Monthly Archives: July 2006

Baby don’t like no cauliflower

Posted on July 31, 2006 by stuart

This morning, as we’d run out of butter and bananas (two important parts of our breakfast staple), I had to improvise and so went for one of S’s early pregnancy favourites — cauliflower soup. Yeah, I know the idea of … Continue reading →

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The Lost Weekend – Part 2

Posted on July 30, 2006 by stuart

All my predictions of yesterday proved to be correct. We’ve got but a couple of episodes to go and I know they’ll leave me hanging on edge yet again. What is it with this mordid fascination for watching plane-crash survivors … Continue reading →

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The Lost Weekend – Part 1

Posted on July 29, 2006 by stuart

I blame AXN and their tendancy to repeat house-ads ad nauseum for what happened to us this weekend. We finally got sucked into the Lost vortex sometime last week and watched most of series one through the week. The last … Continue reading →

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Nesting

Posted on July 28, 2006 by stuart

S has been badly knocked around by a serious dose of nesting over the last few weeks and it seems the nesting virus has skipped over to me as well. Finally hanging the propganda art I picked up in Vietnam, … Continue reading →

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They were just snackies

Posted on July 27, 2006 by stuart

I get an sms from S this evening: “am leaving now, have hunger pangs” S had been delayed at work for a farewell so as soon as I got the message I got to work on dinner — nothing flash … Continue reading →

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Blob transitions

Posted on July 26, 2006 by stuart

I keep asking S if she can feel the baby and we’ve decided the baby spends much of the day resting but as soon as Daddy’s voice slips over the placenta the baby wakes and bumbles all over the place. … Continue reading →

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I’m pregnant and cook what I want

Posted on July 25, 2006 by stuart

So it was S’s turn to cook tonight and what a treat of pregnancy craving it was… Chilli con carne with an entire chocolate bar (72% proof) grated up into it. I know it sounds revolting, but it was really … Continue reading →

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Can you do it for baby?

Posted on July 24, 2006 by stuart

S has discovered a new means of leverage to get me to do the things she can’t/won’t couldn’t be asked to do… “Can you do it for baby?”

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Book Babylon

Posted on July 23, 2006 by stuart

If it wasn’t bad enough having to wade through umpteen baby books about having a baby, there’s also a vast selection of post baby baby books ready to pounce. As with the pre-birth ones, the post birth ones swing between … Continue reading →

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Our baby’s a mutant!

Posted on July 22, 2006 by stuart

Under the auspices of illness, S today headed off to the doctor today and not only did she come back with a clean bill of health, but also with a new baby-scan! Not only was it a scan I missed, … Continue reading →

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