On a recent flight to Australia, Joel and I were blown away by two super well-behaved little girls (between 3-5 years old). They were travelling with their grandparents and they were glued to their seats for the entire duration of the 5 hour flight. Watching their in-flight movies, eating their meals and they even had their ice-cream and were somehow not bouncing off the airplane walls!!! No firm words from their grandparents, no bribes, no octopus grandmother to hold them down and insist that they keep their seat belts buckled!!! But of course I know by now that this is not exactly how most toddlers/ young children travel and if like me, you have a stubborn, sugar loving energizer bunny for a child then I guess the following tips might come in handy at some point. 😉 Continue reading
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To Go or Not To Go – That is the Question
As the holiday planner of the family and a new mum 3 years ago, I remember asking myself so many of these questions.
1) Should we go on a holiday with a newborn?
2) How old should my baby be, before I consider an overseas holiday?
3) Where should we go? Beach? City? Stay at home?
4) What should I pack? How will we sterilize the bottles?
5) Should we bring the in laws?
6) Will I be able to handle my baby on the flight?
7) What if he/she screams or cries nonstop on the plane?
Questions which I have heard many new mummy friends asking and the list definitely goes on. Continue reading
Meet The Family
Heres a sneak peek into the dynamics of our family..and yes we are still trying to figure out what triats each kid has inherited from either of us. ;p
Joel
– Papa to Jah and Bella
– Bella’s favourite parent
– The Perfectonist
– The Parent who Cooks
– The Neat Freak
Rachael
– Mummy to Jah and Bella
– Jah’s comfort parent
– The Bad Cop
– The Control Freak
– The Holiday Planner
Jah
– The Older Brother aka Korkor (2011 baby)
– The Kinder Surprise, Unboxing Choc/ Plastic eggs fanatic
– Master “I have tons of energy”
– Master Joker
– The Bossy One
– Master “My toy cars have to be in a neat row or else!”
Bella
– The Little Sister aka Meimei (2013 baby)
– The Greedy One (she eats nonstop!)
– The Dramatic One
– Miss “I want to do whatever my korkor is doing”
– Her two favourite words – “papa!” and “mummum” – food not mummy!
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