This time last year
I’m afraid that the ‘This time last year’s in the lead up to Arlo’s birth have started already. This uncharacteristic but wonderful October heatwave has set me off on a…
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A walk in the park
September has been spent inspecting twigs, losing socks, playing with mud, and making the most of the weather before the days get colder. And the sports training has offically begun….…
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Rocking Horse
Uncle Max bought this rocking horse when Arlo was born. We were meant to put it together so it could sit pretty in Arlo’s room until he was big enough…
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Controlled crying: Days 4-6 and the conclusion
Despite the controlled crying, Arlo greeted me with his usual big grin after every sleep. This must mean that he didn’t hold a grudge against me and I wasn’t being…
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Controlled crying – the first few days
We didn’t follow a book or any particular method. As I said in my previous post, we sort of just fell into controlled crying one naptime. We did, however, have…
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Controlled crying – Yes, we’ve been doing it.
After months of moaning about Arlo’s sleep, knowing that the root of the problem lay in his inability to fall asleep in his cot without relying on movement or feeding…
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Chest infection or CMPI? AKA I go round in circles and ask lots of questions.
Readers of this blog will know that Arlo has been poorly recently. After A&E initally diagnosed a throat infection, the GP we saw a few days ago said his chest…
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A moan about everything, but mainly nursing bras.
I have lots to moan about today. Arlo has now been ill for over a week, apparently he now has a chest infection. He is driving me up the wall…
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Febrile Convulsions – Our experience
Arlo’s had a fair few colds in his life, but this is his first proper illness. He’s been very moany and clingy with a temperature of 38 for the past…
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