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Cath Jefferies

Catherine Jefferies began Yummy Bubby as a healthy, baby food business that delivered nutritious meals to mums around the East Coast of Australia. Yummy Bubby has now developed to become on online information resource and blog  for parents of children aged 0-16 years. Catherine also contributes to Good Recipes offering advice on nutrition and sharing healthy recipes.

The Editor and Founder of Yummy Bubby, she lives in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney with her young daughter Siena, who is now 6 years old and who is slowly, but surely, asserting herself in the household.

Catherine currently spends much of her time picking up pink pieces of plastic and miniature clothes, bags, hats, phones and shoes. For the uneducated, this is called a 'Barbie Explosion' and occurs naturally at least once a day in her home...

 

Recent Posts

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Crime and Punishment

Siena lost a huge privilege this week. Gymnastics for a term…and on probation to get it back until Term 3. Why? Complete and utter insolence, rudeness, entitlement and a tantrum ( although there were quite a few preceding this one) that was beyond ....

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What I learned at school

Holidays are over… I know they are because I am now rushing around all the time. Rushing to do the shopping, get Siena dressed and fed, to get her lunch and my own ready for the day. There are thousands of notes in her bag from school… Sports fee....

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After school antics

I’ve been talking to a few parents at Siena’s school in regards to extra-curricular activities. It seems that nearly every week, there’s a flyer in Siena’s school bag advertising some new, fabulous activity that will help make my child smarte....

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Crackbook

I recently went out for bon-voyage dinner with a few friends – all about 40 years plus, except for the 13 year old daughter of one of the ladies there. Murray and Steve were off to the US – lucky them! As we were sharing our meal, the subject of ....

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Siena and I

Life is short

Life is short. I’ve heard this term often enough and never gave it all that much thought until recently.  The past twelve months have been full; full of hurdles,changes, realisations and some very tough times. Not just for me but for others in my ....

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Are you an ‘Ikean’?

I went to Ikea the other day. You see, I’ve moved house in the last month and needed a few extra items for the new abode. I don’t like having too many of the Ikea items in my home, as it can start to look like one of their showrooms if you go ov....

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I choose peace.

I had one of those terrible days recently; no sleep the night before for thinking – you know when your head is just spinning with the 5 million things you must remember to do. We’re selling our house and I’m not sure that the agent real....

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Giving children choices

I was planning a dinner date with a girlfriend of mine the other week. When trying to choose a restaurant we both agreed to discuss it on the day and choose then. My reasoning behind that was that I wasn’t sure what style of food I would be ‘in t....

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Siena's rules

Rules Are Meant To Be Broken

Lately, when having conversation with Siena, I’ve noticed a need for her define what is happening or what we are saying; put it in a box. She creates a rule about it, so to speak. For example, I might be explaining why you must wear a seatbelt in ....

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Siena 4 months

Put It On My CV!

So, I’m cleaning up my 5000th poo of the week and wondering when I got the job of being the household “poo picker-upperer”? When did it happen? Why did it happen? How come I got the job? I’m not qualified!!! What kind of qualifications do you....

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