Comments on: Motherhood: It’s not all daytime soaps and manicures

By: AlisaK

AlisaK — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 04:50:32 +0000

Really important to hold on to the “you can have it all but not at once”, though hard to also know that men can have it all at once cause they mostly don’t do all the ball juggling. Ah well. I wouldn’t give her back so onwards!

By: Nicky

Nicky — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 01:12:14 +0000

Your reasonable question is the proverbial how long is a piece of string. Only you will find the answer to that and it’s *insert strong language* hard to not compare and look at what others are doing/have done. The other hard thing (speaking as a mum of a nearly 20 year old) is the sands constantly shift. They are rarely still – especially in the before school years, and imho even more so in the newborn to toddler years.

I think be kind to yourself and take tiny (or baby, sorry) steps for each area you are juggling as you can within your boundaries (we women have boundary issues I know lol).

One of my favourite things I remember re the superwoman/woman have it all – is the description they don’t have it all at the same time.

Also, your desire for a hot drink – understand totally

By: Alisa

Alisa — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 15:29:45 +0000

Aww thank you. Baby kissed and perhaps she will meet you at the next con.

By: Jo

Jo — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 01:39:51 +0000

As everyone who knows you will no doubt tell you, you make me tired just thinking about what you do. I remember life with a new baby…sleep and time to yourself (and hot coffee) are so rare and precious. And yet you still manage to study and run a business.

You don’t need a list of goals my girl, you need to sit down and write a list of all the things you are already achieving and give yourself a pat on the back. Then you can write down the things you think you need to achieve, sit and look at it for a minute and then cross off half of them and give yourself a break!

End of lecture! Now please go and kiss that baby of yours because she is too cute for words and I’m so disappointed that I won’t be getting to meet her in Canberra.