It’s been long long road to get the diagnosis of dyslexia for Hugo, but now we can finally get the wide-ranging support available to him. We’ve learnt through the process to trust our parental instincts.
Family life
WeeDo Turtle Snowsuit
How cute are these snowsuits? View this post on Instagram We are unique, we are visionary… #weedofunwear #spaceflakes #kidswear #snowwear #snowsuit #forstrongmindedkids #minishredders #gettingreadyforsnow A post shared by WeeDo (@weedo.funwear) on Sep 24, 2018 at 8:26am PDT As last snow season was finishing and we were heading off to the warmer climates of Los Angeles, […]
Till What Age Do You Brush Your Kids Teeth?!
A couple of months ago we went for a routine dental check up with the boys. (Angelina had had hers a few weeks earlier). To my shock and horror the dentist discovered tooth cavities in both boys’ teeth. I felt awful, like I’d totally failed them. Healthy teeth, in my view, are integral to healthy […]
Small Family Apartment Remodelling- Taking Down a Wall
So, does 700 square feet for a family of 5 plus dog count as a small apartment or a tiny apartment? It certainly is tight! Some remodelling is called on, for sure. On a beautiful Saturday, when the weather was actually beckoning us to sit on our terrace to just chill, sip coffee and eat cake, […]
What Should Kids Do In Case Of A Shooting, The Uppsala Shooting Discussion
There was a shooting today, on May 30th, 2018 at midday in the quiet university town of Uppsala, Sweden’s 4th largest city. It was directly outside Max’s nursery, not far from my older two children’s school. Two people were injured, the police are calling it an assassination attempt, two of Max’s nursery teachers witnessed the […]
Can a family of 5 live comfortably in 700 square feet small apartment?
Good news is: we are buying a flat! Read about the ordeal of buying in Sweden The bad news is that it is rather small apartment- a mere 65 square meters or 700 square feet. It’s moving week this week. As I tackle our ever-growing piles of possessions, I am panicking. We have acquired […]
Homeless and vagabond in Sweden
As of today, the 3rd of May, we still have nowhere permanent to live from the end of the May. We move out of our lovely rental house, as the owners are returning from their work abroad. Something that was on the cards since last year already, when we moved in. Though we hoped, as […]
Snowmageddon dressing hack for kids (and adults)
Snowmageddon: The weather is treacherous and the UK is so unprepared. As lots of us parents are torn between letting the kids outside to enjoy the snow and ice and keeping them warm, I thought I’d share about some hacks on keeping them warm in this weather. Remember: “There’s no such thing as bad weather, […]
How is technology changing family healthcare?
Anyone else hooked on the Netflix series, Black Mirror? The moral dilemmas the series presents are brilliant! Some story-lines are tangible, some less so, but none-the-less the series reflects our 21st Century existence back at us; how without really questioning it, technology has transformed all aspects of our lives; in every home; on every desk; […]
Laugh more! The theme of 2018
Over the Christmas holidays we snuggled a lot, ate even more, played and watched movies. It was wonderful to simply be! We had no plans, just let the days come as they did. Spontaneously, we had very good friends over for Christmas dinner, met up in town with university friends over all the way from […]