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
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
There was nothing I wanted more in life than to be a mom, it was my life’s goal; and so naturally from the minute my little boy arrived, I embraced every moment. Nothing was an issue…not the fact that my birth plan went out the window on the day that he was born - he … Continue reading PND series: WHAT BIG EYES YOU HAVE…all the better to see you with!
Today when I dropped Tristan off at the gym creche so I could do my workout, he had a complete meltdown and I (eventually) went to do my workout but felt really saddened by his reaction to my leaving. This is our separation anxiety story. Tristan is coming to the end of a 3 week … Continue reading Separation anxiety
Those first few months, ok more like 10 or 11 months, with a new baby are really, really tough! The reality of a newborn. It's all brand new to you (if you're a first time mom), you're permanently exhausted (which is torture in itself) from feeding through the night, waking early in the morning (why do … Continue reading Let’s talk reality of a newborn, no sugarcoating!
So when Tristan was small (like up until age 1) I was strict with regards to his daily routine and although I am now certainly way more flexible about it than I was then, I am still kinda strict about it. It just works for me and for Tristan. Kids like routine. Routine Our day … Continue reading Our (current) routine
Let's start at the beginning; on Saturday (16th) Tristan woke with a bit of a cough and runny nose. I gave him so Dimetapp & Calpol and he seemed fine, until Monday! On Monday he woke with a very runny nose and a cough so I kept him home from school. That night was rough, … Continue reading A toddlers health
Tristan's birth story. I think it's important to capture this because I was very fortunate to have had such a good, actually great, experience when Tristan was born. My wonderful gynae had mentally prepped me very well for what would happen that day. He talked me through everything, ever last detail and timing and it … Continue reading Tristan’s birth story
Tristan is currently (almost) 2,5 years old and it occurred to me that, as a stay at home mom (SAHM) has a mental life cycle! Yes, really! So this post will have to have more parts as he grows up, but here's part 1. The mental life cycle of a SAHM Newborn stage (0 - 3 … Continue reading The mental life cycle of a SAHM