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Just read a rather appropriate article on CNN.com on the highs and lows of taking a child’s temperature.

Why appropriate? Because the little one developed a slight fever a couple of Tuesdays ago on the late afternoon of the eve of the Lunar New Year and we were supposed to go out for a reunion dinner with my family. We were also a little concerned because it was customary in my family to go visiting to the various relatives on the first day of the Lunar New Year and we were not too sure if his fever would persist till the next day.

However, even with the fever, he was his usual bubbly self. Talking and playing very enthusiastically. And for the two of us parents, we were quite worried and kept taking his temperature every half an hour or so till he was quite irritated with the constant sticking of the thermometer into his ears.

I guess after reading the article, we’ll not be so flustered every time he gets a slight fever. Important thing is to monitor and look at the kid’s action or inaction.

Hmmm … this has actually nothing to do with parenting

But I’m in the process of moving servers and things might a little wonky. Things should be back to normal in a couple of hours’ time (I hope).

See you on the new server

UPDATE: Well, if you are seeing this, it means everything is back to normal. If you do find any problems, do drop me a mail.

Here’s wishing one and all a Happy Lunar New Year. This is a little belated because this post should have been sent out yesterday. But it had been a busy day yesterday visiting relatives.

Well, I wish all readers of “Blogging Parent” a prosperous and healthy Year of the Pig. And happy parenting!

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- Two articles by Steve Remington of Inside Fatherhood on SAHD Burnout and how to overcome it. Good read even if you’re not a stay-at-home dad yet. Then you’ll know the issues that you might face and think of ways to overcome them.

- An interesting way to make your son show some responsibility … just by making him the chef of the day in making the soup for the whole family and it includes deciding and buying the ingredients. Hmmm … might try that with Matthew when he’s older.

- Here’s something about raising bilingual children. In Singapore, most of us are bilingual with English and our Mother Tongue (be it Mandarin, Tamil or Malay). However, I’m one of those who didn’t really study that hard during Mother Tongue lessons and my Mandarin is not that wonderful. I’m able to converse with someone, but I’m not able to write. And it’s the same for Wendy. Hopefully, Matthew will be able to do both languages well when he goes to school, but then again, we only speak to him in English when we’re at home. (via Parent Hacks)

- Questions Couples Should Ask (Or Wish They Had) Before Marrying
15 questions that all soon-to-be married couples should ask before marrying. For Wendy and myself, we didn’t exactly sit down and ask each other questions, but I guess in the course of everything, we did, somehow, ask each other the majority of the questions listed.

Technorati Tags: child development, languages, learning, parenting, stay-at-home dad