Tag Archives: Motherhood and Parenting
Dads, not designed to help
You know what shits me to tears? (You know that’s a great colloquialism right there, up there with ‘flat out like a lizard drinking, amirite?) Anyway, you know what really, really does? The devaluing, infantilising and otherwise off-the-hook-letting of fathers. … Continue reading
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The radical notion that children are people
Australian readers are probably already familiar with this story about teenager Hannah Williams, who was prevented from taking her girlfriend to the formal held by her private girls’ school. A teacher had told the year 11 student she wasn’t allowed … Continue reading
Peadophiles and panic and parenting, oh my
A few months ago, Bean was in the suddenly-bolt-and-disappear stage: new-found speed and confidence meant that it wasn’t unusual for her to leave my side far more quickly than I could catch her. One day we were in the local … Continue reading
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Quantity time
I once read in a Penelope Leach book that if a mother ‘must’ work out of the home and hence have others care for her infant some of the time, that it is better for the carer/carers to get the … Continue reading
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Brooding
I’ve been thinking about babies. A lot. Not my walking, talking, roaming alwaysbemybaby Bean or her friends. No, I mean actual babies. Crying, mewling, suckling, shitting, vomiting, sighing, sleeping, finger-holding ickle tiny cute wee babies. Or rather, baby, singular. In … Continue reading
Broom broom!
Just a little while ago, Bean couldn’t get enough soft furriness. Now, she’s car-obsessed. All day long, it’s Car! Car! Broom Broom Broom! Car! The Playschool ‘On the Move’ DVD that we borrowed from the library is going to be … Continue reading
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Blossoming Bean, 20 months
It’s fun watching Little Bean’s play habits change and develop. Right now it’s all about the nurturing. She feeds her doll, she gives her soft toys water, she takes her little plastic farm animals over to a little bowl to … Continue reading
What if someone took you?
This afternoon The Bean and I had a lovely time playing in the sunshine in an outer suburban playground with fencing all around. It was a weekday afternoon; only a few parents (mostly mothers) and their toddlers/babies were in attendance. A little girl – … Continue reading
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Love language
Today The Fireman and I scrounged a few free hours to go and see ‘Up!’ (we both laughed and we both cried, incidentally). I enjoyed the delightful doggy character who can speak English with the help of a nifty translating collar. When … Continue reading
