Author Archives: fern
My New Quilt Photography Prop…
…is totally unco-operative, especially when you suddenly realise that the daylight is about to run out and interrupt him mid-feed to snap a photo of your WIP. But when he’s really good… (you might need to prepare yourself for this one, there is some serious squee action ahead) …he is REALLY good.
Merry Christmas!
Please enjoy this thinly veiled attempt to show you how perfect my life is an how beautiful my children are under the guise of sending you my best wishes. (but seriously, have an awesome day) (and dude, you have to admit it, my boys (and bauble daughter) are seriously gorgeous)
Vanity, Thy Name Is Declan
Since he started in September, Declan has thrived at his little school, and my initial hesitation at sending him to a religious school (I am a raging heathen, Dan is a reformed Catholic) has completely dispersed after seeing just how wonderfully he’s doing there… although I still wince a little internally when he sings hymns … Continue reading
There’s A Joke Here About Helicopter Parenting, But I Lost Half My Brain Cells When I Delivered The Placenta, So Insert Your Own Witty Title Here
We are home. We are settled. Ronan is such a chilled out little dude, he boobs, he sleeps, he fills his pants a lot. Declan obviously loves him, he’s just far too cool to show it, but he’s the first to call me when his baby brother cries and won’t go to sleep without giving … Continue reading
Home Again, Home Again…
Today we go home. I know this because the midwife on duty poked me until I woke up, at six am this morning and asked what time my husband will be in to pick me up as they need the bed. (when the battle of Dan vs Three Car Seats In A Holden Commodore is … Continue reading
Taking Care Of Number One
I am a proud breast feeder, not a “lactavist” by any stretch of the imagination, but someone who is proud to say that I’ve spent almost three out of the last five years with a babe attached to my breast. I have been incredibly lucky with my little ones. Declan was an easy nurser, took … Continue reading
Dear Internet, I Just Had A Baby!
This post is a week late officially, but as I’ve only just gained access to my laptop (oh how I have missed you!) then I’m only just getting a chance to update now. On the 22nd of November we welcomed Ronan Clay Treacy into the world after 3 days in hospital, an ambulance plane flight … Continue reading
Why I’m A Crap Mum – Reason #78
I hate family meals. For years Dan and I have fed the ferals kids, put them to bed and the sat down on the sofa and watched a show together whilst eating off our laps. Yes, it involved making two meals, but damn, it was nice to just sit and chillax after the craziness that … Continue reading
I Don’t Heart My Body
There. I said it. There’s been a swag of posts over the weekend based around the “I Heart My Body” theme on We Heart Life and it’s one that I just can’t join in with. I have never loved my body, but I haven’t always hated it either. I was a size ten seventeen year … Continue reading
Bring On The Lulz
I am completely in LOVE with this blog post from Jess discussing the death of her daughter, Iris, and the following comments from other babylost parents. A relative brought a gift for me. A lovely, well-meaning, slightly misguided gift. Iris scented soap-on-a-rope. Because who wouldn’t wash their armpits with sweet babylost memories? We laughed. Because what … Continue reading
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