Motherhood
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The Toilet Training Chronicles
Ahhh toilet training. The great leveller. The next step. The bridge between toddler and pre-schooler. The stuff either parents dreams or nightmares are made of, depending on your kids aptitude for weeing/pooing in a small plastic box/hovering over an ingenuously fitted mini toilet seat. It’s the trenches of parenting, that’s for sure. Cunningly timed to […] Read more…
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5 Month Reflections
So I’ve been doing the mama-of-two thing for five whole months now. FIVE MONTHS. That’s almost half a year! And I’ve survived! Sure, I’ve had moments when I’ve hidden myself in the bathroom with half a melting chocolate freddo clenched in one fist and my phone in the other while simultaneously yelling ‘Mummy is on […] Read more…
Beauty
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Mummy Beauty: The Two Minute Morning Routine
Ahhh children. The cutest reason I can think of that has caused me to take to my usual primping and preening routine with a jagged hacksaw. There have been days, more than I care to admit, when I’ve realised once in the car that I’ve not only neglected to wash my face but also apply […] Read more…
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4 Rosehip Oils Worth Writing Home About
Ahh rosehip oil. I’m not overstating it when I tell you that I have a deeply passionate relationship with this luscious elixir (as such, I’ve written about it multiple times, namely when chatting about skincare oils and tricky skin situation solutions.. told ya, totally obsessed). I wouldn’t be afraid to say that it’s one of my […] Read more…
Reflection
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Taking Stock – January
Well it’s been awhile between drinks. And by drinks, I mean blog posts. Does anyone else get the song ‘It’s Been Awhile’ by alternative metal band ‘Staind’ (no I didn’t wikipedia that, I am completely across metal bands of the 90’s) stuck in their heads when they read the line ‘it’s been awhile’? Just me? […] Read more…
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A TGIF Toast
Hip hip hooray it’s Friday! Once upon a time (more accurately, 8.5 months ago-ish) Friday Eve would mean an icy cold beverage, usually of the alcoholic variety while the husband and I would toast another week. He’d toast standard topics while i’d toast managing to sail (sometimes crawl) through another week, juggling a small […] Read more…
Health + Wellbeing
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How To Shop Healthily At ALDI
A slightly random post this Thursday but hey, what is Thursday without a touch of the random? Just your average weekday, sandwiched sadly between hump day and TGIF. Poor old Thursday, you gotta feel for it a little. Getting back to today’s post which will no doubt make Thursday that little more quirky, I’m talking […] Read more…
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Healthy Shortcuts For Busy Mums + Giveaway – Sponsored by Nuzest
For the past couple of weeks, my son has been waking on the dot of midnight and gently and quietly requesting that a sippy cup of warm milk be brought to his room, if it’s not too much hassle of course. Ba ha ha ha. Oh how hard it was to even type that sentence […] Read more…