We're back and here's some highlights from this issue:

-- Check out our guide on what to expect when you're expecting in Beijing, from doctor's visits and maternity clothes to dealing with all the attention babies attract in public.

-- If you'd welcome a bit of help post-birth, consult Jerry Chan's primer on finding -- and keeping -- your dream ayi.

-- Meanwhile, columnist Donna Scaramastra Gorman
chronicles her experience giving birth -- for the fourth time.

-- Can baby learn English, putonghua, French, and Japanese all at once? Find out in this month's feature on raising bilingual kids.

-- It's September, so Tania McCartney gets the kids ready to head back to school.

-- Jessica Pan uncovers the city's best family hikes within a two-hour drive, and Cecily Huang scopes out the golf courses, restaurants, and spas in Shunyi's Lakeview.

-- In a new feature, Snapshot, we hit the town to find a few stylish Beijing mamas.

-- Elsewhere, German school teens debate sex ed and NYU student Veronika Kamenova gives parents of college freshmen this advice: Don't worry.

-- Meet a scuba diver, pet a shark, and cook up traditional fried rice in just minutes.

All that and more in the September issue of beijingkids -- pick it up in the usual spots around town or contact distribution@beijing-kids.com to find out how to get your paws on a copy!