Parent Chat

Wow, I am very glad that other mommies have read and appreciated my post. 
Good luck to every one of us. 
Parenting is really a skill we need to keep on developing.

I read recently from FB, parang it goes like "Parents should not give children what they want, instead, what they need to learn." Something like that.

huhuhu pang second ko ng pagbubuntis to but still napaka hirap pa rin sa kin ang paglilihi,2 months na kong araw araw sumusuka and hirap sa pagkain minsan naiisip ko na i give up na para matapos na ang hirap ko  sa totoo lang mas madali pa para sa kin ang ma CS kesa sa maglihi at halos araw araw na sa ginawa ni Lord napaka pangit ng pakiramdam dahil sa pagsusuka at kawalan ng gana kumain.

Hi Mom Ruth, you might be experiencing hyperemesis gravidarum like what I am having now.
Ask your OB if you have this. Here's a little info about it:

http://www.babycenter.com/0_hyperemesis-gravidarum_10376363.busy

This is my second pregnancy. I also went through this on my first, but I thought it was normal. I was also vomiting and lost a couple of pounds instead of gaining weight. I actually weighed 10 lbs less than my pre-pregnancy weight on my 9th month.

I'm at 11th week on this second pregnancy, and it is worse. Not only can I not tolerate food. I can't even drink water on my first 8 weeks. I needed to be given IV fluids for rehydration. As I approach the 2nd trimester, I think it's getting better but the vomiting is still there. I can eat some food and water, which is good. However, the nausea makes me really anxious and I felt like I'm going crazy with this irritating feeling in my stomach that doesn't go away.

Some things that helped me, and might help other HG sufferers, are eating pears, plain bread, and water with electrolytes. My upper body is also elevated to an angle (just like in a hospital) when I sleep at night. I stock a pile of pillows to do this. This is to keep the hyper acidity in my stomach from going up my throat.

I hope you're fine now. They say in others, HG goes away after the first trimester. Me, I'm still battling my way out of it, waiting for the 13th week to come.

Hi mommies. I just want to share an experience on disciplining my child. I’m just a concerned mommy. I have been noticing a lot of kids who get out of control in school, and fear that they might cause desperation to someone else someday, including their own parents. I want to share my story to let you know that I never thought I could turn my irritable, stubborn child into a cheerful and understanding one. It took a lot of patience and constant communication for that to happen.

My daughter started as a really short-tempered baby. She’s the type who doesn’t stop crying until she gets what she wants. I’m not kidding. She was almost always crying all day. I seeked a lot of advice about these types of babies. They told me to just carry her, just give in to her needs and wants, and wait until she’s 2 years old, when she’s old enough to communicate and understand.

So when my daughter turned 2, she was still the stubborn and spoiled kid who makes tantrums and cries a lot in public. That’s when my husband and I started to talk to her seriously, like she’s not a baby. Although she was a late talker, we continued to talk to her. We talked to her on mealtime, before going to bed, we played with her, taught her new things every day, until she learned how to speak. We never got tired of talking to her. Best of all, we taught her to obey what we say. We never heed into her wants without letting her know what she’s doing. We never ever hurt her in any way. Just words. Just communication. When she is not allowed to do something, we would always tell her WHY.

One time, when she was turning 4, we were eating in KFC. Out of nowhere, she asked for a scooter for her birthday. Maybe because of Special Agent Oso who taught a girl how to ride a scooter. My daughter cried and begged us “I want a scooter!” I waited for her to cry for a few minutes before I asked her “Do you see the kids on the streets walking bare feet? And they couldn't eat because they don’t have money to buy food. You have nice shoes. You are eating good food. You should be thankful that you have what they don’t have. You should not be sad that you don’t have a scooter.” Then she stopped crying and said “Ok po.” I was actually amazed that she did. That moment, I realized that children that age already have an understanding. All we have to do is tell them WHY. And they will understand. Maybe not on the first time, but if we have the patience to tell them every day what they need to know, they will soon figure things out by themselves.

I remember when I was a kid. I remember my parents scolding at me, beating me with slippers or sticks. They never told me what I did wrong. They never told me why I should and should not do things. All they did was ask me “Bakit mo ginawa yan?” Why I broke a glass, I don’t know. Because it slipped out of my hands? “Why were you not able to do as I told you?” I don’t know. Maybe there’s nobody to teach me how? There were things I cannot answer as a child, but there were things I could have understood, but nobody talked to me. I didn’t even remember them asking me how my day turned out in school. How can I tell them my problems?

Now, my daughter is 4 years old. She tells us what she has been doing in school, without us even starting to ask her. She tells us how she feels about her classmates, how she got stars on her papers, and we also continue to receive good feedback from her teachers. We’re hoping that because we started reaching out to her early, she would always be open to us about everything, including problems about bullying, which is one of the major concerns of parents. If we could teach our children how to listen to us, and how to talk to us, I think this is one big step to prevent bullying and getting bullied. 

any feedback on jollibee shangri-la branch? i would love to hear feedbacks although nagpareserve na ako. thanks.

napanood ng anak ko kanina ang Hi-5 sa Unang Hirit. She said "I want to watch the real Hi-5!!!" 
Alam niya kasi na may concert sila dito. Sya pa ang nakadiscover through a poster.
What a heart-breaking moment. Mag-iisip na naman ako nito. 

hello mommies,

do you think it's worth na manood ng hi-5 concert?
favorite kasi sila ng daughter ko na 3 years old.
pero di ko sure kung ma-aappreciate niya pag concert, instead na TV.

what do you think? have you taken your children to concerts already?
anong feedback nila?

thanks.

Even though nahuhuli siya, or nagkakamali minsan, we never let her see na nadidisappoint kami. We still show her our love and support. More on encouragement and trust lang kay baby mga mommies, make it more fun whether sa pagkain niya, sa pagaaral or pagtuturo ng kahit ano sa bahay. Good luck sa mga babies nyo.

Oo nga. Ako nung una medyo nadidisappoint. Napagalitan ko pa sya one time. Pero nakakaguilty. So I promised na hindi na ako magagalit kasi baka madiscourage sya na mag-aral. 3 years old pa lang naman sya. I was still playing on the streets at that age.  Let's just give them a break.

The best I could do now is to practice writing her name everyday. Before we play, we would write her name. Ang laki ang improvement niya, to think na napakahaba ng pangalan niya. Pag may mahihirap na letters, I'd just say "Wow, good job, you almost made it. Konti na lang no?" Every letter na nasusulat niya nang tama I say "Very good!" and "Appear tayo!" Sobrang tuwa sya pag ganun. Tapos ... she's drawing na din. Dati she's very scared to draw kasi yung dinadrawing niya hindi un yung kinakalabasan. But now, mukhang nasasanay na kasi sya sa paghawak ng pencil, nag-improve na ang drawings niya. I just realized all we need is patience and appreciation sa ginagawa nila. Then they'll be very much inspired to learn.