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WHAT PARENTS KNOW ABOUT KIDS’ FANCY OUTFITS?
Every parent has gone through several stages with their children.First:When you try to dress a newborn without breaking anything.Second:When the baby is already moving like an octopus and changing only a diaper is impossible.Third:I do everything myself, meaning I choose my own clothes and dress myself.I’ll write a bit more about that. Why not wear two different socks, shoes, or gloves? My older son used to dress like this a lot, but it quickly went out of fashion. However, our daughter surpassed him in terms of outfit choices. The basics of clothing – it’s best to take everything from the older brother. A Superman costume can be for any day.…
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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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MY LITTLE ONES KNOW ME INCREDIBLY WELL
“My children don’t remember what they ate for dinner, but they remember who I am” Do you know that you mean everything to your children? I’m a hero, a designer, a doctor, a teacher, a psychologist, a dentist, a chef, an artist, and everything else kids expect me to be at any given time. Mom can be a fairy because kids want to play in a magical forest. You can be a princess because they built a castle. In their store, you’re always a customer. I’m never a cashier because my son said: “Mom, you don’t know how to use a cash register.” How could he even know that? Lately,…
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MY NEW LIFE IS PIECE OF CAKE – PART 2
“I open my eyes to a new life, but my mind and heart are full of memories from my old life”. For me, acceptance in a new country seemed like a piece of cake, but reality quickly and painfully kicked me in the butt. As a reminder, I am Polish; I have a Czech husband and two children. I have been living with my family for two years in a new country – the Czech Republic. After two years, I’m still surprised that it’s not any easier for me than it was a year ago. Seen from my kid’s perspective Patrick and Dorothy were born in England – Brighton. Patrick…
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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 over the weekend was amazing and…
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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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THE UGLY TRUTH ABOUT WORKING MOTHER’S SACRIFICE
“Be the kind of mom who makes other moms want to be on your team” I thought the start after maternity leave would be just rough, and that the lack of sleep and fatigue would quickly disappear. Unfortunately, after six months in a new job, it’s just as difficult. I’m mentally stronger than I was in the first few weeks, and I’m already well organized. But the forgetfulness that never existed before pregnancy has increased to a level I hate, and I still don’t have enough time for everything. Below is a survival list for working mothers, based on my experience. FIRST Prepare everyone at work for the fact that…
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MY NEW LOOK ON MOM RETURNING TO WORK AFTER MATERNITY
I love being on teams with working mothers. They are the highest functioning messes I know.”-MARICAR SANTOS- When you read this, some of you will be outraged by my comments, and others will laugh. I know this because I’ve shared my opinions on returning to work, its pros and cons, more than once in a group of mothers. Just as each of us has a different approach to raising children, each of us grapples with the decision to return to work. https://littlepuzzlesandme.com/the-ugly-truth-about-working-mothers-sacrifice/ I didn’t wait long with my first child, just like with my second, and after 10 months, when my maternity leave ended, I returned to work. There were…
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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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MY IMPORTANT ASPECTS THAT IMPROVE LEVEL OF THE HAPPINESS
Who needs happiness in life? Probably everyone, right? But each of us sees our happiness differently and draws it from different aspects of life. In my hierarchy of happiness 1st place takes: Health Is an important aspect of happiness in my life. I know one quote that says: “Money can buy everything but it can’t buy health”. Each of us has experienced some worse days in our lives: diseases, colds, fractures, injuries, or the popular COVID. I hate this feeling of weakness, pain, and helplessness. Then I feel really unhappy. Similarly, if someone close to me feels unwell. Once, my dad had a heart attack. He survived, but the whole story…
