Yes it has also been a ghost town around here.
Parenting an infant takes a lot of time and energy and I have been using what little time I have to myself to do stuff (or sleep) rather than write about stuff.
My IF feed has really slowed. The fact is that most* of the IF bloggers I started to follow around the time of Poppy's loss have become mothers (congrats!) and I imagine are having the same time/priority conflicts as me. I miss reading your words, but for me at least, along with less time, I have a diminished need to process my thoughts.
It annoys me about myself a bit, because that is why I found such comfort in this community in the first place - parenthood was so 'normal' and being excluded from it was so isolating. And now I'm not excluded from it I have less to say (and less time to say it).
So that doesn't make me a very good contributor to the community. Although I imagine many who are still working on it stopped reading a long time ago. Like when I got pregnant.
My IF feed has really slowed. The fact is that most* of the IF bloggers I started to follow around the time of Poppy's loss have become mothers (congrats!) and I imagine are having the same time/priority conflicts as me. I miss reading your words, but for me at least, along with less time, I have a diminished need to process my thoughts.
It annoys me about myself a bit, because that is why I found such comfort in this community in the first place - parenthood was so 'normal' and being excluded from it was so isolating. And now I'm not excluded from it I have less to say (and less time to say it).
So that doesn't make me a very good contributor to the community. Although I imagine many who are still working on it stopped reading a long time ago. Like when I got pregnant.
Fair enough.
I still love to read about how things are going for others in the community, but make fewer comments... I'm still managing to find snatches of time to read because there are fewer posts...
Yeah I don't really know where I'm going with this.
*From a completely non-scientific sample of 'IF bloggers trying to conceive that I added to my reader' about the time that I started this blog, only 11.53% are still working on it.
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Here are pics of some of the things I've been spending my time/energy on when not tending to Pickle/trying to catch up on sleep.
I still love to read about how things are going for others in the community, but make fewer comments... I'm still managing to find snatches of time to read because there are fewer posts...
Yeah I don't really know where I'm going with this.
*From a completely non-scientific sample of 'IF bloggers trying to conceive that I added to my reader' about the time that I started this blog, only 11.53% are still working on it.
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Here are pics of some of the things I've been spending my time/energy on when not tending to Pickle/trying to catch up on sleep.
Tending my bag-garden.
Rats from the building site next door (shudder) demolished all the tomatoes but I got some great bell and chilli peppers and loads of parsley, oregano, mint, spring onions and eggplants.
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Making baby sleep sacks.
The green one with the middle zip is made from one of Pickle's old swaddling cloths. The white one is lightweight fleece. Pickle has nearly grown out of both of them now so I need to get to work on some more.
Upcycling onesies.
Pickle has long legs and is slender so her feet would start to get snug while the rest of the onesie fit. I just sewed a bit of T-shirt collar on the bottom of the top for length rather than hemming. I can't tell you how much easier it is to button up a top instead of pulling it over a small wriggly person's head.
Making T-shirt yarn
(hence the spare collar material for the onesies). I'm in the middle of making a rug for Pickle's room.
what great ideas for extending the life / recycling baby clothes! you are inspiring. So far my crafty side is MIA. I did get some onesie extenders so the pile of outgrown clothes doesn't grow so fast! write and comment when you can.
ReplyDeleteThanks Turtle. I'm just trying to postpone going back to work as long as possible...
DeleteGarden still looks good from my perspective and I love all your craftiness. It's good to get updates from you every so often.
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