Ever played the game Operation when you were a kid? Here is an anatomically accurate version! Our model here is Electra. She hails from the Scienceworks Museum shop and is genuinely anatomically correct. Electra has "cancerous tissue" (literally ripped up pieces of tissue paper) on various organs. Miss A is busy removing them with a pair of tweezers. Great for a…
Month: August 2016
Green Smoothie for Veggie-Hating Kids
We drink a lot of smoothies in our house and our favourite recipe is a very green one we call "Dino Buzz"! It basically gets its name from Miss A's favourite Boost Juice smoothie Banana Buzz which consists of banana, ice, vanilla yoghurt, honey, and milk. After finding out what the ingredients were, we started recreating it at home. To make it…
Toddler Outings: Play Central, Port Melbourne
At 37-53 Crockford Street in Port Melbourne is a really nice play centre called Play Central. Entry is $15 for above 4s, $10 for 1-3, free for under 1s, and $2.50 for adults. There is also a membership option. This is the main play area above. There is a ball pit, trampoline and air cannons on the ground level. Thankfully Miss…
Ear Muffs for Babies
If like me you're constantly babywearing your little ones for naps, consider getting baby ear muffs so you don't have to always creep around like a mouse! We use Em's 4 Bubs ear muffs which you can get online. The band on these ear muffs comes in a range of colours and fashionable patterns. We got this pair before having our first daughter Miss A…
Winter Activities @ Docklands
I love living in Melbourne city because there are always so many family-friendly events and places to take the kids to! Case in point: There are always lots of good things to do in Docklands during winter! Fireworks In July and August, Docklands puts on a 10-minute firework display every Friday at 7.30pm. There is some entertainment on before and after as…
The Little Yellow Mummy
Once upon a time there was a little yellow Mummy who lived in an apartment in the city. She had one husband, two kids, and a little noisy dog. One day the little yellow Mummy found some clothes on the ground. She asked her family, "Who will help me wash this laundry?" "Not I," said the husband who has never…
Need a Good Laugh? Read this hilarious parenting/breastfeeding comic that is too real!
Growing up, Baby Blues was my favourite comic. It featured in our local newspaper and I would always look for it and read it first. Then as a mother, I rediscovered it online and saw all the jokes in a whole new light. I never realised how much breastfeeding featured in it! The parenting jokes are also pretty spot-on. For all…
NEVER Get Your Nails Done With A Toddler!
A few weeks ago, my 3-year-old was acting up a bit and being very clingy. My husband and I thought that maybe it was because she hadn't been spending enough quality time with me (difficult to do considering I have a baby attached to me for most of the day). So my husband offered to look after the baby while Miss A and…
The Benefits of Considering Frozen Donor Egg IVF
* This is a guest post by Heidi Hayes from Donor Egg Bank USA. Reproductive health has always been a passion of mine (I've studied it from both a medical and legal perspective in school) so when Heidi asked to write a guest post on donor eggs I said "Of course!" I've been blessed to not have any fertility issues myself but I…