learning

July 12, 2021attunement, busyness, connections, emotions, family, family time, feelings, future, grateful, learning, Mindfulness, mother, self reflection, time

Time after time

Do you ever think there’s not enough time in life? I think that must be the thing I say the most. In […]

June 28, 2021adventure, attachment, attention, attention-seeking, attunement, bonding, choice, emotions, family, family time, feelings, fun, future, Goal, grateful, learning, mother, Parenting, selflessness

In my daughter’s eyes

I never thought I wanted children for many reasons, but the main one being I was just too selfish. Who wants to […]

May 17, 20212020, attunement, basic need, birth, bonding, calm, change, communication, community, comparison, connections, education, emotions, empathy, family, feelings, inner peace, learning, mother, patience

This is me

You’ve probably heard it said “every baby is different” and of course that’s true. In fact, every mother is different too. We […]

May 10, 20212020, anxiety, birthday, body, change, choice, communication, community, connections, emotions, family, feelings, grateful, Hope, learning, memory, mother, neonatal, Parenting, patience, peace, perseverance

Memory

August 31st 1997. Who were you with? September 11th 2001. Where were you? March 23rd 2020. How does that make you feel? […]

March 3, 2021basic need, bravery, change, choice, community, connections, emotions, empathy, expression, family, fear, feelings, future, grateful, homeschool, Hope, inner peace, learning, love, monotony, mother, Parenting, patience, peace, perseverance

Rainbows and butterflies

One thing I hold lockdown completely responsible for is robbing me of my creative streak. I haven’t written a blog consistently for […]

December 7, 2020Activity, attachment, attention, attunement, bonding, craft, Creativity, date, emotions, empathy, family, family time, feelings, guilt, learning, love, mother, Parenting

Wake up and pay attention

I learnt a valuable lesson on Saturday. One of the challenges I have found in becoming a mum of two is making […]

November 23, 2020attachment, attunement, basic need, body, bonding, communication, education, emotions, empathy, expression, family, feelings, individuality, learning, mother, nursery rhymes, Parenting, play, play therapy, singing

Wind the Bobbin Up

Have you ever wondered why it is we sing such bizarre, action-packed songs to babies? I’ve never given it much thought until […]

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020anxiety, attachment, attunement, bonding, bravery, emotions, empathy, family, fear, feelings, labour, learning, loss, love, mother, neonatal, Parenting, patience, peace, perseverance, pregnancy, premature

Peace, be still

Time is definitely a healer, right? This may be so but it’s definitely not a remover. Yesterday was national premature baby day. […]

September 28, 2020bonding, choice, emotions, empathy, family, family time, feelings, learning, love, love languages, mother, Parenting, patience, peace, perseverance

Endless love

Love. What a tiny looking word with such a weighted and complicated meaning. Prior to having kids or even getting married, I […]

September 21, 2020adventure, attunement, busyness, emotions, family, family time, feelings, learning, messy, mother, Parenting, patience, peace, perseverance, play therapy, positivity, priority, relationship

It’s a hard not life

You just do it, don’t you? I went for a walk with a dear friend today and she asked me how on […]