Tag Archives: INFANTS

Pure Baby Bliss between Grandmas and Mothers?

Pure Baby Bliss between Grandmas and Mothers

Our guest blogger this week is Jan Murray, reflecting on Grandmothers helping Mothers. Is it a case of pure baby bliss? Or is it a family melt-down? Well, at very least, let’s avoid the melt-down! Jan Murray is a registered Midwife and a Child and Family Health nurse. She is passionate about seeing young families flourish […]

How to Trust Your Motherly Intuition

How to Trust Your Motherly Intuition

How did Anna know what to do with her screaming baby? By trusting her motherly intuition – and with a little help from her Mamma! Sleep? Who needs sleep? Anna is a friend of mine whose baby, Charlotte, is just three months old. Even though Anna is a medical doctor, being a first-time mum is […]

How to Beat Motherhood Regret

How to Beat Motherhood Regret

Last year, the Sydney Morning Herald came up with this interesting question: “What if a mother suspects she has made a horrible mistake having children?” As a result, the popular news-current affairs TV show The Project screened a similar piece about “motherhood regret” a few days later.

You CAN be a Mother-in-Law Legend!

You CAN be a Mother-in-Law Legend

While mothers-in-law often get a bad wrap in our culture, really all they want is the best for their kids. Mostly, they have their hearts in the right place. It’s not impossible! You can be a mother-in-law legend. Sleep consultant Jan Murray is this week’s guest blogger, writing about how a mother-in-law can love, support and enable her […]

Good Times! 3 Steps to Fun with Your Kids.

Good Times! 3 Steps to Fun with Your Kids.

Jenny spoke to Scottie Haas on Hobart’s ultra106five about good times with your kids – listen HERE. Or read on… Woosh! Time seems to fly when you look back. Remember? It hardly seems any time since your little bundle of crumpled flesh arrived. Even with different coloured fluids escaping from just about every opening, you and your baby received […]

Planning a Trip? 6 Strategies When Leaving Your Children

Planning a Trip? 6 Strategies When Leaving Your Children

Heading away for a holiday or trip, and leaving your children with friends or family? Sounds exciting! But it’s good to be aware there may be long-term outcomes, even with your very best intentions. This blog explains some of the strategies you can use to ensure your children manage the separation with as few adverse effects […]

Holding Faith Through Repeated Miscarriage

Holding Faith Through Repeated Miscarriage

The ANZAC spirit is alive and well with Catherine Sylvester, a dual Kiwi-Aussie citizen. Her ability to fight on through discouragement, and eventually triumph in spite of her battle scars, is inspiring to say the least! This is a traumatic story of grief, hope and perseverance in the fray, to eventually win the honor of motherhood. It’s also […]

17 Tips to Get your Mojo Back!

17 Tips to Get your Mojo Back

Overtiredness. It sucks the life out of every mother, every so often. The busy-ness all adds up, and one day you wake up thinking you can’t move a muscle. The constant day-after-day grind of chucking food together, demanding children, work commitments, disturbed sleep, housework, care of family, and more. These are the normal myriad of […]

8 Steps to Reclaim Your Inner HAPPY

8 Steps to Reclaim Your Inner HAPPY

Ever feel like you’ve lost that deep happy feeling? I have. Here’s what happened to me, what I learnt, and how you too can reclaim your “inner happy”. Checkout this radio interview I recorded about “how to get your happy back”. The bright early-morning springtime light filtered in through the window. My jangled brain struggled to […]

20 Ways to Rock at Being a Mother [17]: Let Go of Your Children

20 Ways to Rock at Being a Mother Let Go of Your Children

One morning at our kindergarten, when it was my turn to be a volunteer helper, I watched with fascination as a mother and son, “Billy”, went through their farewell ritual. If you struggle to let go of your children, this story might sound familiar! “Is it okay if I go now Billy?” this mother asked […]