Posted on April 25, 2018
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I should have put Her back in cot I should have shut My eyes I should have laid In covers hot Instead I stayed And smiled Into tiny sleeping face Into heart, toughness and grace Thinking, ‘This is your place’ My arms, hardly the… Continue Reading “Not in Bed”
Category: childhood, parenting, poetry, Uncategorized, writingTags: babies, baby, baby sleep, childhood, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2018, kids, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2018, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, writing
Posted on February 7, 2018
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In her little house with the sun streaming Fire not water through the gauze window Eyes squint with smiling and sunshine alike; Beautiful brain from bright face is beaming. Walls are angles; calculus; algebra; Floor to roof trajectory formula Figuring out the right arm… Continue Reading “In Her Little House”
Category: childhood, education, parenting, poetryTags: babies, baby, childhood, children, early years, education, learning, parenting, poem, Poet, poetry, poets, writing
Posted on December 13, 2017
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Any ideas why babies fight the boob? At first, with Ember (now nearly six weeks old), I thought it was because I was offering food when she really was not hungry, or when she really wanted something else. However, picture the scene: She’s rooting,… Continue Reading “Parenting: Fighting the Boob”
Category: parentingTags: 0-3 months, babies, baby, breastfeeding, childhood, children, colic, crying, kids, newborn, newborns, parenting, writing
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