Once you've brought the baby home, you have to work out how you're going to leave the house again. WITH the baby. Things that seemed so simple now seem very complicated when factoring in the tiny [...]
While my husband was interstate for work recently, I sent a text to a friend. “Doing this gig alone has given me time to reflect on just how much I don’t enjoy motherhood.” I sent it as a joke, [...]
I am paper-thin. I am glass. The wheels move so quickly. They spin and spin and it only takes a tiny stone to flick up, hit that sweet spot, and You. Are. Broken.
Any woman who holds her newborn child for the first time will be filled with that indescribable awe and wonder that accompanies bringing a child into the world. But if anything can take the shine [...]
When my first child was born, I spent the first six months of his life walking five feet above the ground. I was elated. Exhausted, emotional and at times, frazzled, but mostly, happy. The [...]
Once upon a time, when I was a little girl who had no idea what it was really like to be a mum, I thought four seemed like a good, round number. Of course, life rarely turns out like you planned [...]
Since my husband started his new career as an engineer, our relationship has felt like we’re two ships passing in the night. He leaves before dawn and returns at 7pm. But his long work hours [...]
It’s become a sport now, to minutely dissect my every mothering move for faults. Lately, I spend my days adding to the file I keep in my head called “All The Ways I Am Failing At Motherhood.” [...]
I expected to cry on my daughter’s first day of school. Apart from the dramatic neck hug – my daughter was so excited to be starting school. She didn’t cry. She was just ready. And so was I.