AUSTRALIAN BABY NAMES FOR GIRLS

Young mother with her new born baby in a trendy cafe in Shanghai. The one-child policy is the population control policy (or planned birth policy) of the People's Republic of China.
The Chinese government introduced the policy in 1979 to alleviate the social and environmental problems of China. The policy is controversial both within and outside China because of the issues it raises; because of the manner in which the policy has been implemented; and because of concerns about negative economic and social consequences. It is reported that the focus of China on population control helps provide a better health service for women and a reduction in the risks of death and injury associated with pregnancy. At family planning offices, women receive free contraception and pre-natal classes. Help is provided for pregnant women to closely monitor their health. In various places in China, the government rolled out a Care for Girls program, which aims at eliminating cultural discrimination against girls in rural and underdeveloped areas through subsidies and education.
Attitudes to child-bearing are also reported to have been affected by the one child policy. Some people have accepted the policy and consider that one child is enough. It is also reported that some Chinese cities, including Shanghai and Wuhan, have seen negative population growth, although some argue this may be statistical error.
The policy is enforced at the provincial level through fines that are imposed based on the income of the family and other factors. However, there are still many citizens that continue to have more than one child, despite this policy. In February 2008 Chinese Government official Wu Jianmin said that the one-child policy would be reconsidered during the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in March 2008, but at that time a representative of China's National Population and Family Planning Commission said that the policy would remain in place for at least another decade.

Not a great photo - as I hate having mine taken and was taking it with two babies crawling round the tripod (see this month's Scavenger Hunt for laugh as it was hilarious trying to stop them pulling themselves up on the tripod).

My hair has been such a mess for ages now. I haven't had it cut for about 7/8 months (no time) and then a big bit at the side had broken off and I've got lots of tufty short bits where I'd lost it during pregnancy and it's growing back. I had a good 10 cms or so cut off. So kindly MrBG agreed to have the twins and I went off to see the gorgeous Luca. He's done an amazing job - it doesn't look great in the picture but looks much better in real life. You can see the tufty bit on the top and I had to make it black and white to "improve" my look but I'm really pleased with it (the haircut not the photo!).

Hoorah I can be seen in public again!