When you’re hitting the big three oh and you still feel like a teenager – zits and all. Apologies for the super lengthy post, but I hereby promise to disclose all I know about acne-prone skin and how to avoid those darn adult breakouts. I wrote this about a year ago, just before turning 30. […]
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How do you protect your children from the world and the beast that is social media?
I’ve never seen myself as paranoid, but somehow motherhood has turned me into an extra careful, suspicious and cautious person. Maybe some would even call it paranoid, but it just takes a couple of dodgy experiences, some upsetting conversations and a few disturbing news headlines to turn you into exactly that. How do you keep […]
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The perfect winter breakaway at Giant’s Castle
I would love to share with you some pictures (okay, so a lot of pictures – but hey, it’s my blog and I’ll share 10 000 pictures if I want to 😛 ) that tell the story of our little family of three’s very first holiday together. I’ve kept this story on ice for two […]
Postpartum Mental Health: My experience with the Baby Blues, a terrifying moment involving a car seat, Colic and Vaginismus
This is a very long story that includes tales of the baby blues, struggles of early breastfeeding, something that might have been postpartum depression, my journey with vaginismus and how I fixed the problem that was causing helluva stress in my own marriage. Be warned, if you don’t particularly like reading about the downright ugly […]
Free Downloadable Wallpaper Inspiration
Ever since I was introduced to the inspirational world of blogging, one of my favourite things has always been downloadable freebies, and especially in the form of beautiful, creative, inspiring wallpapers for my computer and cellphone. I’ve always just been on the end-user side of these downloads and have been dreaming of creating my own […]
Everyday confidence from your lunchbox makeup bag
Note: I attended a beauty workshop with a friend this past weekend and it was some well spent girl-time. I wasn’t asked to promote this beauty workshop or any of the products mentioned in this post – I just honestly enjoyed it and think you may too. For many years, I’ve felt entirely clueless when […]
Birth Story: The day Juwan decided to join us
People always say how they were never warned about the bad side of pregnancy/birth/parenting, and it’s true, I also experienced it that way. I think they probably don’t tell you these things because they don’t want to scare you off, because YES – it really is worth it, despite all the hell you go through. […]
Juwan’s Nursery
I’ve always been a huge sucker for decor. Before I moved out of my parents’ house, I used to buy magazines like House & Home, Elle Decor, Tuis and Idees – all the while dreaming up my perfect someday-home. As a student, with zero income and a wish to spread my wings, I became so […]
The joy and privilege of motherhood (and the story of how Juwan got his name)
This past month I’ve been surrounded by the wonderful news of the births of new little babies in our circle and it has me all nostalgic, so I thought it would be nice to finally write about our own pregnancy and birth story – the ups and the downs. I have a few tales to […]
New Baby & Kids Expo on the block: Cape Kids Collab
When I heard about the Cape Kids Collab Exhibit sometime last year, I was curious as to what the vibe would be like. The venue: Avenue Venue – 40 Dock Road at the Waterfront in Cape Town. The only frame of reference I had was exhibits like the massive Mamamagic, usually held at convention centres, […]