Mommy Pehpot, Author at Mommy Pehpot

Blog Tags And Awards

Mylene of Online Mommy’s Corner and Mareng Yami of Mom Writes For A Cause passed on to me the Tag on Relations..

What are your middle names? Fun

How long have you been together? 9 years

How long did you know each other before you started dating? about some months

Who asked whom out? me, who else..

How old are each of you? he is six years older than me..

Whose siblings do you see the most? him due to geographical location

Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple? financials.. and I guess most of you will agree on that..

Did you go to the same school? college level only.. UPLB

Are you from the same home town? nope

Who is smarter? him.. because he chose me.. wahaha

Who is the most sensitive? moi

Where do you eat out most as a couple? on our dinning table.. we don’t go out often..

Who has the craziest exes? him…nyahaha

Who has the worst temper? it really depends, but I guess it’s him

Who does the cooking? me, who else?

Who is the neat-freak? Are you serious? don’t you know I am suffering from OCD, a slight mis aligned object can freak me out!

Who is more stubborn? he would definitely say without thinking that it’s me

Who wakes up earlier? me.. why is the world centered on me?

Who is more jealous? him.. wahaha

How long did it take to get serious? it did not take a second.. or even before we became an item, it was very clear to me and to him that our relationship is for good and we will work on that.

Who eats more? him

Who does the laundry? me

Who’s better with the computer? me?wahaha, of course him, the computer feeds us…LOL he is a software engineer.

Who drives when you are together? him, I don’t want to learn how to…

For the awards, Chris and Mareng Niko awarded me both with same award! Isn’t that super sweet?!? Thanks a lot guys!!

Green: symbolizes the new buddies
Yellow: represents the guys who are always active
Blue: symbolized with PR blogger buddies high
Platform Red: symbolizes that we are all equal, junior or senior is summarized in one place, with the same blood red, and we are brothers.

Grab it if you want it 🙂

Baby Bathing

As I have said in my previous article, I will elaborate the topics covered in ParentinTV talk series held last Saturday. I arrived a bit late on the venue and the first speaker is already on the floor when I was seated (my apologies to Dr Maila dela Cruz). If I am not mistake, the topics she discussed is about proper hygiene on our babies. The topic focused on baby bathing, its importance and simple how tos.

The question was SPONGE BATH or FULL TUB BATH?

For a first time parents, it would be hard to tell which is which. We were raised to bathe our infants, full tub bath way. I don’t even consider sponge bath as a way to clean my babies (only used it when they have fever). The discussions and the information Dr Maila shared to us was very enlightening not just for first time moms but also to fourth time mommy like me.

Bathing a baby is not an easy task, some are actually scared on doing it the first time. If done in proper way it can be fun for both the baby and the mother. Keep in mind that bathing should be a routine in your baby’s everyday activity. You should set a time, a fixed time everyday, to bathe the baby. It is also advisable that the parents are the one performing this task. It is a great way to bond to your baby. The most important thing you should know is the amount of water used in bathing the baby. A 3 inches deep water is enough to drown your bundle, keep that in mind, one inch of water is enough. Another thing is, talk to your baby when you are cleaning them, sing them a song or tell them which body part you are soaping. Lastly, respect your baby, ask for their permission. Tell them what you are going to do next, like tell me you are about to dip them in the water and so on.

There are two ways on how to clean your baby, that is SPONGE BATH and FULL TAB BATH.

SPONGE BATH is used (and I don’t know about it until last Saturday) during the first few days of the baby (first 14 days) or until the time the umbilical cord falls. It is to sponge bath the baby to prevent water contact on his umbilical cord that may lead to infection.

FULL BATH TUB is the usual bathing procedure we do to our babies. Again this only done on 14th day of the baby (and as I have said I am not aware of it until Saturday.. and to think I already got three!).

I will post more on the two on Wednesday. This article is getting longer .. I had learned from the seminar that use of baby oil before taking a bath has no scientific basis and so, so. In my parenting experience it was pointed out to me that baby oil is necessary to keep the baby from getting cold. It just blew me off.

Parentin.TV Talk Series

I got to experience my first ever parenting talk/seminar courtesy of ParentinTV. The parenting talk was held yesterday, around 4 PM (not quite sure because I was a bit late) at The Podium. Topics included int he talk series were, baby hygiene, managing finance, disciplining the kids and some brain booster tips. There were four guest speakers who shared their expertise and knowledge on the fields mentioned.

In the coming days (every Mondays and Wednesdays) I will give an elaborate and long (but not boring) and detailed explanations (and some side comments) on the topics covered in the seminar. For now, I give you a teaser of what you can expect from here.

Dr. Mayla dela Crux, a pediatrician (and a member of Health Dynamics Group) and an advocate of respect for children talks about ways to clean a baby. She also taught us proper ways of holding the baby when taking a bath and a lot more about baby’s hygiene.

Prof. Bessie Rios, the author of the parenting book, Memo ni Mommy, talks about implementing proper discipline on our kids. You can catch her on DZAS and listen to her Memos (parenting advice) and also wait on January for the release of her second book.

Ambi Buloz of Iluvlearning.com shares with us valuable perspective about retirement and saving up. She shares her knowledge on finances and also invites everyone to attend on their finance management seminars (visit their site for more info).

Dr Felix Dimalanta of St. Luke’s discussed with us some points about brainy boosting activities for the babies. He mentioned the importance of communication and interaction with baby as early as a day old.

All in all, it was a fun filled and very informative activity. I never thought I could still learn a lot from them. I got to take home Memo ni Mommy by Bessie Rios and when I am done reading it, I will give you a head’s up about the book. Also got some freebies courtesy of Anion Baby products. I hope they would come up another activity and I hope more mommy bloggers will join me on it.

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