March 20, 2018

When My Daughter Is Away With Her Dad

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When My Daughter Is Away With Her Dad

When my daughter was two and a half, my ex suggested that he take her on a holiday for six days next time he was in Sydney. I liked the idea of her having some time away with her dad. And although I wanted them to build their relationship up and have a great bond, I felt it was too long a trip to have for their first alone time together. He had also been in and out of her life a lot up until that point. At one stage he was out of the picture for over seven months. I suggested a shorter trip first and on his next visit, if she coped OK, they could go for six days.Continue Reading →

March 14, 2018

Happy five years of parenting to me!

Last week my daughter turned five years old. Where did the time go? I can’t help but reflect when there are special days, or milestones reached. And I have been doing a lot of that over the last week.

When I think back over the last five years, although the time has passed quickly, at times the days were long. Particularly when my daughter was a baby, and then a toddler.

My daughter’s dad and I split up when she was two months old, so this birthday marks almost five years of single parenting for me (or – because I’m doing double the work – is it ten?).Continue Reading →

March 8, 2018

What is a single mum?

In the last week alone I have been questioned twice about my single mum status: how can you write about single mother issues when you can’t even call yourself that? And My life is harder because I have my kids ALL the time, and you get child free time.

So what is a single mum? Continue Reading →

February 7, 2018

Why a child’s first day at school is so hard on single mums

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Why a child’s first day at school is so hard on single mums.

Last week my daughter had her first day at school. Milestones like this can be hard on a single mum (and dad). It was very hard for me.

My daughter was SO excited. She was waiting for this moment for a year.Continue Reading →

January 9, 2018

Seven Ways To Look After Your Health When The Kids Are With Their Dad

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Seven Ways To Look After Your Health When The Kids Are With Their Dad

I am just at the tail end of another week without my daughter whilst she is with her dad. Regular readers (or listeners to my podcast) will know that it doesn’t happen all that frequently. But approximately every two months my daughter will have a week with her dad. Our daughter is starting school next month, so the routine will change and it will mainly be school holidays from here on in.Continue Reading →