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...
JESSICA DETTMANN
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jdettmann
- Feb 14, 2017
- 3 min
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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jdettmann
- Jan 29, 2016
- 3 min
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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jdettmann
- May 20, 2015
- 3 min
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, 2015
- 3 min
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, 2015
- 3 min
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, 2014
- 2 min
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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jdettmann
- May 27, 2014
- 2 min
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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jdettmann
- Dec 12, 2013
- 3 min
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, 2013
- 3 min
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, 2013
- 3 min
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, 2013
- 3 min
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, 2013
- 2 min
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, 2012
- 1 min
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, 2012
- 3 min
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, 2012
- 1 min
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, 2012
- 2 min
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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jdettmann
- Aug 28, 2012
- 4 min
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, 2012
- 3 min
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, 2012
- 5 min
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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