All of us wanted to live long enough to see our kids grow up and have a family of their own. But sometimes, we get too busy that we don’t have time to exercise anymore or we are just too lazy to do it. I admit that I haven’t exercised for a long time but [...]

Every Father’s day, my longing for my ‘Tatay’ who passed away some six years ago is at its peak. It is during this time that I fervently hope he is still alive, still with us, and still fathering me and my son. He is aptly described in this fatherhood quote by Bartrand Hubbard: I’ve had [...]

The hot weather is not helping a bit in my son’s skin asthma condition. The allergy go off both in very cold and very hot weather. It first manifested during our stay in Baguio City November of last year. It took us a few months to heal the red scaly patches and it took half [...]

Being an over-protective mom, I have argued with my husband that we should allow our son to join educational field trips only at later part of his elementary education, say on his fifth or sixth grade. At first, my husband was mum about it, maybe trying to consider my take on the subject. My stand [...]

For the first time since I got married and became a mom, I slept the night alone. My husband’s work schedule is erratic. For months now, he works on a graveyard shift or popularly known to the call center world as GY shift. On regular days, my baby and I are left alone at night [...]

Actual parenting skills may now be learned through the use of robotic technology. Engineering students of Tsukuba University in Japan invented the baby robot which mimic a real-life infant. The robot changes its facial expressions and when touched, its arms and legs move. The students developed the baby robot, which was named Yotaro, to teach [...]

Being a busy parent makes you feel real guilty that you are not giving as much time to your child. This is what I am feeling today. I’ve been immensely engrossed in working in the last weeks, even at nightime and even on weekends. I hardly have time for a mother-son bonding. I maybe a [...]

I recently stumble upon a site which compare prenatal vitamins prices, this sent me to daydreaming. For some time now, I’ve been thinking of getting pregnant again. Our eldest and only son is already seven and everybody is telling my husband and I to already give him a sis or a bro so he won’t [...]

Yesterday, I attended a farewell party dinner for a very good friend and comrade. It was a sad event just as any farewell would be. I was very affected with my friend’s decision to leave the organization we became part for more than half a year where we shared so many good memories. I never [...]

With the changing weather, health problems may arise. For instance, cough, cold, and flu, especially to children, are now common illnesses. A week ago back, while vacationing in Baguio, I saw some rashes in my son’s skin. Me and my husband thought it was a simple issue of allergy from a barber’s powder which my [...]