As I lay awake staring in to the dark at 3am Sunday morning, I began my usual routine of ‘thinking’. You know, about ‘things’. All of the THINGS. This can range from a sudden urgency to confirm when the Library books are due back, to the expiration date of the milk in the fridge, to…
Baby Banter
MILK AND MAYHEM
This photo was taken 100 years ago. I remember that jumper. I wore it home from the hospital and I loved its colour. It ended up smelling like milk, stained and stretched from kids pulling at it. I look exhausted because I was. The photo is slightly blurred. Probably because my husband was also completely…
FINDING ‘ME’ AGAIN AFTER MY BABIES
I was AMAZON WOMAN. Hear me ROAR! I was expecting a red carpet departure, a royal throne to lounge about on and a lifetime supply of hand fed grapes. Get this. I had just given BIRTH, people. Out my very own bits; there were (many, many, MANY) stitches, quite an unexpected dose of trauma and…
MOTHERS’ GROUP SCOOP : What you really need to know
MOTHERS’ GROUP SCOOP : What you really need to know I loved my Mothers’ Group. It was an essential life line right when the euphoria had started to wear off and I was left day in day out with a tiny human attached to me. I made some lifelong friends and it was reassuring to…
DID I STOP? No; I just strolled by…
COMMUNITY SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Please take note : Never, NEVER stop a parent on a mission in a shopping centre with a stroller. For your own safety, let me share something with you. Step the hell aside. FAST. To all you tin rattlers, pop up store owners, restaurant spruikers, whimsical window shoppers; whatever you may be, clear…
JUST HANGING IN THERE
Just like a beautiful butterfly emerges from the cocoon, a mummy is born the moment your new baby is lovingly placed in your arms….. Really? Who comes up with this stuff? I get the cocoon part. When I was pregnant with my first child, I wrapped myself in cotton wool. In the early months (8…
MILESTONES WE DON’T MENTION ON FACEBOOK
Will you ever forget the moment they placed your baby in your arms? Did you capture your baby’s first steps on video? Can you remember their adorable little first word? Whilst these are all beautiful moments, I have a few more to add to the list. These are the ones that you don’t read about…
TMI?
Stitches? Hours of labour? Complications? Is it necessary to share with the world, literally, the ins and outs? Have you discussed your labour with a complete stranger? In minute blow by blow details? Does anyone know how that little firecracker was conceived? Did you go there? Have you been on the receiving end of this?…
WHY I CRIED WATCHING ‘OFFSPRING’
The day I became a mother was not the happiest day of my life. It just wasn’t at all like how I imagined. When I watched Offspring last week and Nina, the slightly wacky but lovable obstetrician had to hit the panic button when a delivery did not go as planned, I found myself in…
EYES WIDE OPEN
The kids are sleeping. And I am awake. Could it be? Is it happening? If I actually speak it out loud, will it all unravel? (Well, that’s OK; got ’em on a technicality as I am actually only writing this, right?) Touch wood and all that; but, mate, I will lie myself plank style on…
