Pancake day!

So today is pancake day or shrove tuesday. We will be introducing little bean to one of my traditions from home and be eating pancakes with the classic lemon and a (tiny) bit of sugar. Yum yum!

It is days like this that really show how I am living in a different country. It is only a small thing but it makes me feel homesick. I miss the collective tradition and the collective knowledge. Back home nearly everybody will be eating pancakes, or at least know about it. There will be pancake flipping races and it will be discussed as the human interest story on the news and especially in kids shows (I miss Blue Peter!)

I am sure the same things happen here, but it just doesnt feel the same. Well time to make some new traditions with my family then 🙂

Bean mainly wanted to eat the lemon slices, go figure.

Colds are the worst!

It is nearly midnight and I am sitting here in beans room typing up this post because I am just so sick and tired of us all being sick! It seems like we get over one cold and another is lurking right behind it.

He is struggling to breath through the snot and we both keep coughing. He is doing really well and trying to get to sleep in his cot but I am trapped in the chair because if I even think about moving and leaving the room he stays screaming and I just can not cope with that. So here I am just typing away because what else are you going to do in today’s modern age of Smart phones and Internet and mummy bloggers!

(heavily edited to fix all the ‘typing on my phone’ typos!)

It’s another Mommy blog!!

Yes it is! WooHoo!

In March last year I morphed from being Lindyinpink, a pink haired, Lindy hopping, often standing on a soap box, opinionated woman into Mamainpink, a pink haired, Lindy hopping, often standing on a soap box, opinionated woman WITH A BABY! a son! ME, I have a son?! whhhhhaaaaattttttt???!!

Look at that world changing bundle!

I was not prepared for the changes, the challenges or the crazy amount of love that is now in my life and I want to share it with you all! I have learnt a lot, and discovered some amazing things about myself and the other people in this very cool parenting club. Unfortunately I have also discovered the other side of the parenting club coin. The not-so supportive and frankly scary, mommy wars. This is something I am going to discuss in later posts, as I am still working my way through understanding the whole thing. That is, if there is even anything to understand. For now I will say it is not something I subscribe to. I believe being a parent is hard enough without every decision and thought being judged both directly and indirectly. I believe that we are able to form supportive and respectful communities as parents even when we have different opinions and styles. In fact I am a member of a group of such parents. There are over 50 members in the online birth club I joined while pregnant and it is the proof that we can do it.

I also want to use this blog as a space to explore and discuss my own parenting principles, to be able to share my thoughts and opinions and to continue my parenting journey.

So I hope you will join me and we can learn together.

MP