Two weeks ago it was my son's 9th birthday. Every year, on their birthdays, we measure our sons' heights. My eldest son Jamie looked on in horror to see that his brother was almost the same height as him, despite being almost 2 years younger. Jamie turned to me and asked me when he might have a growth spurt, desperate to think that he might edge ahead of his brother again. And so we sat down and did some research on 'growth spurts' which led us to a fuller discussion on 'puberty', and I have written a fuller article on what we discovered. On a personal level, it was a very interesting discussion … [Read more...]
Squeezing it in! week 2 – 2012
January 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I have to admit I am feeling a little sorry for myself right now! I want to write you a big long list of all the things I have achieved in the last 7 days and have to achieve in the next 3 days before I head away to the beach again. I want to have a "Poor Minka" moment! I want to tell you how no one appreciates me, how my children barely even like me at the moment and how horrible dinner time was tonight when everyone just ended up yelling at each other! But hey, what would be the point in that!?! It's Sunday after a massive week, and I have spent the entire day in my PJ's! A day in … [Read more...]
Feeling guilty?
May 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
There will never be a shortage of well-meaning relatives, neighbours, and people in the next aisle at the supermarket to tell you what you are doing wrong as a parent. There are so many different ways to approach the challenges of parenting that you can simply never please everyone, so it’s best not to try! But what can you do when the critical voice is coming from inside your own head? Feelings of guilt are very common for parents. For some, the huge range of parenting books and TV programmes don’t provide helpful options but an endless source of confusion, back-tracking and inconsistency. It’s … [Read more...]
The Mothering Myth
March 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Emma Green In our journey into the unknowns of mothering we discover many things about life, about ourselves, and about our own mothers. We learn things that are well-kept secrets in our society, where only the ‘good’ aspects of mothering are mentioned and the worst is not talked about, a conspiracy of silence, partial truths and omissions. It is this conspiracy, I believe, that leads women to some kind of postnatal crisis. Only a new mother can understand the incredible frustration of the inconsolable, screaming infant who appears to be neither hungry, wet or in pain. Only … [Read more...]
My new life in Castlemaine….
February 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Well it's been a while since I last wrote anything and you have been probably wondering what has been happening! All I can say is the 1st 3 months of my new life in Castlemaine has been ONE HELL OF A RIDE............... After meeting my husband Sonny in Melbourne and living 5 years together in Kensington where we birthed all of our three children at home. We went from free flowing couple to parents of 3 and then moving to the country. No one told me what a Goliath! effort it is to move with children!!!!! Hats off to my parents who did it several times in my childhood. Eamon our youngest … [Read more...]
