The cinnamon bun reality

I grew up on an island in a small community. I could walk to school and I could easily walk or bike to all my friends. It was a safe community and everyone basically looked out for each other. Well, at least making sure the kids of the island didn't get into trouble. The island …

Are we not “selling” parenthood well enough?

Recently in the news (at least in the Finnish ones) there has been articles about young people choosing not to have children. The child birth rate has decreased a lot in the past 10 years in my old home country, which is worrying. For some it is because they want to concentrate on their careers, …

The birthstory

My first labour was v e r y long and well, not a great experience. There was a lot of pain, a lot of different pain relief methods (gas and air, sterile water injections, heat bags, hot showers etc) and at the end I opted for an epidural, which was good as my son was …

Existence anxiety

I don't know if that would be the right wording? Maybe it is because I haven't been sleeping very well. Maybe it's because my birthday is coming up, 36th, but I have both had the realisation that life will end at some point and that was just a "oh no, but I don't want to …

First child vs Second child

It was with fear filled excitement that we waited for our second child to arrive. Which she did a few days after her due date. Fast. But much easier birth than the first one. All about that later. Maybe. My biggest worry was probably how will I have time for my first born. Will I …

It’s been a while

It's been a while. And after this post it probably will be another while before the next one if I know myself. So much has happened. We have now been living in the UK for 2 years and 5 months. We have made a life here. We have friends. We have favourite places to visit. …

2018

Wow, vart for ett år?? Ok, så en hel del har hänt sen senast...vi har flyttat till England, W har fyllt 2, vårt förhållande har gått igenom en kris(eller åtminstone enligt mig, frågar du G så vet han int vad jag talar om :D), vi har snart bott här i England ett år(!!), vi har …

Tålamod – Patience

En sak som jag var lite orolig över före W föddes var hur mitt tålamod skulle räcka. Visst hade jag hört att ens tålamod växer med barn, men jag haft ett ganska häftigt temperament så jag va faktist rädd att ja sku tappa tålamodet lätt och bli riktigt arg lätt. Speciellt då man är ganska …

12 months, 365 days – made it!

Vi klara det! första året! huh! yläfemma! Vi fira med julfest på dagiset och egen kaka åt W. Smör och socker, han älska de :D Vilket år det varit. Tyngsta och bästa året i mitt liv. Så tungt..men så bra.. man river håret ur huvu på en och har matrester ö v e r a …

10 months

Nu är vår lille man 10 månader gammal. Nu kryper han fram på golvet snabb som blixten, oftast ännu på sina armbågar men också på alla fyra. Han har börjat klättra upp på bokhyllan och då och då drar han sig upp för att titta på fiskarna, dock inte utan att först kolla om mamma …