Tormenting Nanny!

Parenting

I must say, those two individuals who I call my parents, Mother dearest and Just Dad are the most persevering people on this planet....

Long Distance Relationships

Parenting

Most people admit that long distance relationships are hard work and require commitment on another level. We asked a couple of peopl...

Team players are always winners

Parenting

Sitting knee deep in half drunk Milos’, the Umpire’s whistle blaring in my ears, the rise and fall of the spectator&rsqu...

It's Party Time!

Parenting

The house is in a state of anticipation. Just Dad is in a corner attempting to blow balloons which Big Sister keeps popping, just gr...

Temporarily Disconnected

Parenting

As our tiny babies utter their first “goo’s” and “gaa’s”, we wait patiently with baited breath f...

My Glory Days

Parenting

It’s happened, the growing up process has begun and boy is it happening fast to me. I mean it seems like yesterday I remember ...

Parenting Mantras

Parenting

Parenting, as you know, is a bizarre occupation to get oneself involved in. Whether we do it willingly or by sudden occurrence, ther...

Hair today, gone tomorrow!

Parenting

ARRRGGHHH..the soul crushing pain, the humiliation, the tears that will never stop flowing, don’t look at me I’m hideous...

Exam Warfare

Parenting

Just like the flu season, it’s exam season and each are regarded with extreme dread and animosity.

The War of the Roses

Parenting

When you hear the word “sibling”, rivalry almost immediately follows suit. Growing up with a sibling, however close you ...

Rumble In The Jungle

Parenting

My arms fail forward and I grasp a tuft of carefully coiffed pigtail, I tug mercilessly.

Can't let go..

Parenting

O where art thou?...O beautiful soother of mine. Here I am in my P.J’s, it’s way past my bed time, it’s quite late...

Controlling your “attention seeker”

Parenting

Every family with children has one. The one that is in your face, loud, argumentative, demands constant acknowledgement, makes every...

The Bored Toddler

Parenting

“Muuummm” screams my toddler. She is sitting in her play pen whilst I attend to my umpteenth task. “Just a few mor...

I’m in a mood!

Parenting

Mum had some of her buddies over the other day for tea, and they tried to distract me with some Play Doh whilst all they did was gos...

The Difficult One

Parenting

We tend to assume that our children are our mini-me’s. Yes they have the same features, the same little nuances that make them...

Stuck On You

Parenting

Constipation, you ain’t no friend of mine. Dear friends you find me in an extremely sticky predicament. In fact I am a tad emb...

The Energizer Bunny

Parenting

Okay so I’ve got so much energy in me..I just can’t stop. Dad sits with his head in his hands whilst I beautifully do sw...

Free Your Children

Parenting

Recently I was asked to return back to work for a short period, elated I couldn’t wait to start, but reality set in sooner tha...

Holding on to Brilliance

Parenting

Our children are wondrous creatures capable of levels of brilliance that we thought never possible and leave us in constant states o...

Tantrum Victim

Parenting

Tantrums and I are just very good friends these days. So I got the red cup and not the blue…let’s just scream for an ho...

The Dark Side

Parenting

Listen lady who we call “Nanny” and who Mummy has abandoned me to whilst she goes and does something much less important...

Baby Interrupted.

Parenting

As adults we seldom welcome interruptions and one doesn’t choose to interrupt someone in the middle of a busy task unless they...

Respecting your partner

Parenting

Respect – An important part of any relationship starts with RESPECT.

Exhausting..

Parenting

Being a mother and constantly at someone’s beck and call, looking back, I quite liked my carefree childhood.

Started from the bottom..

Parenting

Started from the bottom now we’re here, started from the bottom now my whole team here babeee!!.

Toughsix: Minelle

Parenting

Today we have Minelle taking on the 'Toughsix'. Here's what she had to say. Enjoy!

Talk This Way..

Parenting

In my books I feel children should be heard rather than seen, despite what great Auntie Matilda says. She’s always going on ab...

Spending Time With Kids

Parenting

Nestled comfortably in my lap my youngest looks busy at my desk, curls bobbing tenderly, fingers lightly tapping the keyboard, all i...