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Free range baby

On 20/03/201220/03/2012 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized5 Comments

Spring is here, and Kaya is crawling, so I let him range free in the garden while I worked. He used to observe garden work from a high chair or on my back in the baby carrier, but he definitely prefers a more hands on approach. The chamomile is flowering (nature's work, not mine) and …

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Unwanted attention

On 14/08/2011 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized1 Comment

"Why don't you have a nazar bead on your son?" I never put evil eye beads on Kaya, just as I failed to put them on Baki. Moreover, Ali is adamant in his belief that pinning tiny beads (choking hazard) on to a baby using a cheap little safety pin (poking hazard) is nothing short …

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Old habits

On 05/08/2011 By Garden CorrespondentIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Kaya found his thumb, and it's been a very happy union. I've never seen someone suck a thumb with such abandon, although if my mother is to be believed, I might have given him a run for the money in my day. My father loved to tell people that when he was reporting in NY …

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Besotted

On 04/07/2011 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized4 Comments

More than one person has asked me if it was love at first sight when Kaya was born. I'd have to say that it wasn't. I think my first reaction was relief, to be honest, followed by various forms of disbelief: although I've done this once before, it is the hardest thing in the world …

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Superhero

On 29/06/2011 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized1 Comment

I was watering the pots when Baki ran up all super heroed up. Then he ran down the hill, past our garden, to the bottom of the land, where he found some folks from Sundance. He called me down and I chatted with them a little while Baki ran amok with their two children. All …

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