Raising A Respectful Son
Yesterday we took Liam for a drive. He insisted on wearing his home-made “astronaut mask” which is just a paper plate with eye holes and a few buttons glued to it; a backpack to represent “jet packs”;...
View ArticleA Stay-At-Home Failure
When our son was born four years ago, my husband and I decided that I would become a stay-at-home-mother. His wage was more than enough for us to live on comfortably, and the money we lost from my...
View ArticleThird Trimester Turbulence
I am now 29 weeks pregnant, and the lovely honeymoon period that was the first two trimesters is over. I could definitely have made more of an effort to do things differently this pregnancy, but I am...
View ArticleThe Luckiest Unlucky Baby: Katelyn’s Birth Story
This is a very long post, there are a few ‘f-bombs’, and it’s probably disjointed and hard to read at times. Consider yourself warned. It was three weeks ago today that I gave birth to Miss Katelyn,...
View ArticleThe War On Screen Time
It will surprise no-one to learn that my almost six year old is a bit keen on video games, and, by ‘a bit keen’ I actually mean absolutely obsessed. Pretty much every second sentence out of his mouth...
View ArticleStuck In A Stay-At-Home Rut
Katelyn is just over nine months old now, and I am just not feeling things. Sleep deprivation is at an all time high, the household budget an all time low, and my ability to conjure up energy has all...
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