Last week I received a message from a frustrated mother regarding her son’s eating habits. She explained that breakfast seemed to be a particularly difficult meal of the day for her as she was running low on options and ideas. I’ve noticed that breakfast can be challenging for many parents. It really needn’t be as long as there’s some planning ahead involved and you’re able to see beyond the basics like cereals and bread. Go ahead and experiment. It’s something you definitely will not regret.
On Saturday I dragged my growing belly to the Birth Forward seminar because no matter how much I wanted to put my feet up and take advantage of the fact that Georgie was spending the afternoon with his dad, I really wanted to see what this little community was doing for pregnant ladies in Cyprus.
I, along with many, are disgusted by the fact that we -Cyprus- have the highest rate of Caesarean Sections in Europe. It’s 52%, in case you were wondering, so you could say it was about time someone stood up and questioned this alarming fact.
It’s been ages since my last Odd Ends. So here’s a roundup of a few of my favourite moments from the past two months.
1. Buddies since G was born.
2. Freezing cold day in January when we stopped to see the flamingos in Larnaca.
3. That one time he sneaked into our bedroom and fell asleep on our bed.
1. There’s a Women’s Self-defence two-day workshop taking place in Nicosia next weekend. Definitely worth checking out.
2. Nowhere near ready to start looking into baby stuff but if I was I would love to get my hands on all this.
3. Are you going to the Birth Forward event tomorrow? I’m so excited. See you there.
During a Sunday walk in Limassol I saw something that sparked this post. A little girl who could not have been younger than six years old was holding a carrot and attempting to feed it to a donkey that was pulling a carriage. Turns out this was something akin to mathematical problem solving because the mother could not have been more ecstatic that her daughter had figured out how to feed a carrot to a donkey. The word ‘bravo’ was said more than five times. Clapping was involved and various other cheering effects.