The Queensland Government is making grants of up to $5000 available to home-based entrepreneurs in what is the first program of its kind in Australia. Under the Queensland Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow Home Based Business Program funding will be available to stay-at-home-parents seeking to establish or develop home-based … [Read more...]
Come Fly With Me (and My Son)
Planes conjure up exciting images of foreign adventures for me after four years of travelling through Europe, but I wasn’t looking forward to sharing a flight with our two-year-old when we took a trip to the UK. After previous experiences travelling with him in the car that usually ended with my partner sitting in the back to keep him quiet, I … [Read more...]
Relationships After Baby
All parents would remember insisting a baby would not change their relationship. With the benefit of hindsight – and after many broken nights’ sleep – reality sets in: once you’ve had a baby, your relationship with your partner changes forever. This doesn’t have to be a bad thing. Having a baby can be the making of a relationship, where both … [Read more...]
The Thorny Issue of Needles
Almost 10 weeks has already flown by since my second son, Ethan, was born, and just over a week ago he had his first of many vaccinations. I was dreading the event because our eldest son, Noah, gave me a horrible look I’ll never forget when he had his first jabs. Ethan was exactly two months old on the day of his vaccination and it couldn’t have … [Read more...]