24May

Communicating Positively With Our Children, Cymplified!

listening

I love my children. I don’t have to say why. It’s more than a feeling a parent cannot deny. But, why the raised voices, empty threats and short temper? That should change, to be my children’s Christlike keeper. That is why I attended the Yes Mommy Workshop by Optimommy Jayme. I want learn how to [...]

14May

Mother’s Day {2013}, Cymplified!

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May 12 was Mother’s Day and it got me thinking about… well, motherhood! Unexpectedly, I became a mom, thrice. But, that’s the natural course of life after getting married and deciding to start a family, right? I should have known what to expect. Yet, nothing could have prepared me for the ever evolving and very [...]

11May

Siblings Are For Loving, Cymplified!

having siblings

They continue to boggle my mind, these children of mine. One moment they are laughing, the next they are crying. One moment they like the toy, the next they are hurling it across the room. One moment they are ready to nap, the next they would be wide awake. I sure love the moments when… [...]

27Apr

End Of A (Breastfeeding) Journey, Cymplified!

hand in hand on this breastfeeding journey

Rivers of tears were flowing from her eyes and heart, at three in the morning. The baby in her arms was begging for breastmilk, crying and squirming. The only comfort they both knew, was taken away by the need for medication. She wished that for weaning a baby off breastfeeding, there was also education. Her [...]

15Apr

Babies To Toddlers {Giveaway}, Cymplified!

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Babies are so fragile, so helpless, so soft and so dependent! They are so precious to us parents that anything to help us take better care of them would be most welcome. One of the challenges (challenge talaga?) I faced when my children were still babies was the trimming of their nails. I was scared [...]