Life, now.

Category: Jovia

  • A Song for a Smile

    I discovered a song my little boy likes.

  • Boys Outing

      Today, Father and Son headed out to the shops on our own. For the first time. The shops are literally a five minute drive, and before we had even arrived we had received a message asking “All ok?”. 15 minutes later we had another asking “When we are coming home” – I think Mummy […]

  • Angel Spotting

    There is nothing much to look at on the ceiling in our apartment, or on any other ceiling usually. So what do babies look at? At first we thought he was looking at the light fitting but he wasn’t. Followed by laughing and chuckling as though he might be conversing with something, or someone. We […]

  • Pink for a Boy, Blue for a Girl?

    Many times as we visit different places with Baby, people have always said nice things when they see him. One thing we have noticed though is that some cannot figure out basic signs. If, for example, you saw a Baby dressed mostly in blue with little anchor motifs all over, would you still ask the […]

  • The Birth II

    We were lucky enough to find a superb Gynaecologist who delivered our baby. Through every step of the process he helped and guided us while still managing to instil great confidence. The day eventually came when we parted ways – a healthy Baby Boy had been born and the Doctor moved on to other patients. […]

  • A Tale of Colic from a far-off-land

    In Kenya, Gusii babies get a condition called Enyancha (The Lake) in which their genitals are supposedly disturbed by the wind moving off Lake Victoria. Deborah Jackson

  • What about some friendly advice?

    Dad Tip #107: if potty training was an olympic sport, it would be the Marathon, not the 100m sprint. @TomMQuinn

  • Sleeping Baby, Staring Parents

    Time spent on getting your baby to sleep can be quite substantial. So it is strange that when parents do get their babies to sleep, they then stand there watching the baby. Seeing the quirky facial movements, the half smile, the quivering lip, the big grin that seems to represent a ‘number 2’, or the […]

  • Singing Ability & Parenthood

    I am not a born singer but I have come to realise that parenthood changes all of that. All of a sudden your knowledge of a song, in particular the words, brings forth never before seen (in this case heard) renditions of a usually popular song. Depending on your mood, the new lyrics can be quite good […]

  • Night-time Observation

    From many people and friends I have heard of the problem of night-time feeds. They occur several times through the night, and interrupt your sleep immensely. But there is a piece of information missing, and that is the length of time for the actual feed. To be woken at 1am, and then 5am sounds bad, but not necessarily […]