7 reasons to join the Bub Hub forum community
Parenting, it’s not easy. It is certainly no walk in the park! Even when it literally IS a walk in the park, it’s not easy. You have to work up the energy to get out of your pyjamas, pack the nappy bag and the pram into the car, time it between sleeps and feeds, make […]
8 tips to keep your plastics cupboards tidy
I don’t even want to think about the hours I’ve spent trying to find the right-sized plastic container – not to mention a lid to fit it! Really, it’s probably more like days that I’ve spent if you added all the time together – weeks, even! So I’m thinking, there has to be a way […]
Tips for cleaning out your whitegoods cemetery
How do we end up with a whitegoods cemetery in the first place? So much has to do with advertising. We are seduced into believing life will be so much easier, faster, cheaper and healthier if we bake our own bread and make fresh juice every morning. In the perfect world this would be great. […]
The Healthy Mummy Challenge begins!
The results are in! Our three lucky Bub Hub winners have been chosen, have been sent all their supplies, and are about to start on their Healthy Mummy journey! September 1 (today!) marks the start of The Healthy Mummy 28 Day Weight Loss Plan for our three Bub Hub winners – you can follow their […]
‘Summer’ on New Zealand’s Southern Scenic Route
A summer holiday on New Zealand’s Southern Scenic Route means stunning mountain scenery, rugged coastlines, great food, wildlife encounters, and plenty of chances to get the adrenaline going. Pack a jumper (and a beanie and gloves) just in case summer turns out to be on the wintry side and enjoy! We spent just over a […]
Saying ‘NO’ to sex
It’s a problem we’re probably all familiar with: one partner wants sex more than the other, which leads to tension and arguments. He might not hint at wanting sex with a whole lot of tact these days. Maybe he gropes you while you’re washing up? Maybe he ‘asks’ in his huffy tone “Can we have […]
Renovating with kids – survival tips
Many parents out there – especially those with toddlers – will roll their eyes at the prospect of renovating with children in the home. The overall process of renovation is notorious for putting even the most resilient of marriages on a rocky footing – so why complicate things further I hear you say? Well for […]
20 party bag fillers – that aren’t lollies!
After every birthday party, it seems that the kids won’t ever settle down, and as soon as they’re home, it’s a party all over again. You start thinking, “Why won’t you just fall asleep? You’ve been running around all day!” Then it hits you: they’ve come away with a bag full of lollies, chocolate, and […]
My top 5 TV-free activities …
We moved house recently. And though moving is always an upheaval, this move irrevocably changed the dynamic and landscape of our household, because (completely unintentionally), we moved to a house that didn’t have TV reception. As such a simple thing, it’s not something we thought to check for in a city rental. It was nonetheless […]
Mysteries of the recycling bin revealed
OK, so that sounds a bit dramatic, but it can be confusing to know what should go in the recycling bin and what should go in the general rubbish. And with horror stories of whole truckloads of recycled items having to go to landfill because one person put the wrong thing in their bin, sometimes […]