Some Background
It is Indonesian tradition to bury the baby’s placenta. The placenta is seen as the older sibling or twin of the child, and thus it is accorded special care. The thinking goes somewhat like this: the placenta as the twin of the baby will act as its guardian angel as the child goes through […]
Friday the 20th
We went to the doctor for a check-up Friday night, he said everything looked fine but just to make sure he ran a no stress test on the baby. The test came out fine and we were given the green light to go home and wait for another week for the baby to […]
Back to the holiday issue… Which ones to celebrate and which to let slip by? I’m into birthdays, but not necessarily my own. Hengky managed to WOW me this time, though, and make me think birthdays are indeed pretty cool after all.
Cool as a cucumber, the 18th passed by with little fanfare. A few text […]
Mia wrote:
The day is getting nearer and nearer for the latest Dotulong to pop out of his momma’s tummy. The doc said that the due date is Jan 18, but as you know the baby could come earlier or later - hence I’d like to purpose we make a mini casino and bet on the […]
Idul Adha fell on a Tuesday this year. As we’re not Muslim, nor living on a Muslim island, the only effect this had for us was a day off. Excellent. So how best to spend it? Playing with Gregor, of course. Lucky for us, it was a gorgeous day. After weeks of seemingly endless rain […]