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Reclaiming your joy in parenting
We are cranky, they get cranky. We stare at our screens because it can be the path with less conflict and struggle. We’re busy, they’re TOO busy! We punish rather than choose to teach. We forget to stop. Listen and connect. Sometimes it really is all too much. It’s...
Courtney’s breastfeeding journey
When I was pregnant I never even considered that I may not be able to breastfeed. When my first daughter was born the labour and birth were quite traumatic and resulted in an emergency c section. After a very quick look and cuddle, she was taken to the special care...
Infancy can be challenging
Imagine for a moment that aliens have abducted you and you are entirely dependent on two of these strangers in a strange world with a strange language. You are completely dependent on them for all of your needs,hunger,thirst,& comfort. Then imagine that you are in...
Finding our flow in surrender
As parents, we all have far too much to do. Our modern lives are focused around productivity, both at work and in our home, most days I feel a constant need both internally and externally to have “something done” with my day, to be ticking items off my long to-do...
What is Attachment Parenting?
Attachment parenting tends to be one of those terms that parents either cringe at or they show a strong interest in learning more about. For myself and my husband we kind of just ‘fell’ into an attachment parenting kind of life. Don’t get me wrong, we had always...
Parenting your baby during the night is not about a set of rules and sleep strategies.
Parenting your baby during the night is not about a set of rules and sleep strategies. Parenting your baby at night time is all about connection. As a new parent, I was shocked to find myself feeding my new baby literally around the clock. Eight weeks into being a...
Expectations
Expectations. We all have them. Do your expectations as an adult meet up with your expectations that YOU have for your baby? Your child? Expectations as an adult tend to go a little like this… To be loved. To be respected. To be acknowledged and also nurtured. Why...
Holiday Vibes!
Is anyone else feeling the overwhelm of the year coming to a close? Parties, dinners, graduations, the organisation of trips away, shopping, shopping, shopping… Are your children feeling 'off track and stressed out?' Could it be...
Mama Guilt!
Mama Guilt, we ALL do it! Guilt- Some mamas say they never live a day without it. We worry. Did we give enough of our time today? Did I feed him well enough? She hardly slept today and yesterday, is she cutting her day sleeps or was it because I met my girlfriend...
Tune into your Toddler
If you are a parent or if you have ever interacted with children between the ages of 18 months and 3 years, then you most likely have witnessed many of the milestone behaviour within autonomy versus shame and doubt stage from Erik Erikson’s stage of psychosocial...
