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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 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 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 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

IFimogenfoxell.bsky.socialAug 10, 2024 8:32pm

Baby diaries from June 2023: apple tree, meerkats, it is too hot, and baby's first beach!! #kidlit #kidlitart #babydiaries #sketchbook #sketchbookdiaries #parentingcomics #parenting #dailysketchbook #solomum #solomumbychoice #smbc #soloparent #soloparentbychoice

Sketch of a young apple tree in leaf, plants, and a poppy

Sketch of meerkats and a giant tortoise, done at Crocs of the World

Sketches of a hot day with the baby: pushing baby around in toy car, baking, rushing around playground/to the office, disaster nap on a hot bus, and cooling bath/thunderstorm

Sketch of 2 babies and a woman in a hat on a rug with a bottle of suncream and a sippy cup; and the sea with sailing boats on it and a red cliff

IFimogenfoxell.bsky.socialJul 31, 2024 8:33pm

Baby diaries from May 2023: innovative breastfeeding positions, lots of time outside, and the washing up fairy! #kidlit #kidlitart #babydiaries #sketchbook #sketchbookdiaries #parentingcomics #parenting #dailysketchbook #solomum #solomumbychoice #smbc #soloparent #soloparentbychoice #breastfeeding

Sketches of evolving breastfeeding positions - sitting in my lap, standing up, lying in the grass

Sketches of baby and me spending lots of time outside - dogspotting in the park, Botanical Gardens, garden, playground

Sketch of the baby hanging out in a friend's allotment with a bit rhubarb bush

Sketch of my favourite person the washing up fairy* who comes in the evening and cleans the kitchen for me (*it's just me from the previous night)

IFimogenfoxell.bsky.socialJul 26, 2024 9:09pm

Baby diaries from Spring 2023 - busy busy busy (and some peacocks) #kidlit #kidlitart #babydiaries #sketchbook #sketchbookdiaries #parentingcomics #parenting #dailysketchbook #solomum #solomumbychoice #smbc #soloparent #soloparentbychoice

Sketches of busy day with the baby - most notably my terrible failure at mothering - accidentally making butternut squash pasta REALLY spicy - take it away from the baby and give him a banana instead

Sketches of another busy day with the baby: visit two potential childminders, babies in hats, 2 hour nap, peas in béchamal sauce (redeeming myself after yesterday's culinary disaster)

Sketches of baby busy playing (the scientist at work)

Sketches of peacocks at Harcourt Arboretum

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