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Hi Mommies please help! My baby is STILL 11.5kg since he turned 1 last January! And my pedia wanted to switch brands for him to gain weight na. Ngayon I've tried what she recommended Enfapro A+ and Progress Gold... Sad thing - naghuhunger strike si Pio kapag nalalasahan na niya and just wants to eat rice and adult food instead. So we've discovered he isn't allergic na kasi wala naman rashes - its just that mukhang ayaw niya ng matamis na milk. Parang when he eats, he doesn't like choco drinks and would prefer juice and calamansi juice instead. He'd take sugar lang kapag coco crunch, or chocolate talaga but not drinks.

I am hesistant to try Nan Pro kasi baka di rin mag-gain ng weight - pero mukhang kasing lasa nito ang NAN HA. Ano pa ba ang hindi matamis na milk sa market pero nakakagain ng weight? I checked the carbs sa milks mababa carbs ng NAN brands.. huhuhu.

help!

Hi! Back again here and seeking your help mommies.

We recently hired a new nanny-maid for our 19month old son last Sunday.

She is very young from Binan, Laguna and just finished grade 5, yun ang sabi niya. She was recommended by my dad's friend and only had 2 weeks of experience na pagiging yaya for a 9 month old baby.

Her mom and an Aling Babylyn ang naghatid sakanya nung Sunday. Nag-advance ang mother niya ng 1k since her salary is going to be 3k and they wanted to get it monthly. She won't be taking any day-offs except on holidays daw.

Okay sana - pero very young. And halos no experience of taking care a baby. Ang sabi niya kaya umalis sya sa previous amo niya - minumura daw sya. Sabi ko bakit naman sya minumura? Kasi daw pinakekeelaman daw sya sa paglilinis niya. Anyway sa Tondo sya nagtrabaho nun.

Now dito samin, si baby ang priority niya dapat. We live on a 1br 30 Sqm. unit and konting gawain bahay like cook her own food and walis, sampay (since may washing machine naman), hugas ng dishes, linis lang ang gagawin niya.

How do I teach her? Its the first time na magiging amo ako talaga, since the previous nannies we had were provided by my mother-in-law so madalas trained na sila ni MIL and si MIL ang amo nila kahit samin sila nakatira.

Ang rants ko sakanya is: pinasabay niya yung damit niya sa labada ko nung Tuesday, ma-TV until 11pm kahit sabi ko patayin na niya ng 10pm - tatapusin daw muna niya yung pinanonood niya, late magising. Sabi ko 6am dapat kasi si baby 6am nagigising - 7:30 am gumigising, ako pa gumigising sakanya, ma-cellphone, walang kusa - kelangan utusan...

Ang gusto ko lang - nauutusan ko sya unlike sa older yayas naiilang ako. Magalang naman sya, hindi madaldal. Tahimik (downside nabobore si baby kasama sya). Walang dayoff (laging may maaasahan magbantay - trauma sa mga stay out na yaya na di sumisipot). Magaling maglinis kapag nautusan.

Pero kasi medyo napipikon ako, kagabi ako pa naglagay sa hamper nung marumi niya.... Para tuloy kaming may border... should I be patient, train her? How? Or should I find a replacement na masmatanda at may experience na?

help naman po, ang hirap kasi humanap ng yaya na di ka iiwan or nanakawan...

ang lungkot naman nun, kaya nga minsan di ko alam mararamdaman ko kapag nakakarinig ako ng stories na hingi sila ng padala sa kamaganak nila or something, di nalang ako umiimik kasi di talaga ako lumaki sa hingi ng pasalubong or hingi ng padala... kaya tuloy nasasabihan ako ng madamot/cold ang culture kasi ganun kinalakihan ko eh... na yung mga cousins ko di rin sila ganun, kaya tuloy sa ILs ko ngayon napapailing nalang ako, magoouting... hingi daw pangouting dun sa nasa barko or abroad or kunwari may gusto bilhin na luho like cellphone etc... di nila alam yun hinihingan nila baka noodles lang ang kinakain makapagpadala lang.. kapag di nagpadala sabihin madamot..

wah nakakalungkot naman yung experience mo CIB, iba na tuloy ang tingin ko sa instant noodles. What you experienced definitely made you stronger!

moral of the story, huwag mangutang if hindi marunong magbayad.

Huwag magcredit card if walang sure income na ipambabayad.

Sorry ha, kasi naiinis ako dun sa may mga mentality na wala naman nakukulong sa utang. Kasi ginamit mo naman yung assets nung bank, nagenjoy ka gumastos then if you cant settle takbo nalang? Hayy.

Oh well. A few years back, I discovered my mom was drowning in credit card debt. She is a dentist but a single mom of 3 and nagulat ako na all her cards are almost maxxed out. What happened? Kasi she was always paying the minimum amount due - which was that time sa statement yung naka bigbold letters vs the total amount due. I fixed her financial assets by consolidating her cc debt (bank loan, balance transfer and religiously paying MORE than the minimum) and thank god by august next year she is cc debt free!

Imagine yun total amount due niya back in 2010 ay mga swipes pa niya nung highschool ako... And I graduated highschool in 2004... So dami nang tinubo ng cards sakanya. But I am proud of her kasi she never chose na takbuhan. Kasi nga naman yung guilt and stress ng may habol ng habol sayo... Plus may chance na mainclude ka sa black lists ng banks so if she needs to apply for a like housing or car loan or any loan in a private or govt owned company madedeny. So sa may mga cc debt dyan, budget budget lang, eventually matatapos nyo yan, diskarte lang with budgeting and never spend beyond your means.

saturday naman yang eb diba? april 21? go ako sa 5pm to 7pm para masama ko si baby magikot sila ng dad niya sa eastwood while eb hihi. 8am naman out ko nun sa umaga from work so may oras pa para magbeauty rest

kahit hindi sya soap ipopost ko na din dahil sa magandang effect sakin - human heart nature's body scrub in with lemon grass and brown rice! wala pa kasi silang soap pero kung meron ay nako papalitan ko na ang nivea or dove ko )