Stardust - Book Review
You can tell that there are many voices and experiences that have shaped this book. Which has important message of hope and a longing for...
Ready, Set, Go! - Book Review
Start your engines. Wizz! Roar! Zoom! This children's book by Beck Wheeler explores our National Transportation history for kiwi kids....
Lemon, Orange, Honey Gummy bears
With winter here, I have been trying to get vitamin c and honey into the kids but they aren't too keen on having it in drink form......
My "Fed is Best" journey with breastfeeding.
I haven't posted about this much because I never quite knew how to talk about it in a constructive way. I get a bit angry thinking about...
Bruce finds a home - book review
Based on the true story of "Bruce the cat", Katheryn Van Beek's 'Bruce finds a home' tells the story of Kate who finds a kitten and goes...
Birth stories from around Aotearoa - part two
An enormous thank you to the contributors to this blog! Its always humbling, beautiful and fascinating reading everyone's birth stories...
Rocky's cheeky sneaky breakfast - Book review
Honestly my kids are so lucky to be able to get amazing children's books from generous people around the country. We have a fantastic...
Punching girls because you like them?
So my little girl was punched in the face last week at school :( They thought her nose was broken, but luckily it wasn't. She was sitting...
Life experiences for children, am I not giving them enough?
I posted up on the Facebook page that I was taking my kids out to a restaurant for the first time and asked if anyone else took their...
Birth stories from around Aotearoa - part one
So many mums have had their own stories to tell so I wanted to compile a blog dedicated to them and their own birth stories. Birth can be...
Feel a Little - Book review
This was a book that I have been anticipating for the longest time! A kickstarter funded project, it reached its target in record time...
The anxious child - talking about feelings.
We now have a really important book in our lives... "Feel a Little" and it is helping us deal with a lot of things that Scarlett is going...
My anxious child - Allergies and stress, how one can make the other worse.
I myself have anxiety from time to time and it seems that so does my 5 year old. I suspect that her stress is manifesting in physical...
Making "mummy friends", why it is so hard making friends after babies.
My main problem with making friends in primary school and high school was that I wanted to be everyone's friend, I don't really get...
Some natural tips on surviving the chicken pox.
Yay, we are all done and dusted with the chicken pox! I think that in all reality we got off quite lightly with the girls and their...
