Category Archives: Baby planning

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 →

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 →

S has been badly knocked around by a serious dose of nesting over the last few weeks and it seems the nesting virus has skipped over to me as well. Finally hanging the propganda art I picked up in Vietnam, … Continue reading →

You’ll all be glad to hear we’ve picked a name for the baby should he be a he — the name is: Tsunami Volcano Earthquake Tsunami EarthquakeTsunami McDonald Can anyone believe the bad run of luck Indonesia is having? S … Continue reading →

And so goes our conversation earlier tonight on disciplining our “yet to be naughty” child… It seems S as a child was the perfect child – never needed to be spanked, grounded or even sent to her room…my upbringing as … Continue reading →

We did an eight-hour train ride today from Jakarta to Yogyakarta and we spent a good deal of time practising nagging. One of us would pretend to be the child, the other the parent and we’d gauge each other’s reactions … Continue reading →

Tomorrow around 10am I’ll receive the following sms from frequent commenter KidSister E: “hi had gel 5 hrs ago, now on prostaglandin drip, had waters broken, about 4 litres it seemed! Now on fetal monitor & having a contraction. Keep … Continue reading →

As I’ve mentioned in past entries, I’m no longer 110% sure that the baby will be a girl, so even though we’d settled of a girl’s name, we didn’t have a clue when it came to boys’ names. Well luckily … Continue reading →

This afternoon I was going through a bit of a spell of procrastination and decided to plan out some of my upcoming trip to southern Laos. I’m hoping to co-ordinate a portion of the trip with my mate A from … Continue reading →

Talking to little sister E today about the decisions we’re facing about where to live and what we should look for in a house should we decide to move, I mentioned that I love our place here in Jakarta — … Continue reading →