Not just another Mummy blog

I've never been much interested in reading blogs about people's daily lives. Even if they achieve something totally awesome like losing 50kg or running 30 marathons in 30 days. Do I really want to know about every salad they've eaten or blister they've popped? Not really.


Since I don't read them myself, I've no desire to create what I call a "Mummy blog" where I tell tales about playing with blocks and share photos of my kids' poop. I'm sure there are plenty of day-in-the-life-of Mummy blogs out there if that's what you're interested in.

This blog is motivated by the amount of Googling I've found myself doing since my son was born a little over one year ago. When I've come across something unexpected, I've Googled it. When I found myself in the market for a pram/travel cot/car seat, I Googled it.

I was looking to see if other people had encountered these things or tried these products.

I reckon all new Mums and Mums-to-be take to the internet looking for answers to all sorts of questions, which usually boil down to "is this normal?" or "what can I do about this?" or "Is this any good?".

It occurred to me that by sharing the things I've learned so far, and continue to learn, maybe I can contribute to the Google mash of information that other new Mums are tapping into.

Maybe I could provide some answers/comfort/food for thought to other Mums out there struggling with breastfeeding, fretting about colic or wondering about running prams.

A brain dump of some of the weird and wonderful things I've experienced and/or researched and which I'll share here include:

• Labour and birth - just how scary and painful is it, and what should I wear??
• The aftermath of birth - what the prenatal classes don't really warn you about.
• Awesome gifts to welcome a new baby (hint: they're not all for the bub).
• To circumcise or not to circumcise?
• Breastfeeding - it doesn't tickle.
• Wind pain and colic.
• Cradle cap.
• Teething.
• Dribble rash.
• When baby is sick and has a high temperature - thank goodness for Panadol and Nurofen.
• Tips to get baby to take yukky tasting medicine.
• An allergic reaction to Penicillin!
• De Quervain's tenosynovitis - translation: inflamed tendons in the wrist from lifting bub!
• Running prams.
• Travel prams.
• Travelling with a baby.
• Introducing solids and meal ideas for little ones.
• Crawling, standing and walking.
• First words.