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Where’s the fire?
We need to talk about the method in which our government communicates threat, and if that method is a threat in itself. It is clear that the summer wildfires which affect various parts of the country caused shocking distruction, leaving the fire service critically stretched. The potential for danger to life rose incredibly high and…
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‘To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.’ How a springtime garden gave me a little hope on my journey through motherhood.
The thing about not having enough sleep is that even when you want to write a post about the poetic symmetry between the springtime preparations within your parents beautiful cottage garden, and your own internal springtime period, you cant, or at least, its not the blog post it might have been if you’d had a…
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Time flies when you’re having…another one
As the sun shines over a brand new year, I am eager to enjoy whatever this next chapter holds for us all. Since having another child, life has evolved and changed once again, and if having one child was a learning curve, going from one to two has been more like a learning cliff. For…
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Life as an introvert. You are not ‘too shy’ you are simply a verbal minimalist.
For as long as I can remember I’ve been told I’m too nice, too shy, too accommodating, and too sensitive. The handful of people in my trust circle might beg to differ, as they are often on the pointed end of my sharper traits, but out and about in the big bad world I’ve always…
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How to ‘reach out’ and how to make yourself ‘reachable’. Advice for both sides of the mental health conversation…
The Sleepy Mamas Blog is about how to cope during periods of prolonged sleep deprivation. Mental health challenges as a result of significantly disturbed sleep is inevitable, especially during pregnancy, postpartum and early parenthood. When looking for support during these challenges within pregnancy and postpartum, wherever you turn, you are encouraged to ‘reach out’ to…
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Too tiered to sleep. 6 ideas for when you can’t switch off, even though you’re exhausted…
During the worst points of our sleep deprivation journey, I considered 3 hours a night in 3 separate chunks a ‘good’ night. I found that beyond sleepy was tired, and beyond tired was shattered and beyond shattered was exhausted, and beyond exhausted was a new place that I don’t want to go back to anytime…
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Fish and flowers. Free and friendly places to go with a toddler when you’ve had no sleep. Part 1…
The end of the day can feel a long way away at 8 o’clock in the morning. As much as we adore our children, they can be extremely hard work, and when your tired it can feel intimidating to try and plan how you’re going to look after them all day. This post is one…
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Hi sleepy Mamas. Welcome to my blog…
I hear your yawns, I see the bags beneath your bloodshot eyes, and I can feel the thickness of the brain fog. I’m here to tell you that you are fantastic, you are incredible, and I know you can’t do it anymore. Correction – you can’t do it ‘like this without help and change‘. Chances…
