Nikki Yazxhi is a mum, freelance beauty and lifestyle writer and a blogger on bellamumma.com a beauty and website blog dedicated to mums. She's also guest blogger on one of Australia's most influential beauty websites, primped.com.au and she regularly contributes articles to Kidspot.
She is married to design guru Adam Yazxhi who runs Maxco Design Agency and has two sons Max, 7 and Zac, 4. They live in Sydney.
Nikki Yazxhi
C4K: What does your daily work schedule involve?
NY: I'm freelance and work from home, so my work varies from week to week, deadline to deadline – which means sometimes I'm frantic, other times I'm not, so it's really quite hard to maintain a daily routine as such. Every day is different.
C4K: When did you go back to work after having your children?
NY: I pretty much went back to pitching story ideas a couple of months after having both my boys… I was lucky that I could work around their feeding and sleeping times.
C4K: What were your main motivations to return to work?
NY: Um, finances – and I wanted to stay in the loop! I wanted to have something for me, have some grown-up time, a creative outlet – and also be able to contribute to paying the bills.
I created www.bellaMUMMA.com as a way to stay in touch with the beauty world and to keep creative!
C4K: Who looks after Zac when you're working?
NY: Zac goes to kindergarten two days a week {my eldest is at school} – so I try to get all my work done in those two days {and at night}! If I'm stuck and need more time to work, then my mum helps me out.
C4K: How did you find your child care and was it a difficult process?
NY: I actually asked around! Everyone I came into contact with who had little kids, I asked what Kindy they went to, then I did my initial research (on careforkids.com.au) and went and sussed them all out! We also did a couple of half days for a few months before they started Kindy - just to see the day-to-day!
C4K: What would you do differently if you were looking for child care again?
NY: We've been very, very, very lucky with our childcare. I couldn't fault them! They are brilliant.
C4K: How have you and your kids found child care and what do you think are the main benefits of your arrangement?
NY: It did take both my boys about 6 weeks to truly settle into going to Kindy – and there were mornings that they used to cry because they didn't want to go. I used to feel SO guilty, but after they did settle, they both loved it – which made everyone in the family happy!
I get two days to get my head together and completely focus on my work… while Zac gets to hang out with little friends! Those two precious kid-free days allow me to be a much calmer mum!
C4K: What do you love or hate about child care?
NY: As I've said I love the child care my sons have used and there's nothing I hate about it, but it's funny how nothing is a secret or sacred at kindy! Kids pretty much tell it as it is about their home life – and as a result the Kindy teachers hear and know more about us than they or I would probably like!
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