My sister Charikleia Arkolaki, mathematician and painter, loves making paintings for kids. Since her first nephew is on the way, she couldn’t resist not to offer helping out with the decoration of his room 🙂 She just moved to Malta two weeks ago and brought me the following two ones, painted with pastel colors, as […]
[kkstarratings] The days when I couldn’t keep my eyes open after 22:00 at night are long gone. I now find it harder and harder to go to bed and manage to get a descent sleep. I cannot sleep! If I go to bed, I end up turning around for a couple of hours. Left side, […]
[kkstarratings]When I went to Mater Dei for my first check-up and registration at the public hospital, a midwife gave me a magazine about pregnancy which contained important information about giving birth in Malta, the hospital and the procedures to be followed, along with some general information about pregnancy, breastfeeding, labour etc. In this magazine the pregnant woman […]
[kkstarratings]During the last few months I’ve been reading many books about babies and pregnancy, and the most useful ones by far seem to be the ones of the series What to Expect from the author Heidi Murkoff. The What to Expect books might not be visually satisfying compared to other ones which are full with colors […]
[kkstarratings]At the moment I am wondering how Erik is going to look like. During the first months, when we didn’t know the gender, it was hard to picture him as a “baby”. When we found out that he’s a boy, it was hard to imagine how he might look like. Most probably because we’re a […]
[kkstarratings] So I am pregnant. Heavily pregnant in fact. My due date is the 29th of July and every day now is bringing me closer to the moment that I am going to hold our son, Erik, in my arms. Some period like cramps and pains have already started so it shouldn’t take long till […]
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