My son’s teacher asked me the other day how I was going after the birth of our third child. My answer was “Have you seen the tv show the Walking Dead? Well it’s a bit like that at our house right now”. I was referring to the zombiesque twilight that new mums dwell in…
When I became a mum it didn’t occur to me to stop traveling. We took our eldest son on his first plane journey when he was aged 7 weeks to meet my beloved grandmother. We journeyed off on a round the world trip when he was aged 3 months. Trial and error during our…
My husband and I enjoy road trips with our children. The times our children are asleep, or awake but happy in their car seats provides us with a rare chance for uninterrupted adult conversation. There are limits to this of course and we schedule our road trips to cater to the needs of our…
Although the idea of backpacking with children has much that appeals, I have never had the courage to do so. My friend Heather is braver than I and has graciously agreed to share her experiences. Backpacking in Malaysia with children Backpacking: it worked when we were young and fancy-free. Would it work with a…
In my previous life I was well traveled. Both work and play led me to all continents bar South America, and I loved it. A little over three years ago a pocket sized bundle of rambunctious energy entered my life. While pregnant I had accepted an invitation to speak at a conference in Italy when…