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Wyre – “Off-stage with my Little Lion”
“I eat a lot of food – and don’t gain weight. Music is my passion. I don’t drink or smoke, I don’t club and I am non-confrontational. He was that child who did all his chores, finished his homework and was at the right place at the right time,” laughs Wyre, asserting that what he…
Fibroids, tooth extraction – my eventful Baby Zuri bump
Fibroids! “I never want to remember how I cried painfully in the scan room the first time I saw that scary growth. It was dreadful just to think that the baby was not fine…”, narrates Edna Shanyisa. “The first scan showed that I had fibroids competing with my growing foetus.” But that was not the…
Personal Failure – Never allow your condition to steal your dream
Failure threatened to put down Dr Wale Akinyemi and his wife. “Our children had to stay off school for a whole year because we could barely meet the basics,” he forlornly recounts, “When visitors knocked we’d tell our kids to go to the bedroom…“ He reveals: “No one called. I’d hide in the bedroom – reading book after book in quest of how to recover…” For this supposed failure, he took responsibility and apologized to Taiwo, his wife – for taking her “through hell.” Her reaction?
Find out in this bare bones account by Wale and Taiwo.
Self-Medication: What are the dangers?
Parents often diagnose their children’s illnesses and buy the medication that they feel will address the problem. A minor health issue which the doctor’s advice can resolve easily becomes a major problem over time….. BabyLove Network interviewed Dr. Mary Kisingu and Dr. Bindi Tank of The Nairobi Hospital What is self-medication? Self-medication refers to the use…
Living abroad – I would rather live, die in Africa
Lessons on adapting to change In 2007, my husband and I had an opportunity for a new beginning to live and work abroad. We were as excited as little children, about living abroad. Abroad was the land of milk and honey. Where there were no power blackouts, no mud, no dust, no water shortages. In…
Sexting online…
Parenting the social-media-age child Sexting is what young girls are using to get attraction from guys. And the boys are loving it – what with all the nude or nearly nude photos and “selfies”. Many young girls are sexting as a joke, as a way of getting attention, or because of “pressure from guys.” Boys sometimes blame “pressure from…
My Baby Kendrick Was Born Premature
My pregnancy was hard and my baby born premature. In the first three months, the morning sickness was unbearable and I couldn’t even take a bus without vomiting. I was nauseated all day and would vomit early morning and in the evening. I lost weight and looked pale and sickly.
Parental Pressure On Children – The Energy Drink Story
“Mom, can you buy me an energy drink to take just before my swimming race?” That was my son the day before their much awaited school swimming gala. You see my son loves to swim and jumps at every opportunity to be in the swimming pool. His swimming has improved dramatically to the extent that he…
Failure Is Not Final; Failure Is Not Fatal
Failure is not final, affirms Dr. Job Mogire in this awesome story of faith and resilience. No library, no laboratory…no student had ever qualified to go to the university from this school “Job were you at Mangu High School?” I have been asked this question many times. Sometimes it’s Alliance High School or Starehe Boys Centre…
What’s Love Got To Do With It – A Reflection on Self Love
Oscar Wilde playwright wrote, “To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance”. As certain as death and taxes is the certainty that you will be your own companion until you die. There is no other person or living thing that will have that privilege. It makes perfect sense then, to love yourself? For…
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