When you’re looking after a little person, you’ve always got stories. Not a day goes by without something story-worthy happening, and that’s probably partly because the way the little people see the world around them – with constant joy and wonder – is the way we mums see them. Their amazement at watching a worm [...]
I think back to the first weeks at Mother’s Group where we would sit in a circle and the sessions would be led by the Maternal Health Nurse. We would each have to talk about our week in turn; the highlights and the low moments and anything else worth mentioning.
For some of us this was [...]
As a mother there are a few things that you really look forward to. I love my kids but nap times, going out without kids and sleeping in would be close to the top of my list. This week I managed to get all of the above thanks to the kids having a little holiday [...]
The ‘glam’ life as a mother continues as I now have what could only be called ‘extreme nausea’ in my second pregnancy.
This was planned, I knew what I was in for, and I feel incredibly blessed to be carrying our second child -but morning, afternoon, evening and all night sickness was not what I signed [...]
I’m starting to get big which should come as no surprise considering that I am due at the end of the year but at the moment I seem to be expanding daily. I’m like a cat with cut whiskers, I have no comprehension of how big I am and am constantly knocking my belly into [...]
When I was pregnant I was surprised at how many mothers were unable to recall what early motherhood was like. I thought they were simple things I was requesting information about; like how many times they were milk fed a day, when they started solids, when they introduced certain foods, how many times they woke [...]
There are a few things that I feel, as a mother, it is my duty to at least attempt, a birthday cake is one of them. I didn’t try to be too ambitious, I was aiming for a simple sponge with green icing, at Wrigglebot’s request. Squirm was in bed so Wrigglebot and I got [...]
I knew that being a mother was not going to be a glamorous life to lead – unless I happened to be a celebrity with several nannies in tow. I guess I never realised how completely ‘un-glamorous’ the life of a mother is though.
Take the last 15 hours for example…
I spend the night listening to [...]
Growing up I had a secret ambition to be a sports commentator, cricket in particular. What could be better than travelling all around the world watching sport and pretending to be an expert on it? Unfortunately I don’t have a penis and so that ambition fell by the wayside and life progressed. To my surprise [...]
Wrigglebot has discovered a Big Bird puppet that used to be Husband’s. I thought he would just play with it for an hour or so and then be over it. Not to be. Not only did he insist that I have it on my hand the entire day, he would talk to Big Bird, read [...]