When is baby number 2 due?

We need to stop asking parents with one child when the next baby is due. I feel like our society puts so much pressure on mums to re-conceive. If it’s not tick-tock your biological clock, it’s the outdated assumption that one baby does not complete a family. To quote a former Federal Treasurer, “have one

HONEST MUM REVIEW: Mummy Couture Kimono

I want to chat about one of my favorite mum products from @mummycouture. Pregnancy and post-pregnancy fashion can sometimes be left wanting. The under bump jeans that expose our lovely love handles. The over the bump shorts that roll down after a few attempts at sitting. The overaly exposed breastfeeding tops that leave you feeling

The Perfect Mummy Blogger

Ladies, let’s do ourselves a HUGE favour. Let’s stop comparing ourselves to those mummy bloggers. You know the ones. I respect these women, and enjoy allot of their content. However, I sometimes find myself looking at a perfectly staged, perfectly filtered, perfectly perfect photo, and think to myself “I fall short”. These women in no

I was bullied at high school…

I was bullied at high school. It feels like a lifetime ago now, but I remember every moment. Bullying has this lasting impact. I went to an all-girls catholic school. It lived up to every social expectation you would have of such a school. There were the skinny popular girls, the rich boarding students, the

The Quiet Expectation

There is a quiet expectation that new Mums must lock themselves away and reside themselves to a life of solitude and observance. That in order to be a “good” Mum, we must forgo everything from our previous life, including our social life. A new Mum shouldn’t need a babysitter, or a night out. A new

Travelling with Baby: Waikiki Edition

This is realistic guide for all mums and dads who are bravely going where many parents have gone before, and instantly regretted it … on holidays with an infant baby! So strap yourself in, and let’s trundle through my messy success story of travelling with my 7 month old baby to Waikiki, Hawaii! What to

20 things I’ve learnt in the first 6 months of motherhood.

1. I can’t remember what my old life was like. Literally. I’m so f@cking tired I can’t remember! 2. I’ve never appreciated a fart until now. Hearing one come from your wind trapped baby is music to my ears! #fartappreciation 3. There’s nothing better then a solid 75 minute sleep at night. 4. My husband

Can I speak to a man, please?

“Can I speak to a man please?”; I am asked this by customers every damn day. See…I run a mechanical workshop. Yes…an actual testosterone filled, 50 degree heat on a good day, steal capped boots essential, down right greasy mechanical workshop. For those of you who don’t know, a mechanical workshop is that bizzar, incomprehensible