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How to reduce plastic packaging in your house

How to reduce plastic packaging in your house

Have you ever seen those giant plastic recycling bins at the supermarket? The ones that you put your soft plastic packaging in. Had you noticed recently that they have disappeared from New Zealand stores? That’s such a bummer, right!? I had been so pleased to see that someone was making an effort to collect the soft plastics and turning them back into useful stuff, so we didn’t need to feel so guilty about putting them in the bin! BUT, at the end of 2018 these soft plastics bins were removed from supermarkets around New Zealand.  The reason for this is...

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Being Vulnerable: why mums who struggle should speak out

Being Vulnerable: why mums who struggle should speak out

Being a mother is hard work. I’ve often had times when I’ve really struggled, some days to the point where I’ve wondered if I can keep going. Yet, if you’d asked me on some of those really tough days if I was OK, I more than likely would have said “I’m fine”. Like most people (I think), I’d rather pretend I am OK, than to let someone else see that I’m not coping. To say that you need help is to be vulnerable, and that’s a feeling that not too many of us like to experience. Right now, I’m reading...

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Motherhood: The longest and hardest job I’ve ever had (but also the best one)

Motherhood: The longest and hardest job I’ve ever had (but also the best one)

I saw a post the other day on a mum group I’m in that I thought was worth a bit more discussion. One of the ladies in there had asked if it was possible to have post natal depression when her child was almost 3 years old. Now I’m not a doctor, so I don’t claim to have any sort of ability to discuss a condition like PND, however, I do know that mum life is hard and different people struggle with different stages, so post natal depression or not I’m pretty sure that things can happen at any stage...

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Normalising birth: Real life birth stories from a real life Mum

Normalising birth: Real life birth stories from a real life Mum

If there is one thing I have learned since becoming a mother is that most things are not as you think they will be. I don’t know why this is. Perhaps it is because it looks so much on tv, because no one else shares the full story, or maybe it’s just because we’re a little deluded that the hard stuff won’t happen to us. I have to admit that (being ever the optimist) I was in this last category. Today I wanted to write a little story about the childbirth. One of the reasons I want to write about...

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Breastfeeding: Is breast always best?

Breastfeeding: Is breast always best?

Breastfeeding.  Probably one of the most controversial topics that you can write about on a blog about motherhood.  I recently found myself part of a dinner table discussion over the pros and cons of breastfeeding.  It seems that this is a topic where everyone has an opinion (including those who have never even tried to breastfeed themselves).  Some time ago I had promised to share my own breastfeeding journey with you and I will do that, but I just want to say before I do that this story is my own journey and every new mother will have a different...

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