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Poppy MacSmiley

July 30th 2007 13:11
Little Miss Mac is now two months old … can you believe it? Two months already. Time has flown.

Poppy Mac. Image by me.
Mackensie, wondering what on earth her brother is doing


No longer is my littlest daughter a wrinkly little newborn, or even a not-so-wrinkly not-so-newborn. My littlest daughter is a strong-willed, persistent baby; ego driven, selfish and (quite often) a little bit stinky.

And I love her.

Did I mention that she’s started to smile? I don’t think I’ll ever forget the first time she smiled at me. The first time I saw that beautiful gummy grin … tentative at first and then …

…wow …

… a full blown, sunny smile that lit up her whole face and brought tears of love to my eyes.

The bugs love to talk to her and laugh with her, just to make her smile. My biggest daughter makes a point of telling me every time her sister smiles at her … as you can imagine, I hear her telling me that “Mac smiled” again and again and again.

Two months old. If she’s not smiling she does tend to be crying. It’s known as colic and is distinguished from other bouts of crying (for example hungry crying, dirty nappy crying, “OW that hurt” crying etc) by the fact that nothing we, as parents, do can satisfy her. She just keeps crying.

It generally comes on during the afternoon or evening. She’s fed, clean and burped, happily sleepy and ready to settle for the evening then, all of a sudden …

… “WA WA WA WA WA WAAAAAAAA”.

Ten minutes later …

… “WA WA WAAAA WA WA WAAAAAAAA”.

One hour later …

… WA WA WA WA WA WAAAAAAAAA WA WA WA WA WAAAAAAAAA …”

… and so on.

Until, finally, she either cries herself to sleep, settles enough to be rocked to sleep or settles enough to have a feed, which tends to stop the crying in its tracks.

Colic’s a tough one for parents to deal with. You so want to be there for your child, she’s so young, so trusting, so little, but nothing you do helps. It almost seems like everything you try will make her feel even worse.

It’s frustrating and you feel guilty for letting her cry, and it’s noisy. Oh so noisy.

Then, suddenly, it’s over. She sleeps, and when she wakes there’s that beautiful smile once again and all is forgotten.

This behaviour is pretty typical of a baby less than around four months old. It does stop … eventually … but is very difficult to cope with at the time.

But the smiles … well, you just want those to continue for the rest of your life.
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How do you get rid of hiccups?

July 11th 2007 03:39
There are a number of things that Mackensie does that make us, as a family, laugh. Not at her, you understand, just with her … I’m sure that if she were capable of laughing then she would be giggling right along with us.
(Well, maybe not when this is happening to her but, well, we’ll get to that …

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There are going to be people out there who would consider this post to be a big panic over nothing or not worth worrying about …

… and you may be right


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SIDS is rare here in Australia, with most parents being aware of what they need to do to help prevent this devastating thing happening to their young baby but with each new generation of parents, education is continually being sought as to the best way to spread the required information to new mothers and fathers


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There are very few things I dislike about having children. My two Bugs are the most important things in my life and I wouldn't change them for anything.

They can be annoying and loud, dirty and messy, argumentative and frustrating, and full of know-it-all comments that make me grit my teeth and swallow the scream that is threatening to deafen everyone within a two kilometre radius


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Last weekend we had our first Christmas party for this silly season.

It was organised by my husband’s work and included not just the permanent staff but all the casuals were invited as well, which I thought was particularly generous, considering that the casuals are actually employed by an employment agency, not the company itself


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Breakfast - the meal of the day

November 26th 2006 09:39
Is breakfast the most important meal of the day?

My mornings, particularly during the weekdays, tend to be pretty hectic. I scrape my tired body out of bed at the very latest time that I possibly can. Seven twenty one, my alarm clock is set for and I don’t struggle out of bed any earlier than that


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The Buffet Christmas Lunch

November 11th 2006 23:49
It's now November and since our favourite Romantic Writer K.L. Almeroth has already brought up the dreaded C-word (Christmas, that is) I thought it was about time I shared a bit of the merry season with you. I love Christmas, even before I had my children I loved this pagan celebration (not that I got too many pressies, though, which was always just a touch disappointing).

I always try to hold off on starting the Christmas season in our house until December begins but it's really difficult and with the children getting older they are really starting to enjoy the whole build up – beginning around the first of November


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Diet and Asthma

November 2nd 2006 23:57
If you have asthma you'll know that your diet can have a strong influence on how well (or badly) it is controlled. Lung function is reduced when a person becomes obese, for example, resulting in more severe asthmatic attacks. By losing weight, lung function can be improved significantly.

Losing weight isn't easy but for overall health and wellbeing, maintaining a healthy weight is essential. If you have asthma, an exercise program is still vital but should be chosen with care. Speak to your doctor about the best exercise for you. In addition to exercise, reducing the sugars and fats in your diet and eating smaller meals will go a long way towards obtaining a healthy weight


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Save my daughter from going crackers

October 8th 2006 23:37
Every evening I make my daughter's school lunch for the following day. A sandwich, a snack and a piece of fruit. Sounds simple, doesn't it?

What's in the sandwich depends upon a number of factors. How much time I have, what's in the fridge and how I'm feeling at that particular second all influence my decision. For example, if I'm feeling happy and full of life, not tired and lethargic, Bug 1 will get a delicious ham salad sandwich, or sausage, lettuce and cheese roll, complete with sauce. Yum


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