Often on Facebook, young parents ask “What can we do with the kids when the weather is bad” ? Of course, there will be always someone saying “There is no bad weather, only bad clothing”. True, but sometimes you still want to take your kids outside of home and still be cozy somewhere indoors. Specifically, when the children are 5 years old and below. If that is your case here are my tips on where to go and what to do within Dresden. At home : bake and craft Being cozy is also the perfect time to think about eating a chocolate cake or to actually cook a nice dinner and the kids can help too. I ..read more

Being an expat can sometimes make you feel lonely and more towards depression When you are an expat mum, those feelings can get stronger. Traveling was a way for me to get out of these feeling. I was changing countries whenever I started feeling low. Now, as a mother of two, that is not possible anymore. Still, once you have depression, it comes back. During my first year in this new country, I learnt the language. Still not perfect but enough to find my way around. I also learnt what could have been done better. At the birth of my second child, an English-speaking midwife told me to get help ..read more

Going on your first trip with your baby? That’s amazing! Exciting! And it can be also overwhelming and stressful. You might want to overpack, to take your whole baby bedroom with you. When it facts, most of it you won’t need it at all. Here is a list of things you must not forget: Bottle warmer Works well with bottles, formula or mother milk, and food jars. Besides, with this you don’t need any electricity. When it gets cold or empty, you can always ask someone on the go for fresh boiled water, and off you go for the rest of the day. Milk Dispenser If your baby is bottle fed, then having a mi ..read more

After 2 years of the pandemic, 3 vaccines, we finally got infected by coronavirus. First it was our toddler who caught it from his day care. After was his younger sister and then the father. A week later I got tested positive. He had the following symptoms: – Over tiredness – Feeling cold – High fever – Running nose Those symptoms did not appear all at the same time. One day it has running nose then it went away and had high fever. At first, it looked like a flu for which he couldn’t recover from it somehow. So it is more than a week stuck inside for the toddler. He’s waiting for his father to ..read more

It is exciting to have a new baby. It is also a lot of temptation on what you would need to buy, or not. First of all you need to look around at what other parents do, that you would like to apply for yourself. Then ask yourself: do I really need it? Here is my list of must have : Sock on Changing bag Bed gate Maternity pillow Food thermos Nose vaccum Hats Diapers Soap & shampoo Body lotion Towel Baby food processor Manual Breast pump Travel bottle warmer Non slips socks Thighs high socks https://www.rockathighbaby.com/products/rainbow Baby ..read more

When you live in different countries, even within the EU, you can see few law changes. Sometimes, it is shocking, sometimes it would make more sense if those countries would align with one another. Animal welfare is one of them. In Belgium, there are a lot of law to preserve their wellness. Circus with animals are forbidden. When you have horses, they need between 1 000 to 2 500 m2 for each one of them. Animal parks like Grotte de Han also need to follow a similar law for their game. Belgian zoos have nowadays stricter rules as well. Czech Republic also banned animals in circus. While in Germa ..read more

Coming for the second time in India, and this time with both a baby and a toddler, of course, the family want to spoil them. But it looks like they don’t know anything about kids anymore and offer us some useless presents. Here is an example our meaningless toys. Plastic baby toys such as rattles Photo by Polesie Toys from Pexels Plastic cars Photo by RODNAE Productions from Pexels Anything plastic really Photo by Polesie Toys from Pexels 3D puzzles Photo by Magda Ehlers from Pexels Baby milk bottle Photo by Sarah Chai from Pexels Baby pacifiers Photo by Keira Burton from Pexels C ..read more

Couples in India are skeptical about having a kid because of the work pressure. Still, we are hoping that the ones we know, would have a kid sometimes soon. We have a lot of idea on what to offer them. Here is a first list on what we like from Europe and would like to bring to Indian new parents. Maternity pillow Most of the nursing you will find online are small, but when you type “Pregnancy Pillow” you’ll find much bigger ones and those are much better. Why? Simple because you can use them longer and for more purposes, from Pregnancy to toddler. It can be used to help you sleep with a big ..read more

We tried Kol Kol baby carrier. It is very similar with Ergobaby that we know in Germany. At first it was complicated to find Kol Kol in Delhi. Their office address as mentioned on their website doesn’t exist. After asking people around they also didn’t know anything about it. Since we have internet only at home, we went back asking the address again. At first, the WhatsApp manager replied “No there is no office. It’s workshop.” After insisting with a screenshot of their information, the correspondant said “We recently shifted the workshop. We are now based at (…) Aya nagar, south west delh ..read more

Parental leave in Germany is amazing. Here I will tell you more about it and everything you can do during that period. First of all, as soon as you get pregnant and if you are feeling unwell about anything: work, stress, fatigue…go to your gynecologist and ask for a sick note. That way, if the pain persists, you can request one until birth. In any case, you will get 6 weeks off before birth. That is if you are employed, and it is better to get pregnant after working 1 year in Germany and to still have a contract when the time comes. If you are unemployed, you start getting the motherhood benef ..read more