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    i carry your snot with me (i carry it in my bag)
    jdettmann
    • May 29, 2017
    • 1 min

    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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    Romance Club
    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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    The First Rule of the Best Start Interview is Don’t Talk About the Best Start Interview
    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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    Go To Sleep, Little Baby
    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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    Ten Years? You Get Less For Murder!
    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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    Train Travel For The Out-Of-Practice
    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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    Spread Joy Up To The Maximum
    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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    Cross
    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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    Flat-packed
    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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    Nearly Three Years In
    jdettmann
    • Oct 21, 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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    Things Are Good When Things Are Good
    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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    In The House
    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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    True Romance
    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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    You Give Me Fever
    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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    My Wedding Advice
    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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    The Cat’s Pyjamas
    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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    The Talkies
    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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    The Crying Game
    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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    1-2-3-4 Tell Me That You Love Me More
    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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    Crying Over Spilt Milk
    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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