I reckon the midwives should give you a book about self care when you leave the hospital with your new bundle of joy. As a new mum you’ll take home about a hundred thousand brochures on breastfeeding, safe sleeping, baby …
Introducing Cranky Mum
So it was while chatting to a friend this morning that I realised – not without some horror – that I am in fact leading a double life.
Thankfully for the majority of time (I hope) I am a loving, …
Not the nine o’clock news
Today’s news was not good. To be honest, watching the news is never a happy affair but the news of another mass shooting in the US was on loop on breakfast TV this morning and the grief, incomprehension and pain …
It’s 5am and we’re awake again
It’s 5.08am. A quick glance at the iPhone tells me this as I’m roused from sleep by a noise outside our bedroom door. From the light in the room it could be midnight, or 3am. It’s pitch black and I …
My Crisis of the Day
Today has been, to put it mildly, challenging.
It didn’t start fantastically when the wailing alarm clock that is our 2 year old woke us up in the pitch blackness of 5.30am and demanded play. A mere 2 hours after …
Nature Play Qld – Come out to play!
A few weeks ago I attended a community forum hosted by Nature Play Qld aimed at reviving neighbourhood play in our community. My aim was to write about the event the next day – I find the longer I leave …
The Power of Positive Parenting – a Triple P guide
A few weeks ago we got a flyer in the mailbox saying there was a free Positive Parenting seminar at one of the local schools to be given by the developer of the program Dr Matthew R. Sanders. I’ve heard …
The Second Baby – what I would do differently
I think it’s really important to be able to laugh at yourself – and this is what I’m doing right now as I sit here with a cup of tea looking back reminiscently at pregnant me just a mere 12 …
Flowers and a life lesson from my toddler
A big thing happened at playgroup this morning. My toddler loves flowers at the moment – although he still can’t say the letter F so it sounds like he wants a shower (his pronunciation of the work sock which kind …
My toddler the drunk
So with it being the festive season I’ve been known to enjoy a wine or two (ok this is actually true for all seasons) and I’ve been pondering of late how much like drunk people toddlers are – here …
