MrsB

I think that a large proportion of the western world does not take care of new mothers.

It starts with labour – the baby is monitored closely, but very often the wellbeing of the mother is a secondary priority.

After the birth, most of the attention is on the baby. …

First of all – nope, no baby yet. I’m not due until Monday, but I’m already sick of waiting. I don’t know how Estonians cope with going on mat leave 70 days before their due date – that’s 2 and a half MONTHS of just waiting and waiting… I definitely should have been at work [...]

A few people have reported that it snowed in London last night. When Oskar and I went to a little corner shop at 6:30 to buy milk, I thought I saw some flakes in front of the headlights of traffic, but they dissapeared quickly.  As much as I hate cold weather, I haven’t seen proper [...]

Yesterday was my last yoga class. I truly enjoyed it until I was changing back into work clothes with the only other woman in the class who’s on her second pregnancy.  She has a 2-year old daughter and when I told her my son was 3, she said: “Oh… good luck with that.”  I wasn’t [...]

I’m so glad it’s Friday. Only 2 more weeks of work left.  I’m now officially past the point of feeling cute and I’m ready to pop this baby out. My bump circumference and my weight equal now to what they were on the day Oskar was born. I hope I don’t balloon too much more [...]

I’ve discovered that I’m 100% accurate when it comes to guessing that someone is pregnant just by how they look from behind when they walk. For some reason I’m obsessed with not walking like a pregnant woman.  When I’m sitting or lying down I’m far from graceful these days, but when it comes to walking, [...]

The weekend was wet and windy and for me started with a 9am OB appointment at the hospital. I was so lazy that I took a minicab there. Now I know that in non-peak hour traffic I can get to the hospital in less than 15 minutes. During the day it’s probably more like 30-45, [...]

Life with a live-in grandma is easy.  I seriously admire women who raise 2+ children on their own (husbands tend to work so they’re not much help during the day and mine hardly ever gets home before Oskar is in bed).  We watched Supernanny last night after not having done so for over a year [...]

Conversations with Oskar are great. He loves to talk and he remembers things from a year ago and brings up stuff at the randomest times. He tells us in the mornings what he dreamt about and often lists all the toys and puzzles he has waiting for him in London. Here’s a conversation we had [...]

I told mom today that Oskar is going to have a brother. Her response: “I just don’t have any luck!” :) I know she wanted a girl, but I think it’s totally even if she gets two granddaughters (my nieces) and two grandsons. My in-laws, however, are going to have 3 grandsons by November, so [...]

We went to Bath and Stonehenge this weekend. It was historically fascinating, but the weather sucked. Stonehenge was so windy (see left; I’m listening to the audio tour) I ended up tying my scarf around my head so that I wouldn’t feel like my head would fly off. It was beautiful landscape around Stonehenge though, [...]

I had a little chat with Oskar last night about the baby. He was lying in his bed and I mentioned that he would soon outgrow his bed: “Varsti ei mahu sa enam oma voodisse. Kas siis anname selle beebile?” “Yes. Kus on beebi?” “Beebi varsti tuleb. Natuke pead veel ootama.” “Oskar on suur poiss, [...]