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The Day We Lost a Child (For Five Minutes)
On Saturday we were at the Newtown Festival; a single day where a community more used to being described by estate agents as “up and coming” becomes a vibrant sprawl of music, stalls and food from...
View ArticleWhen Bullying Came to The X Factor NZ
If you don't live in New Zealand then this may have passed you by, but there has recently been a bit of controversy surrounding our version of The X Factor. I don't mean some manufactured drama between...
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A Review of Squish Delish Reusable Pouches
This is a review that comes with a tale of woe.Of course it is, frankly the only reason I do reviews is as a cheap form of talking therapy so that I can exorcize the demons of my toe curling parenting...
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Helpful Tips for Lego Organisation
If you came here thinking I was going to tell you how to organise Lego, then I’m afraid you’ve come to the wrong place; I'm the one who’s after the help. The children have a pretty vast collection of...
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Boops
I saw this comic the other day and it made me chuckle.Hands up I am 100% guilty of this at the moment.Boops is the word Olive uses when she wants to nurse and yes, she can say that shit forever!Other...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday - What I Believe
I was trawling through some files on an old hard drive when I spotted a document called "Me" from 2003. I figured it was going to be some kind of naval gazing tome of how misunderstood I felt, but I...
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A Review of Greencane Paper Kitchen Towels
This is the review where I finally reach rock bottom and go somewhere we all hoped I would never go. This is the review where I talk about poop.Keith does an amazing job of managing the house, but like...
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More Fun With Milestone Emails
So apparently Miss Olive is now 22 months old.It has to be true, there was a very slick looking email with pictures and information that told me so. I was on the verge of deleting it because it scares...
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I'm Not Good With Sleep Deprivation
Many years ago, I went on holiday with a group of friends. We were staying at my Grandma's flat in Gibraltar and there were so many of us that I was relegated to the sofa. Nothing unusual for me at the...
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Sticks And Stones May Break My Bones ...
There are some milestones that you want to see your children achieve in life, and others that you hope will never come.Recently we have hit one of the latter: Esme has become the target of a Mean...
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Reflections on Baltimore
By now I'm sure social media has informed you of the riots in Baltimore. In particular, I'm sure you have seen the video of Toya Graham, the mother going postal on her son over his involvement. Most of...
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Unschooling At Age 5: Colours
So after a week of being hideously sick, we are back to some level of normality, and that means Alfie's unschool is back in session.I have to admit I was a little freaked out about the concept of...
View ArticleChase's Battle for Bodily Integrity
I really wasn't sure what to write about this week because the thing that is occupying almost all of my mind and heart is something happening on the other side of the world, and to which I have no...
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A Review of Organic Boxes
Is there a mother alive who has not repeated the phrase “Eat your greens” on a semi regular basis?There is a time of year for it, when the cold of autumn is creeping through the cracks and nobody can...
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The Toilet Habits of Young Boys
Contrary to the beliefs of pre-children me, I appear to really enjoy having older children. It's been a bit of a surprise to me, I had myself pegged as a "baby person" which just goes to show that if...
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Max Mad Fury Road Is the Perfect Feminist Film
I grew up watching the original Mad Max films, and my desire to see Mad Max: Fury Road was driven as much by nostalgia as anything else. I'm not the person I was back then so having re-watched the...
View ArticleLife as a Working Mama: Can Women Have It All?
I have just come to the end of my first week back at work after some time off with the children. It never gets any easier to wrench myself away from them and back into the 9-5. Never.I remember the...
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Unschooling At Age 5: South America
The house is currently in the grip of Latin fever: Keith spends his evening poring over books about Cuba and Mexico ahead of our trip, and thanks to a well timed football tournament, Alfie and I are in...
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Attachment Parent in Training
Do you ever look at a part of your life and wonder whether you are dreaming? Like you know that this is your reality but you feel like at any moment, someone is going to come along and whip this part...
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A Review of Nil Food Wraps
I cycle to work every day. So far, my sustainable commute has destroyed a high end smart phone, a pair of leather ankle boots (thank you torrential autumn downpour), I have been thrown into rocks by...
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