by Penbleth on Wednesday 30 June, 2010
Sunday a week and a half ago Youngest started her new meds, bringing her up to a grand total of three anticonvulsants. A few years ago this drug had been mentioned and rejected on the grounds it can negatively impact behaviour. Our Consultant was on leave and her locus felt it was best avoided if [...]
by Penbleth on Tuesday 29 June, 2010
Last night I wrote a post about breastfeeding and women’s continued identity as sexual beings and mothers. My point in it was to take ownership of our identities as women and mothers and as sexual people. I stand by all these ideas. However, there is a growing attitude among some men that this ownership of [...]
by Penbleth on Monday 28 June, 2010
So, you’ve got your brand new baby, now you’ve got to feed it. For many years now medical and child-experts (what ever they are?) have told us “Breast is Best”. Baby’s Best Food – Every Mother Should Nurse Her Baby! A beautiful 1930′s design, very traditional, but completely lacking in sexy. A recent article in [...]
by Penbleth on Sunday 27 June, 2010
Profiteroles. L McG-E June is a busy time for birthdays in our family. Hub ushers in the celebrations with his big day at the beginning of the month. Then much closer together are oldest boy’s and father-in-law’s. Every year they have a birthday tea. Real old-fashioned. There are sandwiches and cakes, spicy finger-foods and trifles, [...]
by Penbleth on Saturday 26 June, 2010
… a woman palpably meant for happiness … L McG-E The Woman Who Waited. Andreï Makine I am increasingly finding Saturday to be a challenging day. Perhaps it is as simple as it being the last day of the week. I hope so. I have been a real crankypants today. Overtired, perhaps, like a truculent [...]