Category Archives: Advice

Babyproofing your hotel room

About.com has a story on Babyproofing Your Hotel Room that has some pretty useful advice for those travelling with tots. It’s very US-centric though, so I thought I’d add these points which are more relevant to beach-bungalows with babies in … Continue reading

Posted in Advice | 1 Comment

A Cambodian-Australian visits home

Today I met up with a couple of Travelfishers in Saigon for a long, late and lazy lunch at Go2 — a cornerside cafe, bar and restaurant. T and C, two Australian architects were travelling their way through the region … Continue reading

Posted in Advice | Leave a comment

Excuse me for not smoking — do you mind if I breathe?

I was sitting in a cafe yesterday afternoon talking to a couple of American English teachers who now call Saigon home. They’ve got a little one — around three years old — which was why we struck up conversation in … Continue reading

Posted in Advice | 11 Comments

Demand four for three

Today I dropped S off to catch up with her old friends S and C — each of whom have three rugrats — all of which are under five… When I dropped S off, I thought I’d pop in myself … Continue reading

Posted in Advice | Leave a comment

Crawling in doggie doodie

Today S and I along with the family headed up to my grandparents to catch up and see their new digs. Hidden away in the back-blocks of Terrigal on Sydney’s Central Coast, they’ve got a great house with a welcoming … Continue reading

Posted in Advice | Leave a comment

Oh no, it’s the jiggler!

Finally, baby gets to get jiggled and poked and prodded and kissed and read to again tomorrow — we’re off to meet daddy! So I have a bit of a dilemma. I’m getting a flight from Jakarta to Singapore, where … Continue reading

Posted in Advice, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

And when it all gets too much…

Crucial site for any mum-to-be or mother, this site fills you in on everything you need to know in a flash: Britney’s latest pregnancy appearance, whether or not Angelina has PND, who’s expecting this week, who might be expecting next … Continue reading

Posted in Advice | Leave a comment

We’re now proud parents of an acorn

Another short-entry as I’m a day behind. Slipping smoothly into week ten and the baby-books all advise that S now has an acorn inside her. It’s interesting how the literature always compares the baby to a fruit (while its just … Continue reading

Posted in Advice | Leave a comment

Taking a pre-emptive strike on the year 2020

I must be doing something right because I was just told to hurry up and blog… We’ve touched on a few “what if” topics over the last few days — discussing what we’d do if X, Y or Z happened. … Continue reading

Posted in Advice | Leave a comment

Pregnancy through other’s eyes…

It seems that we’re not the only ones who can’t keep a secret and that some are finding this blog a little earlier than we’d expected — which is great! Along with a few more readers we’re also getting a … Continue reading

Posted in Advice | Leave a comment