When she was little my child was a classic ‘picky eater.’ At around two and a half years old she suddenly started ‘going off’ food she’d previously eaten, so did her sister, and her little brother at the same age. All of a sudden the children who used to eat a huge variety of healthy […]
Ten Things I Know about Parenting Right Now.
This is a photo of my four, awesome children. They are currently aged 5, 8, 12 and 12 (that is not a typo, the girl ones are twins). And these are the things I know about parenting right now, in this moment…. 1. If all your kids have shoes on both their feet five minutes […]
Dear Mum of Twin Babies… It Gets Better.
Dear Mum of twin babies, I see you. I see you searching for the twin trolley at the supermarket, and I see the defeat in your eyes when you spy it being pushed by a woman cradling her precious loaves of bread where you need to put your babies. I see you cringe when someone […]
Eight Awesome Podcasts for Parents
Ever since my very lovely mobile phone company decided they should gift with me with some extra data I’ve been podcast obsessed. I can’t hang the laundry unless I have a decent podcast to list to, and I have started making up excused to drive somewhere on my own so I can crank out another […]
Little Things that have Made a Big Difference.
Sometimes it’s just a simple phrase, or a small idea, but it leaps off my screen and hits me right between the eyes! Sometimes it nags at me quietly for weeks before I realise how important it is. Sometimes it seems like a little thing, but little things can make a big difference. Here are […]
Ten Things I Want My Tweens to Know About Social Media
My girls are 12 years old, according to facebook’s rules they are almost old enough for a facebook account. While my girls don’t have facebook, since the start of the year they have had an account on another social media platform, and they use email and other services for school. Social media is becoming part […]
It’s Ok to be Angry.
It’s ok to be angry. As a parent, you are allowed to be angry. In fact , it’s probably good for your kids to see you get angry from time to time. It’s how you behave when you are angry that matters. Ranting and raving and screeching is probably not the best way to express […]
Why You Should Hug Your Kids When They Are Being Horrible.
I am fed up. I am totally over all the outbursts, and the defiance, and the ‘you can’t make me’, and the slammed doors. Right now I really want to drag him back out here by his shirt and force him to pick up that damn pair of shoes and just put the freaking things […]
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