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Fully Prep(ared)
On Tuesday 28th January 2020, Abel started Prep. Which is just Aussie for 'Reception' to all my friends in the UK. It may well have stood...
Niki Spivey
Feb 13, 20205 min read
Blessing Bette
Last Christmas (apologies if anyone else is now singing Wham.. I know I am). Last Christmas, Sean, Abe, Betts and I went back to the UK....
Niki Spivey
Sep 4, 20198 min read
The Day My Mum...
It's been just over three years since mum died, and I still have (some of) her remains sitting in an old fudge tin on a shelf in my...
Niki Spivey
May 2, 20193 min read
Drama Queen
Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the biggest drama queen of them all? Abe. It's definitely Abe. But, hands up. I did teach him...
Niki Spivey
Apr 23, 20194 min read
Mama, Mama coooool. Mama, mama coool.
Before I had kids, I didn't want them. Something which I think had to do with how I saw motherhood. From the outside, being a mum looked...
Niki Spivey
Sep 7, 20185 min read
Is It Any Wonder?
There's a weird thing that happens after you have a baby...scratch that. There's a shit tonne of weird things that happen after you have...
Niki Spivey
Aug 17, 20184 min read
Clueless...
When I had my son, I was clueless about babies. I'd not even put a nappy on before my own baby shower (which I did on a non wiggly, non...
Niki Spivey
Jul 15, 20184 min read
Birth Plan 2: Delusional
The second time around, my pregnancy itself followed a deceptively similar path to the first. There were still no apps telling me what...
Niki Spivey
Jun 22, 201810 min read
Birth Plan 1: Survival
Prior to having kids, what I knew about pregnancy and childbirth would have easily fitted onto a Post It note – and even then you’d have...
Niki Spivey
Jun 17, 20187 min read
Say What?
Bette has Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD). It's a retro cochlear hearing issue that's probably easiest to describe as a bit...
Niki Spivey
May 13, 20184 min read
Grandad's Island
Since the last book review was of a book I didn't personally rate all that highly, I thought this time, I better pick one that I had...
Niki Spivey
Apr 23, 20182 min read
The (more than) Slightly Annoying Elephant
Books are a big deal in our house. We all love them, albeit for slightly different reasons. I like that they mean I have a little bit of...
Niki Spivey
Apr 23, 20183 min read
Goodness Grief
One year and ten months ago I got a phone call that changed not only my life, but me, forever. Two phone calls to be exact. One to say...
Niki Spivey
Feb 14, 20184 min read
Take a deep breath in...
Mid meltdown one day over the festive period (one of his; not one of mine) I gave Abe a guided meditation to listen to on the iPad. Not...
Niki Spivey
Jan 21, 20183 min read
One + One = Bananas
Many years ago, my mum told me that once you had one kid, the second didn't really make much difference to things. I think she meant that...
Niki Spivey
Jan 12, 20184 min read
I feel the need, the need for Sunnies!
I’ll be honest, as an (ex) English teacher, they had me from the get go. I love a pun and while ‘Babiators’ from ‘Aviators’ might not be...
Niki Spivey
Dec 27, 20172 min read
Run, Run, As Fast As You Can...
For about the last decade, I think that my Grandma has been pretty convinced she’s likely to drop dead at any moment. Not in a sad,...
Niki Spivey
Dec 3, 20173 min read
Santa Claws Is Coming, To Cards...
Even before the recent budget constraints I’ve always made my own cards. For as many years as I can remember I’ve saved every Christmas,...
Niki Spivey
Nov 26, 20172 min read
A Rose By Any Other Name...
OK. So Juliette is right. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. And people are certainly more then the labels we give them or...
Niki Spivey
Nov 24, 20173 min read
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