Fly in and fly out FIFO life with Coco Rose Interiors.My name is Ben and I am the other half of Coco Rose Interiors. It’s no secret that we are a FIFO family, so we wanted to let you a little further into our world and raise a glass to all the other mining families out there, trying to find a better life.
Laying down the parenting pitchforks.I am sick to death of logging onto Facebook each and every morning and reading the vicious comments mum throw out at each other. I am a part of a lot of groups. From the Bonds pages to the local areas pages, baby magazines, and everything in between. I like to be in the know when it comes to everything babies and kids, and more importantly, I love having people to talk to about it. But there is one thing I am not – and that’s a big commenter.
Our online rainbow family.It all started about three years ago with some spotting. What happened next still feels like a dream most days. There was Chris and I clenching hands while staring at an ultrasound screen as our obstetrician uttered the words, “I am sorry, there’s no heartbeat”. We were meant to be almost 11 weeks along with our first baby, and with those five words, our world came crashing down around us.
Having welcomed her second little girl, Editor Felicity Frankish reflects on 7 things that are different second time around.
New Years Resolutions – always a conundrum, and often only short lived. My fitness binges are lucky to make it to February; every year I promise that I will spend 10 minutes a day cleaning a part of my house, and if it lasts 2 weeks I consider it a successful resolution!
Between nappy changes, night time wake ups and food smooshed into every surface, my life has certainly changed over the past two years after welcoming my two little girls into the world. Cassie is just two years old and is a firecracker who just adores her food, while Vivi is three months old and has settled into our family effortlessly. While both girls are fairly easy on a day-to-day basis, my time has certainly become very stretched between the two of them, and one of the main things I struggle to keep up with is the housework. After all, if I miraculously manage to get them both to nap at the same time, the last thing I want to do is vacuum the house. That is my time to just sit on the couch and take some time out before the chaos of the day continues.
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