Archive for January, 2008
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
I was told that during the weeks that I was away Caitlin was quite well behaved.
She would greet her elders (my parents, siblings) in the mornings, sit quietly and eat on her own during meals- just generally being a happy kid (sans the occasional "I want my Daddee" breakdowns).
Since coming ...
Posted in A father's POV, A toddler's POV | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
At just over 2 weeks old, Caleb seemed to have:
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Coughed. As in Cough-cough... cough Can babies of that age already cough?
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Mummee, whilst getting rather frustrated with Caleb waking so often, gambled and placed him on his front to let ...
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
That was one of Caitlin's exclamations on why I was away this long. "Why no ticket??" was her reaction when a response was offered.
To me, when I got home from the airport so late the previous night and seeing her already asleep, I recall thinking then that she seemed so ...
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Following up on my last post on separation anxiety; about which Caitlin was separated from us for a matter of weeks rather than just hours or days, I want to share my thoughts and feelings on what I had heard about her when I was still away from home.
I have ...
Posted in A father's POV | 3 Comments »
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Ann over at Autopsy of Ann has experienced it recently, when she started dropping her bubs off at child care before work.
You guys would know that Caitlin and I are very close, and that I recently have had to be in Sydney for a few weeks, away from her.
I don't ...
Posted in A father's POV, A toddler's POV | 3 Comments »
Monday, January 21st, 2008
As you know, I had recently brought Caitlin to Sydney for Christmas. Mummee was already there in Sydney- Yes, I flew with a 3 yr old alone!
She's been to Sydney once before when she was 2. So for this trip, she still remembered the whole experience of the journey (which ...
Posted in A father's POV | 2 Comments »
Saturday, January 19th, 2008
I promised a follow-up on what else Caitlin got for Christmas. You will excuse me for getting sidetracked due to the arrival of her younger brother Caleb :)
So here it is :)
Chilling out at Hyde Park while the world was on last minute Christmas eve rush...
Spotted the Christmas pressie?
So I've ...
Posted in A father's POV, Ergonomics | 6 Comments »
Friday, January 18th, 2008
Now that we have two children, I find I have started to do something I never wanted to.
"Was Caitlin ever this noisy / demanding / small / colour? Did she ever need this much cuddling / changing / feeding / diapers?"
Having grown up being the youngest with siblings whom have ...
Posted in A father's POV, Parenting musing | 3 Comments »
Monday, January 14th, 2008
A quick look at my Google analytics showed that there were some searches on baby names.
I do actually have stories or rationale in choosing the Chinese names for Caitlin and Caleb. But as with the privacy concerns on having such a public blog, I have never wanted to share ...
Posted in A father's POV | 5 Comments »
Sunday, January 13th, 2008
I don't recall Caitlin having to go through this....
But I think that is because Mummee's water had broken so many hours before Caleb was actually born, thus somewhat drying out his skin in that time.
You can see it on his hands too, in the previous post. He's got it ...
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Saturday, January 12th, 2008
As with all hand-me-downs, Caleb had no say about his mini mattress being pink!
Related post:
Caleb's first week in the world..
Tips on photographing babies
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Friday, January 11th, 2008
I arrived Sydney to be with Mummee for his birth. It was an overnight flight, arriving Sydney at 0935-ish. Unbuckled my seat belts, put on my backpack, joined the rest of cattle-class waiting to disembark.
Switched on my mobile, to find 2 text messages.
1. Water broke overnight, going to hospital..
2. ...
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
So I was busy trying to debug the very-simple coding of a promised follow-up post about what else Caitlin got for Christmas.. for some reason the pictures didn't lay out the way I want them, the text was running, the spacing was all off, the....
Hey Caleb is here!
Weighing in at ...
Posted in A father's POV | 12 Comments »
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
To Caitlin, I must be the most broke daddy around.
She is more observant now: She watches tv, she "reads" the newspapers' slip-in brochures, she flips through the mailbox-catalogs, she sees the shelves in the toy sections of departmental stores, she tries out the display units in the stores....
In short, she ...
Posted in A father's POV, A toddler's POV | 6 Comments »
