Do supermarket flyers (chirashi) actually make a difference to your food bill?
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Day ten of being sick - please let us be back to normal starting tomorrow
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Dads of JapanLife: what would be a nice birthday for you?
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16m Toddler Slept Through the Night for the First Time in His Own Crib
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Easy “add ons” to dinner for when my son is a black hole of hunger
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Feed 12 month old until he stops fussing?
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My baby turns one tomorrow and I am not prepared
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Does anyone else have to write 日誌 at work?
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Intrusive thoughts still coming up one year post partum
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Omiyage that you ended up eating regularly?
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Gaming mums! Did anyone finish Tears of the Kingdom?
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Protecting baby’s skin on Hoikuen walks
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Bakers of Japan! Where am I going wrong with mushipan?
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Amazing job offer one week before going back from leave - anyone else have the same thing happen? Tell me about your successes!
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Switching to formula - timing schedule with solids?
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My 7mo baby has been switched
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Constipation in 6mo and paediatrician advice in your country
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Places to go with a baby in Tokyo and Yokohama?
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Back injury - how to entertain the baby if I cannot pick him up?
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What I didn’t expect when breastfeeding
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Taking a less senior role to be closer to home for my baby - long term can I make a comeback?
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Baby suddenly hates bedtime routine?
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Hoikuen life as two working parents
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4 month old hasn’t pooped in five days
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Overtired or under tired? False starts every day
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