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Nourishing families with spinach & cheese tart
Maddie offered to share a recipe and a little story about how she nourishes her family with food. Maddie and her family. My name is Maddie. I am married to a very kind although mess-blind man, and we...
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Why he is my man
Today is Valentine’s Day. Frankly, I think it should be a who cares? day, but somehow, I do care. Terribly. I am sucked back to a time and place where I wore a checked school uniform and sat, waiting,...
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A friend is someone who likes you
I’ve had a big week, with Valentine’s Day and all that (getting roses is hard), so I wasn’t going to do my book review this week. But, then I found these sweet little books in my grandmother’s box,...
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A moral baby and a kinder mother
Did you know that 5-month-old babies can tell mean from nice? In a series of studies by Karen Wynn and Kiley Hamlin, one-act morality plays were performed for babies. In one of the plays, a puppet...
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Baby Bistro
Sevi from Baby Bistro contacted me recently to ask if she could advertise Baby Bistro on Heart Mama. I was so pleased. I have been unwilling to do giveaways or advertising on Heart Mama, because I...
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Interview with Mem Fox
One of the first books I remember reading as a child was Possum Magic. Sweet little Hush and her grandma Poss stayed in my little heart, as I grew up. It was one of the first books I bought for my...
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Nourishing Mamas: a timesaver tip
It was inevitable…I had to start a Nourishing Mamas category. Because nourishing children can only really happen if a mama’s tank is full. It’s like the old adage: put the oxygen mask on yourself...
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The Magic of a Backyard Garden Crown, at Be A Fun Mum
As a child, my grandmother’s backyard harboured a certain magic. Now, the same backyard is where my own children make magic. Read all about it at Be A Fun Mum, where I am thrilled to be guest posting...
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Looking for the pink chicken
I have been blessed with two beautiful, co-operative daughters. Easy One and Easy Two. I have sailed the parenting dream boat. We have had normal ups and downs, but up until now, being loving and kind...
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The Holsby Lunchbox Study
You may have already ‘met’ Danielle from Keeping Up With The Holsbys. She’s guest posted here before, and she has been featured on Essentially Jess and The Illiterate Infant recently, among other...
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Fit for thirty
I am thirty this year. It’s no big deal. If anything, it’s a finally. I have always felt older than I am. When I was a kid, it was because I looked older – taller, strong features etc. In my early 20s,...
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Living simply
The simple life We are living simply, out of one room, and one bag of clothes. We are staying at my mum’s place while Heart Daddy renovates – stripping twenty-five-year-old carpet and painting walls....
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International Women’s Day
Image courtesy of Mumgo Today, 8th March, is International Women’s Day. You can visit the website here to find out more about it. What does this day mean to you? To me, International Women’s Day is for...
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Blogless: sleeping in separate beds
Image source There comes a time in every blogger’s life when meta-blogging must be done. Meta-blogging (v) ~ blogging about blogging. Me and the blog have been sleeping in separate beds…feeling...
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Nourishing beetroot soup
My good friend Tigerlilly lives on an escarpment near Nimbin. Her dear cottage looks over one of the most stunning views I know. She grows vegetables in her garden, has chickens and goats, and raises...
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Crepe paper Easter eggs
We are at an age, now, with my oldest, where play dates are often structured activities. There is more to life than mums sitting around having cups of tea, while children preoccupy themselves with the...
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The slippery business of raising toddlers
Image courtesy of Mumgo It can be a slippery business, raising toddlers. There is so much that can go wrong. For instance, you could put their chair in the incorrect place. You could put the wrong...
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At the gates of preschool
Image source Can we please rewind? I want to undo the last 24…48…76 hours please (I have forgotten how to add). I want to go back to a time – an age of innocence, before I walked out that preschool...
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Book review: Mo Willems
A friend recently put me onto Mo Willems. She said, “There is lazy writing, then there is this. My boy asks for Leonardo The Terrible Monster over and over.” We bought a few different books by Willems:...
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Peddling hard, peddling fast
New walls, and the reason for existence Why do we do it to ourselves? Life becomes eclipsed by…life. Business. Hurriedness. Work. Oh my god, so so much work to do. Please don’t remind me. A couple of...
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