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Rookie Mom: How to Partner with Teachers

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First days. If you live in South Africa, this week your Facebook feed has been filled with pictures of kids on their first day of school. If you’re like me, you’ve been sending messages back and forth about kids who are fine, mothers who are not, hints of tears and declarations of wine. When I imagine having…
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2015 – Happy New Year or Crappy New Year?

Rookie Mom
Well, hello 2015. Like most things in life, I’m a little behind the curve. I had to Google “bae”. I found out what Tinder was like, 2 weeks ago. And my first blog of the new year is on 17 January. Welcome to my organised, on-top-of-things life. This is Luke eating a nutritious snack at an…
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Well, hello.

Rookie Mom
I see you’re searching for something to do with your kids this weekend. For an outing. Maybe for your sanity.  You’ve come to the right place.Over a decade ago, this blog was where I shared the messy, beautiful journey of losing myself in motherhood. This was us when I wrote this blog: Cos having small kids…
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My Extremely Helpful Guide to Christmas Shopping

Rookie Mom
This is me trying to choose a present for someone. Notice the dark rings under my eyes. Notice the worry on my brow. I’m actually feeling stressed out just writing this. Everyone is always saying, “I love Christmas shopping! I love queues! I love credit card debt!” Not me. I don’t like any of those…
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What To Do When Life Is Hard

Rookie Mom
It sucks, but it’s true. Today, I got a message from a special friend of mine overseas whose three year old has just spent two days in hospital. Her little girl has some as yet undiagnosed cardiac and respiratory problem. The day before, I got an email from another close friend who found a lump. We’re…
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How To Give A Compliment

Rookie Mom
Have you ever been on the way to visit someone who has really great hair, and on the way there you realise you didn’t shower that day and forgot to put your hair up and now you were on your way to visit someone with really great hair? I have. It happened last weekend when…
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Are You a Terrible Parent?

Rookie Mom
This is a photo of Will crying because another child was playing on the part of the jungle gym he was playing in before we left the jungle gym to have a snack. Obviously. Last week, I was informed by a perfect stranger in a public place that I was a terrible parent. When a…
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From 13 to 30

Rookie Mom
Thirteen years old. My dad took me out on my first date to show me how a guy was meant to treat me. He was so sweet. I was so awkward. Do you remember being thirteen years old? When I was thirteen, I had no friends. Seriously. It was that awkward stage where some friends…
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Women Rock – A Tribute to the Brave and Beautiful

Rookie Mom
Being a young mom of two toddlers, I’m often approached by many other woman who want to know the secret to my glamorous look. And by many other woman, I mean absolutely no one. Even now, as I type this, there is literally dried yogurt in my hair. I felt it when I ran my fingers…
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Well, hello.

Rookie Mom
I see you’re searching for something to do with your kids this weekend. For an outing. Maybe for your sanity.  You’ve come to the right place.Over a decade ago, this blog was where I shared the messy, beautiful journey of losing myself in motherhood. This was us when I wrote this blog: Cos having small kids…
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