Information sharing is not parent shaming.
This post has been in my head for ages. It’s something I think about all the time, (probably because I’m on social media way too often) but it’s also something that I struggled to write about. Possibly...
View ArticleThings you actually Need for your Newborn.
Just recently a mate asked ‘So what have you bought for baby?’ I looked at her, thought for a minute and then cracked up laughing. Nothing. We’ve bought nothing. Okay so some of this is because it’s...
View ArticleGuest Blog: The Home Birth of Harriet Rose
From the beginning, I wanted my baby to be born at home, in the water. My partner Chris was more comfortable with a birthing centre, but then we learned there is little difference between the two,...
View ArticleCutting the Cord: A Cultural Connection.
Often, in the clinical environment surrounding birth, little significance is attached to the placenta and the moment the cord is cut. Usually performed quickly by the medical team, cutting the cord is...
View ArticleBaby-Led Weaning: What, why, how and more.
Baby-led weaning is when you as the parent sit back and allow your baby to feed themselves from the first time they ever try solids. No spoon feeding, no puree, no buying baby food. The term ‘weaning’...
View ArticleReview: Boba X Baby Carrier.
There is an upgrade sweeping the babywearing world, and Boba, with their recently released Boba X, is the latest to join the ‘newborn to toddler, no insert needed’, baby carrier club. I was lucky...
View ArticleReview: Boba Stretchy Wrap
The first carrier I ever owned was a stretchy wrap. It was given to me after Ziggy was born. I hated it. I wore it correctly once, when a mate tied it on for me. But when she went back to her home,...
View ArticleModern Cloth Nappies: Confusing! Expensive! . . . . Free?
Whenever the topic of reducing household waste comes up, you can bet one of the first things people suggest is changing from disposable nappies to cloth nappies. The ‘why’ is simple, it is the biggest...
View ArticleThe Home Birth of Jagger James
Through our entire pregnancy we were so excited about birth and meeting our baby . Ziggy’s birth had been such a positive experience, we were looking forward to doing it again. We had decided to home...
View ArticleThe Birth Story of Waldo – A Healing Birth.
My first birth was traumatic. It took me months to wrap my head around it and I had a constant need to tell people about it, possibly in the hope that each time it would hurt a little less. The whole...
View ArticleWhat happens if you wait? Toddler-Led Toileting.
When it comes to the transition from nappies to undies, there seem to be a lot of crappy stories (pun totally intended). I asked my Instagram followers about their experiences and responses included;...
View ArticleKanga-what? The What & Why of Kangatraining.
Before my first pregnancy, ‘exercise’ was walking 200m to the shops, to buy chocolate. If you had told the ‘pre-kids’ me, that one day, not only would I join an exercise class . . . but I’d still be...
View ArticleSoft sole shoes for kids. What and why.
I get a lot of questions about the boys soft sole shoes. The post has moved far to far down Facebook to scroll and find it so I thought I’d write this for the website, to share what they are and why we...
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