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I am not ready for my son to stop believing in Santa

December 18, 2023 By Tracey Leave a Comment

Pen in hand, my ten-year-old son is slowly, methodically writing out his Christmas wish list. For the uninitiated, it is a confusing read – Beyblade Burst Quadstrike, Yo Gi Oh trading cards and a pair of moon shoes from K Mart. I console myself with the thought that it could be worse; I’m not raising…

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Filed Under: Inside Thoughts Out Loud, Motherhood Tagged With: Believe in Santa, Elf on the shelf, Santa photos

The one and only. Navigating the feelings of failure in raising an only child.

July 23, 2023 By Tracey Leave a Comment

Having faced the real and agonising possibility of never having a child, the idea of having more than one child was not something I could entertain. It was inconceivable, literally and figuratively. Undergoing IVF, I made bargains with the universe. Give me one baby and I will never ask for anything ever again. I will…

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Filed Under: Daily Musings, Inside Thoughts Out Loud, Motherhood Tagged With: guilt, life, love, motherhood, only child, raising boys

My son gave me a performance review and I did not do well

November 6, 2022 By Tracey 3 Comments

Last week my son gave me a performance review and I don’t remember reading the bit in the parenting book that said that there would be a time in your life that your child might complain about your parenting techniques. It’s been a long time since I’ve been on the receiving end of a performance…

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Filed Under: Inside Thoughts Out Loud, Motherhood Tagged With: motherhood, parenting, raising boys, school lunches, work

Why we need to talk about the mother guilt load

May 18, 2022 By Tracey Leave a Comment

There is a universal law that exists that states that the end of a school term pretty much sucks. The level of suckiness depends on whether it is term one or term four, but overall, the week leading up to school holidays is long and exhausting and, in my case, rarely my finest work. At…

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Filed Under: Daily Musings, Inside Thoughts Out Loud, Motherhood Tagged With: guilt, motherhood, mum guilt, working mothers, working parents

My seven year old called me an idiot and I feel like I’m failing as a parent

February 16, 2021 By Tracey 1 Comment

Last week my sweet, kind, spirited and funny little boy called me an idiot. And I felt my heart crack. As he has grown from toddlerhood to boyhood we’ve had our standard supply of tantrums and meltdowns.  Typical and normal, a manifestation of big emotions, tiredness, hanger and expected patterns of behaviour for his age…

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Filed Under: Daily Musings, Inside Thoughts Out Loud, Motherhood Tagged With: childhood, motherhood, parenting, raising boys, seven year old boys

A friendship manifesto (the revised edition)

February 19, 2020 By Tracey Leave a Comment

Quite a few years ago I wrote a friendship manifesto.  I had been thinking of friendships a bit at the time and had just gone to my 30 year school reunion and so I was reflecting on life long friendships and those that I had that were more recent and those that had evolved. Today…

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Filed Under: Daily Musings, Inside Thoughts Out Loud, Motherhood, Uncategorized Tagged With: friendship, friendship manifesto, school mums

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