love

May 24, 2021anxiety, attachment, bonding, communication, community, connections, emotions, empathy, family, feelings, flashback, grateful, Hope, loss, love, memory, mother, neonatal, Parenting, Process, trauma

I’ll cry if I want to

So, little Awena turned one at the weekend. The sun shone, which sandwiched between two horrendously wet days, was a great blessing. […]

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 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. […]

November 9, 20202020, anxiety, bravery, calm, change, choice, communication, community, emotions, empathy, family, fear, feelings, future, Hope, love, mental health, mother, Parenting, patience, peace, perseverance, positivity, trust, unknown

Bridge over troubled water

Can anyone else believe we are in November already and can count on one hand the number of people who have been […]

October 19, 2020October 20, 2020anxiety, attachment, bravery, community, emotions, empathy, family, feelings, grateful, Hope, light, loss, love, mental health, mother, Parenting, patience, peace, perseverance

Candle in the wind

I’m a bit unsure as to how to introduce today’s blog. I think all I can do is allow the words below […]

October 12, 2020attention, attention-seeking, attunement, bonding, busyness, calm, choice, communication, emotions, empathy, family, family time, feelings, future, guilt, Hope, love, mental health, messy, mother, Parenting, patience, peace, perseverance, positivity, tranquility

The sweetest gift

Why is mum guilt such a real and often daily thing? Why is it that when they’re tucked up in bed you […]

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 […]

August 6, 2020anxiety, attachment, breastfeeding, calm, change, emotions, empathy, family, feelings, learning, love, mental health, mother, neonatal, Parenting, patience, perseverance, positivity, premature, relationship

To boob or not to boob

Too much, too little, on-demand, engorged, painful, sore nipples, forever hungry, mastitis, blocked ducts, embarrassing leakage, breast pads, exhausting, emotional, frantic feeds, […]

July 20, 2020adventure, anxiety, attachment, attunement, birth, change, emotions, family, feelings, grateful, guilt, love, mother, neonatal, Parenting, patience, peace, perseverance, positivity, pregnancy, premature, relationship, rollercoaster

You just gotta ride it

Neonates. What an all-encompassing, all-consuming, emotionally exhausting experience. I’m finding it hard to find the words to say to describe the 19 days Awena […]