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Why Our Kids Love Having a Babysitter

We don’t get babysitters very often.  This disappoints our five-year-old twins immensely. They’ve always loved babysitters. I have a few theories on why they love having other people look after them. Theory One has to do with the fact they’re twins. There’s comfort in numbers, especially when your partner-in-crime has been with you since the […]

Pregnant in Bangkok: remembering

There are things that scare me more than pregnancy, such as raising children or having a camera crew chase me around as I attempt to parent. But even after disasters such as lying face down on a golf course amidst a spectacular lightning storm (and I don’t even golf), pregnancy still ranks up there on […]

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