Author: Irene Caselli

My one-year review of myself

Posted on 09/15/202002/04/2021 by Irene Caselli

Let me tell you a secret about a rather useless skill I have: I have an incredible memory for people’s

Greek cicadas and children: a lesson on listening

Posted on 09/08/202002/04/2021 by Irene Caselli

Tzitzitzitzitzitzi Tzi Tzi Tzi Tzi Tzi Tzi The continuous sound of cicadas invades my ears. It goes on and on.

Lost in motherhood

Posted on 09/01/202002/04/2021 by Irene Caselli

I’m just back from my two-week staycation, during which I ate well, tried to exercise regularly, and dreamt a lot.

Sometimes when you lose a person, you get lost too

Posted on 08/11/202002/04/2021 by Irene Caselli

The truth of today’s newsletter is that I was writing about someone dear to me who died last month. But

Due to patriarchy …

Posted on 08/04/202002/04/2021 by Irene Caselli

This week, I’m exhausted. I could blame it on the summer heat, or on my son’s sleepless night because he’s

Why do we decide to have, or not have, children?

Posted on 07/28/202002/04/2021 by Irene Caselli

In a time that now seems incredibly far away, a time that my colleague OluTimehin Adegbeye calls 2020 BC (before

Human milk is amazing. I’m on a mission to find out more about it

Posted on 07/21/202006/03/2022 by Irene Caselli

I’m writing this in my head as I breastfeed my son to sleep – hoping that I will remember these words

Human milk is the first intelligent superfood. We need to know the science of this medicinal marvel

Posted on 07/17/202006/03/2022 by Irene Caselli

From added insulation on cold days to extra antibodies during illness, breast milk is customised for every baby. If science will just tell us how, we could argue less about formula and breast pumps.

Our actions matter, even if we don’t remember them

Posted on 07/14/202010/20/2021 by Irene Caselli

A few nights ago, my son Lorenzo woke up in the middle of the night. He stood up in bed

If you look, you see the first 1,000 days everywhere

Posted on 06/30/202002/05/2021 by Irene Caselli

I’ve been thinking a lot about food these days. Food in liquid form, such as breast milk, the magic potion