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Why, oh why would I even consider such a thing? After Monkey was born I started to systematically rid myself of all the baby things I would no longer need, now that I was DONE, so so so DONE, I am never going to do that again, twice was plenty, thank you very much. Every new onesie and pair of socks he grew out of, week after week, went right into a bag, handed over to a good friend without a second thought .  Read more >

i've been working on a few posts about my parental culture shock, as a canadian mom of 2 who has recently moved to argentina. but today i have to write about a different kind of total, utter shock. perhaps it's 'just' culture shock - something i didn't know about life in argentina until just now. i don't know, you tell me. i can't seem to scoop my jaw up off the floor or stop asking my partner, incredulously, "but, can you believe it?"  Read more >