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Babies and their basic needs

February 9, 2012

Today marks the 7th day since I started working again after staying home for three months (to give birth to a baby, recover from c-section, try to stand on my feet again, wake up n times per night to change diapers, be vomited, drooled and farted on and pooped). Except for the breastmilk issue, we’re [...]

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Breastfeeding issues after going back to work

February 8, 2012

I pack my bags at least a week before I travel. I never cram during exam periods. As much as I can, I want to be ready, always one step ahead. Imagine how I must be feeling when there is no expressed breastmilk I could leave for my baby as I return to work! Ideally, [...]

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Baby Ben sings The Carpenters

February 3, 2012

Finally it’s Friday where we can wind down to the weekend. My first two days back to work had been tough on baby Ben and me – I still need a lot of getting used to the morning routine. Ideally, I’d like to have a morning shower before I go but not, sometimes, sleep gets [...]

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The first days are always the hardest

February 2, 2012

Yesterday’s back to work thing was ok. No one jumped in to tell me, “hey, I thought you were away to give birth, how come you still look pregnant?” Hah. The joys of having an all male colleague in the office. There were no nasty comments to welcome me back, only a huge amount of [...]

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Back to work

February 1, 2012

Hello everyone. I am back to work today after a total of 100 days of maternity leave, I am back as a working mom – meaning, I have double work now. I am well but not too enthusiastic to drive to work this morning and hating the fact that nothing from my closet fits me [...]

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We’re moving (again)

January 29, 2012

Call us crazy – this is the 4th time we’ve moved in our  five years in Dubai. First, we lived in a room inside my company’s guest house for three months after arriving in 2007. It was tough. We weren’t allowed to cook so we ate outside all the time. Pristine got a terrible stomach [...]

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3 month old baby sleeping four hours

January 25, 2012

Last night, the baby slept for FOUR hours straight. Four. That is not a typo! It’s funny how I longed for a longer, better sleep during the first few days of having Benjamin at home that two hours was luxury and now that he’s actually sleeping longer, that I should celebrate and enjoy and catch [...]

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Bottle training update

January 18, 2012

I am supposed to go back to work on Saturday this week, 21st of January but I asked my boss for mercy an extension. We are not ready since I still have a few days of leave credits, I decided to max it out. My leave has been extended until the end of this month. The [...]

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