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We always see posts and blogs about ‘real parenting’ and what ‘real motherhood’ looks like.... - This is MY normal, it’s NOT my every day but it’s definitely my every now and then. - This is MY motherhood truth. - Today I haven’t bothered to have a shower. We are still in bed because I don’t want to face the messy house. I haven’t done any work or even looked at an assessment I need to get done. - I haven’t washed any much needed clothes or cleaned my filthy floors or even made the bed we have spent all day in binge watching shameless while Amarlie has binged played ‘educational’ games! And we had @halotopau ice cream and leftover birthday cake for lunch, (no calories in birthday cake, it’s science) tomorrow I might make a gluten free, organically grown, vegan friendly vegetable lasagna but then again ......maybe I fucking won’t🤷‍♀️ - #mumthatsabadword - - - - - - - #yolo #neededthis #shameless #icecreamandcake #sydneymums #realparentingmoments #realparenting #motherhood #motherhoodunplugged #messyhouse #parentingtruths #bingewatching #netflix #mummy #realmum #realmumstyle #singlemum #singlemumlife #halotopicecream #aussiemums #parentingblog #parentingblogger #mumswithcameras #parentingunplugged #motherhoodunfiltered #mudcake
Happy 11th birthday to this little queen, Layla-malanna Jade 💜💗❤️💙 - My hilarious, sensitive little empath is always the first to hug me and kiss me, to tell me she loves me and snuggles up to me in bed each morning 💗💜 - She walks with the grace of a newly born deer and has all the elegance of shrek but her love and compassion are something to be admired, she has the most beautiful soul to have graced this world and I thank the universe for allowing me to be her mother. - I love you baby girl, have an amazing day of birth 💗💜 - - #mumthatsabadword - - - - - - #birthdaygirl #happybirthday #11 #mybabygirl #mumblog #birthday #bornday #sydneymums #likemotherlikedaughter #celebration #tween #tweengirls #mumswithcameras #motherhoodrising #motherhood #parenting #minime #itsherbirthday #loveyou #love #parentingblog #specialmoments #babygirl
I know it’s early and we usually wait to the 1st of December but last year we had a pretty heartbreaking Christmas. - We had no home of our own, we lived in my parents garage and spare room and a week before Christmas we got the call that would change our entire lives that Junade my baby’s father had died. - - All year I have dreaded Christmas and how our family will cope. I have been mentally unwell all year but have fought it, denied it, ignored it and eventually succumb to it and only in recent weeks after spending months and months on the lounge have I done something about it and am finally seeing the (Christmas) light! - (That was so bad I can hear you rolling your eyes at me!) - I am also seeing that Christmas can still be beautiful for my family, I will still no doubt feel overwhelming sadness especially watching my baby open her presents and longing for her daddy to be with her as she always does but I can not let it become ‘our norm’ at Xmas time. - So when the girls asked if we could decorate early I have to admit I was as, if not more excited than they were! So off to @kmartaus we went and shopped our hearts out! - I fucking love Xmas, I love everything about it and every year it is over way to quickly so we are extending it and creating as much Christmas cheer as possible in this house, I made a promise to my babies we would still have a happy and special Xmas and that is exactly what they’re going to have. 🎄🎄 - - #mumthatsabadword #itsbeginningtolookalotlikechristmas #christmas #christmasdecor #kmart #christmastree #itsnotmuchbutitsours #whitechristmastree #whitechritmas #ilivechristmas #reindeer #forthekids #makingmemories #mumswithcameras #style #homedecor #mumblog #mummyblog #couldntwait #favouritetimeofyear #celebration #yolo #stillmoretocome #gold #goldandblue #upcycledfurniture #sydneymums
I always wanted to be that mum who got up, got dressed, baked cookies and looked good every day, instead most days I look and smell like a swamp rat that’s been surviving on a diet of corpses and rotten cabbage! - So I applaud those mums and ask you with all sincerity, what’s it feel like to be clean and look good on other days besides your birthday and Xmas? - If you’re like me though, I feel you girl!! - - #mumthatsabadword - - - - - - #parenting #parenthood_unveiled #parenthood #motherhood #motherhoodunplugged #motherhoodintheraw #swamprat #parentinghumor #parentingmemes #memes #humor #humour #truths #motherhoodtruths #parentingtruths #ifidontlaughillcry #raisingkids #itsdirtywork #mumbloggers #sydneymums #mumsofaustralia #instagood #kidsarecrazy #mumstyle #mumblog #smelly #laughter #meme #parents
‘I love you mumma, Can I come lay on you? - Oh my baby girl, this is a question you need not ever ask as My chest was made for you to rest your head, my arms to embrace you. - Your tiny hands fit perfectly in mine and I watch your back rise and fall with each breath you take and your beautiful green eyes as they grow heavy. - As I stroke your hair I contemplate how there will come a time you will no longer wish to be by my side, a time when you will become independent and spend more and more time away from me. - - A time not so far away when you will be grown and will go off into the big and sometimes scary world to find out who you are, It is a time I wish not to think about as my heart grows heavy and tears prick my eyes. - - I want you to see the world and experience all the amazing things I never did but selfishly I want you to stay small and within arms reach for eternity. - - You are only small for such a little time so Just know this my baby, No matter how old you may be or how big you may grow it will never stop me wanting you to lay your head down on my chest and whisper ‘I love you mumma’ as you drift off to sleep💜💙 - - #mumthatsabadword - - - - #keepthemlittle #baby #babygirl #cosleeping #loveyoubaby #motheranddaughter #motherhood #motherdaughter #staylittle #staylittleforever #layyourheaddown #motherhoodrising #youareloved #unconditionallove #toddlersofinstagram #mumsofinsta #aussiemums #mumblog #mummyblog #parenthood #parenthood_moments #parenting #mygirl #family #dontgrowup #southafricanprincess #snuggles #cutenessoverload
This photo was from an article on Tigah Rosie and myself that went viral about meal prepping, it was the first time I’d really had my face ‘out there’ & it was fucking brutal! - First the comments were positive, people were genuinely supportive but it wasn’t long before the comments turned quite cunty & less about us and what we'd achieved & more about their assumptions on single mums. - I ignored the comments for the most part as I expected some backlash because trolls! - What I Didn’t expect was the personal attacks that were savage, I had to stop reading the comments but I’d read a few that stuck in my mind, the first one was so stupid even I had to laugh, - ‘Hopefully she can eat that awful tattoo off her arm!! - Hahaha that’s hilari...wait what?! How does one eat a tattoo off ones own arm? The funny part is I hate that fucking tattoo and been having it removed but by laser not cannibals, that seems like it could end a bit ‘silence of the lamby’ - One guy asked me how many kids I had to different fathers& went on to say I’m sure as a single mother I was sucking the life out my ex’s in child support & I’d prob lost the weight by being a junkie.. - I was so mad & hurt I laid awake at nights thinking of the stigma attached to single mums, Yes my kids have two fathers but I don’t get child support from either of them with 1 doing it tough himself and 1 who died but if I did get it, so I fucking should! - Two grown ass adults chose to bump uglies knowing what the outcome could be and just because they can’t make shit work does not mean they get to forgo their responsibilities. - You grow the fuck up, stop being a twat waffle and you pay for your kids! - I am a single Mum and a damn good one, my kids are happy, healthy & loved as much as any two parent home. We've been through hell & back and those kinds of comments are just nasty & could push someone over the edge. - Luckily for me unlike so many others targeted by bullies, it didn’t push me over the edge. It just fuelled the fire within me to keep empowering mums, especially single mums to know their worth and you sir are certainly not fucking worthy!
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We always see posts and blogs about ‘real parenting’ and what ‘real motherhood’ looks like.... - This is MY normal, it’s NOT my every day but it’s definitely my every now and then. - This is MY motherhood truth. - Today I haven’t bothered to have a shower. We are still in bed because I don’t want to face the messy house. I haven’t done any work or even looked at an assessment I need to get done. - I haven’t washed any much needed clothes or cleaned my filthy floors or even made the bed we have spent all day in binge watching shameless while Amarlie has binged played ‘educational’ games! And we had @halotopau ice cream and leftover birthday cake for lunch, (no calories in birthday cake, it’s science) tomorrow I might make a gluten free, organically grown, vegan friendly vegetable lasagna but then again ......maybe I fucking won’t🤷‍♀️ - #mumthatsabadword - - - - - - - #yolo #neededthis #shameless #icecreamandcake #sydneymums #realparentingmoments #realparenting #motherhood #motherhoodunplugged #messyhouse #parentingtruths #bingewatching #netflix #mummy #realmum #realmumstyle #singlemum #singlemumlife #halotopicecream #aussiemums #parentingblog #parentingblogger #mumswithcameras #parentingunplugged #motherhoodunfiltered #mudcake
Happy 11th birthday to this little queen, Layla-malanna Jade 💜💗❤️💙 - My hilarious, sensitive little empath is always the first to hug me and kiss me, to tell me she loves me and snuggles up to me in bed each morning 💗💜 - She walks with the grace of a newly born deer and has all the elegance of shrek but her love and compassion are something to be admired, she has the most beautiful soul to have graced this world and I thank the universe for allowing me to be her mother. - I love you baby girl, have an amazing day of birth 💗💜 - - #mumthatsabadword - - - - - - #birthdaygirl #happybirthday #11 #mybabygirl #mumblog #birthday #bornday #sydneymums #likemotherlikedaughter #celebration #tween #tweengirls #mumswithcameras #motherhoodrising #motherhood #parenting #minime #itsherbirthday #loveyou #love #parentingblog #specialmoments #babygirl
I know it’s early and we usually wait to the 1st of December but last year we had a pretty heartbreaking Christmas. - We had no home of our own, we lived in my parents garage and spare room and a week before Christmas we got the call that would change our entire lives that Junade my baby’s father had died. - - All year I have dreaded Christmas and how our family will cope. I have been mentally unwell all year but have fought it, denied it, ignored it and eventually succumb to it and only in recent weeks after spending months and months on the lounge have I done something about it and am finally seeing the (Christmas) light! - (That was so bad I can hear you rolling your eyes at me!) - I am also seeing that Christmas can still be beautiful for my family, I will still no doubt feel overwhelming sadness especially watching my baby open her presents and longing for her daddy to be with her as she always does but I can not let it become ‘our norm’ at Xmas time. - So when the girls asked if we could decorate early I have to admit I was as, if not more excited than they were! So off to @kmartaus we went and shopped our hearts out! - I fucking love Xmas, I love everything about it and every year it is over way to quickly so we are extending it and creating as much Christmas cheer as possible in this house, I made a promise to my babies we would still have a happy and special Xmas and that is exactly what they’re going to have. 🎄🎄 - - #mumthatsabadword #itsbeginningtolookalotlikechristmas #christmas #christmasdecor #kmart #christmastree #itsnotmuchbutitsours #whitechristmastree #whitechritmas #ilivechristmas #reindeer #forthekids #makingmemories #mumswithcameras #style #homedecor #mumblog #mummyblog #couldntwait #favouritetimeofyear #celebration #yolo #stillmoretocome #gold #goldandblue #upcycledfurniture #sydneymums
I always wanted to be that mum who got up, got dressed, baked cookies and looked good every day, instead most days I look and smell like a swamp rat that’s been surviving on a diet of corpses and rotten cabbage! - So I applaud those mums and ask you with all sincerity, what’s it feel like to be clean and look good on other days besides your birthday and Xmas? - If you’re like me though, I feel you girl!! - - #mumthatsabadword - - - - - - #parenting #parenthood_unveiled #parenthood #motherhood #motherhoodunplugged #motherhoodintheraw #swamprat #parentinghumor #parentingmemes #memes #humor #humour #truths #motherhoodtruths #parentingtruths #ifidontlaughillcry #raisingkids #itsdirtywork #mumbloggers #sydneymums #mumsofaustralia #instagood #kidsarecrazy #mumstyle #mumblog #smelly #laughter #meme #parents
‘I love you mumma, Can I come lay on you? - Oh my baby girl, this is a question you need not ever ask as My chest was made for you to rest your head, my arms to embrace you. - Your tiny hands fit perfectly in mine and I watch your back rise and fall with each breath you take and your beautiful green eyes as they grow heavy. - As I stroke your hair I contemplate how there will come a time you will no longer wish to be by my side, a time when you will become independent and spend more and more time away from me. - - A time not so far away when you will be grown and will go off into the big and sometimes scary world to find out who you are, It is a time I wish not to think about as my heart grows heavy and tears prick my eyes. - - I want you to see the world and experience all the amazing things I never did but selfishly I want you to stay small and within arms reach for eternity. - - You are only small for such a little time so Just know this my baby, No matter how old you may be or how big you may grow it will never stop me wanting you to lay your head down on my chest and whisper ‘I love you mumma’ as you drift off to sleep💜💙 - - #mumthatsabadword - - - - #keepthemlittle #baby #babygirl #cosleeping #loveyoubaby #motheranddaughter #motherhood #motherdaughter #staylittle #staylittleforever #layyourheaddown #motherhoodrising #youareloved #unconditionallove #toddlersofinstagram #mumsofinsta #aussiemums #mumblog #mummyblog #parenthood #parenthood_moments #parenting #mygirl #family #dontgrowup #southafricanprincess #snuggles #cutenessoverload
This photo was from an article on Tigah Rosie and myself that went viral about meal prepping, it was the first time I’d really had my face ‘out there’ & it was fucking brutal! - First the comments were positive, people were genuinely supportive but it wasn’t long before the comments turned quite cunty & less about us and what we'd achieved & more about their assumptions on single mums. - I ignored the comments for the most part as I expected some backlash because trolls! - What I Didn’t expect was the personal attacks that were savage, I had to stop reading the comments but I’d read a few that stuck in my mind, the first one was so stupid even I had to laugh, - ‘Hopefully she can eat that awful tattoo off her arm!! - Hahaha that’s hilari...wait what?! How does one eat a tattoo off ones own arm? The funny part is I hate that fucking tattoo and been having it removed but by laser not cannibals, that seems like it could end a bit ‘silence of the lamby’ - One guy asked me how many kids I had to different fathers& went on to say I’m sure as a single mother I was sucking the life out my ex’s in child support & I’d prob lost the weight by being a junkie.. - I was so mad & hurt I laid awake at nights thinking of the stigma attached to single mums, Yes my kids have two fathers but I don’t get child support from either of them with 1 doing it tough himself and 1 who died but if I did get it, so I fucking should! - Two grown ass adults chose to bump uglies knowing what the outcome could be and just because they can’t make shit work does not mean they get to forgo their responsibilities. - You grow the fuck up, stop being a twat waffle and you pay for your kids! - I am a single Mum and a damn good one, my kids are happy, healthy & loved as much as any two parent home. We've been through hell & back and those kinds of comments are just nasty & could push someone over the edge. - Luckily for me unlike so many others targeted by bullies, it didn’t push me over the edge. It just fuelled the fire within me to keep empowering mums, especially single mums to know their worth and you sir are certainly not fucking worthy!