Monthly Archives: May 2006

Traveller childcare

This having a baby thing has been a bit catalyst for new ideas and schemes related to travel and children (aside from me having a new person to send to look at guesthouses!) One of my ideas yesterday was a … Continue reading

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The rules of attraction

We’ve been asking around about what others with little people looked for in their house. As I mentioned earier, we may be looking at a change of cities once we have our own little person and while we’d love to … Continue reading

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“Stop rubbing my belly”

At least to the hand S is showing now (or should that be feeling?) and I’ve developed a rather irritating habit of rubbing the belly in public. It’s not my fault I just can’t help it — it isnt like … Continue reading

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Fashion for pregnant people

So today we picked up S’s friend J who has come out to Samui from the US of A. A 24-hour epic journey (from LA to Tapei, then to Bangkok then to Samui) J looked a little dazed as confused … Continue reading

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OK it’s official – we’re having a baby

So today we broke through into the next trimester, passed out of the “got to keep this a secret danger zone” and I’m just about to send an email out to every person we’ve just about ever met to let … Continue reading

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Simpsons Part II

If baby is a boy, he should be able to ride waves like this! So as every day passes, baby exerts a little more influence on S. To stay with the Simpsons for a moment (from yesterday’s entry) you’re probably … Continue reading

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The Simpsons really is a documentary

So you must all know the Simpsons episode where Homer is talking about how they came up with the kid’s names and Homer mentions how the most important criteria was making sure the name was one that could not be … Continue reading

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What will our baby look like?

So yesterday I touched on what the baby would look like if we were both Mafia dons, but as we’re not, we’ve put a bit more thought into it and have come up with the following: As we’re both tall … Continue reading

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My name is baby and I control thee

Today was our first full day on Ko Samui and aside from a walk up the beach to see our friend Gina who is fasting at Spa Samui, S has mostly slept and ate while I’ve battled with sorting out … Continue reading

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The Global Soul

Pico Iyer wrote a good book with this very title, talking about people like S and I who spend much of their lives away from their “home country” and he coined the term global soul to decribe them. While the … Continue reading

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