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Another Day, Another Nanny

7/09/10 I know I can’t expect a 25-year-old Oxford-educated woman to be my babysitter forever, but is more than 4 months too much to ask? Apparently so. I knew that I could never get Baby Y into a state-sponsored day care group - the waiting lists...

02/28/2011 7 Comments:

When in Rome...

6/17/10 …. squeeze other people’s babies. I had always heard that the Italians LOVE children, but never having had an available child when I backpacked through in my early twenties, I was not able to experience the love first hand. Let me tell you...

02/28/2011 9 Comments:

The New Me

6/01/10 I like to complain. Not only is the water glass half empty, but I'm not even thirsty. Why are you pushing this water on me? And what, you couldn't pour me some more? Fortunately, my exile in Germany has given me lots to complain about. Whi...

02/28/2011 11 Comments:

Cinderella

5/20/10 Herr X’s big office party was on a Friday night. None of my usual dresses would do: Breastfeeding has turned my already ample bosom into something appropriate only at Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s house; certainly not suitable...

02/28/2011 8 Comments:

"Natural" Childbirth

5/10/10 Being first-time parents, Herr X and I took a childbirth class a few months prior to Baby Y's arrival. There is one woman here in Munich who has cornered the market on English-speaking classes — let's call her "Betty" — and almost every...

02/28/2011 0 Comments:

About me

Frau X, whose son was born in September 2009, is an International Mom of Mystery, an American attorney and journalist living in Germany. Her work has appeared in publications including Fodor’s and Playboy.com.

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