What is your super power?
Nikki talks about her own super powers and encourages others to think about their own. Someone asked me today what my Super Hero Powers...
Bruce finds a home - book review
Based on the true story of "Bruce the cat", Katheryn Van Beek's 'Bruce finds a home' tells the story of Kate who finds a kitten and goes...
Allergies, intolerance and food preferences for dummies
When my child was diagnosed with an allergy at around 3 years old, it was a long and annoying journey of trial and error, prick tests and...
'Bright ideas for young minds', book review
'Bright ideas for young minds' is a giant book filled with ideas and activities to keep your child entertained and busy :) It is laid out...
Postpartum issues... let's talk about incontinence.
Incontinence after childbirth. It is the stuff that no one really talks about... But it is the stuff that we SHOULD talk about. The...
Baby loss - walking through grief.
This is a guest blog about the story of baby loss. About baby ANGEL, taken too soon. written by Jhankhana Vahanwala Sometimes it’s the...
Explaining war to a child
We took the kids to the Auckland war memorial museum yesterday, as they had a military heritage day on. There were military vehicles...
School holiday fun at SKYCITY Auckland Sky Tower (AKA Rupunzels Tower)
I'm not gonna lie, I'm just not really that organised during the school holidays and haven't always planned what activities we can do...
The fear of kidnapping - my story.
I wasn't even sure what to title this blog because I was not sure of what I actually want to say. It is a story of what happened to me,...
New Zealand mums tell their birth stories - part two.
An enormous thank you to the contributors to this blog! Its always humbling, beautiful and fascinating reading everyone's birth stories...
Simple and cheap renovation ideas.
We are going to be selling our house very soon and although parts of the house are looking great... others are not. And I gotta say that...
Rocky's cheeky sneaky breakfast - Book review
Honestly my kids are so lucky to be able to get amazing children's books from generous people around the country. We have a fantastic...
Depression is a Sponge
Nikki talks about her most recent battle with depression, how it arrives at her doorstep and overstays its welcome sometimes. I’ve never...
Why I decided to support LBGTQIA rights? and how the Auction for InsideOUT came about.
I had a few people ask why so passionate about all this? Well, I always have supported equality in all forms, since... well... forever....
Will you be OK if your child is Gay? Raising money for InsideOUT
I think as parents it it a good thing to think and ponder about... You have a beautiful child, who you love more than anything, but I...
