Category: Motherhood

Late Sleeper


Dear Aviya, I am so grateful to have you as my second child. If you had been my first, Ameli would have been a huge shock to my system.

Let Me Hold Your Hand


How long will it be, till you no longer reach for my hand? How long until dinosaurs and fairies no longer roam and you can face everything you fear on your own?

Bean Counting – Making The Finances Add Up When You Just Want To Be A Mother


I’ve been thinking a lot about going back to work full time recently. It’s been a tough year, and perhaps that’s what we need – two incomes to just get us back on our feet.

Letter To A One Year Old


Dear Aviya, Happy birthday my beautiful  beautiful little girl. We celebrated your birthday the other day and it was just a lovely day. You are just such a treasure. 

I’m In Love With Technology


It’s true. I am. My husband audibly sighed when I took delivery of my iPhone because he was pretty sure he’d never actually see me again. My mother was pretty happy though, as we Facetime every other day and sometimes a few times a day. But the point is, I love technology, and I love…

Under The Sea Birthday Party


Aviya’s 1st birthday is just over a week away, and while knee-deep in preparations for it, I realised that with the mayhem and madness of visas and flying to Australia in October, I never posted the photos from Ameli’s 3rd birthday party. For her party we had an Under The Sea party at a Puck’s…

Dear Aviya – Letter To An 11 Month Old


My dear Aviya, It has been so many months since I last wrote to you, and I feel absolutely awful about that. You have changed so much since we arrived in Australia. You’ve gone from just pushing yourself up on your arms to walking properly, without assistance, and sadly, I’ve missed out writing about so…

Retaking The Joys Of Motherhood


I read a paragraph from Carlos Gonzalez’s book Kiss Me! (US Link)*recently that has stayed with me all week and has gone round and round in my head. Speaking about taboos in modern society, he talks of how the subjects of sex and promiscuity or homosexuality are no longer taboo as they were when our parents…

Perth Nurse In 2013 – Normalising Breastfeeding In Public


Whether you call it a nurse-in, a breastfeeding protest or lactivism, I love a good session of breastfeeding in public with a bunch of other women also breastfeeding in public. The beauty of breastfeeding activism is that it can’t be an angry event – by it’s very nature, breastfeeding releases oxytocin, the love hormone, and…

Festival Of Food – Made With Love – Call For Submissions


Welcome to the February Festival of Food Carnival, hosted by Diary of a First Child and Hybrid Rasta Mama. This monthly carnival will aim to bring together seasonal recipes, healthy food, and a diversity of flavours and techniques.


Welcome to the February Festival of Food Carnival, hosted by Diary of a First Child and Hybrid Rasta Mama. This monthly carnival will aim to bring together seasonal recipes, healthy food, and a diversity of flavours and techniques.

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