Will Getting a Pet Change Your Child’s Life For The Better?
By Jess Wilson Pets. They aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, but if you are on the brink of making a decision regarding adopting a…
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Paleo and Refined Sugar-Free? Here Are Some Healthy Easter Treat Ideas
By Hannah Schenker Easter is rapidly approaching, and for many of us it brings back memories from our childhoods. Memories of Easter egg hunts, painting…
Photographer Documents How Her Autistic Son Sees The World
By Hannah Schenker Photographer and mother of two, Kate Miller-Wilson, has put her photography skills to a new use – capturing the realities of…
The Dirty Dozen – Pesticides on Foods
By Hannah Schenker We all know we should be eating organic produce – because that’s the best and healthiest way to fill our bodies…
Different is Brilliant: Meet Young Autistic Artist – Iris Grace
By Hannah Schenker Autism is something we are all aware of now, with as many as 1 in 100 in the UK affected. We…
Why We Need to Stop Giving Kids Time-Outs
By Jennifer Lehr Timing, they say, is everything. I was born in 1969, around the time when spanking was starting to get a bad…
Mama Gets Real About Sex While Pregnant
By Hannah Schenker Mel Watts – The Modern Mumma has been sharing the ups and downs and realities of parenting while being pregnant with her fourth…
Definition of kindness: 6-year-old Gives up Birthday Party to Donate to Homeless
By Hannah Schenker When you are turning six years old, birthday parties are a big deal. A really big deal. Which is what makes…
Dear Breastfeeding Mum, The Only Opinion That Matters Is Your Own
By Samantha Johnson An article is doing the rounds online at the moment, which discusses a case study that claims to determine that there…
Why Storytelling is Way Better than Lecturing your Kids
By David Sewell McCann He left his sneakers out in the rain again. She will not leave her sister alone. He is terrified of spiders. She…
Recovering and Resourcing: Post-Natal Exercise For Health
By Hannah Schenker You have been through possibly one of the most challenging physical experiences of your life, and given birth to your beautiful…
Whole Mama Wild
By Loveday Why Big sleep? Tui bird happy birthday. Mama? Dada climb tree. Hat on. Trousers on. Flower! Look. Penguin move head. Look at…
I’m In Love With My Postpartum Body
By Kimberly Poovey This year, I gave birth to a 10lb 5oz baby. And I just bought the first bikini of my life. For…
Three lifechanging reasons to limit our kids’ screen time
By Jamie Geurtjens We have all heard that kids shouldn’t watch so much TV, but it’s not just TV that’s taken our kids over,…
My Friends Make Me a Better Mama
By Megan Stonelake I used to have this really close friend. We were roommates for years and best friends for even longer. When I…
Struggling to transition your child into their first big bed?
Some of you may absolutely love co-sleeping and find that it works for you and your kiddies – sharing one big bed for as…
We Meet Elly Toft, Founder of the Oamaru Apothecary & Hoheria Botanicals
Hoheria Botanicals is a range of natural skincare products hand crafted in small batches, using the finest plant oils, plant extracts and essential oils….
Don’t Worry. Be Happy.
By Dr. Laura Markham “Realize that now, in this moment of time, you are creating. You are creating your next moment based on what…
Katie Hinde: What we don’t know about mother’s milk
By Hannah Schenker Why does science know more about coffee and tomatoes than a mother’s breastmilk? Lactation researcher Katie Hinde explores this question in…
What’s in your chocolate milk?
Supplied by Nutra Organics OK, so recently I went to give a talk to a group of young people at the surf club in…