raising willow… and dexter!

Here is the photo of where Dexter ended up when he rolled. He doesn’t look very comfortable, but he actually stayed here for about two minutes, which is about how long he stays on the floor on his back at the best of times!

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At 12 weeks and 5 days, he finally did it. He’s only just started to tolerate being out of my arms – yesterday he went from front to side and today he went from front to back. I’d just put him down so that I could eat my dinner, I looked up and he was [...]

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Meme that everyone else is doing! 1. What did you do in 2007 that you’d never done before? Gave birth to a baby boy. 2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I tend not to make resolutions. 3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Me! [...]

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I forgot to write that I first heard Dexter laugh when we went down to see A’s brother. A said he’d heard him laugh twice before, but I was out of the room. His Aunt was holding him and he was looking at his Uncle. I just cracked up – it was one of the [...]

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We are celebrating 01012008 by staying inside all day. It’s still quite hot outside and I don’t feel like risking heat stroke! We set up the baby bath on some bath mats in the air conditioned lounge room so that Willow can cool down a bit. She is running a slight fever, around 38.1degrees, so [...]

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I am really sick of this weather.  It makes me tired and not interested in doing anything. At all.  I had planned to make a stash of cloth pads, and had organised the material, but am yet to cut it out and actually sew it.  One of the many things I need to do. Usually [...]

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