tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263424657289079822.post5093201245296738999..comments2007-10-18T20:56:10.302+02:00The Globetrotter Parenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08305801540206827722noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263424657289079822.post-65124982187619159192007-10-18T20:56:00.000+02:002007-10-18T20:56:00.000+02:00I just discovered your blog from a link on Mothering.com. I spent 3 months in Italy a few years ago and now am living in France. I love the bit about the italian women fawning over the babies - so true!Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167391793277099881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263424657289079822.post-40854320792594215492007-06-07T17:29:00.000+02:002007-06-07T17:29:00.000+02:00"Started solids at 16 weeks."<BR/><BR/>HA! That's hilarious. But true.Wabash Cannonballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02942868357283639564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263424657289079822.post-31932108674719014392007-06-06T10:12:00.000+02:002007-06-06T10:12:00.000+02:00I've just discovered your blogand I think I'll come back really soon !<BR/>I'm French and currently living in Paris but I'm leaving for Rome in two months... !<BR/>No child yet but what really aware of what you're saying aboutFrench and Italian behavours to children. Maybe all this is also related to the factthat France is having a real "baby boom" these last few years ?<BR/>See you very soon !Isabellehttp://lemondedisa.canalblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263424657289079822.post-81254069828560223282007-06-03T10:58:00.000+02:002007-06-03T10:58:00.000+02:00I just discovered your blog! So interesting. I also live in Rome and we are planning to try to start a family in the next year or so. Reading your blog is like doing research for me.<BR/><BR/>I went to Paris for a long weekend in January and was struck my how many kids (as well as kid's clothes stores, bookstores, toystores) there are there. Italy has a very low birthrate compared to France and maybe lack of kid friendliness in the reason.Kataromahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978496810226430712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263424657289079822.post-40130629067751944512007-05-31T14:20:00.000+02:002007-05-31T14:20:00.000+02:00And in Germany: very little public daycare (you're a BAD mother if you don't raise your own child or find a grandparent to help you); lots of snacks from strangers to kids but often healthy-ish ones (bread at the bakery, salami at the butcher, organic biscuit at the bio shop); very few comments in the streets but sideways glances either admiring or not depending on the child's behaviour; fantastic, age-appropriate playgrounds and parks; a huge array of stunning wooden toys plus the usual Toys R Us plastic; a tolerance of children in restaurants, where they are usually high chairs. I'd say Germany is pretty child-friendly, and tolerant, but is less parent-friendly. Working fulltime is VERY difficult for women once they have kids, which is why so many women have chosen not to.<BR/><BR/>Love your blog, by the way!Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14976147051582732043noreply@blogger.com