11th March 2013 , Posted by Violet Lim - No Comments

How do I Know if I am Ready?

I met my hubby Jamie when I was 20 years old. We were both studying at University of Manchester. He was an Accounting and Finance student and I was reading Law. He was actually a year my senior. And honestly, I was not really his ‘type’. That is another story altogether. Long story cut short, » Read More

14th October 2012 , Posted by Dannie - No Comments

A Personal View on Flexi-Work Arrangements

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong kicked off the National Conversation during this year’s National Day Rally and highlighted the declining birth rates as one of the Government’s top priorities to tackle. Since then, we’ve heard from various surveys, saw people contributing their views in various newspapers and forums. Longer paternity leave. Longer maternity leave. Cheaper and yet » Read More

29th September 2012 , Posted by Kelvin Ang - No Comments

Let them know

Daddies are perhaps one of the most misunderstood species on the face of this planet. Because admit it – at some point in our lives, all of us did feel that our Daddies were the dumbest creatures that ever came into existence. Okay, maybe some spouses do fall into that category but let’s not digress. We felt that » Read More

21st August 2012 , Posted by Kelvin Ang - 1 Comment

The joys of Parenting

I am sure you must have heard it all before — parents lamenting that they hardly have any free time to themselves after the kids arrive, but yet in the same breath they gush about their kids being the most precious things to them in the entire universe and how they will not trade them » Read More

22nd April 2012 , Posted by Yi Lin - 2 Comments

Sleeping With The Frenemy

fren·e·my [fren-uh-mee] noun Informal . a person or group that is friendly toward another because the relationship brings benefits, but harbors feelings of resentment or rivalry. Don’t get me wrong – I LOVE Coco deeply and I don’t think of her as my enemy (well, not most of the time anyway). But THIS is a different situation altogether: When she gets between me and my beauty sleep, my blanket (because she kicks it off) and my husband, then yes, the » Read More

19th February 2012 , Posted by Yi Lin - 2 Comments

Support Groups

I recently read an article in Sunday Lifestyle! where the journalist lamented about children driving a wedge between friends i.e. when one party becomes a parent, it is inevitable that lifestyle changes dictate that the dynamics of the relationship also change. That article held true for me during the early part of our journey to parenthood. » Read More

29th November 2011 , Posted by Yi Lin - 9 Comments

Care In A Bag

Before I had a baby, I was always at a loss for ideas when it came to getting gifts to congratulate the new parents. More often than not, I ended up getting an item for the baby, which always turned out to be something cute but not particularly useful, like a nice onesie or cute » Read More

21st October 2011 , Posted by Mandy - 2 Comments

Grandparents’ Week!

Cristan’s been revelling in tons of attention from his doting grandparents this week! Tim had to travel overseas for work the entire week, so I decided to stay over at my parents’ place for a couple of days. I had planned a few external meetings and needed them to babysit, so it made more sense for » Read More

26th September 2011 , Posted by Yi Lin - 3 Comments

The Journey To Parenthood

The little Coco bean turned one month old earlier this week on 22 September. The passing of the first month marks many milestones for both parents and baby. For us, I’m happy to report that, under tutelage from my mum who took leave for a month to help us, we seem to have mastered the basics of » Read More

14th September 2011 , Posted by Dannie - 7 Comments

Push

NOTE: The wife and I decided to write this particular story separately and post them up together. Thought it would be interesting to see if we remembered the same things! It was Sunday morning. I woke and rolled over to the wife, intending to give her a light kiss on her forehead. But she was already » Read More

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