Phenomenal Treats For Your Best Friend In Life
No matter who your best friend is – another mother in the school playground, your spouse, your sibling, someone who you’ve known for years from a past place of employment or even an older relative,…
Category: Relationships
Celebrating Love, And Why You Should Do So More Often
Love deserves to be celebrated, in all of its forms. Love for your family, love for your job, love for your significant other, and especially love for yourself. And if you can celebrate the love…
Six
Dear Caterpillar In many ways the last year has flown by so quickly. How can you possibly be six already? How can you be in your last term of Year One? My baby is no…
Five Ways To Bond With Your Five Year Old
I’ve written at length about my struggles during Caterpillar’s early days and what I found useful when it came to bonding with him as a small baby. Today I want to share more about our…
Five
Dear Caterpillar There’s a reason I love taking time for reflection and it’s this; if I hadn’t paused to consider this post I’m not sure I would have realised that the last year has easily…
For My Son On Mother’s Day
Dear Caterpillar On 10th March 2013 your daddy gave me my first ever Mother’s Day card, even though you were still living inside me. I had big dreams for motherhood, big expectations. With your arrival we…
Five Tips For Bonding With Your Baby Whilst Suffering From Postnatal Depression & Anxiety
Bonding can be very difficult if you’re a new mum suffering from Postnatal Depression and Anxiety. It’s a common myth that all mums with PND struggle with bonding; this isn’t the case and bonding issues shouldn’t be…
My Three-year old Is Jealous Of The New Baby – Guest Post From Carmen at Wellington World Travels
Welcome back to the My Mountain series – where guest bloggers share their biggest parenting challenges. Today we have travel blogger Carmen from Wellington World Travels… One night, I was crying while holding my baby girl in…
My Adopted Son Taught Me Everything About Parenting – Guest Post From The Elephant Mum
Welcome to the first My Mountain guest post of 2018. This series has been one of my favourite parts of the blog for the last couple of years and I’m looking forward to bringing you even more…
Quality Time: Don’t Forget to Check In – Guest Post by Samara Kamenecka
I so appreciate the honesty of this week’s My Mountain guest writer – Samara Kamenecka – as she candidly discusses the pressure a new baby can put on your relationship. I’ve always been a glass-is-half-full kind…