lauranen: Laura is a 26-year-old Finnish mother living in Edinburgh, Scotland with her Irish partner and their son Lukas, who was born in December 2005. She is currently self-employed and working from home, looking after Lukas as well as managing several recreational online projects.

Lukas started having solids at 6 months, and his feeding has been baby-led from the start. He is also breastfed frequently, also during the night while sharing sleep with his parents. Apart from a 2-week stint of spoonfeeding around 7 months, he has successfully been feeding himself finger foods. He still occasionally has porridges and soups with a spoon, but is anxiously waiting to take over the spoon-handling in the following few weeks.

Laura is a member of the Yahoo B-LW group. Her other interests include literary fiction, poetry, theatre, languages, cooking, healthy eating, knitting, various genres of popular music, traveling, stand-up comedy, indie cinema, board games, modern & jazz dance, hip hop, street art, photography, rugby union, F1's, alternative medicine, recycling, freecycling, web design, Ireland, photography and current affairs.
She dislikes unfamiliar dogs, talking to strangers, daytime television and steep staircases.

This site is developed and maintained on voluntary basis. If you would like to help to contribute as a writer, please get in touch by email, lauranen at gmail dot com.