In this category you’ll find everything that doesn’t belong in another category 😉 Everything about my life as a mom of Liv, wife of Denny and all the brain waves I have. If I have time 🙂

84. De winnaars deel 1

De winnaars van de eerste Facebook-actie Hoe zijn de winnaars gekozen? De winnaars zijn random gekozen. Elke inzending kreeg een nummer toegewezen via een programma online. Uit alle inzendingen/nummers zijn er 6 nummers via random.org gegenereerd. Vervolgens is er gecontroleerd of …

83. Meet-the-baby party, or new baby visits?

This blog post is about new baby visits. In the Netherlands it’s traditional to visit the new baby and parents as soon as possible after the birth. Most parents send a birth announcement card in the first few days after …

De winactie! **HET IS NIET MEER MOGELIJK OM MEE TE DOEN! 11 MEI KOMT DE TWEEDE ACTIE ONLINE ** Ik heb 1x wat gewonnen op Facebook en ik was als een kind zo blij 🙂 Ik vind het dan ook …

81. Why cloth diapers?

Why cloth diapers? Ever since I declared my intention to use cloth diapers, I regularly get asked: “why in heaven’s name do you want to use cloth diapers?!” and the comment: “I couldn’t do it, all those dirty cloths covered …

80. The nursery, with the perfect rocking chair

The nursery, with the perfect rocking chair!  Denny and I have always said that we wouldn’t have a nursery. We didn’t mean that the baby wouldn’t have a room, but we both agreed that it wasn’t necessary to buy a …

DIY tips for maternity photos | The Belly DIY

DIY tips for maternity photos | The Belly DIY Last year I dedicated a newsletter to the topic of taking your own maternity photos. It would be such a shame to let the special time go by without photos. My …

78. Stuff which is handy when you have a baby

Stuff which is handy when you have a baby? I’ll be honest – Denny and I are pretty skeptical about a lot of things. We think a lot of things are nonsense. Luckily we both feel the same way, usually. …

77. Pregnant: the fantasy and the reality

Pregnant: the fantasy and the reality Before you were pregnant, did you have an idea of what it would be like? And once you were pregnant, was it actually like that? I’ve had years in which to fantasize about being …

76. Questions and answers

Questions and Answers On Facebook , and in my last blog “Babynames“, I asked all of you, “What do you want to know about the pregnancy, the birth or the early days with baby?” We received a lot of questions. We’ve bundled …

75. Baby names

Babynames Did you immediately have a name for your baby? For a boy or a girl? One of Denny’s good friends, Egon, mentioned a girl’s name last summer which both really liked straight away. Ever since then we used the …

74. Gender reveal party

Gender reveal party We’ve had lots of questions about the gender reveal party. What does it involve, why, how and where? 🙂 So in this blog I’ll explain a bit more, and show you some more amazing photos by Linda …

73. The anomaly scan (20 week scan)

The anomaly scan (20 week scan) During my midwifery training we did learn about sonograms, but not how to do them. That’s a whole other training. When I see scan pictures it’s always of clients’ babies, or during a birth, …