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Book Review: Little Earthquakes

June 27, 2009

I’m not really a chick-lit fan, but when this book came up on offer in our reading group, something about it clicked with me and I decided to give it a try.  Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner is about four new moms adjusting to life with newborns.
I loved that the moms were dedicated to breastfeeding and […]

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Book Review – Maybe One

June 3, 2009

Being an only child requires patience. There’s a lot of explaining about not having siblings, and about whether that was “strange” and about how Disneyland might have been more fun with a sibling but if I’d had a sibling my parents couldn’t have afforded to take me to Disneyland. It requires listening to […]

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Embracing your new body shape

May 28, 2009

I’m not sure if it was pregnancy, or aging, or probably both, but over the last 3 years, my body has changed.  I’ve got chicken wings, my boobs have gone down a size, and while I’m now slightly smaller than I was pre-pregnancy, my waist is still 2 inches larger than it used to be.  […]

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Cultural Differences in Parenting

April 6, 2009

As the mixed race child of an Asian woman who married a caucasian American man and immigrated to the United States, who then herself married a German and moved to Germany (still with me?), I’ve been aware of cultural differences in parenting styles most of my life. I never really stopped to examine what role […]

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Breastfeeding After Reduction Surgery – 19 months and counting

February 27, 2009

I wrote before about my breast reduction and the first year of breastfeeding my son, now I thought I’d give you an update on how it’s going.  I’d planned to do an 18 months and counting update, but life got in the way, and here we are at 19 months and still going strong in […]

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Book Review: Punished by Rewards

February 4, 2009

While browsing in a bookstore back in the US last November, I came upon the book Punished By Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn.  It sounded pretty interesting so I purchased it and pretty much devoured it.  Before writing a review, I figured I better […]

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Book Review: The No-Cry Nap Solution

January 18, 2009

I’m a fan of Elizabeth Pantley and her No-Cry series of books.  Her book, The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night, helped give me the courage to listen to my heart.  So many people would ask me if Oliver was sleeping through the night, that I started worrying […]

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Book Review: The Parking Lot Rules

December 30, 2008

I’m not really sure what led me to buy Parking Lot Rules & 75 Other Ideas for Raising Amazing Children.  I guess it was the glowing Editorial Reviews on Amazon.com, as I bought it a couple months ago and as of today, there are only five customer reviews (4 of which gave 5 stars).
When it arrived, […]

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Moomintroll books by Tove Jansson

November 19, 2008

Tove Jansson was the author of the Finnish Moomin series of children’s books that include her beautiful, unique illustrations.  The books were originally written in Swedish, as she was part of the minority of Swedish-descended Finns.  She published the first Moomins book, The Moomins and the Great Flood, in 1945 during WWII.  Despite their age, […]

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Books for kids: the Maisy series

September 26, 2008

I’m not sure how we discovered the Maisy books by Lucy Cousins, I was probably just browsing Amazon.co.uk, but somehow I ran across the Maisy mouse series of books and ordered one.  Oliver just loves them.  The lift-the-flap books are made of seemingly very lightweight cardboard, but are sturdy enough to handle toddler abuse without […]

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