My parenting chronicles.
In February 2017, I was blessed to be asked by Lize-Mari Arthur from Kingfisher FM to take part in her “God’s Design” series. This would enable me to to help educate people about Modern cloth and all the ins and outs. This blog is one …
The first thing my little monkey does when he gets home from school, is to ask for bubbly water or milkshake (warm milk with a quarter of a teaspoon of nesquik… quite far from a milkshake in my eyes but that’s what he calls it). …
As we endeavour to spend more quality time as a family, we dared to spend the day at Addo Elephant National Park. While it took the customary hour to just get the twonager dressed and in the car, we were not anticipating a drama free …
I haven’t posted in a while and there is a very good reason for that. At the start of 2017, I was heading into my final year of my PhD, running my own businesses (yes plural haha) and being mom to my special little monkey. …
Baby wearing is so very rewarding and I still maintain it saved both myself and my son from considerably more pain during his colic and reflux stage. While we were preparing for our baby to arrive, we asked more experienced friends about baby carriers. The …
Recently, a friend and I were chatting about her introducing a new dog to her older dog. It reminded me about our approach after Ethan was born. All the same principles apply, as technically the aim is to get your new baby accepted into the …
I was a guest on a series called “God’s Design” with Lize-Mari Arthur of Kingfisher FM. During this series we covered some basic topics and I realized how helpful they are to other parents. The cloth nappy community can be very confusing with all its acronyms. …
In the run up to Mother’s Day I started writing a post as a gift guide for Dads and kids. The more I thought about it though, the more I realized that I personally wanted nothing. I think most mothers feel the same, a lot …
It always amazes me what children find fascinating. For Ethan, most loud sounds are completely amazing! From before he could walk you could turn on ANY MUSIC and he will laugh and smile and dance. From the second he discovered that the human body could …
For the long weekend last week, we decided to visit my Uncle and Aunt’s farm. Ethan has been going there since he was a month old and he even took his first steps in the passageway in the farm house. It has some beautiful memories …
