Parenting Archive

My thoughts on parenthood, and what it's like to be a mom in the Philippines.

Teen Parenting: ASUS ZenFone 2 Laser 5.5 S Unboxing

It’s overwhelming to think that the baby I just had is soon to be a teenager. It was hard watching him during his rite of passage from boyhood to manhood. Nakakaiyak maging nanay!

It was harder to discipline him but he listens more now. And I encourage him to open up and share with me what he feels and thinks, specially when we argue. Communication and spending time with a teenager is I think the key to raise them well.

And when it comes to bonding, I always take the opportunity to have a special moment with my first born. Kaya when ASUS sent me a ZenFone 2 Laser 5.5S for unboxing and review, I asked my first born to help me with it. Look, I mean watch, our finished product:

ASUS ZenFone 2 Laser 5.5 S Unboxing

He knows a lot about unboxing since he watches unboxing videos on Youtube. Ang saya di ba? For a moment, it was the child who’s guiding the mom.

It took us all morning to finish the unboxing video and a lot of takes pero sobrang saya. We would stop pag nagising si Marius then resume pag tulog na.. Pag nabulol, opps! tawanan then retake hahaha

Making unboxing videos is now one of our favorite bonding activity!

5 Reasons Why Fun Ranch Easter Egg Hunting Party Is A Must

This year is our 2nd time to attend Fun Ranch Egg-Citing Easter Weekend Egg Hunt & Party (read about our experience last year> Easter 2015). It’s fun.. super fun! Kaya when we were invited again to participate in this year’s Easter Egg Hunt & Party, wala ng kyeme kyeme.

Now, let me tell you 5 Reasons Why Fun Ranch Easter Egg Hunting Party Is A Must (at sana next year makasama na din kayo):

5 Reasons Why Fun Ranch Easter Egg Hunting Party Is A Must

Reason #1 Ticket price is really affordable and super sulit!

Adult ticket price for Fun Ranch Easter Egg Hunting Party is 275 Pesos and it includes food + snacks + drinks and some tokens/ samples from sponsors.

Kid ticket price for Fun Ranch Easter Egg Hunting Party is 550 Pesos and it includes a Fun Ranch RIDE ALL YOU CAN stub + food + snacks+ drinks + loot bag

Reason #2 FOOD!

Syempre ang takaw ko di ba LOL

Seriously, the food included in the ticket is Spaghetti + Chicken and fries.. and mind you, hindi nauubos ang food! You can get your food as soon as it is ready, during the program or after mag egg hunting ng mga bagets. Fun Ranch allocates a room for dinning kaya hindi hassle kumain.

Reason #3 FUN Activities!

May coloring area for the kids. May games syempre and may magic show din. When it comes to fun activities and making sure kids are entertained, panalo ang Fun Ranch diyan.

Reason #4 Loot Bags

Eh yung akala ng nanay ko galing kame sa grocery sa dami ng laman ng loot bag (from 5 tickets yan) LOL

Reason #5 Organized Egg Hunting

Actually, it should be SUPER organized egg hunting.

I bet every attendees of this event will agree. The egg hunting activity is divided into 3 age categories kaya walang worry ang mga mommies na baka madaganan ang mga bagets nila. Younger kids can get as much eggs as bigger kids. Each age categories are grouped into 10 pa.. so talagang may chance ang bata na ma enjoy ang egg hunting.

Even the exchange of eggs for the prize is organized (great improvement from last year’s event)… walang pila ang kids really enjoyed the “prizes”.

BONUS!!

Reason #6 Fun Ranch Branches

Because Fun Ranch has 2 branches, 2 din ang Easter Party nila every year..there’s one from Ortigas branch and another one from Alabang branch.

Get to know more about Fun Ranch or how to party at Fun Ranch by visiting Fun Ranch Website or checking out Fun Ranch Facebook Page.

Fun Ranch is a one-stop-shop party place that offers party packages for anything you want to celebrate. Use of function room is free of charge and can perfectly fit in big and small groups. We cater to kiddie birthday parties, school graduations, even company outings.

Love joining Easter Parties? What’s your favorite activity or Easter game?

Some Of My Parenting Mistakes & ‪#CalpolMakeNoMistake‬ Campaign

Bibili ako ng kotse, mga lima.. para araw araw iba iba ang coding!

Those were my crazy thoughts during one of my most stressful parenting mistakes. Nakalimutan ko na coding ang van, nasa hiraman ang kotse at na late ako ng gising!! Ang ending, nag tricycle ang mga bagets papunta sa school.. eh ay highway na dadaanan.. hahays!! I was worried then.

Even with more than 10 years of parenting experience.. marami pa din talaga akong parenting mistakes. There was a time when I forgot to put on sunscreen on my kids before allowing them to swim. Mabuti na lang hapon na nun kaya (hopefully haha) hindi na ganun ka damaging ang sun.

One time naman, Sati almost attended school wearing different socks! When I arranged her socks for school, hindi ko napansin na magkaiba pala ang napagsama ko.

Obviously, I am not a perfect mom and makes a lot of parenting mistakes. Pero when any of my kids is sick, I make sure that I make no mistake in treating them. When it comes to caring for kids, specially in terms of health, dapat laging well informed ang mga mommies. Since I started this blog, it has been my goal to educate other mommies about health and proper child care.

In a recent survey commissioned by GSK, Be Sure: The Challenges of Parenting Survey, it was revealed that 1 in 2 parents don’t understand the differences in children’s pain and fever medicines, and maybe unintentionally putting their child at risk.

It’s not surprising that 72% of parents think Ibufropen and Paracetamol are equally safe for children.. which is in fact not. I mentioned here on my blog not just once that these two are different. And when it comes to fever, it is better to give Paracetamol first as Ibufropen has more potential side effects.

Kaya nga when caring for a sick child, make no mistake and choose Paracetamol Calpol®, a suitable and effective choice for pain and fever relief:

96% of healthcare experts recommend Paracetamol (the active ingredient in Calpol®) for children with pain and fever.
When used as directed, Paracetamol has the lowest rate of side effects among children’s over-the-counter pain and fever medicines.
No other over-the-counter medicine has been trusted longer or proven more effective than Paracetamol for children’s pain and fever.

For more information on Paracetamol Calpol® visit www.calpol.com.ph

Aside from giving the right medicine when your child has fever or in pain, dapat make no mistake din when it comes to the dosage. This wheel from Paracetamol Calpol® is what all moms should have in their medicine cabinet: