It’s the Monday night of the Australia Day long weekend, and I’m watching my daughter jump on our rusty mini-tramp while my son steams...

He wasn’t a bad baby to begin with, but about six months ago I began to hear tales from his mother about various crimes and misdemeanours...

Thing 1: Since one or other or another of his or my recent colds or ear infections or other random maladies that have blurred into one...

‘It means he’s sad,’ I told her. ‘It’s a metaphor. Why do you think he’s sad?’ ‘I think it’s because he misses his mummy and his sister...

I spent a bit of time on that flight in the galley, bobbing around while getting Garnet off to sleep, and so I was privy to the pursed...

May Blossom re-enacts what will happen if you don’t shut about about your birth plan while having coffee with friends. My friends Lou and...

But, weirdly enough, it was one of the loveliest nights I can remember. Partly because nights in general, in my opinion, are for sleeping...

One of the many dangerous roads of the world that are all out to get my children, according to my pregnancy-addled brain. Have you ever...

Things have been awfully quiet, here on Life With Gusto. That’s because real life has been a bit hectic. Hectic and befuddling and tiring...

The next book we’re borrowing from the library is ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’. Right now one of May Blossom’s favourite books is We’re...

One of the many stunning gender-neutral outfits May Blossom will be handing down to her sibling. According to the medical establishment I...

1. You have to stay somewhere as good or better than home. My very clever friend Other Jess once told me this, and I think she is right....

Oh for the days when the in-seat phone was all the entertainment she needed. In about four hours we are heading to the airport to fly for...

Wild scenes: May Blossom out of control in the moshpit. Tip her over, pour her out. We’ve just returned from the Play School Concert. If...

This pregnancy I have been plagued with insomnia, which is not something I have ever experienced before. I was the kid who could fall...

May Blossom searching for the truth. Right now if you were to ask May Blossom to state, for the benefit of the tape, her full name, she...

1. When she walks down steps, May Blossom has taken to sometimes refusing the proffered hand of her father or me and instead holds her...

‘Poo.’ She declared. Then, in case I was in any doubt of what she was referring to, she pointed to the bean with her other hand and said...

Here’s the first in a new occasional series in which I will ask myself questions and then reply. I’ll be my own agony aunt. Today’s...

Artfully placed chocolate bunny among our new carrot seedlings. What Easter traditions do you observe? In my family, every year my mother...