When exclusive breastfeeding doesn’t work
Breastfeeding can be stressful, draining, time-consuming, nevertheless it’s proved as beneficial for mother and baby. Great for ...
parenting
finland, parenting, sustainability
All public spaces should celebrate parents
I opened one of the main Italian newspapers homepage the other day to find this article, celebrating Italian major Chiara Appendino for setting ...
india, india adoption, parenting
Adoption in Finland: our story, chapter II
(this is the second part of our adoption story. Find part 1 here) When we finally started the adoption counselling phase in May 2014, we ...
finland, self-care, working mom
How it feels to go back to work after my parental leave
Last Monday I went back to working full-time after seven months of parental leave. When R. was born, I stayed at home for about ten months, and ...
5 Finnish parent hacks every parent should know
I became a mother in 2013, here in Finland. I cannot think of a better place where to grow my family, the services are simply amazing. Apart from ...
child development, multilingualism, reviews
Book review of “Be bilingual”
As an expat family, we have to tackle the issue of bilingualism with our kids. The family language is Italian, while the community language is ...
August favorites: support for adoptive parents, pics of animals & more
Just like that, August is over and fall has started. How could time go so fast? I am exhausted after all the things we did this summer, but I am ...
Our unforgivable weaknesses
Today has been a long day. One of those days you know will be hard from the very start. A day starting with a toddler’s finger stinging my ...
Crafts for toddlers (and their untalented mothers)
I may have many qualities, but being good with my hands is not one of them. The little I learned, I did for my kids, as how to repair toys or ...