Don’t get me wrong. I am a big believer that breast is really best. When your child is nearing three already however, it feels more like harassment. Truly, it does. He’s old enough to get his nourishment from real food so I think he just does it more for getting to sleep than anything else. […]
Tag: toddlers
Will You Still Try for a Baby Girl?
Being a mom of two boys, I have always been asked, “Will you still try for a baby girl?” While some may find the question offensive, I don’t mind it at all. As a matter of fact, I ask the same to friends who are on the same boat. The answer always comes in the […]
5 Parenting Tips from Smart Parenting Mom Workshop
Parenting is truly hard. There’s no real manual to follow, no Dummies book, no K.I.S.S. book. Heck, it’s even tougher than programming (yes, I was into it before I became a SAHM). There’s no concrete “If this, Then that”. It’s all trial and error and continuous adaptive learning. It’s a good thing that there are the […]
The Lazy Mom’s Guide to Help Your Kids Become More Independent
I am by no means a perfect mother. Far from it actually. I have my moods, I get tired, I get cranky, I get fed up… Best of all, I get lazy. I get too lazy to keep changing diapers so I found a way not to do it. I get too lazy to spoon feed 2 small mouths so […]
When I was the Bad Mother
“You’re a bad mother. You bring out the worst in your children. When you were not here, they were very well behaved, they didn’t cry, they didn’t even make a peep.” I don’t know what to make of this. I’m a stay-at-home mom, a work-at-home mom at times, to two toddler boys. As any mother would, […]
#healthisHappening Challenge Day 19
Day 19: Mind Your Manners DA has been forgetting his pleases and thank you’s a lot lately. He’s also developed some unpleasant manners like looking away when being talked to, not answering when being called, etc. I wanted to get him a book that we can read regularly to remind him of how to act […]