My grandmother: Mbuya vangu
My grandma came to Australia over 7 years ago. My mum likes to tell her that, her living her life here is her enjoying her pension. If she had been back home she would have been comfortable yes, as she still has other kids there who would look after her, but her life...
Living with and surviving Domestic Violence
Domestic violence includes a wide range of behaviors that control or dominate someone, or cause them to fear for their personal safety or well being (defined by the Queensland courts). It starts slowly and gradually increases. You don’t even realize it because when it...
Pandemic: Homeschooling
Down under the kids have gone back to school. I have had a few people asking how I feel about that.ell I love the fact that they get to go back and be around their peers mainly because they were as affected as we all were. You hear talks of...
Infant T1DM : Where Are They Now
A few years back I interviewed an amazing mama who had had a life changing experience of having her toddler diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. She is a mother I met through one of my mothers groups and I have had the chance to see her baby grow. I recently had...
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RAISING THE FUTURE : ONE DAY AT A TIME
Leukodystrophy: A day with Bella
This month I had the privilege to interview a beautiful woman who’s family has had a lot of life changes. This is an interview about their beautiful daughter who was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition. They also have a go fund me account as they are trying to...
Raising biracial kids on your own
Tell us a bit about yourself and your beautiful family have two beautiful boys, aged 5 and 9 years old. I spent the first few years as a stay at home mother, then returned to study and work over the last 2 years. I have been separated from my...
Raising Mia ‘Our miracle’
Tell us a little about your family/children I have 3 children- two boys 18 & 16 and my gorgeous 6 year old daughter, she’s my special needs baby. What are the most challenging aspects as the parents of children with...
Boys toileting
Boy mums would you agree it’s a struggle to get them to aim right when they pee? My oldest has been well and truly toilet trained for years. The problem is he still pees all over the toilet seat and that doesn’t help much when you have a toddler girl and holds on to...
Losing a child
October is a baby loss awareness month among other things. My guest blogger this month is a beautiful lady I went to high school with and she wanted to share her journey. Tell us a bit about yourself, your family and your pregnancy and babies. My...
School lunches
Making lunches for school can be a nightmare for some. Just the thought of what to put together can be a task on it’s own. aving strong willed, fussy eating children makes it even tougher. You have to make the lunches fun enough for them to eat it...
Rare diseases: Raising Shael with Alagile Syndrome
Who here can say they do not like vacations? Anyone? I didn’t think so. We all love a good vacation. Whether we are single, married, dating, with or without kids.recently went on a weekend getaway and I gotta say, one of the best vacations I have...
Book week
always listened to parents stressing about book week and I used to think, “Boy am i glad I’m not there yet.” This year I got there alright. Both kiddies (kidlets) as I like to call mine, had to dress up. For a first timer I wasn’t that prepared so...
Joys of School: Head lice
Ever since my kids started going to childcare one of my fears has always been of head lice. Funny enough when I had them in a family daycare they never, yes NEVER had that problem. y oldest gets really dry scalp and gets very itchy. He was having...
Surviving Colon Cancer
My guest on my blog this month is a beautiful lady I have known for a few years since I was pregnant with my first child. We have known each other along with other wonderful women through a mothers group. There is a lot of skepticism towards Facebook groups but for...
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