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May 2012

Nasty Winter Bugs

Submitted by sue@mumhood on Mon, 28/05/2012 - 9:33am

There is only one thing worse than having your kids sick with a nasty tummy bug.  That’s catching it from them.

My five year old came home from school last week, and whilst quizzing him on why the majority of his lunchbox was uneaten, he turned green and emptied the entire contents of his stomach on the kitchen floor.

What started that afternoon didn’t stop all week.  The 2 ½ year old followed a day later.  It was a constant cycle of changing sheets, washing, drying, wiping, moping, spraying and empting buckets.

Despite the vigilant hand washing, it wasn’t long until I too was turning my own shade of green. Of course when these things happen, my husband always manages to be away with work commitments. . .

Product Review: Wisetalk for Families

Submitted by sue@mumhood on Mon, 21/05/2012 - 1:34pm

After my blog a few weeks ago on kids and secrets, Jennifer, the editor of Australian Family Magazine pointed to a product that can help families get better connected. 

It’s called Wisetalk for Families and it is a tool for parents and a simple game for kids.  Each box contains 26 doubled-sided alphabet tokens and a book of topics that relate to each token.

It only takes a few minutes to ‘play’ and helps to discuss some important issues with your child. It covers a wide variety of subjects from anger through to respect, pain and lying and much more. . .

Can We Be Selfish on Mother’s Day?

Submitted by sue@mumhood on Thu, 10/05/2012 - 12:15pm

There have been a lot of articles recently on Mother’s making time for themselves.  At least “40 minutes” per day they say.   I guess it depends on what you classify as “making time for yourself”.  I don’t consider eating my dinner, having a shower or being fast asleep as great “me” time.

In fact, I think most women with children would struggle getting 40 minutes per week. This is particularly true for those with very young children and especially the working mums out there. So this Sunday we have the perfect opportunity to get in those 40 minutes or maybe even a few hours of Mummy time. .  .

Secret Kid’s Business

Submitted by sue@mumhood on Thu, 03/05/2012 - 1:53pm

Once your child starts school there is six hours of each day that become a complete mystery.  Some lucky mothers may get a blow-by-blow account of the day, but most of us are left wondering what their child gets up to at school all day.

I have given up on the daily interrogations and simply greet him with the standard question ‘How was your day?” each afternoon. Of course I get the standard “good” response.  Some days he may go on to throw me little morsels of information throughout the afternoon and evening.  On other days I get very little or nothing at all. . .