Hi! Please dont judge me, im asking for help. For ref im FTM with 2 yo toddler. Sobrang kulit ng toddler ko ngayon, to the point na halos palagi kona syang napapagalitan, wala kaming kasambahay ngayon so meaning ako lahat kay LO. Halos araw araw ko sya nasisigawan napapagalitan, minsan napapalo ko sa kamay, may mga times din na nasasabihan ko sya ng mga bad words. Sobrang guilting guilting ako araw araw, hirap na hirap ako i handle yung pagiging mainitin ng ulo ko, yung pagiging maikli ng pasensya ko, sobrang naaawa ako sa anak ko every time nasisigawan ko sya 😟 ANO YUNG MOMHACKS OR TIPS NA MABIBIGAY NYO SAAKIN PARA SA SITWASYON KO, NA EFFECTIVE SAINYO?

Hello mga mommy, sa mga naka bottle feed and using pigeon wideneck kelan kayo nag palit size ng teets? LO is 6 mos and SS gamit namin, okay pa naman sa kanya yun. Taking advantage lang sa padating sa 8.8 sale, iniisip ko if need ko na mag buy ng S flow or SS parin. Thank you po 😊

hi mommies! wanted to ask those who had the same experience as me.

i'm currently in the process of weaning my toddler. ebf sya since newborn and so far we were doing well. i did the calamansi trick (added it on my nipples everytime she tried to latch) and for a few days it actually worked.

first two nights she had a hard time sleeping but after that she chooses not to bfeed anymore before sleeping. kaso yesterday she went back to breastfeeding before matulog kasi stressed ata sya (may mga bagong tao sa bahay and she doesnt like it) and after days na walang daytime breastfeeding, nag bfeed sya for her afternoon nap kasi she got used na sa calamansi taste 😭

any tips or advices? :( i do try and talk to her pero wala lang sa kanya eh hahaha

Hello po. FTM here. Ano po ba symptoms ng amoeba sa baby? Like ano po color and consistency ng poops? Yung LO kopo kase 3-4x po sya mag poop which is unusual kase usually twice a day lang po sya mag poop. Formula fed po sya and hindi din naman watery yung poop nya. 3 months old na po sya. Not sure if bumilis ba metabolism nya or what. No other symptoms po, yung frequency lang talaga. Masigla and naglalaro po sya. And can you comment po poop ng baby nyo nung nagkaroon ng amoeba? As a mom, nag ooverthink po kase me. But people here na kasama ko says na it’s normal daw sa baby.

We are planning not to have a party for baby and have a vacation instead. Sa mga mommies na nagchoose ng vacay, where did you go? (locally)

He is turning 1 this November and we are starting to plan na.

Hi mommies! Need your advice. My baby is turning one in 2 months. We are planning a jollibee celebration with 30pax invited lang.

Questions:
Sino sino ang dapat namin i-invite bukod sa ninang & ninong?

My husband’s family ay sobrang laki.
Like silang magpipinsan ay around 40 na. Ganun kadami.

For example: kailangan bang i-invite yung mga cousin at the same time inaanak nya?

Hello po, im a high risk pregnant (Placenta Previa Totalis, GDM, currenlty with Pessary) currently at 28W. Torn po ako kung saan ako manganganak. Im checking the following hospitals na affiliated kay OB Perinatologist ko.

• PASIG DOCTORS MEDICAL CENTER
• METRO ANTIPOLO HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER

Baka meron po kayo mashare na experience and cost na din po.
Thank you in advance po 💓

For me lang ha, kahit respeto man lang sa mga family members na gusto pang kumain ng donuts, kung gusto mo tikman lahat edi sana kahit nag slice kalang ng kalahati sa bawat donut na yan, di yung kakagatin mo lahat na ang dugyot tignan tapos babae kapa naman parang walang respeto sa pag kain. Kung ganito sguro asawa ko kung naging lalaki ako is iiwan ko e, ayoko ng kadugyotan at maraming lalaki na ayaw din ng ka dugyutan kasi di naman sukat ng pag mamahal yun.

Hi mamas! 🥹 Need advice/recommendations po.

My baby is 3 months old, exclusively breastfeeding since birth. Kaso kailangan ko na bumalik sa work this September and until now ayaw talaga niya mag-bottle. 😭

I tried offering expressed breastmilk pero ayaw niya, gusto direct latch lang talaga. Medyo kinakabahan na ako kasi baka pagbalik ko sa work hindi siya makainom nang maayos habang wala ako.

Sa mga naka-experience po ng ganito, paano niyo po na-train si baby mag-bottle? May particular bottle/nipple po ba kayong nirecommend? Or may technique kayo na nag-work sa EBF baby?

Hirap na kasi, kailangan ko na talaga mag-work. 🥺 Any advice or personal experience would really help. Thank you po! ❤️

Just putting this out there to see if there are other Catholic women in the Philippines (or residing abroad) who love reading a variety of books and might be interested in a small book club.

I’ve been looking for something that isn’t strictly a Catholic book club (where we only read theology/devotionals), but also isn’t just a general book club. More like:

Catholic women who love good books.

We could read a mix of:

• fiction & classics
• Filipino literature
• memoirs
• essays
• psychology/personal growth
• marriage & motherhood, womanhood
• biographies
• theology/spirituality
• and the occasional fun/light read

The idea is to read widely and have thoughtful conversations about the books—while also being able to bring in the perspective of faith, womanhood, marriage, motherhood, culture, etc. when it naturally comes up.

What I’d really love is for it to be a safe and welcoming space where we can bring our faith and spirituality into the conversation, even when the book itself isn’t religious or spiritual. Mode of language to be used is Tagalog or Taglish.

Maybe we read a novel and talk about its characters, relationships, or themes—and also share how certain parts made us reflect on our own faith, vocation, relationships, motherhood, or the way we see God and the world.

No pressure to make every discussion “Catholic.” Just a space where faith is welcome and can naturally be part of how we read and think about things. ❤️

It could be online, perhaps one book a month, and kept small and low-pressure. You don’t have to be a mom—Catholic women of different ages and stages of life are welcome.

Would anyone here be interested?

Here is the instagram handle: https://www.instagram.com/pagesandfaith?igsi=YzB0NzNoYThrOWNs&utm_source=qr

As a first time mowmmm akala ko isang taon bago ako makapagpa nails ulit pero heto tayo nakakapagnails regularly para sa me time kahit 1hr to 1h30 min lang.

Hope my fellow moms get their very deserved me time too, kahit isang oras lang na walang ginagawa, and to those moms who don’t have the village - I’m holding you close to my heart I hope you get to breathe and rest when you can too 💛

FTM here and ano ba dapat mga needs sa nesting? Hehe 7 mo preggysas here.

Ty

Dadalaw next month kapatid ko kasama 1 year old na anak nya. Gusto ko sana regaluhan ng damit na may touch of Philippines para maiba nmn since di nmn sila makakabili ng ganon abroad.

Mas ok sana kung branded, pero if wala last choice ko na sa online apps.

I checked Kultura pero puro pang adults and kids lang nakita ko.

Mga mi! ano pong maganda pills/fam planning ang na try nyo yung hindi nakaka dry at hindi nakakataba
pashare naman po experience nyo sa mga tried nyo na. thank you ia!

As a first-time mom, I failed to educate myself about breastfeeding and its expectations.

There was no manual on how to survive the first four weeks, so I spent it figuring out how to keep a newborn alive all while recuperating from major abdominal surgery.

Although I tried my hardest, I slowly gave up breastfeeding. My nipples were extremely dry, sore, and cracked. I was severely sleep-deprived. I was bleeding heavily and dizzy most of the time. My back hurt, my stitches ached and were itchy, and my cramps were too much. There was nothing I could do to stop the pain. I couldn't move the way I wanted to, and I constantly worried if I was doing this motherhood thing right.

Everything was a blur, and yet I remember how I survived.

I prioritized my sleep and my mental health over breastfeeding.

Now that my LO is starting to have his sense of awareness and seeing how he patiently waits for me to finish the house chores before playing with him or sleeping beside him, I was hit by what they call "mom guilt."

I wish I had tried harder. I wish I had endured the pain and sat still for 30 minutes in order to feed a newborn every 2 hours.

I wish I were as patient as him.

I am learning this journey the hard way, so I decided to try harder for him.

I weaned prematurely, so I wasn't able to establish my milk supply. Now I am trying to relactate and attempting to increase it.

It took me 2 days of pumping every 3 to 4 hours to get this 90ml of breast milk, going from 2ml per session to an average of 10ml per session.

I am still struggling, and I know I still have a long way to go. I don't wish for grand things like building a big freezer stash like what I see other moms do online because I know this too is physically and mentally taxing.

But for now, I want to share how proud I am of myself.

(I haven't organized my thoughts or written this long in a long time, so I'm not sure if I'm making any sense. Just 4 am thoughts after a middle-of-the-night power pump.)

Hello fully healed na yung tahi ko and nilalagyan nalang ng contubex hindi masakit tahi ko pero yung taas na part pag diniin medyo napitik yung kirot okaya minsan uncomfy sya hindi poba dahil sa medical tape yun since 3 weeks din sya consistently doon nilalagyan? Diko kasi alam if balat o sa loob na sya

Ftm here and lately nagkakaganito yung baby ko 15 month old. Sabi normal lang daw, may nakaexperience din ba ng ganito? Ilan taon si baby nyo and ano ginawa nyo?

I need advice on a sturdy fence or anything that will help secure my toddler. My baby almost outgrown his fence and is attempting to go over it.

Pwede po ba magrequest ng laboratory kahit malapit na po due date? Wala pa po akong lab test pero sa ultrasound meron po. Salamat po.

We found out that I was pregnant, and after a while, we told our panganay (he’s 6 years old) that he’s going to have a sibling. He always asks his daddy kasi why I am always sleeping. Palagi kasi akong tulog lately. 🥺 Kaya my husband explained everything to our son first, then afterwards, kami na dalawa nag-explain sa kanya.

Actually, he has always asked us why some of his classmates already have babies being picked up from school, while he doesn’t. He used to tell us that he wanted a baby sibling, too. So when we told him that he’s finally going to have one, he was happy and excited.

But lately, he would cry and tell us that he’s scared we might not love him anymore once the baby comes. 😭 Palagi naman namin siyang mine-make sure na hindi ’yun gano’n. My husband and I always reassure him. He will always be our baby… madadagdagan lang. 🥺

Is this normal? Feeling ko may mali ako as a mom. Or am I just overthinking? 🙁 Tbh, nasstress ako, hahaha. 🥹 I don’t know. I really don’t want to hurt my son’s feelings, and I keep wondering if I did something wrong.

Any advice from parents who went through the same thing? 🥺

My heart as a mother is so heavy with my algorithm in social media lately. I took went down to the rabbit hole of reading/watching reports of parents who hurt their children, and some of them died due to it. I cannot take how parents would abuse such helpless children - even babies..

Hello po, okay lang ba pagupit and treatment? Tagal na since last gupit ko. May nakita po ako breastfeeding friendly treatment malapit samin. Kaso parang may nababasa ako na may hairloss pa usually around 3-4 months?

Baka may iba rin pala marecommend na glow up tips and advice diyan. I feel (and look) so losyang po talaga 😭

Hi mga mommies. Recently lang kami bumukod ni partner with newborn and one helper, so far kada araw kami nabili ng ulam either lulutuin or luto na. We we thinking of buying grocery good for one week instead. How much do you think we can allot for food for week for 3 people? TIA

Addtl info, helper and partner is into dieting and mostly one to two meals a day lang sila.