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Eight Lessons Our Kids Learnt The Hard Way

By Eileen Lian

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 are eight... »

To Train Or Not To Train

By Eileen Lian

“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 of... »

Breastfeeding Around The World

By Eileen Lian

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... »

13 Lessons I Learnt As A Parent

By Eileen Lian

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 needs... »

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