Parentalité
The Dutch maternity system is built on a simple idea: birth is healthy until proven otherwise. Independent midwives lead low-risk care, home birth is a normal choice, and after the baby arrives a kraamzorg maternity nurse comes to your home for days — cooking, teaching, watching, reassuring. It is not perfect, and the home birth rate has fallen, but as a model of humane, mother-centred care it remains one of the best examples in the world.
8 min de lecture · Sept 2026
Vie durable
Most cleaning cupboards are full of promises and half-hidden chemistry. We searched for a fully natural line that still gets the job done — and found Sonett.
5 min de lecture · Sept 2026
Café durable
A practical checklist for anyone building a roastery: green coffee, grinder, cupping bowls, sustainable bags and the quiet tools that turn a first roast into a repeatable craft.
5 min de lecture · Sept 2026
Parentalité
Enemas before birth, caesareans without a medical reason, medication to stop milk, early formula and supply, and why night breastfeeding really is harder. What each practice is, why people choose it, and where the criticism deserves to be questioned.
14 min read · Août 2026
Parentalité
One pair of oversized merino men's sweatpants from John Merino in Amsterdam, worn from early pregnancy through a year of motherhood, worn into holes, and then repaired with a patch made from barely-worn baby trousers. A small story about circular clothing, repair, and what motherhood actually does to a body and a mind.
6 min de lecture · Août 2026
Parentalité
Haemorrhoids after pregnancy and birth are common, temporary and rarely discussed. What they are, why pushing invites them, and the remedies worth keeping in the drawer — eucalyptus cream and the Dutch classic, Curanol.
9 min de lecture · Août 2026
Café durable
Why a bag of specialty coffee costs several times a supermarket one — picking, altitude, yield, processing, and the difference between fair trade certification and the way specialty coffee is actually traded.
8 min de lecture · Août 2026
Café durable
There are only four real ways to take caffeine out of coffee, and only a few dozen plants in the world that do it. Here is the index of methods, an honest chemical-versus-not assessment, and a directory of the known facilities by region.
14 min read · Août 2026
Parentalité
Breast milk changes by the hour, by the day, and by whether the baby is ill. Night milk is not day milk. Milk fed to a sick baby is not the milk from a week before. Here is what is actually happening, and why pumping cannot reproduce it.
9 min de lecture · Août 2026
Parentalité
Un avis personnel sur des vêtements d'allaitement qui ne reposent pas sur des fermetures éclair, avec une recommandation pour Latte Mamiato à Anvers.
5 min de lecture · Août 2026
Habitudes & Mode de vie
Not a cure-all, but the closest thing I have found to nudging the body back online — and a quiet recommendation for Gil Ton at AcuMed in Amsterdam.
4 min read · Août 2026
Vie durable
Ce dont les produits menstruels sont réellement composés, ce que les preuves scientifiques montrent et ne montrent pas, et l'équipement en coton lavable que nous recommanderions à quiconque part de zéro.
8 min de lecture · Août 2026
Alimentation & Boissons
Le brassage sans alcool a cessé d'être un compromis il y a environ cinq ans. Un bref guide sur ce qui s'est réellement amélioré, la manière de lire une étiquette 0,0 et la boutique néerlandaise où nous commandons.
6 min de lecture · Août 2026
Vie durable
La plupart des matelas vendus aujourd'hui sont en mousse pétrochimique. Voici ce que disent les faits sur les émissions, la chaleur, la durabilité et la fin de vie — et trois fabricants travaillant exclusivement à partir de fibres végétales et animales.
11 min de lecture · Août 2026
Alimentation & Boissons
Petites boîtes, récoltes identifiées, boutiques qui répondent aux questions. Un guide pratique pour acheter du matcha en Europe sans gaspiller d'argent ni de thé.
6 min de lecture · Août 2026
Alimentation & Boissons
Moisissures contre filaments de levure, cuvées de vinaigre, départs en vacances et moment d'arrêter. La partie que personne n'écrit parce qu'elle n'est pas photogénique.
6 min de lecture · Août 2026
Alimentation & Boissons
Un chasen, un bol large, un tamis et une eau à la bonne température et à la bonne dureté. Ce qu'il faut acheter, ce qu'il faut éviter et comment préserver son fouet.
6 min de lecture · Août 2026
Vie durable
Sluishuis est l'un des bâtiments durables les plus photographiés d'Amsterdam. Nous l'examinons à travers quatre prismes — matériaux, déchets et réparation, énergie, éthique — puis nous posons la question la plus difficile : quel effet cela fait-il d'y vivre ?
9 min de lecture · Août 2026
Alimentation & Boissons
Most bad matcha is not bad matcha — it is good powder treated like instant coffee. Grade, water temperature, sieving and whisk technique, explained.
6 min de lecture · Août 2026
Alimentation & Boissons
Kombucha is sweet tea fermented by a bacterial and yeast culture. The method is simple; the failure modes are where the learning is.
8 min de lecture · Août 2026
Alimentation & Boissons
Kefir asks less of you than any other ferment: milk, grains, a jar, a strainer, one minute a day. Here is how to keep it alive and tasting good.
5 min de lecture · Août 2026
Alimentation & Boissons
A starter is flour and water. A loaf is four ingredients and a schedule. Everything else people tell you about sourdough is decoration.
9 min de lecture · Août 2026
Alimentation & Boissons
Two to five days sealed, 10–20% flavouring, and a plastic test bottle. How to get fizz without shrapnel, and how to reuse bottles safely.
7 min de lecture · Août 2026
Alimentation & Boissons
Grades are marketing. Harvest date, origin, cultivar and milling are the facts that predict the cup. How to read a tin, and what silence on a label means.
7 min de lecture · Août 2026
Alimentation & Boissons
A 3-litre jar, swing-top bottles, loose tea and plain white sugar. The kit is trivial; the sourcing questions are not.
7 min de lecture · Août 2026
Alimentation & Boissons
Before the jar: what the SCOBY is, what the two ferments each do, and the small number of facts that make everything else make sense.
6 min de lecture · Août 2026
Alimentation & Boissons
Before method, before gear: what separates matcha from green tea ground up, and why shade, steaming and stone milling change the cup.
6 min de lecture · Août 2026
Frogwise
Sept critères, appliqués de la même façon à chaque fois, publiés dans leur intégralité pour que vous puissiez ne pas être d'accord avec nous.
6 min de lecture · Juil. 2026
Parentalité
Mousse, latex, ressorts et certifications — une analyse factuelle des données sur ce sur quoi dort votre enfant dix heures par nuit.
8 min de lecture · Juil. 2026
Café durable
Compostable ne veut pas dire qu'il se composte dans votre jardin. Un guide pratique pour les torréfacteurs qui choisissent un sachet.
7 min de lecture · Juil. 2026
Café durable
Ce que le passage du gaz à l'électricité change réellement pour votre consommation d'énergie, vos profils et vos coûts.
5 min de lecture · Juil. 2026
Vie durable
Limites de COV, peintures minérales et pourquoi l'odeur d'une pièce fraîchement peinte est une information.
6 min de lecture · Juil. 2026
Vie durable
Douze semaines de lessive familiale ordinaire, un même ensemble de taches, et un examen de chaque liste d'ingrédients.
9 min de lecture · Juil. 2026
Parentalité
Qu'est-ce que la naissance Lotus ? La naissance Lotus — également appelée non-section du cordon ombilical — est la pratique consistant à laisser le cordon ombilical intact après l'accouchement, permettant au bébé de rester relié au placenta jusqu'à ce que le cordon naturellement…
7 min de lecture · Mai 2025
Parentalité
Comment j'ai découvert l'accouchement sans douleur & 2 courts récits de naissance Tout le monde autour de moi semblait convaincu que l'accouchement allait ressembler à un marathon… en feu. J'ai hoché la tête poliment, mais dans ma tête je me disais : Il y a sûrement un…
5 min de lecture · Avr. 2025
Parentalité
Home birth—the decision to deliver a baby in the comfort of your own home—is experiencing a quiet resurgence. While still relatively uncommon in many countries, the Netherlands offers a shining example of how this…
4 min read · Avr. 2025
Parentalité
🌸 Top Books for a Beautiful Birth & Empowered Postpartum Journey Whether you're preparing for your first birth or looking to enrich your knowledge for a more empowered experience, diving into the right resources can…
2 min read · Avr. 2025
Parentalité
The most natural way for labor to start is when a woman’s body decides the time has come. A surge of hormones sets contractions in motion, pain is eased by the body’s own chemistry, and birth begins in its own rhythm.…
4 min read · Avr. 2025
Parentalité
Childbirth is universal, but it hasn’t always looked the same. Across centuries, continents, and cultures, birth has evolved—shaped by beliefs, tools, traditions, and power. Here’s a brief walk through the history of…
4 min read · Avr. 2025
Parentalité
Recently someone told me that since labour carries the meaning of hard work, birth must be a hard work. In English ... however, birth goes beyond language. So I was curious what does labour translate into in other…
3 min read · Avr. 2025
Parentalité
A German-Engineer-Dad Compatible Guide to the Chaos of Tiny Humans Who Just Discovered They Have Opinions. Part IV of the Manual for Julian.
2 min read · Feb 2025
Parentalité
The first night, the foggy days, milk, cramps, nappies, the witching hour and the first tooth — the newborn half of the manual, on its own.
7 min de lecture · Feb 2025
Parentalité
A German-Engineer-Dad-Friendly Field Guide to birth itself: contractions, the placenta, the water, the hospital, and the case for staying home.
8 min de lecture · Feb 2025
Parentalité
The edition that was promised: the nine months before the birth, written for a father who wants to know what is actually happening and what he can usefully do about it.
9 min de lecture · Feb 2025
Parentalité
💡 The Magic of Shared Resources As a start, I’d like to say—I’m a huge fan of the sharing economy in many cases. Sharing resources helps us consume less and build stronger communities , since trust and care are at the…
4 min read · Nov 2024
Parentalité
How to Thrive (Not Just Survive) Pregnancy isn’t just about growing a tiny human — it’s about discovering your instincts, your power, and maybe even your sass. Yes, there will be nausea, aches, and mood swings. But it’s…
3 min read · Nov 2024
Parentalité
👶 So What Happens After the Baby Comes? One big change: I connected deeply to my other mom friends. There is so much uniting in the experience. And no matter my attempts to keep connected to the non-mom friends too,…
3 min read · Oct 2024
Parentalité
Potty Training: A Process, Not a Sprint Potty training is one of those developmental milestones that comes wrapped in expectation, trial, and the occasional puddle on the floor. Contrary to the modern Dutch trend of…
3 min read · Sept 2024
Parentalité
Why Barefoot Shoes Are the Best Thing for Kids' Feet Picture this: a toddler sprinting across the grass, toes splaying, feet flexing, every step a perfect little dance of freedom. That’s what barefoot shoes were made…
3 min read · Sept 2024
Parentalité
Why Time Abroad Sets the Scene for Creation A spermatozoid, an egg, and a frog walk into a resort… There’s a saying that surfaces with a wink and a cocktail in hand: “Babies are made best on vacation.” And if life is…
2 min read · Aug 2024
Parentalité
Watching a baby discover the world is one of the most magical parts of parenthood — especially seeing their vision sharpen month by month. But what can a baby actually see in those early days? and how can they interact?…
4 min read · Aug 2024
Vie durable
Gut Health, and Colics For centuries, kombucha — a naturally fermented tea — has been celebrated for its tangy flavor and probiotic benefits. In recent years, science has begun to uncover how the living cultures in…
6 min de lecture · Aug 2024
Café durable
Gorgées irrésistibles pendant la grossesse & l'allaitement Le café vous manque, mais vous souhaitez conserver ce rituel chaleureux ou vous êtes tout à fait prête à le remplacer ? Ces lattes de rêve sont réconfortants, sûrs et satisfaisants pendant la grossesse et le post-partum. Chacun…
1 min de lecture · Juin 2024
Parentalité
Strava is on running mode. Yet, when I try to run, I have to support my boobs with both hands. They’re in the active breast milk production stage. So, I’m mostly walking. Right now, I'm even squatting to write. If…
3 min read · May 2024
Parentalité
Drip, drip, drip… Strange. I'm a bit too far from the sea. The waves can't be sprinkling me from there. Yet there is definitely something wet. Mystery. Maybe she peed on me. Maybe she is peeing on me. Ah well—natural…
1 min de lecture · Apr 2024
Parentalité
Happy Cow, Happy Baby Have you ever been asked the question: “Why are you breastfeeding, don’t you feel like a cow?” I was asked. It was a strange question as I never considered it to be a cow-like thing. Now I have…
3 min read · Mar 2024
Parentalité
The fourth month… after the birth is a tricky one. The “fourth trimester” is over. The baby is bigger now. Smiley. Probably deliciously chubby. The constant adrenaline rush to keep them alive is fading. Still there in…
1 min de lecture · Jan 2024
Parentalité
Because the frog is there—at the edge of water, at the edge of life. From Egyptian goddess midwives to Indigenous birthing songs, frogs carry the stories of birth, change, and becoming. This blog follows their path,…
2 min read · Jan 2024
Parentalité
The Secret Behind Our Happy Baby: A Peek Into Parenting People often say, "You have such a happy baby!" But no one’s ever asked why ... until now. So, I’m embarking on a journey to explore the factors that contribute to…
1 min de lecture · Dec 2023
Parentalité
Take Your Time: The Power of Slowing Down "Take your time" – we hear this so rarely nowadays. Other words like stress resistance, fast pace, and efficiency dominate in the modern world. But do they actually make us more…
1 min de lecture · Sept 2023
