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Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day! May you be loved and appreciated every day of your life! My day started with Patrick getting up at 7am and by 9am he had prepared 2 roasts and put them in the oven, made me a 3 course breakfast and a smoothie, done the dishes, organised Evie’s breakfast and then taken…

FEAR

There are many fears that different people have. Spiders. Snakes. Heights. In the common use of the word, if you were asked what fears you had, you might say one of the above. But the fears that we don’t talk about so much are the ones that unfortunately make the world go round. Many peoples…

My breastfeeding journey

I have struggled with breastfeeding for 17 months. I found it harder than giving birth. In fact, I have found it harder than anything I have ever done before in my life. And yet I feel proud for having been able to breastfeed my daughter and for giving her the best start to life that…

Really?

For those of you who follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you would have seen that the Australian Best Blogs competition has been running over the past month or so. Much to my amazement, I became a finalist in the Parenting category. Image source And today all of the winners were announced and I was…

Sometimes you just have to say NO

I know there are many interesting discussions around disciplining children and when/whether to say no. That’s not what this is about. This is about saying no for yourself. Since she was born, I have always wanted to spend my time with Evie. I did not wanted to use childcare or regular babysitting before she was…