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Grief: Six years on – Tiger Mama
https://tigermama.org/2014/12/10/grief-six-years-on
Still learning the ropes in life…. December 10, 2014. November 14, 2015. Grief: Six years on. I have not really been compelled to blog in the last few weeks, or rather I have, but everything I would have liked to write about lately has been too personal to talk about here. Today, though, I did feel that familiar finger-twitching return as a blog post etched itself organically into my mind, for today is six years to the day since my mother died, and this morning I found myself wondering what I should.
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Moses’ birth – Tiger Mama
https://tigermama.org/2015/03/05/moses-birth
Still learning the ropes in life…. March 5, 2015. December 1, 2015. I’ve had the baby. And at ‘only’ five (well, technically six as it happened shortly after midnight) days overdue, I’ve had the baby in quite a timely fashion for me, too. Before I launch into the birth, I am going to start the story with a brief update on the situation with immigration I talked about in my last post. Because the two things are kind of linked. That night, I woke up at 1am with contractions. Surely not? After a couple of h...
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The beginning of a new chapter – Tiger Mama
https://tigermama.org/2015/05/04/the-beginning-of-a-new-chapter
Still learning the ropes in life…. May 4, 2015. November 14, 2015. The beginning of a new chapter. No, I’m not depressed, despite on some shitty days feeling sure I must be. I have way too much hope for the future for that. But with a cocktail of those capricious post-partum hormones and with certain aspects to life being pretty full on right now (though when aren’t they? I guess I’ve just found myself swingin’ a bit low at times lately. Awww he’s so tiiiny! Now but a hazy dream, and replaced by. I have ...
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Is the Kiwi dream really true? – Tiger Mama
https://tigermama.org/2015/05/18/is-the-kiwi-dream-really-true
Still learning the ropes in life…. May 18, 2015. October 24, 2015. Is the Kiwi dream really true? Sometimes I get asked what is so different about New Zealand that it was really worth financially crippling ourselves for 2-3 years and waving goodbye to every friend and family member we had in order to move all the way out here. It’s not like it’s a. So why make such a drastic choice? Both my partner and I each have our own complex, sticky web of reasons – two webs that merged together when we met si...
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How is it possible to look that good just hours after pushing a watermelon out your va-jay-jay? – Tiger Mama
https://tigermama.org/2015/05/06/how-did-duchess-kate-look-so-good
Still learning the ropes in life…. May 6, 2015. December 1, 2015. How is it possible to look that good just hours after pushing a watermelon out your va-jay-jay? I try to avoid getting drawn into the commentary when some notable figure does something normal, like have a baby, because it seems to add weight to the perception that these people are something beyond what they really are: humans. In reality, of course, something like childbirth is one of life’s greatest equalisers (more so than guns! She may ...
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Third trimester: Growing pains and gender speculation – Tiger Mama
https://tigermama.org/2015/01/05/third-trimester-growing-pains-and-gender-speculation
Still learning the ropes in life…. January 5, 2015. January 5, 2015. Third trimester: Growing pains and gender speculation. Humidity’s rising, but it’s not raining men, and if it were they would surely run a mile the moment they set eyes upon this waddling hot mess, for I am now 32 weeks pregnant and not tolerating the heat very well in my first ever stint as a summer baby grower. I have received a few of the usual “Are you. This one’s the last? Five Would. Not. Now, a little message to my friends, famil...
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From heaven to hell and back again: an eventful couple of weeks – Tiger Mama
https://tigermama.org/2015/03/20/from-heaven-to-hell-and-back-again-an-eventful-couple-of-weeks
Still learning the ropes in life…. March 20, 2015. March 20, 2015. From heaven to hell and back again: an eventful couple of weeks. The 16 days since Moses’ birth. The first 24 hours after birth were uncomfortable, to say the least. The after-pains were nothing short of excruciating. It is. With the addition of a fourth child and thus a fourth car seat, our 7 year old’s booster has now been moved to a previously unoccupied seat of our 7-seater. For some reason the head rest to this seat had bee...Until I...
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When life gets bittersweet – Tiger Mama
https://tigermama.org/2015/02/27/when-life-gets-bittersweet
Still learning the ropes in life…. February 27, 2015. February 27, 2015. When life gets bittersweet. Well, it seems there was never any chance of a quiet or restful end to my pregnancy! My due date was yesterday, and unlike most pregnant women at this stage I am currently praying that every niggle, contraction and surge in pelvic pressure I am getting is not. 8221; was about as clear as mud. Convoluted as it could be, nor would it drive us quite to the point of financial ruin as we feared. I reached ...
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“Do as you’re told” – Are you screwing your kids up for life? – Tiger Mama
https://tigermama.org/2015/03/26/do-as-youre-told-are-you-screwing-your-kids-up-for-life
Still learning the ropes in life…. March 26, 2015. November 14, 2015. 8220;Do as you’re told” – Are you screwing your kids up for life? I read the following Guardian article – Since when did obedience become the epitome of good parenting? Well sure, I agree. Boundary pushing is a developmentally normal aspect of growing up, and thus, you could argue, a sign that a child is emotionally healthy. Uh huh, I nodded. Good point. Surely nobody can argue with that. On the other hand, you will also find terms lik...