food

Sit Still. I’m Trying to Feed You

I miss the high chair. Well actually ours was a lo chair. But you get the idea. Strapped in. And even though I never really strapped her in, the tray locked her wiggly little body in place. Heaven. But not anymore. I ditched it because really she was too old for it and hated sitting [...]

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Food for Little People

Welcome to the July Carnival of Natural Parenting: Let’s Talk About Food This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name: Mama and Hobo Mama. This month our participants have written about their struggles and successes with healthy eating. Please read to the end to find a [...]

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Food for Thought

Breakfasts aren’t my problem. She’ll eat breakfast, second breakfast, even third breakfast. Dinner on the other hand, is my problem. Or to be perfectly accurate the lack of dinner. Riley probably eats dinner once or twice a week. Although she is very keen on redistribution of food. From the bowl to a cup to a [...]

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The Guilty Conscience

I always wondered why mothers’ had such a reputation for making their children feel guilty. And now I think I know why. Because you feel guilty ALL the freaking time. After a while it probably becomes second nature and eventually you just become good at it. I’m assuming anyway. I’m not actually at that point [...]

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Risk Taking Behaviour

At a certain point you realise that everything you do is risky in some way or another and you attempt to ignore just how risky in an attempt to hold on to your sanity. Oh what would that be you ask? 1) I drank plenty of coffee throughout my pregnancy and while breastfeeding because I [...]

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Thankful Tuesday

So you’ve heard of Not Me Monday and Wordless Wednesday? Well I’ve decided to start up my own version of Thankful Tuesday! I got the idea from this beautiful photography series from Brisbane-based photographer and mother-of-two Hailey Bartholomew who took a polaroid photo of one thing she was grateful for every day for 365 days. Why [...]

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