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On Forgetting October and Getting Back to Work
Hello everyone and welcome back to Mama Bear Tales! With this year inching towards the end again (can you believe it?!), I thought about my plans I had for this year. One of these plans was to write a blog post every month, and apart from taking a short summer hiatus, I adhered to it.…
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On Settling In and Mental Load
Autumn is coming, and with it the settling in period at Finn’s Kinderkrippe (nursery school). I found the settling in period with Lily last year in Kindergarten immensely stressful, as she wasn’t dealing so well with it and I was constantly torn between the notion of having her “push through” and the instinct to take…
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The Misconceptions of Gentle Parenting
I recently received a message from an acquaintance telling me how she tried to gentle-parent, but as her child simply misbehaved in extraordinary ways, she started punishing her child with time-outs – the only thing that helped, according to her. To be abundantly clear, this blog post is not about shaming this mother. Or mothers…
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Of Your Needs and Mine
I am currently writing this from a holiday flat in Burgenland, Austria, sitting on a sofa by myself and feeling guilty. Yet again. Let me back up a little. My husband got the opportunity to work in their Vienna office for a few days, and we decided to tag along for a mini-holiday, as my…
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Our Family Life List for a Slow Living Summer
I am writing this while being in Tuscany, the cicadas chirping, the sun setting over the vineyards, and the dry heat closing in. Summer is here – if we like it or not. Those who know me know that I don’t particularly like summer – the heat, the insects, the heat, the traffic, the heat,…
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6 Tips to Brush Your Child’s Teeth
If there are to be some unanimously difficult topics surrounding childcare, I reckon it would be sleep; how other family members tend to sometimes interfere; and brushing your child’s teeth – at least I am yet to meet a parent who hasn’t complained about all the three above. Brushing your child’s teeth can be a…
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8 Habits that Make Parenting Easier for Me
These eight parenting tips helped me become a quieter and calmer parent and enjoy our family time together.
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How I Keep Our Playroom Tidy
Keeping a playroom tidy can feel like the tasks of Sisyphus – a relenting experience where, when you just think you’ve made it, you’re back to square one. While I definitely find our kids’ playroom often untidy, it takes me relatively little time to get it back in decent shape. Before I took the picture…
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Of the Trying Three’s: Why Sometimes Toddlers ARE Difficult
The author finds solace in parenting books when dealing with child behavior. Despite feeling overwhelmed and frustrated, the author resonates with the Montessori approach that emphasizes understanding toddlers’ needs. The lack of a support system, challenges in addressing multiple children’s needs, and the struggle for self-care are highlighted. Seeking professional help for personal issues is…
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Mama Bear
Mama bear – a lovable mum who can get scary when her ‘pups’ are in danger.But we mamas bear so much more. We bear our children for nine months inside us, carrying them closely under our heart.We bear the pains of labour as we guide our children into our world.We then bear the repercussions of…
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