With Easter only a hop, skip and jump away my family from Brisbane have had to cancel their long planned trip to visit us. Since we will be having a very quiet time at home I hopped into bigwaustralia this morning to get some crafty Easter Bunny supplies to inject some Easter cheer into our days at home. Luckily BIG W has everything you need for fun-filled long crafternoons at home. We grabbed Easter stickers, finger painting books, some cute Easter Egg Hunt signs and these adorable egg cups (ok and a few other things, duplo, some toddler flash cards, the list goes on). With prices starting from just $1 its hard to resist. Also the #bigweaster range is available in store and online so you can shop from isolation! #ad #bigwaustralia
Who is feeling anxious? ✔️ Covidxiety is a thing, my friends. It’s fuelled by the apocalyptic news cycle, the frightening loss of income for many, and of course, the reality of catching this deadly virus. Yesterday it hit me, staring at row after row of empty shelves (even all the vegan food was gone!). I felt overwhelmed in a way I hadn’t outside of my grief and losing Lily. I know I am not alone in this feeling, Ive had many baby loss mothers say the same thing on here. And lets face it, we - the baby lost - are hard core, so if we are feeling it others are too. Are you? I dug deep into my well of emotional resilience, and went to home to do what I do best - lean into it and research. Specifically on how to help ourselves from a mindset perspective. My findings? Firstly if you are reading this - check in with your feelings. Stop avoiding them. It is totally normal to be feeling scared or anxious about everything going on. But if you are really overwhelmed reach out to beyondblueofficial or lifelineaustralia.
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✔️✔️✔️Here are 3 tips to support your well being during this time:
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✔️1. Figure out your routine. Creating a stay at home routine will give you some anchor points throughout your day and help you to feel like you’ve got your shit together. Particularly critical if you have lost your job. Set a schedule for rising, meals and bedtime. Resilience thrives with proper nutrition, and rest so keep an eye on that. Watch funny movies, drink cups of tea. Steer clear of social media that makes you anxious and restrict news consumption! ⠀⠀ .
✔️2. Connect - facetime, skype and video calls are going to get you through this. Last night hubs and a bunch of his mates had a teleconference. 🤣 Yup, they all dialled in and had a drink together. It was super cute.
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✔️3. Move your body. You already know this one but its easy to let it slide when your normal gym routine has been banned. Lots of trainers are offering free online sessions and there is loads of content on You Tube. Move everyday!
Your turn. What are you doing to keep the CoVidxiety at bay?
Anyone else feel powerless and a bit confused? I see so much fear on the news, I know a lot of people who have already lost their jobs or are are at risk. 46% of you said so in my poll yesterday too which is terrifying and then I walk down to our local shopping strip and it looks completely normal. Everyone is going about their business - albeit at a distance to each other. People are still in cafes, ordering coffee, buying bread, deliveries are still arriving. It is so weird and confusing. My extrovert side (and the one that likes to get tactile and touch people is already going a little mad), the lack of play dates puts mum lyfe into overdrive. And we’ve got 6 more months to go?!! I know social distancing is SUPER important and health comes first. (Soap kills COVID, wash your hands people). But I am just trying figure out the balance. Is it ok to go out to dinner and support your local pub if they can accomodate the social distance rules? Or are you avoiding them completely? Are you still going to the park/ playground or have you stopped? Would you go into a Kmart to buy toys or online order? How are you finding the balance between what is socially responsible for our health and supporting our local businesses? Help!! (Ps that is Jasper’s confused face when Mum says we are welding the front door shut and then 10 mins later decides we should get a T/A coffee to support the cafe down the road)
Every now and then I come across a thing that I’ve got to have, and I’m the kind of girl that wants to share these finds with ‘erryone. This one is a real game changer: it’s a bucket, a strainer… a strucket 🙌🏾 One of those things you didn’t know you needed but don’t know how you survived a lifetime (or years of nappy explosions) without.
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You know when you are soaking baby clothes that have poop all over them? You fill up a bucket, slosh some soapy stuff in, drown the soiled clothes and leave them to mingle for a few days, until you get to the point where you can’t keep putting it off. Eventually you have to stick your hand into the soapy poop water, and quick as you can, you fling the soapy poop clothes into the washing machine. Tell me I am NOT the only one? Enter my new bestie strucket with an inbuilt strainer you never have to get friendly with soapy poop water again. Water drains from the plug in the bucket and the strainer lifts out: seamless transition to the machine. Yes, it’s a bucket. But you need one, don’t you?
PS: Pictured here washing an assortment of toys, because - well, soapy poop water photos 🤢 Use code THELILYFLOWER for free shipping. #gift #strucket
I learnt a bunch of stuff about germs and avoiding them while Lily was alive. That stuff is ingrained. Once having had a medically complex child it never goes away. The biggest one was realising what a privilege it is to be well. If you are well and at low risk of serious illness please remember that you are a crucial part of helping to minimise the spread and flattening the curve. Stay home, self isolate and dont pass your germs on. Make sure your kids don’t pass their germs on too. You will most likely be fine but please help the 4% who probably wont be. Do you have any other tips to add to this advice? Please tag your friends and share! #flattenthecurve #selfisolate #staysafe #covid_19 #bekindtoyourmind #sorryaboutthetypos #imeantprivilege
We had a wonderful day today hosting a thelilycalvertfund market stall and raffle at the amazing Pilates studio sumofus_studio This studio is so community minded, they opened up their doors today to showcase small female businesses and our charity for IWD. In this current time we find ourselves, where fear is heightened, it was wonderful to join together as a local community in support of each other. Kindness does abound, it is everywhere and if you look you will see it or you can create it among the craziness going in right now. A huge thanks to our sponsors who donated prizes for our raffle - also mostly local businesses, please try and show them some love too, so many businesses are doing it tough right now and yet none hesitated to support our cause. Tap the pic for their tags! And thanks to my superstar victoriaeastoe who helped me all day long!
Would you look at all these goodies that have been donated to our IWD market stall event this Saturday sumofus_studio by these generous local businesses. All proceeds will support thelilycalvertfund programs!
Join us from 11am and buy a raffle ticket to get a chance to win one of these amazing prizes including:
A lash extension and brow voucher donated by the best in the business miss.t.lashes
A gorgeous childrens play tent donated by petitemaisonplay
A dinner voucher for the fabulous Toorak institution bush_inn_hotel_toorak
A stunning handbag / nappy bag from oioiglobal
A gift pack of soy candles and wax melts from timelessflames
A voucher for Prahans newest and hottest cafe neworder_prahran
2x beautiful water bottles from thejadobottle
A gorgeous gift from thepantonstore
A personalised book voucher from thestoryof_books
Head to sumofus_studio website to book tix for Saturday. And if you cant make it you can still be in the running to win if you live in Australia - make sure you are following thelilycalvertfund and follow the link to donate $10 for 5 entries. OR tag 3 friends on both this account and thelilycalvertfund for a free entry. *
Sorry O/S friends, we can’t ship this one to you!
We get one chance, one life. There are no practise runs. Love for today, informed by your past, to make the future you want. Stop waiting for the perfect moment or the approval of others. Go and do. Swipe 👉🏽 Be the change maker, the go getter, the game changer. Tag a woman who inspires you, this IWD. #internationalwomensday #equality
Would you look at the face of this angel ✨💫 I’m pausing the highlight reel to acknowledge International Rare Disease Day with the face of my rare flower. Although rare diseases affect 1 in 20 people (at some point in their lives), most have no cure, while many remain undiagnosed. As a family, for us it was often lonely and isolating to be the only ones with a rare disease. Access to treatment for many rare diseases is insufficient and building social networks to support people with rare diseases and their families is really hard. So let’s support this day by helping build the social network piece: please like and comment a message of support below, and if you know a family with a rare disease or you are one, (or have lost a child or loved one from one) please tag them and comment ‘We are the 1 in 20.’ Share this post too. Let’s keep building and sharing the network so we can help bridge the social barriers and make it less lonely for everyone.#rarediseaseday
‘Wow, where did the blonde hair come from? Is he yours?’ Pretty much the first comment we get every single time someone new meets us. My solution? I go a little blonder every time I get my hair done... 🤪 That will convince them, right? Do your children look like you or do you get mistaken for their babysitter on a daily basis like me 😂
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