Letters in issue 5

Thank you for another brilliant edition of byronchild. I am excited by each new edition. Can’t tell you how proud and grateful I feel to you all for producing the first and only Australian parenting magazine worth reading. I am deeply touched by almost every article. I NEED the information that is in it and I am sure so many other parents need it as well.
Keep up the great work!!!

Suzanne,
Hug-a-bub
Byron Bay


I have just read the latest (Dec. 02) byronchild magazine. What a great issue! I say this because I think the articles are all meaningful rather than trivial. I especially enjoyed the story The Butterfly. It touched me and it was a reassurance for me as a mother to an innocent 16-month-old. Thanks.
Love, Meg
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I am an avid reader of byronchild and I really appreciate the quality and relevance of your publication’s articles. One subject I feel is sometimes overlooked in parenting magazines, is the issue of parents raising their children without family or other networks nearby.

I am a New Zealander, living in Melbourne, and have personally experienced the challenge of parenting without family living locally. Since meeting other Mums, I’ve discovered there are many of us these days, who do not have family or other networks to rely on. I think this isolation is a very real issue for parents today.

Below is a poem about my experience of joining a pram walker’s group with other mothers. It’s been a very significant and beneficial experience for me, especially as a first-time mum with no family around, or other networks already in place. Perhaps readers will identify with my poem and may even be inspired to get out in the community and have some fun themselves! Once again, thanks for a refreshingly intelligent parenting publication. Incidentally, if you’d like any more information about the pram walkers’ group, I’d be happy to provide more information about it.

Yours Sincerely,
Emma Darragh-Heath
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Step by Step
Step by Step
Troubles dissipate
Energy’s restored
Words and fears
And worries
Set free
Wafting away with the breeze of the day.
Baby is sleeping – or quiet at least
Entranced by fresh air and nature’s peace
Mother is moving
Step by Step
Finding her rhythm, getting her groove back
A nice respite
In this new way of life
Along the track perspective appears
And what’s that sound?
It’s laughter I hear!
Loneliness fades, music to my ears
For now, no cares
Just movement and mateship
And finding my way
Bit by Bit. Step by Step. Day by Day.
Everything’s going to be OK
Walking is the way. Walking is the way.