I’ve always said my children don’t have tantrums, but I’ve realised they probably do, I just don’t view them as such. Where others see a tantrum I see a child struggling to manage their emotions. A tired child not coping well or a child releasing their stress through tears. Scientists have found cortisol (the …
Yesterday, on a glorious sunny day, I sat on our new deck with our new repurposed table and some camping chairs (until hubby makes a couple of wooden benches for the table). I opened the box of Primose’s Kitchen Raw Carrot, Apple and Cinnamon Muesli I’d had stashed at the back of my cupboard. My …
When starting this blog I debated over whether I wanted to keep it lighthearted or give a peak into some dark truths in my life. Part of my blog (the ‘overcoming obstacles’ part) was that I wanted to create a real blog about a real woman and mother. Not the airbrushed smoothie drinking profile …
Hello World! I’ve been wanting to start a blog since my 6 year old was a baby but I am an excellent procrastinator. It probably didn’t help that during that time I went from omnivore to vegan to strict raw vegan to strict paleo to ‘paleo/real food based with reasonable flexibility and balance’. As in, …