To celebrate the end of the fourth trimester, Marigold has started rolling – and squawking and squealing and giggling. I’m not sure how we got here so fast – birth, newborn, six [...]
It’s been a long while since I took stock. Surprisingly, this little thinking/writing exercise helps to ground me. And I need a little of that right now. Spring busyness has me all a whirr [...]
coffee…essential for all school parents It seems that we’re bombarded with bad stories about public education, doesn’t it? Naplan, bullying, dissatisfied teachers, unmotivated [...]
caravan shirt + dylan shorts I’ve been dressing my kids in Nature Baby since 2007. Marigold has just outgrown a sweet pair of grey cotton pants that I was gifted when I was pregnant with [...]
When I was pregnant with Marigold I was intent on spending as little money as possible on baby essentials. Granted, I had a few tubs of hand-me-down clothes ready and waiting, our 10-year-old [...]
Che, my firstborn, celebrated his 10th birthday last week and I (quietly) acknowledged a decade of motherhood. Milestone years are always a catalyst for reflection. Here’s what I’ve [...]
For the past ten years I’ve apologised for my messy house on countless occasions. It’s become such a common part of my repertoire that I spurt it out as though it’s a standard [...]
I am not fine because I’ve just finished Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and now I’m in the funny place between a fabulous read and the next-book-on-the-list and, well, it’s [...]
On one of our final days in Bali last year I was preparing to have a massage and wondered why the masseuse didn’t want me lying on my front. “But you have baby,” she said, [...]
I like intentions better than plans; they definitely suit the unpredictability of motherhood. While I have intended to write here for the past fortnight, it hasn’t come to fruition. The [...]
I’m torn. When my firstborn started school five years ago, I stopped sharing his photos. It’s been one of the best parenting decisions I’ve made because it set very strict [...]
The last of the autumn leaves are clinging and the spring buds are about to burst. I’m definitely ready to fling open the windows and welcome spring. Spring is, naturally, a busy time of [...]
