The computer is my lifeline. Is use it to generate my income, I use it to stay in contact with my friends and family, I use it to buy gifts.
The television is less important, but a few days ago, I confessed to sticking the kids in front of it to get more work done. While […]
My husband’s cousin from Bulgaria arrived for a visit last night. He has two daughters who are teenagers now, but he still knows how to charm a baby girl. He played with our daughter, showing her all kinds of new tricks with jumping and flying and making noises.
And she threw her head back and laughed […]
You may have guessed that, since having the baby, I am obsessed with getting enough sleep.
True, I can no longer tell you what “enough” sleep is. I guess I need 9 or 10 hours and I probably get 6 or 7 every night. The baby waking isn’t so much as issue now. It’s more my […]
If you’re thinking of getting pregnant again, you might want to increase your intake of vitamin D. The body naturally produces vitamin D when the skin is exposed to sunlight and it is often added to milk products.
The extra vitamin D may help prevent childhood asthma says a study released at the annual meeting of […]
People are always asking me: What is the secret of your average success, Kate? How do you manage to write a blog while caring for two children, and balancing a tepid career as a freelance writer on top of it all?
I am not one to keep secrets to myself. Follow my plan and you too […]
I don’t post recipes here very often. That is simply because most of the things I make involve spinach.
I like dark greens. I find them full of flavour and they are iron-rich, but I use most of my imagination for writing and don’t have much left for cooking. As a result, I alway think of […]
Breastfeeders versus bottlefeeders
The co-sleepers versus the crib fans
The cry it out crowd versus the cuddle to sleep crowd
If you’ve adopted a parenting philosophy and then found a group of like-minded parents online or in real life who hold the same philosophy, do you ever wonder if you’ve been indoctrinated into a cult while you weren’t […]
Exhausted, overwhelmed mothers need breaks when sleeping through the night is not an option.
Most babies can go three hours between nursing sessions and that three hours rest is often a good compromise to getting yourself back together. To implement the three hour solution, you still need the baby’s father, a mother, mother-in-law or good friend […]
I am a bit nervous. Later this afternoon my husband and I are going to be alone together. It hasn’t happened since the baby was born and, even then, not very often since our son was born. Some friends of ours are taking the kids while we head out to the Taunus Therme in Bad […]
My three year-old thinks that boarding an airplane is as easy as getting on a bus.
We’re not jet-set, we’re just a bi-cultural family living in a third country. We live simply (by North American standards) and save money for trips to visit our families. Flying with a baby, and now two children, is something I […]
The first phase of motherhood and beyond
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