Blogtober 24: the second trimester
At week 13/the beginning of November, I “graduated” from the fertility clinic and started going to the hospital at which I would give birth, and where the remainder of my…
Category: parenting
Blogtober 23: the first trimester
Today, my baby is six months old! So I thought I’d write a little bit about our journey thus far. When my doctor said “congratulations” and gestured at the piece…
Blogtober 19: fish are friends
You know the expression “more haste, less speed”? That was totally me this morning. The baby usually wakes up anywhere between 5:30 and 6am, but for reasons entirely unknown this…
Blogtober 16: things I wish I’d known
We’re over halfway through Blogtober now, folks! How’s it going? How are you doing? Every evening when I get ready for bed, I inevitably see myself in the mirror. This…
Blogtober 13: born to hand-sign, baby
I’m really grateful for the comments people left on yesterday’s post, especially since taking care of the baby doesn’t afford me much time to go and interact with other blogs…
Blogtober 10: in praise of parents and tech
We were up late last night: me writing yesterday’s post, and my husband building a new computer. He hooked it up to the TV to do the setup, which I…
Blogtober 9: a dream is a wish your heart would make if you could actually get any sleep
(cw: postpartum anxiety/depression, mentions of self harm, suicidal thoughts and infant death. Not every post is going to be so heavy, I promise!) In the grand scheme of things, my…
Blogtober 6: baby food
At the baby’s four-month checkup a month ago, the paediatrician said to start preparing to wean. It’s probably the first thing that genuinely shocked me about having a child here…
DoubleDelight : a blog, for now 