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Ladies and gentlemen: welcome Daniel Peng Medeiros!

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome Danil Peng Medeiros! Born on August 12, 2016 at 8:49h with 51cm and 2.9kgs in Heildelberg , Germany: that’s 3 kids in 3 different cities in the timespan of 4 years. Daniel and Mother are fine. Caleb and Esther can hardly wait to meet their little brother.

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Ladies and Gentlemen: welcome Esther Peng Medeiros

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome Esther Peng Medeiros! Born on February 20th at 17:38h with 3.05kgs and 50 cm at Johanniter-Krankenhaus Hospital in Bonn, Germany: that’s two kids in two different continents. Both baby and mother are fine, although we went through a rough start: Esther contracted an infection right after birth and had to stay for 10 days in an Intensive Care Unit. Praise the Lord she is fine now and safe with us at home […]

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Ladies and Gentleman: welcome Caleb Peng Medeiros

As you’ve probably noticed, there hasn’t been much updates to this blog in the last two weeks, since I’ve been pre-occupied with having a baby: his name is Caleb Peng Medeiros, was born on October 20th, 2011, weighting 2.5 Kilos (approximately 5.5 pounds) […]

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Health in China: obese babies spark health concerns later in life

The proportion of heavy babies at birth has doubled in the past decade in Shanghai, raising concerns more people may suffer obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in adulthood […]

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Internet in China: Students look to the Web for sex education

More than half of high school students consider the Internet the best way to learn about sex, a survey conducted by a Shanghai family planning body and the city’s accidental pregnancy hotline has found, Xinmin Evening News reported recently. The survey, covering 1,684 middle school students, revealed that 68 percent of high school boys and 46 percent of high school girls learn about sex from Websites, the newspaper said […]