October 25th, 2006 by 
Terri
Last week we took the boy to the paediatrician for his annual checkup.
He doesn’t need surgery to fix up his umbilical hernia or grommits for his ears - at least not yet - but he does have a drinking problem.
Well these things are hereditary I hear you say. No not that kind of drinking problem!
He’s drinking too much milk, so that’s why he isn’t eating properly.
Apparently three-year-olds only need 400ml of dairy per day. Read the rest of this entry »
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October 20th, 2006 by Terri
By regular contributor and Yucky Mummy Melissa Loughlin, mum of Charlotte, 2 and Lucy, nearly 4.
Well, I wasn’t thinking was I? Baby number two wasn’t exactly planned – I had hoped to have at least a three-year gap between babies, but it ended up being just under 23 months, way too close for my liking.
As my baby Charlotte turns two this week, and older child Lucy isn’t four til next month, they are numerically only a year apart in age, for about six weeks. Read the rest of this entry »
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October 13th, 2006 by Terri
by Yucky Mummy Kylie Pither – Mum of Ruby, 3, and Finn, 11 weeks.
Well it’s finally happened. My baby has turned three and she is officially a “big girl”, although my husband and I have been trying to convince her of this for about 18 months.
We had been gearing her up for the big occasion for a few weeks: “If you don’t behave you will not get that (insert whatever) for your birthday and I’ll call all your friends and tell them there is no party for Ruby’s birthday!” Read the rest of this entry »
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October 11th, 2006 by Terri
I suppose it had to happen. The other day I heard those dreaded words any left-leaning self-respecting feminist, anti-big business-type mother dreads hearing: “Can we go to Mack-donalds?!”
For the first three years of my son’s life that terrible red, white and yellow clown did not exist for my child.
Okay I admit I often sheepishly drove in under those Golden Arches, mainly when my son was asleep in the back of the car, Read the rest of this entry »
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October 4th, 2006 by Terri
The following story has been contributed by Kylie Pither, mother of Ruby, 3, and Finn, two months.
Having given birth once I thought it I knew what I was in for the second time around – boy was I wrong!
With my daughter I was booked into Sydney’s RPA birth centre. My partner and I felt ‘natural’ was for us and if I wasn’t coping I would be wheeled into the labour ward for pharmacological help.
On Oct 2, 2003, contractions started at 3am in the morning. Read the rest of this entry »
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