2 thumbs & a dummy

When we found out we were pregnant with Arianna, I went all out and read books and articles on various options on births. From homebirths [assisted and unassisted[, water births to natural births [with and without drugs], having doulas and midwives to assists, and of course, caesarean as well. Everything was considered and we talked [...]

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Have you heard this song before? Call me a dumbo but incidentally, that is where this song is taken from. Yup, it’s one of the songs from Dumbo, the Flying Elephant. I never really watched this cartoon because I don’t like those really sad ones which make you cry despite it having a happy ending. [...]

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Read about the story of a pregnant man? Well, he has safely delivered their baby girl, Susan Juliette [sweet little thing!] and apparently is now in his first trimester with baby #2! Well, talk about not wanting to wait for a bit. On one hand, I’m glad that this is possible for him though you’d [...]

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Some backdated posts will be on from now on. This was written on 9/9/2008. Due to some family issues, we decided to tell the family about Pacman and not wait until I was 12 weeks on as planned. I had told my mum on Saturday and she was excited about it but the first question [...]

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About a few days before our anniversary and Arianna’s 1st birthday, Ted started teasing me about being pregnant. I don’t know what got into him but he’s been at it non-stop. So I told him that although I’m off by a few days, the carnage [That's what he calls my period.] will come because I [...]

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Yup, toddler aerobics is the new in thing in Australia these days. Apparently, kids these days are getting more and more overweight, and the schools are now trying to get an exercise program going for school children. Kids as young as preschoolers are being targeted for this compulsory exercise regime which I think can’t be [...]

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A few weeks ago, a well-known local artist Bill Henson had to have his exhibition put on hold because he had shots of underage girls posing nude for his show. It caused an uproar in both the art world as well as amongst parents because of what was involved. Art lovers stood firmly by him saying [...]

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I just wanted to share these collages I made for my weekly Photo Hunter. It’s just all for fun and it does help to fill up the gaps in between those times when I have nothing to blog about. Actually, I think some of you might actually enjoy it and especially Aida since she got [...]

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The one thing that I absolutely love about most department stores here is that they really love giving out free samples of various baby items from shower baths to nappies to laudry detergent which are especially designed for bubs – the for sensitive skin kind. Ever since Arianna was born, I get a voucher in the [...]

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I’m curious as to why people here are so crazy over getting a tan. Despite so many advertisements and warnings about suntanning, people still do it. Recently, Claire Oliver died of a form of skin cancer called melanoma which she got from getting Solarium treatments. This is the current fake tans being offered in many [...]

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