Motherhood is one adventure after another. I live, I learn, I write.
I blogged about St. Patrick Baby Clothes' ongoing project at the Fabella hospital. This week I got two thank you cards from St. Patrick from the moms we helped. It included a brief story of the mommy and her baby. Noah's gift went to Mommy Abigail and her daughter Mary Gail David's gift went to Mommy Melody and her baby girl Zafina. Baby Zefina has retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) something that Noah also had as a result of his prematurity. Noah's … [Continue reading]
Noah was born 6 weeks early. He weighed 3 lbs. 3 ounces and was in the NICU of St. Luke's Hospital QC from Sept. 14 to Oct. 19. Noah was discharged when he reached 4 lbs. His doctors deemed that he was big enough and heavy enough to be taken home. I remember his neonatologist telling me na "madali na syang hawakan at paliguan" also the doc told me that preemies grew better when they were sent home. I remember getting that call from Noah's doctor and her telling me that Noah will … [Continue reading]
A few weeks ago, AXA Philippines and New World Makati sponsored a SoMoms session that focused on FQ. If you're familiar with IQ and EQ there is another very important component that we should develop in ourselves and our kids and that's FQ --- financial quotient! The talk about FQ was done by Rose Fausto. She is the author of Raising Pinoy Boys and is a former investment banker turned full time mom. She makes Money Talk super easy and very relatable. I hate it when investment talks are so … [Continue reading]
When I was pregnant with David, one of the first things I did was sign up for Baby Center's pregnancy updates. It was really cool getting the newsletter and seeing how your little one is growing and how big he must be and what I should be doing etc. Then when David was born, that newsletter turned into reminders of milestones that David should be hitting. That newsletter became annoying and I got worried and paranoid. I talked about it with friends and they agreed that that newsletter gave … [Continue reading]
Here's something to think about: If someone met you for the first time, what do you want that person to learn about you on your first meeting? Hmm tough one but here are two from me: That I'm a working mom and I have made peace with this fact. I used to be so toxic and negative because I wasn't happy anymore with what I was doing with my dayjob. I realized that I needed to get out and that maybe I could quit corporate. I thought I could but reality hit me like a brick wall. I needed to be … [Continue reading]