illness

Escape to the Aussie Bloggers Conference

I am leaving my beautiful baby in the doting hands of her father for the next few days and heading into Sydney for the Aussie Bloggers Conference. I will miss her terribly. I will miss cuddles and kisses and non-stop chatterboxing and random protestations of undying love. But, I will equally enjoy wandering around the [...]

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The Mama Guilt

6:00am Nothing more likely to make me feel like a royal shithead for going away for three days and two nights like having a poor sick munchkin on my hands this morning. Vomiting at 3am. Which initially I thought was just an upset tummy, but more vomiting at around 5:30am says gastro. So now we’re [...]

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Scar Tissue

It was supposed to be quick, easy. A half hour trip to the emergency room just to make sure that it was gastro we were talking about and not some kind of poisoning. But that’s what I’d thought last time too, that it would be quick. It went ok for awhile, she was playing at [...]

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64/365 Flashback

Taken a year ago. It’s hard to imagine that the whirling dervish was not always as steady on her feet. Or that her belly used to stick out like that. Or how quick she had bounced back from her trip to the intensive care unit. There she is, looking as healthy as anything, a mere [...]

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Point and Shoot

This weekend was a recovery weekend. Luckily , I was mostly the only one in need of recovery. Toddlers don’t seem to notice when they are sick and Josh seemed to be out of sorts for all of 24 hours before he started feeling better again. To aid my recovery, on Saturday morning my sister [...]

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Going Viral (Not the Good Kind)

I like the idea and the reality of a family. You have company without having to get out of pyjamas. You get to be around somebody who has seen you at your absolute worst and still thinks you’re pretty awesome. You have in-jokes and non-secret codes. All in all, it’s a pretty sweet deal. That [...]

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Just Wonderful: Love and Partners and Natural Parenting

Welcome to the February Carnival of Natural Parenting: Love and partners! This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama. This month we’re writing about how a co-parent has or has not supported us in our dedication to natural parenting. Please read to [...]

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Bad Habits Die Hard

We took Riley to the park yesterday. I think the photo shows that she was a little bored. Due to seemingly unending bouts of teething, illness and my exhaustion, I have gotten out of the habit of getting out of the house with the munchkin. There was a time where I would always, or almost [...]

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The Backslide

When Riley was about 14 months old she started reliably sleeping through the night and no needing my presence to get to sleep. Up until that point she was up three or more times a night and at nap time I would need to rock or stroke her to sleep. Perhaps it was because I [...]

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The Path More Travelled

When I was pregnant I thought long and hard about immunisation. I wasn’t sure if it was the right choice. So I researched, and then researched some more. My concern was for two things really. Firstly I think that there is a trend towards over-medication which can lead to an erosion of the natural immune [...]

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