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So I had wine and I am very tired and so I am a bit tipsy but I saw the Tarzan movie so I thought I’d give my honest review. Excuse typos because you know, wines. Ok so I don’t know what the plot is or who is
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The Lighthouse is on Saturday 2 July and we are really excited about it! We have sold out – we did that in about a day. There is also a long waitlist. But if you missed out, I... Read More
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My day started at 4am today because my three year old thinks his insides are coming out when he vomits and he caught that bug that is going around so I woke to vomiting and screaming and he was just... Read More
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I have been sent many strange things over the past year. I’ve had many offers of strange things. People send me very strange emails. But getting a jar full of ashes is my weirdest thing. I received a... Read More
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I don't know if anyone has explained to you how growing works but one day your baby is going to be an adult. I found this out from a shared poem on Facebook. I'm really glad I discovered it because this whole time that my kids
Guest posts
I am grateful to share a post today by the incredible Dr Jess Berentson-Shaw who is a researcher and writer at the Morgan Foundation. This post was originally published on the Morgan Foundation website. I'm publishing this post because I can't write it. If I were
Podcasts
Kia ora! Holly Walker and I are super excited to bring to you the very first episode of our monthly podcast - Dear Mamas. This first episode is just kind of an intro into what we are all about - we introduce ourselves, and then talk about a lot of
Love
One of my favourite things to do is imagine who my boys will grow up to be. Will they be bogans? Or hippies? Will they stay up late reading by torchlight like I did? Or will they ignore all books like their father? Will they be outdoorsy like him? Or
The hard stuff
It’s a strange little struggle when the way you want to parent, or the way you thought you would parent, interferes with what you just have to do to get by. I say little because – look, sometimes you just have to get on with it don’t you? But
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TRIGGER WARNING: This post discusses sexual assault. I barely drink these days. With no sleep and breastfeeding around the clock it's just not an option for me. I know few parents who drink heavily because really, who wants to look after kids when they're hung-over? But
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One thing I've tried to reject since the moment I became a parent three years ago, is the concept that I am in competition with any other mum or dad. This idea that there are perfect parents out there is bullshit, but we all keep chasing that dream
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As I rocked (quite vigorously I must say) my baby to sleep and attempted again to get the dummy into his mouth I thought to myself "Ughh I can't wait till he is older and we are through with this shitty stage". I thought the same