Balancing motherhood and nursing in Australia, including shift work parenting, burnout prevention, and family life routines.
He says “Mummy, play with me” — and I smile, and I sit down next to him, and I am not there. My body is on the lounge. But I left the rest of me at the hospital. Somewhere between the handover and the car ride home, everything I had gave out. And now he … Read more
Nurse mom life in Australia is not what it looks like from the outside. I pick him up from daycare after a morning shift. He comes out looking absolutely chaotic — hair everywhere, something unidentifiable on his shirt, shoes probably on the wrong feet. And he sees me, and his whole face lights up, and … Read more