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Naomi Bulger

Naomi is an author, a journalist, a letter-writer and a mama. Her blog is like a well-worn scrapbook, bulging with ticket stubs from far-off places, dispatches from Melbourne life, photographs of the lovely and the absurd, letters from strangers, creative inspiration, fables and dreams, and treasures uncovered. Follow Naomis' blog here

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5 inventions every mum needs

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Feb 12

The first time she said it I just held my breath

Perhaps it is the warm summer weather that’s doing it. I’m not sure, but while the bougainvillea is tumbling gloriously pink and rampant and completely out of control over our back fence, inside, my little baby girl is growing up so fast it’s like she hits another milestone every...

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Jan 31

The new trend in blogging...

I’ve been thinking a lot about blogging lately, and how I do it. With a job and a little baby and a book to finish and an actual life outside the walls of my home, I certainly have precious little time left to maintain my own blog, let alone contribute to several others. And yet I love it and...

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Dec 04

Embarrassing! The Celebrities You Think You Know in Real Life

I suffer from a little known and frequently misunderstood condition, Mistaken Identity Syndrome (MIS). Or, Thinking Celebrities Are People I Know. Like excessive sweating or a bad stutter, MIS can be socially debilitating. All I am asking is for a little compassion. And whether or not I know you...

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Nov 27

7 Things you can Learn From your Baby

Madeleine turned five months last week. It was a funny milestone to mark, but for some reason it felt significant. I was thinking, “Only one more month until she is six months old. And then we’re on the home stretch to her first birthday.” And that all seemed so crazy and fast and...

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Nov 19

This is How You Simply Drop Out...

My computer died two weeks ago and, slowly but surely, the outside world went very, very quiet. Mums use the Internet. A lot. No secrets there. It keeps us sane, it keeps us informed, and it keeps us connected. And for this mum, losing my computer was like dimming all the lights in the house. It...

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Oct 31

Hurricane Sandy. The day after

Yesterday, someone posted this on Twitter: "911 is not answering. our super is trapped in the parking garage and needs help. 90 west st." And suddenly, all the way over here in Melbourne, Australia, where it was 30 degrees, faintly breezy, and the courtyard was perfumed with jasmine,...

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Oct 27

There's no substitute for family

Mum and Dad arrived at our house this morning, exhausted from three days of driving and a last, final hour of bumper-to-bumper traffic that just about did them in altogether. Their mood matched mine: by 10am I had already started to flag following baby Madeleine’s relentless, all night and...

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Oct 17

In the time it took to have one cup of coffee...

The nesting instinct is a weird thing, and not exclusive to human beings. Any nature documentary worth its salt will reveal a mama-bird or mama-mammal busily and happily creating a welcoming place for the anticipated little one. Oh my goodness, when I was pregnant, I couldn’t wait to create...

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Oct 11

How do you show a teenager you care? Like this

My youngest stepdaughter is a little down at the moment. She feels this sometimes: a sadness, an anxiety that she can’t really explain, let alone understand. She is 14. It scares the living daylights out of me. I’m not going to go into too much detail about Emily because I want to...

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Sep 26

Is it okay for an adult to need their parents?

A couple of weeks ago on Father’s Day, I got all philosophical with myself about dads and daughters. About how no matter how old we get, part of us will always be a kid when it comes to how we relate to our parents. Or is that just me? I still turn to my parents for advice, and support, and...

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