn…
  • …and the following day, that pretty much any food these days gives me terrible heartburn
  • trying to exhaust yourself so that I can sleep well at night just doesn’t work this late in pregnancy (you would have thought I’d have learnt that the first time around, but no…)
  • being breathless all the time is no fun (hmmm, yet another thing I should have remembered from last time?)
  • I can finally get my hospital bag packed!
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Dotcom

17 January 2012 Leave a Comment

So, I’ve taken the leap and decided to sort out my domain and address and make it easier for people to find me. From now on, I am now www.englishmamma.com – no more wordpress.com, no more long address.

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Learned this week

9 January 2012 Leave a Comment

This week, I learned that…

  • or more accurately, remembered what Braxton-Hicks contractions feel like – urgh
  • a toddler’s night terrors are pretty upsetting for a parent to witness (and I only hope that Little O doesn’t know/remember that he has them)
  • my shopping time has now been shortened to 60 minutes max
  • one way to brighten up a cold (-8 degrees – brrrr!) Stockholm Monday morning is to research Italian holiday villas – roll on June and sunshine!
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Learned this week

28 December 2011 Leave a Comment

This week, I learned that…

  • baking macarons is still fun but also still time-consuming, with still a lot to learn
  • I am starting to understand Twitter a bit more now
  • gyermek is a very active and wriggly little baby – cannot wait to see what that translates into after birth, given that Little O is a little ball of energy but did not move this much when I was carrying him
  • the apartment feels very empty without said little ball of energy… Roll on tomorrow when he and Husband arrive back home!
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