Tag: Mommy
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My Son is in Matric, & I’m the One Who’s Freaking Out
Kid1 and I have been through some tense times lately. We’ve chatted, we’ve argued, we’ve looked at the Future from so many angles. This is change on steroids. We’re both clueless and what’s clear is we’re not ready.
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How to Talk to Your Children About the Toughest Taboo
How do you talk to your children about the ultimate fact of life? Sometimes, all it takes is a line on a TV show to get the conversation started.
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How Strange, Scary, & Wonderful it is to Watch My Son Growing Up
You’ve been taller than me for almost a year now, and as I look up at you, I can still see the baby I used to be able to hold in one arm.
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The Happy Hard Work of Having Little Humans
The first day back at the office was fantastic. I could make coffee, sit on my chair and drink it hot. I could start and finish a conversation with a colleague. I could have lunch and eat slowly. I could go to the bathroom any time I wanted. The day felt long and uninterrupted.
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How Two Little Bundles of Screaming & Joy Changed My Life For Good
If living with a newborn baby is tough and rewarding in equal measure, what’s it like living with two newborns?
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Oh no, my pants are on fire again!
Should we always, honestly, tell the absolute, literal truth to our children? Sometimes, telling a little lie to a little one can be the lesser of two weevils, argues Mom in Progress Kagiso Msimango.
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The baby food tribunal
Mom-in-progress Kagiso Msimango had to hold a tribunal of sorts to keep her Things pap-free. She knows her grandmother had the best intentions, but pap alone will not do!
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This village is for all types of moms
Mom-in-progress Kagiso Msimango believes all moms – single, partnered, married or whatever – need all the support they can get.
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Why it takes a woman to change the world
Feminine energy is forever in flux, shifting, mutating, transforming. And it begins at a very early age, as mom-in-progress Kagiso Msimango is discovering…
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Expecting the unexpected
Thabile Mahlangu, BrightRock’s Marketing Administrator, just landed her first job and was planning to buy her first car… And then she fell pregnant. She explains how this experience changed her life for the better: