I posted Potty Train + Mummy Brain = Disaster last week, and received a lot of different responses – ranging from laughter to sympathy to empathy. So I decided I should start a mini-series on Potty Training (the BIG change in both toddler and mum’s…
Bad Moms – the chick-mom flick starring Mila Kunis as an over-tired, over-worked, over-stressed mom – was on my 'must watch' movie list since I first saw the trailer. Of course, movies in theatres post Little Man are as frequent as leap years, but being…
Potty training is a tormenting enough experience. Long, boring (for toddler and parent), smelly and involving LOTS of laundry. Now couple that with Mummy Brain and it’s a loss-loss situation! Like what happened to me last evening. Little Man is half way there – he’s…
If you are a parent of a toddler, you know the inside-out of a full-blown tantrum. The kind that happens in the shopping mall, at the supermarket till, outside the nursery, at the community centre… anywhere, anytime really! You know it’s coming, you know how…
If you ever told me to write an ode to a wet wipe Before I became a mum I wouldn’t think its much fun But here I am Mum to 3-year-old Little Man All set to type My heartfelt thanks to a wet wipe For…
C’mon, admit it. As a mum, you’ve definitely pulled your hair out, gritted your teeth, thought your life pretty much sucks sometimes and gone ‘AAAAARGHHHHHH’ a zillion times! And at least a couple times a day. That’s motherhood for you – well, a part of…
It’s a question I’ve been asking myself since a while now. As my son is approaching his third birthday, suddenly, things seem to be changing. I’m not talking about the various milestones he’s covering, or skills and words he’s learning; rather, I’m puzzled about the…
In the world of Mums, there are two very distinct kinds: the first-time, new mum (scared, unsure, polite) and the experienced, been there-done that-know that mum (confident, won’t take s**t from toddler or anyone). Of course there are sub-divisions too: the carefree mum, the strict…
It's supposed to be the other way around. We mums and dads are supposed to be the teachers and our littles, our obedient students. But in the three-and-a-half years that I've been a Mum, I can vouch for two things: a) our students aren't always obedient…
‘Skip, Skip, Skip to My Lou’ is a popular children’s song. Back in the 1840s, it was a famous American partner-stealing dance. The ‘lou’ in the title comes from the word ‘loo’, a Scottish word for ‘love’. Now, why am I telling you’ll all this?…
