When you’re a parent, it isn’t as easy to just pop out to events as it was before children came along. Quite often you’ll have people chime in “Bring them! It will be fine! We don’t mind!” but you live in terror of your darling little angel doing something dreadfully antisocial but yet completely normal. … Continue reading
We all survived! CJ turned one at the end of last week and we celebrated with an absolutely massive party at what is soon to be our new house. He was a huge fan of his first ever cupcake and the bouncy castle – will have a much bigger post on that later this week. … Continue reading
This past Monday, CJ had his first day at daycare. I’d always said that I would stay home for the first year of his life so even returning to work at eleven months felt like breaking a promise to myself. But the fact remains that we need me to be earning money to achieve the … Continue reading
Yup, just a few short weeks before CJ turns one – I have no earthly idea how this happened! In some ways he seems so grown up and in other ways he’s still my little baby boy… nope, not ready to think of having another one! He’s very lucky to be getting his own teepee … Continue reading
Personal Image – Smiths Beach, Yallingup, WA Those of you who are avid followers of the blog may notice that this post is winging it’s way to you a little bit later than usual. I’d planned my posts for while I was away but felt sure that I would be back and on the ball … Continue reading
alternatively titled “how I struggle to do the ‘right’ thing”. So much has been written over the last few years about the mummy wars – bottle vs. breast, attachment vs. free range, sleep train vs wait it out, working vs. stay at home. You may have even seen the following video doing rounds on social … Continue reading
Aging myself here, but I was in the first generation to grow up with social media being a “thing”. I first made an email penpal (off Teletext – now I’m really dating myself), I had and was an avid user of ICQ and chat rooms then transitioned to MSN Messenger. I had my own Geocities site … Continue reading
One month to go until I have a one year old! I think that Papa M is getting a little concerned at how many people I’ve invited to CJ’s party but we’ve agreed to only do big parties for 1st, 5th and 10th birthdays so I think it’s a good compromise! The biggest thing I’m … Continue reading
If you’re a long-time follower of the blog, you’ll know that elephants play a big role in CJ’s life – from the string of elephants I bought on the holiday he was conceived to his nursery furniture and his favorite toy. It was a given for me that over this summer, we would try and … Continue reading
Sound the alert! We have a toddler in the house! While he’s not quite toddling yet (at least not without assistance), this sassy boy has definitely got the toddler ‘tude. We still love our cheeky wee munchkin though! To celebrate his 10 month birthday we took him to the swimming pools for the first time. … Continue reading
Sweet Mama M 