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31st January 2016: How to have fun

Last year I wrote a post on living small and how I have become so aware of that little child within me who by default wants to live small and hide away quite a lot. Only fairly recently (isn’t this sad yet so awesome?!) I have learned two things –

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September 2015: There is no “ME” in “MOM”

Well I am not a MEOM. How about you? Maybe that is because there is so often no “ME” in “MOM”. I can’t eat my own food without having to stop to feed my children or satisfy the grabbing hands of my constantly ravenous 10 month old; I can’t go to

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May 2015: What a shift

  With Tyler now being six months old it suddenly feels as if the sea has parted and a path has made itself clear through the murkier depths of parenting! This also makes it possible for me to look back and have the amazing ability of hindsight to see, from

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Let’s be honest…we are not bad mothers.

I initially wrote this in May after a couple of rough months with Tyler due to his reflux and general digestive discomfort making it difficult for him to sleep. A few days ago, I heard a mother at school say that she had told her daughter to shut up after she just would not stop

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16 November: The Art of knowing when to let go.

When I was a chid we were told we couldn’t leave the table until we were finished. If I tell Jocelyn to eat her supper and she won’t leave the table until she is done we will be there until midnight and beyond. Lately, as my three year old is

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02 April: You’re Good enough Mom!

Jocelyn told me the other day that I make her happy. This happened after she had mentioned that cake makes her happy. So I asked her what else makes her happy and was pleased to hear that I am up there with cake! I then decided to ask her what makes

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19 Feb 2015: Now this is getting real!

I’m three months and a bit in on this second-time parenting journey and things have really started to get difficult. For one thing I cannot find a moment to sit down to write anything with both children needing me ALL THE TIME and when they don’t need me the call

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The first 12 weeks – the gift of hindsight and expectations

The beauty of a retrospective diary of the parenting journey is the gift of hindsight. The same of course can be said about the parenting experience the second time around. When I compare the first three months with Jocelyn to the first three months with Tyler it was DEFINITELY easier this second time

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15th January 2015: Thank goodness for second chances!

And then there were two….. I cannot believe how different it is being a parent of a second child versus the first time. It is so easy and it is so difficult. It is easy because you’ve been there and done that and tend to be more relaxed and you know

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Doing it a little differently

So much for regular diary entries! Suddenly I find myself with an almost 9 month old baby and I have not had a chance to spend much time on my blog – resulting in 16 rough drafts I have not been able to polish and post. If I have to be

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