dads - The Elephant Mum

I recently found out I am married to “Vuoden Isä 2020“, Father of the Year. Every year Finland awards few fathers with this title and ...

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blog series, daddy's got this, expats

Daddy’s Got This #9 | Barbapapa, A French Dad In Norway

April 9, 2019

My husband’s active role in raising our kids is crucial in our family. During both parental leaves, I urged to go back to work and he took the ...

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blog series, daddy's got this, parenting

Daddy’s Got This #8 | What I’ve learned in a year as a stay-at-home dad

January 11, 2019

My husband’s active role in raising our kids is crucial in our family. During both parental leaves, I urged to go back to work and he took the ...

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blog series, parenting

Daddy’s Got This #7 | Life is a journey

September 15, 2018

My husband’s active role in raising our kids is crucial in our family. During both parental leaves, I urged to go back to work and he took ...

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blog series, parenting

Daddy’s got this #6 | I’m Not A Daddy-Mommy. Please Don’t Call Me That.

August 25, 2018

I celebrate men who take long parental leaves. How could I not? My husband did the same for our kids, to save my sanity and live his fatherhood ...

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blog series

Daddy’s got this #5 | Feelings, joys, and worries of a dad

August 18, 2018

It’s been long since the last post of Daddy’s Got This and I’m more than excited to resume the blog series with a guest post ...

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interviews, podcast

Adoption Conversations – episode 7. Jesse, adoptive parenting by chance

May 5, 2018

Adoption Conversations is back, after an unexpected break. Due to personal circumstances, I have to give up my regular schedule, but I intend to ...

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blog series, parenting

Daddy’s got this #4 | Being brave: five years as a stay-at-home dad

May 2, 2018

Last fall I went back to working full-time while my husband resolved to about a year off work to be home with our second child. Here in Finland, ...

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finland, parenting, self-care

On being a working parent in Italy & why I’m grateful to live in Finland

April 7, 2018

While visiting Italy, I had the chance to talk with several parents living there… and hear their horror stories. For starter, one mother ...

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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.