The tv’s turned on in the house again. Nope, I’m still the nazi mother that I am with the tv ban on regular tv programming. It’s now switched on for a different reason. A dear friend blessed us with an Xbox 360 Kinect and…
I entered the year 2012 with an additional 26 kilos and waddling like a penguin in the last trimester of my third pregnancy. I was worn out and beyond exhausted, and worst of all, extremely apprehensive as I tried hard to imagine what life…
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Learning about moving air – Blow Wind Blow Lollibox product review
December has been such a busy month. There was shopping to do, errands to run, a road trip to prepare for, and the lethargy that followed to unwind from. I’ve been meaning to try the activities in the LolliBox which was couriered over to…
Milestones and growing up Parenting 101 Re: learning and child training The Kao Kids What to Expect... As a Mother
Fighting sleep at naptime: Kids 1, Mama 0
All three kids got to skip school after the Christmas holiday, just so I can have a taste of what my life would be like come next year March. Actually, it’s because Nat has conjunctivitis (again!) and I had grand plans to read and…
We took a road trip up north this long weekend. Days before leaving for Desaru, the kids were like, “Are we going? Are we going yet? Are we?”; on the two hour car trip there, they were quizzing every waking minute, “Are we there…
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“Hey baby, I think I wanna marry you”
Maybe because he’s been to a couple of weddings and is beginning to understand the concept of a family. He’s seen and heard a few of our close friends exchange vows and knows a wedding takes place with someone you love and want to…
When the kids were younger, they clung on to me like koala babies whenever we’re at parties. They were shy, extremely wary of people who said hi to them and terrified of those in funny costumes twisting and shaping balloons. Now that they are…
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Mealtime woes: an update
So far, I’ve made some crabs, two snowmen and even a frazzled mother (that is me, yelling “PLEASE EAT!”). I’ve even attempted to make a stegosaurus with macaroni to join my son in his dino craze this month. Have we made any progress? Ben is…
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iChew [Product review + a discount code]
The vast majority of babies sprout their first teeth between 4 and 7 months of age. Baby Nat had his first bottom middle at 6 months. Now, at 9 months, he has 6 teeth – the bottom two middle teeth, top two middle ones…
Becks Kao Milestones and growing up Parenting 101 Re: learning and child training What to Expect... As a Mother
Mama’s not ready for toilet training even if you are
When you have one kid that constantly needs to be engaged, one kid that is always engrossed and one kid that’s perpetually putting things in the mouth ranging from dirt to plastic bottle caps (and more recently fir leaves from our Christmas tree), you can…