La Tela di Carlotta (english)

Oliver has always been a very gentle boy. He never hit, bit, pushed. Actually, he was always at the receiving end of hitting, biting and pushing. Lately, though, he’s started standing up for himself, and when he’s pushed, he pushes back. Sometimes he even pushes first. On one hand, I’m happy he defends himself. On the other hand, pushing, biting and…

How Montessori can help you be better parents

Oliver is going through a challenging phase: he cries a lot when we’re at home…

The challenges of raising multilingual children

A change of life always widens your horizons

A change of scenery is one of the best ways to understand what you are taking for…

Giving and receiving advice as new parents

Today is one of those days when I can’t possibly pick a subject: a million and one…

5 things I learnt about (and from) marriage

Today Alex and I have been married for 5 years. And together for eight. I know it…

Why we Montessori (and what it means to us)

I need to get something off my chest.

Oliver’s Montessori room all IKEA

When I was pregnant, while waiting for our little Oliver, we read a lot about the Montessori method…

How to be a working mum AND have a blog

Spoiler: This post, like many other, was written partly during Oliver’s day naps, partly at night, partly in the evening while Alex was playing with Oliver. It took three days to publish.