It’s an amazing feeling to have one of your own lying around being totally dependant on you. But these adorable bubs have no mercy, writes John Ng one particularly bleary night.

Today’s Islamic schools are on par with the best international schools as far as their academic syllabus, teaching methods and student care are concerned. Aquila Asia visits four outstanding ones in the region.

John Ng is 30-something and, until this year, he had never changed a nappy in his life. Now, he spends his waking hours juggling a demanding day job, a tired wife, a dog on drugs and the most beautiful boy he’s ever seen.

During pregnancy, you can already interact with the baby and feel the baby’s mood by various tiny movements. From there, you can guess your baby’s preference, from its favourite meals to its preferred music. Now you’ve given birth, you finally embrace your newborn baby. But why can’t you seem to understand your baby anymore?