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Flexibility of my job
The problem with ‘working from home’ – i.e. having a ‘home office’ … which, let’s face it is only there to ground...
8 days ago bhalababy | Topics: bhalababy
 
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Role reversal
It was interesting staying with friends who have reversed roles temporarily – the woman goes to work and the man stays home...
9 days ago bhalababy | Topics: bhalababy
 
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Here but lost
I realised, during a training session for the KARABO grief-counseling program, that I have always suffered grief for the loss...
 
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Whacko words
I call my child noo-noo, shnoek-poep, Mr Moozle … basically whatever comes out of my mouth. And it puzzles me as it not...
21 days ago bhalababy | Topics: bhalababy, children, endearment, words
 
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4 minus 1
Our pool of friends has suffered its first casualty. It’s because of the children. I am sad and relieved all at the same...
22 days ago bhalababy | Topics: bhalababy
 
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Some one once said that the choices you make follow you through life …
This made me think about a friend of mine who, on discovering she was pregnant, went to every clinic in town to hunt down one...
35 days ago bhalababy | Topics: bhalababy, abortion, children, choices
 
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The best thing about Gina Ford
Gina Ford is not exactly the Child Whisperer but there is a part of her book that has been invaluable (besides the obvious...
36 days ago bhalababy | Topics: bhalababy, babies, Gina, gina ford
 
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Different realities in my parallel life
My journey of self-discovery was also a kind of voyeuristic experience where I lived alongside the life of what my own...
37 days ago bhalababy | Topics: bhalababy, life choices, parenting
 
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It’s about being part of something rather than being in it to win
Every time I am doing well at something, I tend to sabotage my success … but that’s not really a bhalababy post, it’s a...
 
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Your children will hate you no matter what
We fret so much about doing the right thing all the time … at the right time and in the right way. We’re terrified...
39 days ago bhalababy | Topics: bhalababy, children, parenting, teenagers
 
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Obsession with schools
I find myself breaking out in a sweat whenever the school topic comes up at dinner parties. I might actually be forced into...
43 days ago bhalababy | Topics: bhalababy, career, choices, home...
 
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Giving it all up vs. hanging onto an illusion
I think I know why it is so difficult for woman to give up their careers to look after their children. I wasn’t aware of...
44 days ago bhalababy | Topics: bhalababy, career, choices, job
 
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Back to math
Having just had that experience of crossing over into the life of my parallel dweller, visiting friends in London and Paris, I...
 
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In Limbo
I crossed over into the life of my parallel dweller. It was temporary – 10 days – and it was fabulous. I booked to travel...
49 days ago bhalababy | Topics: bhalababy, career, choices, job
 
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My parallel dweller
In my latest therapy session we discussed all the many ways my life has changed. Could I say I regret having had a child or...
50 days ago bhalababy | Topics: bhalababy, career, choices, job
 
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Speaking of choices …
Something that keeps coming up amongst my peers is the decision to work full time or not. I know what it feels like on the...
57 days ago bhalababy | Topics: bhalababy, career, choices, education
 
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Sibling survival
Everyone likes company from time to time and the easiest way to get it is from a sibling … often yet certainly not always the...
59 days ago bhalababy | Topics: bhalababy
 
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Privacy issues
I grew up in a household where privacy was incredibly important, as long as it wasn’t my own. I wasn’t allowed in my...
60 days ago bhalababy | Topics: bhalababy
 
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BLOG ACTION DAY: Climate Change
I was thinking about this and wondering how to incorporate this topic into a baby blog … until it became totally clear when...
 
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The apple and the tree
It must have a certain amount of something to do with vanity when you hear your own words come out of your child’s mouth and...
 
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Siblings
It’s fine to have an only dog … but not an only child. No one ever asks, “so, when are you getting another one?” when...
67 days ago bhalababy | Topics: bhalababy