Most parents are fairly dubious about Easter. Rightly so, it’s simply one big sugar feast. Our children are given Easter eggs from their teachers, school friends, relatives, family friends, work associates, neighbours and then there’s
One of the boys had a friend’s birthday party the other day and, as to be expected, when I collected him his hands were loaded with a piece of cake and a bag of lollies.
We went to the beach over the weekend with some of our relatives and after three days of sharing a house, there was anarchy amongst the children. This is probably fairly predictable behavior for all
I was chatting with a girlfriend recently who is a midwife, and we were discussing the challenges some women have with breastfeeding. She shared with me her experience of working with a woman in hospital
Most days I feel a level of inspiration and intestinal fortitude that enables me to gracefully handle any ‘nutritional whim’ my children may throw at me. By nutritional whims, I mean the requests or demands
Last week when I was at our office I ran into an old patient and she asked if I was writing another book. She continued by adding, that it would be nice to read or
As a mother I am completely aware of how exhausting it can be to keep a handle on ‘good nutrition’ for a family. Information changes on a daily basis regarding what’s good for us and
Knowing that we are soon approaching 39 weeks, I find most of my thoughts gravitate to the birth. Any other thoughts that I have seem to focus on making sure my house is ready for
I had a funny experience last night. I was talking to one of my sister’s on the phone, whilst trying to carry a washing basket full of clothes up two flights of stairs. With my
A week has passed since our birth and I have a brief moment to share with you all the arrival of our newborn – ‘baby Arlo’. He is ever so divine, with his mass of
My sincerest apologies for my lack of enthusiasm recently to write regular health blogs. With only 5 or 6 weeks to go, I feel like my brain is starting to go a little spongy and
The other day a girlfriend was asking me how it’s possible that she could have increased her exercise regime again and yet felt much more tired and sluggish than normal. There may be a few
As always, life is full of learning and sweet reminders. Over the last few weeks I have realised that I have started to let myself feel very squeezed by life. That I have let myself
As I started to explain in the blog “Balance”… I have recently been rather out of balance… Pushing myself too hard and with being pregnant for the fifth time in 7 ½ years, my body
Goodness me, Easter has surely snuck up on our family this year. So much so that relatives have been ringing to say “I hope it’s alright but we bought the boys some chocolate eggs and
