About Us


Friends for more than a decade, as luck would have it Hannah and Natalie found themselves on maternity leave at the same time. Hannah with two littlies and Natalie with one. All boys.

Considering they have been work mates and flatmates they decided it was high time they took their friendship to the next level and became blog mates, a place where their work and home lives collide. Here at What Mummy Did Hannah and Natalie share the highs and lows of parenthood.


Of course all good things come to end, and so it is with maternity leave. Thankfully life can't always be about solids and sleep routines so in their spare time they go to work, actual paying work, just for funsies. Natalie is a homepage editor for SMH online and she tweets at @nataliehambly; Hannah is online trafficking/marketing/extraordinaire for tech publisher IDG and can be found at @theonlyhanban.



Meet the bubbies

We took the kidlings along to check out the opening of a new Ikea in our area. There was promise of free meatballs and an Abba tribute band. We got neither of these things but we did get a pic of our boys together which was made into a mock Ikea catalogue cover.
Can you believe that in an age where we all have digital cameras on our phones it took a trip to Ikea to make a group shot happen? Sad but true.

Here are, in order of appearance, Hannah's Dream Baby and Cheeky Monkey, and the little guy on the end is Natalie's Stickybeak.



Our Boys

Meet the hubbies

Our partners in crime, our right-hand men, our knights in shining armour. Without them we would be too elbow-deep in dirty nappies to ever have time to update this blog. Actually, without them we most likely would be still single, childless, still living together drinking too much wine, watching too much TV and eating too much chocolate. Sounds hideous doesn't it? ;)
They are both a little bit shy and prefer to remain anonymous on this blog but rest assured they are working hard in the background.


Daddy Day Care

On the left is Hannah's hubby Geek Dad and on the right is Natalie's partner Noisy Daddy. Both highly deserving of their online monikers, but more on that later.


So there you have it - the team. We would love to hear about your family, so join us and let's all share the experience together. As they say, crazy shared is .... well even more crazy! And what is not to love about that?