Napping

112/365 Thank You, Swimming

It’s no secret that my little munchkin has been a little bit emotional of late and just a teensy bit tantrum happy. And while I don’t see that changing any time soon and I feel much better for knowing that it’s a developmental stage and not something that I’m doing wrong, every now and then [...]

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107/365 Nap Ready?

Up until our recent joy-filled weekend of gastro, population Riley, she’d been on a nap strike. Of course, eventually she does get tired. Even energizer bunnies run out of steam eventually and on one such afternoon she created a makeshift bed on the floor. Although in fairness, she didn’t actually sleep, she just pretended and [...]

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73/365 All Tuckered Out

I don’t care for transitional nap stages. And I’m pretty sure we are in one. Napping every second day. Which means on days when she does nap she crashes like a tonne of bricks and is senorita grumpy pants when she wakes up, probably because she sleeps too deeply. And on days when she doesn’t [...]

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Goodbye Sweet Naps

I’ve been holding on to the afternoon nap for dear life. Those few hours during the day where I could get things done, or do nothing, or just listen to the beautiful sound of silence. I persisted despite knowing, deep down that it was over. And then I realised between it taking half an hour [...]

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Open Door Policy

A few months back, the munchkin started wanting company to go to sleep. If I put her in bed and closed the door she’d just get up again and bang on the door. Not anymore. I’ve discovered the secret. If I leave the door open, she doesn’t get out of bed. She just chats to [...]

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I am Not Amused

So after two days of e-mailing, arranging, drowning in computer coding and generally feeling like I wanted to hit something in a repetitive fashion, I have a semblance of my website back. I don’t have the domain name (that transfer will take about 5 days or so), and I don’t have my design which took [...]

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Tips from the Isolation Tank

It’s hard to know why, but some days, despite having a glorious toddler who is great company, a loving husband and a great family, I feel alone, isolated and sad. Perhaps it’s a shade of depression, and if that’s all I’m left with, that’s pretty damn good. On those days, I miss my mum (Hi [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Afternoon Glow

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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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Better than Napping

What could be better than napping? On a hot day like today – napping on the couch in the only air conditioned room is even better. Although I was a little concerned that this hanging off the edge of the couch bit was a recipe for disaster. A grumpy waker at the best of times, [...]

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