Japan Japan, will we survive?

In less than a week, we will be having our yearly family vacation!  This year it will be different though.  We will be travelling to Japan.  We’ll be travelling with our 2 kids, one is 3.5 year old and the other will just be turning 11months. I honestly think that this vacation would be a

My Breastfeeding Essentials! Part 2

For the 1st part of the breastfeeding essentials, I showed and discussed the importance of the top 5 breastfeeding essentials on my list! Now, I’d like to add and show more of my breastfeeding essentials! First on the list are the nursing blouses I bought from Tiny Tots, check them out on Facebook.  These blouses

Pump & Dump

This is a sad story for breastfeeding moms! I stayed in Taiwan for 8 days and I lost a lot of milk! I tried to save and store my milk but I don’t have the means to do so. I don’t have access to a sterile environment. The freezer of the house I stayed in

Expo Kid 2013

Nothing to do this weekend? Go to the Expo Kid! The Expo Kid 2013 is the ultimate summer activity fair!  It’s happening on March 2, 2013, Saturday, at the 500 Shaw Events Pavillion.  It’s the home of Kids Klub which specializes in different extra curricular activities for kids of all ages! Parents, together with their

Amazon.com

I am awed with Amazon.com! I just spent 4 hours or so browsing its extensive line of products. What I like about it, you can use your credit card issued locally here in the Philippines. Your billing address can be different from your shipping address, which made it easier for me. I have a friend

Overpumping, is there such a thing?

Lately, I have been pumping as often as I could. I will be going back to work in a few days and I want to stash as much breastmilk as I could so that my baby will have enough supply while I’m gone. Also, this is my way of establishing my supply, aside from direct

78 days Maternity Leave – its Importance!

In this post, I want to talk about the importance of the maternity leave SSS provides for its female members after giving birth.  60 days for normal delivery and 78 days for C-Section. For both baby number 1 and number 2, I had a C-Section, so that automatically gave me 78 calendar days of maternity

My Breastfeeding Essentials!

When I became pregnant with my second daughter Denise, I told myself that I will try my best to exclusively breastfeed her this time.  You see, my 1st born Daphne was mixed fed with breastmilk and formula until she was 18 months old.  That’s no easy feat, I know, I am proud of my achievement

1.4 and still breastfeeding!

” Welcome to the Milk Mama Diaries Carnival (November).  For this month, participants share their experiences on extended breastfeeding.  This includes tips to moms with young babies, as well as barriers and myths which discourage extended nursing.  Please scroll down to the end of this post and check out the other carnival participants.” My daughter

Weaning. Stops. Now.

Weaning. Stops. Now. Daphne is sick. Feverish with cough and cold. How can I deny her the comfort of nursing? Nothing else to say.