House & Home Stories
a place where real mums share real stories.What a birthday!!
After being told for 14 years by a number of drs, my partner & I found out we were having a baby at...
6 Commentschildhood joys
Well today I picked up my 7yrold from school, and on the way home I ask how his day at school was and...
6 CommentsI’m all alone! Please tell me your perspective...
I'm a mum of 2 & I work 5-6 days a week 3pm until 12pm my children go...
12 CommentsQWCA and Brighter Futures
In 2011 a lady from the Benevolent Society approached our QCWA branch about giving a group of young disadvantaged people cooking and life...
4 CommentsMy worst nightmare
At the beginning of this year I lost two babies to early miscarriage, both were heartbreaking even though I was only about 5...
9 Commentsmy labor story
I was waiting her coming for a week now it was Friday 20 July 2012 ,I went for a walk came back and wasn't...
5 CommentsMassive Shopping Bill
Well today i went grocery shopping. It was my half shop for the fortnight for my family of 6, but at the...
10 CommentsBeginning Solids
I've been able to handle everything with have a baby. I've been getting 12 hours sleep a nigh size she was four weeks....
4 CommentsWORK… REALLY!!!!
Well, to put it mildly I was most pissed off when my manager asked me to provide medical evidence that I was “competent”...
5 Commentsthe day my son was born.
My husband and I tried for 7 years to have children .so the birth if our 1st was very exciting. My water broke at...
3 CommentsThankful for the small things…
I am thankful for my beautiful family who love me for me. I am thankful for my beautiful friends who are like family and...
2 CommentsRoad Trip with 2 Small Kids
So I am planning a holiday to my parents place interstate, which will be wonderful, the kids will love it, as will my...
1 CommentsAlmost five year olds are too old for daycare melt...
Here we are, Wednesday morning and my little boy is refusing to go to school. Tears, meltdowns, got...
3 Commentsmuch needed break
having 4 kids betwee 6 an 1 can be very stressfull at times. so i told my husband for my birthday i...
8 CommentsThe problem with my part-time job
AFter child number two I went back to work full time and have gradually negotiated to part time status (3 days a week)...
4 CommentsHitting the gym
So is week I put my kids on the gym crèche for the first time. It was such a shock to the system,...
2 CommentsLost
I'm a 25yo working mum with 3 beautiful children. I love my children and only live for them Although some days are hard and...
6 CommentsI don’t know what to feel
I don't know what to feel. Some days I feel good and happy, others not so good and sad. Sometimes I feel like crying for...
7 CommentsGrowing up
I'm returning to casual work for the first time on Thursday. My beautiful daughter is nearly 8 months old and I've never left...
8 CommentsThe Huge Road Trip Home has Begun!
My husband and myself have been travelling and house/pet sitting in and around Melbourne since December 2012. So, as you can imagine, we...
9 CommentsSo upset
My little one adores going to playgroup. A few weeks ago the half yearly fees were due. Gulp. Where were we going to...
9 CommentsEveryone’s birth experience is different.
With all the talk of Prince George's birth, and details emerging today about the birth being natural and...
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