A couple of years ago, my oldest child had his tonsils and adenoids removed. The decision was not taken lightly… noone wants to put their kid under general anaesthetic unless it’s really necessary. After seeing two ENTs, doing a sleep study, and trying night-time nasal spray, we’d reached the end of the non-surgical road. After years of poor sleep, snoring and exhaustingly slow recovery from illness (amongst other issues), we agreed with our ENT that it was time for a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy.  A few months later, a close friend’s son was facing the same situation, and so I decided to jot down a few notes on our experience. She…

In Australia, Father’s Day is just a few sleeps away, and if you know me, you’ll know that celebrations are a big deal in our house. I seem to have carried this mindset through from childhood, when I was insistent on a birth-week, rather than a mere birth-day. These days I’m (mostly) about other people’s milestones rather than my own; there’s something about the planning and excitement in the lead up that really ignites my inner child. Or maybe I just need to get a job. Either way, I know not everyone has the time or inclination to watch a 45-minute YouTube tutorial on how to make your own tie-dyed…

So, you’re having a baby huh? Well, there aren’t many milestones more significant than that… nor more valid excuses to go shopping. Word of warning though, I learned the hard way that you don’t need half the stuff you think you’re going to. So before you go out and purchase the entire newborn section of your local department store, take a look through my baby essentials checklist. I created it for a good friend of mine a couple of years ago, and now it’s yours. I’ll pop a downloadable version towards the bottom of the page in case that’s preferable for you. If bottle feeding: Keep in nappy caddy: That’s…