I am one of those moms who give maximum freedom, but who may also yell if required, for example, when a baby rushes to drink shampoo. In other cases, I constantly preach a policy of nonviolence and endlessly praise its effectiveness. One of the aspects where my baby and I have substantially won is bathing…
I once tried to make a list of parenting books, but that time it was made on the basis of recommendations found in the Web, and now it’s very, very funny to me. But let’s leave it for the history and overall picture. Today is the time for a second try, and this time most…
Yesterday, seven years ago, at seven o’clock in the morning, my 48-hours contractions had elegantly moved to the pushing stage striking the whole world with an incredible blue bubble, and my life started over. Why so serious? Why is he so angry? – I’m often being asked on the street. He is not angry, –…
Motherhood came to me unexpectedly, but on time. I was exactly bored with working with inhumane schedules, fiction books and carelessness towards myself. In fact, my life at that time consisted mainly of chronic depression and running away or having a bad relationship. How childbirth changed me With the birth of a baby, I finally…
I often hear parents complain that there’s not enough Ukrainian-language content, and even when you do find it and turn on a cartoon in Ukrainian, the next video automatically switches to Russian. Before you know it, your child is fluently speaking Russian — even if the parents don’t use it at all. This isn’t the…
In the wink of an eye the toys have already been destroyed, lost, given away, and the baby is suddenly 18, and he wants to know what he has been playing with when he was one year old. Or not. But I think that keeping them at least on the photos is a brilliant idea!…
Raising Ukrainian speaking child but having difficulties finding books for them? Here are some books we own and most of the best books for a baby you can find on today’s Ukrainian market, either originals or translated ones. I did my research, so I can share it with you. Best books for youngest Contrast Book…
A baby needs boundaries. They need someone who can stand them and not break. Alla Slotvinska “Playing Together or How to Cope with Child’s I-do-not-wants” I’ve read a lot of parenting books. Now it’s rather a sport than a research. However, I am still looking for a brilliant, and with no doubt have some useful…
In the winter, I pondered: what do I suppose to do during hot Emirati summer? Maybe there is a place where moms with children are welcome? Perhaps there is a place where children’s screaming sounds organically like frogs in a pond and don’t bother anyone? Perhaps there is some sort of training for moms with…
The other day, I discovered that while bone broth is on the new crest of popularity in the world, in Ukraine its popularity has tragically fallen for unknown reasons, if not threatened with extinction. A bone broth that is considered the basis of healthy guts all over the world, the key to a well-established digestion,…
