Every now and then I hear myself saying things out loud while the voice inside my head is frowning and saying Seriously?  You’re seriously saying that out…

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Shopping with the kids is an exquisite kind of torture. It costs me $4 before entering the supermarket to get the requisite sausage sizzle which…

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So this week I’ve really thrown myself into my new novel on Post-Natal Depression (relax, it’s not as bleak as it sounds).  I’m trying to…

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Teachers – take heart! There are parents out there who ‘get it’, parents who support us, trust us, respect us and think we are doing…

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I’ve decided that Motherhood is a funny kind of ‘celebrity status’.  As far as your kids and partner are concerned – you are pretty much…

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When I was pregnant with Baby Number One, I met a couple at a social event who had their own Baby Number One – just…

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Gifts for newborn babies and their parents are misleading. They buy into a particular pastel version of parenting that I take umbrage at. Umbrage –…

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Ten years ago BC (Before Children) the list of things that scared me was logical and succinct: *  Horror movies *  Creepy books like John…

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