Monthly Archives: August 2006

Baby pics!

Posted on August 11, 2006 by stuart

As I’m off to Vietnam tomorrow, we managed to squeek in another baby-photo-shoot this morning and we’re delighted to report that the baby is well, with a lovely round skull and two arms and two legs. We were also offered … Continue reading →

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Nannies

Posted on August 10, 2006 by stuart

If you could have had a live-in nanny when you had your first, second, third, fifteenth baby, would you have wanted one? I’m not talking about just a nappy changing slave, but rather somebody who could have assisted with all … Continue reading →

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The dead eye daddies

Posted on August 9, 2006 by stuart

I forgot to mention is yesterday’s post that during our travails through Ambassador Plaza we crossed paths with a few other couples for who this was obviously a new experience. What was most interesting were the dads — eyes dead, … Continue reading →

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Shopping for babies

Posted on August 8, 2006 by stuart

We did our first semi-serious baby shop the other day (shopping for baby equipment, not babies) over at Ambassador Mall in central Jakarta. Ambassador is one of those multi-storey death-trap department stores that are dotted across Asia and periodically blow-up/collapse/catch … Continue reading →

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Baby storage

Posted on August 7, 2006 by stuart

This is all happening a little faster than we expected and today we had our first serious discussions about where we’ll have the baby storage chamber — I mean the nursery. Our upstairs area has a layout like this (though … Continue reading →

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More on names

Posted on August 6, 2006 by stuart

So what’s in a name? If the baby does turn out to be a boy, we won’t be able to use you know what, so we need another name. We’ve tossed around a few options but none have settled with … Continue reading →

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Good things about being pregnant

Posted on August 5, 2006 by stuart

If I was pregnant, here’s a list of what I’d be saying (at the moment) are good things about being pregnant: 1) My skin feels great — super soft and silky 2) I look and feel radiant 3) Total strangers, … Continue reading →

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Can you do something for me please?

Posted on August 4, 2006 by stuart

So here’s an example of the type of conversation we’re having regularly now… To set the scene, we’re both relaxing downstairs pigging out on olives stuffed with anchovies (which I got in trouble for buying … until S discovered they’re … Continue reading →

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Here come the hercules… not!

Posted on August 3, 2006 by stuart

Any Midnight Oil fan out there will be familar with the sound of Peter Garrett screaming out “Here come the hercules/here come the submarines”… and we learnt this weekend that the hercules he was ranting about were not carrying any … Continue reading →

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I felt the baby!

Posted on August 2, 2006 by stuart

And I don’t mean just the huge round container the baby is being cooked in! Last night while camped out on the sofa I finally felt the baby move! First I felt the heartbeat and then the baby slowly turned … Continue reading →

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