Being a crappy mum.

I honestly despise the organic, organised- playdate obsessed, daily-trips-to- the- park, let's bake teddy cupcakes to nursery, TYPE- A mums that are constantly posting holier- than- thou updates on Facebook and asking really stupid sounding (at least stupid sounding to more 'go-with-the-flow' mummies like me) questions on the half a billion or so "mommy forums"...

Ma Wednesday- Off she goes!

There is a sense of foreboding as the day approaches. I try to appear nonchalant and in control. I portray an air of preparedness, and try to prove to The Grammys/ Grampys and The Mister that I can keep my sh&* together. The research has been done, the footwork performed and the ground laid. The endless trips to...

Ma Wedensday! Pre- dawn rumination.

We had a rough, fractured night. Some nights suck the life-force out of you. You question your circumstance, and your very existence. You yearn to be carefree and untethered. You crave a long, hot, calming hour or two in the bath. You wish you did not have to chose between a nightly shower or having...

Ma Wednesday! The routine of scheduled randomness.

A lot of new mothers (especially the horribly anxious first- timers) stress on "routines" for their bubs. I have read about how it is best to "get them on a schedule" early on. Every forum I visit, has half a dozen queries everyday on how to get a 10 day old, or a 4 week...

Ma Wednesday! The first ten months (the second gestation)- 11 tips for new Mamas!

The day after Christmas Lil' Z turns ten. Ten months! What? Phew! I just feel like I have run a twenty month long marathon. Like I am participating in a 24 hour, ongoing- never- ending reality show. A show where I am being constantly judged-  by family, relatives, strangers, the universe.... Heck, many a time...