Category Archives: Help at Home

Just add water!

Posted on August 1, 2012

I find 4pm-7pm is pretty stressful time in my house. Little ones are tired after a big day, possibly hungry but too tired to eat… temperaments are not at their best! It’s amazing how a bath seems to calm cranky … Continue reading →

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The Sound of Silence

Posted on July 2, 2012

There is nothing more eery than the sound of real silence…. Can you imagine being a tiny prem, just home after weeks or even months in hospital and finding there’s none of the noise you’re used to.  None of the … Continue reading →

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Visiting Hours

Posted on October 10, 2011

When one of the girls from work gave birth to her beautiful baby we all received the text with time and date of birth, weight, mum and bub doing well and… “looking forward to seeing you all at the hospital. … Continue reading →

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It’s not helping if…it’s not helping

Posted on October 4, 2011

As if having a baby prematurely isn’t stressful enough, it can be even harder when well-meaning friends and relatives come to ‘help’ and it ends up being anything but! It can be difficult at the best of times to articulate … Continue reading →

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