Confessions

Health & Fitness: Falling off the Wagon During PMS

May 14, 2012

Health and fitness is important to me but it’s a challenge to prioritise amongst the pressures and busyness of parenting.  Fitting it all in is less about time management and more of a journey for me, and I’ve written about this in the posts below. 1. The first step was to make the conscious decision [...]

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Create A Memory Shelf

May 7, 2012

Many children’s books and characters made an impact on me as a child. Over the years I collected bits and pieces to remind me of my childhood loves. The bits and pieces are now a memory shelf I share with my own children. I guess it’s my way of still clinging to a bit of [...]

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Sort of About Finger Sucking

May 7, 2012

I experienced an interesting moment with my son this past week.  It’s sort of about finger sucking, but sort of not. I’m starting with finger sucking. Three out of four of my children sucked their fingers when they were babies.  It was a good thing in a way, because there’s no fussing with a dummy, [...]

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Three Words

April 27, 2012

“Three words,” my husband said suddenly, as he appeared in the doorway of the kitchen. I looked up from what I was doing and started throwing words at him. “Self-control, kindness, love.” “All good words but not the three I’m thinking of.”  Although he was serious, he had a cheeky sparkle in his eye that [...]

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Holding Myself Back

April 23, 2012

“Her shoulders hit the ground before her feet did.” A mum close to the sideline told me later. What I saw was the unmoving figure of my daughter from 100 metres away. She looked so little on the field of grass. Before I tell you about my reaction, I need to go back a little. [...]

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Words and Anxiety

April 12, 2012

I like words. Written. Spoken. Sung. Typed. I talk a lot about words too. Below are posts I’ve written about them. Speak aloud when things are happy Just one magic word and all my kids come running (TRUE!) Using words as concepts in parenting Motivating my kids to clean up when things are chaotic around [...]

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