Toddler nursing, tandem nursing and nursing while pregnant (Part 2)
Piglet’s 35 months now and still nursing. It’s a special time on the whole, but it does have its hairy moments. I don’t love nursing when it involves sleep deprivation, as it inevitably does in my...
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Looking back, laughing
I’ve been busy with a long list of projects before our littlest one arrives in 4 weeks. Tonight I’ve decided to sit back, talk a little extra to the one in utero and reminisce. I went through some old...
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Last week everyone took it in turns to fall sick. It was one of the hardest periods of this pregnancy and I am so glad we are all mostly out of it. I still have a bad cough but that’s nothing compared...
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Roo
Roo was born in the wee hours of a Monday morning last December. It’s been seven weeks. I’ve been caught up, enthralled, my lap full – cherishing every moment with her, with her siblings, doing what...
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Retained placenta!
I suspected something was wrong when I started bleeding more at 6 weeks post partum. All my post partum experiences before Roo had been uneventful with lochia diminishing gradually and disappearing...
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Kefir
Kefir has become a staple drink in our family. I was first introduced to milk kefir last August by a dear friend who passed me some of her milk kefir grains. She showed me how to brew the kefir and...
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Play dough fun
Play dough is one of the absolute must-haves in any toddler’s or preschooler’s play kit. Today I decided it was high time I whipped up a new batch of play dough as our last batch had gone mouldy. We...
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Sling it, wing it
I love my new sling. The fabric is perfect for hot, tropical weather and the bright print reflects the beauty of traditional culture which I love. This sling was given to me by a dear Indonesian friend...
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Afternoon Quiet Time
An important part of our day at home is Quiet Time. Quiet Time is when everyone retreats from each other and the activities of the day to spend half an hour alone. There is only two criteria – a quiet...
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“Mama, my friend rides on a motorbike to school … without a helmet.” Lamb looked worried. He had every reason to be. For some months, Sweet Man and I had been discussing the pros and cons of transport...
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The joys of four
The children are in bed and I sit in the dark, listening to their breathing, slow and regular. It’s 9.15pm but it feels like midnight. Overhead, the ceiling fan whizzes at top speed. We’re also using...
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10 Things for Your Survival Kit: A Letter to My Toddler
Dear Piglet, You are Two. There is a term for this age, the “Terrible Two’s”. Please don’t be shocked at the name. It’s easy to be misunderstood. You’re investigating new frontiers. Charting new...
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Review: Using Jolly Phonics at home
Piglet enjoying Jolly Phonics at 3.1yo A number of readers have asked me about materials I use to teach our children how to read, particularly Jolly Phonics, so I figured it’s time for a series of...
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Roo: 5 months
My sweet Roo, Every now and again, ever so often, I gaze at you and wonder – when did you get this big? Soon, you’ll have your first taste of solid food. Has it really been five months? I have spent...
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The rat
Since my last post, we’ve been busy with traveling, the mid-year spring clean (I’m allergic to dust that’s why) and kicking back over two and a half weeks of school holidays. Now I don’t even know...
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Focus on the Family Malaysia: Mother & Son Connection event
Recently I have been pondering about the time we spend with our children. We spend a lot. Apart from the older two being away at school for a few hours and a couple of hours with...
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Focus on the Family: Father & Daughter Brunch Date
Focus on the Family Malaysia is organising a Father & Daughter Brunch Date as a special day for fathers and daughters to spend time together over a meal – one to one. This unique bonding event is...
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Sensory play at our place
One of the things I gradually discovered as a new Mama is the joy (and to be honest, the horrors) of sensory play (also known as messy play). This kind of play is so important for young children,...
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Motherhood on hard days
She struggles in her cot. I lean in for the third time in two hours, bent, exhausted. Roo simply can’t settle and I think of the half teaspoon of banana she’s sampled for the first time. The rattling...
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DoktorBudak at Urban Mom 2014
DoktorBudak.com is the first and biggest collaboration on a voluntary basis by medical experts in Malaysia providing free non-emergency health advice online to parents. The website was founded by two...
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