What is the Eierliegende Wollmilchsau of babywearing? Speakers of the language know all too well that the ridiculously long, daunting German words are a chimera of others, so the term Eierliegende Wollmilchsau comes as no surprise! It refers to an idealistic creature – part chicken, part sheep, part dairy cow, part pig – that provides all the essential German-loved, animal ... Read More
Even after loss… Mia san Mama
October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month and I feel a responsibility to share my own experience of loss with the LMBB community. LMBB shows amazing strength through solidarity: we share and embrace the challenges of our every day, expat, sometimes very hard, lives as mothers. Now is the time to show the mothers among us who have lost a baby that we are not alone ... Read More
Why the thing to wear in Munich is your baby
If you’re a new mom who has managed to maintain a social life as Munich reinvents itself into a hipster city, then you’ve seen the babywearers. You can find them shopping the Fußgängerzone, not giving a second thought to the gravel at Tollwood, and being careful not to drip barbeque sauce on their babies at street-food markets. Germany’s trend of carrying a baby instead of ... Read More