From the monthly archives:

June 2007

My first question when I read the headline on this BBC News article was what the hell are ‘rickets’. Well, rickets, according to Wikipedia, is a softening of the bones in children potentially leading to fractures and deformity. Rickets is among the most frequent childhood diseases in many developing countries. The predominant cause is a […]

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Parenting Differences

by Isaak Kwok on June 21, 2007

in Parenting

An interesting article on parenting differences on CNN. Have a look at how mummies and daddies treat the same situation differently. And though there are different styles, what’s most important is the one that works. Guess between my wife and I, we do have different styles. And it sometimes leads to us getting onto each […]

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Pureed Baby Food ‘Unnatural’

by Isaak Kwok on June 20, 2007

in Parenting

According to the deputy director of Unicef’s UK Baby Friendly Initiative, Gill Rapley, pureed baby food is both “unnatural and unnecessary” and it might cause babies to have health problems later in life. Apparently, this statement is made in her personal capacity as the founder of a feeding programme, Baby-Led Weaning. She feels that babies […]

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