Keira has taken to ‘writing’ in a Word document I’ve specifically created for her; although her ‘writing’ more resembles the creations my old cat used to make whenever she used to walk across the keyboard.

I always ask her: “What are you writing?”

She answers: “I won’t know until I’m finished.”

Which is exactly what happens to me sometimes when I’m working.

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Speaking of writing, my latest article came out in Coles Baby Magazine this week. Once Adam discovered I got paid for writing about poo, I think this blog suddenly rose in his stock: as if “Wow – if they want her to write about poo, then maybe half of what she goes on about at miscmum is okay after all.”

My sentiments exactly! Only took him eighteen months to cotton on…

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Karen Andrews is the creator of this website, one of the most established and well-respected parenting blogs in the country. She is also an author, award-winning writer, poet, editor and publisher at Miscellaneous Press. Her latest book is Trust the Process: 101 Tips on Writing and Creativity