Why? Why did I resolve to write this piece whilst sitting at the St Kilda beach watching all the skinny girls run past with their matching Boxing Day Sale Lorna Jane outfits? Ah well; despite my normal annual resolutions NOT to make resolutions, here goes nothing…. 2016 is the year I will : Have no…
MY CHRISTMAS ‘WRAP-UP’
With the risk of sending you blindly screaming from this blog with cold sweat prickling your spine, I cannot let the holiday go past without sharing a little of my ‘choice’ observations with you. Let us begin with the Christmas shopping, shall we…. If you are that smug mummy who had shopped, wrapped and stored…
FROM MINE TO YOURS xx
JINGLING MY BELLS
My two year old daughter shone centre stage this afternoon as she belted out Jingle Bells like a pro. It’s just that…well…you see, it wasn’t exactly her concert. It was her brother’s 3 year old kinder break up, but she wasn’t stepping aside for anyone! And so another year is drawing to a close, but…
THINKING NYE YET???
So….only 10 sleeps till Christmas. Don’t shoot the messenger, but do you realise that means that it is only 16 sleeps until New Years Eve? Are you ready? So….here’s what I’m thinking….. If you are clever, you could book your special person seats to celebrate NYE at The Melba Restaurant, located at The Langham Hotel,…
THE 5 STAGES OF GASTRO
A couple of nights ago, I lay cramped on the old cot mattress for the second night running on vomit watch. No. I could no longer hold on to the hope that it was something she ate. Yes. Gastro was beginning its wild path of destruction through our house. I shifted my legs trying to discover a clearly unattainable…
LAPPING IT UP AT THE LANGHAM
Click here to check out the oh so lovely Langham Hotel Once upon a time, back in 2013, CinderAnna was elbow deep in nappies, toddler tantrums and Wiggles songs. Residing in the Melbourne ‘burbs, she was also hugely pregnant, exhausted and wildly fantasising about a full nights sleep, a hot meal that she didn’t have…
GERIATRIC HIGH RISK : IS THERE EVER A ‘RIGHT’ TIME?
When I had my first baby, I discovered my paperwork was stamped with ‘geriatric’ mother. With my second, I had graduated to a ‘geriatric, high risk’ mother. Well; isn’t that just a little blow to your glow! I will pay ‘high risk’. I had experienced a retained placenta with my first baby (which can occur…
MOTHERS GROUP : BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Mothers group was a life-raft. In the early months after baby, I gripped it tightly with both hands when I felt myself sinking. Sure; the original ‘classes’ at the Maternal Health Centre were invaluable, but after my son projectile pooed (oh Lordy YES) all over the nurse on an initial home visit (cream slacks; what…
WIN A GROCLOCK & GROEGG OF YOUR OWN ($109.90 IN VALUE)
THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE…… Please note…. 1. Open to Australian residents only 2. Competition starts on Wednesday, Nov 25th, and closes on Wednesday, Dec 9th at 9am. (AEDT) 3.Enter as many times as you like (either on this blog post or via my Mummy Muckups page on Facebook). Would also love it if you wanted to…