/Features/Living/-/1218/1218/-/ydk1f7z/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Are-you-a-team-or-lone-rangers/-/1218/1858286/-/8klks4/-/index.html Phew! The nusu mkate government is no more! 2013-05-21T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Chocolate-cupcakes-your-children-will-love/-/1218/1858298/-/p8b0ez/-/index.html During the past two weeks, I have received quite a number of emails asking me to give more cupcake and muffin recipes 2013-05-21T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Stigma-to-blame/-/1218/1858254/-/bytjiw/-/index.html Most sexual assault cases involving children and very close relatives like fathers, cousins, grandparents and uncles, in Kenya, go unreported 2013-05-21T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Teaching-Puddng-to-develop-good-attitude/-/1218/1858272/-/o2kpltz/-/index.html Good attitude. We tell Pudd’ng these two words whenever she is acting up 2013-05-21T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/To-all-the-women-whove-lost-their-lives-giving-birth/-/1218/1858264/-/hp5wyl/-/index.html It is a fact that we have a high maternal mortality rate 2013-05-21T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Major-depression-who-is-at-risk/-/1218/1858234/-/b3i9vs/-/index.html Last week, dozens of psychiatric patients absconded from Mathari Mental Hospital 2013-05-21T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Asunta-ignore-the-rumour-mongers/-/1218/1858216/-/tgddm7z/-/index.html Asunta, I have mentioned your name for the past 17 months in my HIV/Aids sessions as a role model for positive living and attitude 2013-05-21T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Food-that-you-love-could-be-making-you-sick/-/1218/1858310/-/dv462tz/-/index.html Every time Benji would eat, he would get sick. Benji was a two-year-old boy who came to see me because he just did not seem able to hold any food down 2013-05-21T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/My-son-has-been-charged-with-arson/-/1218/1858280/-/103h229/-/index.html The charges your child is facing are no laughing matter, therefore we understand your distress 2013-05-21T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Were-not-safe-even-in-our-own-homes/-/1218/1858222/-/6hxnsd/-/index.html The first thing I noticed as I drove into our apartment block was this car parked too far out of its parking space, partially blocking the narrow drive way 2013-05-21T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/My-tears-will-dry-up-eventually/-/1218/1858252/-/y5pc6n/-/index.html Raped by her father five years ago, Betty Chepng’etich talks about finally accepting the son she gave birth to 2013-05-21T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/-/1218/1857920/-/vr86vf/-/index.html 2013-05-20T12:02:33Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Im-not-a-member-of-the-Illuminati/-/1218/1851852/-/tpnqakz/-/index.html “Asunta, I've heard that you’re now a member of the Illuminati,” someone wrote on my Facebook wall last year 2013-05-14T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Nutritional-first-aid-for-sickle-cell-disease/-/1218/1851876/-/146fquo/-/index.html A few weeks ago, I saw a young child with sickle cell disease 2013-05-14T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/My-family-sticks-together/-/1218/1851858/-/b5qlssz/-/index.html Our family stays together in sickness and in health 2013-05-14T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/My-life-as-a-stammerer/-/1218/1851836/-/102m5cz/-/index.html I did not understand what a stammerer was until I found out that I was one 2013-05-14T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/What-a-courageous-woman-you-are/-/1218/1851810/-/a3mq9bz/-/index.html What a heartwarming story of the birth of Asunta’s identical twins 2013-05-14T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Buttermilk-berry-muffins/-/1218/1851870/-/mrs346z/-/index.html Last week we learnt the difference between muffins and cupcakes 2013-05-14T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Hypertension-can-be-managed/-/1218/1851840/-/os4hfvz/-/index.html A decade or so ago, everyone said that hypertension, or high blood pressure, was a disease of the West 2013-05-14T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/My-dream-is-now-a-reality/-/1218/1851844/-/cl4wdhz/-/index.html At 29, Linda Kajuju is a Class Three pupil. Find out why she doesn’t think she’s wasting time in school 2013-05-14T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Offences-and-penalties-under-the-Marriage-Act/-/1218/1851862/-/o5lq42z/-/index.html Unlawfully performing marriage ceremony 2013-05-14T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Are-you-emotionally-intelligent/-/1218/1851864/-/ufvi1d/-/index.html “It is not the smartest people who are the most successful or the happiest.” 2013-05-14T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Former-maid-now-pupil/-/1218/1851164/-/qqkaey/-/index.html 2013-05-13T12:50:03Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Asunta-just-got-twins/-/1218/1844558/-/mehg2l/-/index.html Kenya’s face of resilience against HIV talks about giving birth again, and hopes that this time round, her reasons will silence her critics 2013-05-07T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Pre-partum-bleeding/-/1218/1844570/-/9wsnhp/-/index.html Pregnancy is a normal condition 2013-05-07T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Blame-it-on-wheat/-/1218/1844592/-/moc9miz/-/index.html My eight year-old son complains that his tummy aches when he eats chapati and bread 2013-05-07T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Penalties-under-the-Marriage-Act/-/1218/1844580/-/vymgvj/-/index.html The following are some of the offences set out in the Marriage Act, Chapter 150 of the laws of Kenya 2013-05-07T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Trust-is-a-work-in-progress/-/1218/1844576/-/8n8gv9/-/index.html Miranda rights. That is what I should have demanded from the prosecutor... sorry, Tenderoni 2013-05-07T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Cupcakes-and-muffins/-/1218/1844586/-/e8d4a0z/-/index.html If you have noticed, there are numerous cake “‘joints” that have sprung up in the city centre 2013-05-07T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Am-I-the-only-clueless-father/-/1218/1844564/-/7cpbrz/-/index.html I had a tiff yesterday night with my wife regarding our three-month-old son 2013-05-07T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Now-this-is-my-kind-of-Kenyan/-/1218/1845402/-/jpmxi1z/-/index.html Last week’s main story about 24-year-old Paul Gikaro, who despite having no formal job, is paying school fees for needy children debunks the myth that to be a philanthropist 2013-05-07T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Its-wrong-to-use-your-HIV-status-to-get-freebies-/-/1218/1762390/-/s38oer/-/index.html Depending on donor aid, our organisation gives food and other forms of support to people living with HIV who are in dire straits. 2013-04-30T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Early-diagnosis-can-resolve-the-squint/-/1218/1762388/-/7g75wr/-/index.html Just the other day, a friend took her baby to see an ophthalmologist, concerned that her baby had a lazy eye, a form of a squint. 2013-04-30T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/A-little-kindness-goes-a-long-way/-/1218/1762386/-/b3anix/-/index.html Once in a while, you meet an exceptional person, a person so compassionate, he is willing to sacrifice his time, money, and comfort to help a person in need. 2013-04-30T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/My-child-learn-and-gather-wisdom-from-my-journey---/-/1218/1762396/-/3a7qdq/-/index.html Labour Day. The apt time of the year to speak to Pudd’ng about my “labour pains”. 2013-04-30T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Are-you-lonely-in-your-relationship/-/1218/1762398/-/krt419z/-/index.html Many people are caught off guard when their spouses complain of being lonely. 2013-04-30T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Childhood-arthritis-What-you-need-to-know/-/1218/1762392/-/rts56v/-/index.html When little Violet first came to see me, she was only 18 months old, and even though I see a fair number of ill children, I do not think I was quite prepared when her parents told me that she had arthritis. 2013-04-30T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Cast-the-first-stone-if-you-havent-sinned/-/1218/1762394/-/30mt2gz/-/index.html Mob justice cases have become so common, it is frightening. 2013-04-30T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/A-death-certificate-could-be-your-lifeline/-/1218/1762402/-/efiwbyz/-/index.html The death certificate is a legal document under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act (Cap 149 of the Laws of Kenya). 2013-04-30T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Crepes-delicious-filling-and-easy-to-make--/-/1218/1762400/-/ap5at4/-/index.html If you tried out the pancake recipe I gave you last week, you will enjoy this week’s recipe. 2013-04-30T00:19:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Does-your-marriage-have-a-retainer/-/1218/1755850/-/ajc1qc/-/index.html Most sales people survive on two sources of income: commission and retainer. 2013-04-23T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/The-childhood-my-son-will-never-have/-/1218/1755846/-/2po61c/-/index.html After watching my three-year-old son curled up on the seat watching cartoons day after day since he closed school, I decided I had had enough. 2013-04-23T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Now-this-is-the-mark-of-a-true-leader/-/1218/1755866/-/iwtas7z/-/index.html I have had the honour of meeting Canon Byamugisha in Botswana, when the University of Botswana honoured this great man of God. 2013-04-23T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/I-want-him-to-take-care-of-his-child/-/1218/1755872/-/e7cpqx/-/index.html I am pregnant, even though I am no longer in a relationship with my child’s father. 2013-04-23T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/I-want-more-children/-/1218/1755860/-/bvx8lfz/-/index.html School holidays are here again. Because I am under par, and the doctor has ordered bed rest, so I am home alone with my children. 2013-04-23T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/My-Puddng-takes-the-prize-this-term/-/1218/1755858/-/awc9qcz/-/index.html This term, our Pudd’ng was first in her class. Here is to hoping that baby girl will not only keep this first feat up but she will, over the years, do better. 2013-04-23T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Instead-of-treating-why-not-prevent/-/1218/1755848/-/xd6rtqz/-/index.html Last week, the Unicef representative to Kenya wrote an article in the Daily Nation on ways to boost child health with a focus on preventive and promotive interventions. 2013-04-23T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/You-tried-to-take-my-life-but-failed/-/1218/1755842/-/sjr7qgz/-/index.html It is almost a year since a devastating blast ripped through Assanands House along Moi Avenue in Nairobi. While many were lucky enough to escape with minor injuries, some victims still bear scars that will forever remind them of the senseless evil that human beings are capable of. 2013-04-23T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Who-said-children-must-sleep-in-your-bed/-/1218/1750402/-/pv7kfz/-/index.html I am shocked to learn that there are parents who sleep with their children. 2013-04-16T17:49:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Help-Joshua-is-killing-me-with-his-questions/-/1218/1750384/-/gfn86a/-/index.html Just because I have not talked about it in a long time, do not think that my son, Joshua, has stopped killing me with his endless questions. 2013-04-16T17:35:49Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/In-a-hurry-Try-this-stir-fried-brown-rice/-/1218/1749748/-/6t1ms5z/-/index.html Last week, we learnt how to make brown rice at home and why it is a better choice than white rice. Today we look at more health benefits that make brown rice fantastic. 2013-04-16T02:32:40Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Holding-on-to-the-past-is-too-expensive/-/1218/1749746/-/uexmbn/-/index.html My parents are my worst enemies”, the inconsolable woman bitterly complained as she poured her heart to a counsellor, who sat through the session, listening, comforting, leading, and supporting her. Her story was long and bitter, narrated through tears of pain. 2013-04-16T02:26:53Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/He-lied-to-me-that-he-was-not-married/-/1218/1749740/-/7vfrxez/-/index.html I married my husband about two months ago in a civil wedding after dating for two months. Immediately after the wedding, a woman showed up and claimed to be his wife of eight years and that they have two children together. 2013-04-16T02:15:24Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Random-musings-about-Puddng/-/1218/1749736/-/fv51i5z/-/index.html “I’m sorry ma’am, your daughter’s got acute …” That’s what the midwife haltingly told Tenderoni when Pudd’ng was born. Our gift’s little legs were moving so feverishly, they tangled the slippery umbilical cord. 2013-04-16T02:11:02Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/This-53-year-old-Reverend-is-living---positively/-/1218/1749732/-/egidmgz/-/index.html Reverend Gideon Boguma Byamughisha had everything going for him — he was in his final year at a theological college, had a beautiful and loving wife, and a daughter who gave him much happiness. 2013-04-16T01:28:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/What-do-these-medical-terms-mean/-/1218/1749730/-/109ua5r/-/index.html During the hearings of the petitions against the presidential poll results, we learnt certain legal terms, among them amicus curiae, Latin for “friend of the court”. 2013-04-16T01:22:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Tradition-will-be-the-death-of-us/-/1218/1749726/-/nky8anz/-/index.html I loathe tradition. Honestly I do. I think tradition has been used negatively to suppress women. 2013-04-16T01:18:44Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Have-a-steaming-plate-of-brown-rice/-/1218/1743244/-/13nvmf/-/index.html Rice is probably one of the most popular dishes in Kenyan households — it is easily available and easy to cook 2013-04-09T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Ants-can-teach-us-a-lot/-/1218/1743228/-/4m2y44/-/index.html Ants! This is a word I have come to dread since the rainy season began 2013-04-09T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Teachers-are-made-of-clay-and-diamonds/-/1218/1743240/-/hhncyxz/-/index.html Our Pudd’ng’s handwriting is on the scrawl. Instead of the neat “handie” she had in Pre-unit, she is now scrawling 2013-04-09T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/I-want-my-wife-and-bed-back/-/1218/1743210/-/8nrqffz/-/index.html At what age should a child move out of his parents’ bed? 2013-04-09T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Heres-my-humble-petition-to-God/-/1218/1743234/-/pel4cr/-/index.html Do not blame me. Blame the politicians who filed post-election petitions 2013-04-09T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Size-does-matter/-/1218/1743216/-/molnecz/-/index.html I remember when I was joining Form One, I received lots of advice from all corners, but the one I have not forgotten is my mother’s 2013-04-09T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Breakfast-equals-a-brainy-child/-/1218/1743250/-/7a5xscz/-/index.html Time and again, I have stressed the importance of eating breakfast 2013-04-09T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Parents-are-turning-children-into-tribalists/-/1218/1743222/-/1580ohk/-/index.html I could not help but agree with Irene Sifuna that parents are to blame for the tribal biases some of us have 2013-04-09T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Febrile-convulsions/-/1218/1743224/-/u4h1duz/-/index.html Up until early this year, febrile convulsions were just a condition I learnt in medical school and managed in some of my paediatric patients 2013-04-09T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Parents-created-and-nurtured-this-monster/-/1218/1736444/-/11tydrl/-/index.html I was hanging out with my friends one afternoon when the issue of tribalism came up 2013-04-02T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/My-girls-have-funny-eating-habits/-/1218/1736538/-/15bo9d0/-/index.html Tenderoni has this habit of removing tomato skins from her food and setting them aside 2013-04-02T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/The-cardinal-rules-of-deep-frying/-/1218/1736564/-/daviiz/-/index.html Last week, I promised you more tips on how best to deep-fry food. Here are more 2013-04-02T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Powers-and-duties-of-personal-representatives/-/1218/1736550/-/2ptj3d/-/index.html Today, we shall address the alteration and cancellation of grant — is it possible and do foreign grants have effect in Kenya? 2013-04-02T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Theres-no-deep-fried-food-thats-healthy/-/1218/1736438/-/6a3kc9z/-/index.html I refer to your feature in your food section last week titled, “Deep-frying the healthy way” 2013-04-02T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/What-every-new-mother-should-know/-/1218/1736528/-/ulq3sm/-/index.html I had called Celestine’s* office to ask if she got my email, but was told she had not been in for almost two weeks, though they expected her any time 2013-04-02T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Did-you-have-glue-for-breakfast/-/1218/1736574/-/y2u3axz/-/index.html Now imagine, instead of using this gloopy paste to stick things up on the wall, you ate it. That is essentially what you get when you mix the popular Kenyan breakfast of tea and toast 2013-04-02T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Youre-what-you-feed-your-body/-/1218/1736478/-/o0py8lz/-/index.html There is something about holidays that makes most of us eat more than we should, and even worse, eat what we should not 2013-04-02T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Meet-Elisha-our-miracle-baby/-/1218/1736506/-/fc6pvq/-/index.html We thought he’d die, but he lived 2013-04-02T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Revenge-wont-make-you-feel-better/-/1218/1736552/-/624f5g/-/index.html “He made me do it!” “It was her fault!” 2013-04-02T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/How-do-I-get-my-child-to-eat-healthy-food/-/1218/1731170/-/8kn1frz/-/index.html My son would be happy eating queen cakes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. How can I get him to eat healthy food? 2013-03-26T23:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Alteration-and-cancellation-of-grants/-/1218/1731160/-/od1tx5z/-/index.html Last week we took you through the process of confirmation of grant 2013-03-26T23:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Deep-frying-the-healthy-way/-/1218/1731164/-/iw0q2c/-/index.html Last week, I promised that I would give you tips on how best to deep-fry food 2013-03-26T23:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/These-foods-will-warm-you-up/-/1218/1731104/-/aq9egx/-/index.html The long rains are here, and with them cold chilly morning weather 2013-03-26T23:00:00Z