Posted on January 29, 2019
by Christielee
2 Comments
I have had such a headache all day and literally just threw up so violently it hurt. I want to blame the many, many choc chip cookies I consumed but to act like I don’t binge cookies on a regular basis and that could… Continue Reading “School holidays are over and the anxiety is high!”
Category: ParentingTags: #anxiety, #children, #empoweringgirls, #girltalk, #lonely, #mentalhealthawareness, #motherhoodunplugged, #mum, #mumblogger, #mumlife, #mummyblog, #mummyblogger, #mumsblog, #mumthatsabadword, #parenting101, #parentingkids, #raisingchildren, #raisinggirls, #school, #singlemum, #singleparent, #tweens
Posted on December 29, 2018
by Christielee
7 Comments
Trigger warning – abuse mentioned* ‘Remember me when I’m gone’ This is the message she got when she went out with her best friend with a photo of him holding a knife to his wrist. Threatening suicide became his favourite control tactic and it… Continue Reading “Gaslighting – my best friends Abusive partner uses suicide as a control tactic.”
Category: Health & Wellness, ParentingTags: #abuse, #abusesurvivor, #angerissues, #emotionalabuse, #empowered, #gaslighting, #mentalhealthawareness, #motherhoodunplugged, #mummyblogger, #mumthatsabadword, #singlemum, #singleparent, #suicideawareness, #suicideprevention, #violence
Posted on December 17, 2018
by Christielee
13 Comments
The next morning mummy was still crying and she told me that my daddy was a star now and that I wouldn’t see him for Christmas unless I looked to the sky, she told me through her tears and her quaking voice that I would never see you again because you had to go away.
Category: ParentingTags: #anxiety, #children, #lonely, #mentalhealth, #mentalhealthawareness, #mum, #mumlife, #mummyblog, #mummyblogger, #mumthatsabadword, #parentingkids, #raisingchildren, #singlemum, #singleparent, #suicide, #suicideawareness, #suicideprevention
Posted on November 3, 2018
by Christielee
6 Comments
‘Oh wow another girl!! You didn’t give poor daddy his boy, you’ll have to keep trying!! I can not tell you how many times people said that to me with each pregnancy announcement and never quite understood other people’s disappointment in my bringing little… Continue Reading “Yes I have 4 kids and yes they are all girls..”
Category: ParentingTags: #children, #empoweringwomen, #girltalk, #kids, #life, #mum, #mumblog, #mumlife, #mummyblog, #mummyblogger, #mumsblog, #mumslife, #mumthatsabadword, #parentingblog, #parentingkids, #raisingchildren, #raisinggirls, #singlemum, #singleparent, #soleparent, #womensupportingwomen
Posted on October 14, 2018
by Christielee
14 Comments
When it comes to parenting there is always something new we should be doing and something old we shouldn’t be. Whatever we do though, Mum shaming seems to be the new ‘in thing’ and it needs to stop!
Category: ParentingTags: #children, #empoweringmums, #empoweringwomen, #life, #motherhoodunplugged, #mum, #mumblog, #mumlife, #mummyblog, #mummyblogger, #mums, #mumsblog, #mumslife, #mumthatsabadword, #parentingblog, #parentingkids, #raisingchildren, #singlemum, #singleparent, #womensupportingwomen, Parenting