27
May
2016
by Joel Chng
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Being a Hands-On Father
I used to wonder aloud, “How come there is Mothercare (retailer which specialises in products for children and expectant mothers) but no Fathercare?” Times have changed and fathers now play an active role in the upbringing of their children. My son Ezra is almost nine…
24
October
2013
by Kelvin
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Dads and Breastfeeding
Would it surprise you to know that the single most important factor in a new mum’s success with breastfeeding is the support she gets from her husband? After all, when it comes to breastfeeding the science is clear – there is absolutely nothing better than…
31
March
2012
by Yi Lin
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Weaning
Weaning. There’s so much to say about it. Now, where do I start? It’s tempting to launch straight into a laundry list of food that Coco is eating but before that, let’s talk about TIMING. TIMING (I know, it’s not the most creative of sub-titles…
24
September
2011
by Mandy
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Back to work…all too soon!!!
BIIIIIG SIIIIIIIGHHHHHHHH…my maternity leave has ended! 🙁 How on God’s green earth did 16 weeks fly by so quickly??!? On Wednesday, 21 September 2011, I was officially back at work. I was supposed to have been back on Monday, but decided to take 2 days…
20
August
2010
by Jaime Teo
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Choices (Part 2)
Continuing from my previous post, I was patting myself on the back on how good a job I was doing with nursing Renee. We managed to go on a holiday, she is growing healthily (in fact, the paediatrician says that at 7kgs for a 4 month old,…
19
August
2010
by Jaime Teo
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Choices (Part 1)
Life is full of choices. There’s the daily “rice or noodles, fish or chicken?” variety, and there’s the mid-term “this job or that job?”, and since we are on maybebaby.sg, there’s the permanent “have baby or not, one baby or two?” sort. I realised recently…