Author Archives: Felicity Banks Books

I’m meant to be having a post-birth hormonal crash about now, but instead I’m manic. Instead of lying awake sorting out clever turns of phrase that will be lost by morning, I’m taking advantage of both kids being asleep to write the end of my pregnancy story before it fades away. CJ and I onlyContinue reading “Un-pregnant”

These questions are mostly from parenting blog http://crappypictures.com/. Louisette’s conversation level is confident for comments on the lines of “Big dog! Noisy!” and absurdist with regard to, “Are you a monkey?” She’s JUST got to the stage where we can ask her a couple of genuine open-ended questions – “What animal are you?” . .Continue reading “Louisette Interview, Age Two”

I know it’s true: I’m THAT Mum – the one who sits down to watch her kid play with your kid, then rushes off in the middle of a lovely moment to get her camera. I’m the most extreme example of this I know, and by a long way. It’s gotten so bad I nowContinue reading “Pics or it didn’t happen”

Although I like all the pictures in the post below, I wanted a close-up on Louisette’s face so it’s easy to trace the changes. She’s been unusually amenable the last few days (is it a trap of some kind???) so I was able to take a whole bunch today. Here’s the best. And, the oneContinue reading “Time for her close-up”

It’s been a while (due to the complexity of logging back on after forgetting one’s password, and also forgetting the password one needs to set a new password), so here’s a pretty pic for you. The pregnancy is horrid, but I’m managing to scrape through at work – which means I’ll get eight months paidContinue reading “Boo!”