by caitlinw | Nov 15, 2015 | Parenting, Professional Writing
Prior to having a child, I had no idea what ‘type’ of parent I would be. There are all these words you hear: attachment, free range, tiger mum, helicopter. Could I do cry it out? Do I really want to ‘wear’ my child all the time? How will I respond to a stage 4...
by caitlinw | Nov 6, 2015 | Parenting, Travel
It’s now been a few months since we got back from our overseas jaunt. The dust has settled, we’re back into routine and the temper tantrums; jetlag induced sleepless nights and those awful 24-hour plane trips are just a distant memory. So if I had my time over again,...
by caitlinw | Oct 9, 2015 | Parenting, Working life
I loved this SMH article by Jessica Irvine published last week. She talks about the idea that women have almost always assumed the role of primary carer and ponders why that still happens. She says early on in a child’s life, the parents are forced to label one...
by caitlinw | Aug 22, 2015 | Parenting
If you’re a working mum, you’ll take any bit of downtime you can get. For me, the commute was once the boring period of time between work and home but has now become a glorious 40 minutes of reading/listening or staring out the window at whatever I...
by caitlinw | Aug 10, 2015 | Parenting
Like many people around the world this weekend, I stumbled across a video of a husband who surprised his wife with their positive pregnancy test. I was somewhat appalled yet impressed with the audacity of this guy (Sam). He used a dropper to extract some urine from an...
by caitlinw | Jul 17, 2015 | Parenting
We did it! We survived an epic 5 week trip to Europe with our toddler. It wasn’t as carefree as travelling as a couple (well duh) but it helped us see the world from a completely different, childish perspective. Easily, the thing I was most scared about was...
