Mental Health, Emotional Wellbeing and Self-Care For Parents
Welcome back to the My Mountain series – where guest bloggers share their biggest parenting challenges and how they face them. Today I’m sharing a post from Clara on a really important topic that we all need…
It’s the Easter holidays and my blog writing time is very minimal so I thought I’d take this opportunity to share a guest post I’ve wanted to put up for a while. It’s from Kerry…
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…
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 son turns five years old this Spring so I thought it was a good time to explore the affect Postnatal Depression, Anxiety and OCD has had on our bonding, and our mother/son relationship in the…
One of the many things I’ve learnt since becoming a parent is that there is no such thing as a “right” way to do something. Nothing infuriates me more than when people feel forced or obligated…
For the last two years my Christmas wish for my family has been the same – to bring a new a baby into the fold. After recovering from PND and finally finding the courage to…
Welcome back to My Mountain. I love this series so much because I just think it’s so important to be honest and upfront with each other when it comes to parenting difficulties. Today we have Polly from…
Last week Sarah of Lotus Petal Family Support & I hosted our first awareness event for perinatal mental health. We teamed up with baby loss support organisation From My Womb To My Heart to create…
I had an emergency section when I had my son back in 2013. Although the “emergency” part was obviously very frightening and traumatising, the c-section itself was positive and the recovery was not even close…