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Celebrating day 1 -2
It’s a girl! Joyous Tichi celebrated the arrival of her second baby on 10 July 2006 My experience Baby was not due for some days but these things don’t always go as per schedule. My pregnancy has been free of complications albeit the odd heartburn and muscle cramps here and there. Towards the last few…
The joy of birth 2
Finally the baby is in mummy’s hands. A worthy gift for all the joy and pain she has been through. It is time to celebrate! My experience The day she was born my life really changed. I had someone who depended on me for everything. It scared me yet I was still very happy to…
Why I stayed!!! Despite severe abuse by spouse…
This is for you who has been angered, assaulted or abused; For you who has been bruised, burned or beaten; This is for you who has been beaten to an inch of your life and yet; You still stay. For me, this is why I stayed. I joined the university in the spring of the year two thousand…
Reflections of a seven-week-old mother
am a seven-week-old mother. My little person turns seven weeks tomorrow. It has been seven weeks of learning, unlearning and re-learning. Seven weeks of breastfeeding, burping and changing diapers on a daily basis. Seven weeks of panicking and taking deep breaths then going back to panic mode. Bathing a seven week old baby makes you cringe…
Mama T’s child discipline tactics! | Wahu Kagwi
Child discipline has gone a notch higher in my family. Last night I heard my daughter, Nyakio, threatening my little dog, that if she didn’t stop barking, she would go to the naughty corner! Lol! It’s her new thing these days! Anyone or anything that upsets her is in danger of the naughty corner! Just…
Facing death — what would worry you most?
She knew she was facing death — the unthinkable. What went through her mind? The most important things? What is life’s priority? View this and other videos of the Late Janet Kanini Ikua, who braved stage 4 cancer, deep vein thrombosis and blood clots in her heart and lungs. Watch more HERE
Introducing…the naughty corner!
” I’d easily dismiss her unnecessary tantrums as ‘prolonged terrible twos syndrome’ ” Nyakio… She’s my little ray of sunshine. She makes me smile even when she doesn’t mean to. Babies have a way of doing that to us. But the other day, as I watched Nyakio throw an unnecessary tantrum, that I’d easily dismiss…
Homeschooling – A Kenyan Success Story
It’s amazing that anytime someone hears that we are home schooling, their first response is that they can never try it because they are very indisciplined and not patient. My response is usually… I am the most impatient person I have ever met and yet here I am…. Homeschooling! Homeschooling is a very un-Kenyan thing…
The Dream Killers
“Teacher Carol!!! Can I please sing for you a song and you tell me if I have talent or not? Please please please… Teacher Carol!!!” This was Matilda, a standard seven pupil at St. George’s primary school. We had just finished our third session of the Leadership Club we run once a week at the…
Inspire your children to be creative – beyond academics
Parents ask, “How can I inspire my kids?” Norah gives us her own experience as a child and offers tips for inspiring your children, from the point of view of an inspired child. My name is Norah Chelagat Borus. I am a student at Stanford University in California (a rising sophomore), majoring in Computer Science.…
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