Understanding your highly sensitive child is a complex journey. Our older son is deep into toddlerhood. We have first-hand experience of this. Family holidays can present unique challenges with a highly sensitive child. We didn’t realize it before, but became sort of experts the last weeks. Recently we celebrated our toddler boy’s birthday in Düsseldorf….
One of the great things about Maastricht is the food. The rest of the Netherlands is not known for its culinary delights, but it all changes when you come to the South of Limburg. Having children inevitably affects your restaurant-going habits. The good news is that there are some great restaurants in Maastricht that you…
We have been muscling up for the first camping trip of the year since months. Going camping with a baby and a toddler for the first time can be a challenge. But there were some other factors that held us back this year. I will tell you all about it later. In the end we…
Düsseldorf isn’t a destination that would immediately pop into my mind when planning a family trip with a toddler and a baby. How did we end up in Düsseldorf? Our toddler was turning 3. We asked him, what he wanted for his birthday. He said that he wanted to travel with the ICE train. He…
There are so many cool things to do around Maastricht. When you think that you have seen it all, it turns out that there is yet another amazing place to explore super closeby. I started a little challenge with my little ones back in April to explore ‘Zuid Limburg’. You can read more about it…
I was surprised when my period returned 7 months postpartum after the birth of our second son. It took 11 month to get my period back after my first pregnancy. That’s a big difference. Our parenting style hasn’t changed – co-sleeping, breastfeeding on demand etc. I was shocked to realize what made such a big…
When i became a mother for the first time I was embarrassed to admit it to my mom friends that we had no routine whatsoever for quite a while. ‘Do you already have a good schedule going?’ I was asked. Am I supposed to? I googled and I found out that if we don’t get…
My husband is from Limburg. People usually make the assumption that we moved to Maastricht because of him. It’s not how it went. I first fell in love with my Limburger man and then I fell in love with Maastricht. That’s why we ended up moving here. We have been living in Maastricht for 5…
I hear the baby phone coming alive as I am settling down to write about patience. ‘Not again!’ I hear myself mumbling. I feel my patience slowly evaporating. I created a little plan for myself for the evening. Now I see it all going up in smoke. That’s life with a baby. Make plans, so…
The big question dawned on me, when I was pregnant with our second son: How will we get around with the three of us once he is born? We live in Maastricht, the Netherlands. Parking in the center of the town is a nightmare and it’s horrendously expensive. Biking is an essential part of the…
