What the Instagram Squares don’t tell you about our Family Trip
We spent the month of May in Curacao. It was amazing. The Island I grew up on is truly a piece of Paradise…
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Becoming Fluent in Toddler Logic
So obviously I think my daughter is extremely smart. Every little thing she does is, well, magic. The connections her tiny little brain…
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To my daughter, on her Thirtieth Birthday
Dear Aya, you are thirty years old when you are reading this, not nineteen months. You are not a little toddler anymore. You…
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One Mom’s Experience with Daycare
I stayed home with Isaya for the first seven months of her life. After that I went back to work. Because my wife…
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7 Things you don’t know about me
I have been blogging for almost four months. Since september I have been sharing stories about motherhood, breastfeeding and baby wearing, tips about…
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Moving into to Human Body
Sometimes, when I look at my daughter and see how much pain and effort go into growing her tiny little body, I think…
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One Mom’s Experience with Co Sleeping
I first read about attachment parenting during my pregnancy, in Mayim Bialik’s book Beyond the Sling. When I read about natural birth, sensitive responsive…
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7 Things I want to do Differently Next Time Around
I did a lot of reading during my pregnancy. Reading has always been a way for me to understand things, cope with situations…
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10 Tips for Pregnant Mamas
As I mentioned before I loved being pregnant, even though I was nauseous pretty much 24/7. I didn’t care, because it was everything I had…
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My Fearless Baby
In many of my childhood memories I am standing in our garden in Curacao looking up, seeing my sisters legs dangling from a…
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10 Things I am Thankful for
Obviously we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in the Netherlands. But I do think we need it. We need a day on which we all come…
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When I stopped breastfeeding
Two months ago, when I was still breastfeeding Isaya, I was talking to a dear friend at the playground. Both of our babies…
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Tips for Common Pregnancy Ailments
I loved being pregnant. I had been looking forward to it for so long. I was proud of my belly en felt extremely…
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Dealing with Fear and Anxiety when you have Kids
I have a shark phobia. And I don’t mean I have a healthy, just-like-everybody-who-is-not-a-surfer fear of sharks. I mean I have proper anxiety….
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21 Random Things Motherhood has taught me
Obviously becoming a parent has changed me. I grow and learn alongside my baby. It’s crazy how much Isaya has taught me. About…
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Hashtag Momfail
I’m pretty sure we all have them. Moments in motherhood we are not proud of or even embarrassed about. Times we tried and…
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Feminism and Motherhood
People often assume that, just because I married a woman, I am a feminist. Of course I am pro- equality and emancipation. Your…
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The Limits of Love
The moment I knew I was pregnant I also knew there would be no limit as to how much I would love my…
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9 Tips for Pumping Milk at Work
I started working again when my baby was seven months old. I pumped at work for eight months. After that I didn’t have…
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I didn’t ask for your advice
If you are a mother you have probably had to deal with this on multiple occasions: other people giving you advice on how…
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You have changed
Motherhood has changed my life, the way I look at my life and experience the world and people around me. And most of…
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What Queen B does for me
I don’t have to explain why she is the queen right? If you find yourself thinking ‘uhm, yes you do’, then please go…
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One Mom’s Experience with Babywearing
I have absolutely no idea how mothers manage without it. This is basically my response when people ask me about babywearing. Carrying my…
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How Cute are our Babies?
My daughter makes my heart melt on a daily basis. Okay, you got me, on an hourly basis. I think is she is…
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9 Breastfeeding tips
As I said before I am not an expert on breastfeeding. But after fifteen months of breastfeeding I feel confident enough to say…
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Judging other Moms
Let me start by admitting: I’m guilty. I have judged my fair share of other mothers in the past. And since I am…
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Is she Going to Miss a Father?
As you may or may not know by now, my baby has two mama’s. One is me. The other is my beautiful wife….
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You put the Crazy in Mom
I know one mom that fits the description of ‘sane’. She is very cool, calm and collected, if you will. She’s a unicorn….
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How and why I started Breastfeeding
Of course my first blog is going to be about breastfeeding. Not that I consider myself an expert on the subject – hopefully…
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