Life, Love and Dirty Dishes delivers award winning funny tales from the parenting front line delivered with humour and heart. We're all in this together.
The Daily Friction of the Fragmented Postpartum Wardrobe The postpartum transition is defined by rapid physical adjustments, rigorous feeding routines, and an unexpected surge of specialized accessories. For lactating parents, this proliferation is often most apparent in the underwear drawer. A mother navigating both direct breastfeeding and mechanical expression frequently ends up with distinct garments…
You’ve sent a link to the ring you love. By the time your birthday comes round, you’ve also checked the delivery, found the wrapping paper and reminded someone to buy a card. You might as well have signed it. Choosing your own present can be lovely. You get something you really want, and the person…
Thanksgiving Day rarely goes sideways because of the turkey. It goes sideways at 2 p.m., when the oven is full, the potatoes still need peeling, nobody can find the gravy boat, and the first guests are pulling into the driveway. Almost all of that pressure comes from jobs that could have been finished the evening…
Who would pick the kids up? What would people at the school gate think? What if someone decided I wasn’t a good enough mum? For mothers who are worried about their drinking or drug use, these questions can feel bigger than the problem itself. So the worry gets pushed down, the habit carries on, and…
When you decide to start a family there are books galore about pregnancy and babies and how to look after them, leap weeks, and 10 month sleep regression. And when you start raising this tiny human you can’t really imagine them being a teenager. The thought of them starting school seems a long way off,…
