Beatriz and Jose’s house is gigantic.
Not in square meters, but in culture and color.
To enter their home is to breathe joy, love and art.
And Julieta, who is four and a half years old, is sick today!
Fortunately, her sister Martina, who is seven, is the hostess, explaining what her family and her life are like, with a mother who is dedicated to normalizing urban activities for families.
Beatriz Millán discovers urban treasures
For Martina and Julieta, it is common to go to an auditorium, participate in organized games, go to the theater or to museums.
Because, as Beatriz Millán defines herself on her website, her mommy is a “discoverer of family friendly places in Madrid”. 
Beatriz Millán writes her own blog and coordinates the Mammaproof Madrid website .
She tells us about it like this: BEATRIZ: It works in two directions: children have to get used to going to restaurants and museums, and society has to adapt to include them.
It is still a social act and this is learned at home and in society.
When someone says “forget about going out” when you have children, they are wrong.
When we discover an interesting space we learn social norms and there has to be an open mind.
All about my mother in the city
Beatriz is such an expert in normalizing urban culture for families that she was asked to write a book on the subject.
And boy, did she do it!
It’s called “A Mother in the City” (Ed.
Lundwerg, with illustrations by Vireta), and it is written with the clarity and closeness that characterizes this family, without sparing crudeness in the maternal story and all from personal experience, which in the end is the most credible. 
Martina shows us her library, arranged by color.
BEATRIZ: There are “instructive” books, by “gentlemen” who tell us how to raise, what we have to do with our bodies, with our children.
The publisher asked me for my vision of motherhood and that’s what I did. An unsweetened motherhood, but full of interests, culture and illusion… BEATRIZ: Maternity is hard.
The public health system “kicks you out” 48 hours after giving birth; there is no postpartum culture and the only thing we can do is look for support groups.
I did it and so I started to generate and belong to “my tribe” (from a group of “En Femenino” to “El parto es nuestro” or “Entre mamás”).
Even with the internet and virtual contact, there are stressed mothers who think: “I have to go out with the baby because the doctor told me to”….
Beatriz Millán has published the book “Una madre en la ciudad” ( Ed. Lundwerg), illustrated by Vireta.
More books, more letters, more illustrations
Sure, we should normalize having children, integrate them into our interests, live in a more organic way… Beatriz has even exploited her love for literature by specializing in one of her great passions: children’s literature.
She has transmitted a true love for books, letters and illustrations to Martina and Julieta.
Just look at her “library” sorted by colors!
It is a marvel that has opened incredible worlds to these girls.
Martina, determined and fun, explains what she wants to do when she grows up: 
MARTINA: I want to be a policeman, a gardener, a garbage collector to help the environment, a dancer, a scientist and a singer.
A blog is a diary and a walk is an adventure.
Jose and Beatriz have created a “very PLOM” family, with walks discovering beautiful places, with games and drawings of the girls and everyday moments of all kinds.
Julieta then interrupts to tell us that she has unearthed a dinosaur (obviously a toy one) and that she passes the tongs to her mother and helps her father to cook.
BEATRIZ: You don’t have to be doing things all the time.
I just write about our “discoveries” and walks, for me my blog is like my diary, but I don’t pretend to give clues to anyone about what they have to do…
When we ask Martina what she thinks of the museums, without hesitation she says: MARTINA: I don’t like them because you have to wait in line.
I would like to have an activity room, pictures that the children can paint, and some science and experiments…. Martina wants there to be a “Plom branch” in Madrid, but she doesn’t know it yet… 
At Martina and Juliet’ s house we find works by artists such as Ibie and Susie Hammer. Here we see “Leopard Party”, by Susie Hammer, a companion to the “Skating Leo” that you will find in our SHOP. Leading this post we see Martina with “Voltereta”, by Ibie, one of the posters from Plom Gallery’s Rock Collection.
An interview by Diana Aller exclusively for Plom Gallery. Photos Maria B. Brotons
