Heidi lives with me in Schijndel. I really only know Heidi by face. Her children go to school with my daughter and I have seen her (a long time ago) somewhere around school. Recently I was told through the news that Heidi is ill. Chronically ill. She is of course not alone in this, but her story gri

oops. Last week, my always-oh-so-sweet-but-sometimes-thoughtless-husband kicked my soul a little. I was complaining that the pounds just dont want to come off. He shouted:Well, then you have to exercise more and eat less, huh † Ouch. Of course hes right, I get that. But it would be so nice if at a

Help, my toddler wont eat † I hear it so much around me! For all parents who, like me, are crazy about endless discussions at the table, pricked in the air instead of in the vegetables, unnecessarily long after-dinner and unnecessarily throwing away food leftovers, we introduce:THE STRIPPENKAART. Id

For almost all women it is the most normal thing in the world:their period. Your grandmother had her period. And your mother, aunts, neighbor, and so on. Deadly normal, you might say. So do we need a book about menstruation? According to Saskia van Ommen, author of the book How do I survive my perio

When do you give your child a first childrens pillow and what kind of childrens pillow do you choose? Noud is almost three and recently also wanted a pillow. With mom and dad in bed, thats one of the things he appropriates for himself, because its so comfortable. But what kind of pillow are you look

Franziska responded to my article I wrote about moving more and eating less. She is completely enthusiastic about her fitness hoop, which is why I asked her about her experiences. With the fitness hoop and with weight loss in general. You can read her story below. Table of Contents Franziska los

And then suddenly youre at the bottom of the slope and you cant get up. This is how my holiday with friends ended last weekend. Torn anterior cruciate ligament is the diagnosis, and my outer knee ligament. At least… as far as Ive been able to understand because my German isnt that spectacular. And t

Drinking packets... they are so handy, ideal for on the road, a day at the amusement park or just nice for school! Are you also not bothered by leaking drinking cups, wet bags and sad children. The packs of drinks in the store look quite attractive. Those sweet little eyes of the children immediatel

Because the real pink cloud is quite rare, says Quintra Rijnders. Quintra describes in her book The black cloud very aptly how she slipped into a postpartum depression, experienced this and how she comes back on top. A fierce topic that unfortunately still remains a taboo to this day. Table of con

My perception of time has changed completely over the years and not in a positive way. Time flies by nowadays. You probably recognize it. The days fly into weeks, the weeks fly into months and before you know it you are ten/twenty years older and three children further… Table of contents A few

Emotions are running high online. The reason? A column by a lady (the column has since been removed) who advises against vaccinating children. On top of that, a column on Vrouw.nl from a mother who became white-hot because her baby son almost died due to a measles infection of an unvaccinated child.

As a mother you have a lot of balls to keep in the air. Theres a good chance that if I ask you to think of three now, that sex life isnt even among them. Maybe that will also go great and you have absolutely nothing to complain about, absolutely beautiful! But if things arent going so well, you can

I can almost remember it like it was yesterday. The moment I knocked on my parents door because I wanted to go on the pill. I still lived at home, I was not the easiest teenager, and I thought I should always make everything negotiable. Also the fact that I wanted to go on the pill because I was tir

Im tired of all this whining about superfood. Everywhere you go you will be thrown to death with it. The craze has lasted long enough as far as Im concerned. Whats so great about superfood, arent we going a little overboard? Superfood is a collective name for a range of edible plants and fruits th

“To bed, to bed” said Thumbs up… “. First I want to fold laundry, check and answer e-mails, prepare lunch boxes and a lot more of that sort of thing” said likkepot. Recognizable? Then it is probably also recognizable to you that you are not always well rested in the morning. The best bedtimes for ch

Tagging in the blogger world has become quite a concept. I dont have to explain what a tag means to bloggers, but maybe I do for my other readers. Hereby. A bloggers tag is a kind of topic about which several questions have been made up. This tag can be copied by a blogger on his or her own blog, st

The Netherlands is known for many things, but not really for its culinary delights. Foreigners are often amazed by our eating habits and occasionally wonder how we can stay healthy at all. Fries with mayonnaise, for example, have been known since Pulp Fiction. Herring and licorice are also the bigge

There is a loud moan from under the covers. No moaning of pleasure. It sounds more like someone is having a baby. A man, that is. What can I say, giving birth? I think the gentleman is dying there. And then I immediately know what time it is. Hubby has the flu. What do you do when you catch the flu?

An accident is in a small corner. Also in traffic. You know that, if youve ever been in an accident. It could have happened like that. Also through no fault of your own. Last year there were 629 fatalities in traffic. The vast majority of them are cyclists. But also striking:there are also more wome

Personally I dont like the labels very much, but sometimes you cant get out of it. Does your child have or does not have ADHD is such a label, for example. Sometimes its fine not to have to name it exactly. But if the ADHD characteristics are clearly present and the child is really suffering from it