{"id":29198,"date":"2013-03-14T14:41:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T18:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=29198"},"modified":"2013-03-14T14:41:48","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T18:41:48","slug":"new-jet-alum-parenting-blog-us-japan-fam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2013\/03\/14\/new-jet-alum-parenting-blog-us-japan-fam\/","title":{"rendered":"New JET Alum Parenting Blog: “US-JAPAN FAM”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"hezamama\"<\/p>\n

Heather Wilson Tomoyasu (ALT Ibaraki<\/a>-ken, 2004-06)<\/strong>, previously Manager of Public Relations at the Japanese Chamber of Commerce<\/a>, is now a newly established stay-at-home mom blogging in Brooklyn on her site <\/em>US-Japan Fam<\/a><\/strong> to hopefully compile the ultimate resource for Japanese-American cross cultural families, delving into the matters of raising children bilingually, bi-culturally, and bi-racially in the Big Apple.<\/em><\/p>\n

The first 8 entries are up and ready to roll:<\/p>\n

A Little about Me and the Blog<\/a><\/strong>: find out more about me and my family (yes, I met my husband at a gay bar, WHAT??), and my plans for the blog.<\/p>\n

Marathon of a Birth<\/a><\/strong>: discussing my 50 hour labor, natural birth (no meds \u2013 YIKES), and the whacked out medical system that billed $25K on a 36-hour hospital stay!<\/p>\n

Back to Work \u2013 To Go or Not to Go, a New Mother\u2019s Dilemma<\/a><\/strong>: you guessed it, this one is all about maternity leave, comparing the US system to that of Japan and a few other countries, and what went into my decision to stay at home.<\/p>\n

My Roommate is a Grunter and Poops his Pants<\/a><\/strong>: about co-sleeping (same room or same bed) with your children<\/p>\n

Sleep Training: Am I the Trainee or the Trainer<\/a>?<\/strong>: how we got our little one on the Babywise schedule and I’m back to a heavenly 6+ hour consecutive nighttime sleep again!!<\/p>\n

Shoot ‘Em Up: The Vaccination Debate<\/strong><\/a>: a bit controversial, but in the end you just gotta be informed and make the right decision for your family!<\/p>\n

Baby Wearin’ & Stroller Struttin’<\/strong><\/a>: I weigh the pros and cons of different ways to get your baby around the city!<\/p>\n

What They Don’t Tell You to Expect When You’re Expecting (And Afterward)<\/a><\/strong>: a hilarious list I compiled for moms and dads alike!<\/p>\n

Go to the blog for more!!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Comments on entries are always appreciated, and guest bloggers are welcome to use the contact form<\/a> on the blog site to submit ideas!<\/p>\n

JETwit note<\/span>: \u00a0CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a> to join the JET Alumni Parents group<\/strong><\/a> on Facebook. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Heather Wilson Tomoyasu (ALT Ibaraki-ken, 2004-06), previously Manager of Public Relations at the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, is now a newly established stay-at-home mom blogging in Brooklyn on her site US-Japan Fam to hopefully compile the ultimate resource for Japanese-American cross cultural families, delving into the matters of raising children bilingually, bi-culturally, and bi-racially in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,825,6],"tags":[890,889,891,892,525,888],"class_list":["post-29198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","category-lifeafterjet","category-writers","tag-blog","tag-childbirth","tag-intercultural-families","tag-interracial-famlies","tag-japanese","tag-motherhood"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t