Hands up if you experience guilt at least once a week. Now hands up if you feel guilty at least once a day. Without actually doing a real life survey I know that there's a very large contingent of readers who feel guilty on a daily basis. BC Before children I honestly rarely felt guilty … Continue reading Guilty
Dear First Time Mama, What an exciting & overwhelming world awaits you. No matter how many times people try to explain it to you, you will not understand until you understand. Your life is literally about to be turned on its head, but it will be ok. Feelings of overwhelming love and an exhaustion you've … Continue reading Dear First Time Mama
There's no handbook for the emotions we experience through motherhood. From one moment to the next the emotions we feel can change and a lot of the time can feel overwhelming. Constantly shifting between wanting your children to stay small but have your own time again is exhausting! Tristan and Grayson are now 6 & … Continue reading The emotions we experience through motherhood
There will be a day when we won't have to tell them to play nicely. When we won't have to answer yet another 'why' question. A day when we won't be woken by calls of 'mommy I need you'. When bedtime will just be for ourselves. When there are no calls after lights out asking … Continue reading There will be a day
Is a midlife crisis a real thing, or does it just conveniently coincide with women in their early/mid-40's trying to figure out 'is this it?' Around aged 40 most women have been married for a few years, got a kid or 2 (possibly still quite young) and doing the same thing day in and day … Continue reading Is this it?
Weekday mornings always seem to pass in a blur of me rushing around trying to get things done but, in the end feeling like I've accomplished nothing. So I've made a list of my daily tasks to try and manage my time better... 9am Drop boys at school 9:15am putting washing in (I aim to … Continue reading My daily tasks
There is so much about pregnancy and childbirth that is kept quiet. Not only the realness of postnatal / postpartum depression which I speak about a lot, but so many other things. If you are newly pregnant or just about to give birth maybe you need to grab a cup of tea and have a … Continue reading Pregnancy and childbirth
Having a third baby has pros & cons. It's weird I'm even writing this blog because, after Tristan I wasn't ever going to have a 2nd child and now look at me! Note: do NOT judge me. I wrote this as a way for me to process my thoughts & feelings on having a third … Continue reading Having a third baby
Friendships is motherhood change from pre-children. Some will remain the same, some you lose and some need a bit of adjusting while others will be brand new. People without children don't get it! They can't be expected to as they've never experienced a sleepless night, engorged breasts, wet beds that need changing in the middle … Continue reading Friendships in motherhood
So I'm a mom to 2 boys; Tristan is 3,5 years old and Grayson is 8 weeks tomorrow. Grayson needs my constant attention and Tristan still needs quite a bit so when do I get 5 minutes to myself? As I type this Grayson is (finally) asleep on my chest after being awake since 7am, … Continue reading When do I get 5 minutes to myself?