This post is sponsored by Johnson’s Baby, all copy and opinions expressed within are my own. For an expectant parent, the 9 months prior to the arrival of a new baby is one filled with choices. To find out the gender of your most awaited …
My two boys are complete opposites when it comes to brushing their teeth and sticking to a good oral health routine. One will want to brush his teeth every single time he hears someone in the bathroom, whilst the other will ‘forget’ and actually …
I mean he must. There is no other reason why he would be waking every day at 3.50am but to get some buns in the oven, maybe rustle up some mince and cheese pies or get his eclairs ready for the glass cabinet. Lord knows …
Screen time, device time, iPad use, tablet time, TV time – whatever you call it, letting your kids use a screen, be it large or small immediately places a target on your back and immediately opens you up to judgement by Sancti-Mummy’s everywhere. Screen time gets such …
As a mummy of two boys, a mummy blogger that works from home, the wife of an IT Project Manager who also works from home and a self-confessed tech geek, the internet is my jam. It’s both our family’s source of income and one of …
My two boys may eat ALL day long but one thing I don’t worry about is the variety of what they’re eating. From a young age, both Ethan and Nixon took to food like ducks to water and pretty much haven’t stopped eating since lol. …
The 4th trimester is becoming a more common talking point and something that new mums are increasingly being made aware of. Newborns and their mothers do not pop out of the birthing suite ready for lattes, playgroups and power walks with the Mountain Buggy – …
So today whilst Nixon was throwing an almighty tantrum because I wouldn’t let him pick up the dog shit with me (I really am doing this parenting thing all wrong aren’t I?), and I was ruminating on how I was going to create a calm, …
It’s one of the defining catch-cries of modern kids, one that seems to defy age, gender and geographical constraints. Whatever it is that kids are doing and enjoying, they always want 5 more minutes of it. Enough is never enough, ‘done’ infrequently means ‘I’m actually …
Dave returns today from an 11 day work trip and lord that plane can’t get to Auckland soon enough. I find it super hard to parent without Dave as he’s the steady, stable half and I’m the emotionally fractious one who struggles to hold her shit …