Motherhood

10 things I learnt at the Birth Forward seminar

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.

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February 16, 2016 by
odd ends

Odd ends

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.

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February 15, 2016 by
Motherhood

S T U F F

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.

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February 12, 2016 by
Motherhood

Are you guilty of overpraising your child?

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.

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February 11, 2016 by
Motherhood

Baby on Board sign: Yay or Nay?

Ages ago, before I became a mother, I was enjoying an alfresco lunch with another non-parent when a car drove by bearing one of those Baby on Board signs. He pointed it out and proceeded to ask what the point of the sign was. “As if I would drive any differently around them if they didn’t have the sign on their car window. Do they want some kind of special privilege?” To be honest I though the exact same thing. I just couldn’t see the point in making this public declaration. I actually found them to be quite annoying.

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February 10, 2016 by

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