December 6, 2018

Head Lice Hacks – How To Get Rid Of These Suckers

Head Lice Hacks – How To Get Rid Of These Suckers.

(This post is sponsored by MOOV.)

Head lice. As a parent, those words are enough to make your skin crawl (no pun intended). If you’re anything like me, you probably have at least one childhood head lice memory. And chances are, getting rid of them is not a nice memory.

I have a very clear memory of myself sitting on a chair in our courtyard of the terrace we lived in in Chippendale in inner Sydney. My mum is painstakingly shampooing my hair with a disgusting smelling substance and my hair ended up so matted that it literally took hours to comb it out with that fine-toothed comb. It hurt. A LOT. And I have very fine hair. If your hair is curly? I can’t even imagine. Continue Reading →

November 20, 2018

Three Common Co-parenting Styles

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Three Common Co-parenting Styles.

Co-parenting. It’s a word that can evoke enough anxiety in someone to induce a panic attack. Or maybe it’s so smooth sailing, it doesn’t bring you a worry in the world.

Love it or hate it, it’s sure to be a conversation starter at any single mums group.Continue Reading →

November 16, 2018

Top 10 Reasons To Try Fernwood Fitness

(This Post is a partnership with Fernwood Fitness.)

A month ago I was invited to try out a Fernwood Fitness health club of my choice to experience all that Fernwood has to offer and to see if I like it.

I jumped at the chance because I have never experienced a female-only gym environment and had heard only good things about Fernwood Fitness.

A month on, here are my top 10 reasons to try Fernwood Fitness. Continue Reading →

November 7, 2018

How to find (or start) a local single mums group

How to find (or start) a local single mums group.

I tend to talk about the benefits of joining a local single mums group a lot, and I get asked about it A LOT. It really is the best! Especially for new single mums. And here, I want to answer the question on everyone’s lips…

How do I find a local single mums group?Continue Reading →

September 24, 2018

The day I realised I let my daughter down

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The day I realised I let my daughter down.

This blog post is a bit different. It’s not what I would usually write about, but writing is therapeutic for me and I feel I need to get my thoughts and feelings out, and on to paper (so to speak). I also want to answer some of the common questions I have been getting because I am completely overwhelmed with messages and emails at the moment (which is also super lovely) about what happened to my daughter and I last week with the Instagram impersonator.

The 19th September was an awful day for me. I had just clicked on my notifications on Instagram when I noticed the very top notification; it was the last person who had liked one of my photos. I didn’t recognize the name or handle, but it was the Instagram user’s profile photo that caught my eye. It was a photo of my daughter and I in the Blue Mountains.Continue Reading →