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  • What it feels like to be a mother

    What it feels like to be a mother

    Women go through all gamut of emotions when they enter motherhood. I thought I’d share some of the strange and wonderful feelings I’ve experienced during the past five-odd years.

    Feelings of a mother

    That feeling you get when you `do it’ for the first time without protection when deciding to start a family.
    That feeling you get when you’re still doing it eight months later with no result.

    That feeling you get when you feel your child kick inside you for the first time.
    That feeling you get when you realise it’s somehow got to come out yet.

    That feeling you get when your baby finally crowns. Um… ouch.
    That feeling you get when you hold your child for the first time.

    That feeling you get when your child says their first word.
    That feeling you get when your child just won’t stop talking.

    That feeling you get when your child heads off for their first day of school.
    That feeling you get when school holidays arrive.

    That feeling you get when your child draws a masterpiece on their bedroom wall.
    That feeling you get when your child puts their arms around you and says “I love you’’.

    This is just an overview of some of the feelings I’ve had during the past five years. Li’l Holly is about to turn two and Princess Ella is about to turn five. As @dufussy tweeted this week: “the days are long, but the years are short’’.

    What are the standout feelings from your time as a mum?

  • Aussie Giveaway Linkup #66: Winning edition

    Aussie Giveaway Linkup #66: Winning edition

    Toddler playing dress ups

    It’s been a winning week here – literally:

    • Let’s start with the above photo, shall we? I’ll post more on Li’l Holly’s obsession with dressing up soon (along with a giveaway), but let’s just say no one sports a pyjama top and bathers quite like this nearly two year old. A fashion win? (And I have no idea what she’s doing with her face!).
    • The Bloke in The Shed went to the PANPA (Pacific Area Newspapers Publishers’ Association) Awards in Sydney during the week. For those who don’t know, it’s a big deal for newspapers. His newspaper scored a win and three highly commended awards from a mammoth seven nominations. Before flying home, he was wetting the men’s urinal at the Sydney airport when he realised he’d left the award in security. A quick dash back and he found the bomb squad about to pounce onto the shoebox with the award. Now that’s how to get your awards story from page 7 to page 1!
    • The girls spent yesterday morning struggling to contain their emotions at the thought of Julian arriving home. At the airport, you’d swear Justin Beiber was about to disembark the plane. Actually, let’s make that Jeff Wiggle.

    Do you children love dress ups? Do they prefer your clothes, a mix of their own or traditional dress ups?

    OK, onto some other wins. Just click on the links below to start entering some fab Aussie giveaways.

    If you’re a blogger or business wanting to take part in the Aussie Giveaway Linkup:

    1. Only link directly to the giveaway post/s and include the prize and end date in the linky tool below. Link each giveaway separately. If you need to delete it, hover over your link, wait until the red “x’’ appears and click.
    2. Giveaways must be open to Australian residents and be run by Australian-based bloggers or businesses.
    3. Grab the button below to add to your post.
    4. A new list is added each Sunday so bloggers need to add their links weekly.
    5. Start entering the giveaways! Entry is at your own risk. We do not take responsibility for unfulfilled prizes or a blogger/business not abiding by their own terms and conditions.

     




    Aussie Giveaway Linky
    Hosted by Three Lil Princesses



  • Aussie Giveaway Linkup #64: Confessional post

    Aussie Giveaway Linkup #64: Confessional post

    Holly at the Devonport Bluff

    Here are some winning confessions from the week:

    • I nervously put up the post “In a desperate bid for chocolate, I’ve opened the Nestle Choc Bits. It looks like we won’t be cooking tomorrow!’’ on Facebook and Twitter last night. I was more than a little shocked at the volume of people who told me I’m not alone in doing this. Who knew!
    • The plan was to last night spend a few hours writing a host of blog posts for here and Mum PR. Instead, I ended up having one mouthful of wine too many and kept getting lured into the above conversation. Concentration fail. How on earth all those famous writers wrote drunk I will never know.
    • There will be a rather exciting event happening here on the blog for mums on September 3. Stay tuned!

    Anyone have any confessions to make? It will never leave the four walls of this blog. Promise. Don’t be shy now!

    OK, onto some other wins. Just click on the links below to start entering some fab Aussie giveaways.

    If you’re a blogger or business wanting to take part in the Aussie Giveaway Linkup:

    1. Only link directly to the giveaway post/s and include the prize and end date in the linky tool below. Link each giveaway separately. If you need to delete it, hover over your link, wait until the red “x’’ appears and click.
    2. Giveaways must be open to Australian residents and be run by Australian-based bloggers or businesses.
    3. Grab the button below to add to your post.
    4. A new list is added each Sunday so bloggers need to add their links weekly.
    5. Start entering the giveaways! Entry is at your own risk. We do not take responsibility for unfulfilled prizes or a blogger/business not abiding by their own terms and conditions.

     



    Aussie Giveaway Linky
    Hosted by Three Lil Princesses



  • Lessons for Blokes No. 3: Always read the instructions

    Lessons for Blokes No. 3: Always read the instructions

    children drawing up a manual
    Writing a manual for Dad!

    Never been big on reading instructions. Guess I’ve figured if they print them in type that small then they are probably not worth reading, right?

    Where I’ve discovered a possible exception to that rule – instructions on medicine.

    A couple of weeks back Princess Ella wasn’t feeling well. She was complaining of a sore stomach and we’d determined that was because it was an inordinate amount of time since she’d been to the toilet.  Instructions came that I was to buy some medicine to encourage a trip to the toilet before returning from work.

    As instructed, I returned from work with said medicine and I was smart enough to read the required quantity before administering it.

    Only after delivering the medicine did I read this: “It may take 6-8 hours to take effect’’.

    Now, I’d administered the medicine at 6pm.
    Oh crap. Literally.
    I thought, I’m gonna be up in the middle of the night with Ella when this kicks into gear.

    Sure enough, at 2am the call from Ella comes.  We stagger into the bathroom and she proceeds to explode.  I’m sitting on the floor, she’s sitting on the toilet and I’m saying “Are you finished yet?”.  A feeble “nooooo’’ is the answer I get on repeated occasions.

    Sitting there on the cold, hard floor of the bathroom I then vow ALWAYS to read the instructions.

    Is not reading the instructions a male thing? Do you read the instructions?

     

  • Fishing in the toilet bowl – or something like it

    Fishing in the toilet bowl – or something like it

    girls in box

    A few days ago, just as the girls were about to get into the bath, Ella popped herself up on the toilet to do a whizzer. Li’l Holly decided she wanted to know what the fuss was all about with this weeing thing and so stuck her head in the toilet, behind Ella, to take a look.

    Midway through Ella’s twinkling, Holly decides to talk about the wonderment of wee while her dummy is in her mouth. Which is not a good idea when your head is over a toilet bowl. As expected, she drops her dummy… and all hell breaks loose.

    Ella panics and jumps off the toilet. Mid wee. The wee, however, doesn’t stop. I try to coax her back onto the toilet, with no luck. I reach for t-shirts, trousers, dresses and towels – anything – to stick under her.

    From the corner of my eye, I then notice Holly is reaching into the toilet for “dum dum, Mum. My dum dum’’. Noooooo. I take a deep breath, plunge my hand into the deep dark depths of the toilet bowl and retrieve the little sucker.

    Saved.

    There is silence for a good 60 seconds.

    Seriously, this never happened pre-kids.

    Have you had to retrieve dummy’s from wee-filled toilet bowls before? Or worse?

  • Aussie Giveaway Linkup #60: The Media Edition

    Aussie Giveaway Linkup #60: The Media Edition

    Can I tell you there is no greater feeling than being able to breathe through your nose – and not hear children sniffing up snot. Good riddance colds and flus. In other exciting news this week:

    • The Bloke in The Shed has had a few media appearances lately, due to the Show Some Respect campaign and forum he’s heading (watch him on Today Tonight this week) and the passing of one of the Coast’s great icons and newspaper man, Lloyd Harris. During an ABC Radio interview on the latter subject on Friday, Li’l Holly heard her Dad’s voice coming through the radio and promptly ran around the room trying to figure out where the phone was. Needless to say, we don’t listen to the radio much in our house.
    • I went for a face peel yesterday, because I’m becoming paranoid about the ravines and canyons gracing my face. I’ve also stupidly booked two incredibly important meetings this week. Is there anything more distracting than watching a woman’s face fall off while you’re trying to talk business? They’re men; maybe they won’t notice!
    • Devonport is hosting the Devonport Jazz Festival at the moment. When The Bloke in the Shed turned the Olympic Opening Ceremony on yesterday morning, Ella’s first comment was: “Is this the jazz festival, Dad?’’. Ummm, not quite.

    Now, time to score ourselves something nice. Just click on any – or all – of the links below for the chance to win.

    If you’re a blogger or business wanting to take part in the Aussie Giveaway Linkup:
    1. Only link directly to the giveaway post/s and include the prize and end date in the linky tool below. Link each giveaway separately. If you need to delete it, hover over your link, wait until the red “x’’ appears and click.
    2. Giveaways must be open to Australian residents.
    3. Grab the button below to add to your post.
    4. A new list is added each Sunday so bloggers need to add their links weekly.
    5. Start entering the giveaways! Entry is at your own risk. We do not take responsibility for unfulfilled prizes or a blogger/business not abiding by their own terms and conditions.

     



    Aussie Giveaway Linky
    Hosted by Three Lil Princesses