The title of this post says it all. We survived. I’m tempted to just leave it at that, mainly because I’m still tired out from it, but...

Before all of you who know me start laughing hysterically at the idea of me being a ‘beautiful mama’, let me first clarify that the word...

Ahem. I interrupt the normal parenting posts with this announcement: GWTT is now on Twitter (@GrowingwtheTans) and NuffnangX! I have gone...

Growing with the Tans is now on Facebook! Recently, I realised that there are people OTHER than my family and friends who actually read...

We never thought we’d be the sort of parents who would do this, but yes, we entered our baby in a baby contest. And edged out seven other...

#4. Why does our son think he’s a puppy? We seriously think that Noah thinks he’s a puppy. Seriously. Why, you ask? (a) Whenever he gets...

There are many things I don’t understand about this whole parenting gig. After six months of insufficient sleep and seemingly endless...

I went back to school last week for the release of the O Level results, and being there made me miss teaching again. I saw my boys, all...

Thanks, Zee, for nominating me for this award! It’s so cute! The rules for the award: – Thank the blogger who gave you the award and link...

Are you a parent or grandparent? Is your child or grandchild aged between one and three years old? Do you live in Singapore? If you...

Welcome to my new blog! I’ve decided to self-host, which basically means that I have a shorter blog address a lot more control and...

I read about this iPhone app called ‘Intuition: Mom’s Assistant’ and decided to try it out for myself since I often find myself...

In a bid to get Noah to take a nap yesterday, C tasked me with buying us both lunch. I took a really long (to me) walk and noticed this:...

I hadn’t been reading much since Noah was born and one day, when C asked me, “Ey, you stopped reading ah?”, I realised that I haven’t...

As I write this post, the last batch of students I’ve taught are sitting for their EL O Level paper and even though I only taught them...

I came down with a really bad sore throat on Thursday night and by Friday afternoon, I was so uncomfortable that C had to come home early...

The hubs surprised me by buying a Mother & Baby magazine some time ago and I thought this poem in one of the articles was a good reminder...