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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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