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MummyFlyingSolo
http://www.mummyflyingsolo.com/
I'm a single parent writing about that and a range of other things: stress, anxiety, meditation, parenting etc
LATEST ARTICLES ( 129 )
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A Day in the Life – Tuesday
First ever sticker book. LOVED IT.Well today technically started at 2am when Monkey woke up crying. It is so rare for this to happen these days that I actually... Read more
Posted on 22 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
It’s Here. It’s Happening. Two Whole Weeks Without My Awesome 2 Year Old.
Oooo look I’m in the reflection. Best. Place. EverI can’t believe I am doing this.Right now I am feeling a mix of excited and traumatised which are two really... Read more
Posted on 22 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
A Day In The Life – Monday
This week I am going to be giving you a glimpse of my life from Monday to Friday in an average week. I don’t usually write general update posts, I tend to... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Baby Shower Games It Won’t Take You Ages to Organise
If there’s one thing I know these days it is that most of us are time poor. So we don’t have time to sit around and sift through a gazillion baby shower games... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
When Your Uber Awesome Efficiency System Fails You…or You Fail It.
It’s one or the other really, isn’t it? User error or system error. And in this case I think it might be me. But the system had a fault so it failed me too.... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Things My Kid Will Never Do (because I’m the World’s Best Parent)
Yes, yes, I was going to be the world’s best parent. And then life happened.Pre-baby most of us had certain ideas of what sort of children we would raise. Read more
Posted on 14 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Similar to Many but Different to Most: My Birth Story – Part 3
…Continued from Part 2…4 September 2011Just after midnight: There was one moment when I was on the table getting prepped for theater and one of the Drs rocked u... Read more
Posted on 03 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Similar to Many but Different to Most: My Birth Story – Part 2
…Continued from Part 1...Saturday, 3 SeptemberSo on we travel. As soon as the waters are broken (not painful btw) I start having proper contractions. Read more
Posted on 03 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Similar to Many but Different to Most: My Birth Story – Part 1
The day of my inductionSo if you’ve rocked up here thinking that “birth story” is probably a metaphor for something else (like this) then you will be sorely... Read more
Posted on 03 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Couch to 5k Update – a Teeny Bit of Starting Over
So this is where this whole shamozzle is at.Lately, there’s been more of the couch and less of the 5k. If I was on track as planned then I’d be at about week 7... Read more
Posted on 02 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Newborns and the Sleep Thing – Can It Be Easier?
When it came to newborns and sleep I was pretty oblivious. I knew it was an issue but I thought that was just because they woke up hungry in the middle of the... Read more
Posted on 24 September 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Let’s Talk About Being Fat
Image courtesy of AKARAKINGDOMS / FreeDigitalPhotos.netI was reading a Facebook post the other day about a poor overweight mum whose little girl was told by... Read more
Posted on 23 September 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
A Bit of Verbal Diarrhea Straight from the Heart
Me just doing the LIFE thing.How many posts actually use the word diarrhea in their header and get read do you think? Can’t be that many. It’s hardly enticing.... Read more
Posted on 20 September 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
My Mailbox is Getting All Cultural Again
The city of orchids, a fish with a lion head and REALLY good street food. Check it out! Singapore has come to say hello!I have been to Singapore a number of... Read more
Posted on 15 September 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Why the Position of Your Child’s Cot is Important.
A good example of a cot placed in the middle of the wall, away from the windowThere has to be at least one person who reads that headline and honestly thinks I’... Read more
Posted on 12 September 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
The Big City Just Arrived in My Mailbox.
I want to be here right now.WOW. Just wow. I think this might be one of the best postcards I have ever received. It rocks.I have never been to New York but I... Read more
Posted on 08 September 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Unrepresentative Swill
Reblogged from ricardian ambivalence: Like most Australians, I have in recent times voted above the line in the senate -- after all the ballots don't even fit i... Read more
Posted on 06 September 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
A Parenting Fail to Make You Feel Awesome
Eeerrr I’ll try not to do it again.Having a bad day? Well here’s a tasty little morsel from my life to:a) give you a laughb) make you feel cleverc) make you fee... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
No More, Mummy
That’s enough of that thanks, MummyWe were at swimming lessons this morning and I was bouncing around the pool with Monkey singing la la la la la to the tune... Read more
Posted on 03 September 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Why I Can’t Be a Supermodel and Clothes Don’t Look as Nice Once You Try Them On.
Well then, today I am going to surprise you. Today, I am not going to write a really long post.No.Today, I am going to let some pictures do the talking for me.... Read more
Posted on 29 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION