Parenting

8 Phrases You Should Stop Being Afraid to Say to Your Kids

23.01.2013

When you look at the whole scheme of parenting, it can feel overwhelming. You’re responsible for this whole new person — and decisions you make can have a huge impact on how they grow up, how they feel about themselves and how well they do in life. Crazy, right? With all that riding on parenting, [...]

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Around the Interwebs

Silence is NOT Golden {+Links of Interest}

21.10.2012

I have had a long, long week my friends! The kids have been home from school basically the whole week as we battle out a cold, flu and of course, pink eye. I still have this cough that won’t quit, but thankfully the kids seem well enough to go back to school at the start [...]

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Parenting

Who Ever Made Up “Terrible Twos” Sure Stayed ‘Mum’ About 3-Year Olds!

17.08.2012

I feel like I have been lied to, misinformed and swayed to believe something that is just not true. I thought the first time around it was an isolated event… then it happened again. Now, I am once again in that situation and have come to the very solid conclusion that this is not an isolated occurrence and [...]

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Parenting

Blogging Conundrum: Balance Between Authenticity & ‘Touchy’ Topics

11.07.2012

I have been very fortunate to have a wide range of people who I chat with, who read Accustomed Chaos or who stumble across my writing. People who are vastly different from me in nearly every way and others who could probably be my sibling from another mingling (I just made that up, heh). Since [...]

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Parenting

That Time Where We Packed Everything Into One {Exhausting} Week

04.07.2012

Last week my husband was home on holidays from work. It was the kids last week of school, our first date anniversary at the start of the week and at the end of the week was my husband’s birthday. We have been under a lot of changes behind the scenes here and it was nice [...]

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Around the Interwebs

My First Real-Life Photobomb! {& Links of Interest}

30.06.2012

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Parenting

Fostering a Budding Artist & Embracing the Mess That Comes Too

20.06.2012

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Around the Interwebs

Since When Did Respectfully Voicing an Opinion Become a Bad Thing?

25.05.2012

One of the more fun things about life and living is all the different people we get to talk to. Listening to stories from other families and parents we get a glimpse into what makes them work as a family, what makes them tick as a couple and how that influences their parenting decisions. I [...]

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Health

There Is No Worse Feeling Than When Your Child Is Sick

07.05.2012

I have been having quite the difficult past two weeks here at home, which is a big reason for the lack of new posts. Just when I found the perfect balance for getting everything done, of course life has to swing another way and keep me on my toes. It’s been a few weeks of [...]

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