There’s a lot of contention in the mommy community. Breast-feeders vs bottle-feeders. C-sectioners vs natural-birthers. But perhaps the biggest chasm, and the one we tend to get tense about, is:…
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About 5 years ago I took my daughter to a park. She was unusually clean (it was 3pm on a Sunday), beautifully dressed and without her dummy. So it was a magnificent…
I almost said No. Write an article on ‘how to keep romance alive with kids around’? Me? Oy. I asked my husband (vaguely hoping he’d agree to write the article),…
As a mom, I’m always juggling multiple balls. Stress ball. Stabiliser ball. Beach ball. Tennis ball. Ha ha. But seriously, I can’t think of any time in my life that’s…
We spend WHAT on our kid?!? In response to last month’s article on grocery spend, I was referred to a website called ‘Free Our Kids – The toddler and me…
‘Yikes!’ My husband stared at his (colour-coded) spreadsheet in horror, shocked at what we averaged last year in monthly grocery spend. For us, ‘groceries’ includes consumables like nappies, household products,…
