Last spring I started to feel that I may have a favourite child. It may sound terrible, but realizing it, and then understanding why it’s so, have made me more in peace with myself, and with my kids. I think that actually it has made me a better mother. I used to repress this thought though,…
I know you’ve been all waiting for some art with babies ideas, right? For sure I was very impatient to introduce my baby Rose to painting and sculpting :)! But much less egar to deel with the mess that comes with it. So I came up with three art activities that are perfect for a…
My three year old came back from daycare announcing to me, as if I knew nothing, that Valentine’s day is all about love and friendship. Looking at her all exited, got me thinking on how love changes us in the ways we never would have suspect before. I started to think about my relationship with…
People are usually well intended, and family and friends usually would like to help out, but sometimes the advice that they give are far from adequate. And if it’s your first baby then every one jumps in to a conclusion that you’re totally lost and you need advice. Even if you don’t ask for any,…
I am a mom. And I get anxious because of my kids. I am an anxious mom. I used to be careless and positive thinking. I used to believe that it’s going to be all good. Not any more. If my kids are calm and sound asleep I need to check if they are breathing…
A member of my family asked me recently, if I’m only a mom now, and where is Joanna that they used to know. And I thought about me, and about my friends with kids, who also seem to have lost themselves in maternity. In what way did we changed? What does it mean to be…
