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Some days I dream of greatness. Other days I just want to make it to bedtime without getting anything gross on me.

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  • Firsts and Lasts

    by McPikelets

    (Originally published in the Autumn 2018 edition of Little Treasures Magazine) “I re-homed the Mountain Buggy while you were out, it’s gone to a lovely family expecting a surprise third baby” my husband beamed at me, a look of expectant pride on his face as if I’d soon be whipping out a certificate for ‘The Most Helpful And Organised Partner’. “You WHAT?” I shrieked....

    June 4, 2018
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  • Shape Shifters – Exercise after Having a Baby

    by McPikelets

    I had a chat with the exceptionally clever and lovely Stacey Law, physiotherapist from Leto Women’s Health in Auckland, to write this article for Little Treasures Magazine. Stacey helped put me and my diastasis recti (I won’t lie, I always have to google the spelling of that one) back together after my second pregnancy, and is a go-to guru for post-natal bodies. She’s a...

    March 21, 2018
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  • I’m doing it wrong (says the internet).

    by McPikelets

    Many things change when you have a baby. Your body, your hair, the shadows under your eyes, your bank balance, your relationships, and the information dished out to you through your social media feeds. Based on the types of conversations I have online, the photos or articles I look at and the demographic box I fit into (city dwelling 30-something mother of two), I...

    October 12, 2017
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  • Don’t worry, baby.

    by McPikelets

    Even the briefest of scrolls through parenting sites indicates that anxiety in children and babies is a hot topic. Anxiety in adults can be difficult enough to identify and treat – let alone in a tiny person who is just learning about their world. I had a chat to registered psychologist, Cate Hey, about  developing emotions. This article appeared in Little Treasures Magazine, and...

    September 11, 2017
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December 19, 2018

Talking Christmas on Breakfast TV

Had a great time talking about Elf on the Shelf, Christmas Traditions, and hiding your inner grinch. Watch the...

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December 12, 2018

Say hello to my little friend

The magic of Christmas is a special thing when you’re a kid. Twinkly lights, the Snoopy’s Christmas song on...

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October 6, 2018

Parenting by online committee

In this current age of what feels like parenting by online committee, I’ve seen many a mum taken out...

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September 22, 2018

Go ahead, caller.

Last weekend I was invited along to have a chat with the two Tims in the Newstalk ZB studios,...

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Talking Christmas on Breakfast TV

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Had a great time talking about Elf on the Shelf, Christmas Traditions, and hiding your inner grinch. Watch the TV1 Breakfast interview right here

December 19, 2018
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Say hello to my little friend

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The magic of Christmas is a special thing when you’re a kid. Twinkly lights, the Snoopy’s Christmas song on high rotate, seeing extended family, decorating trees, waking up to...

December 12, 2018
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Parenting by online committee

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In this current age of what feels like parenting by online committee, I’ve seen many a mum taken out by commenters shout-typing their opposing opinion and take that mum...

October 6, 2018
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Go ahead, caller.

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Last weekend I was invited along to have a chat with the two Tims in the Newstalk ZB studios, with some long-time-listener-first-time-callers dialing in. We talked kids choosing hair...

September 22, 2018
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Friendship survivals & casualties

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I consider myself extremely lucky to have a core group of girlfriends I’ve known for a while now, we share a lot of our thoughts and lives with each...

August 25, 2018
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Talking ‘Bad Parenting’ on Breakfast TV

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Loved talking ‘Bad Parenting’ with Hayley and Jack on Breakfast. You can see the interview by clicking right here   And this is the post that sparked the conversation: Confessions...

July 31, 2018
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I’m Casey McPike, New Zealand mum to Amy and Tilly, who give me a run for my money every minute of every day (and most nights). I knew everything there was to know about kids. Until I had my own.

My co-pilot Jeremy, and cross-eyed, toothless cat Frankie are along for the ride as well. Besides the parenting gig, I also keep myself busy working for Socialites (a social media agency), and freelance writing. Sometimes I dabble with the idea of running a marathon, but binge-watching Netflix gets in the way a bit.

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Talking Christmas on Breakfast TV

by McPikelets

Had a great time talking about Elf on the Shelf, Christmas Traditions, and hiding your inner grinch. Watch the TV1 Breakfast interview right here

December 19, 2018
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No excuses launch-pad day

by McPikelets

No one was more surprised than me when I took up running a few months after baby number 2 was born. I was never…sporty, and spent many a P.E. lesson at school hiding in the loos. Don’t get me wrong, I have the co-ordination of a constipated in-bred labradoodle and will never break any speed records – I’m not a PROPER runner. But I’ve loved the personal satisfaction that has come from running half marathons, and *really* enjoyed the personal satisfaction of swigging wine from a drink bottle post-run in a hotel hot pool with a girlfriend on a running trip we did together. This year, I set myself the lofty goal of running a full marathon. Then life got in the way and I haven’t run for months and months because I’ve been full of excuses: “I’m tired because the kids have been up coughing all night, my running top smells funny, I’m getting used to my new job, the weather is shit, there’s just no time, does my thyroid look especially large...

September 6, 2017
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It takes a village to dress a working mother

by McPikelets

Usually I get little girl side-eye, or murmurs of “that’s lots of black” about my workdrobe, but yesterday I finally sussed an outfit that my kids are happy with: See it here on my Facebook page. It totally takes a village to dress a working mother though…the leather jacket is a hand-me-down from my bestie in Melbourne, the skirt was a purchase from #Federation ‘strongly encouraged’ by one of my closest friends who rocks the same adult tutu in another colour, the inspo to try something different outside of my usual cloak of darkness came from my WorkWife who smashes out new looks more often than I change the bath towels (and she took the boomerang video – #workwife is taking over #InstagramHusband ), and bonus confidence shot from my little girls who said “Ooooo, Mummy that looks pretty!”. Can I take a moment to talk about bodysuits though? Of course I can, this is my page. So I wore a bodysuit, which I haven’t done since 1992 when all I wanted from life was a bodysuit and a pair of 501s. I...

July 22, 2017
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Body Shaming on The Spinoff

by McPikelets

Rachel Smalley made a boob-boo in a national publication. Offence was taken. T-shirts were printed. I wrote an opinion piece about the whole storm in a D-cup, because body shaming is pretty shit, really, and so is brandishing a feminist banner in front of a very un-feminist notion. The fine folk over at The Spinoff decided to run it. Here it is! The Spinoff

February 21, 2017
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