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Pea, Pee, Pipi and where it all comes from
There is much debate on when one should start potty training. I have some friends… well a friend who have successfully used “elimination communication” -though I’ll suggest lovingly that she has too...
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How Well Do You Know Your Colors?
There comes a point in your life where you think that some things you’ve got down pat. Things like: How to count to 100 Names of basic household objects Names of most animals What color something is...
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Slave to the Potty, Part 1
When you’re pregnant, you wonder about which diapers to buy; should I go for the time-tested brands? Am I going to go green and if so how green? Disposable green, cloth, prefolds, pockets? Or the new...
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The Proof is in the Pooping
This is the continuation to Slave to the Potty. We are now eight weeks into Pacifique’s life of diaper-free living and things are very different from I expected they would be at this point. But I am...
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Bedtime Stories: Olivia & the Countdown to Getting Busted!
This post was inspired in part by Carl Honoré’s wonderful talk at PopTech on his book In Praise of Slowness – specifically the temptation of the one-minute bedtime story. Someday my girls will thank...
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Thrown in at the Deep End: P’s First Week at the Lycee Francais de Bangkok.
Having just celebrated her first anniversary at Kids Space, a fantastic little local pre-school on Pasir Panjang in Singapore, we moved our family 13 degrees north to Bangkok. Still tropical, still...
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Milk, Wheat and Word Construction.
I was at a loss for words as I pondered what to write for the Bilingual Carnival hosted this month by Gato and Canard. I decided to join the corporate ranks and experiment in the art of outsourcing...
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Night and Day, and the Alphabet
A new friend who is expecting her forth explained to me one of her rationals for having more than two kids. It goes something like this: If you just have two, it’s too easy to fall into categorizing...
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Shit, I said it again.
My first daughter SweetPea was a very late talker, and this gave me ample space to learn to curb my potty mouth. In my defense, I worked first with sailors and then with a journalist; both seemed to...
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