by Astrid Warren (Norway) | Jan 4, 2011 | Family, Hobby, International, Motherhood, Norway, UK
My husband and 10 month old baby boy are going away for a whole week without me, and I have very mixed feeling about the whole thing. They are spending the week with my husband’s parents, and as they live in the UK (and we live in Norway) we both feel it is very important that they get to spend as much time as possible with the grandson.
As my husband has paternity leave at the moment, it is really the perfect opportunity, and I am sure my husband does not mind being pampered a bit by his mother either. (more…)
Astrid is a Norwegian thirty something, married, working mum to a wee lad who is almost three and a baby born in 2012! She grew up in Norway, but moved to London, England after she met her husband. After living there during her twenties, she has since returned to Norway and settled down in her nation's capital of Oslo to raise her family.
She finds herself slowly turning into her own mother as her free time is spent reading, walking, knitting and meeting up with other mums for coffee. (Ok, she still secretly loves going to the pub, too!). However, there isn't much time for any of the above, as she now enjoys spending most of her time crawling around on the floor, while playing with her children! Check out her blog, Quintessentially Burrows. She's also on Twitter @MrsSWarren.
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by World Moms Blog | Jan 2, 2011 | Family, International, Motherhood, Norway, Parenting, USA, World Moms Blog Itinerary
Two months young and going strong!
We’re starting off the New Year this Monday with another new writer, Galit Breen, an Israeli mom living in Minnesota, USA. You will want to commiserate about “Mom FAIL Moments”, your less than stellar parenting moments, with her. And, she tells all!
Tuesday we leave snowy Minnesota and return to snowy Norway with Asta Burrows, our Norwegian correspondent! Asta discusses a time when she found herself with actual time for herself. What to do? What to do?
Wednesday, we’re back across the Atlantic in New Jersey, USA with Veronica Samuels, who tells us about how her daughter wound up in Chinese school in America.
Thursday, Margie Bryant, our fantastic mom with a new lease on life, is back writing from the deep south of Arkansas, USA!
Friday, World Moms Blog writers are led by Allison Charleston in talking about their children’s sleep habits in our Friday Question.
We’re excited to be kicking off 2011 with you! Thank you for traveling with us!
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by Astrid Warren (Norway) | Dec 14, 2010 | Culture, Family, Family Travel, International, Motherhood, Multicultural, Norway, Parenting, Travel, UK
When I think about the perfect Xmas I think about waking up in the morning and seeing snow outside my window. (I guess I should mention that I am talking about a Norwegian Xmas, where we celebrate on Xmas Eve, not Xmas day.) As a child I enjoyed getting up really early in the morning and going into the living room to see the decorated Xmas tree with its light, and for the first time seeing all the presents underneath it.
Then, I’d spend the rest of the day looking at the presents, just looking. I never touched them or picked them up. I remember, especially, the afternoons when my mother was busy blow drying her hair, whilst I would watch the traditional Disney cartoons on telly. This was my perfect opportunity to look at all the presents. To this day, my parents do not believe me when I say I didn’t touch them, but honestly I didn’t! (more…)
Astrid is a Norwegian thirty something, married, working mum to a wee lad who is almost three and a baby born in 2012! She grew up in Norway, but moved to London, England after she met her husband. After living there during her twenties, she has since returned to Norway and settled down in her nation's capital of Oslo to raise her family.
She finds herself slowly turning into her own mother as her free time is spent reading, walking, knitting and meeting up with other mums for coffee. (Ok, she still secretly loves going to the pub, too!). However, there isn't much time for any of the above, as she now enjoys spending most of her time crawling around on the floor, while playing with her children! Check out her blog, Quintessentially Burrows. She's also on Twitter @MrsSWarren.
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by World Moms Blog | Dec 12, 2010 | Eva Fannon, International, Motherhood, Norway, UK, USA, World Moms Blog Itinerary
This week we start off with a post from one of our newest writers, Margie Bryant, from Arkansas, USA. Margie talks about her 15-year old son, her time in prison away from him and how both, she and her son, are evolving personally in her piece, “Our Journey Through Motherhood.”
Tuesday, we head overseas to Oslo, Norway, where Asta Burrows thinks about what she wants her son’s Christmas to be like this year in her post, “English or Norwegian X-mas?”
Wednesday, we’re on the west coast of the USA in Seattle, Washington to hear from Eva Fannon, and Thursday, we fly back over to Europe for a post from Jen Warren in the United Kingdom! And of course, Friday is question day!
Stick with us this week on World Moms Blog!
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World Moms Blog is an award winning website which writes from over 30 countries on the topics of motherhood, culture, human rights and social good. Over 70 international contributors share their stories from around the globe, bonded by the common thread of motherhood and wanting a better world for their children.
World Moms Blog was listed by Forbes Woman as one of the "Best 100 Websites for Women 2012 & 2013" and also called a "must read" by the NY Times Motherlode in 2013. Our Senior Editor in India, Purnima Ramakrishnan, was awarded the BlogHer International Activist Award in 2013.
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by Astrid Warren (Norway) | Dec 2, 2010 | Culture, Family, Kids, Motherhood, Norway, Parenting
I have heard and read lots of discussions and debates about gender roles, and in a book called “First-time Parents“, by Dr. Miriam Stoppard (I have been using this as reference book these last 10 months), there is a section about the differences in behaviour and development between boys and girls and how we should help the baby develop the skills that do not come as naturally.
I read about this when I was pregnant, and to be honest, I hadn’t really thought that much about it since. I was just taking it for granted that, as a parent, I would want my wee lad to be a balanced person who would get the opportunity to play with whatever he wanted to play with. (more…)
Astrid is a Norwegian thirty something, married, working mum to a wee lad who is almost three and a baby born in 2012! She grew up in Norway, but moved to London, England after she met her husband. After living there during her twenties, she has since returned to Norway and settled down in her nation's capital of Oslo to raise her family.
She finds herself slowly turning into her own mother as her free time is spent reading, walking, knitting and meeting up with other mums for coffee. (Ok, she still secretly loves going to the pub, too!). However, there isn't much time for any of the above, as she now enjoys spending most of her time crawling around on the floor, while playing with her children! Check out her blog, Quintessentially Burrows. She's also on Twitter @MrsSWarren.
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by World Moms Blog | Nov 28, 2010 | Eva Fannon, International, Motherhood, Norway, Special Needs, World Moms Blog Itinerary
The weeks just keep getting better, here, on World Moms Blog! On Monday join us in Ohio, USA, where Amy Hillis commemorates November as National Adoption Awareness Month in her article, “Adoption~Journey Past Life.” Amy talks about her close friend who recently adopted a child from Uganda, Africa and also reflects on her own experiences as being adopted herself — two amazing points of view! Amy also asks our readers, “Should I search for my birth mother?” Log on at the blog on Monday, and let us know what you think she should do!
Tuesday, we fly east to New York City, where Allison Charleston gives us a window into the rigorous preschool acceptance procedures to the city’s exclusive preschools in her article, “NYC Preschool Madness”. Come live the city life vicariously through our WMB writer, Allison!
Wednesday, we fly west back to San Francisco, California, USA where, A. Roselyn talks about breastfeeding duration in her piece, “Weaning Baby in San Francisco.” She takes us through her inner-most thoughts and feelings behind her weaning plan for her littlest one!
Then, board a transatlantic flight with us back to Oslo, Norway to check in with WMB writer, Asta Burrows. Asta discovers her feelings on gender roles in her piece, “So What if Your Son Likes Dolls?”
This week’s Friday question is posed by Eva Fannon in Washington, USA. Eva asks, “What is the most requested children’s book in your house right now?” We can’t wait to share all of our WMB writers’ answers with you!
Our “Saturday Special Edition” on special needs has concluded, and we will resume our normal Saturday layover schedule. In the meantime, did you catch parts I, II and III of Maggie Ellison’s “Too Loud” series?
On Sunday, we will post our travel itinerary for the following week.
There are many interesting topics coming up this week from our talented writers, and we are lucky to have them. They’re all doing the same job of motherhood from their little corner of the world, but having so many different experiences. Log onto World Moms Blog to be sure not to miss a thing! And, thank you for reading our blog!
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World Moms Blog is an award winning website which writes from over 30 countries on the topics of motherhood, culture, human rights and social good. Over 70 international contributors share their stories from around the globe, bonded by the common thread of motherhood and wanting a better world for their children.
World Moms Blog was listed by Forbes Woman as one of the "Best 100 Websites for Women 2012 & 2013" and also called a "must read" by the NY Times Motherlode in 2013. Our Senior Editor in India, Purnima Ramakrishnan, was awarded the BlogHer International Activist Award in 2013.
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My husband and 10 month old baby boy are going away for a whole week without me, and I have very mixed feeling about the whole thing. They are spending the week with my husband’s parents, and as they live in the UK (and we live in Norway) we both feel it is very important that they get to spend as much time as possible with the grandson.
