WARNING: If the sight of blood makes you woozy, skip this post!Vince wrote about the options we were considering for this birth (click here for that article) but we ended up with just one: cord blood...
Topaz Daddy here. Im taking over the blog while Frances is busy with hourly feedings. (Our new little guy is a hungry one.) Yes, you might have heard (especially if you follow my wife on Twitter) we ...
A couple of weeks ago, Vince wrote about how were seriously considering some birth-related options that may fall in the weird category (click for Vinces article in the Inquirer).Those options are ing...
So the hospital bags packed and we are so ready to go. But Wiggles taking his sweet time in my uterus so weve been filling the days with nesting activities--we had a mini-renovation, were having ever...
Alice Dulfo-FernandezKatrina VillarealThiamere BreaHooray! Please check your Facebook messages for my congratulatory email. Ive also sent i play a message regarding your win. They should contact you ...
I am officially 38 weeks pregnant today and I am oh so ready to pop the wee Wiggle out because I feel so heavy and uncomfortable! And we are sooo excited to meet our little boy!Yesterday, we came fro...
Im 38 weeks pregnant today!!! Oops, nope. Tomorrow. Ill be 38 weeks tomorrow. I got too excited. Haha. Oh Em Gee. Any day now, any day now. Anyway, I posted the magazine covers above becaus...
CONTEST IS CLOSED.Yep, its super hot. The only way to save our sanity in this insane weather is you either turn on the AC or you jump into the pool. Weve been stuck with the air con solution until Ec...
As I type this, the house is undergoing a mini-renovation. Thank goodness I had finally hired an all-around girl to help with the housekeeping and babysitting. She started Monday. I really hope shes ...
Happy Monday, mommies!Ive been quite remiss with my blogging duties (heres why) but Ill update this week. At least, thats the plan. It will be a majorly busy week but I dont want to lose touch with m...
I got a big bottle of Johnson’s Milk Bath for Vito and noticed how soft and yummy my hands became after bathing my little boy (his skin, meanwhile, is always soft and yummy!). So I was toying with th...
This is a knocked up me at 34 weeks (Im 35 weeks today) and thats a knocked out Vito, who is 20 months old today (its Friday the 13th! Same as the day Vito was born. Its a lucky day!). By this time n...
So I was craving halo-halo yesterday, right? Well, Im not the only one craving something cold and sweet. This little boy just discovered the joys of Magnum:More photos here!For the record, that was m...
Just look at this glass of Chowking halo-halo goodness:I love the colors! My toddler will most definitely say, "WOW!" when he sees how colorful this dessert is. Me, Im just craving for the na...
Im beyond thrilled that Vince got published in Philippine Daily Inquirer. And even giddier that his article has been shared over 990 times (last I looked). If you dont have the March 28 paper, check ...
I wrote about finally nesting a few posts ago and Im grateful that despite what I said about wanting to have a private birth, I got support and understanding from my readers. One reader, however--and...
... and Lucy loves me!Lucy Torres Gomez reads my blogs! OMG! I am so thrilled! I cant even begin to describe how delighted I am right now. So Ill just pat myself on the back for a job well done. So s...
Im lucky enough to live in an old condo. By old, I mean it was built in the 90s. That means its quite roomy--spacious hallways, big rooms, big kitchen. I love it! Right now, however, its starting to ...
I didnt feel any nesting when I was pregnant the first time around. Then, at about two weeks before I gave birth, I finally got a yaya, got her room ready, prepared my hospital bag, and went out and ...
Cherry Tan!Hatch & Latch wanted the selection of the winner to be completely random so I turned to Randomizer and this is what it said:Lucky #7 is Cherry and she will soon receive her very own se...
Saw this event on Mothercares Facebook wall and decided I want to go (if this weekend will go as planned since last weekend was a sad mess!).The image is a bit grainy so I suggest you visit Mothercar...
We had many plans for this weekend. Go visit the zoo, attend an open house of a preschool, check out a couple of food fairs. But if theres one thing parenthood has taught me is you can make many plan...
Hello! Hello! My goodness, I may not have been blogging but I have been so very busy with this mommy blog. Ive been getting so many requests from mompreneurs to sponsor giveaways and to post product ...
CONTEST IS CLOSED.I am super loving the lovely nursing tops (hooray for fashionable breastfeeding!) and a fantastic multi-way dress I recently got from Hatch & Latch, a fab online shop ...
REMIE!She won a pair of Tip Tap baby shoes and a set of Funky Feet Not Quite Shoes socks from the really fab mommy-and-baby online shop Mothering Earthlings!Remie, congratulations! You have a little ...
Just a public service announcement for all the parents who are looking for strollers: Mothercare is having a huge sale on their Italian-made Inglesina strollers!!!Heres a quick summary of each type t...
Vito is still not over his strange habit of cleaning his cars. And since I rescued my brushes from him (but I still think I need to buy new brushes), hes resorted to his hairbrush:Thats a baby brush ...
Vitos only 18 months old but his Terrible Twos stage started early--maybe at 15 months. Were not surprised, Vince and I. We both have spectacular tempers, volatile and fearsome when unleashed, so to ...
Last month, I posted the news that GAP Kids was launching the adorable collection by Diane Von Furstenberg. So heres an update: the collection is finally out in GAP stores this March but exclusively ...
CONTEST IS CLOSED.One of my mommy friends is the gorgeous and smart, entrepreneurial and fabulous Rone, who calls her kids earthlings. She has this wonderful mommy+baby online shop called Mothering E...
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