by Kylie Krackenbacken I am trying to have it all. I am utterly, absolutely besotted with our adorable little boy. He loves us desperately and is mad keen for cuddles. The feeling of his skinny little arms around me squeezing me tight makes my heart sing. I am also trying to maintain my career while […]
Parenting skills
Funny questions kids ask about having babies (and how to answer them!)
When my kids were little it was easy to answer their questions about where babies come from: ME: They grow in the Mum’s tummy and then the Mum goes to hospital and then there’s a baby. Simple. Then the boys started to get older, and wiser… KID: But if a baby grows in your tummy, […]
Home Cooking is a Shameful Waste of My Valuable Time
by Kylie Krackenbacken Cooking relaxes me and I cook with love! At a lunch I went to recently I discovered that this is the way to do the cooking properly because people can TASTE the love. I have a lot of time and love for these people because they probably have some left overs I […]
Sick, snotty babies and how to deal with them
by Kylie Krackenbacken I’m sitting on the couch in the same pyjamas I’ve been wearing for the last couple of days and I have a tissue sticking out of one of my nostrils to stop the snot dripping out. There’s not much point in getting dressed as Jack has bronchiolitis, I have a sinus infection […]
15 small ways you’ve made the world a better place
Lately it’s become overwhelming to read about the pain, to hear about the suffering and brutality that can be life on this planet. Many people around me feel helpless that they can’t fix the world. They can’t save the children being bombed. They can’t prevent planes being shot out of the sky, flown into buildings […]
The crazy truth about Mothers Group
by Kylie Krackenbacken So Mothers Group, what’s that about?! Let’s chuck a bunch of random chicks and babies into the one room for some facilitated workshops with the only common ground being that we all squeezed a baby out of a hole somewhere at a similar time. Is Mothers Group painful and awkward? Hells yes! […]