Posts by waikukumama

These are amazing!   Interesting how many of these are vehicular memories ... I have one too ... I can remember me and my 2 big brothers LOVED when my folks would go out (to concerts, to parties) because they'd fold down the...

Thank you.   Y'all are delicious and perfect ... I feel really lucky to be able to find community just like that.   She's super cool.  And your babies are lucky to have you!   xxx  

 That's all good, right?   I just need some words of reassurance from some wise women ...   she's healthy, bonny and lovely.  She'll chomp on a stick of celery or whatever as a teething aid, and she enjoys...

Good on you, Home Made Momma! Healthy Chocolate Brownies... Ingredients: 1 cup unsweetened applesauce 1/3 cup cocoa 3/4 cup self-raising flour (I often use 3/4 cup regular flour and add 3/4 tsp baking powder.  Kind of...

Hello!  I live on an orchard with 30 acres of fruit, so I am ALL ABOUT simple ideas ... I use my slow cooker.  I love this recipe because you don't even have to peel skins - saves time, adds fiber!  I wash them, quarter...

Hello lovely fit mommas!   I am due around Feb 20, this is my second pregnancy.  I'm ol' lady 37 years old now, for my previous pregnancy I was a sprightly 29.  I was working full time last pregnancy, and this time...

During my first pregnancy, I traveled from NZ to USA for a conference at almost 20 weeks.  I was EXHAUSTED, made worse by sharing a room, and BOY did I need to nap.  Travel companions don't always understand!  Will you...

tempted to wait till December, but putting an immediate shout out to all you good ladies just to give your bellies a rub for luck.     I'm 36, married for 10 years, we have a glorious almost 7 year old daughter, and about...

Hey mommas,   So happy to find this thread. We'll be hosting a "salute to thanksgiving" for other Kiwi American families in New Zealand.  It's springtime here, so feels rather presumptuous to celebrate the...

I have been reading the most incredible book by a British author, and she (her name's Naomi but I have inconveniently forgotten the last name temporarily!) anyway: What Mothers Do. It is an enlightening piece o' work, and some of her...