Archive for August, 2007
I attended a 2 hour talk of Maricel Laxa-Pangilinan in an office event the other day. She talked of parenting partnerships.
She talked of how parenting partnership does not necessarily compose of husband and wife. It can be mother and grandmother, or mother and brother, sometimes even a yaya (a.k.a nanny) can also be included [...]
August 31st, 2007 | Posted in Parenting | 11 Comments
I had the opportunity to attend the second Taste Asia event sponsored by SM Hypermarket - finally! I wrote details about it in my personal blog but I wanted to highlight here the other moms that I had a chance to meet.
I really did not know the faces that belong to the other moms [...]
August 27th, 2007 | Posted in Blogging | 8 Comments
Anyone who has taken cared of a child would have come across Barney, the purple dinosaur. You will have seen him in various audio and video cds. I receive many of those cds during my own two kids birthdays. They seem harmless enough. The songs are very catchy and kids find it easy to follow [...]
August 25th, 2007 | Posted in Books, Movies and TV, Kids | 11 Comments
The other day my eldest son approached me with a piece of paper torn off an old notebook and said - “Mommy gawa mo ako ng boat?” (Mommy can you make me a paper boat?).
I knew that it was easy as I have always been able to make one before when I was young [...]
August 17th, 2007 | Posted in Toys, Crafts and Hobbies | 6 Comments
More than once I have heard of newsbits on tv or on the radio talk about children dying because of dehydration. Most often our kids are put at risk when they are hit by extremely high fever, vomiting or diarrhea that may be caused by a viral infection.
When kids experience frequent vomiting and diarrhea, most of [...]
August 11th, 2007 | Posted in Health, Kids | 4 Comments
My son’s school uses a school notebook to communicate to parents about school meetings, school events and even school assignments.
I came home the other day to find that the school had an assignment for my little one. It should have been just like any ordinary day and any ordinary assignment but this time the [...]
August 3rd, 2007 | Posted in Education, Kids | 12 Comments