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A Guide to a Chill Christmas Break
When I heard “It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas” for the first time this year, one line stood out like never before: “And Mum and Dad can hardly wait for school to start again.” So far, this line had never been relevant, but with my two kids now in nursery and kindergarten, the…
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Why I Want to Play More with my Children
“Mummy, can we play?” I get this question a lot. Play dollhouse, do a puzzle, play mermaids, colour something in, play dump trucks (that’s my son asking), etc. etc. I don’t know why, but often, this question causes me to squirm. Because, no, I actually don’t want to play a lot of the time, at…
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5 Tips for a Good Breastfeeding Start
This blog post was originally published on my other blog floatingtheboat.co.uk Breastfeeding is a natural process in women – and, yet, many, many women struggle with it, especially in the beginning. I did, too. I breastfed my daughter Lily for sixteen months and am now also breastfeeding my son, Finn. While breastfeeding came without any…
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A Christmas Letter
Dear family and friends, I am sat at my kitchen table, two flames on my advent wreath dancing along to the children’s songs blaring out of the Tonie box. The snow is weighing heavy on the branches outside, and everything is covered with a white blanket. Lily and Finn are colouring in gingerbread and snowmen…
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Why and How We Celebrate Christmas
Hello and welcome back! Can you believe it’s four days until Christmas Eve? Where I live, in Austria, Christmas Eve is the real deal. Christmas Day is more like an afterthought. Yes, there’s goose or turkey, but the countdown in this country is for Christmas Eve. Why? Well, for starters, we open our presents on…
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