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Nobody prepared me for the fact that motherhood is like permanent jet lag, only without the beautiful destination waiting on the other side of the world. Instead, every morning (and several times in the middle of the night), I land in a parallel universe of nappies, the smell of milk and dummies. Time Loses All Meaning. There's Only "Before the Last Feed" and "After the Next Nappy Change". My body no longer knows whether it should sleep, eat or simply exist for a moment. Beca

Consistent Love Instead of Commands: The Key to Good Parenting Does this sound familiar? You hear a parent speaking harshly to their child from a distance, and the closer you get to the family, the friendlier the voice becomes. A “Stop whining already!” suddenly turns into a loving “Yes, sweetheart, we're almost there.” I have never taken this kind of parental street theatre seriously. This effort to present oneself in the best possible light as soon as a stranger comes withi

When Is the Right Time to Have a Second Child? In my opinion, you can plan to have a child, but you'll never really get the timing right anyway. Yes, yes, such a banal answer … I know, I've heard it somewhere before … but it's true! Three conversations with three different people about the exact same subject all led to one unanimous opinion. And it wasn't mine! The subject was having a second child, and after openly sharing my plans and how much I wanted another baby, all I g