tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34233762014-06-02T16:33:18.524+08:00virtualbertamy adventures in TaiwanBertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.comBlogger464125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423376.post-3281738567460930552012-06-30T02:45:00.000+08:002012-08-06T14:48:58.167+08:00Announcing...Bertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423376.post-34179000522942013682012-02-09T21:50:00.001+08:002012-02-09T21:50:21.639+08:00Unconditional lovePerhaps my favorite parenting podcast is Leading Edge Parenting with Sandi Schwartz. I get so much more than parenting advice from it, like this poem she included in her daily email, which she calls her "Daily Love Nugget,"Evenafterall this timethe sun never says to the earth,"You owe me."Lookwhat happenswith a love like that -It lights the whole world-Deepak ChopraBertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423376.post-67249641847196010532011-09-13T17:11:00.004+08:002011-09-13T17:11:49.606+08:00Wikileaks shows that U.S. Embassy lobbied against Philippines formula marketing lawJust read this post over at the Motherwear blog and had to re-blog it - really egregious industry promotion that harms public health:
Wikileaks shows that U.S. Embassy lobbied against Philippines formula marketing law
Bertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423376.post-9771039864841119472011-08-11T14:55:00.000+08:002011-08-11T14:55:00.047+08:00I have a love-hate relationship with my son's toy, the Tiny Love Musical Stack and Ball Game. Love because even after 8+ months, he still enjoys playing with it. He plays over and over with the various components, stacking the rings on his head, turning the elephant head upside down to make a makeshift hat, stuffing all of his other toys into the chute. The balls bounce and make great shakers. Bertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423376.post-50259769422732945492010-11-02T23:41:00.000+08:002010-11-02T23:41:05.268+08:00Dr. Seuss for Nursing Moms
Would you nurse her in the park?
Would you nurse him in the dark?
Would you nurse him with a Boppy?
And when your boobs are feeling floppy?I would nurse him in the park,
I would nurse her in the dark.
I’d nurse with or without a Boppy.
Floppy boobs will never stop me.Can you nurse with your seat belt on?
Can you nurse from dusk till dawn?
Though she may pinch me, bite me, pull,
I will nurse her Bertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423376.post-41662431318658264482010-09-24T00:01:00.000+08:002010-09-24T00:01:25.475+08:00a hard eveningdrive home was going well. no traffic. the baby sitter had called about heavy rain.
what rain? it was dry as can be.then i passed xindian. and it started drizzling.then got heavier. i had to slow down but i was still making good progress on my commute.got off the highway. there was a line of cars driving up our hill.what? there's never any traffic.oh, flooding.i drove through the water.the engineBertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423376.post-84964574864090650382010-09-10T22:22:00.000+08:002010-09-10T22:22:10.954+08:00I've decided I hate Combi products: I was unimpressed with their stroller (too plasticky) and I just tried to take down the Combi Play Yard - it was a pain to put up and impossible for one person to fold. The GoCrib by Guava Family is a way better product.Bertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423376.post-79239855651433182662010-08-19T23:50:00.000+08:002010-08-19T23:51:24.547+08:00Today I returned to work as a salaried employee...and I was the one with separation anxiety. All is well and I'm off to snuggle with my cuddle-bug!Bertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423376.post-61391696439246615642010-08-05T14:37:00.000+08:002010-08-05T14:37:28.589+08:00Its World Breastfeeding Week!This week is World Breastfeeding Week! There's lots going on in the blogosphere, and here are two posts that really touched me:
Stephanie wrote a guest post on CodeNameMama about how nursing her baby to sleep is sacred time. (On Stephanie's own blog she also has great post, divided into two parts, called the "Fanatical Breastfeeder" which I also found very interesting.)
On NursingFreedom is a Bertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423376.post-50517710019867780132010-07-08T21:32:00.001+08:002010-07-08T21:36:50.162+08:00Becoming a mom changed my perspectiveWelcome to the July 2010 Carnival of Nursing in Public
This post was written for inclusion in the NursingFreedom.org. All week, July 5-9, we will be featuring articles and posts about nursing in public ("NIP"). See the bottom of this post for more information.
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Growing up in the West, I thought of breasts as a sexual object. They weren't things that you flashed in public, unless you were Bertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423376.post-71800180179164540562010-07-03T06:49:00.000+08:002010-07-03T06:49:36.840+08:00You never know it's the last time until it passesI feel like crying. Today while I was changing the Little Guy's diaper I realized it had been awhile since he'd done his Hippy Hippy Shake Shake. He was still doing it two weeks ago when I arrived at my parents' place - I think I've been so absorbed in watching him start to crawl and babble that I didn't notice the disappearance of the Hippy Hippy Shake Shake. Of course, with kids you never know Bertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423376.post-68108484186802195142010-06-29T14:30:00.000+08:002010-06-29T14:30:49.216+08:00On the Twilight bandwagonSo while reviewing my backlog of blog drafts, I came across this one, on the Twilight series. Grrreat. Back when I jotted some ideas down, the first movie had just come out. And already the third installment opens up this Wednesday. I am mulling watching the movie on Friday: trying to decide if eye candy is worth the "I love you Edward! ...but I love you Jacob!" nausea that is Bella.
I think theBertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423376.post-243735655155893462010-05-25T22:26:00.005+08:002010-05-25T23:31:09.676+08:00Validation at lastYesterday the Little Guy and I went to Costco: I put him in his Phil & Ted's MeToo! Travel Highchair and he sat quietly chomping on his food while I had my lunch. He and his high chair attracted a lot of admirers; I guess Phil & Ted's doesn't have a distributor in Taiwan. People thought the chair was neat and handy, and they thought the Little Guy was cute and well-behaved. One woman came up to Bertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423376.post-3361461992388029712010-02-21T00:14:00.003+08:002010-02-21T01:17:25.649+08:00Mommy guiltI felt badly a few nights ago - my Munchkin has been going through either a growth spurt or teething and has been waking up a lot at night. One night at about 4am, he would nurse for a bit, break off, whine because he was not latched on, and then I would have to get him latched on again. After close to an hour of this, I lost my temper. I think I let out a very loud groan; I don't remember Bertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423376.post-47745405937270130062010-01-29T00:30:00.000+08:002010-01-29T00:31:01.024+08:00Milk drunkNow this is what food coma should be like!Bertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423376.post-60544378889903736362010-01-14T22:20:00.002+08:002010-01-17T19:06:37.914+08:00A year ago......my little bun was a blastoplast in the oven. Ok, he was probably already an embryo but blastoplast is such a cool word! And now he's a little pre-sitter!Bertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423376.post-76643979707374415222010-01-02T00:58:00.003+08:002010-01-17T19:15:26.004+08:00Happy New Year!My parents' visit ends in a few days, and in the 3+ weeks that they've been here little munchkin has grown so much. Today he weighed an unofficial 6.5 kilos on the bathroom scale.Now, he can:"stand" while supportedgrab things and hold them with his handsee across the room, and thus follow people with his eyessee (and stare!) at the TV screen Just this past weekend, it's as if the world just Bertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423376.post-25681464497615464022009-12-31T21:37:00.003+08:002010-01-17T19:15:56.758+08:00Bedtime Story #2Freshly bathed by Daddy, we settle our little one for bed. He's not quite ready to nurse himself to sleep, so I grab a cloth book to read him a story. For the first time, he is interested in the book and grabs the cloth animals with his fat fists and explores the book, turning it this way and that, putting the edges into his mouth. Eventually he tires and begins to ease into sleep. Not the Bertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423376.post-69906329284718370782009-12-26T22:56:00.002+08:002009-12-27T01:21:50.001+08:00Bedtime Story #1Holding him in my arms, my cheek pressed against his cheek, all soft baby skin and pillowy baby fat, while bouncing on a yoga ball. He finally falls asleep for (hopefully) the night, nearly three hours after what we had hoped would be his bedtime.But, how many chances will I have again for him to be still and allow me to rest my cheek against that sweet baby cheek?Bertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423376.post-64507490218925276342009-12-21T22:44:00.002+08:002009-12-27T01:29:04.908+08:00A silver liningMy favorite part of night feedings (I know, you must wonder how there could possibly be anything pleasant about those mandatory nightly sleep disruptions) is the expression my little guy makes as I burp him. You see, the little fellow is tired and wants to go back to sleep, but he also knows he's gassy. So as he's sitting on my lap getting burped, he keeps his eyes shut and pouts. It's so Bertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423376.post-5470533004081589992009-12-12T23:12:00.002+08:002010-01-17T19:13:59.428+08:00BedtimeEvery night, my little guy needs me to cuddle him to fall asleep. I used to feel constrained; there are so many things I could get done in the 45-60 minutes it takes for him to go into a deep sleep state so that I can sneak away. But I look at his chubby cheeks and pouty lips, and I feel his tummy rise and fall with each breath as it is pressed up against mine. And I cherish this short timeBertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423376.post-54599677019875640992009-12-10T19:09:00.001+08:002009-12-27T01:30:37.378+08:00Adventures in ECI caught my first poo yesterday. Actually, it was by accident; I was trying to catch a pee after his nap and he pooped instead. This is a good thing; wiping his butt is much easier when he's pooped in a potty instead of a diaper.Alas, I didn't change his diaper last night in an attempt to get him to sleep longer. While it was luxurious to have 2 (TWO!) 3-hour (THREE vs 1 or 2) sleep sessionsBertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423376.post-78658850479691803582009-12-10T00:07:00.001+08:002010-01-17T19:14:17.231+08:00I love my baby's......feet, with toes like Tic Tacs. So yummilicious!Bertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423376.post-15845603940163348712009-12-07T15:50:00.002+08:002009-12-07T15:53:49.655+08:00Before I forget...In the past couple of weeks, my baby:can lift his head and feet up when on his tummydiscovered his hands and has started sucking on his fistssmiles throughout the day, not just in the morning smiles with delight and turns his head with relish when I read his hungry signals early and offer him a chance to nurseprefers to nurse himself to sleep when tiredAlso a big plus:he's spitting up less and Bertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423376.post-24292226308058561972009-11-25T20:55:00.002+08:002009-11-25T20:58:34.650+08:00It's hard to believe.....that in just over two months, I went from this:to this:Bertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690593490652876421noreply@blogger.com0