Esther lives in Amsterdam together with her husband and their 5 children. She previously lived in New York City, Brussels and London. She is an architect with a passion for interior design, but nowadays spends most of her time working on Babyccino. She's the author of the Dutch 'vriendenboek' and the internationally published '9 months' book (which she wrote together with Courtney). She loves horseriding and yoga and is fond of little creative projects such as cooking, drawing, sewing and baking. She also loves homemaking, as much as she likes to travel!

Courtney was raised on a tulip farm in the northwestern corner of America. She studied journalism in Chicago, started her career in Los Angeles and then moved to London with her future husband where they lived for 12 years and welcomed four children: two boys and two girls. Two years ago they sold their house, packed their bags and set off on a year-long travel adventure around the world. After falling in love with Australia on their travels, Courtney and her family decided to move to Byron Bay, Australia. She welcomed her fifth child, a baby boy, in March this year. 

Emilie is a freelance animation producer in proud possession of a French and an Irish passport… but it’s actually not that simple. She grew up in Germany and in the States, and then finally landed in London. Having lived there for 10 years, she moved over to Paris four years ago, where she lives with her two daughters. Paris has not been without its trials, but the whole family has gotten used to fresh croissants in the morning and dog poop on the pavement all day long!

Sergiu has worked with Babyccino since the very beginning! He was born in Moldova, he studied in Romania, and he then moved to NYC for work in 2001. He met his wife in New York and got married in 2006 before moving to Dutch Country, Pennsylvania. He now has two kids - a boy and a girl - and enjoys organic gardening, wildlife photography, nature, biking and hikes. 

Nina is a global citizen with a Malaysian passport. She lives with her Parisian husband and two daughters. 30 years ago, she left Kuala Lumpur alone to continue her education in England. Since then, she has lived in several cities in Europe and worked and travelled to over 40 countries in the world. Nina is a lawyer by training but a businesswoman at heart. She has worked in international business development namely in intellectual property licensing in technology and media for 20 years. Nina founded 2 start-ups, acts as an advisor to small companies and mentors female entrepreneurs.

She loves the energy of big metropoles like London, New York and Hong Kong – the melting pot of cultures. At home, in the city of Amsterdam, she loves entertaining and hosting dinner parties. However, she seeks solace in the countryside - nature is one of her teachers. Nina spends many weekends at her little country cottage, doing long walks in the forests with her family and making chutneys with seasonal fruits. She is also a self-taught ikebana florist, continuously learning from the internet.

On a quest for balance, Nina tries to live her life gently but adventurously. She also truly believes that in everyone, is a force of good!

Caroline is French but she left Paris 7 years ago and has been living with her husband and two daughters in London, Brussels and Amsterdam since then. She currently lives in New York. A former marketing girl turned graphic designer, she enjoys spending time trying new crafty activities with her daughters, baking, reading French magazines and cycling through her new city!

Zainab is a born and bred Londoner, as multicultural as the city itself. Half South-African, half Libyan, many summers were spent roaming the mother city of Cape Town and more recently with loved ones in Tripoli. Together with her Indian/Pakistani husband, they raise their two young children within an international family.

Originally a graphic designer, she worked for a publishing agency producing fashion campaigns, shoots and magazines. Retraining as a Montessori teacher saw her working in nurseries, then founding The Montessori Studio, where she writes, consults and runs workshops for parents and carers who want to do more for their little ones at home.

When not reading whatever she can get her hands on, she can be found picnicking in one of London’s parks with her favourite people.

Originally trained as a primary school teacher and having completed an MA in Education Vanessa has spent the last fifteen years travelling with her Dutch husband living and working in Africa, America and Europe. They have recently moved to Scotland where they live with their two girls, Helena and Florence. Vanessa loves spending her weekends visiting farmers markets, foraging in the woodlands with her family and cooking with her girls. She loves the smell of home baked cakes, a good pot of tea and fresh flowers in the house.

Lara lives in London after meeting her husband on her fourth day of a vacation. She uprooted and moved abroad for love. Having lived in seven cities, she spent the longest time rooted in NYC and she misses it greatly! Although she is a born and raised urban dweller she often escapes the concrete jungle for nature. She's trained as an artist, and has travelled extensively, working as a Creative Director for retail brands big and small. Travel, beautifully curated moments, flea markets finds, making good food, friends and especially family (her husband have a daughter and a new baby boy)...these are her loves!

Sydney was born and raised in South East London. She lived and studied in Paris before reading Classics at Newcastle University. Sydney returned to London and began a career in fashion with a renowned modelling agency before moving into Residential Property Management in Chelsea where she met her now husband.

Sydney and her husband were married in France in 2018 and have two daughters. When not travelling the world, she and her family enjoy life in her same part of London that Sydney called home as a girl, along with their two dogs.

Sydney is a creative, a lover of art, literature, music and nature, all of which she enjoys and shares with her girls. She is currently writing her first book.

Shannon spent her childhood in Vermont before moving to Maine for college and suburban New Jersey to start her career in publishing. Drawn in by New York's magnetic pull, she then lived in Manhattan for six years before decamping to Brooklyn with her husband and sweet cats in advance of her daughter's birth. Now a converted Brooklynite at heart, she's since had another baby (a boy!) and purchased a rambling old farmhouse beside the sea in Maine. She loves dining out, weekend baking projects, travel, and escaping to Maine as often as time allows.

An eclectic in many ways, Mariam grew up living between Chad and France. After many years in Arizona, she recently moved with her husband and daughter to the beautiful Black Forest region in Germany, where they are now leaning to speak German. A huge undertaking!

Mariam’s career path has led her to work in the tourism industry (in both the UK and the US), property management and in higher education. With her husband, they have been lucky to have many adventures around the world, usually backpacking. But after the birth of their daughter, the family decided to slow down, downsize and focus on having more experiences with their extended family, which is scattered between 3 continents. Mariam loves road trips, walks in nature and watching her daughter grow.

Born in the Netherlands, Nomi lives in the North West of England with her british husband and their three bilingual children. After a couple of turbulent years involving two emigrations, three house moves and lots of big life decisions they decided to settle back in Lancaster, where they live a simple life in their old Victorian nunnery, full of home baked bread, home grown produce, crafting, hens and nature walks in the nearby Lake District.

Nomi has a PhD in Psychology, particularly the psychology of language and used to be an academic researcher and lecturer but now mainly works as an artist and she writes, about herbalism among other things. She is passionate about living with the seasons, and loves baking and making, running, and fostering creativity in her children.

Bee is a twice-published author, an ex-microbiologist, and the brains behind the best biscuits in London. She’s also a plant-based baking expert and mother to a bouncy 2 year old called Joey.

Bee loves writing and sharing recipes, tips and hacks for delicious home bakes. Her passion is in showing how easy it is to substitute out, and bake amazing bakes without animal ingredients.

Outside of the kitchen, Bee loves nothing more than adventurous travelling with her family, and has travelled around the world with Joey and her partner Dan. Her favourite memory is a 5am stroll around a sleepy Hong Kong with a jetlagged Joey, fascinated by the dawn Tai Chi practices all around.

Lyndsay is from London but is currently living in Dubai with her husband and their two daughters. She originally studied architecture but decided to follow her real passion and retrained as a food developer and stylist. She loves to create and share beautiful and nutritious food that inspires others to eat well. She has an obsession with ceramics and candlelight and loves to spend time with her family and friends - mostly whilst cooking and eating good food!

Addie Ladner, a writer originally from the Mississippi Gulf Coast, now lives in Raleigh with her husband, three children, one dog, and a few too many house plants. She studied integrated communications at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama with a focus in public relations and journalism. She’s just as happy in her kitchen or garden as she is exploring both near and far with her family and has happily lived in the warm southern U.S. her entire life (she avoids cold weather at all costs.) She covers local artists, restaurants, and non-profits in and around her home city.

Lara was born in Hamburg, Germany and then raised in Paris where she studied to become a Graphic Designer. After living a few months here and there including Barcelona, Berlin and Southern Italy, she finally came back to Paris where she found love and a tiny apartment with a garden (right outside the city) at the same time. Four years later, the apartment was extended and her baby boy Oscar was born. Lara loves the beach at any season, candles and chimney fires, interior decorating, a hot cup of tea and of course Paris!!

Mari was born and raised just outside of Chicago and loved the hustle and bustle of city life. She moved to a small college town in a farming community for University with dreams of leaving immediately after graduation and traveling the world. Life had different plans. Mari met her husband shortly before graduating and began a love affair with the Midwest, living in several small towns in Illinois and Kansas, before finally settling back in Chicagoland shortly after the birth of their daughter.

Mari’s love of travel and exploring the world is still strong and she has been lucky enough to travel quite often, dragging her husband along for the ride. She looks forward to sharing her adventures with her daughter as well. In the meantime, she has learned to appreciate life at a slower pace and enjoys spending time with her family in their little oasis outside of the city, practicing yoga and growing her own herbs.

Originally born in Spain, Claudia spent her childhood moving every couple of years with her family until finally settling for a little longer to study product design at Central Saint Martins in London. Having lived in various countries, she found London to be a good home as she found the mixture of cultures she had grown up with all in one city! After working 8 years at Burberry, Claudia left in pursuit of her photography passion -- working with clients such as Prada, Conde Nast, Diageo and Monocle, as well as her zeal for photographing families, kids, food and weddings. Claudia moved to Barcelona after falling in love with a Frenchman with whom she is now married and has a wonderful little girl. She is expecting their second little bundle of joy in March 2017. 

Stephanie was born and raised in Zurich and Paris, but spent most of her childhood summers in California where her mother grew up. With each visit, she fell deeper in love with the state and moved to Los Angeles at a young age to study Interior Architecture. The indoor-outdoor lifestyle and mid-century modern movement inherent to Los Angeles was fascinating to her. She also fell in love with an architect, now husband, with whom she has two young children, a daughter and a son. Stephanie pursued her dream and founded her own Interior Design business the same year her first child was born. Two years later, shortly before her second child was born, she also launched her own children’s eco-fashion brand Hauptli Haus Kids. Stephanie loves being a mother and enjoys traveling with her children!

Kate is a half-British, half-Danish creative copywriter and brand consultant specialising in design, architecture and lifestyle. She lives in Copenhagen with her illustrator husband and their two sons, having moved there in summer 2016 in search of new challenges, a better work/life balance, a different kind of education for the boys and a waterside city environment that’s not too urban. Having started her career as a travel writer, she’s happy to be telling Babyccino readers and their families about the city she loves more than anywhere else. Outside of work she likes to sing, meditate, swim in the harbour, visit museums, listen to podcasts on her bike, watch her boys skate/scoot/skateboard and go for walks (and talks) with friends.