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Why I’m taking a break from BabyCenter

May 24, 2013 at 12:27

Mama Lewis

So, we all know about May’s surgery on June 3rd. This isn’t a post about that, but it goes a long way to explaining why I need a break from BabyCenter and can’t write to deadline for a bit. BabyCenter and it’s community of women, especially the bloggers that I write alongside, has been a [...]

Extra! Extra! Good news about May

May 20, 2013 at 21:57

Mama Lewis

A bit of happiness after last week’s misery… 1. May’s getting fat. Putting on the chub. Becoming a little piggie. She is eating twice, three times as much as she did six months ago. Makes me wonder why I had to argue with dieticians for so long. 2. May’s happy again. Singing! Her brother, Ieuan, [...]

WIN! Family tickets to In the Night Garden LIVE (worth £70)!

May 13, 2013 at 21:12

Mama Lewis

May and Ieuan are OBSESSED with In the Night Garden. Ieuan wakes up in the morning to ask for his “SHOW!” and goes to sleep the same way. (We are a pro-TV household.) Ieuan learned to touch his nose from the Tombliboos and blow kisses from Upsy Daisy. And when the show begins, at the first [...]

Councillor expounds further on why kids like May “should be put down”

May 12, 2013 at 12:41

Mama Lewis

Earlier this week, I wrote about the councillor in Cornwall who thinks disabled babies should be “put down”. Not satisfied with his new policy to save the government money by euthanising children, Colin Brewer has made further statements to the press. Here is a segment of his interview with Disability News Service: Brewer said: “If they [...]

What do you think of our theory about May’s pain?

May 11, 2013 at 22:49

Mama Lewis

May started giggling last night. A frothy, snorting childish giggle that bore no resemblance to the screams of late. It was wonderful. But, May’s troubles were not over. My husband and I escaped for a few hours today, but only down the road to a coffee shop. I wasn’t there long before May’s careworker phoned. [...]