9 days overdue. An intense labor. Without pain relief. Stitches. Sleepless nights. Sore breasts. Jaundice. Nappy rash. A 40° fever. Mastisis. The wrong antibiotics. Big needles. And now a cold (for me) and colic (for him). Sore throat. Blocked sinuses. Runny nose. And 24 hours of screaming. Pacing like a zombie. Rocking. Stroking. Singing. Trying...
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He arrived
He was due on the 7th of August. For some strange reason, I was convinced he would come early. I spent my entire two week holiday in July petrified that I was going to go into labor in the French countryside and that we wouldn’t be able to get to a hospital on time (although...
Trying to beat the heat
Yesterday promised to be a horribly hot and muggy day so when Amélie appeared in our room at 7.30am, I jumped out of bed, pulled on a loose dress and told her we were going for a walk before the heat became too unbearable. We were outside by 8. We decided to do a mystery...
Is she me?
On Tuesday, Hanno took Amélie to the zoo. When they got home, I asked Amélie to draw me some of the animals she had seen. She started by trying to draw a flamingo, then a frog, then she got a bit stuck… So I got out a book full of pictures of animals drawn by...
The Bird and the Butterfly
My camera seems to be sulking at the moment. Or maybe it just ate too much over Christmas and is therefore finding it hard to perform to its full potential. Or maybe it’s just been so long since I picked it up that I’ve completely forgotten how to use it… Who knows. The result is,...