Bite the Bullet
I bit the bullet and filed my resignation effective May 4. I am excited and sad at the same time. Sad because I am leaving my home for the last ten years. Happy, as I am counting the days until I wake...
View ArticleBiological Aspects of Parenting and Breastfeeding
Carrying two human beings in a span of three years is no easy task. Adding pregnancy complications -- borderline gestational diabetes, my second one in transverse-lying position, Grave's disease, and...
View ArticleFirst Day Heaven
The first thing I did was to count how many ounces of breastmilk I have accumulated. Grand total -- 722.5 ounces. No wonder my husband was always complaining of my milk hogging the freezer. He was...
View ArticleMilk Maid Mommy
I went to Philippine Children's Medical Center (PCMC) to donate about 200 ounces of milk. Here goes...I placed the milk inside a big cooler. My daughter was alarmed when she saw me put down my milk...
View ArticleOn Jeepneys and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
With my last day at work less than a week old, our family has started making adjustments. What was formerly a dual income household has become a single income household. Some adjustments that we have...
View ArticleMy Own Kangaroo Care Experience
My son had a difficult time sleeping today. He would wake up at the slightest creak and cry his lungs out. Probably because his two front teeth are about to erupt. My trusted manzanilla, my solution to...
View ArticleAHA Moments with My Family
I learn something new about my family everyday.I learned the cries of my son -- he has a separate cry when he's feeling hot, hungry, uncomfortable, made poopy and if he just wants to cuddle.I learned...
View ArticleTandem Nursing is a Choice
I have been nursing for almost four years, and yes, still going at it. I'm a proud tandem breastfeeder. =) In fairness, I am proud to have nourished my kids for a long time!Yes, I have been receiving...
View ArticleI Love My Mojitos, Yes I Do
I started singing this ditty to wake the little ones every morning. Works everytime. For some reason, that made up song makes them wake up with a smile. As a mother, one needs to be creative and think...
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Breastfeeding Sisters
Welcome to the Milk Mama Diaries Carnival (July). For this month, we join the National Nutrition Council - Department of Health in celebrating Nutrition Month with the theme "Isulong ang Breastfeeding...
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Mama Love
It is said that when a baby is born, a parent is born as well. Sadly, there is no course to prepare one to become a parent, you learn on the job. You learn from each experience, good or bad.I'm having...
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Whimper=Heartstrings
Each whimper, each cry, no matter how soft --will definitely tug at our heartstrings. I just went outside to make weewee, and Justin used his eyes to follow me. He is held by his daddy.
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Justin, The French Kisser
Justin, Justin, Justin. My bunso, my cricket, my gentleman. We don't know yet if he will grow up kulot like his Ate. Paranoid of being called a mommy who has favoritism by his daddy, I bought Justin...
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Jeremy Who Is Not French Kissing Anytime Soon
Jeremy. The Mouth. Little Rascal Part One. My Kulot. My panganay. The little kikay girl who always wants to be pretty when she goes out of the house. I swear, I think the nurses switched her in the...
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Ian, The Master French Kisser
Ian. Daddy. The progenator -- one half of the dynamic duo who produced the little rascals Jeremy and Justin. My husband and my life. The man whose booming voice and laugh elicits fear from his...
View ArticleYou Can Handcarry Breastmilk in Hongkong International Airport!
My sister and I went to Hongkong for a breastfeeding conference. Without our kids. For about 36 hours. And that merited never-ending goodbyes, and buckets of tears from us mommies. We pumped, and we...
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Got Milk?
Welcome to the Milk Mama Diaries Carnival (December). For this month, we want to honor breastfeeding for having enriched our lives and blessed us, maybe even empowered us, in a way that only...
View ArticleTo My Beautiful Kumare
HI Mare!I learned that you had cancer the other day. At 32. And our kids are just starting to understand Barbies and boys. I just had to write this as I do not know how to deal with this. How I wish I...
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Angels and Children
Today is the birthday of a friend's child. The little one, now an angel, was born in 2010, and lived for 6 days. I always become teary-eyed when I read her birthday messages to her angel. Probably...
View ArticleIt's Been A While
No posts in 2013. Time to revive my experiences.Let's see. 2012 was a roller coaster ride. 2013 is a year full of changes. New work, new friends, new lease on life. Happy. Very happy.Jeremy is in big...
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