Here’s a test to see if you are indeed parent material. It has been making the rounds on parenting blogs and is bound to keep you chuckling. Test 1: Preparation Women: To prepare for pregnancy 1. Put on a dressing gown and stick a beanbag down the front. 2. Leave it there. 3. After...
Post written by Leo Babauta There is no such thing as stress-free parenting. A reader requested that I share my thoughts on stress-free parenting, as the father of six kids. And while I have learned a lot about being a dad, and finding joy in parenthood, I also know that stress-free parenting is a...
When it comes to learning life lessons, nothing beats personal experience. Sometimes it is not enough to tell a child not to do something. Elaborate explanations don’t work and there are times when the wealth of our experience does not mean much to them. Sometimes, children just need to experience it for themselves. Here...
“You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.” It’s much the same way with babies and toddlers when it comes to sleeping through the night and going to the toilet. You just can’t force them. Still, there is no shortage of expert advice on the how-tos and the whens...
Mid-Week Links In my experience, people have generally been very supportive of breastfeeding in public here in Malaysia. Still we’ve heard stories from different parts of the world of mums being harassed when breastfeeding their babies in public places. Here is a collection of notes about attitudes towards public breastfeeding in different countries around...
If there was one big lesson I learnt as a new mother it was that there was nothing more humbling than being a parent. Suddenly you become a cook, cleaner, driver and entertainer on demand. No longer do you have people running around for you, you are now expected to run around serving the...
