Mumbai – Children in the news and why not move back

May 15, 2013 4 Comments by

A few articles from this week’s paper that I thought would be of interest to my readers. To be a child any where can have risks. But from forced child marriages (India’s law is no marriage before age 18, but around 50% of girls are married by 18) to kidnappings to high pressure [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Big Sister Haircut

May 15, 2013 No Comments by

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Roundup: Birth Matters for Women

May 15, 2013 6 Comments by

Birth Matters, really. Birth matters, not just to the women who have an “idealized” birth, but to all of us because everything surrounding birth can affect long-term both mom, baby and society. However, laws surrounding birth can change the course of lives – and since the US ranks low in maternal outcomes and [...]

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Second day squatting – 6th move in 7 weeks

May 14, 2013 4 Comments

So a new update – we moved again. This time temporarily to my in-law’s place. I posted a few of the updates in the comments on my last post, as to what I tried and what did not work. Frankly, this company clearly has no idea what it means to move half way [...]

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First day of squatting

May 13, 2013 4 Comments

The morning started out fine. I didn’t sleep much – between R waking up again and again (asking for his friend Conner – whether he was in the airplane and if it was sunny time in his home in America ) and me worrying about being here illegally) and just being worried, I’m [...]

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Mom Bloggers with PR2 or above

May 12, 2013 No Comments

Are you a mom blogger with a google page rank of 2 or above? Are you looking for a paid post? If so, please fill out the form below. I’m working with a company who will pay decently (based on your page) and looking to help with post advertising. You’ll be paid by [...]

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Quick update on our India move

May 12, 2013 4 Comments

Well, as I said the other day, our stay here was not extended. They, instead, did us the favor of letting us stay at another guest house. So on Saturday my husband and I left the kids with our maid/nanny to check it out. Along the way we noticed it really was a [...]

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Winner of Via Parenting – Rock your Inner Mama

May 11, 2013 No Comments

Congrats to Rachel on her win! I will send your email information to the vendor – please watch your email! Here are your random numbers: 10 Timestamp: 2013-05-11 16:18:30 UTC Congrats again

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Chillafish BMXie on the way! GIVEAWAY- Check it out!

May 10, 2013 11 Comments

Check out this awesome new BMX balance bike that’s coming SOOON from ChillaFish! We’re super excited to see this new bike in action. It makes a great complement to their line of balance bikes. BMXie  Plus they’re giving one away. How awesome is that. Click through and try your chances.   Disclosure: I [...]

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Argh – an interim move

May 10, 2013 6 Comments

So it is almost 6 pm on Friday. My husband just called. The extension he put in for us has been denied. He was told to put it in again and write the reason as “personal.” Well the reason isn’t personal – it is that our stuff isn’t here yet! It took a [...]

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