The Elephant Mum - a multicultural family adventure

Christmas this year has been a special time for us. Our three year long wait to become a family of four put some extra expectations and ...

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reviews

Toddlers’ Christmas movie night

December 30, 2017

I’ve shared before how we love to have movie nights at our house. Not only it’s a special family time, we made it into a social ...

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Growing up in a multicultural family

Growing up in a multicultural family. A mixture of two cultures: Raj’s story

December 27, 2017

Since when I became a mother, I’ve kept wondering how will our multicultural family influence our children’s cultural identity. ...

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parenting, sustainability

Should I feed my kids insects?

December 23, 2017

Recently a nation-wide big bakery started selling “cricket bread” in Finland. This is not the first attempt to introduce insects in ...

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adoption, expats, finland

How I came to appreciate the Finnish adoption system

December 20, 2017

If you met me during our adoption process, you surely heard me complaining of the long wait. Our home study took almost two years to be approved ...

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reviews

The best Christmas gift, a personalised book by Wonderbly

December 15, 2017

When R was smaller, her grandparents bought her a special gift. We heard of Wonderbly‘s personalised books from other parents and we ...

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interviews, parenting

Stressed parent? You need a FamilyBoost

December 13, 2017

My blog leads me to talk to the most interesting people in my community. This was the case when I interviewed Heidi Livingston, co-founder of ...

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parenting, sustainability

The risks of online shopping

December 9, 2017

There’s a great hype nowadays among parents about online shopping. I get it, it’s easy and time- and stress-saving. But nothing comes ...

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interviews, podcast

The role of books in our multicultural family, my appearance at The Segilola Salami Show

December 6, 2017

It’s funny for once to be on the other side of an interview. Well, I should say a friendly and lovely chat, as this is what I truly had ...

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Paola

I was born and raised in Italy, now I live in the winter wonderland that is Finland. I worked as a mathematics researcher, an IT project manager and consultant, and now I work as product owner. I love nature, reading books, playing boardgames, cooking and eating good food. I enjoy learning languages: I speak Italian, English, Finnish, Hindi, and I understand some Spanish. I am grateful to have three wonderful kids who call me "mamma". One came from my belly, the other two from fateful encounters.

The First Trip Back To India

Smartphones And Kids in Finland

Coming Back To Blogging

#IAmAntiracist – Antiracism In Our Transracial Family

Zero Waste in Finland: A Few Months Into Our Journey

Our first Christmas as a family of four

Toddlers’ Christmas movie night

Growing up in a multicultural family. A mixture of two cultures: Raj’s story

Should I feed my kids insects?

How I came to appreciate the Finnish adoption system

The best Christmas gift, a personalised book by Wonderbly

Stressed parent? You need a FamilyBoost

The risks of online shopping

The role of books in our multicultural family, my appearance at The Segilola Salami Show