Teigan Svensen

The Beginning – Day 1

So today was the day! The beginning to bettering myself and trying to break out of my funk… I woke up not feeling the best. The kids were sick and my stomach wasn’t really having a good day 😒 (must have known I was going to make it workout 🤣). But I persisted! I got on my exercise bike and away I went!! Well fuck me dead – I did not realise how unfit I actually am. Two minutes in – my legs are…

Lifestyle Change – Not A Scheme

Today I took a leap and finally started my own little journey. As everyone knows, I had a baby 7 weeks ago. Since this, I have not gotten back to my old self and I have just really felt so sluggish and like I need to find some motivation somewhere. Well, today I did that! I stepped out of my comfort zone and into unknown territory. I joined my very own little business called Juice+. I have…

My Journey With Breastfeeding 🍼 Were you able to breast feed? Did you perhaps choose not to breast feed? How was your breast feeding journey?

Breastfeeding has always been a struggle for me. Between the lack of sleep it brings, the breast pains and then the milk just disappearing – I have just had issue after issue. Mostly resulting in me either giving up, or not even bothering to try and breast feed. I had my first son pretty young. I was only 18 and really still learning the ways of life and trying to grow up myself. At this age, I…

Mornings With A Newborn

Now that school is back and everyone is back in full swing – trying to get everyone into a routine is nearly impossible with a newborn. I thought I had it down packed for the first 3 days. The baby would wake up, have a bottle and go back to sleep until it was time for drop offs. Then the 4th day rolled on in and what a nightmare that was! Between trying to get my preppy ready for the day,…

Now that school is back and everyone is back in full swing – trying to get everyone into a routine is nearly impossible with a newborn. I thought I had it down packed for the first 3 days. The baby would wake up, have a bottle and go back to sleep until it was time for drop offs. Then the 4th day rolled on in and what a nightmare that was! Between trying to get my preppy ready for the day,…

Where have I been?

Where do I even begin? I have been MIA for so long now, I feel like I have forgotten how to even type. My life has been on the most craziest roller coaster these past few months. From Christmas, giving birth, celebrating my sons birthday and then my 30th. It has been a full on few months. I feel like I have accomplished nothing, but never had a minute to stop and relax either. Is that even…

Is studying overrated these days? The more people I speak to, the more I have seen that people just don’t want to study anymore. They feel real life experience is worth more then any kind of study or education learnt from a book. Is this the case? I know alot of smart and educated people, but in real life situations, they can freeze and clam up abit. Is this because of lack of real life…

I am now 3 days off being 18 weeks pregnant. That means in 2 weeks we find out what we are expecting 🤗 As this is my last baby, I have been having a lot of fun with old wives tales and gender prediction tests. ( Disclaimer – there is no real science behind any of these tests… ) From early on we have done the ring test over the belly a few times, which always swings back and forth, indicating…

What A Few Weeks…

The week of the 19th of July, my daughter finally had her tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. I did not realise how much pain and suffering my child would endure from these procedures. To tell you it was easy and she recovered quick, would be the biggest lie of my life! Let me tell you….. At 10.30am, on Monday the 19th of July, she went in to be put under for her procedures. I went in with her and…

Preparing For Prep… ARGHHH!!

When I think about sending my children to school, my anxiety goes through the roof. The idea of them being out of my care and into someone else’s, causes me so much fear of the unkown. We have so much social media these days! We see everything from the high achievers, the problem children causing havioc and the bullying that goes on. Alot of the time, the bullying doesn’t stay in school either.…

To say it’s gone smoothly, would be such a lie! The dizziness, the low iron, tiredness and just plain feeling of complete crap, has really sent me down struggle street. I have never felt like this in early pregnancy. Mornings were such a horrible time of day! I couldn’t wake up, I was so tired. I would have to lay for 20 minutes before getting up, otherwise the dizziness and head spins were…

What I’ve learned so far as a stay at home mother again… On days that all the kids are at daycare and school, I am one bored mumma! I need to find a hobby or something that can keep my mind active throughout the day. I literally cleaned my house, done the washing and sat, counting down the clock. It’s only two days a week, so I don’t want to do anything extravagant that is really going to…

So tomorrow is my last day working at the McGrath office. I have finally had to come to a decision on whether to send my family backwards financially, because selfishly I want to work. Or quite my job and stay home to raise my children and have some spare money. Daycare has hit us hard! I was so excited and felt so much independence returning to work, but I didn’t realise the cost of daycare…

People look at you and shake their heads. They look at you in horror and disbelief because your child is loud, interruptive and over the top. They don’t see the caring, passionate and struggling side of things. All they see, is what they want to see! My eldest was diagnosed with Autism at the age of 6. I didn’t know the signs of Autism, no one had ever indicated to me that he may have Autism…

Myself and my husband, buy breakfast almost every morning. To us this is normal. We get up, get ready, I get the kids ready, drop them off and then stop on the way to work for my coffee and my breakfast. People always say that we spend to much money on doing this and “isn’t it easier just to eat at home”, but I feel like it’s really not that bad. it probably cost us $20 a day for breakfast. He…