This week TIME magazine ran a cover picture that caused more than a small media frenzy! The controversial image was to do with the main article about the Attachment Parenting trend sweeping the States. It was called “Are you Mom enough?”. The image featured a 26 year-old mother breastfeeding her almost 4 year-old son (see above) Feedback was fast and furious with responses from almost every major newspaper and mommy blogger out there! I rounded up a few of the interesting items for you to read through and make up your own mind on this topic TIME magazines complete coverage …  Read More »

Recently I seem to be surrounded by a spate of newborns which has turned my focus for a while to all things baby… Once the journey of pregnancy and the hurdle of birth are behind you most new moms immediately turn their attention to feeding their new bundle. Breastfeeding is usually the recommended method in hospital and my clinic nurses but so many new moms really battle to get this right and within a few days or weeks have given it up altogether to eliminate the stress, often quite understandably! But however stressful the process of learning to breastfeed (for …  Read More »

I love to read and gain knowledge which means I am especially good at clicking on every link I like online. The aim of course is to read all the articles that sound interesting… but life happens and I don’t, which means I end up with 37 tabs open on my computer for days! Eventually I get around to reading all the very interesting articles and then I can’t help but want to share some of them with you. Here is a link list of some really helpful articles about parenting problems that we all face at one time or …  Read More »

Every now and again I put together a list of recommended reads from around the internet. Sometimes they follow a topic, sometimes they don’t! I realised by the length of my bookmark list that I haven’t done one in a while so thought you might like some interesting links to suck your time on this Sunday evening! Here are some great reads which I will label parenting pointers! On Health Why the Ritalin debate is asking the wrong question – The Huffington Post. Healing Our Kids’ Soul Fever With Simplicity. Our kids are in crisis, victims of an undeclared war …  Read More »

Here is a round up of very interesting links I have come across recently: recommended reads on parents and kids. A few I have featured on my Facebook page but in case you missed them I have included them here again plus a few new ones too… Read one or read them all – hopefully you will find something useful or thought-provoking…. An open letter to moms of newborns – Simple Mom The Neuroscience of Imagination – Psychology Today Why I tell my daughters they are beautiful often – Motherhood. Your Way. 9 essential skills kids should learn – Zen …  Read More »

So today was another FIRST in my little girl’s life. Her first day at playschool! I dropped her just before 9 and stayed for 30 mins slowly edging my way out the gate. She was a star. Didn’t cry or freak out (yet) I am fascinated to hear how it went the rest of the morning. Will have to wait til 11.30 before I find out. What really helps is that I was totally relaxed and happy to drop her off. I have total confidence that I have chosen the very best school for my child. I love the teacher …  Read More »

It’s a New Year full of New Beginnings, 2012, I’m super excited to see what you have in store for this year, aren’t you??? What does seem to be waiting in the wings for so many of my friends is a new baby – it seems every second person I know is pregnant! What an exciting time of anticipating a New Life! For all those mamas-to-be’s I’m so pleased to share this exciting news with you today! Blomerus Photography specialises in Maternity, Birth and Newborn Photography. Marysol Blomerus is a Cuban-American now based in Cape Town who got a love …  Read More »

This morning I received the news from friends of ours who live in the UK that their baby daughter was delivered last night – at home by her dad!!! Can you imagine??? It is their second baby and often labour is faster than the first time but to not have enough time for the midwife to arrive or to get to a hospital – the thought sends me into a panic. Anyway everything went well and the little girl looks perfect in every way as only newborns can. Congrats to all and well done to the very brave mom – …  Read More »

Today is a very special day – my favourite boy in all the world turns 5! Hard to believe… as they say time flies when you’re having fun! This is what 5 years looks like! Happy Birthday special boy xxx Not only is it my son’s 5th birthday – it’s also my 5th anniversary of being a mom! Something to celebrate me thinks! ;) How long have you been a mom? images: Kathryn Rossiter

Some interesting articles which I have come across recently to do with raising kids in 2011. I thought you might find these thought-provoking: Will my kids like me when they are grown? @ Motherhood. your way. What is enough? Teaching your kids the concept of enough @ Play. Fight. Repeat. Mom of 11 fulfills dream and goes to Harvard! @ Babble The lost boys. You might think girls are more sensitive but you’d be wrong. @ Femail Toy rotation @ Picklebums Parents of a certain age. How old is too old to have kids? @ The NY times U.S. Fertility …  Read More »