Parenting Archive

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

Mommy Moments: Special Trip

This week’s theme for Mommy Moments is special trip. As a family, it really is important to take the kids out once in a while. It is a great way to bond with the kids. Taking a time out from the usual routine is also a great way to bond with your partner. My husband and I make it a point to treat the kids with out of town trips. The latest we had was a trip in Baguio last March.

This was in Mine’s view and one of the few photos where we posed as a family. Hopefully when Sati is here we already have our car (and hopefully it is a bigger one!!!).

Last Post…

This will be my last emotional post about Ondoy. I don’t want you to experience flash floods like we did (Ondoy related articles flood..). I just need to let this out and hopeful after this, I am done.

And though I am already making fun of what happened to us, I cannot deny the fact that I am still traumatized by it. There are times when paranoia hit me. OCD is to blame. There are so many what ifs in my mind and sometimes I cannot bear to think of it. People suffering from OCD are like that, images would suddenly pops in their head and they can’t do anything to stop it.. So instead of suppressing it, I am letting it out.

What if #1
What if we were out that day. We were to go to the drugstore to buy some meds for the kids. Good thing that heavy rains stopped us. If we went ahead as planned, we would be trapped in Ever Gotesco for three days. I cannot imagine three days without the kids. More so, I cannot imagine my kids without me and without food fro three days. It is plain unthinkable but I could not stop my mind from thinking the scenario.

What if #2
What if hubby is not at home. I am not afraid for our safety but for the hubby. I knew that he would try everything to reach us. I would have died worrying about his safety and whereabouts.

What if #3
What if the water rise up to the second floor? What if we had to be on the roof and wait to be rescued. That would be the hardest thing. Thinking about it makes me feel nauseated and yet the image of us on the roof keeps popping out in my head.

whew! what a post.. oh well at least I am done unloading..

and please don’t tell the kids, mommy is still afraid.

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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