baby

How to get your child to smile for the camera

by Cellobella on Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Start early!

I’ve lost my camera

by Cellobella on Friday, June 26, 2009 · 6 comments

And I feel as if my left arm has been cut off. Blogging just doesn’t feel right without a photo. Photo courtesy of my brother Last night I went over to Mum and Dad’s for dinner. My brother, his partner and baby girl are over from Melbourne and it was my first chance to see [...]

Isn’t she lovely…

by Cellobella on Monday, May 11, 2009 · 2 comments

How beautiful is my new little niece?! And how clever my sister in law? Okay… and I know you had something to do with it my brother but lets face it – your real work starts now! Love.  Love.  Love.

I’d rather they smoke

by Cellobella on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 · 5 comments

I hate it when people smoke around me – I hate it. It makes my hair smell, my clothes smell.  I feel dirty.  I could be getting lung cancer. So who made me say to Groover over lunch on Sunday: “I’d rather they smoke”? A group of mothers with babies. No they weren’t breastfeeding. Well [...]

How long should it take to name a child?

by Cellobella on Friday, April 4, 2008

There is a high profile person in Perth who has recently become the father to a healthy baby girl (as opposed to a fully grown one). She is beautiful and the mother is by all accounts a very lovely and organised person. The baby was born on the 14th March and to date the babe [...]

How to know if you’re a good mother

by Cellobella on Saturday, February 2, 2008 · 13 comments

When I was a first-time mum at home with a new bub I was adrift. I’d gone from a full-time full-on job with lots of contact with other people to – well – nothing. I was the first of my set to have a baby, my husband worked full time, I didn’t have a lot [...]

Baby Wisdom – The lesson of the bucket

by Cellobella on Sunday, October 21, 2007

Sometimes babies can get a bit worked up – you know, they just can’t stop crying, they don’t even know quite why they are crying, they just are. You’ve changed their nappy, they’ve had a bottle, they are probably a bit overtired and there is just nothing you can do to settle them. Mary – [...]

Baby Shower

by Cellobella on Sunday, October 21, 2007

I went to my first baby shower this afternoon. Not having been to one I guess I was a little at a loss as to what to expect. I kind of thought it would be like a kitchen tea – you sit around and hand over some cute little useful gadget for the kitchen – [...]