MN Little Italy 11

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Welcome , Ciao ,

oh interesting about your mum, i meant to say to franca.
it is clearly all about me, me, me!

nighty ragazze, a presto.

penthe although I am a big fan of graphic novel I was not familiar at all with this one. havent started it yet so cannot give you a personal opinion or expl but here it is

franca, yes, the KW one

Sleep breeds sleep, definitely.

Gagging? Well, she gagged for the first few weeks, but she doesn't any more at all. It's quite different from choking.

I did a first aid course, though, when she was a few months old, so that I would be able to deal with it if she really choked.

Maybe send your DP on a course, so he feels he knows what to do if necessary?

Ah that is interesting JB. My mother has always been a huge presencein my life. Too much. As a teen I wanted an absent mother. A cool one with a full time job, like my friends mothers. Teens are ungrateful, I suppose.

Oh Penthe, I have just read a short book: "Nessuno mai ci chiese. La vita del partigiano Armando Gasiani deportato a Mauthausen". A fantastic insight into the lives of contadini in Emilia during the war and a terrible account of the few months he spent in the concentration camp.

God, I can't keep up here, too much RL lately.

1. chuck the sleep books
2. leeks are really good in a flan, with eggs and white sauce/cream 3)yes children are beautiful and should be told. Has anyone noticed how much Italians use the word "bello/a"? "Nice" does not even come close, so I am sort of with Gio.
3. Im reading Woman on the Edge of Time and really enjoying it. Persepolis sounds interesting. By the time I have posted this you'll be discussing something else.

I am more obsessed, or I was a few years back with WW1. I read lots about both but for some reason that one touched me a lot. I want to go to flanders. I am sure I'll cry. when pg with dd1 I took dh to see a play about ww1 (don't remember the title now) and on the last scene when they get bombed out/in their trenches a sobbed for england. poor dd1 must have be deafened or terrified it was so loud. dh was .

do not remember my mum being anxious. donlt think she was. I think she made a conscious decision of not being because her parents were and she suffered. she always slept while I was out all night clubbing and let me do pretty much what I wanted. even got me a motorino.

re BLW I had to give in as dd2 is desperate to do everything herself. luckily is not pappine or mashy things so it's a case of a million cheerios on the floor, or chicken bits, carrots anything. never mind. she can even feed herself with a fork. on the other hand though her sister is constantly winging' mamma tu fai please'... she is a born queen.

Sputnik, how very dare you having a rl ?

Lol at chuck the sleep books. Have I ever told you of a very naive (ignorant) franca buying "the contented baby weaning book"? It was in 2002. I had a panic attack while reading it.

Hi Sputnik!

That sounds good. I should read more (anything! ) in Italian...

LOL @ franca & weaning book! LOL!!!

sputnik yes you are right even dh uses bellissimo/a a lot.

I read while bf and putting kds/myself to sleep. I get through quite a lot that way. Both my babies were enormous in the first 6 months because any excuse was good to go off and lie down and read for 40 minutes while feeding them!

and its converse: brutto - is widely used.

I read a book (can't remember title) which remarked on this Italian used of beautiful/ugly to cover so many aspects of life.

lol Sputnik, you know you can't have RL with MN!

nice talking to you all I'm off to bed. dd1 is talking on her sleep... hope she does nt wake up again.

btw dh and I forgot we were boiling some eggs so they boiled for a good hour ... can we eat them?

I read the whole "I love shopping" saga while breast feeding. Too sleep deprived to read anything else. And Minette Walters

Who wrote Numeri Primi? I am trying to find it, but there are a number of titles... Thank you!

I have also neglected MN a bit recently, in favour of fantasy-furnishing our new house here
It's addictive.

Yes, tis true about the use of brutto (usually for cattivo) and bello.

Notte, Pippi. Not sure about the eggs - crack one open and see!

guess all the potential bad bugs are definetly deceased then pippi!

Sputnik you are evil . Have I directed you already to the website of Living Etc?

Bruno Giordano? Do you want numeri primi? I can send it to you

Paint them pippi