Babies | Babies
Mar.16.2010
The eye of the storm
It's amazing how fast people pounce when a new parenting study makes it into the mainstream media. The good folk at Murdoch Children's Research Institute have been studying baby sleep patterns and their impact on maternal mental health for the past six years. They...
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Feb.17.2010
Back in the day, well before mobile phones & wi-fi, my friends & I went to cafes to shoot the shit about what was going on, who was doing who, when we thought we’d get jobs & where would be the next share house. Normal boring stuff like that. It was over foccacias, power smoothies...
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Feb.07.2010
Often my dreamwork students record dreams involving babies. Frequently the dreamer is careless with the baby, letting it starve or die of neglect, treating it absent-mindedly.
Once we begin to practice active imagination, Jung's technique for dreaming further and letting the dreams inform the...
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Nov.02.2009
The Unborn
Tentative, mucky,
very wet, very red,
their fingers
grab our dangling
earrings in our
dreams of drowning.
Wailing
like distant wars,
like distant animal
ambulances, they paw
through our sock drawers,
our stacks of photographs.
Sticky, miniature-thumbed,
reeking of rose talc
and rancid...
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Aug.12.2009
Back in the days of babies, I used to find myself up in the most silent time of night, sitting on a couch or chair, nursing a baby. Then I would change the baby, rock the baby, and put the baby to sleep. During the day, I would rue this late night upness, but at the time, baby in my arms, the...
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Jul.28.2009
Blessing for the MothersAnticipate the joy of life as a mother. Flourish with the gifts your children bring.Nurture yourself, too, as you care for your loved ones. Show your children the way of wonder. Voice your thoughts in kindness and clarity. Stand tall for your children, family, and community....
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Jul.24.2009
I struggle to organize my pictures and scrapbooking. I want to give my children a book of memories when they are older. Dcumenting what they do makes me happy and provides a hobby and outlet for me. I know I can't document it all, but I want to write down, record, or photograph most of it. I write...
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Jul.14.2009
A few days ago I complimented a system whereby I could ship my laptop back to the company and I shouldn't have procrastinated so long on doing so! Last night, it was returned! The UPS label half ripped off. The laptop not repaired. Just sitting there.
Grrr. So the company is sending me a new box...
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Jun.27.2009
Pair of Surrey educators try to get the lead out
By Alex Browne - Peace Arch News
Published: June 25, 2009 3:00 PM
School days – especially for elementary age children – are not the way many adults remember them.
Learning disabilities, declining IQ levels, attention deficit disorder, autism and...
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Jun.26.2009
I often think of the expression "failure to thrive." when my boys were babies, it was something that concerned me for about a second, but as they were clearly thriving--fat and sassy and laughing--I let go of worrying about this syndrome. Now and again, I would sometimes let my mind...
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