Recently I’ve reported on our journey to find a daycare place for Pippa. We were really fortunate to be offered 5 places to choose from. And finally we’ve made our decision.
Since it was also my first time to choose a daycare, I would like to tell you about my experiences, about the criteria we have used and also why we finally decided on Kindervilla Ali Baba to be our daycare of choice. Also please find my list of criteria for choosing a daycare place. …
Recently I had to subject my momy-dom to a reality check and honestly decided to throw some of my well-meant education intentions over board. And see – it worked as well and my child was happy.
What had happened? …
I guess almost every mommy-to-be in Germany, Switzerland or Austria gets the recommendation for the book “Baby years” from Remo Largo from her midwife or from a good friend as THE baby bible ever. So did I.
Hontstly speaking I do ask myself in the meantime – why, and need to express my frustration about the book and criticize the “oh so good” guidebook. …
Since Stella got her new Baby Born doll from Zapf Creation she is in 7th doll’s mommie heaven. She is feeding, cudling and caring for the doll all the time. What seems to be trivial to us, matters a lot to kids. Still today the doll is a very important toy. Our kids – no matter if girl or boy – undergo uncountable highs and lows with it and can train their soft skills in terms of empathy and social intelligence.
Sooner or later every parent will get to the moment when it is time to teach your child how to handle money, that money doesn’t grow on trees, things cost a amount of money and savings aren’t endless. This understanding cannot be taught over night and is rather an continuing process of understanding.
A friend of mine, also mother, had a brilliant idea how to make this process tangible and understandeable. Coming to the favorite playground of our district, her lovely daughters (4 and 7 years old) had set up a little sales booth where they sold selfmade cupcakes and ice tea. …
