I often feel like a broken record because when people ask me how I am my automatic response is always ‘tired’ and that’s because I feel tired most of the time. I remember after I had Squirm, so two children, I was so continuously tired that I went to the doctor to see if something [...]
Wrigglebot: Mum come help me go to do wees. Me: No, you can do it by yourself. W: Help, help, oh no! Mummy I had troubles. Me: What troubles? W: I couldn’t get my pants done and did wees in my pants and undies. Adults don’t have troubles. Me: Really? W: Yes only kids, boys [...]
This is a photo of Milla after scoffing a bowl of yummy spaghetti bolognaise (my mum’s recipe of course). The photo brought back some simple but warm childhood memories for me. Remember happily playing and hearing the words, “Dinner’s Ready!”? Remember sitting up at the table and being presented with your meal of which you [...]
Last weekend I turned 21…oh, alright 31. Anyway, I usually dread the day and find myself heavily contemplating life and re-assessing my goals. This time it was different and for the first time in many years I loved my birthday! Milla was the reason. She caused me to happily reminisce about birthdays – blowing out [...]
The so-called ‘terrible twos’ have hit our household. I thought this would be something I could deal with quite well – I mean, if I can command the attention and successfully discipline 60 odd school children at one time, surely I can deal with one little, almost two year old girl, right? Wrong. I find [...]
This is why I get the ‘mother of the year’ award once again. I watched while my three year old son convinced my two year old daughter to lie down on the tiles while he jumped over her. It was like watching a stuntman, I was transfixed by the drama, the risk of injury. I [...]
Being a mum involves every minute of my day. Either the kids are with me wishing I was an octopus (they have eight arms), or I am cleaning up after them or sleeping. I’m not complaining, I quite enjoy being needed, I finally have the popularity that everyone thinks they want in high school. Sometimes [...]
Being a mother of two is certainly a juggling act and I have discovered I don’t juggle so well some days. I often find myself still in my pyjamas at 10:30am with a cold cup of tea sitting on the bench. Milla has found pleasure in running away and starting a game of chase when [...]
So at the start of this year I knew it was going to be a hard one. With three kids three and under, including a newborn, I was quite certain that this year would probably be the hardest so far. And so I feel a slight sense of achievement that I’m six months in and [...]
Sorry if I had you concerned, I haven’t been on morphine for this long. Life has just become ridiculously busy. Just when you think you couldn’t possibly fit more into your day, baby number two arrives and you are right back at the bottom of the pile, scrounging to get back on top of it [...]