I hope the first few weeks have gone smoothly for everyone and for the families who’s kids are starting school they’ve transitioned well.  Gracie is absolutely loving Pre-School, she’s settled in well and says she only misses me a little bit With starting school comes all the fun of working out what lunchbox and drink bottle would be suitable for your child! I don’t know about you, but I actually find this whole process a headache in itself!  I tend to be an over-packer when it comes to food and I find some of the lunchboxes look way too small and Gracie would be complaining about b ..read more

The time is fast approaching, my baby girl who’s been my shadow for over 4.5 years is starting her educational journey and starting Pre-School at the beginning of February.  I’m super relieved that she got into our first choice as its a relatively small place and very nurturing. We have a busy couple of weeks, with a parents evening to go through everything one more time and the chance to meet other parents whose kids are starting at the same time as well as a final playdate before she officially starts. I’m feeling slightly flappy and emotional as my husband will be overseas for this per ..read more

Lets talk about sleep baby, let’s talk about sleep…. As parents we try our best to assist our children in anyway we can to have good naps and a good night’s sleep. The problem is, there can be soooo many factors that affect a good nights sleep, especially when it comes to our precious children.  From my own personal experience of having a child who is what you would call ‘not a great sleeper’, I’ve had to assess every facet of her sleeping environment to try and improve her sleep. Unfortunately, Grace our daughter who is nearly 4.5 years suffers from very sensitive skin, eczema and rhini ..read more

Sarina of Fit Family Sydney, is mum to two beautiful children, her family own JAI Martial Arts in Maroubra, Sydney and at the weekend’s Sarina runs their Kinder Kicks classes.  She is also a fantastic cook and a ninja at meal preparation! Recently I was chatting to Sarina about my concerns of being able to feed everyone once the baby is born, I’ve never been into meal preparation but I feel like this might need to change very soon!! Sarina has kindly offered to share her amazing meal preparation tips: One of the things that new mum’s worry about with the arrival of a new baby is ..read more

I actually can’t remember the details of what I packed last-time in my hospital bag, but I’m pretty sure I packed things that I didn’t actually use or that weren’t helpful!  I’m a notoriously bad packer, extremely indecisive and I end up taking way too much. This time around I don’t want to take so many unnecessary things, I’m also going to deliver in a public hospital so I will need to take a few extra things that I didn’t need last-time. I’ve compiled a list of the key things I’m taking and the brands that I love to use.  I would love to hear what else you packed in your bag and if ..read more

I can’t believe how quickly time is flying, not only will Gracie be four in June but next year she will be starting pre-school.  I had been looking around for something to help ease the transition to pre-school and came across Get Ready for School Australia. What I like about about Get Ready for School Australia is that their home program aligns to the Australian Curriculum.  The ‘how-to’ books have been cleverly written for Aussie parents to digest and use on their child’s learning and their printable materials use Australian School Fonts and are re-printable. We were kindly gifted ..read more

Kimmy Smith is fitness blogger, former professional netballer and corporate lawyer and more importantly mother to two gorgeous girls and pregnant with her third! I recently caught up with Kimmy to chat all things motherhood, fitness and health! Can you tell us a little more about your story? I feel like I have had two lives! I spent a large portion of my life before children playing professional sport. I played professional netball for 11 years, finishing my career with 5 years at the NSW Swifts, I was also a member of the Australian netball squad. At that time, I was also working as a corpora ..read more

I loveeee Instagram, but lets face it, it can be a minefield at times to navigate and find accounts that really resonate with you.  Over the past year or so I’ve been lucky enough to come across these wonderful accounts and can now call some of these wonderful ladies my friend. I wanted to share with you my top ten instagram picks in the family, dietician and nutritionalist space that I feel are really worth checking out and giving a ‘follow.’ Feel free to share the accounts you love to follow in the comments section to! Dr Jen Cohen – Jen is based in Australia an ..read more

This time around I’ve taken a completely different approach to pregnancy.  Before falling pregnant with Gracie I did discover I had the auto-immune condition hashimotos and that I was insulin resistant.  I was quite over weight and managed to lose over 20kg before conceiving. As I had a healthy pregnancy I didn’t really think I needed to do anything additional for my health. It was only after having a traumatic labour and post-partum complications, combined with Gracie’s gut health issues did I start to realise that I should have probably have been ..read more

I was recently gifted the December Secrets Organic box to trial and I wanted to share with everyone how amazing the goodies were in the box! I’ve never subscribed to a box before, but I love the idea of trying new things from brands I’ve not heard of before and even better when all the products are Organic. Bexx the found of Secrets Organic box has had a similar journey to myself with her oldest daughter having reactions with her skin and this lead her to research the ingredients in the products she was using to realise the ingredients were not as good as she once thought and this organically ..read more