Once Upon a Time in Singapore
Those of you who have followed this blog from the start may still remember that it begun as a diary of our honeymoon in Southeast…
Parent Café: Coffee and Music Included
The rainy, chilly winter weather of Hamburg would have probably turned me into a little hermit for the whole beginning of the year…
Answers to the 5 Most Common Questions about the Latvian Language
Every year on the 21st of February UNESCO celebrates the International Mother Language Day to mark the richness and diversity of the thousands of languages spoken…
Chinese New Year: Passing Down Traditions in a Multicultural Family
As my father-in-law invited us to dinner for celebrating Chinese New Year, I realized that there is one part of our family’s cultural heritage…
5 Things I Learned at Baby Class
As some of you might know, for over half a year Birdy and I attended one of Germany’s most popular courses for parents…
Babies don’t grow, they come in updates
“Babies don’t grow, they come in updates” hubby announced yesterday while having dinner. Well, that is one way of seeing baby development, I thought…
Is Bilingual Better? A Look at the Research
Long gone are the days when parents were cautioned against raising their children multilingually as it was believed to hinder academic and intellectual…
Announcing New Series: Baby’s 1st Year German Style
The New Year begun with some disappointing news: the baby class that Birdy and I have been participating in since she was 3 months…
The Holy Grail of Parenting
There is thread of obsession creeping through advice resources for new parents, from parenting books to mommy blogs, everyone is talking about baby…
Book Review: “Dutched Up! Rocking the Clogs Expat Style”
“Dutched Up! Rocking the Clogs Expat Style” is a compilation of short stories written by 27 lady bloggers living in the Netherlands. Before…









