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    Dear Dad, Love Dominic (A letter for Father’s Day)

    by Lisa June 17, 2012
    June 17, 2012

    Dear Dad, This is the 2nd Father’s Day you’ve had since I was born, and I’m not even a year old yet. Mum says that America and Australia have different …

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    Sweet sleep and ice cream machines: What do you need to create?

    by Lisa January 19, 2012
    January 19, 2012

    It’s almost 4:30 in the morning. I’ve been up since 3:15 when I first heard a little someone who sleeps right beside me in a mosquito-netted travel cot tossing his …

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    24 things that have surprised me about motherhood: I never thought I would…

    by Lisa January 16, 2012
    January 16, 2012

    Everyone says motherhood is full of surprises. They’re right. Here are 24 of mine. I never thought I would… 1. Leak milk at the sight of a puppy. 2. Wipe …

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    Tough Love Take Two

    by Lisa January 9, 2012
    January 9, 2012

    Six weeks ago I tried to let Dominic “cry it out” for the first time. I was so tired that day that I decided to lie down next to him …

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    Tough Love Take 1

    by Lisa November 28, 2011
    November 28, 2011

    I tried something new with Dominic on Friday – a little bit of tough love. Here is how that went: Dominic wakes up from his afternoon nap after only thirty …

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    Supply equals demand: Our first argument as parents

    by Lisa August 25, 2011
    August 25, 2011

    I am typing this one handed while Dominic sleeps on my left shoulder. About every twenty seconds he pops his head up and makes angry-koala-bear noises. I suspect that this …

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