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I have some friends that have worked in international schools around the world. Apparently the often come accross children with no "mother toungue" at all, who can't really communicate properly in any language. This is usually the result of parent with two different languages (not english), who communicate together in English and who live in a country that has yet another language. Country moves introduce different...

European school will only open to the general public in 2010 The CNED (distance learning) is for secondary school and high school levels so from 6ème (age 10 to 11?).

They have only one general doc who treat with kids, but she is in vocation till August. There are doctors in Vantaa and Espoo, but i cant go there. I have no any problems, just need an infant monthly check including weighting and also some vaccination issues.

All of the neuvola in every center have a scale available to weigh babies if you are worried about weight and growth. They don't ask if you go to that particular neuvola or not - you're allowed to use them.

That is what you are looking for, a private neuvola. In Itäkeskus, 3rd floor of Cityjätti. They serve in Finnish, Swedish and English.

RA wrote: Amandine.K wrote: Not impossible but it's better if you stick to one language when addressing your kid. She might be very confused as to when to talk to you in Danish or Vietnamese. Unless you do it in a structured way. Some previous posts on bilingualism had some good advice from Cory, use one language in a different setting... one language for when you're at home, one language when you're at another place etc. I...

We are not Australia, true, but sadly situation is getting worse here as well. And children deserve to be protected. As said, 2 year olds have no business being out in direct sunlight during summer. And protecting their eyes should be paramount, as their eyes are still clear so UVA and UVB enters it more easily. Long clothes should be worn at all times by very young children. Putting faith in sunlotion alone is foolish. Sun is not your enemy,...

Yes, it seems it is rather difficult to find a daycare somewhere inside Helsinki center area. We have been looking for a place for several months now. All the places they are either full or they do not take children under 3. For the public daycare in Helsinki, it seems there is not that much of a problem getting a place. The only problem is we live in Kirkkonummi, so we cannot really get any public daycare place in Helsinki. The solution we...

Much more difficult for me as I have 2 little tots and now use youtube for schooling and also for cultural history...

Thanks a lot for your inputs...and for the omashop link....they have a lot of good stuff...but I think they operate through online stores only...thanks once again