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All public spaces should celebrate parents

October 4, 2017

I opened one of the main Italian newspapers homepage the other day to find this article, celebrating Italian major Chiara Appendino for setting ...

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india, india adoption, parenting

Adoption in Finland: our story, chapter II

September 30, 2017

(this is the second part of our adoption story. Find part 1 here) When we finally started the adoption counselling phase in May 2014, we ...

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finland, self-care, working mom

How it feels to go back to work after my parental leave

September 23, 2017

Last Monday I went back to working full-time after seven months of parental leave. When R. was born, I stayed at home for about ten months, and ...

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finland, parenting

5 Finnish parent hacks every parent should know

September 9, 2017

I became a mother in 2013, here in Finland. I cannot think of a better place where to grow my family, the services are simply amazing. Apart from ...

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child development, multilingualism, reviews

Book review of “Be bilingual”

September 6, 2017

As an expat family, we have to tackle the issue of bilingualism with our kids. The family language is Italian, while the community language is ...

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August favorites: support for adoptive parents, pics of animals & more

August 30, 2017

Just like that, August is over and fall has started. How could time go so fast? I am exhausted after all the things we did this summer, but I am ...

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parenting, self-care

Our unforgivable weaknesses

August 19, 2017

Today has been a long day. One of those days you know will be hard from the very start. A day starting with a toddler’s finger stinging my ...

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crafts, life, parenting

Crafts for toddlers (and their untalented mothers)

August 12, 2017

I may have many qualities, but being good with my hands is not one of them. The little I learned, I did for my kids, as how to repair toys or ...

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adoption, health, life, parenting

Sleep issues with our adopted child and how we overcame them

August 5, 2017

We never had easy sleepers and our adopted son was challenging. Here's our story, including how we faced his sleep issues.

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Paola

I was born and raised in Italy, now I live in the winter wonderland that is Finland. I worked as a mathematics researcher, an IT project manager, and now I work in global development. I love nature, reading books, playing boardgames, and eating good food. I am grateful to have three wonderful kids who call me "mamma". One came from my belly, the other two from fateful encounters.

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