I bring you again a topic close to my heart, or more accurately my head; Baby brain. It seems I am destined to suffer immeasurable vagueness and memory loss way past the time...
Thursday, 11 August 2011
Tuesday, 9 August 2011
Pregnant with number two?
Losing their cot to a new baby may be the least of their worries...who really needs preparing when a second baby is coming?
When I met Bang, my firstborn, I changed....
Friday, 5 August 2011
Twitopolis: speeches made at nnb2011 that weren’t on the agenda
It has been almost 7 days since Nuffnang Blogopolis occurred and I'm feeling a tad nostalgic, so I thought I would have one last hurrah to the old girl, but for those who weren't...
Tuesday, 2 August 2011
Go away Mummy
Have flown back into the asylum that is motherhood and after two days basking in the sunlight, that is leg movement free of a cruising infant, I am surprised at how ecstatic...
Monday, 1 August 2011
Blogopolipsed: my ten most memorable moments
I just got back from an amazing day dedicated to all things blogging: Nuffnang's Blogopolis in Melbourne. As you can see by my archives I’ve been blogging for only five months,...
Friday, 29 July 2011
Good Mum Bad Mum Good Mum...
Sometimes when you cry I find it threatening
Sometimes when I can’t comfort you I feel a failure
Other times I understand and am calm
Other times I know you’re...
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
The distance between us [not quite wordless wednesday]
One day sooner than I hope these little feet will be larger than mine.
So until then I cradle him in my arms, I balance him on my legs, I catch him if he falls...
Friday, 22 July 2011
How to cope with separation anxiety...or not really
There’s something deeply disturbing about your two year old son waking in the middle of the night crying hysterically “I want my Mamma…Mamma…my Mamma… Mamma, I want Mamma.” Especially...
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Phone hacking? Paaahhhh! The real reason behind the demise of News of the World
Although appearing like the machinations of a deeply disturbed and obviously deluded mind, sources revealed the real reasons The News of the World actually closed.
Revelations...
Friday, 15 July 2011
Lost in space?
Last night I had a conversation with my husband prompted by a day that can only be described as a long series of neurotic panic attacks. I had this ache in my stomach all day,...
Thursday, 7 July 2011
One blind housewife
As I sit here on our dining table, lotus-style and all zen (not!), a small brown furry creature is likely working up the courage to scoot across the family room floor in search...
Sunday, 3 July 2011
Invasion of the Boob-snatchers!
Before you think otherwise, I am a major proponent of breastfeeding – I loved it so much I got all sooky and nostalgic when my youngest decided to wean himself at 7 months. And...
Thursday, 30 June 2011
Why did the 5ft Metal Chicken cross the equator?
(To meet his dwarf cousin the cow, of course) If you can’t afford an airline ticket to America’s deep south so as to buy a five foot metal chicken then I've found something that...
Saturday, 25 June 2011
Over the Moon or just on another planet?
When contemplating why a certain unnamed website would choose me over other potential candidates to write a guest post, I did what most women do and then instantly regret, I asked...
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Mummy #FAIL
The baby chokes
So Crash*, my 8 month old just choked on some bread crust that I shouldn’t have let him have and so as to save his own life he spewed all over himself, me and...
Monday, 6 June 2011
Catching fireflies
What a day. The sun’s shining, the birds are singing, the A380s are flying overhead (I live in the inner west) so I grabbed Crash* and threw a rug on the lawn and we surveyed...
