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My Friend, the Lamp

13 March 2006, 08:03

Lately Scout has started “chatting”. Not to me, or McG, no, her conversation partners of choice have been lamps. Wherever she goes, she susses out the closest lamp and has scintillating banter (I would even go so far as to say she flirts) with it. I’m just thankful that she’s pretty well-behaved whenever we go out (usually to a cafe or a friend’s house).

On that note, we are about to embark on a heavy HEAVY outing experience. Our first interstate trip. On an airplane. For 4 days. To Adelaide. To attend a wedding.

I never thought those 7 letters would spell impending organisational nightmare (crap, where the hell was I two years ago?). The cerebral planning is frying my brain. We need to organise a safety baby capsule for cars & taxis, a stroller/pram for the wedding, carrier/sling for the plane trip and most hellish of all, an outfit that I can breastfeed in that still fits me after the 9 month quagmire of pregnancy.

We are staying at McG’s folks’ place which is a relief. But not only is there a wedding (McG’s little brother, by the way), but two (2!!!) pre-wedding functions that we need to haul Scout to and flip my boobs out during. Pffthth.

The little angel has been getting between a 7-8 hour break between feeds during the night which has been heaven (she’s so advanced), but I want to be able to quaff a champagne or three at all events (you know, to be normal), so need to coordinate her final feeds with said shenanigans. Hopefully the excitement of travel won’t throw out her body clock too much.

I leave you with a couple of recent snaps of the girl. She just gets cuter every day (just ask me…)

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Father & Daughter

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“Who are you calling chubba?”

Posted by Kinki on 13 March 2006, 08:03
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  1. She is so cute!
    — nicole    Mar 13, 09:44 AM    #
  2. She is so cuter than cute …and I’m not biased!
    — Necia    Mar 13, 10:25 AM    #
  3. you’re getting a 7-8 hour break at night?! Already?! I am sooo jealous…
    — bogue    Mar 13, 10:58 PM    #
  4. Hmmm, yes, in fact she was getting upwards of 6 hours from around week 3/4. I acknowledge that we are very lucky, but Scout’s game plan could all change tomorrow so lapping it up while we can!
    — Kinki    Mar 14, 03:10 AM    #
  5. time to introduce her royal cuteness to moose gully!
    — dana    Mar 16, 10:21 PM    #
  6. So sweet :-D Understand the difficulties involved in travelling, airlines are normally very accomodating when it comes to taking strollers abourd and then just retrieve them as you actually enter the plane… Best reccommendation would be one of them strollers that has a detachable carseat type top… Best of luck, and no worries you´ll look lovely ;-D
    — Gunnella    Mar 18, 09:39 AM    #