Motherhood is one adventure after another. I live, I learn, I write.
Hi everyone! The servers where this blog is hosted were attacked last Monday. It wiped out a large chunk of my data and I'm now in the process of restoring everything and getting this blog back to its feet. The links and archives are all not yet working and I do hope that by next week we get to see the old blog quack quacking again. In the meantime, just leave a comment here or tweet me @manilamommy if you need anything. I'll promise to write back as soon as I can. … [Continue reading]
I just got a text from my mom that DW's running a fever again :( He had one last weekend and this week was pretty rough with DW waking up almost every hour at night. He's teething, has a slight cold and is still coughing a bit. We're going to take him to the doctor tomorrow and so Expo Kid is definitely out. A fever is a symptom but I hope it's just something brought on by this terrible heat we're all experiencing or something related to his teething. It's hard when DW's sick, he doesn't … [Continue reading]
A big round of applause to the winners of the Expo Kid Ticket Giveaway!! There were just a few mommies who joined so I decided to give everyone tickets to the event! However, there are three who went over and beyond what was required to win and so these moms will be given a pair of tickets :D The winners of 2 pairs of tickets are: 1) Sunshine 2) Kate 3) Millette Winners of 1 ticket each are: 1) Michelle - (Hi Michelle! Could you email me your full name at … [Continue reading]
***THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED*** Yay! March 6 is just around the corner and you know what that means! If you've been reading the blog for sometime you must have guessed that March 6 is Expo Kid day! And just like I promised, I am giving away 3 pairs of tickets to the event. (Find our more about Expo Kid HERE ) The mechanics are eaaasy! 1) If you have a blog, link me up. This entitles you to 2 entries. 2) If you have a twitter account, follow me (and I'll follow you too of course!) … [Continue reading]
This post came about when I was exchanging emails with a good friend who was shopping for gifts for a cousin who is expecting. She came to this blog and read about my post on BPA and BPA-Free products but couldn't find a list of actual products she could buy. I created that post to share what I've learned about BPA and I feel that it gives a good overview on why BPA is a big N-O. For anything concerning BPA and other toxins that are unfortunately present in our environment, I only refer to … [Continue reading]