Parenting stuff: sleep overs

Now… whose got kids? I really need some help sorting out the thoughts in my brain right now. Ivy has been obsessing about ’sleep over’s lately. Of course they sound fun and she probably gets the basic concept of them, but I know very well that she has a hard time even staying at Nana’s [...]

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Validation

Sometimes as a stay at home Mum you lose sight of the big picture, and sometimes you get worn down by people thinking that you do nothing at all – that because it’s not paid employment it somehow doesn’t count.
Yesterday Ivy’s Grandmother asked her what she wants to be when she grows up. Ivy replied [...]

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The balancing act

I feel like I performed this SO well yesterday. It was quite a stunning day in some ways. Mostly because it feels like for the first time in a long time, each part of my life got enough attention.
I spent most of the morning catering to Ivy’s needs. She’s been a bit of a nightmare [...]

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You can put a child to bed…

but you can’t make it sleep.
Strangely enough, I am not talking about the baby! Little Miss is adamant that she needs to pee 3-4 times after she’s been put to bed, and as she has been taking herself to the toilet during the night for over 6 months now we can’t take back her right [...]

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Letting go.

My little girl is growing up.
For weeks now she’s been asking me if she could spend more time at daycare, and for weeks I’ve been putting off even asking the place whether they had the space for her, secretly hoping that they didn’t have any.
It seems silly, I know. I should be thankful for another [...]

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35 weeks

Time for the weekly baby update…. mostly because of this beautiful little sentence included in my baby email.
If your baby is born now there is a 99% chance that she will survive, so if you have had anxiety related to premature delivery you can now relax.
Isn’t that so nice to know? 99% is a pretty [...]

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