Parenting with depression
Just like any self respecting toddler Abi loves to make mess. She loves splashing up a storm at bath time, spending bubbles flying to the other end of the room, she’ll draw on anything that stays still and tip out everything you’re not quick enough to relieve from her steely grip. Since we’ve been home [...]
Disclaimer I received an Appitivity Case in order to do this review They might not know it yet, but my kids are growing up geek. At four and eighteen months all the geeky, technological things in their lives are just…normal. They can’t even fathom a world without gadgets, apps and computers. I was recently given [...]
A few days ago Mum’s Business posted a Facebook status asking people’s opinions on harnesses for children. As a parent who has and probably will again use a harness for her children I was pleased to see that the vast majority of people responding said that they either use or agree with their use. Harnesses [...]
At the end of March Erin turns 5. She should be starting prep next year too, but she won’t be for a very simple reason. She’s not ready. It’s a simple answer that has taken an incredible amount of agonising thought to come to. Those three words don’t seem to adequately explain the full depth [...]
I’ve never shared these photos before. Not for any particular reason for that though. At any rate this is the day my Abigail was born. Aren’t newborns funny looking people? The first thing I saw when she was handed to me was the funny ball on the tip of her nose, I thought “God I [...]
She’s four this year and very smart. Smart but fragile, fragile and small. “My friends called me a baby mum” she said, mouth pulled thin, turned down at the edges, “I’m not a baby, I’m a big girl”. A year older than the other kids in her class–her friends–she’s definitely not a baby, just little. [...]
I’m standing in the kitchen amid a mess of dishes and empty food wrappers–because who should expect people to find the bin? Especially when it’s right there at the door–stirring a pot. “What are you cooking this time?” says a small but exasperated voice. “What would you like me to be cooking?” I reply. “Porridge” [...]
A few days ago Kirri White posted this photo in her Facebook stream. Having a four year old of my own I know only too well how many questions she’s capable of asking and, believe me, it feels like a lot more than 437. Today, just for a bit of fun, I thought I’d get [...]
One thing I like about blogging and this blog in particular is that, without a specific niche it is an ever evolving entity, just like me. This has it’s downfalls too. I’ll probably never be asked to contribute to big brand blogs despite my desire to write for them, but maybe that’s okay. And by [...]
This weekend just past Nanu (my mother) gave Erin her old camera. The daughter of two…well geeks, she’s seen the advantages of digital photography and has been hankering to have a go. For a while now it’s been something we’ve put on the back burner, not wanting to spend a fortune on something she’ll most [...]
