If You Have A Partner That Snores You Want To Read This …
Brought to you by Nuffnang and Omega Pharma Silence Snoring is one of those things that can take me from calm to raging in under half a second lol. There is something about lying there in the middle of the night awake while your partner gets to sleep and is keeping you awake. For me […]
Why It Took Me 6 Years To Accept Being A Mother?
I love reflecting on the past and seeing where I have been and where I am now. I recall about a year ago finally feeling that I had accepted this thing called motherhood. It only took me 6 years lol. I had my first child at 24 which is considered young these days but at […]
Ideas for Keeping Kids Happy on School Holidays
School holidays are well underway in many states and about to begin in others. How do you keep the extra people in the house occupied and happy? We all love our kids but let’s face it, having them around the house all day can still lead to some tension as they unwind the tiredness from […]
Why The Ordinary Mother is Not So Ordinary After All
I’ve had an up and down kind of week. It wasn’t the week I was prepared for that’s for sure, but then again as a Mum it seems I never am. It started with a terrible argument with my best friend. She questioned a parenting choice I had made, I took it personally, I became […]
You Find What You Look For – Changing the way I see my family
Yesterday (Saturday) was a tough day. Nothing too crazy happened but I had a 2 month old who didn’t want to go to sleep properly and a 4 and 6 year old who both for some reason really wanted my attention ALL DAY. By 5pm I was at freaking out point. There is something about […]
How One Small Decision Turned My Evening from A Disaster to a Success
At 5:30pm yesterday afternoon our day was going as normal. Mr 7 weeks old was getting grissly so I was in the bathroom getting ready for our nightly shower (yes we shower our bubbas instead of bath them as I find it easier and more efficient AND they have all loved it AND it means […]
Everyone Else Knows Best – A reminder there is a person and story behind every post
I was struggling today, I felt in over my head. I’m tired and grumpy and I don’t feel like I can enjoy my kids. I am a total loss I’m wondering if I am really cut out for the job. I am afraid of coping every day and starting to have panic attacks. My husband […]
Dealing with Jealously and Rejection From your Kids
For some reason I have never been the jealous type. Never jealous of my husband’s relationship with other women, never jealous of other people’s houses, cars or stuff and never jealous of my kids relationships with their grandparents or other people. Somewhere along the line my parents taught me to be happy with who I […]
Getting Organised In the Mornings
I don’t know about you but whenever ours morning involve rushing, stress and yelling I often find myself driving away after drop off with an awful sickly guilty feeling in the bottom of my stomach. “Hurry up!” “we are gonna be late” “can you move any slower!?” Does any of this sound familiar? Is this […]
I’ve Got A Secret
I’ve got a secret …. can you guess?? YEP we are having another baby!!! FAR OUT don’t quite know what we were thinking hahaha AND I am only 8 weeks pregnant which means yes, I broke the 12 week rule …. you know the one that says you shouldn’t tell anyone until you are 12 […]