Ask any Mumma who has given birth how they view their midwife and you are sure to get a range of emotive responses. It is, after all, a highly emotive time in anyone's life! I for one felt nothing but supported, loved and cared for by our wonderful midwife! And I am saddened that she no longer works in this role and when it is time for us to grow our ...
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Ladies, do you remember before you were a Mumma? Before you had a little human needing your attention 24 hours each and every day? Remember what it was like to just be you and your man? Sometimes I find that I forget, I get so into the grind of life with our little human that I forget that I am not just a Mumma, I am so much more! Don’t get ...
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You got this Mumma, you got this Mumma... I repeat this over and over in my head as we're sitting in the waiting room at Starship Children's Hospital waiting to see the cardiologist to attach a Holter Monitor to our precious 2 year old..... You got this Mumma! You can keep it together, you can stay strong, you can fake confidence, you can smile, you can hide the worry in ...
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Your toddler isn’t GIVING you a hard time, your toddler is HAVING a hard time… As a parent, you will be familiar with the monikers “terrible two’s” or “threenager” or “toddler temper tantrum”… they are all very familiar words! This week I was hit with a timely reminder as I struggled with a “terrible two toddler temper tantrum” one night on my own while Hubby was at work that (majority of ...
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You know when you hear a song sometimes, and the lyrics just make you think? Or you swear the lyrics could be about you and your life? As I was driving home one day from work this week a song came on that really made me start thinking about how I want to adapt this kind of thinking to my life as a Mumma. Cheesy I know! Maybe it was that ...
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Husbands... Listen up! Ladies... send this link to your hubby! Your wife right there, she does want your help. Believe me. She definitely does! She just doesn’t want to have to ask for that help, or she doesn’t know how to ask for that help. It’s not even specific tasks she wants your help with. That doesn’t mean that she wouldn’t stop you from washing the dishes, doing the washing, mowing the lawns, taking ...
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You know who I mean. She is who you think you need to be, the epitome of perfect in your eyes and everything about her makes you want to throw up.... the relentless questioning of yourself, am I doing a good job when she seems to have it all together and I’m not even close? Why are her kids sitting nicely in the supermarket trolley and mine is currently trying ...
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This is a real #mumlife post... When you’re a working Mumma, there is one thing that pops up on your phone that is sure to fill your heart with dread... your child’s school/preschool/daycare/kindy (wherever they are when they are not with you) calling you! That is never good. Now if you’re a seasoned Mumma like me who has a daredevil child, this starts becoming a semi regular gig so when Tatum’s ...
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Before you become a parent you have all the time in the world. You don’t see it, however, until you become a parent. All of a sudden your “free time” seems to diminish without you even realising it until one day you wake up and realise just how much you need a break. A break from your everyday reality. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love being a Mumma, and I ...
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