Daphne Bennett

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  • Days are long, years are short.

    Days are long, years are short.

    Now my daughter is nearly 2. I have been here before 5 years ago. The crying, the tantrum, the breastfeeding in the night. And hell! Another year until I send her to nursery. Things have been hard. But unlike last time, I know they do pass and more aspects of my life are in a…

  • Growth Spurt

    I made this drawing when my baby was still tiny, about 5 months old. Now he is 19 months. Still a baby, but a lot bigger and stronger. He is going through another growth spurt this week. He seems to eat quite a lot and nurse most of the time. He was not interested in…

  • Mama on the go

    Thanks for the overwhelmingly lovely welcome. This is how I look like. Almost everyday. It is nearly the end of May in Scotland but the temperature hardly gets over 15c, so summer is not really exciting. To us, it seems, unless you are really really strong, winter means big coats and boots and gloves and summer…

  • Hello Everyone

    One of Those Days, Gouache on A4 paper Hello, welcome to my new blog. I have tried to run a blog on WordPress half a dozen times and each of them failed after a few weeks. Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with WordPress. I hope this will be that final one. The…