Sticker Shock
Part of a Lego exhibition we saw on the weekend and in no way a freakishly accurate representation of our bedroom when it’s my morning to...
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JESSICA DETTMANN
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jdettmann
- Mar 23, 2016
- 3 min
A Hot Cross Son for Easter
This week he has been brought to howling tears by many and varied injustices. There was the fact that I would not go under the house to...
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jdettmann
- Aug 19, 2015
- 4 min
Sleep Like No-One’s Watching
Gusto refusing to participate in a dramatic re-enactment of the sleeping arrangements at our house. Honestly, never work with cats. It’s...
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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
- Feb 25, 2013
- 1 min
There Will Be Blog
My computer, like my children, has sleep issues: it would not go to sleep, preferring to stay awake until it had completely run down its...
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jdettmann
- Dec 25, 2012
- 2 min
This Is Just To Say
Our little boy was born ten days ago. Sorry it’s taken me so long to put him down and write a post to announce it. But if you smelled his...
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jdettmann
- Dec 9, 2012
- 2 min
We Sleep The Sleep Of The Furious
Whenever May Blossom wakes up these days, the first thing she says is, in a very irritated tone of voice: ‘I didn’t want to go to sleep.’...
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jdettmann
- Nov 28, 2012
- 3 min
My Patience Is The Only Thin Part Of Me
But, weirdly enough, it was one of the loveliest nights I can remember. Partly because nights in general, in my opinion, are for sleeping...
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jdettmann
- Nov 19, 2012
- 2 min
If You Can’t Say Something Nice…
Today nearly slipped by without a blog. Today was hard. Physically I feel like crap right now and trying to be funny feels forced. So...
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jdettmann
- Nov 14, 2012
- 1 min
This Is What You Get When You Mess With Us
I think we all feel like this today. Because of the wonders of Facebook, I know, for certain, that everyone else in the civilised world...
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jdettmann
- Oct 18, 2012
- 3 min
Grant Me The Serenity
Lunch out with a tiny nun always helps. I haven’t been feeling very good lately. It’s nothing that the birth of NB won’t fix (or possibly...
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jdettmann
- Jun 26, 2012
- 2 min
Absence Makes The Weather Grow Colder.
Um, no. I haven’t got a good reason. I was just off, you know, living my life and trying to keep warm. Oh, and GROWING A HUMAN, too,...
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jdettmann
- Jun 5, 2012
- 3 min
Great Expectations
Here’s a blurry picture of the creature to be known henceforth as NB. Those are the initials of its in utero name, but could equally...
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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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jdettmann
- Apr 17, 2012
- 1 min
Dear Jess: Sleep-Tricycling
Here’s the first in a new occasional series in which I will ask myself questions and then reply. I’ll be my own agony aunt. Today’s...
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jdettmann
- Mar 21, 2012
- 3 min
She Is Sixteen, Going On Seventeen (Months)
May Blossom loves to play. Anything that involves chasing, shrieking and creating mayhem gets her seal of approval. Yesterday she and her...
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jdettmann
- Mar 7, 2012
- 3 min
Ups and Downs
In the down column: 1. My 102-year-old grandmother suffered a small stroke. 2. The fate of our missing family cat, Tigercat, was...
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jdettmann
- Mar 5, 2012
- 3 min
Is Going Out Tonight Worth It?: A Statistical Analysis
I bought the tickets a few months ago on a whim, because H loves Bonnie Prince Billy, who is a grumpy-looking, balding, blond bearded...
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jdettmann
- Mar 1, 2012
- 1 min
What I’ve Liked This Week: Trapped Indoors By The Rain Edition
Wearing my new spectacles: They make me look like Colin Firth in A Single Man. The ladies are going to swoon. Watching May Blossom’s...
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jdettmann
- Feb 23, 2012
- 1 min
In The Weeds
We’ve all been a bit in the weeds this week, but we’re sorting ourselves out. I have been inspired by my 102-year-old grandmother, who...
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