I woke up as my daughter got up this morning. I was still sleepy so I told her if she can let mommy go to sleep for 30 minutes while she play with her toys and read her books. Humm never expect her to say anything much more to say No twice and Nope after repeating the question to her. Oh my gosh I guess I can’t really stop my baby girl from growing so fast.
July, 2010
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
>Hydration Station
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This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Haws. All opinions are 100% mine.
Water is very essential to human being and to all other forms of life. It is very important to drink at least 8 glasses of water each day. I love water so much and so is my daughter. We can’t go anywhere with out some bottle of water in the cooler or without buying from vending machine for we drink water every now and then especially this summer in order to stay hydrated. But after what I discover today, I don’t think I need to worry about bringing or buying some water from the vending machine.
Airports, schools, library, office buildings, water parks, gyms and other commercial buildings should have some Hydration Station, a touch-free, water dispenser for reusable bottles, glass and other container. It’s the only hydration station where you can get clean and great tasting polished water, which is a lot better than any bottled water. This filtered water dispenser processes tap water into great tasting pure water using the state-of-the-art filtration technologies.
I believe that Hydration Station is what we need to stay hydrated where ever we go without worrying about your family’s health for it dispense clean, pure and polished water.
So hopefully all commercial buildings and offices will put Hydration Station for easy access of clean and polished water. 
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
>Cabbage and Sage Tea?
>Finally decided to wean my daughter. I tried to nurse her once a day two weeks ago but had to go back to her usual nursing routine last week because she wasn’t feeling well. Last Wednesday, I decided to go back to weaning again. I only nurse her at night and then the next day and night completely cut her off from nursing. It is really hard. There were times I was almost tempted to nurse her again but I tried to be tough. I felt really bad every time I said no to my baby. I just told her “you are big girl now and eating different solid food so you don’t need to nurse anymore ok? Mama loves you very much ok… then hugs and kisses then try to give her food”.
Anyway, as I am on the process of weaning, I felt very uncomfortable. I am felling the fullness and engorgement of my breast. I read information online on how to ease the pain and many have said that cabbage will really help and that sage tea will you get dried faster.
I asked my husband to buy me cabbage and sage tea on the way home but he wasn’t able to find sage tea in walmart and tomthumbs. Does anybody knows what local stores carries it?
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
>Secret Menu Tab In Facebook
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This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of AMPM. All opinions are 100% mine.
Cooking is just one of the house chores I do every day. Even though I love cooking for my family, I sometimes feel lazy cooking or run out of menu to make hence the reason why I love having fast food and restaurant close to where we live.
Searching different menu’s online is also one of my favorite things to do during my spare time aside from facebooking. But with what I discover today, I don’t have to do it anymore. I think the secret menu in Facebook is what I am looking for. It’s the perfect food for my family on times that I don’t feel like cooking food that takes longer time preparation.
Check out this secret menu tab in facebook and leave comments on the delicious and easy to make menu such as the Hot Chichuahua, Chili Conquistador, Tower of Torta and Towering Inferno. More items are coming soon!
And by August 2nd, people can create their own ampm secret menu concoctions right on Facebook. So cool huh!
I can’t wait to make the Chili Conquistador tomorrow. I am sure my daughter and my husband would really like it because aside from it is yummy, this menu only have 3 ingredients, which is the burger, chili and spicy funyuns, great for our budget.
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
>60 Weeks Old
>Time flies so fast that I haven’t noticed my little girl just turned 60 weeks old last Sunday. She is really growing fast and that’s something I could never stop. But as a first time, I just try to enjoy every single day with my daughter (sleepless or not).
At 60 weeks old, Abigail became more talkative, all over the place and most of all she was able to survive to go to “Chukee Cheese” without mommy and daddy. I was really proud of her when she got home with her grandma and step-sisters not crying at all.
From what they told me, Abigail only cried when the lady in the entrance of Chukee Cheese grab her hand for entrance stamp. Other than that, she had a blast.
Anyway, I am currently in the process of weaning my daughter Abigail. I just hope and pray that things would turn out good. Goodluck to me and to my baby girl as well.
Monday, July 19th, 2010
>Wish I Could…
>I grew with business in mind. I was only three to four years old when my mother started her own business in our hometown public market. It is the same business that my grandmother started when my mom was little. I was really amazed of how my grandma was able to manage her business when had 8 kids and other niece and nephews to take of. That being said, my grandmother was also able to send them all to college because of her business in the market.
I myself want to put up my own business in the future. It is one of my dreams in life that I want to accomplish one day. I know that there are so many things that need to consider in opening up a business. Passion is just one of them. Doing things that you really are one key of success. You need to plan a business that will showcase the things you love to do each day. Capital is also one of the most important thing.
Other thing that you need to plan in starting the business is marketing. You need to know who will be your target buyer. You can also start making personalized or custom business cards that you can hand out to your family, friends and other perspective buyers.
Saturday, July 17th, 2010
>Should I Force Separation?
>I have been reading about separation anxiety lately since I have been planning to bring my daughter to the church and leave her to the kids play area where most kids stays while parents attend the mass. I know for sure that Abigail will cry as soon as I will leave but at the same the thought of her going to enjoy playing with other kids would help and might not even noticed mommy is gone, makes me want to try it. Who knows it would work.
According to the article I read online, by gently encouraging your child’s separation confidence at the right times, and in the right ways, you can teach your children valuable life lessons, some of which are:
How to control his emotions in difficult situations
How to use memories of people he loves to help him deal with missing them
How to know that people love him even when they are not with him
How he can use positive self-talk to convince himself to do things even when he has worries
How to persist in situations despite emotional challenges
How to feel good about exploring the unfamiliar, even in the face of fears
How to use past successes to know that he is capable of overcoming fears and forging ahead
How to accept that he is his own good company
Saturday, July 17th, 2010
>Vacation With RV’s
>Most families here in the United States spend summer to the beach and pools to cool off as the weather is getting hotter each day. Some people also love to travel and camping using their RV’s. Oh how I wish we have RV’s too so we can just go from one place to another with out too much hassles.
I have never experience traveling with RV’s yet but I think it is really fun and relaxing. I saw it on TV and movies and it’s really pretty cool. The best thing that I like about RV’s is the bed where you can lay down and relax during the travel or just when you get tired. I also love the fact that it has microwave and other kitchen equipment so you can cook.
But the most cool of all is the patio awnings where you and your family can put table and shares and spend the day playing, eating and bon fire at night. Humm what a great bonding moment huh.
I went ahead shop for RV’s online just to get information you know. Who knows one day we will be able to get one of the RV from the Camping World’s website.
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
>Time To Change Diaper Please!
>Babies really learns things fast. They explore a lot and so curios on everything and will touch everything they sees. But all of it are just part of learning so better know how to cool off moms especially when they make so much mess in the kitchen. Anyway, I am just amazed how my daughter learns more things each day. Yesterday morning when she woke up, I told her it’s diaper change. I was surprised that she just crawl towards where the diapers and wipes are and handed it to me. And she did the same thing this morning and every time I changed her diaper. Hopefully I can patty train her soon so we would be able to save money from diaper…wew… that would be nice.
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
>It Really Helps…
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I still remember the day I told myself I could manage having a baby without buying any of those things I see in any baby department. I was raised without it and I thought of doing the same thing most Filipino does. But I was wrong though, I end up buying different stuff like bouncer baby just to make my baby sleep longer during naps and sleep. It is so hard to do the traditional Filipino when you get no help from anybody as your whole family live miles away.
