Yesterday I had to ask a complete stranger to back my car out of the supermarket car spot because someone parked too close to the driver’s side. I did wait quite some time firstly for the owner of the hotted up ute to return to his car – no luck. And I did consider the [...]
Milla has had not one ounce of separation anxiety in her short 19 months. Other mothers tell me that I should be incredibly grateful, and I did witness my sister go through turmoil when her first born had a shocking case of it – her child was permanently attached to her leg for a good [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]