She’s a Girl!

I Love my Dolley... problem with that?

My daughter is two today! And she is officially a girl. She has spent the last year and a half playing with her older brothers’ toys – Transformers, trains, cars, light sabers, swords, guns and, most recently, Lego.  She’s always had fun with them.  She’s never known anything else. She has also always worn her [...]

The Fine Print

The choice to reproduce, for those of us fortunate enough to have one, is supported by many terms and conditions.  Most of these are assumed from the get-go:  less sleep, more mess, less control, more chaos, less sex, more cuddling.  The “experts” (many of whom haven’t had children but have written lots of books about [...]

Throwin the Nasty Out With the Nappy

Nappies

A word about baby poop. Like most middle-class North Americans, I was first taught how to change a baby’s diaper using a disposable.  The procedure involved removing the wet or dirty diaper, wiping with disposable wipes, and fastening a new diaper on the fresh clean baby.  The diaper was then folded up tightly into a [...]

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