Lately I've been having a bit of an internal struggle with what I’d like my house to look like and what it actually does look like. It's kind of like this cleanliness war is raging on without me and my piles of washing and endless sink of dishes are my enemies. Somedays I feel like my completely rocking it and everything gets tidied away at the end of the day, the floor swept, the surfaces mostly clear but then the next day arrives and my tiny (albeit very cute) destroyer of neatness wakes up and the battles rages on. It's not that I don't want to be tidy... It's just that my tiny human is busy undoing all the tidying that I do. More often than not I'm just too tired to spend my evenings cleaning and putting piles of washing away. This means my washing basket has effectively become my new wardrobe. I rifle through the big basket every morning for my clean clothes and then I wash more and add them to the pile. Marie Kondo would not be impressed! My new no...

Last month we celebrated our sweet little boys first birthday and it felt like such a huge milestone! Not just for us but for our families and friends too. It's one of those moments where it's so far off for ages that it feels like it's never going to come and then all of a sudden 'Bam!' We have a one year old and I realised we are no longer newbies at this. I also started to feel incredibly grateful to have had so many supportive people in our life. They offered us kindness or encouragement even when we were so exhausted and over it  (trust me we had our fair share of those days). I truly feel thankful to have such a great village around us to talk to, to bring us meals and to moan to on those days where I didn't want to Mum anymore.  Looking back on this year has made me realise I've learnt so much! not just about my baby and my husband but also about life in general. Here's just a few things I wanted to share. Take advice with a grain of sal...

Today after getting a pretty good sleep for the first time in months I looked down at my sweet boy all covered in mushy weetbix and half chewed pieces of watermelon and I thought Woah! How crazy is this? I made you! You are half me and half the person who I love the most in this world but hang on… now you are the person who I love the most in this world. Amazing babies It might sound silly but it was a bit of an eureka moment for me. I’ve been so tired lately. I mean dead tired, crazy, living zombie kinda tired that I think i’d forgotten how amazing this tiny human sitting in front of me truly is. He’s so smart, cuddly, curious and smiley. Full of boundless energy and games galore. He loves his truck book, pulling himself up on EVERYTHING, smiling at strangers in the supermarket and chewing on my hair. He can climb the 18 stairs in our house and does it at every chance he gets, he can remember where all his toys are even though he moves them around throughout the day. He likes ...

Hey lovely people! Merry Christmas and sorry I’ve been away from my blog for so long. I haven’t really got a good reason for why it’s been so long between posts oh wait... yes I do! I have a very busy little man who has just started crawling! He’s been into everything and just generally exhausting me. Crawling has actually been a pretty exciting and a fun adventure for both of us. It’s really transformed my days because he’s so much busier and happier. He seems to spend much longer periods of time exploring his world and happily playing. I love how he can reach a lot more things now and make discoveries himself through his play. It’s meant I have a bit more freedom too because he’s a lot less grizzly and frustrated- hooray! I’ve been thinking about this post for awhile now and hope that it sheds some light on a not that common Mum topic. Food intolerances post pregnancy... I’ll be the first person to admit that I didn’t really believe a lot of the hype around food intolerances befo...

I recently read this beautiful article published in the local Porse Magazine about why me time is vital. It spoke about the importance of self love and really stuck a chord with me. I think until you've been through mental health issues you don't realise the seriousness of taking that time for just you and not feeling guilty about it. I used to often give a lot of myself in my job to the children, to the teachers and to the parents. Supporting them, lifting them up with kindness and positive words but then go home and feel deflated, tired and sad myself. Today is the first of October and that marks the start of Mental Health Awareness month here in New Zealand. I think it is the perfect time for me to tell you that from my own personal experience with mental health it's never too late to start taking care of your mind. Theres so much hype at the moment around taking care of your body and focusing on healthy food choices and I think that movement is awesome and totall...