Posts Tagged ‘Baby’
Snarfle is One: Celebrating Baby, Motherhood and Work
I've been a mother for a year now, and my life creating Amelia's Magazine has irrevocably changed. I wouldn't change it for the world... featuring lots of beautiful illustrations
Written by Amelia Gregory

Snarfle by Kirbi Fagan.
A few weeks ago my baby Snarfle celebrated his first birthday, so now seems like a good opportunity to look back on my first year as a mum running this website: after all Amelia's Magazine has always reflected what is happening in my life.

Snarfle's Sheep Cake modelled on one of his favourite fluffy toys, by Claire Kearns.
I know it's the biggest cliche of all, but nothing, nothing, can prepare you for becoming a parent. So when I was pregnant I made a big effort to prepare only for the birth, imagining that I would follow my instincts like every other mother down the millennia and everything beyond would just fall into place somehow. Sink or swim, right? I read nothing about parenting and bought the bare… read more