Dearest Liv, Last year I also wrote you a letter, and I ended it with “hopefully the second year will not fly by so quickly.” Unfortunately the second year flew past MUCH faster than the first one! I blinked, and there you were: singing, dancing, chatting, laughing, tantrum-ing ;-), like a ‘real’ little girl. With …
Dear Liv, On this day exactly one year ago I knew it wouldn’t be very long until we met you. You had made a little hole in my (your?) amniotic sac, and I had lots of regular Braxton Hicks contractions. In the early hours of the morning I went downstairs and listened to the song …
A keepsake for first baby clothes During one of the many, many night-time nursing sessions, I looked at my baby and thought: she’s getting so big already! Newborn clothes didn’t fit her any more, and the next size up wouldn’t fit for much longer. Exactly what everyone had told me, of course. I hadn’t bought …
Reusable babywipes Last month in the Netherlands an article comparing baby wipes was published by a well-known product testing website. The results shocked me. I already knew that baby wipes contained a lot of less than desirable ingredients, but there is more junk in them than I thought! I truly hadn’t realised… We’ve used reusable …
Yes, our daughter is 6 months old, and does 95% of her poop, and most of her pees on a potty. And no, it’s not strange or incredible. Actually, every baby can do it, but in the ‘western world’ we’re not very open to the idea. Which doesn’t mean we weren’t amazed when Liv pooped …
Our Cloth Diaper Adventure During my pregnancy I blogged about cloth diapering. It took a while before I could write this blog, because the use of the diapers went a little different than planned 😉 It took some doing, but now we can’t imagine our lives without them! (à read this blog till the end, because …
Gift from a baby A little while ago a friend of mine, Sabine, sent me a message with photos of an adorable piece of art she had made with her children: Photo: Sabine de Hoop Such a cute idea! I wanted to know where she got the idea from. 🙂 Google was the answer, so …
Can you relate to this: your maternity leave starts, and those 16 weeks (or more) sounds like an endless holiday? An ocean of free time. Time you can spend tidying up, making photo albums, meeting up with friends you haven’t seen in ages, completing all those big and small chores on your ‘to do’ list …
When I was pregnant I decided to take six months of leave after Liv’s birth. Six months to focus on breastfeeding, and enjoy my daughter. I’ve not really ever been completely on leave, because this blog (amongst other things) continued, but I don’t count that. During the pregnancy, and after Liv’s birth, some little jobs …
Bad mother (/father)? Have you ever done something (or not done something) which resulted in your child being hurt, or sad? I’m supposed to hope everyone will answer with a ‘no’, but really I’m hoping for the opposite. Because if you all answer ‘no’, then I’m going to feel like the worst mother in the …