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Downtown Momma: A Baby Escape
My husband and I just returned from a two night/three day road trip down England’s south coast without our baby son, Kai. We left him with his grandparents and headed off together. It has been my...
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Downtown Momma: Baby Massage Classes This Month at HoK
My little baby Kai is so happy after bath time. He is nice and clean and smells so good. His favorite part, though, is his massage. While I am not a professional, I would like to be! Among the...
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Downtown Momma: Bumps2Babes
Going through the process of pregnancy, delivery, and early motherhood is challenging for any woman however, the feeling is amplified when you’re far away from “home.” Often times, we new moms may feel...
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Baby and Kids Fair – Riviera Country Club
The weather gods continue to spoil us with blue skies and blooms everywhere. So, on a perfectly bright and sunny spring afternoon, loads of families headed to the Beijing Riviera Clubhouse, to partake...
View ArticleWhen She’s Short of 100 Days – Baby’s Man Yue and 100 Day Milestones
Carrying our daughter around Beijing has been an interesting experience for me, because Jax was a lot older (and almost double her size) when we returned to Beijing in 2015. We’ve been carrying her...
View ArticleBeijing Babies’ Cries More Melodic Due to Mother’s Mandarin Use
A recent study conducted by Beijing Normal University and University of Würzburg show how babies born to mothers who speak tonal languages, such as Mandarin Chinese, have more melodic cries than those...
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Bare Essentials: Exactly What Your Beijing Baby Needs
Let’s face it; you will have to buy a lot of things when you step into the world of becoming a parent. It’s one of those simple facts of life. While many of these things will be useful to an extent,...
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Playing About Town: Get Busy With Some Unique Baby-Oriented Fun Around Beijing
There are mixed opinions regarding whether or not our babies benefit from group play before the age of one. Despite these contradictory claims, have you ever asked your baby whether or not he or she...
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World Breastfeeding Week 2017: My Breastfeeding Story
World Breastfeeding Week is almost upon us (August 1-7), and I came across some memories I wrote down when my daughter was 11 months old. I want to share my story with new mothers and mothers-to-be. I...
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Top 10 Reasons Why Your Baby Isn’t Sleeping in Beijing
There are plenty of reasons why your infant might not be sleeping. The poor little thing ate too much and her tummy is bù shūfu; he’s had a bad dream, likely from mom and dad blaring Game of Thrones in...
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Reclaiming Your Bed: Transitioning Baby from Your Bed to the Cot
So here I am. 12 months after saying I would never encourage or enter into co-sleeping with my firstborn, I’m struggling to stop the cozy nights snuggled up with my little one in my arms and transition...
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Baby Monitoring: The YI Dome Review
When I was pregnant with my son, one of the first items on my mom-to-be-list was a baby monitoring device. I was fortunate enough to be the recipient of a baby shower where guests gave generously, and...
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Dr. Seuss Birthday Party: Oh the Places He’ll Go
I’m wondering if my son’s recent Dr. Seuss first birthday party is Pinterest-worthy. Lux turned one last week Monday, and we decided to throw him his first ever themed celebration. Seeing that we are...
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Babyproofing: The Essentials
Over the past month or so, I’ve been babyproofing the home. I’ve always really been into interior home design. From Art Deco cut glass to baroque candleholders and mirrors, my apartment used to be...
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Update on Baby Camila
On October 3 beijingkids sent out a WeChat plea to the community to help save baby Camila Cortavitarte Urdandeta. The post received over 3,000 reads and in just four days donations for baby Camila...
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Dongdong’s Chunhui Mamas Giving Second Chances to Children in Need.
On a cold winter in 2014, onlookers gathered around a baby boy wrapped in blankets and abandoned on the side of the road. The only signs that he was once loved and cared for were the blanket he was...
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New Arrivals – Say Hello to Beijing’s Smallest
Avery Katharine Dracz Canadian/American. Born on October 19 to Stephanie Anne Dracz and Curtis Dracz at OASIS International Hospital Gilbert Li American/Chinese. Born on August 4 to Ruth Shen and Yan...
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Beijing’s Youngest Coronavirus Patient, 9-Months-Old, Is Stable
Yesterday Xinhua News reported that Beijing’s youngest Coronavirus patient, a nine-month-old baby girl, is now in stable condition. BEIJING, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) — A nine-months-old girl infected with the...
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Managing Pregnancy During Coronavirus
Pregnancy is a beautiful time, but it’s also a time when your brain is coming up with more questions than you can imagine, especially if you’re going through it for the first time. Your body is going...
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Mandarin Monday: Postpartum Care Essentials
If one more person gives me the useless “advice” that I “better sleep now while I can, because when the baby comes, I won’t be able to get much of it anymore,” I’m going to lose it. You don’t need to...
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