Parenting
Eeenie Meenie Minie Mo!
Eenie Meanie Minie Mo, which one of Dad’s carefully ironed shirts for work, should I crumple and do a drool fest on.
Summer with kids
Well THAT day is finally here, the day I’ve been dreading in trepidation. The start of the summer holidays.
Are you balanced?
Having just returned from a family holiday in peaceful settings I felt more stressed than I was before I left.
Working NINE to FIVE
Since last week I had a toddler friend and we got on so well, laughing together at the little jokes we play on our parents, Mum decides to enroll m
What’s your family position?
It is a proven fact that your birth order molds your personality. The only child teeters on being spoilt, the eldest bosses, the baby gets constant
Girl Kinks
If your bedroom is lacking a little heat lately, no-thanks to rainy weather or a lack of comfy duvets, you might just have hit a slump.
All you need are your friends
I am not happy. Here I was nicely taking a nap, so I can stay up at night with Mummy when I was rudely awakened because we have guests and my paren
Eeeeeeek….EXAMS!!
Exams during childhood are a necessary evil. They are the only substantial way of assessing whether your child is progressing in a positive manner
My friend in the shadows
After another grueling day of dealing with kids, mentally and physically fatigued I trudged to the sofa for a welcome rest.
Walking on sunshine
“GROAN”..woke up to an over zealous Mother. She’s on a new diet full of greens and everything wholesome. Not sure I’m enjoy
Dansal Hopping
Big Sister’s screaming her lungs out..its Vesak its Vesak hip hip hooray!!! Would someone please discipline that child I was in the middle of
Spanking doesn’t fit
Spanking is a topic that has many parents divided. Before we have children we critically view the exasperated mother trying to control an unruly ch
The big Six
Hang those balloons, pop open the champagne or in my case another bottle of formula, I have turned six months.
Chasing the Dream
As parents we dream ‘BIG’ for our children. From the moment they are able to take two steps without falling, we think future dance star
Baby Banter
So Dad accosts Big Sister and I, into a corner. What is all this man-handling ‘Just Dad’, you’re squeezing my baby fat, I guzzled
Tight-rope parenting
When my littlest one arrived everyone’s advice was not to forget about the other children. My older two were used to having Mummy bring home
Is he a sex god?
First dates are sort of like interviews, the whole processes is just a long winded dance to decide if he’s going to get in your bed and your
Hey I had the remote!!!!
So I’ve moved into some new digs..or well as Mummy calls it, The Playpen. Fancy name for a cage me thinks, but my prison cell is not too bad.
Wean that Baby right!!
Having brought up three kids through the tumultuous years of diapers, weaning and potty training you would be correct in saying that I should be an
Life in the FAST lane
I live life in the fast lane. No I don’t go bungee jumping on the weekend, race around in fast cars or dabble in market trading. But I am sti
It ain't the Trump Tower
Sitting on my bouncer, I watch Mummy dearest intently. What the dickens is she up to?..It’s so hot as it is and Mums got some wooden box like
The Oldest Superhero in existence
Look in the kitchen, whose folding the laundry, whose putting out the garbage, whose sorting out a sibling fight armored with a baby on the h
Baby Banter
Woke up to a scorching hot room, what happened did we relocate to the Sun and no one told me?. I can feel my ears burning, my skin is on
Conversation Skills
Out of the many factors that influence a woman’s attraction towards you, the easiest to manipulate is conversation.
A little Privacy please!
When living with children, privacy is not a concept that exists in our household. My children’s teachers know all that is to know about my hu