Parenthood, Week 8
Of all the milestones Katy will achieve in her life, I never expected her first cold to happen quite so soon. Cue the self-recrimination: did I keep her warm enough, did we take her out and about too often, should…
Childhood Canings Cast Long Shadows
If you grew up in the 80s in a middle-class home in Singapore, you probably experienced the kind of childhood punishments that would make your Western friends clutch their pearls and gasp that no one called Child Protective Services. Getting…
Parenthood, Week 4
My tiny newborn is a month old. How did that happen?! The first two weeks passed in such a haze – I only realised Katy had nearly outgrown her newborn togs when a visiting friend observed that Katy’s feet were…
Katy, Month 1
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The Unexpected Travails of a Milk Producer
This post has been sitting around in my head for about a week, waiting till I felt more able to tackle the subject with a little less emotional energy. Coincidentally, a couple of days ago, Steve Dublanica of Waiter Rant…
Confinement and Curveballs
Traditionally, the one-month confinement period after giving birth was meant to ward off illnesses and balance the body’s internal hot/cold mechanisms. (Source article here, coincidentally written by a friend of mine…) In my own humble opinion, the real value of…
Parenthood, Week 1
As of last Friday, giving birth was the hardest thing I’d ever done. The week that followed then proceeded to put that experience into perspective. The hospital is probably the last place where a new mother will get any rest…
This Is What Heartache Looks Like
My five day old daughter finally fell asleep on her phototherapy bed after a good half hour of thrashing about and wailing. It was hard for me to keep from wailing too. She has two days and nights of this…
The One Where My Grandma Tells A War Story
My 88-year-old Popo, my maternal grandma, has a lot of great stories to tell. She doesn’t come up with them on demand, though. You have to ride her train of thought long enough until she lights upon a good one…
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