Category Archives: rabbits
Sleep
I know I have moaned about sleep quite a lot in the last five years. That’s something of an understatement, isn’t it? Sleep has been something of an issue since early in pregnancy, and actually, before that too. I can … Continue reading
Point Blank
Mum, are there white birds? You mean like swans? No. Swans and gooses are just ducks. They are not birds. Yes, they are birds. Owls are birds too. No. Owls are not birds. Birds can only come out in the … Continue reading
Schoolboy
Bernard has been in school for nearly three weeks now. He seems enthusiastic, but in that 4-going-on-14 way that they have, he is uncommunicative on the subject. Occasionally he gives me a gem: I played in the lighthouse… I helped … Continue reading
Scandal at School
I am in the queue of mummies, waiting to claim my Small Boy. I can see him sitting nearly-patiently on the carpet, with his hat on funny. He waves vigorously at me and I wave back. I get to the … Continue reading
Convictions
Mum, in Africa, you say ‘fee-ess’ if you want some oranges. Do you? Where did you learn that? I didn’t learn it, I just had it in my head. How did it get into your head? Someone else must have … Continue reading