Behind the Geraniums

Joy and kindness, always! | Early 30s | Solo mum

[yms1]

it’s just me and my unrealistic to-do list against the world

[lakeside-conservative]

Become ungovernable.

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Oops almost everyone attending this webinar is a childcare or library professional

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This lady is pretty convinced that reading an actual story to children younger than 2 years is impossible but baby D and I have enjoyed story books since she was a few weeks old lol.

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This does explain why it is so hard to find cardboard books with stories in the library. I do prefer them because those books with just pictures or one word per page are sooo boring. I will say that I am sure that baby D does enjoy stories because she likes listening to my voice doing funny things. But maybe I should try the other books as well...

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She does have an incredible attention span though. If there's one thing this child likes to do it's Observe

[behindthegeraniums]

Oops almost everyone attending this webinar is a childcare or library professional

[behindthegeraniums]

This lady is pretty convinced that reading an actual story to children younger than 2 years is impossible but baby D and I have enjoyed story books since she was a few weeks old lol.

[behindthegeraniums]

This does explain why it is so hard to find cardboard books with stories in the library. I do prefer them because those books with just pictures or one word per page are sooo boring. I will say that I am sure that baby D does enjoy stories because she likes listening to my voice doing funny things. But maybe I should try the other books as well...

[behindthegeraniums]

Oops almost everyone attending this webinar is a childcare or library professional

[behindthegeraniums]

This lady is pretty convinced that reading an actual story to children younger than 2 years is impossible but baby D and I have enjoyed story books since she was a few weeks old lol.

[behindthegeraniums]

Oops almost everyone attending this webinar is a childcare or library professional

[behindthegeraniums]

A little awkward that the e-mail with the link to the Dutch-language 'reading to your baby'-webinar from the public library is clearly an automatically translated English text

"Een korte herinnering dat deze gebeurtenis binnenkort beschikbaar is. Zie je daar!"

[pmamtraveller]

Elihu Vedder - Psyche and Cupid

[behindthegeraniums]

I have been thinking a lot about something that was said in a podcast with (adult) donor children that I listened to two years ago: that leaving everything concerning the donor up to the child, while meant well, might not be the best. Because children and young adults are loyal to their families and choosing f.i. if you want/need the donor in your life feels like a big responsibility. It is why I choose to call baby D’s donor ‘donor dad’ to proclaim him family, and it is also why I am now considering keeping some baby artwork (especially the nursery Father’s Day artwork) aside so she can give it to the donor if she wants to later. And maybe even make a small photo album with a few pictures from every year of her life. So that it won’t ever feel wrong or difficult for her to want to know him eventually.

[lakevida]

complimented a womans clear raincoat this morning and she said Well i feel like a sandwich

[lyriumrain]

Another wonderfull secret

[itsalwaysdark]

you have to be careful reading too many things that are good/smart/well-written bc then you encounter something that isnt and you get confused like ? why didnt they just make this good ? were they stupid

[huariqueje]

Young woman in an armchair - Brynolf Wennerberg

Swedish , 1866-1950

Oil tempera on plywood , 44 x 38 cm.

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I am stunned every time I read about American cashiers not being allowed to sit down because that happened under first wave feminism in my country. Literally the most famous suffragette, who was the first official female university student and one of the first female doctors in the Netherlands, was also the woman to successfully champion for chairs for shopkeepers. In 1894.

[ebookporn]

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When I'm on my feet for too long my old war wound starts playing up (= my episiotomy scar)

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I used to be much more set on managing things on my own (though I have always asked for help if I really had to because I’ve always had to) but now that I have a baby I just roll up to a place to do something I can’t manage while holding a baby, hoping someone will help me

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Once I got off at a train station and to get off the platform you either had to climb down pretty high stairs or go a long way round on an incline. I was already marching to the incline with the buggy when a man took a literal sprint to catch up with me and was like I’ll help you carry down the buggy so you don’t have to walk all the way around. That was very sweet