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Mamas Little Kitchen
Address: Valdora View, Valdora 4561 Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia
Website: http://www.mamaslittlekitchen.com.au
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25.01.2022 Join us next Thursday so help raise funds for the cancer council. More details to come on specifics
23.01.2022 Mother's hold their children's hands for a while, but their hearts forever. To my mother, I appreciate you beyond words. Thankyou for your kind yet firm nature. Thankyou for virtually holding my hand through this rat race we call life. To my children, Thankyou for entrusting me to raise you in this crazy world. I take the role seriously & whilst it doesn’t come without challenges, it’s a wonderful ride to be on. ... Happy Mother’s Day.
16.01.2022 || Nothing can really prepare you for the sheer overwhelming experience of what it means to become a mother. It is full of complex emotions of joy, exhaustion, love and worry, all mixed together. Your fundamental identity changes overnight. You go from thinking of yourself as primarily an individual to suddenly being a mother, first and foremost." Kate Middleton || I found this photo on my phone that my four year old took. A candid snap (his fingers included) of motherhood.... It was at the end of a long day of repeating myself, cleaning up broken things, cleaning up spillages, not getting work done that I needed to do (you know one of those days). Several times I took myself into the babies room for few minutes to breathe until I had the strength to continue on with the demands of the boys. I would love to say that it ended in some sweet moment that made the day seem like a distant memory. But honestly, it ended with dinner uneaten and all over the floor, piles of 3/4 dry washing because it started to rain & a mum who was just plain exhausted. Motherhood is exhausting. Even if the day goes perfectly, it’s the 42835 emails & memos for school events, the 3759 meals & dishes and car trips. It’s the mental calendar and to do list that is endless.. it’s exhausting. So this is why, more than ever, I want to have other mums backs because we are all in it together! I want to be able to help a mum out when their toddler is having a meltdown because the sky isn’t pink. I want to have extra food in my car for the mum who didn’t bring afternoon tea to the park & has a kid who is starrrrvvvving! And I hope one day, when I forget to bring a gold coin donation for the 45th dress up day of the month, another mum will go, it’s all good, I’ve got your back, here’s a $1 - I’ve always got coins for when someone forgets. And I won’t feel judged, I won’t feel like a failure; I’ll feel like someone’s got my back and I would have theirs too in the exhausting (yet joyous) game we play called motherhood. So, mums, if you’re feeling the mental and/or physical exhaustion today - just know I see you. You aren’t alone & it’s ok to admit you don’t want to do it alone!
04.01.2022 Toddlers Cook & Play on tomorrow. Join us for a morning of cooking, then stay for morning tea and let the kids explore and play. On every second Wednesday, in Valdora. 9:30am - 11ish. Spots are still available for tomorrow. ... All the details for bookings and info on the website. Link in bio. #kidsonthecoast #sunshinecoast #kidscancook #mumlife #sunshinecoastmums #toddlers #cookandplay #playgroup
01.01.2022 Let me tell you a little (ok, it’s kinda long) story about persistence with food exposure and how it worked in real life. My four year old asked for snow peas with his lunch today. This may not seem like a big deal but for me, it is. Why? Because he’s never asked for snow peas before & not only has he never asked for snow peas, his general reaction to snow peas up until recently has been I don’t want these and pushed them away - he didn’t even want them touching his plate.... So, knowing what I know about food exposure - I kept giving him snow peas with his meals/snacks whenever I had them. Sometimes just half of one, sometimes sliced, sometimes cooked. It was months of this. My reaction each time was the same to his negative response to snow peas that’s ok, you don’t have to eat them. Just leave them on the side or if your brother wants them, he can have them. Fast forward to about three weeks ago, he noticed his little brother peeling them open & eating the peas inside. So he peeled one open. He didn’t eat the peas inside (or any of it) but he did show interest in it not complete distaste. So the next day, I went with it, and asked the boys if they wanted to experiment & see how many peas were in the snow peas.. again, a couple of days of a similar thing & he just ate one of the peas from inside, then another & another... I didn’t acknowledge it at all (although on the inside I was doing a little happy dance). From then on, each time I have put snow peas on the plate, he will eat the whole thing. So, today, when he asked for snow peas, after months and months of persisting with just exposing him to it - No pressure to eat it, no force or bribery, just letting him go at his own pace... well, seeing a theory work out in reality, that feels good! *Ps. The irony of this being about snow peas & yet there is no snow peas in the image I took. #foodexposure #fussyeaters #kidsfood #mumlife #mumsofinstagram
