Car-ni-val: a period of public revelry at a regular time each year; an exciting and riotous mixture. Welcome to the Digital Parents Blog Carnival with the best selection of posts from April. Make yourself a coffee, get comfy and enjoy the musings…

Late one night, the only sounds echoing in the house were the filter from the fish tank and the odd rustle of hubby on the computer downstairs. The weight of my body was sinking me deep into the mattress. I…

Before kids, my television indulgences were Sex and the City, Friends and the Soprano’s. Just writing that list makes me realise how long ago it was that I actually watched television. It has been years since I had an uninterrupted…

Hubby and I love to travel. Overseas, interstate, or a few hours away in our car – we have always made an effort to get away. I found out I was pregnant with AJ while overseas and while I was…

Society’s view of women and their role as mothers is a swinging pendulum. A woman doesn’t seem to have it “all” until she has children. Then the minute she does, she falls into the disgrace of having “nothing left.” I…

The heavy curtains of our bedroom are thrown open to the morning sun. I awake as two beautiful children bound into my bed, bearing gifts that are perfectly wrapped with white, glossy paper with thick yellow ribbon. Hubby is behind…