by caitlinw | May 9, 2015 | Parenting
I love the ‘My Day On A Plate’ column in the Sun Herald’s Sunday Life magazine and read it religiously (even before Pete Evans gave Australia a snigger by nonchalantly talking about activated almonds). Its basic premise is for a...
by caitlinw | Apr 12, 2015 | Parenting, Professional Writing
My daughter is 16 months and I’m still breastfeeding. To be honest, I didn’t start out thinking I’d be such an epic breast feeder. I was aiming for 9 months, a year tops. At the beginning when she was arching back after every suck, crying continuously and not...
by caitlinw | Mar 28, 2015 | Parenting
I was at the park the other day and saw another mum wrangling with her kids. She had a toddler who was around 18 months and another child of school age. She was pushing the toddler in the swing while supervising the bigger kid who was scooting around the path. She was...
by caitlinw | Feb 26, 2015 | Parenting
I’ve got a type A personality. I’m one of those wanting to achieve greatness types who never feels like they’re doing enough to achieve those lofty ambitions. Part of it is probably from being given a scholarship at a private school and being...