Here is a great quote about motherhood by author and blogger Gretchen Rubin. “The days are long, but the years are short”. How true this is. Every day is long, busy, and tiring. Yet the years pass us by so quickly. Our daughters are growing up so fast. With that in mind, here are 13 […]
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A mum is very good at prioritising the needs of others. So good, that she sometimes put her own needs on the back burner, like keeping up to date with her routine health checks. Importance of regular health checks Motherhood is challenging and days can be very stressful, so it’s important for mums to take
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Here’s a post with some useful strategies to make your ‘mum life’ a little easier. The purpose of the strategies is to help you manage your time more efficiently and to get your daughter to do what you ask her to do… now what mum wouldn’t like that! I think we can all agree, there
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If you have a daughter in primary school, then you’ll probably agree that friendships play a very important role. Every day when my daughter comes home from school, what she talks about the most are her friends. Her friendships are what consume her, and it’s been like this since the very first day she started
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Each year in primary schools around Australia, thousands of little kids start school for the very first time. For many mums, it’s a first-time experience too, because they have just become new school mums. Little do our kids understand just how much work has been done behind the scenes, over many months, to get them
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Note: This post is a guide on how to move a primary school child from one public (state) school to another. It does not cover private schools, although a lot of the advice given will still apply. If you’re considering or are in the process of moving your child to a new school, then this
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Lets start by stating the obvious. Being a mum is a hard job! In a single day, the average mum will perform roles from many different professions, all without pay. She’ll do the job of a cook, cleaner, driver, teacher, bookkeeper, laundrette manager, waitress, event organiser, counsellor, hairdresser, tutor, and dog walker… are you tired
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When my daughter started kindergarten and I became a first-time school mum, homework became a part of our lives. During the first few years of school, my daughters’ biggest hurdle was learning her spelling words. My biggest hurdle was to find a way to teach them to her so that she would remember them. Not
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Most kids are fussy eaters, and unfortunately vegetables are high up on their ‘do not like’ list. That’s why each night, in most households with young children, dinner can be a frustrating time. I know this because I’ve experienced it firsthand. When my daughter was 5 years old, there were only three vegetables she was
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Every mum wants to be happy, but sometimes it feels like there’s no time for it! A few years ago I went through a rough patch. I felt overwhelmed by the monotonous “daily juggle” of parenting, working and running a household. It all became too much for me. It didn’t occur to me then, though,
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