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HOW TO SENSIBLY LIMIT SWEET IN THE CHILDREN’S MENU?
“Candy is childhood, the best and bright moments that you wish would last forever.” DYLAN LAUREN SWEETS For me, a childhood without sugar must be terribly sad. I understand moderation, healthy eating, a balanced diet, and an active lifestyle. I understand allergies and health restrictions. But I don’t understand the anti-sweet regime. When Patrick started going to the Nursery, he was 10 months old. Parents can already choose from 3 different menus for children: menu no 1 – meat, menu no 2 – vegetarian, menu no 3 – vegan. Great choice and a great idea. Because now, in fact, due to children’s allergies or parents’ food preferences, the child has…
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WHEN YOU SEE HOW YOUR CHILD IMITATING YOU AND YOU START TO GET SCARED
“My children don’t remember what they eat for lunch but they remember what you are” Do you know that you mean everything to your children? You are a hero, a designer, a doctor, a teacher, a psychologist, a dentist, a chef, and everything and whoever the kids want from you right now. Mom may be a fairy because the children want to play in the magical forest. You can be a princess because they built a castle. In their store, you are always a customer. I’m never a customer because my son said: “Mom, you don’t know how to use the cash register.” Lately, I’ve been a guest in a…
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ANY NEWS FROM LIFE WITH TWO CHILDREN?
“Children are like ice cream. They’re messy, melty, brain-freezing, but you can’t get enough of them.” DINNER Dinners are still not good. Throughout the year, I once heard from the children that I had finally managed to make a good dish, it was pasta in mushroom sauce. This year I didn’t make this dish for the first time, but I think my son was in a good mood and that’s why I accepted the praise. Generally speaking, for my children, the best dish is the pasta itself – without the sauce, which they usually call “awful slime”. The tomato soup they ate at grandma’s on the weekend was ok. I…
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WHEN YOUR BODY, MIND AND NERVES HAVE ENOUGH!
“Taking care of myself doesn’t mean me first, it means me too.” L.R. KNOST NERVES Working in a corporation where every week there’s a new project to be done so fucking quickly and the deadline kicks your butt again. When you hear every week that this is the last time we’ll work overtime and you stop believing it because you know it’s bullshit. There is also work waiting for you at home. Your children are waiting to be picked up from school. Do homework with your children and feed your children. Then, in such a drastically magical way, you no longer have a minute for yourself. You don’t have time…
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MY ATTEMPTS TO SURVIVE NEW EASTER TRADITIONS
“BUNNY KISSES – EASTER WISHES“ Time for a post about traditional Easter in the Czech Republic. But in order not to be boring and only about the traditions of one country, we will return to the English traditions (where we lived for 10 years) and Polish ones, where I come from. EASTER IN CZECH REPUBLIC Easter decorations In the Czech Republic, we are decorating eggs the whole week before Easter. We have plenty of places where workshops for children on decorating eggs are held. Children decorate eggs in schools, nurseries, at grandparents’, and with their parents at home. And this is one of Czech’s best-known and widely practiced Easter traditions.…
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HOW TO SCREW UP NEW MOM’S DAY?
“The more I caught the experience as a new mom, the more I realize that only my decisions are worth gold.” So that the mother’s world is not so simple and colorful, there are people around who can really screw up a mother’s life. Sometimes they are close friends, family, and sometimes complete strangers who evaluate our child’s behaviours, clothes, diet, etc. As there were a lot of comments for the first three years with one child, and for the next two years with the other, I decided to show this bunch to the world. These are comments that once as a new mom hurt or upset me. However, after…
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MY NEW LIFE IS A PIECE OF CAKE
“Sometimes our life has to be totally shaken, changed, and rearranged again, to bring us to the place where we are supposed to be.” A year in a new country. I’m Polish but I live in the Czech Republic. After one year I am surprised at how hard beginning a new life is. Especially since I have experience, I am an immigrant for half my life. Acceptance in a new country should seem like a piece of cake. https://littlepuzzlesandme.com/the-beginning-of-the-new-life/ What I hear every day and of course annoying me the most is: “We don’t understand what you are saying” – I try to speak Czech, which is not too difficult…
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MY CHILDREN’S SLEEPING ROUTINE – IT’S A F**** JOKE
“YOU AND YOUR CHILD ARE READY TO LEARN NEW THINGS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING” I’m not among new parents and new moms anymore, but I try to write posts about parenting roles in a way that will make you laugh and give you a realistic representation of parental life. https://littlepuzzlesandme.com/with-the-witchs-advice-my-coffee-never-tastes-the-same/ I add posts about hardships and emotions with newborns. I hope they will be an educational form for you. The main episodes come from my own sincere parenting experiences. I affirm there are no basic rules for new moms and newborns. Theoretically, it may be, but in practice, this method doesn’t exist. As a new mother, I was addicted to reading…
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MOM’S TIPS FOR BETTER TRAVEL WITH CHILDREN-part 1
“OVERPACK. It’s why suitcases have wheels now”. I think that all of us already dream of a vacation. The times of one hand luggage and one paid luggage are long gone. Why? Because maybe I’m not the only one which packs the essentials and most important items in a small language, while my kids have the following stuff packed: panties, socks, pajamas, short sleeves, long sleeves, shorts, leggings, jeans, winter jackets, blouse, hats and preferable shoes for any change of weather. I don’t count their favourite teddy bears without which they will not fall asleep, bedtime stories, and all the necessary cosmetics for children. But packing is only a small…
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ORDINARY MORNINGS BY BOSS BABY
“PARENTHOOD- the scariest hood you will ever go through”. 6 a.m. and the sound of small feet it’s coming. This is my teeny weeny private alarm clock. Never ever later, not on the weekend, why? A day like any other for my children. Mornings with 6:30 it’s a huge surprise but if you complain too much, the next day at 5:30. Rules are rules. Especially if the boss baby made it. Let’s get started! I decided that I would like to share with you my “ordinary mornings” story. And for a better and clear presentation, I made a shortlist with general and unbreakable rules. RULE NO 1 THE COFFEE WILL…
