Dining out with young kids is not for the faint hearted. Our own dining with kids experiences tend to be about getting in early, getting the food into the kids quick, and getting out without embarrassing ourselves. Languid lunches with a two year old in tow – no way. And don’t even talk to me…
I shared this story a few years ago, but as Bubs on the Move’s audience has grown I think it is worth re-sharing – simply because it is an experience that deeply informed my perception of road safety “Road works, a cyclist to pass, the open road ahead, and then a sickening crunch. “I’ve hit…
When I started this blog I thought I was the only doctor-mum blogging out there. This week I’m heading up to Cairns to talk to a group of medical parents about blogging and while doing my research I realised I’m not alone. I love this for a few reasons. Firstly, it is further evidence that…
Instagram is a minefield, an interactive, addictive minefield of body insecurity. I post frequently on Instagram, mainly kid spam, pictures of my kids engaging with the world, travel shots and occasionally a picture of myself. I’m deliberately posting a few more shots of myself. I lost my mojo after having my third baby and am…
School holidays are looming and I’m sure I’m not the only working parent to be frantically sorting out school holiday childcare arrangements. Even those parents that are fortunate enough to have time off work may be looking at options to give them a breather over the holidays. In our hometown of Melbourne there are scores…
I wrote this a few years ago but it is just as true now as it was then so decided a repost was in order.. Dear Fellow Passenger, I know what kind of thoughts you have because I have read them in mainstream and social media and heard them whispered as we queue to…
One of life’s most perverse truths is that the stage of life that renders a woman’s privacy non-existent is also the most lonely. Should a mother dare to venture into the shower, pantry or, the holy grail of private dwelling places, the toilet alone her young children will scream their insult to the heavens. The…
Kid’s shoes are kind of my thing right now….Partly that’s because my little girl has a thing for shoes herself and somehow after parenting two boys that floats my boat. Also, as two of my three are “sensory kids” and buying footwear that doesn’t feel good to their sensory feet is as close to throwing…
For some parents traveling with kids is something to be dreaded. Akin to a colonoscopy, or slow root canal. Something that is perhaps unavoidable, such a journey for an interstate wedding, but certainly not to be courted. I have looked on these parents with scorn and disdain. What on earth were they thinking? They…
When I heard that a friend Adrian Pyle had self published a children’s book using his daughter’s artwork I was impressed. Firstly that he had thought to do such a cool thing, and second that he had the wherewithal to actually do it. It struck me that collaborating with a child to produce a published…