5 Ways Wall Art Breathes Life into Your Home

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5 Ways Wall Art Breathes Life into Your Home

5 Ways Wall Art Breathes Life Into Your Home

We recently redecorated and since then I've found our minimalist walls a bit lacking! We love white or pale spaces as it brings in so much light but you do need that extra something to breathe life into your home. 

I didn't want to just buy a group of 'nice' pictures as I think for it to feel right, the wall art needs to represent a bit of you. If you choose carefully you can find things that have a meaning and make you happy each time you pass them. A trip you went on, a phrase your partner is always saying or an affirmation that you know will be helpful to look at each day.

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A Simple Guide To Keeping Your Infant Happy And Healthy

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A Simple Guide To Keeping Your Infant Happy And Healthy

A Simple Guide To Keeping Your Infant Happy And Healthy

Whether you’ve got a newborn baby or a little toddler, the early years of parenthood can be difficult to navigate. You’ve read all the books on being a good parent, but nothing can really prepare you for having a child. Obviously, that’s the most stereotypical thing in the world to say, but you know that it’s true now that you’re living through it. Still, it’s a wonderful thing. Every child is an individual, so the same rules don’t always apply to different babies. However, intuition will serve you well. You can trust yourself as a parent to know your child and what’s best for them. Of course, that doesn’t mean there aren’t certain universal rules that will help you to keep your infant happy and healthy in their early years of life. Here’s a simple guide to help you out with the whole “parenting” thing.

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Benefits of Blogging

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Benefits of Blogging

Benefits of Blogging

Every month WordPress members produce 69.5 million new blog posts. Blogger has over 46 million unique viewers per month, and there are thought to be over 350 million blogs in the world. A small portion of these bloggers make a full-time living from their blogs, some even achieving international fame. What starts as a "hello world" post on WordPress can grow into book deals, TV shows, clothing ranges, beauty products and more. Blogging can change your life.

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Family Issues You Can Never Start to Tackle Too Early

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Family Issues You Can Never Start to Tackle Too Early

Family Issues You Can Never Start to Tackle Too Early

Keeping your family together might be your ultimate goal, but it is not always up to you how relationships develop. From ongoing arguments and disagreements, money issues, addiction, and stress , there are several problems that are best tackled with a “nip in the bud” attitude. If you are dealing with a relative’s mental illness or serious health issues, you have to come to a consensus and create a detailed plan to avoid more serious problems.

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Preparing For Pregnancy: It's A Man's World Too

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Preparing For Pregnancy: It's A Man's World Too

Preparing For Pregnancy: It's A Man's World Too

It’s easy to see why the emphasis is all on mum when it comes to all things preparing for pregnancy and then carrying your little heartbeat for nine months, but it takes two to tango. It takes two to make a gorgeous bundle of joy and then become amazing parents. That’s right, future fathers have a super-important role to play when it comes to wanting a baby.

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Bilingual Children - Week #9

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Bilingual Children - Week #9

Bilingual Children - Week #9

This week on Bilingual Children I decided to actually interview my children about learning languages and their two cultures! 

You've heard don't work with children or animals... well I'd say there's some truth in it! 

Watch here to find out more and join in the discussion with your anecdotes on raising children with languages whether it be at school or home! 

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#DolceVitaBloggers Linkup - #4 March 2018 - International Women's Day

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#DolceVitaBloggers Linkup - #4 March 2018 - International Women's Day

March: - Inspirational Women

In honour of International Women’s Day on March 8, tell us all about the woman or women who inspire you. (You are welcome to write about any women from around the globe, not only Italian women!)

The linky will be open from 7th March and you will have one week to submit your own posts and a full month to read and share everyone's stories. We will obviously share and comment on them all as well! 

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Strengthening Your Child's Immune System the Natural Way - Guest Post by Brigitte Evans

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Strengthening Your Child's Immune System the Natural Way - Guest Post by Brigitte Evans

Strengthening Your Child's Immune System the Natural Way

When we were children, we all had that one friend who was very frail, sickly, and looked like a gust of wind could easily knock them over. Similarly, we also had a friend who’d be as fit as a fiddle even when all the rest of us got the seasonal flu, and who always looked strong, healthy, and cheerful. Now that we have kids of our own, it’s clear that we want them to be just like the second friend – unhindered by poor health and full of energy and joy. But how do we accomplish that? How do we help our child develop a good immune system that protects them from flues, colds, and serious diseases no matter what? Well, it all starts with making a few changes to your home and creating some good habits that will teach them how to take care. 

 

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World Book Day - Bilingual Children - Week #8

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World Book Day - Bilingual Children - Week #8

World Book Day

This week in honour of the brilliant initiative World Book Day, we are concentrating on great bilingual books in a variety of languages. 

World Book Day is a day for celebrating anyone involved in the creation of books and stories and most importantly it’s a celebration of reading.

UNESCO have recognised it as a worldwide project to promote books and reading, and it's celebrated in over 100 countries all over the world.

The initiative has been running for 21 years and the next one will take place on 1st March 2018.

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Why should I learn a language - Post Brexit?

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Why should I learn a language - Post Brexit?

Why should I learn a language - Post Brexit?

You may think that I became a language lover when I married a man with a different nationality to me. The truth is my favourite subjects to study at school were always English language and foreign languages. I was fascinated by travel and being able to communicate. After a school trip to Rouen where myself and some other students were insulted in English by German school children (Yes they insulted us in our own language which they could speak pretty well!) I knew I could not cope with only knowing my own language. 

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"New" States You Need To Visit

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"New" States You Need To Visit

"New" States You Need To Visit

The USA is such a diverse, vast country that choosing where you should visit next can be a huge undertaking. With so many different areas to explore, narrowing down the overwhelming number of options can be a task so complex that just undertaking it is enough to make you feel like you need a vacation!

Given the amount of choice, you may find it beneficial to make such a decision on a simpler basis. Take, for example, the states that have the prefix “new”. There’s nothing particular to unite these states except for a quirk of naming-- but that nevertheless is enough to give you a decent head-start on narrowing down your options.

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Bilingual Children - Week #7

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Bilingual Children - Week #7

Our Bilingual Week

This week we are back to sharing Our Bilingual Week with you, what we've been working on and our observations of our children's learning. 

Festivals

As we learnt last week from our mothers of bilingual children. Learning a language is about more than words. When you share your language with your child, you're sharing your heritage too. It's often hard to infuse the culture of the minority language in to your every day life but there are little ways to do this.

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8 Insights into British and Italian Style

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8 Insights into British and Italian Style

8 Insights into British and Italian Style

As London and Milan Fashion Weeks are around the corner. I thought it would be interesting to look at the key differences in Italian and British style. The fashion houses themselves have a style set by whomever is the current designer but what are the real indicators of style that the average man/woman follows? 

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Why You Need to Take Your Children to the Nutmeg State

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Why You Need to Take Your Children to the Nutmeg State

Why You Need to Take Your Children to the Nutmeg State

When it comes to travelling with kids, you have to take so many more factors into account. You need to keep their minds occupied at all times, immersing them in fun experiences from dawn till dusk. You also have to be a lot more prepared, packing carefully, choosing where to stay with comfort and ease at the forefront of your mind, and ensuring that you take plenty of supplies out with you on each day out. So when planning your next trip, why not consider Connecticut, the Nutmeg State? It’s home to a brilliant experience for both you and your little ones! Here’s everything you need to know about vacationing there.

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Sometimes, Baby Just Has To Cry

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Sometimes, Baby Just Has To Cry

Sometimes, Baby Just Has To Cry

Babies are a conundrum. I’m just going to open with that, because if you’re searching at 3am for the cure for a baby who just won’t stop crying, that’s the first thing that you need to know. Babies are not easy to figure out, despite all the years of amazing parenting that you did before you even had a baby. You’d assume that babies were simple creatures: feed, burp, sleep, repeat. Chuck in a few clean diapers and a warm blanket, and you’ve got a contented baby, right? Unfortunately, there is so much more to having a baby than just keeping them fed and warm. While those are the very basics, babies are complex. There are very few absolutes when it comes to babies, but there’s one thing that every baby all over the world has in common. All babies cry.

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New Mom: The First Months Are Always The Hardest

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New Mom: The First Months Are Always The Hardest

New Mom: The First Months Are Always The Hardest

The anticipation when you know the baby is coming sets your anxiety and excitement levels soaring. You’ve dreamt of this day and waited so long to see your child face to face for the first time. When he or she arrives, you’re consumed with emotion and sometimes even confusion. The latter is going to be elevated even more once you get the all clear to take your newborn baby home. New mothers are right in being somewhat anxious; after all a delicate new life is in their arms.

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Bilingual Children - Week #6

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Bilingual Children - Week #6

Our Bilingual Week

Welcome to week Six of Bilingual Children! Sadly this is the last week in our Series of speaking mums raising bilingual children! I hope you've enjoyed reading it as much as we have enjoyed sharing with you. 

This week we're looking at the reasons why it's important to us that our children are learning our languages and how to not give up in those difficult times. 

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5 Cities to Visit if You Want to Expand the Horizons of Your Children

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5 Cities to Visit if You Want to Expand the Horizons of Your Children

5 Cities to Visit if You Want to Expand the Horizons of Your Children

Travel can be a truly fantastic thing for young children who are still learning about the world. You should definitely look to take them on trips to cities around the globe if you want to expand their horizons and allow them to see how life is in other parts of the world. There are some cities that are better than others for culture and interesting sights. Here are the 5 cities that are must see places for you and your children.

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