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Notes on a toddler
Busily you chase anything that moves, If you could live in a zoo, your days flitting from creature, to the climbing frame of nature:...
Freyja Torn
Jan 4, 20201 min read
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New year is nothing special, so why bother?
Anyone else really looking forward to Monday? Start of a new week where the main focus isn't 1000+ calories, and a static relationship to...
Freyja Torn
Dec 30, 20192 min read
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Rocking the festive nerve
It's proving harder than expected to move away from a version of Christmas I've always known and loved as my family and I eschew the...
Freyja Torn
Dec 15, 20192 min read
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Cloaked in Old Father Time
All seems a bit foggy right now, like the fog of all-that-is-serious has dressed me. Maybe I look the same as always on the exterior?...
Freyja Torn
Jun 30, 20192 min read
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Another man's junk, and all that tat
Another person's junk doth not make for any man's treasure... does it? The world of second-hand purchasing and hand-me-downs can be rife...
Freyja Torn
Jun 23, 20192 min read
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Infant University
When I discovered I was pregnant with Bb, other than being elated/ nervous/ ridiculously under prepared for a pretty dodgy pregnancy with...
Freyja Torn
Jun 6, 20193 min read
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Should we quit co-sleeping? And, hello old fiend...
When we moved into our new (to us) rental property Bb was roughly 6 months old, and set to move into his own bedroom. 2 months in, we're...
Freyja Torn
Apr 28, 20192 min read
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Why Dungarees?
They are practical- hundreds of pockets for: wipes, spare nappy, food pouches, banana (ultimate mum AND baby/ toddler snack). You can...
Freyja Torn
Apr 23, 20191 min read
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The cafe days are over
They told me it would come... naturally I didn't really believe them... naturally I was wrong. Ah those "blissful", newborn days....
Freyja Torn
Apr 7, 20193 min read
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Is it ok to enjoy the silence?
Since returning to work a couple of weeks ago I've noticed how much quieter my Mondays through to Wednesday's are (the days my mum grabs...
Freyja Torn
Mar 23, 20192 min read
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Express yourself
Much like the majority of this process (new motherhood) expressing at work is a new phase I've blindly stumbled into. It is challenging...
Freyja Torn
Mar 17, 20193 min read
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In the ashes
The last thing I remember is laughing to Romesh Ranganathan's tv show, which I'd been watching on catch up to pass the time (the...
Freyja Torn
Mar 9, 20192 min read
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"Modern medicine," mum-guilt
I mean, he's had colds, of course. In fact, between Christmas and February he was one big, snuffly, enduring cold but this is different. ...
Freyja Torn
Mar 4, 20193 min read
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A letter for parents and carers (and possibly myself too?)
Dear parent/carer, Screw the formalities! I'm going to jump straight in... When they're ill... ergh! Everything: daily tasks; self care...
Freyja Torn
Feb 27, 20193 min read
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Walking-naps with baby, who's with me?? And dust: an eternal struggle!
Walking naps... who's with me?! Don't get me wrong, it's great to keep fit and walking is one of the best activities out there...
Freyja Torn
Feb 21, 20191 min read
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How to move house with a baby?...
Opinion. Experience. (**This article is simply a post of personal experience and in no way a recommendation for co- sleeping. For any...
Freyja Torn
Feb 19, 20194 min read
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