It’s only 3 weeks into the school year and I am disappointed, but not surprised to say that I am already hitting the bottle…hard.

On Friday evening, ahead of the big Saturday reunion night out, in my infinite wisdom I decided to invite some girl friends over for a few quiet drinks.

We are meeting up with the some of the old crew that we used to work with in the Aussie themed bar in the UK called the Walkabout.

For those of you who missed the Self Help for Mum’s live webinar at the start of the week on how to end motherhood stress and depression the good news is that there is a live recording!

Woo hoo!

image credit: KhmerComments.com

How Not to Make a First Impression

This morning two year old Bubble and I started a new playgroup.  With the Woo off at school, and Foghorn starting 3 year old kinder tomorrow morning, I wanted to find something fun and special to do with Bubble – just the two of us – and a room full of other toddlers.

Regular readers may know that I used to take Woo and Foghorn to an outdoor playgroup in the village next to us…up until the fateful day that I sent a rather graphic sext message to the playgroup leader instead of to Hubbster.  Uh yeah, I did!

One Mum’s Inspiring Story and

How to Banish Your Negative Feelings & Enjoy Motherhood

 Hey hubby....how about it?  

(Dress from Witjuti Bamboo Loungewear)

Sending our babies off to school for the first time can be a joyous, happy, nervous, anxious time for parents.

Today we have a rare treat!  Emma Marks, Mums Lounge creator, shares her experience of sending her son off to school for the first time.

but be warned, you may need some tissue paper!  It's a bit of an emo one!