Christie Burnett, Editor
I am an Early Childhood Teacher with (too) many years experience teaching in primary schools, starting up and directing a child care centre, and working as a presenter and consultant educating other educators. I also work as a freelance writer with recent articles appearing in Practical Parenting, My Child and Childcare Australasia magazines and online at Kleenex Mums, Huggies Australia and Coles Online.
But more importantly, I am a Mum. In February 2008, my husband and I welcomed a beautiful baby girl into our family and that is when I truly began to understand what being a parent is really about, something my years of studying and teaching could never really prepare me for.
I started Childhood 101 in May 2009. As a new stay at home Mum, I found that I missed having something for me as my work had always been such an important part of my life. Childhood 101 became what I did for me, an outlet for my thoughts and ideas and feelings and it allowed me to connect with readers and other bloggers; I love that whatever your parenting style or philosophy is, there are others around the world feeling, thinking and sometimes even enjoying a similar journey.
Contributors
Tricia Hogbin
Slightly obsessed with sustainable living and the environment, Tricia is an urban working mum who dreams of living a simple life, being close to nature, having space to grow food, having a teeny little ecological footprint, and being part of a community. She once thought that meant moving to ‘the country’, and perhaps even giving up her job. She’s since realised she can live that dream right now despite her city-living working lifestyle. Most days she struggles to balance it all, but is happy as long as she’s had time to focus on the important things in life: family and fun!
Tricia shares her journey towards a simple sustainable life at Little Eco Footprints.
Sarah Bendeich
In my former life (before children) you might have found me behind my (orderly) desk in a busy landscape architectural firm nutting out urban design challenges or drafting planting plans… or perhaps chatting with my husband over the weekend newspapers, lattes and a leisurely (late) breakfast. These days you’re more likely to find me weeding the vegie patch whilst playing fairies, hanging out washing with a little helper or cooking dinner with a grizzly toddler on one hip.
As a stay-home mother of two young children, wife of a busy lawyer, and guardian of an elderly cat and two speckled hens, I have happily embraced the domestic realm. Like mothers everywhere, my aim is to nourish and nurture, and to give my children a beautiful childhood. My house is rarely as tidy as I’d like it, but someone once described it as ‘happy messy’, which I can live with.
You can read more of Sarah’s adventures on her blog, Oesch & Doots.
Catherine Oehlman
Catherine Oehlman (aka SquiggleMum) is a mother, teacher, writer, picture book lover, outdoor play advocate, coffee drinker and self confessed bird-nerd. She still climbs trees and eats fairy bread – with or without her two young kids! You can find Cath squiggling about topics close to her heart online and in print, or catch her weekly on Brisbane radio.
Cath’s award winning blog is located at http://squigglemum.com
Kate Fairlie
Before having children I was an early childhood educator, working in both long day care and preschool, with a special interest in child led, play based emergent curriculum. These days I am mum to four gorgeous ‘picklebums’ who keep me busy watching them play, grow and learn on our small property that we jokingly call ‘The Pickle Farm’ in ‘almost rural’ Victoria. We don’t actually grow any pickles, but we do dabble in growing our own food, and we are renovating our house, all at the same time as I blog and muddle about with digital design on the side.
Kate blogs about all kinds of crazy things – twins, gentle parenting, gardening, trying to be a little self sufficient, activities for kids, recipes, and anything else that pops up in her crazy life!
You can read about life on the Pickle Farm on Kate’s blog, Picklebums.
Naomi Cook
Naomi is a Masters qualified Registered Nurse. She studied Philosophy as an undergraduate and worked as an English Language teacher (teaching both children and adults) before moving to Australia to study nursing. She also writes as a freelancer, writing both fact and fiction; whilst working as an Educational Consultant for nursing DVDs she is also writing a series of children’s novels. She has a passion for Health Education and Preventative Health Care, especially for mums and babies.
Most importantly, Naomi is the lucky mum of two adorable little girls, a toddler and baby who are thriving off the wonderful Australian climate and lifestyle.
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