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IFimogenfoxell.bsky.socialOct 8, 2024 9:34pm

Toddler diaries from last December: the chair incident, Science Oxford, more disasters and posting toys #kidlit #kidlitArt #babyDiaries #toddlerDiaries #sketchbook #sketchbookDiaries #parentingComics #parenting #dailySketchbook #soloMum #soloMumByChoice #smbc #soloParent #soloParentByChoice

Sketches of the time my toddler fell off a chair and scarily bumped his head - but was then fine

Sketches of Science Oxford - many exciting science activities and a really good cinnamon bun, but locker room is the star attraction

Sketches of various disasters: a bad night, really wet laundry, toddler drops eggs on the floor, and I'm shortlisted in an art competition but embarrasingly all the other winners are schoolchildren

Sketches of toddler's toys - "it's all about the posting toys at the moment"

IFimogenfoxell.bsky.socialSep 23, 2024 8:54pm

Toddler diaries: nothing but teething misery (and occasional spreadsheets) #kidlit #kidlitArt #babyDiaries #toddlerDiaries #sketchbook #sketchbookDiaries #parentingComics #parenting #dailySketchbook #soloMum #soloMumByChoice #smbc #soloParent #soloParentByChoice #teething

Sketches of baby being too ill for his final day with childminder - however he perks up when he sees a helicopter and I manage to make some spreadsheets while he naps

Sketch of baby asleep in sleeping bag (note: back to this - sick baby napping on and off the breast for 3 hours)

Sketches of another sick baby day (turns out he's growing his first molar) - lots of sleeping, medicine, yoghurt, stinky poos, a walk in the park, and a random spreadsheet crisis averted

Sketches of life with teething baby: terrible night with sad sad baby - then I cry in the covered market - then things get better when we find a dalek in a bookshop

IFimogenfoxell.bsky.socialSep 20, 2024 9:27pm

Toddler diaries from last Autumn: go to London, lose purse, get rained on, barely sleep... #kidlit #kidlitArt #babyDiaries #toddlerDiaries #sketchbook #sketchbookDiaries #parentingComics #parenting #dailySketchbook #soloMum #soloMumByChoice #smbc #soloParent #soloParentByChoice

Sketch of the toddler and my mum on the floor playing with a big pile of toys

Sketches of the great purse fiasco - about to get on a bus in London when I realise I've lost my purse - tip over pram while running back to playground (child ok), can't find it anywhere - my mum comes to the rescue and that evening I get an email from someone who has picked up the purse

Sketch of me pushing the pram through a horrifically rainy graveyard at dusk

Sketches of a disastrous night - baby keeps waking up, and I give him endless medicine and breastfeeds - eventually he sleeps at 4 am, at which point *I* can't sleep...

IFimogenfoxell.bsky.socialSep 17, 2024 9:29pm

Toddler diaries from last Autumn: illness season very much at hand: but toddler takes a step and I have an almond croissant #kidlit #kidlitArt #babyDiaries #toddlerDiaries #sketchbook #sketchbookDiaries #parentingComics #parenting #dailySketchbook #soloMum #soloMumByChoice #smbc #soloParent

Sketches of me having a cold, dumping the toddler on the childminder and working from home looking out at the pouring rain. In better news, baby takes a step and I watch strictly.

Sketch of chocolate and almond croissant, cup of tea, and book (the Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin). Caption: I still have a cold, but mum has taken S. out to the farm - hooray!

Sketches of baby vomiting repeatedly and chewing my breasts. I eventually manage to find a clean shirt and a bit of breakfast, we watch Twirlywoos, and baby is much happier in the afternoon

Sketches of doing nothing much, i.e. dreaming about Suella Braverman, putting toddler in a tree, making beautiful lasagne (baby is suspicious), letting baby play with gravel and cigarette butts to get us out of the house

IFimogenfoxell.bsky.socialSep 13, 2024 8:38pm

Toddler diaries from a year ago: chickens, the fair, endless bedtime, and fever strikes again #kidlit #kidlitArt #babyDiaries #toddlerDiaries #sketchbook #sketchbookDiaries #parentingComics #parenting #dailySketchbook #soloMum #soloMumByChoice #smbc #soloParent #soloParentByChoice

A sketch of 4 different chickens and a toddler playing in a sandpit at Oxford City Farm

Sketches from St Giles fair: helter skelter, ferris wheel, scary spinny thing, and overprived pick 'n' mix

Sketches of what it's like putting baby to bed: snuggling/pull all books of shelf/play with bin/open and close door/discuss Valkyries/play with draws/more snuggling/books/snuggling/singing/cot/and repeat ad infinitum

Sketches of a very hot day and feverish baby - I manage some work (yay spreadsheets), stock up the baby on pink and orange medicine and drag him to a cafe and playground

IFimogenfoxell.bsky.socialAug 29, 2024 8:08pm

Baby diaries from last summer: things baby eats, busy day, Magic Cafe, and talented baby #kidlit #kidlitart #babydiaries #sketchbook #sketchbookdiaries #parentingcomics #parenting #dailysketchbook #solomum #solomumbychoice #smbc #soloparent #soloparentbychoice

A sketch of the things baby eats: pasta with tomato sauce, spinach tart, omelette, porridge, courgette, peas, carrot, flapjack, crumpet, white bread, banana, orange, strawberry, grapes, apple, rice cakes, water, breast milk

Sketches of a busy day: shopping for bananas, tractor in the park, farm-tots, bumping into people at Florence Park, gay club, making spinach tart, visit neighbour, spinach for supper, bath and bed

Sketch of baby happily playing with toys at a cafe

Sketches of the baby's latest talents: clapping, understanding things, lightswitches, walking holding hands, building, using the potty

IFimogenfoxell.bsky.socialAug 19, 2024 9:38pm

Baby diaries July 2023, as I try and remember my job on keeping-in-touch days, I get a new garden shed, and feeding positions get weirder #kidlit #kidlitart #babydiaries #sketchbook #sketchbookdiaries #parentingcomics #parenting #dailysketchbook #solomum #solomumbychoice #smbc #soloparent

Sketch of my first keeping in touch day - riding my bike, sitting at a desk in my office dealing with 1987 emails, meetings about meetings

Sketch of my day versus my baby's day - I'm deleting unread emails, talking in tech jargon, and doing anti-bribery training; baby (with my mum) is going to cake club, dog spotting, and weeing on his hair

Sketch of gardeners building a shed in my garden - meanwhile I bury a rat and Garden Cat does not help

Sketches of 6 new and unusal breastfeeding positions, including the one where baby performs an impressive side plank

IFimogenfoxell.bsky.socialAug 17, 2024 8:12pm

Sketchbook diaries from July 2023: in which we travel up north for my brother's wedding! #kidlit #kidlitart #babydiaries #sketchbook #sketchbookdiaries #parentingcomics #parenting #dailysketchbook #solomum #solomumbychoice #smbc #soloparent #soloparentbychoice

Sketch of ice cream stall in Nantwich, shaded by 2 umbrellas, plus dog resting under bench

Sketch of eight black and white cows

Sketch of my brother's wedding - my brother, his wife and their son, looking smart and smily!

Sketches of "train baby rides again" - he enjoys train window, table and armrest. Things get crowded, but chewing my backback helps, as does smiling at the bearded man behind us and playing with a cup on the floor; then he does a massive poo at Banbury and goes to sleep in the vestibule

IFimogenfoxell.bsky.socialAug 15, 2024 8:44pm

Baby diaries from Summer 2023: fun with granny, the washing machine, the highchair disaster zone, and the baby happily playing on his own! #kidlit #kidlitart #babydiaries #sketchbook #sketchbookdiaries #parentingcomics #parenting #dailysketchbook #solomum #solomumbychoice #smbc #soloparent

Sketch of the baby having fun with my mum - playing with her bangles, playing with mud (possibly the dill mum planted), enjoying a pigeon more than anything else in the playground, eating chard tart

Sketch of washing machine, clothes horse full of clothes, and various mess on the floor

Sketch of high chair surrounded by a disaster zone of jettisoned pasta, peas, and spoons

Sketches of the baby playing with various toys, including stacking rings and a fluffy stegosaurus

IFimogenfoxell.bsky.socialAug 13, 2024 9:03pm

Baby diaries from June 2023: train from Devon, favourite things, outside adventures, and the Water Bottle Disaster #kidlit #kidlitart #babydiaries #sketchbook #sketchbookdiaries #parentingcomics #parenting #dailysketchbook #solomum #solomumbychoice #smbc #soloparent #soloparentbychoice

Sketch of a train crossing the country from Totnes to Oxford, annotated with pictures of disastrous naps, happy baby, screamy baby, and (finally) sleepy baby

Sketches of baby's favourite things these days: still dogs, bathroom cupboard, steamer, construction videos, playground (holding the lowest rung and watching the big kids), me blowing raspberries on his back

Sketches of a thunderstorm at 6.30 in the morning, visiting Waterperry Gardens, and serendipitously meeting friends on a park bench

Sketches of the time baby woke up (because it was too hot) and I went to get water, threw it all over my electricals, and had to (carefully) mop it up, all while baby was screaming - no one got electrocuted and I missed the art

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