Parent Chat

My dream job is to own and operate a boutique hotel/bed and breakfast. Connected also is to provide travel ideas to show that our country has a lot of destinations and activities to offer.

Still related to this, I would like to be part of a team to train and capacitate local level travel-related providers who will love and understand their jobs of not only as part of the tourist industry but as innovators and implementers to push our country towards holistic and meaningful development for all!   

For moms here, it's really hard for us to produce milk once we stop breastfeeding.

My advise is to re-introduce your baby again to breastmilk. Better if direct to breast, but if ayaw niya kasi nasanay na siya sa bottle, try pumping. As with the experience of other moms here, even with pumping, it's hard to produce milk again. Always, try pa din feeding your baby directly kahit sa una ayaw niya.

Try to pump regularly, once every 3 hours or less, to stimulate production and para "maisip" ng breast na nagbe-breastfeed uli si baby. Milk production/supply depends on milk demand so "trick" your breasts that more milk is needed by pumping - this is the idea behind pumping regularly.

I'm not a smoker and my hubby doesn't smoke also. I can smell cigarette smoke some feet away, nahihilo ako. Plus, smell sticks to your hair and clothes, eeww. Not to mention of course, bad for health, bad for finances (sayang money ano!) and bad for other people (passive smoking is at times more dangerous) and bad for the environment.

As per studies, quitting cold turkey is the best way to go.

Q: Inaantok ka na pero hindi ka pa kumakain, ano uunahin mo? Kain o tulog? 

A: Kain muna if gutom na gutom na talaga ako, kasi di naman ako makakatulog ng mahimbing if gutom. If kaya ko itulog, as in di naman masyado gutom, at mas antok ako, uunahin ko muna matulog.


Q: Is your baby taking any special classes or enrolled in a day care center? if yes, where?

1) when my baby gives her impish smile
2) junk food paminsan minsan
3) busog feeling after eating
4) magandang weather, not too warm and humid
5) vegetarian dishes na super yummy!

try din counting baby's teeth while encouraging baby to open mouth wide.

also my hubby teases our baby that he will brush his teeth with her toothbrush and she laughs. then she opens her mouth para her own teeth will be brushed. but sometimes, ayaw pa rin. vehement no! always, try and try.

there may be both reasons for bed wetting at that age, both physical and psychological (but perhaps more of this). since the boy is already 8 years old, he can control his bladder and knows when he has to go to the bathroom, as he only uses diaper at night. mommies here may be right that it's more of the convenience of the parents not to be awakened also.

arinola, as one suggested here, might be an answer. explaining to the boy how to use the arinola, why he has to use it and the consequences if he doesn't use it should be made.

i suggest that the parents nurture their kid even more but that it would be better if the kid doesn't wear diapers any longer.

as to the best age for potty training, there is another thread here at the forum. there are also readiness signs that babies are ready to be potty trained - does he exhibit signs that he will urinate or move his bowel? does his periods to urinate and move his bowel more or less constant? if yes, then the mom/caregiver can show the baby/babies to the toilet at those hours that he usually urinates and moves his bowel.

it's too early to tell. at your son's age, he is still discovering gender roles - what does a boy/man and girl/woman do and expected by society to act. there is still the ongoing nature (gayness is in the genes) vs. nurture (environment, influences) debate as to the origin of homosexuality.

i agree with the moms here, open your son to more masculine influences (uncles, boy playmates, grandfathers, etc.) and strengthen his relationship with his dad. show him more opportunities for male-oriented games (taekwondo, though not a strictly male sport, will do as it focuses more on his physical prowess). more importantly, nurture him as what you have been doing and don't stress that what he is doing is wrong and showing him how a male "perspective" is.