Every parent is allowed to have a bad day here and there, it’s only human. If you find yourself angry at your kids, walk away and take a few deep breaths and know that no matter what, your kids still love you. Again, you’re only human.
Taking care of your baby is such a hard task. [...]
Don’t stress the small stuff – the dishes will never be all clean, the laundry will never be all done, the grass will always need to be mowed. But, your kids only want you around so long so enjoy them when they are little. You can have a clean house after they’re grown up and [...]
Last Saturday, my hubby and I had our usual bonding with our daughter. Before, I was so hesitant to bring our baby to the mall because I don’t know where to breastfeed her. I can’t bring expressed breastmilk because I’m afraid it might get spoiled.
Nicole in her stroller
Kudos to the management of Megamall! Breastfeeding our [...]
How do you spend your time with your children? Do you also agree that…
“Your child should get the best of you and not the rest of you” ?
This was taken from Giselle Sanchez (Filipino actress) when she guested in “The Sweet Life” (Local TV show). This is really true for all working parents like me [...]
Around 4AM today, my baby uttered the word “Mama” when she was requesting me to feed her. She was already saying “Mama” as early as 2 mos. but it sounded like “mmmmmaaaaa ….. mmmmmaaaaa…..” so that doesn’t count! This is the only time that she said it clearly! I was so surprised! Even my hubby [...]
My hubby, Nicole & I went to my parents house in Cavite. They were so excited to see Nicole because it has been 2 months since they last saw her. This would be her longest trip! She was just watching cars as her dad drove… then fell asleep. We’ll have lunch in our house so [...]
Continue reading about Nicole’s trip to her grandparents in Cavite
Today is my first day of work after our 1.5 month training. It has been a long time since I was assigned in the midshift. I start work at 11am and ends at 7:30pm. I thought I could get enough sleep ‘coz I don’t have to wake up early. But I was wrong… Nicole still [...]
Three days before going back to work, I prepared 7 bottles of expressed breastmilk with 3oz. each! Since she feeds every 2hrs. and just to be sure that she will not run out of milk. I made sure I brought my pump & fridge-to-go with me in the office. The first thing that [...]
After 2 months of being a full time mom, I have to go back to work whether I like it or not! Since I’m so determined to breastfeed my baby, I have to train Nicole on bottle feeding. Being a first time mom, I asked myself the following questions before going back to work.
How would [...]
“To understand your parents’ love you must raise children yourself.” -Chinese Proverb
When I was little, my mom & I often fight. She wants me to wear a dress while I want pants. She wants me to join a ballet class while I want to join taekwondo. She wants me to play the piano but I [...]
This was taken during Nicole’s first time to be on her belly! She was trying to reach for me (for milk) when she suddenly rolled over. My hubby & I was surprised! So as she! You can see from the look of her face that she didn’t know what just happened. As we [...]
More and more moms are getting concerned about their child’s safety… and we are no exception. When we heared about BPA last year, we decided to look for BPA-free bottles. dToo bad we already bought the Avent Isis breast pump when I found Unfortunately, the only BPA-free bottles that we found here in the Philippines [...]
We always want the best for our baby (who doesn’t?!). So when it comes to diapering, we’re using cloth diapers because of the following reasons:
CONVENIENCE
Cloth diapers aren’t what they used to be! Now they are pinless and painless.
Innovative designs in fitted diapers and Velcro®-closing covers make modern cloth diapering equivalent to “disposables” in [...]
Based from Wikipedia, Philippines is the fourth largest Catholic nation in the world, after Brazil, Mexico and the United States. The first sacrament that every Catholic should receive is Holy Baptism. Nicole had hers last March 1, 2008. While other moms celebrate their babies’ baptism lavishly, we just opted to spend ours in our home. [...]
This was taken during Nicole’s 1st month birthday! We celebrated this day with pancit and a croissant (which served as her cake! I now know how difficult it is to have a baby. I’m glad I was able to pass her 1st month… My patience was truly tested! All she does was eat [...]
One thing that I was so determined to do is breastfeeding my daughter. It’s good that there are sites like www.kellymom.com, www.babycenter.com and most specialy the parenting forum from pinoyexchange.
When we’re still in the hospital, I visited my baby in the nursery and tried to BF her. I’m so glad that The Medical City have [...]
Being a first time mom is really hard. It’s as if I don’t know anything… everything is new to me. Months before I give birth, I joined some parenting forums, subscribed to parenting websites, bought parenting magazines, attended parenting seminars and practically searched every website that is related to moms and babies. I find [...]
