By Amy Molloy Bohannah Gerritsen can remember the moment she realised her Instagram following of friends and family had the potential to become bigger. “It was the first photograph that got over a hundred likes. It felt huge at the time. It was the only image I had ever used …
Keeping it Real With Courtney Adamo
By Kerrie Simon-Lawrence When social media super-mama Courtney Adamo packed up her life, along with hubby, Michael, and their four minis Easton, Quin, Ivy and Marlow in 2016, for a year of travelling the world (how cool!), there were a few goals in mind – to show their kids a …
How Breastfeeding Mums Are Being Supported Through a Pandemic
By Nicole Fuge, MD® Managing Editor When you’re pregnant or have a new baby, sometimes all you want (and need) is help. But due to Rona restrictions and border closures, it feels like we’ve had to navigate this tricky time alone. And sometimes we have literally been going it alone… …
[GUEST EDITOR] Amy Darcy: Running with a Stroller IS Possible!
Looking for a way to spend time with bub AND fit in your daily exercise? Running with a stroller might be the perfect solution.
How to Marie Kondo Your Tired Mama Mind in 5 Simple Steps #mindbodysoul
By Jo Burgess Before you Marie Kondo the shizz out of your home, here’s how to tidy your mama mind in 5 simple steps and leave overwhelm behind #destress #innerpeace #tiredmama You’ve probably seen the evidence all over social media. Photos of mountains of clothes sprawled across beds. Belongings bulging out of garbage …
The Game Changing Device Helping Mums Sleep More Soundly
By Nicole Fuge, MD® Managing Editor Every night, I put my baby girl down to sleep and I swear I check on her half a dozen times to make sure she’s still alive! Yes, the fear is real, and this mama seriously needs to get some sleep and chill out. …
How to Overcome New Mama Overwhelm in 2020
Becoming a mum is a huge transition, even when the world is normal. So going through that rollercoaster journey under the cray conditions caused by coronavirus makes it even harder – especially if you are trying to work from home at the same time! The challenge of trying to work …
5 ways to beat the baby blues in iso
By Anna Fasolo Having a baby is a beautiful experience, but it can also be scary, stressful, exhausting and isolating. Plus, if you’ve become a new mama during this cray coronavirus pandemic, some of these feelings are no doubt compounded. But it is important to know that you are not alone …
The 7 essentials you need when you have a newborn
By Nicole Fuge, MD® Managing Editor My bebe girl HATED being swaddled. No matter how well my baby-daddy and I wrapped her, she would always ninja her way out of it and startle-reflex herself awake. Ah the joys of those first newborn days and the sleepless nights that come with …
Our Mother’s Day must-haves to charge your soul
By Jessica Jane Sammut, MD® Editor-in-Chief Wow, anyone else feeling like they need a HUGE lie down … like for the next six months? Is it just me, or have the last few weeks (I know it feels like a year) been a little like living in the new series …