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Do Dolphins Sleep…?

Posted on January 25, 2017January 27, 2017by Emma Gibb

Dear Isaac and Flora You are 4 and 1 (Flora, you will be 21 months old tomorrow).   I have a window today where the worlds of nap time and nursery have collided, and instead of having a doze myself, or catching up on emails, or reading, I am writing this.  I was sitting here […]

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Dear Flora

Posted on March 30, 2016March 31, 2016by Emma Gibb

Dear Flora This is the first time I’ve written about you since you were born, 11 months ago.  I don’t have a record of your early days like I do for your brother.  I don’t have pages after pages of journal scribbles and regular blog posts to record all the milestones.   You haven’t had hours of my […]

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