Author: nickyainley
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Global Developmental Delay – an inside story on our sons developmental journey.
Yes parenting is difficult, but everyone goes through that people told me, toughen up it’s life. Yes, but for me it came down to 3 letters GDD. I had never heard of GDD (Global Developmental Delay) until that moment sitting in with our paediatrician nearly 6 months ago.
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Drop the take away…nothing beats homemade pizza
And before you say but it’s sooooo hard, NO! Shrug off that attitude and grab your mixing bowl because whipping up homemade pizzas are the best! Ok there is one little annoying bit (the kneading) but think of it as a bit of a work out and then you can have more pizza! Winner 🎉…
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International sleep day: Chronic sleep deprivation affecting parents daily.
Today is International Sleep Day and as I pen this I’m once again struggling with the hazy, ‘hangover’ that is sleep deprivation. A feeling I have now discovered is understandable seeing research shows that sleep deprivation can have the same physiological side effects as excessive alcohol. So that explains why I feel like I had…
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Please…don’t judge a Mum in the supermarket!
Oh god yes…To the people in the supermarket rolling their eyes over the crazy out of control kids, they were mine!! To the sighs and the subtle groans, well yes those twins are mine. But please…never judge a mother in the supermarket Yes it’s true, it was MY two year old twin boys who both…
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Fiji for the family 2 – budgets, booze and bulla buses!
Waking up to the sound of the waves gently breaking, the dappled tropical sunlight peaking through the curtains and hearing the palm trees starting to stir with the morning breeze is one of the things I most treasure about the first morning of your tropical holiday. Of course our first morning in Fiji wasn’t anything…
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Fiji for the family! Part 1 our arrival to Denarau
The first thing you feel when you disembark from your plane in Fiji is a sense of relaxation. As you walk through the open balcony of the airport the topical breeze hits your face, combined with the instant warmth of the locals you can feel the stresses of every day life evaporate. If you’re like…
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Travelling with twins…the getting there ✈️
Bula from Fiji! When I started telling people we were taking our 2.5year old twins to Fiji, most people’s reaction was…you’re brave…or stupid! Now I grew up in a family of travellers. I think my first flight was when I was 6mo this old and unfortunately (for my adult bank account) it didn’t take me…
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The realistic toddler version of the baby McCafe ad!
If you haven’t seen it already there is a cute as video doing the rounds of a dad trying to get his coffee from McCafe with out waking a sleeping baby! Well boy oh boy did it bring back some memories of the days I used to stress myself out driving through drive through desperate…
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I broke my rule of not commenting on social media mum feeds – and this is what happened!
Last night I broke my cardinal rule of being part of an online group…I engaged in a conversation with some keyboard warriors! Rule of thumb, because I live a relatively public life, I try to ignore engaging in online conversations. I see very little point in defending myself to people I don’t know and I…
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Breastfeeding isn’t for everyone…even if you give it your best shot!
As National breastfeeding week wraps up for another year it has made me reflect on my time breastfeeding the boys and it has reminded me that while I am totally for breastfeeding, sometimes it doesn’t work out the way you hope and that can be hard for Mums. Whether you try and it’s great, it…
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