Parenting

Help! My kid is not speaking yet?!

[By Big C] Both Big E and Small E had the same issue at their 18-month development check at the polyclinic. Both were done at Hougang Polyclinic (and it’s free!) So we have both the nurse and the doctor asking me if they were able to say simple words like papa, mama etc. My answer… Continue reading Help! My kid is not speaking yet?!

Work

For mums who want to return to workforce

[By Big C] Awesome initiative by Mums at Work (Singapore)! JumpStart Programme is an initiative that not only help match employers to mums who wants to return to the workforce, it also provides a trial period plus reintegration training programme which will be sponsored by the employer! You may have given up your career to… Continue reading For mums who want to return to workforce

Parenting

Dear boss, my son is down with fever again…

[By Big C] This morning, I had to text my boss again... I just did like a week plus ago. "Dear boss, my son is down with fever again... sorry but I will need to take urgent leave today..." Small E is very prone to having fever from baby days, no matter how serious or… Continue reading Dear boss, my son is down with fever again…

Parenting

C-section is not birth?

[By Big C] A photographer refused to offer birth photography service to a Mum who will be going through a C-section. Read the story here. And I call it bullshit and rude! Here is their conversation. I don’t know if this conversation really took place or it is a staged one BUT in order for… Continue reading C-section is not birth?

Parenting

Don’t be THAT mum

[By Big C] It's a constant wish ... TO BE THE PERFECT MUM as well as a constant reminder ... DON'T BE THAT MUM! There are so many mum stereotypes that stress us out. Before we take every step, we start to wonder how would people see us... as a mum. Would we be classified as… Continue reading Don’t be THAT mum