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What Is Out Of The Box? Out Of The Box is a biennial festival for children under 8 in Brisbane, focusing on art, culture and music. With so many things to see and do, it’s hard to pick favourites and yet for you dear reader, I will. Here are my top 5 activities at the 2016 Out Of The […]
Febrile convulsions – they are as scary sounding as they are to look at. Picture this. Your little person has been feeling a bit poorly with a cold or ear infection so you are giving them some extra snuggles. All of a sudden they go glazed and look right through you so you put them […]
There are a thousand reasons to read to your children. It’s fun, it’s great for bonding and any parenting expert will tell you that it’s one of the most important things to do. But what do you read? It’s hard to tell without spending a fortune which picture books will entertain and which will be thrown to […]
The Lord of the Rings saga is littered with life lessons. Tolkien really did have a way with the inspirational Instagram friendly quotes and so many of them apply to the business of parenthood. When you think about, children and hobbits do have a lot in common…. 1) On Advice Advice is easy to […]
This is the story of Tuesday. Most of the time I feel I have a good handle on my son’s needs and Tuesday was the day he threw me a curve ball. Tuesday was the latest day to remind me that I’m clearly not ready to remove my new parent training wheels. M away […]
Wow my dad looks impressed in that photo. Eat Street Markets just started their winter daytime hours on Mother’s Day so this mum decided to treat herself to a some very yummy food. Woo! The markets might not seem like a great toddler destination, but there’s definitely a lot here for your little person – […]
My son has a lot of loves in his life. A small cotton fox from Ikea that we’ve named Foxey (I’m not great with names). Taking selfies with my iPhone. Anything Hairy Maclary or The Wiggles. These loves are pretty much forever. Like most toddlers though, his love is also changeable, he’ll often be obsessed with […]
Aside from the Bill Murray version of Garfield, Bear has two great loves of his life at the moment: Henry the Octopus and Peso Penguin. Unfortunately taking him to see penguins in the wild is a bit out of the budget at the moment, so we decided to head over to Underwater World to visit some octopi and check […]
I have some confessions to make I own not one but two sonic screwdrivers that also function as remote controls. Mainly because I like being able to wave my sonic and have it do stuff. I requested and had my mother knit for me a full size, colour correct Fourth Doctor scarf which I accepted […]
It’s been more than a day actually. It’s been 18 months of being a fairly shadowy presence in most of my friends lives. When Bear was a newborn, he never slept without being held due to some pretty crazy reflux issues. I hated having visitors and I think I made that pretty plain. Still everyone […]