My Rocking Cradle

He’s growing up. He’s bigger. He’s smarter. He’s wittier. I’ve got to keep up.

I am on a mission: Not to go near people with a lot of negative vibes! While I appreciate other mom’s desire to be friends with my son, I also have a need to protect my son to be the boy that he is right now – free-spirited, sometimes naughty, sometimes stubborn. I don’t want [...]

I enjoy breastfeeding – other than the nutrients and the emotional bond I provide to my baby, I get to multi-task. I could either browse the net or read. And I get to explore the world with reading! Whether I’m sitting down or lying on the bed while breastfeeding, I make sure that a book [...]

On those rare times I complain about Baby Dynamo totally rejecting the feeding bottle, DO NOT BELIEVE ME. I actually LOVE breastfeeding. In fact, I advocate breastfeeding. When I received my regular updates from Babyfit.com today, I was filled with more confidence to breastfeed even in public – which I always do, by the way. [...]

I stumbled upon this treasure in my email inbox. This was forwarded by a friend three years ago. Allow me to share this with you: We are sitting at lunch one day when my daughter casually mentions that she and her husband are thinking of “starting a family.” “We’re taking a survey,” she says half-joking. “Do [...]

Have you ever felt the urge to display your kid’s artwork? I’m sure every parent does. I am the sentimental type so it is not surprising that I keep even those seemingly trivial objects for posterity. I find reasons to keep pieces of remembrance. But Little Dynamo loves to write and draw anywhere (not on our the walls, [...]

Baby Dynamo bid goodbye to his sippy cups last June 14. Since then, we didn’t go back to the convenience of the sippy cups. We are dealing with the mess and the spills but we are intent on moving forward. It was just like with my Little Dynamo. I started using a sippy cup for [...]

We always have breakfast together, hubby, Little Dynamo and I. On this particular morning, hubby told Little Dynamo that he needed to go ahead and shall not wait for Little Dynamo to finish eating BUT he needs to finish his food. After a few minutes of eating: Little Dynamo: Mommy, I am full now. Me: [...]

Do you know that the digestive system of babies are ready to accept solids at 17 weeks old? Little Dynamo had his first taste of mashed banana mixed with breastmilk at that age. He was ready to take in food and there was no stopping us from then on. Baby Dynamo is different. I had to [...]

When you become a mommy in Korea, you don’t expect any helper around unless you’re financially blessed. Lucky are those who live with their in-laws (in terms of having free baby-sitters). But in so far as looking into the lives of ordinary Korean moms (whose circle I am happily friends with), these “ajummas” have to [...]