
After a much-needed summer hiatus – oh, how I struggled with the heat – there is plenty to write for the upcoming weeks. This summer was inasmuch special because it was the last summer of our dear Australian friends to live here in Austria with us – as I am…
This blog post was originally published on January 16th 2021 on Floating the Boat. When I browse through Pinterest, I get hundreds of “Routine with Your…
This blog post was originally published on January 9th, 2021 on Floating the Boat. When I was pregnant, and even before, I held smug views on…
This blog post was originally published on December 18th 2020 on Floating the Boat. Nothing can be paralleled with the love a mother has for her…

Hello dear mums who find this blog. My name is Anja and I am a proud mum of two wonderful children. In 2020 I became a mum for the first time, and it was wonderful, exhilarating, terrifying, anxiety-inducing, boring, overwhelming, aggravating, a dream-come-true, enraging, engaging, and so much more. Working with children has been a huge part of my life – even before I had kids, and it’s a topic I have read on and researched extensively.
I wanted a new place to share my personal experiences as a mother, as well as share books to read, lifestyle tips and talk about books I have read on parenting and life as a parent. Thank you for coming along on this journey with me, and I hope we can be friends.