Brazenmom

Motherhood is not for sissies.

Forget about labour and the actual birth, it’s what comes afterwards that really tests your strength. Poopy nappies, snotty noses, projectile vomit … being a parent is not for the faint-hearted, that’s for sure.

I have learned, in a mere eight months of being a mom, that it is a good idea to keep a burp cloth in every room of the house, as well as in each car, an extra one in the nappy bag, and one or two at the grandparents’ houses. One of the side-effects of teething is extra up-chucking, and regurgitated chicken, peas and milk are one of the many things I look forward to each day. Read the rest of this entry »

My 16-month-old daughter loves digging in the dustbin. I am raising a pleb.

The smelling pit of putridness that wallows in my kitchen, basking in the deceptive glamour of stainless steel, is like honey to a bee for Amelia-the-peasant. Manky sponges and rotting straws are her most valued discoveries. She is also partial to the occasional yoghurt carton. Read the rest of this entry »

As well as water and milk, Rooibos tea has become a staple drink for my fourteen-month-old daughter. She has it with breakfast, lunch and dinner and thinks it’s DElicious. Rooibos, more commonly known as ‘Redbush’ in the UK – a direct translation from the Afrikaans “Rooibos” (pronounced Roy-Boss) – is a flowering shrub that grows in the Cedarberg mountain region in South Africa’s Western Cape, about 250 km north of Cape Town, and is thus popular in the region of southern Africa. Read the rest of this entry »

There once was a girl with big blue eyes who ate a sandwich for lunch every day.

Although the little girl loved her sandwich, she didn’t really understand its point; she would pick it apart bit by little bit, no matter what the filling.

You see, this little girl was of the opinion that the package was more promising than the delivery. In other words, eating the ‘sandwich’ in its parts is much yummier than eating it as a whole – duh! Read the rest of this entry »

Amelia’s daddy gets her dressed every morning. And he is really quite style savvy. Of late he has decided that it’s time for our little lovely to start choosing her own clothes. So he will lay out four of each item and allow her to choose a skirt, tee and tights (or whatever the outfit of the day is). I often giggle as I listen to my man encouraging our 16-month-old to make her choice, and she does so with great enthusiasm.

Amelia certainly knows exactly what she likes to wear. Today it so happens to be a pink shirt with a kitty print, a skirt with an orange frill and brown tights with polka dots. It’s not hard to predict her choices. Read the rest of this entry »

So, today I found my daughter happily dunking her cup of milk into the toilet. I have no idea if she had had a swig after dunking said cup. I’m thinking more along the lines of she did.

On a recent trip to the playground Amelia scooped a half eaten, rotten looking, biscuit off of the floor and shoved it into her mouth before I could whisk it away. Yum. Read the rest of this entry »

Amelia loves food. Just like her mother. So when I eat something, my daughter, at 16-months-old, assumes that she is entitled to whatever deletable delight is about to make its way into my mouth. Which is both hilarious and annoying.

Explaining that it is not time for Amelia to eat doesn’t go down well at the mo (and my mom taught me that it’s rude to eat in front of others without offering anyway) – so, sometimes I indulge her and sometimes not. Amelia knows that she can share my breakfast with me and if I have a snack that she can’t have (my little lovely is prohibited from anything sugary until she is 10… just kidding… or maybe not) then I give her something that she can have – fruit usually.

If I have nothing to give her then I have to hide the deliciousness until my little Gizzardgulper is in bed and her hyper-alert toddler radar has no chance of zoning in on my treat. Read the rest of this entry »

Sudocrem, market leader in the treatment of nappy rash, is offering mums and dads the chance to WIN WIN WIN! And it’s oh so easy… Read the rest of this entry »