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Life, Death and the messiness of Motherhood
I finally understand the sacrifices, sheer exhaustion and reality of balancing life and motherhood now that I’ve got a spirited 2.5 year old. In between, life and death happens. I didn’t realise I’d...
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The neverending cycle of the flu
I feel like I can never get a break as the whole family is sick and the toddler has been sick for 3 weeks. I haven’t slept much in the past weeks with the cycles of raging high fevers, multiple trips...
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DIY Play Dough
We started making our own play dough for over a year now because the store bought one dries up really quick and it’s neither environmentally friendly or economical to keep paying for individual tubs...
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Sensory Play: Making Oobleck
I hope everyone is staying dry and safe in this Hong Kong super typhoon weather. We’ve been stuck indoors all weekend, no school on Friday and it’s been a very wet and windy Saturday. We made playdoh,...
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Play: The Tiger who came to tea
This is one of the toddler’s favourite books. We’ve been reading it since birth, and have read both the English and Chinese version of it. It’s his first time in a theatre. We’ve previously sat...
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Madagascar Hong KOng Musical: fun for the school holidays
The toddler absolutely loved The Tiger who Came to Tea by Aba Productions, so I’ve decided that we’ll go see as many shows and productions as we can and figure out what exactly he likes, and doesn’t...
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Motherhood: It takes a village
I can’t believe a year has gone by and the baby is ONE! I finally understand the cliché phrase of “the days are long and the years are short.” We survived as a family – everyone is alive, healthy and...
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Favourite Cloth Diapers
Now that the pet human is 16months old, cloth nappies have become second nature to us. I started when he was 6-7 weeks old and haven’t looked back since. We’ve had to evolve our strategy as he got...
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TCM To The Rescue: Master Ruth Lee is Hong Kong’s Answer to Traditional...
I’ve been seeing Master Ruth Lee for accupuncture and other treatments since 2017 when I moved back to Hong Kong after a year of intense cancer treatment in Singapore. I was suffering from all sorts...
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Break The Cycle: Top 10 Parenting Books I’ve Read
My parenting journey has been one of (mis)adventures. We were not planning on having children and given that it was medically not possible, I didn’t think I’d be sent down the rabbit hole of this hard...
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