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i carry your snot with me (i carry it in my bag)

jdettmann

May 29, 20171 min read

i carry your snot with me (i carry it in my bag)

i carry your snot with me (i carry it in my bag) i am never without it (anywhere i go you go, my snotfaced dear; and whatever is blown...

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jdettmann

Feb 14, 20173 min read

Romance Club

In the past I have been very bad at giving Valentine’s Day gifts to H, which is a great shame because he is far more romantic than I am...

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The First Rule of the Best Start Interview is Don’t Talk About the Best Start Interview

jdettmann

Jan 29, 20163 min read

The First Rule of the Best Start Interview is Don’t Talk About the Best Start Interview

I was hoping the test hadn’t started yet. May Blossom has just been for her pre-starting-school chat with a kindy teacher, which is...

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May 20, 20153 min read

Go To Sleep, Little Baby

Helpfully, May Blossom and Pipsqueak look like twins born four years apart, so I can illustrate this post with a picture of my own child...

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jdettmann

Apr 1, 20153 min read

Ten Years? You Get Less For Murder!

I settled on going as a snake charmer. I do know that’s not an actual carnival or circus thing. I didn’t dress as an Indian sitting on a...

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jdettmann

Feb 11, 20153 min read

Train Travel For The Out-Of-Practice

Train for illustrative purposes only. Not a Tangara. When my train pulled into the station this morning, I thought ‘Ooh, fancy: a...

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jdettmann

Aug 18, 20142 min read

Spread Joy Up To The Maximum

While Garnet was sick all he has wanted to do was have me read him books while he languished in my lap. Once day I dragged out a Play...

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May 27, 20142 min read

Cross

It took half an hour to even upload this far-too-small image, due to iPhoto (or iFighto as my Dad has long called it) deciding that...

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Dec 12, 20133 min read

Flat-packed

So sweet, you’d never know they have tiny ear canals brimming with filth and germs. Nor that the one on the right is about to throw up in...

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jdettmann

Oct 22, 20133 min read

Nearly Three Years In

Tomorrow is May Blossom’s third birthday. If you’d asked me three years ago what I thought my life might look like now, I would have...

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jdettmann

Sep 20, 20133 min read

Things Are Good When Things Are Good

Thing 1: Since one or other or another of his or my recent colds or ear infections or other random maladies that have blurred into one...

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jdettmann

Aug 9, 20133 min read

In The House

Remember when I used to write things on this blog? Those were the days, eh? Well, those days might be returning. Things are finally,...

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jdettmann

May 22, 20132 min read

True Romance

Because I want this to remain a mummy blog, and not morph into a beauty blog, I shall refrain from giving you the contact details of the...

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jdettmann

Dec 4, 20121 min read

You Give Me Fever

In the event of finding yourself over thirty-eight weeks pregnant and suffering from a virus that makes you burn with fever and shake...

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jdettmann

Nov 24, 20123 min read

My Wedding Advice

My most excellent friends Nic and Wilf are getting married today! So, in their honour, I present my top ten pieces of wedding day advice....

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jdettmann

Nov 21, 20121 min read

The Cat’s Pyjamas

To celebrate my first ever blog post written on an iPhone in the bath, here’s a picture of May Blossom cuddling Gusto, who is wearing May...

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jdettmann

Nov 17, 20122 min read

The Talkies

This is not strictly relevant to the following post except that it sums up better than any other photo I have how today has made me feel....

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Aug 28, 20124 min read

The Crying Game

One of the many stunning gender-neutral outfits May Blossom will be handing down to her sibling. According to the medical establishment I...

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jdettmann

Jul 3, 20123 min read

1-2-3-4 Tell Me That You Love Me More

This pregnancy I have been plagued with insomnia, which is not something I have ever experienced before. I was the kid who could fall...

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jdettmann

May 9, 20125 min read

Crying Over Spilt Milk

That sort of casual attitude is exactly how I did NOT approach breastfeeding. I approached it with a delightful cocktail of fear,...

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