4 Things... A Study in Meme

28 February 2006, 16:44

Husband loves these things, and I’ve never been bothered to do one, but with Tuesday being “Husband Helps Kinki out with Scout Day”, here goes…

Four jobs I’ve had in my life

• Waitress at Chinese restaurant
• Recruiter
• English teacher
• Communications Analyst

Four movies I can watch over and over

• The Exorcist
• Beverley Hills Cop
• Bridget Jones’ Diary
• Top Gun

Four places I have lived

• Newcastle, NSW (1971-1987)
• Vancouver, Canada (1995-1996)
• Tokyo, Japan (2001-2004)
• Melbourne, Victoria (present)

Four TV shows I love to watch

• 24
• Amazing Race
• Waking the Dead
• Lost

Four places I have been on vacation

• New York, USA
• Beijing, China
• London, England
• Niseko, Japan

Four of my favourite dishes

• Chick Pea Casserole from Moroccan Soup Bar, Fitzroy North
• Garlic Prawns from Gurkhas, Richmond
• Gyoza & Rice from Fukushin, Tokyo (now only a memory…)
• Rhubarb & Apple Crumble from the Vegie Bar, Fitzroy

Four websites I visit daily

• Calendar Hub because I can’t remember a bloody thing about what I’m doing these days
• Essential Baby Forum
• BabyCentre UK, the best damn website for baby crap
• Australian Breastfeeding Association, because, as you might have noticed, boobs are my life right now…

Four places I would rather be right now

• Sipping a coffee in Kitsilano, Vancouver
• Frolicking in the snow (doesn’t matter where - in Niseko or Big White, 2 faves…)
• Wolfing down a curry and beer in a hole-in-the-wall in Tokyo
• Sitting around a campfire in Upper Yarra Reservoir Park (aka “Moose Gully”)

Four bloggers I am tagging

• Gleek
• Scout
• Nicole
• Numine

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Ladies and Gents, we have ourselves a Chubba

25 February 2006, 09:07

Big Chubba

You are getting veeeeeeery sleeeeepy

Scout is now a month old and has expanded exponentially since her birth. She puts on something ridiculous like 300 grams every week (the average is around 150 grams) and feeds like an absolute demon. Not surprisingly, she’s been suffering a bit with the Wind in the Willows (we also have a little song for that, but I won’t subject you to it) and does massive adult-sized farts and burps. And here I was thinking we’d have to curb our wanton emissions when she came along so she wouldn’t get any bad habits. Pffffth.

My boobs have also not settled yet, so are quite engorged every feed, which means Scout gets this overwhelming hit of milk which she gulps with vigour and ends up with an overflow of milk all down her chin (we call this “getting some Clancy”. That’s one for Australian readers…)

She’s healthy though, and happy and has just started to smile at us rather than near us or at the ceiling. She may be a big chubba, but damn, she’s cute….

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The Bouncing Baby Song

20 February 2006, 09:11

McG and I have devised a song that will placate Scout the moment we start singing it. In fact, it’s the only song we currently have in our artillery with a 100% success rate. It goes a little something like this:

The little bouncing baby goes bounce, bounce, BOUNCE
The little bouncing baby goes bounce, bounce, BOUNCE
The little bouncing baby goes bounce, bounce, BOUNCE
The little bouncing baby goes bounce, bounce, BOUNCE

It is pure genius. Really.

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Separated at Birth?

17 February 2006, 11:17

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Boob Juice...

14 February 2006, 19:47

...is really rather amazing. As well as feeding and nourishing your baby it can also be used to:

1. Soothe sore nipples
2. Squirt up baby’s nose to unblock it.
3. Squirt into baby’s eyes to ungunk it.
4. Squirt your baby’s face (and sometimes your’s) during a feed. Just for fun.
5. have target practice in the shower. Did I say that?

Yeah, this stuff is all right!

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