A new Blog

I have often marvelled at the vast number of parent bloggers out there. Why do so many people pick up the blogging habit when they become parents? Especially since the demands of a little human leave his/her carers little time to scratch their bums, let alone pick up a new hobby.

I figure the main reason is that new parents have this great new project of childrearing to remember and share (and of course, the world's most delightful little being to document). If they are like me they also spend many hours breastfeeding while reading blogs on their phones, and become inspired to blog as well.

I, too, have a delightful little human to care for. She's four months old, likes rattles, hands, toys with eyes and smily mouths, and her favourite thing is surely breastfeeding (as her rapid weight gain since birth attests to). For the purpose of this blog I'll call her K. The other main human involved in her care is my husband, S.

Our lives are pretty normal for a young family in Melbourne. S works full time, I'm looking after K full time (unfortunately with no job to go back to). We live in a tiny house with carpet in the kitchen and bathroom, 30 minutes by bike from the CBD -- having chosen good location/small house over poor location/large house.

The most unusual thing about our family is probably the fact that we are cyclists, and we've gone out of our way to make sure we can share that with K. Hence the title of this blog: Sprogbike. I don't know how common it is to call kids 'sprogs' but I like it. Hopefully I can share some stories of our cycling adventures with you.