Rachel Henwood - Freelance Writer
Blog URL http://rachelhenwood.wordpress.com/
Located Perth, Western Australia Australia
Tags life in Perth, expat and travel, children and kids, parenting and parents, humour, life observations, health and lifestyle, Spoodles and dogs, emigrating to Australia
A writer's observations on life, surviving kids and what it's really like to live Down Under - the good, the bad and the downright bizarre.
Latest Blog Posts
- How to be a BAD parent on Nov 4, 2009 in all under one roof the funny side of life axe bad parenting bad parents children cigarettes funny guns humourous kids parental fails parents photos pics pictures snakes terrorist
Like I've said before, it's very hard to know how you measure up as a parent, and how badly your child rearing techniques are going to scar them life. Then you see pictures like these, and you think phew, at least I'm doing a lot better than some.
- Shut up and push on Nov 4, 2009 in all under one roof a medical expert adultury attraction baby belsh birth birthday ball birthing blood boyfriend C-section child childbirth childbirth specialist Church of Scientology cite contractions cowning dad delivery disgusting habits divorce doctor drugs enya euphoria expectant mother expert fart father father-to-be gas and air girlfriend giving birth going into labour guilt headlines husband itch labour leaving less stressful. longer marriage melon memory men Michael Odent midwife mother mothers mum music nervous newborn news observation offspring pain pain relief painful partner pelvis procreation pushing reassurance report reproducing Richter scale scary scratch seperating sex sexual feelings silent birth stress stressful stupid traumatic unreasonable behaviour watching wedding wife women
Here are some recent ramblings of an enlightened male, that will no doubt make mothers everywhere grind their teeth in annoyance. According to Michael Odent - a medical expert and 'childbirth specialist' - fathers-to-be should no longer be present a...
- Sign your name across my skin on Nov 4, 2009 in all under one roof 18 age art artist baby baby naming book back bellybutton piercings birth certificates body Celtic changing mind children colour cycling does it hurt dog tags drawing drawn on earings father fingerprints flowers gravity hearts hoops ideas illegal images initialed jewellery legal mother names needles nose ring pain painful parent patterns permanent photo frame pictures pilates pretzels removing silver skin spin class t-shirt tattoo tattoos therapy tongue stud trends Tweet Pie why
I've never really got the fascination with tattoos. It seems to me a very extreme (and permanent) way of expressing how you're feeling at that exact moment, but doesn't really take into account how you might feel in years to come. After all, over the...
- For richer for poorer, till death do us part on Oct 21, 2009 in all under one roof amount appreciating australia Banking basket case bee in my bonnet bike bike seat brioche broke calories chest infection children chocolate cost cover credit cards critical illness insurance cycling dangerous death debt die died dying Education emotional exercise Fallopian tube fees fitness guilt gym headlines healthy heart attach home home insurance house how does it work how important is husband hypothetical ill income protection industry Insurance keep fit keeping fit kids kit kat life insurance losing losing weight loss medical money mourning muffin top nerves news owing money painful paranoia paying payment perth poor practical racing rational repossessed sad schemes school holidays should I get insurance spin class spinning story Surge tragedy unhealthy whay have insurance widow wife winter Yorkie
Like most people I suspect, the two things that I fear the most are the loss of my children and my husband - losing either would turn my world upside down. The very idea of some terrible happening to my family is something that doesn't even bear thin...
- Don’t lie to me on Oct 16, 2009 in all under one roof the funny side of life australia children Parenting babies visa parent funny humour baby parents surgery doctor crime kids how to reality raising children hormones teeth tooth fairy death medical daughter biscuits fiction womb war stories son stranger danger nightmares santa father christmas imagination mummy child birth judgement daddy lie lying why parents lie to their children the lies parents tell children why we lie parenting by lying complicated low sodium salt good parents innocence natural disasters the truth telling the stork characters radar lies children tell lamb to the slaughter good sense brother sister porky pie making up stories accused white lies fantasy politicians Easter Bunny Easter Chocolate eggs Santa Claus Xmas chimney reindeers stocking strangers mixed messages mirrors eyes in the back of your head check up elf stars paypack
Any parent worth their weight in low sodium salt would probably agree that children should be brought knowing it's wrong to lie. Especially to their parents. But teaching this particular right from wrong can be tricky, especially when trying to push...
- Crimefighting 101 on Oct 12, 2009 in all under one roof AK47 arrested assult attacked bravery British bullying Cagney and Lacey charged charges commended common sense costs crime criminals designer sunglasses do nothing dock Edward Woodward elderly England English fast cars fighting great-grandmother guilty headlines India inflame the situation Internet Juliet Bravo law and order laws magistrates Miss Kasar money mugging national hero news newspapers Pakistani militants pay costs pensioner police police force police reports police van politcially correct prod prodded Renate Bowling reporting self defense sligshot Starsky and Hutch stories stupid tax payer The A Team The Equalizer Thornton Cleveleys throwing stones UK victim Warwickshire widower yob
In the papers this week were two stories, which when read side by side, demonstrated that the world of law and order has indeed gone stark raving bonkers, and Mr Common Sense has obviously packed up his bags and left the UK.
- Taxing the fat to pay the thin on Oct 3, 2009 in all under one roof aft alcohol Aldis alternative argument Asdas awareness babies battles benefit binge drinking blubber BOGOF breastfeeding budget burgers cancer carrots cheap chicken nuggets child abuse childhood obesity chips cigarettes coke comfort eating cook cooking cost death diet Disability Living Allowance doctor Dr Chand economy employed England exercise facts fast food fat fattening food fattist fighting fat figures financially rewarded fit food government gyms Happy Meal headlines health problems health system healthy healthy food home cooking how much does obesity cost the NHS hungry illness Jamie Oliver junk food junk in your trunk lazy lectures Lidls losing weight loss low income lower class McDonalds meal time middle classes mobility scooters money morbidly obese news NHS nutritional value obesity offers organic overeating papers parks pasta poor prices programmes related reward rocket science rubbish Sainsburys scheme shopping smoking soup sports centres statistics story super morbidly obese supermarkets swimming pools takeaways tax tax credits taxing the fat tea time television Tescos tobacco Trip Trap chairs TV UK unemployed unhealthy food vegtables. the path of least resistance Waitrose walking Weebles weight weight gain wobble working
So, finally a doctor in the UK has been brave enough to speak out and voice what many people already think - that instead of pandering to the morbidly and super morbidly obese with mobility scooters and Disability Living Allowance, they should be m...
