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A boy first, or a girl first?

September 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · A father's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Caleb the heir, The future

So we had Caitlin first before we had Caleb. It’s a 3 year 2 months gap between them. Boys mature slower than girls. This is quite evident; individual personalities and characters aside. When Hot Mummee was pregnant the first time, I had quietly wished that our first one would a boy. This isn’t a tightly-held [...]

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Photo to remember me by

August 30th, 2010 · No Comments · A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Parenting musing

So I had to be in Singapore for just two days this week. Hot Mummee and the two kids sent me to KL Sentral to catch the express train. It was just going to be a quick drive-by drop-off. I gave HM a hug and kiss, hopped out the car while Caitlin climbed infront to [...]

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Bad fats

August 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments · A father's POV, Ergonomics, Food & feeding, Parenting rules

Had my full medical checkup some three weeks ago now. The bloodwork came back all good news. The Dr, whom had presumably a few minutes ago rummaged through the pages before calling me in, was flicking through the four-page report, pencil-pointing to me the different categories and the corresponding figures and how each were within [...]

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Shielding the world’s ugly truths

August 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Caitlin the heiress

So on our way home I swung by to pick up some fresh milk at a small mini-mart. Upon reaching the check-out my two little monkeys wandered over to the magazine stand and started rambling about some kids-show publication. I spotted the latest issue of Time, and tried discretely to hide it behind some other [...]

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The shopping list

August 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment · A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Parenting musing, Photo opp, Simple pleasures

It’s the funniest and I guess creative-est thing she’s ever done! So we were on our way to a supermarket. I was running the shopping list verbally with her, play-testing if she can recall all the items we needed. “Why don’t we make a shopping list?” “Good idea, but I am driving….” “I’ll do it.” [...]

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Led by poor example

August 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments · A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Caleb the heir, Education, life skills

So sometimes Caitlin would ask to buy a strip of candy, like Mentos or Sugus. She tells me that she shares them with her school friends- I believe her. No doubt she may keep one or two more for herself but I think the fact that they generally finish so quickly is some kind of [...]

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Looking forward

August 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · A father's POV, Education, Parenting musing, life skills

Caitlin was contemplative in the car this morning. Will standard 1 also have gym class? (Like she has now in preschool) What will they teach? “PE”? What’s that? What did you do in PE? What about when you were in standard 2, 3, 6, Daddee? Gym, computer class, and the short swimming lesson, are weekly [...]

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