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Consent and the six year old

August 29, 2019 By Tracey 2 Comments

It was Charlie’s birthday party, there were 20 something mini Ninjas in our backyard. Loud and free they are screaming, jumping and laughing. So much wild laughter and the sound is like balm to the soul. Children’s laughter is pure joy and comes as a gentle reminder that innocence is not always lost. There were tears…

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Filed Under: Daily Musings, Inside Thoughts Out Loud Tagged With: consent, lessons, life, motherhood, parenting, Social Media

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I was emotionally derailed by a Kindy concert

December 11, 2018 By Tracey Leave a Comment

I am watching Charlie  doing the moves to “Santa wear your shorts” it is the night of his Kindy concert, I’m smiling and laughing and then suddenly I am holding back tears I didn’t even realise I was holding on to. I hold my breath and suddenly I am remembering when he was a newborn, a time when advice, solicited…

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Filed Under: Daily Musings, Inside Thoughts Out Loud, Motherhood Tagged With: end of year, joy, Kindergarten, lessons, life, love, motherhood, parenting, prep

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Raising a feminist son when the T shirt says “The future is female”

April 15, 2018 By Tracey 8 Comments

Last week Charlie and I were walking along Southbank when I saw three women pushing strollers walking towards us.  Three mums, three strollers and three little girls. One of the mothers was wearing a T shirt that said “The Future is Female”. They were talking animatedly and laughing at one another and they looked the…

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Filed Under: Daily Musings Tagged With: equality, feminism, feminist, motherhood, parenting

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Where do (IVF) babies come from daddy?

October 23, 2017 By Tracey 4 Comments

Charlie is at the sweet age when he says some funny shit. It’s astonishing the things that young children say but it’s only when you live with the running commentary of a little person that you appreciate the randomness of their thoughts. “Do giants eat houses for breakfast?” “Will I melt if I touch the…

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Filed Under: Inside Thoughts Out Loud, IVF, Motherhood Tagged With: babies, conception, Infertility, IVF, joy, lessons, life, love, motherhood, parenting, pregnancy, where do babies come from

Me, myself and anxiety

October 10, 2017 By Tracey

Anxiety manifests itself in many ways. Physically and or psychologically, fears and phobias.  My version is generally centred around health and an intense fear of those close to me getting sick. Really sick.  It’s not something that consumes me, it surfaces when everything is going well and then someone (usually MM or Charlie) complains of feeling…

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Filed Under: Daily Musings, Inside Thoughts Out Loud Tagged With: anxiety, fears, joy, lessons, life, motherhood, parenting, relationships

Mummy Bloggers: The truth and nothing but the truth?

September 17, 2017 By Tracey Leave a Comment

Blogging for me started as an outlet from the relentless and exhausting experience of undergoing IVF. It was part journal, part relief and a way to update family and friends who knew we were undergoing fertility treatment.  It was far easier to write about a failed IVF attempt than it was to ring someone to…

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Filed Under: Blogging, Inside Thoughts Out Loud Tagged With: Holly Wainwright, Instagram, motherhood, Mummy Bloggers, parenting, Social Media

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