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3–4 minutes
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… Read more
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3–5 minutes
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… Read more
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11–16 minutes
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… Read more
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5–7 minutes
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… Read more
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4–6 minutes
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… Read more
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8–12 minutes
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… Read more
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11–16 minutes
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. Read more
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4–6 minutes
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… Read more
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7–11 minutes
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… Read more
● About Me
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.
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