Let’s Talk Motherhood and Sacrifice

What is the biggest sacrifice a woman can make for her family and children? Is it to put on hold her career in order to become a stay-at-home mom and devote all her time and energy to the upbringing of her children? Or is it to miss the unpriceable, non refundable, unique first years of…

Agree to Disagree: So Much Easier Said Than Done

What do you do when your family doesn’t like the way you choose to raise your child? “Stay calm and agree to disagree”. So much easier said than done. Anyone who is living a daily struggle whether it is with a spouse, an in-law or a parent who strongly disagrees about a certain way of…

Why Do They Do It and Should You Be Doing it Too?

This question has become the center of my existence lately: “How do they do it!?“In addition to all the working mommies I personally know, the working mommies I encounter on the street, those I see running off to work in the morning from behind my window, I am also a member of those mommies facebook…

The Most Difficult Job in the World

I once told a friend, “being a journalist is one of the most difficult jobs in the world”, he smiled at me and answered “being a mom will be most definitely the hardest job in the world”, I smiled back and agreed.Looking back at this conversation I realize that even though I always knew being…

The One Year Sleep Regression

So it has been a while… A lot has happened since… My lo turned one, we moved to a new appartment in a new city and most importantly my princess started napping like “normal” kids, well at least that was the case till we hit the first year sleep regression phase! The funny thing about…

Nap Attempt Number: Who’s Still Counting…

Do you believe that everything happens for a reason? I do… Even this sore shoulder of mine, I am convinced it happened for a higher purpose…  I’ve been wanting to train my baby girl, or more precisely help her, nap on her own for a long while now, but even on the days I am…

Change Is Within Your Reach: Overcoming the Four Month Sleep Regression Stage

“The only constant thing about children is change” is a phrase we often stumble upon when researching topics related to babies, infants or even toddlers. Sadly, what children often tend to change are routines and rituals we worked very hard to establish in first place, but that does not mean you have to give up…

A Little Peek…

So it has been quite a while since I published my last article, not because I am short on ideas but simply because I am always short on time! Mainly the summer is over, rain has invited itself back to our daily lives, so parks are not always an easy place to go to. And…

It’s Time for Damage Control…

So the vacation is finally over and we are back home not only to our old life but also to being completely alone… There might be lots of small details that could bother you when you’re an expat flying home with your family for a summer vacation. You know that there your authority and how…

When Desperation Kicks In

Whether we admit it or not, we all know there is no such thing as a perfect parent, yet we all want to be the most perfect parent there is… Every day, we undergo this tremendous pressure of wanting to do things just right, and at the end of the day, we forget most of…