3 Baby Shower Presents I Will Always Remember
Brought to you by Nuffnang and Virgin Money Australia It has been over 7 years since I met my first baby and how time flies!! Occasionally I look over to my husband and ask him if he can remember what it was like for us before we had kids and both of us agree it […]
6 Childhood Experiences I Will Never Forget
I wanted to write an article on earliest memories. What frames us as we get older? Do our memories linger and become the framework for how we parent or who we are? I didn’t sit down and write it all out straight away, in fact I gave myself a good week to mull over the […]
Slow Down Mummy
I am currently 4 months into my 3 kids journey and there have certainly been some moments in there haha. Overall it has not been as stressful as I would have imagined but I know the hardest part is yet to come. I don’t know about you but for me mornings are important. I guess […]
44 Questions To Help Spark Conversations With Your Kids
Different parents are good at different things. No, really, you all have something we all wish we could have. Some of you will be good at afterschool outings like park play or bike rides, some of you will consistently read to your kids every night at bed time, some will be clever with lunch box […]
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 […]
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 […]
Top 30 Funniest and Cutest Advice from Kids
Every day our kids have the knack of making us laugh and saying the darnedest things. This is one of the best moments of being a parent or grandparent. Kids just remind us to laugh, be happy and are simply inspiring. When my son was little he asked me why it rained. I told him […]
There Is No Such Thing as a Perfect Parent
I have been running facebook pages mostly for mums for over 3 years now and sadly the culture of judging, attacking, bullying and treating each other really poorly seems to be on the rise or at least has not improved. Friends and family often say to me “I don’t know how you do it”. By […]
School Drop Off at the Gate – What age is ok?
Deciding what age is best to start dropping your child off at the school gate and leaving can be a tricky decision. My eldest daughter started grade 1 this year. Half way through term one I asked her if she wanted me to drop her at the school gate one morning just for fun and […]
HOW WAGGING SCHOOL CHANGED MY LIFE
One of my fondest memories I have growing up was when my mum would let me “skip a day of school” and we would catch the bus together into the city to meet my Aunty Pam (her sister) for lunch. This was something that only ever happened on occasion (maybe twice a year) but it […]