May 14th

I is for Ink

By Emma
If you had asked me a few years ago to come up with one of the most unlikely things I'd choose to do it would be to get a tattoo.  I've never liked them and although I probably shouldn't admit it often classed people who
May 7th

Birth in Cyprus - Kelly's Story (General Hospital)

By Emma
Some of the things I had heard about giving birth in Cyprus....
No pain relief available during labour
You have to stay in hospital for 5 days after birth (even standard 'easy'
May 2nd

22 week Pregnancy Update, Cyprus vs UK

By Emma
Recently I had my 22 week scan and am pleased to say that all is well. Bubs is currently breach but so was Leo up until the last moment so I'm not too worried about that at this point. All limbs and essential parts are present and
Apr 17th

Having a baby in Cyprus

By Emma
Since finding out I am pregnant I've realised that there is very little information on the internet about pregnancy and birth in Cyprus, there are a few websites with a little bit of 'what to do' info but it's
Apr 17th

Ditching the nappies

By Emma
A few weeks ago I posted about 'not' potty training I knew the time was approaching or maybe had approached ages ago and I chose to ignore it but I've been putting it off for ages now. It's not the first time I've put making a change off, last year
Apr 7th

A peaceful winter

By Emma
When we decided to move to Cyprus it didn't take us long to decide that we wanted to live on the east coast, at first however we found it hard to convince the property companies of that!   We went to a big
Mar 26th

Baby & Toddler Exhibition

By Emma
Yesterday, for the first time in the two years I have known my friend Sam we finally escaped the kids for the whole day and had a day out without the little darlings!
Mar 15th

Keeping up with the kids

By Emma

Σ ‘αγαπώ μαμά or μαμά μυρίζεις

Which would rather your darling child wrote in your Mother’s day card?

It wasn’t very long ago that I would have had no idea and would have assumed either was something nice.  I often joked that Leo would be

Mar 11th

Boy or girl?

By Emma

When I was pregnant with Leo we found out he was a boy at my 20 week scan (the 2nd and last scan you have in a 'normal' pregnancy)
Feb 28th

Greek for kids

By Emma
As you may know I'm in the (slow!) process of learning Greek and since Leo started to talk we've been trying to teach him what we know.  He knows his colours and numbers in both languages along with a few random things in Greek but I still would like him to know