Monthly Archives: May 2006

I was going to call this post Mothers, but then I realised that that kind of means me now, and the Mothers are now the Grandmothers, and the Grandmother is the Great-Grandmother. What an extensively extended family Bernard is going … Continue reading →

Your baby now weighs about 6 pounds/ 2.7 kilograms and measures approximately 20 inches/ 50 centimetres from head to toe. His elbow, foot or head may protrude from your stomach when he stretches and squirms about. Soon, as the wall … Continue reading →

I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how supportive our friends have been over this whole baby thing. In the past, I’ve been guilty of partly writing off friends once they get babies, because it’s so difficult to make plans that can … Continue reading →

[Or at any other time of the year] Baby gets hiccups twice a day. I try shifting position to help him out, even though it’s me who wants it to stop, not him. Baby doesn’t care whether or not he … Continue reading →

Today’s appointment tested the theories discussed in recent comment boxes quite nicely: we informed the midwife that we wanted to transfer our booking to Ascot. She was a little sniffy, and didn’t have any of the requisite forms. So I … Continue reading →