30th May
2013 ,
Posted by Violet Lim -
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Mother’s Day has just gone by not long ago and Father’s Day is just around the corner. Having celebrated my 7th Mother’s Day got me thinking – Am I a good enough mother? Like many career women out there, I work long hours, I have to travel for work sometimes spending 10 days a month »
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18th April
2013 ,
Posted by Violet Lim -
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When Corum was about 2+ years old and was invited to his first birthday party by his friend from nursery, hubby and I were shocked to see how shy and clinging he was. He held on to us like a koala, refused to join his friends in any activity and started crying when we tried »
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26th March
2013 ,
Posted by Violet Lim -
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I was in United Square last week when a shop in the corner caught my eye. It was a baking school for little kids. I decided to sign Corum and Cara up for a 1.5 hours cupcake making session during the March one-week school holidays. They have been looking forward to the baking lesson for »
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8th August
2012 ,
Posted by Yi Lin -
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The Straits Times ran two features on the Work-vs-Total Motherhood debate last week. Finally, FINALLY, there are women out there who make sense. On Sat 5 Aug, “Motherhood, jobs and the different kinds of wrong” by Lucy Kellaway (which first ran in the Financial Times), summed up the debate: “There’s no best way to combine »
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24th June
2012 ,
Posted by Yi Lin -
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Sometimes, I wonder if I’m being too greedy in wanting to have it all. I want to be able to spend as much time as possible with Coco before she grows up too quickly and starts going to school. I want to hold and cuddle her before she stops wanting to be babied. I want »
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11th March
2012 ,
Posted by Yi Lin -
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During my pregnancy, I attended numerous baby fairs, parenting talks and pre-natal classes and in one of the goodie bags that I came home with, I found a booklet from the Singapore Sports Council, detailing how to lose weight after giving birth. The booklet featured various exercises that a new mum could do while carrying »
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4th February
2012 ,
Posted by Yi Lin -
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Last week, I wrote about my experience returning to the office as a working mum. Two lovely readers left comments on the post. Both shared that they felt guilty about spending time away from their babies and in particular, missing their babies’ “firsts”. I have more thoughts to share on that topic but first, I »
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31st January
2012 ,
Posted by Yi Lin -
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I returned to fulltime work on 1 December last year. Today marks the completion of my first two months as a working mum. Since I know of a few mothers-to-be who would be planning how to utilise their maternity leave entitlement, thought I’d share how my maternity leave plan has worked for me so far. »
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15th December
2011 ,
Posted by Yi Lin -
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Happy holidays, everyone! While the rest of the office logs out of their user accounts and heads home for the December holiday season, I go back to work! Not that I mind terribly or have been dreading my return to life at the desk. On the contrary, I was kinda looking forward to pitching in again »
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24th September
2011 ,
Posted by Mandy -
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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 of annual leave to start mid-week instead, so as to ease »
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