Guest Posts

Baby names, baby bedrooms and baby brain.

September 6, 2010

I always knew men and women were different and I of course don’t just mean physically! But it wasn’t until I fell pregnant and our journey to parenthood began that I realised just how far apart my thinking was from my husband’s. Or should that be how far HIS thinking was from mine! Instantly there [...]

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The Second Child

August 30, 2010

It’s about time I wrote a blog post about my daughter. Over at my blog, the Random Ramblings of a SAHM, I have a total of 36 tags for my son, but only 17 for my daughter. Maybe it’s just because my son is that little bit older than my daughter. He is almost three, [...]

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Bottom-up in a Top-down World

August 23, 2010

Over my years of parenting, I’ve gleaned a lot of knowledge that has rocked my approach on how to raise children.  Through all the rocking, I’ve been turned up-side-down, and, all of a sudden, it all makes sense. Now, having it click in my mind and getting it down on paper are very different things; [...]

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Latest Information on Flat Head Syndrome (Plagiocephaly)

August 9, 2010

What is Flat Head Syndrome (Plagiocephaly)? Positional Plagiocephaly now occurs in one in 10 newborn babies in Australia, and is caused by baby’s soft skull coming into prolonged contact with firm surfaces such as cot mattresses, bassinets or mats.  It is also common in multiple births, due to lack of space in the womb, and [...]

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Why We Home Educate

July 21, 2010

Home education or home schooling was something I thought I’d love to do when I was single and in my early 20’s. My husband had other plans. He had a great schooling experience. My school experience wasn’t that positive. He thought home schooled children were weird. I had met some rather normal home schooled children. [...]

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