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    Sticker Shock
    jdettmann
    • Jun 15, 2016
    • 4 min

    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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    A Hot Cross Son for Easter
    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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    Sleep Like No-One’s Watching
    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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    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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    There Will Be Blog
    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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    This Is Just To Say
    jdettmann
    • Dec 24, 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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    We Sleep The Sleep Of The Furious
    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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    My Patience Is The Only Thin Part Of Me
    jdettmann
    • Nov 27, 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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    If You Can’t Say Something Nice…
    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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    This Is What You Get When You Mess With Us
    jdettmann
    • Nov 13, 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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    Grant Me The Serenity
    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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    Absence Makes The Weather Grow Colder.
    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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    Great Expectations
    jdettmann
    • Jun 4, 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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    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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    Dear Jess: Sleep-Tricycling
    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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    She Is Sixteen, Going On Seventeen (Months)
    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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    Ups and Downs
    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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    Is Going Out Tonight Worth It?: A Statistical Analysis
    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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    What I’ve Liked This Week: Trapped Indoors By The Rain Edition
    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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    In The Weeds
    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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