Plants

When I studied in Colombia for 2 years, in school I learn about soil and had to maintain our class allotment and decide what to produce of food or display of flowers analyzing the soil colour, components. 

I never noticed how fertile was the soil they had. I never bought a compost or fertilizer, we had cow rotations. I never saw paper poppies, I saw tons of real flowers. We had some mango trees and they produced every 6 months, there were no seasons, there was no winter rest. 

Colombia must be a farmer country, the soil richness they got is very special and many generations will feed and enjoy of it. 

Now, living in England I buy a banana from Africa and then a banana from Colombia; and I can feel the sweet richness of their soil; there is no comparison, I bet is even more nutritious the banana that comes from Colombia. 

Europe has long areas dedicated to grow grapes, the most grateful fruit that can grow in sand and poor nutrients soils; as far as it gets long summer days to the pick energy doesn't get from the roots from the sun. 

But yes, I am aware all that sand comes from ages of over-use of the land without resting nor recovery between one production and another; the dark humus soil is a layer that has been consumed and we had the next sand and the rocks only. 

 My grandparents both were farmers & cow farmers. The later seemed to be a better business. How good? well I know my mother on her 15th birthday, which is the most special of all in Colombia for a girl as is the age the woman raises from the girl - well my mum as birthday present got a young cow. And she sold it, and got enough money to go 1 month holiday in New York, staying in her auntie's house, in the time when fly was a luxury. 

 Any way, the cows were the fertilizer and the money maker, but we were talking about plants.. An even when I am not a farmer I am maintaining plants around me all the time. 

Plants are a special thing in my life I do care to have some around me always, they connect me to earth, they are beauty around me and I like to see then grow. and many people does have plants, but not many engage or gives meaning to them. 

Engage to care, but I don't care of plants that don't work; if they struggle is because my spots or water is not good for them; I let them go in peace and I try another plant, I am not stubborn with them, they decide their own existence and pleases. 

I planted an avocado pip and it did grow 20cm, then died, and I understand it wasn't a place for an avocado tree. I have seen avocado trees, they are tall and spiny and not for a plant pot inside a heated home. So this avocado helped to grow my understanding and acceptance of his circumstances. 

Richard planted a Pachypodium from Madagascar, from eBay seeds, it is a cactus with a palm looking leaves at the top of a long trunk body of spikes; and in 16 years - we have been married 16 years - it grow 1meter, is still growing and is very tall spiky and quite difficult o keep inside a home with kids, but still he has his safe spot where to keep going in my home. 

I am now trying not to have to many spiked plants, they create zones of cautiousness and no penetration at home; having 1 Pachypodium is enough. 

Currently I got Chinese money plants and they keep multiplying, I suppose that is why they were chosen to symbolize money growing. I do separate their new broths and give plant gifts to friends. They symbolize abundance , soo much that is enough even to share. 

 Ferns are quite a thing in my life too. Well they are the oldest and most ferocious survivors throw all ages in our history; they are a symbol of tenacity and capacity to overcome difficulties doesn't matter what. They reproduce with spores, they have no seeds and no flowers; just spores on the leaves. When living in Caracas, in my parents flat, we planted 4 ferns by the dinning room window, and they grow, to cover the view of outside, which was good in this case; my neighbors and us got more privacy. 

The thing is that I came to England and when I went back to visit my parents there, they were no there, none ferns; my mum told me that they died after I left; they missed me to that extent .. I have a fern now, and it grows to huge lion mane size and in 1 year I get a baby and start again. Is the focal point in my dinning table, their tenacity. 

Richard has some flowers which I didn't choose, they are usually not for indoors; most of the years is just green leaves, but then, they do huge amazing red flowers once a year; they have the capacity to amaze us. And amazing is something that needs to happen disperse, otherwise is not amazing, is normal. Yes this flowers are our amaizors. 

 I have Aloe Vera too, is not a pretty plant, but is soo useful; when I burn or sting or have any kind of skin accident, I cut 1 leave and put the clear crystal to heal me and reduce the pain; is great. Is even better if you eat it; but I could devour an Aloe Vera plant in 1 week and it doesn't grow that fast back; that will be like the children's tale when they killed the chicken of the golden eggs.. Aloe Vera is my healer. When I am sick I do smoody with 1 leave -is quite tasteless flavour but gluy texture in the palate, so I prefer to smoody mix it with banana & milk & strawberries - so is definitely not a culinary delicatesse, but it heals and is this plant's gift to help me heal my cells. 

I have a plant named "mother in law's tongue", is the kind named as "Structural plants" by garden designers; well mine is indoor, is smaller. But yes it has a structural vertical shape; its leaves from the floor to the highs, they grow long, straight up, towards the top always; I don't think it talks bad; I think she is the pride. Yes the pride, always facing up, pleased and satisficed of her own achieves, with dignity. Dignity is a goddess word I know, but there is a bit of god on all his creatures, and this plant remind us about its dignity & pried. 

I got a Christmas cactus, who is the last descendant from Richard's parents house plants. He is our ancestor presence. And every Christmas he brings many fuchsia flowers to our place, to contribute to the celebrations and the décor of this special time. I am sure our ancestors will be pleased we do remember and have a place for them in our home, and I am grateful of all they did, because even when this one is not my parent, is my husband's parents and they made possible him, who made possible us, who made possible our kids, and will keep making possible many more broths to come because I hope to have grandchildren and them to keep me in their home .. ups I may need to plant a plant for my rest, I mean for when I die to be kept by the next plant keepers of our home.

Identidad y palabras de etiqueta

Esta semana vi la pelicula de Almodovar sobre linaje familiar "madres paralelas"; esta mal hecha la pelicula, pero dio el mensaje: a Almodovar le pesa la sangre espanola derranada y la historia -mas que el hoy-. Y tambien ayer vi un documental aca de un reportero famoso del BBC que fue abandonado y no tuvo familia y crecio en estas familias de albergue, 2 anos con cada uno; y luego ya adulto, dijo encontro tenia un hermano y lo saco de prision y lo estaba ayudando a rehabilitarse (la verdad sonaba peligroso su hermano, pero el estaba dandose a eso de ayudarlo). El documental fue sobre la importancia de mantener a grupos de hermanos unidos. La mayoria de ninos abandonados en su documental terminaron criminales, y muchos decian se sentian sin identidad, pero tener hermanos -el dio varios casos de ejemplo- hizo diferencia en esto; tenian alguien con un vinculo que los hacia ser buenos y pensar en lo que el otro pensaria y que iban a hacer juntos al dia siguiente. En conclusion un hermano te da identidad, te hace ver a ti mismo como parte de un grupo o un algo mayor y que no eres solo tu. Yo creo en adopcion, yo creo si uno decide tomar a alguien a ser familia eso es fuerte y te da identidad seguro. Tambien, cuando las personas se casan; eso es lo que hacen, consiguen a un completo desconocido y lo hacen familia. Y lo opuesto tambien es posible.. Se nuestro tatara-abuelo decidio desacerse de su familia y no fue for falta de identidad, sino por el contrario exceso de identidad personal; porque no se identificaba con ellos; se cambio el apellido a Guzman, se mudo y ve tu a saber quienes fueron esos - los extermino de nuestro linaje e historia Mr Almodovar, por decision propia. Tambien cuando te nacionalizas, eso pesa, es una decision. No es que soy britanica porque si; es porque lo decidi yo y desde que lo decidi vivo y trabajo por este lugar, es mi hogar. Entiendo cuan britanica soy estara siempre en duda conmigo misma y con el resto aun mas. Pero si hay identidad aun y yo se quien soy, y no es un solo lugar. Ayer fui al pub y un senor me paro y me dijo, de donde eres, te puedo hacer una pregunta; que significa "soy latina", me dijo le pregunto a alguien y ella de describio con una sola palabra y a el le parecio no le dijo nada y ella se molesto. Le dije obviamente para ella era una buena palabra para describirse; la gente asocia ser latino con ser alegre y jovial. Le dije para mi hay gente alegre y jovial en todas partes del mundo; latina por diccionario solo indicaba mi idioma era de origen latin; pero que pesar de haber nacido en el continente de America, se me habia negado el decir que soy Americana porque eso era solo para USA, el resto era latin-america. Y no conocia ninguna persona que dijera soy anglo-americana. Le pregunte si el decia que era "anglosajon" para describirse a si mismo, la gente asocia ser anglosajon con el clima frio y la seriedad, y se rio.

Being a foreigner

I was born in Colombia, but my parents left Colombia when I was 2 years old, then lived in Venezuela until I was 12years old, the lived 3 years in Colombia, then back to Venezuela, and now in England from my 28 to my 46 years old.

I had 10 different schools between primary & secondary because of my parents moving country or just moving area + 1 skipped 1 year school because an administrative mistake, they typed me in 1 year ahead grade school when I moved back to Venezuela. 

I have 3 nationalities: Colombian, Venezuelan & English. 

 I have the flags of them and use them on my door every time there is a football match, even when I loved and I am very grateful of all the good people and time I had on the 3 of them, I don't feel I am a typical person in any of them. I do weird things in all of them without intention. 

For example, I love going to Colombia, but I find hard when people thinks I am rich for leaving outside and I don't have an equal treatment or I am abused. Last time I bought a basket of beer by phone on my uncle shop for Christmas day for example; he came along with the baskets that everybody bought to him. And mine was some very expensive foreign cans whilst everybody else he sold Colombian beer in normal glass bottles. I don't drink at all, but my beer basket was quite expensive and drank first than all the others - for no reason-. 

 Some foreigner things really put me off, some of them I can just laugh at myself. For example, in England, I remember when Richard proposed me to be his partner. I told to him I didn't have any business, I was on holiday! He explained me the thing .. and I told him that it was nice from him but I didn't want a partner any way, I had 28 years old and I was having fun on my own; and found ridiculous to play to be girlfriend with someone I was not really interested in the game. I told him just to keep being friends, I was going to fly away in few months time. I showed to him a photo of my 50 people family in Colombia and I told him one day I would like to find someone to have my own family with, not 50 people but a family of 4, and for that is not a partner what I needed; and that was nothing Richard had in mind at all. 

So we were friends, until one day he told me he wanted to make a family with me, not just being friends. 

 Another anecdote, in England, one day I put Max my 3 years old boy to sleep in the car - as always- he didn't sleep any other way. That day I drove 1 block down, to the B&Q shop close to us. I had a walkie talkie on hand to listen to Max -is better that baby monitors- and when I came out - because of the walkie talkie noise- lots of people was around my car telling me I was a bad mother for letting my boy in the car alone; and a police told me they could call social services and take my son from me for leaving him in the car. I didn't try to explain them that my son wouldn't sleep his siesta any other place but in that car seat and I had some things to sort at home. I was scared. But the police after scare me with taking my son, let me go - I think he saw Max & I were fine each other-. I think those guys woke up Max from his nap; but when I came back and took him from them, he was listening to them quite placid. 

But that day I felt a foreigner as I knew there was not danger to my son but a rule that was meaningless to me. 

 I kind of chose to live with those rules when I moved to England. England has many rules that are above the individual common sense to protect the whole; and they work for the most of the kids not to be abandoned; that has a value that is extremely appreciated by me, so now I do follow those rules as much as I can. If few times I get out just because I didn't know them yet.

 Another sample of foreign me, few weeks ago I offered to bring baked bread for the tea to my office work. And one of the guys there said "be careful with Maria's bread, is from Colombia, it could have drugs" .. and I just stared at him and he got silent; but after so many years working for this guy, .. this guy doesn't know me at all. I think he and most people in that room has taken baked drugs at some point. I was probably the only one in the room that wouldn't. And he was probably talking about himself more than about me. But it does still bother me; why people thinks Colombia has only drugs.

 Unfortunately there is always in Colombia's history 1 drug dealer making enough money to make seem the whole country is his drug farm, but Colombians don't like drugs. There is currently a left party movement to make drugs legal, which no wonder where they got the money from. Drugs cause to "society" and families problems this "socialists" cannot see.. Words and their forgotten meaning. 

 I am no drugadict for being Colombian; I would do campaign anti-drugs. I do wake up at 6AM, homemade arepas or bread, love to exercise and dress nice and I am workaholic; is what most Colombians do. 

I am no rich for being English I do travel a lot because of it, and travelling keeps my budget on the line.

I am not socialist for being Venezuelan; I am scared of the word. When someone label themselves as socialist or left, I wonder what they want of me and I get away of them. 

 Feeling a foreigner has been with me since ever. 

I do like to see the attachment that my kids Emily & Max feel to her locality; but I don't think it will last as we keep traveling and they keep thinking in abroad places.

Simon Bolivar - Netflix series

 Acabo de terminar de ver la serie de Bolivar, 

empezo muy bien la representacion de lo acontecido a estos personajes, a un punto se torno en soup opera, pero el final, la forma este tipo  muere despues de todo lo que hizo por otros, .. hace llorar .. es nuestra corta historia? ..

yo creo es presente repetido una y otra vez.

es viveza y chismorreos y trepar uno encima del otro, sin importar como, sin etica, ni direccion, ni respeto, ni escrupulos, ni memoria. 

Es la historia de como taparse en leyes y procesos para neutralizar el pensamiento de la gente y dedicarse a hundir el uno al otro; es la infractura de un continente.

Da verguenza.

Como el Leopoldo Lopez en Venezuela y el Alvaro Uribe en Colombia ambos amarrados en prision  en este siglo aun.. seguramente esperando a una de estas leyes les decida su destino cmo si eso fuera lo correcto solo porque a algunos se les ocurrio escribir ese procedimiento para sacarlos del camino.

Que forma de vivir y de darse a una causa, y que forma de menospreciar su trabajo por nosotros.

Corona Virus day 07 April 2020

I go for a small jog every morning, and people is doing their social distancing very well in our neighborhood --or I go to early and everybody is sleeping.

Our postman is the same guy as ever, so he is still healthy, and I can wave and see him by the window carrying less packages every day; people is also getting less silly deliveries; and we are getting less advertisement papers too which is good -people is thinking in the postman.

In our daily Raleigh Park round family walk, by the entrance someone has put a note about 10 fluffy toys (villains) to be spot whilst we walk which are nice to spot.
And we haven't mannish to leave gates open at our end as they do at the top end, so that people doesn't have to keep touching gates to open and close .. someone keeps closing them at our end  for some reason.

Our neighbors never talked to us, but yesterday one asked us by the garden if we wanted to have a football table game for Max and we got it and disinfected it .. and is the first time they talk to us this year! which is a nice change.

The other side neighbors are a retired couple, who stopped talking to us because I built a bike shed in the front which obstructed their view of the road -which I cannot undo now, it was a big paid job and is brick made-
well, they are working on the garden all day and also talked to us because we have a badger passing throw our gardens and digging out and eating our tulip bulbs. Hurray for the badger!

"Meatmaster" is the best supplier we can get home delivery around.
But I also have a Tesco collection to pick in a week time at 8PM for paquet supplies .. a friend told me Tesco is doing it in the car park very fast and safe; someone puts 1 cardboard box into your boot and bye.. I haven' done it yet.

We have sorted milk & bread: I bought 2 big 900 grms cans of "Nestle Nido powder milk" in Amazon and we make our jar of milk at home every day; it tastes good.
And Emily has been baking scones, which is our bread and she makes them gluten free.

We are cooking a lot.
The schools were feeding our kids before a big part of the day; and also our work cafeteria was feeding us; but now all our meals are home made.

Everything is possible online, but is too much screen time for all
 .. so Richard has put the trampoline in the garden, and I made up pass the ball games to teach more Spanish to the kids whilst jumping.
Also I have Max into street dance now, and Emily into song quizes with Alexa; is amazing how she knows all those song names; she always plays 2010's songs.

Richard has re-painted all the house walls in white indoors with paint that was left in the loft.

Emily draw a beautiful rainbow and we hanged it in the from door extension side. Walking by the streets seems like none one is inside, now it looks more like there is people inside hoping for the virus to go away soon.

Whatsapp is our phone all day, so I can talk and see my parents and brother daily in their respective countries. And some of my 100 other family members from Colombia more regularly.

I see the 5 PM news only every day in the BBC corona virus review.
But really Facebook has been taking for "news" place .. is difficult to disconnect from reading Facebook

The worst place with the pandemic seems to be Ecuador Guayaquil city, they are not even counting and have to leave the corpses in the streets.. very well organised society.

I hope the virus doesn't reach the little retirement town where my parents are in Colombia, because they travel every month to Bogota city to visit the doctor, there is no much health service local. The virus could exterminate those small towns.

Maria

Colombia en llamas - November 22 2019

Colombia esta en llamas hoy.

¡Su propia gente lo está quemando!
Siempre pensé que el amor al país era extremo en Colombia,
pero ya ven, su propia gente lo está quemando,
Esto es lo que un mal líder los lleva a hacer.

Chávez con su discurso "socialista" destruyó a Venezuela y hoy tristemente su equipo se ha extendido en Suramérica.
Escuchamos noticias ahora en Bolivia, en Ecuador, en Chile, ahora también en Colombia; Todos ellos se están quemando.

Sus líderes repiten el mismo patrón: en nombre de la corrupción y la desigualdad,
elevan al pueblo con ira y división para oponerse al gobierno actual.
Son elegidos por la gente y una vez en el poder, hacen lo que quieren y es difícil deshacerse de dictadores, especialmente si fueron elegidos una vez y pueden decir que fueron elegidos democráticamente.

La corrupción y las desigualdades se vuelven más centralizadas en torno a este lider y sus cercanos; y para la gente: no hay trabajo, no hay comida, no hay medicinas, no hay libertades, no hay seguridad; todo comienza a ser difícil de encontrar; pero siguen dando regalos para hacerles sentir que están haciendo todo por ellos.

Sí, "les rompen las piernas, les regalan muletas y luego los convencen de que gracias a ellos pueden caminar".

Hoy estoy triste, la corrupción y la desigualdad están en todas partes, este grupo seguirá hablando y atrayendo a la gente a su agujero.

Abre los ojos, este grupo no tiene una solución para la corrupción y la desigualdad, pero puede destruir la unión de las naciones, tus libertades básicas y la vida pacífica que disfrutas hoy.

Dile no a Petro.

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Colombia is burning down today.
Their own people are burning it !

I always thought love for their own country was extreme in Colombia,
but you see, .. their own people are burning it,
that is what a bad leader takes them to do.

Chavez with his "socialist" talk destroyed Venezuela and his team has spread out in South America sadly.
We heard news now in Bolivia, in Ecuador, in Chile, now also in Colombia; all of them are burning down.

Their leaders repeat the same pattern: in the name of corruption and inequality,
they raise the people in anger and division to oppose to the current government.
They get elected by people and once in power, they do what they want, and dictators are difficult to get rid of, especially if they were elected once and they can say they were elected democratically.

The corruption and inequalities become more centralized around this single person and his close acquaintances; for the people: no jobs, no food, no medicines, no freedoms, no safety, all starts to be difficult to find; but they keep giving freebies to make them feel they are doing everything for them.

Yes, "they break their legs, they give them crutches and then convince them they should be grateful for their support."

I am sad today, corruption and inequality are everywhere, this group will keep talking and attracting people into their hole.

Open your eyes, this group doesn't have a solution for corruption and inequality,
but they can destroy the union of nations, your basic freedoms and the peaceful life you enjoy today.

Say no to Petro.

New Baby shopping list

What I really need to buy to prepare to have my new baby?

It is a real list I did time ago for a friend, and I would like to share with any new mother. 
It is quite a good and comprehensive list as I wrote it just after my first kid experience.
Here you are,

Delivery days:

-1 packet of black panties for after delivery bleeding time (is like a very hard menstruation) http://www.mothercare.com/Blooming-Marvellous-Maternity-Mini-Briefs--5-Pack/LK2034,default,pd.html?dwvar_LK2034_color=Black
-2 packets of maternity towels (they are thicker) http://www.mothercare.com/Mothercare-Maternity-Towels-With-Wings-And-Aloe-Vera--24-Pack/382357,default,pd.html
-2 night blouse-dress for the delivery day, with front buttons for breast feeding.
-shampoo, soap, the first shower after delivery is a great rest
-hair brush, hair tie, make up .. to go out of the hospital some pretty
-Vaseline: apply it in your nipples since now. to make strong the nipple skin. No problem if the baby soaks some Vaseline from the nipple. Find a video in youtube about how to breasthfeed-hold the baby, open his mouth big .. babies don't know how to get the milk out, they have to learn it in short time. That is why they loose weight the first days, and that is why many women develop mastitis if the baby doesn't extract the milk after several days trying (the milk gets off inside the breast and infects) .. that is why is good to have formula milk handy.

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Changing nappies:

-bottom cream, always put it on to protect the skin  http://www.mothercare.com/Sudocrem-250g/295021,default,pd.html#q=sudocream
-1 bag of disposable nappies for new born size http://www.mothercare.com/Huggies-Newborn-Size-1-Nappies-27-Pack--%284-11lbs/2-5kg%29/529182,default,pd.html. If you use disposable nappies you just need to change when pupu, or when the nappy gets too heavy of pi. Pipi doesn't irritate at all; pupu must be cleaned immediately because puts the skin red and sore immediately.
-plastic bags to put the nappies in.
-1 packet of wet baby tissues http://www.mothercare.com/baby-wipes/babycare_nappy_wipes,default,sc.html
-1 change mat, or some plastic mattress where to put the baby and change the nappy http://www.mothercare.com/Mothercare-Happy-Town-Change-Mat-and-Liner/528443,default,pd.html

A place where to change nappies: needs to be at a table height, needs to have something soft where to lay the baby and some plastic cover in case the pupu squeezes out and you need to clean the surface, also
You can put a big bagged bin outside the house just by outside the window where to throw away nappies and don't feel the smell in the house.
Also you need close a laundry bag to store the dirty clothes and the baby clothes handy for picking.



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Hot weather:
-baby sun block http://www.mothercare.com/Bepanthen-Baby-Sun-cream-50-SPF-75ml/495910,default,pd.html
-1 fabric soft hat
-1 fan. Babies don't sweet or shake, their body temperature doesn't self-regulate. I think 19 degrees is the ideal for a baby room.

Cold weather:
-3 wrapping blankets (if 1 gets vomited you have another clean)

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Baby scratches:
-mittens, the nails of a baby are very sharp, he can scratch all his face easy
-paper nail file: to cut the baby nails

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Shower:
My daughter didn't like bathing, she liked showers .. so one of us holded her in the shoulder and the other pass her in and out
- thick towel to dry easy
- Shampoo-soup, used this: http://www.mothercare.com/Johnson%27s%C2%AE-Baby-Top-To-Toe-Wash--500ml/287911,default,pd; but the first days just water.
- if you do bath, some moms put Johnson’s baby oil in the water

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Feeding:

- 1 big rectangle pillow, I carried the baby over the pillow everywhere in the house. A normal big pillow helps reaching your breast height without bending your back or having bad positions to your back.
- 1 baby bottle (250ml to start) (for formula milk or for water). Some doctors told me to avoid to give the baby water so she will eat more milk that is equally liquid and more nutritive; but in hot weather you may need to give water. http://www.mothercare.com/Philips-Avent-Durable-Anti-Colic-260ml-Bottles---2-Pack/279544,default,pd.html
- 1 pot of baby formula milk (just in case, even if you have decided to just breast feed, have 1 pot in case of emergencies if the breast fails you will have food). http://www.mothercare.com/Aptamil-Comfort-From-Birth---900G/933992,default,pd.html
- 1 microwave sterilizer. You put in this the bottle or the dummy and in 1 min is sterilized. Babies have no body defense to microbes like us. It is like a big plastic plate with lid: http://www.mothercare.com/Innosense%C2%AE-Microwave-Steriliser/452863,default,pd.html#avtc=fb725a730fc912eae03f198a6508f71a

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For sleeping:

-2 waterproof sheets: http://www.mothercare.com/Fitted-Waterproof-Mattress-Protector/LM8385,default,pd.html
-wrapping blanket or cover
-1 pacifier: a dummy just in case the baby needs it to settle down to sleep; some babies do need it.
Nothing around to distract, not toys, not music.. So the baby can sleep
-a small bed or basket with mattress close to your bed. Or in your bed if you are not someone that turns lots in bed so than can fall sleep over the baby by mistake, lots of people said it was a mistake, but I did it to have some further sleep; however with a baby in your arms you won't ever sleep properly deep, an unconscious bit of you keeps checking all the night if the baby is ok.
I had a basket, but Emily grow and it was not suitable after 3 months.
-a comfy sofa where to sit and breast feed, in good posture position for your back, and without danger of falling the baby if you are semi-asleep.
The sofa must be close to the changing nappy place. Because after feeding there is always a pu.

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Medicines:
-infacol for colics
-paracetamol for pains and temperatures
- thermometer
-1 syringe (use it to give the medicines easy)

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Teeth (3+ months)
- 1 teeth gel http://www.mothercare.com/Calgel-Teething-Gel-10G/433330,default,pd.html
- 1 teeth toy http://www.mothercare.com/Mothercare-Teether-Set---3-Pack/264066,default,pd.html#q=teething

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Clothes:
7 baby suits (~pyjamas) with buttons in front.. Don’t get size 0 more than 1, it is only usable for the 1st week, then they grow. They usually get dirty only if the pupu squeezes out or with milk vomit (white)
-muslim cloth for cleaning milk vomit


Toys:
Babies don't play at all before 3 months, so no need of toys.
If you want to stimulate the baby, black-white images, soft music, cuddling his finger or tummy, a bath, talking to him so he recognizes your  voice, a push chair trip and feeling the air and the trees sounds, .. are enough discovery.

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Travelling:
-push chair (new born  go horizontal, after 3 months they go semi sit position)
-car sit
-1 big light bag for you to carry staff. Lots of staff.