Category Archives: Mother and Child Relationship

Baby Announcement In Style

In a month or few weeks now, my baby girl will finally see the beauty of the world, and I want my family, friends and relatives, and the world to know of her existence. Parents as we are would be so proud that our new babies will be acknowledged by everyone.

Birth announcements are among several ways to introduce our babies to our closest relatives and friends. Some people go with the traditional baby birth announcements. They use a simple or typical announcement card which in a way makes little impact. Baby birth announcements can be customized to make announcements wonderful. Paper culture can help you with having a baby birth announcements designed with style. Paper Culture’s cards are sure to fashion the wonderful way to capture the thrill of your newest family member. They use 100% recycled materials. In a way you get the best way to introduce your dearest and help save mother earth.

Summer Job

A smorgasbord of activities awaits the young at summertime. For example, some students associate summer with fun and relaxation – whooping it in beaches, resorts, or other places; others spend such time earning extra cash by working in fastfood outlets and restaurants, gasoline stations, and other business establishments.

A good number of students take up summer job these days, you hear them greet you a hearty “Good morning, sir” or “Good morning, ma’am,” as you walk into a fastfood outlet. Clad in their respective fastfood outfit, they look prim and smart as they serve your food complete with spontaneous smile. “Enjoy your meal, sir! (ma’am), “they quip, and perhaps, you must have felt their gentle manner rub off on you.

This scenario plays itself before us as we visit malls or other places where a fastfood outlet is located. Some of these student workers are in high school; others – and perhaps the majority – are in college. There are even small boys and girls who try their hands at doing “serve with a smile”. A number, no doubt, work part-time during regular semesters. These student workers bide their time between study and work to help defray their school expenses and earn extra cash for daily needs.

We laud their spirit and attitude toward work. We uphold and promote the dignity of labor, because the values we learn from it are enumerable and immeasurable: courtesy, politeness, respect, thrift, honesty, you name it. Cognizant of this fact, a number of big business establishments sponsor programs directed especially to students who endeavor to earn while they learn. Institutions of learning offer the work-study program, and many students, past and present, have availed themselves of this extraordinary educational program. There’s no better time to train the hands to do productive work than when one is young.

Next time you leave any fastfood outlet and heat these student workers call out a spirited “Thanks you for coming, sir(ma’am),” try to return their smile and thank them for making work an important part of their life. They, too, need appreciation, you know. 

Designer Baby Clothes

Big Pony

My mom was supposed to send me a box of baby clothes. We had been expecting the package for three weeks now but something seems to be wrong as we are not getting anything yet. We call mom and learned why she’s not sending the package yet; the family is expecting not just one but four angels this year so instead of shipping the baby clothes mom decided to keep them for the new ones.

My first born Zach will turn 2 years this February 7 and we just found a wonderful present for him. We went into a store selling baby clothes. We found this wonderful designer baby clothes and thought of buying it for our soon 2 year old baby boy.

Second Angel

Maybe it too early to be so ready but I guess we’re just thrilled. So we just had it confirmed. I am pregnant. This is going to be my second angel yet still we’re excited about him/her. As soon as we had it blasted on one social networking site, our account has got flooded with thread of genuine greetings from our friends congratulating us for another on the way.

ergo baby carrier

I guess this is too early but this afternoon we check on some clothes that our son have outgrown. Zach my first born will turn 2 years on February; it’s going to be 10 days from now to be exact. We segregated some baby clothes and some stuff that can still be use by our second angel.  Along with the stuff that we still find go is an ergo baby carrier that we have not used much because we does not travel much with Zach when he was an infant. Anyway we got it ready since we are pretty sure that we will be using it much with our second child. So friends were excited too as they are now asking what they could give as a present to the soon new member of the family.

Wishing for a Baby Boy

Last year my sister- in-law has been urging my brother to come home for at least two months vacation. My brother has been working in Riyadh for 7 years now. When he left for work overseas my niece; their only child was about to turn 3 years old. The reason why she urges for my brother’s homecoming is for her to be impregnated. They really desired to have another child and they’re aiming for a baby boy.

The Almighty had never failed them for before my brother flew back to Riyadh her wife was already pregnant. Not just quite sure thought if it’s going to be a boy or a girl again. Her being able to monitor how healthy my son have developed, she kept on asking me what prenatal vitamins I’d been taking when I was pregnant with my precious Zach. I took several prenatal vitamins then so off I scan Zach’s baby book to run through my checklist again.

We’re so glad with her pregnancy and we’re as hopeful that it’s going to be a boy.

Nurture your Child

What your child will be tomorrow depends on how he is nurtured and cherished today. The quality of his training and the pattern of values inculcated in him will reveal the kind of person he will be.

Will he be a cheerful and pleasant person? Will he be an asset or a liability in society? These are significant questions parents should consider in the training and development of their children.

I have heard some parents say: “Never mind he is still a child”. When some responsible adults meaningfully urge that a child be reprimanded for some mischief, the child’s doting mother would beg: “Be patient with him. He is still a baby”.

This is more often than not tragic because the child is growing without the parents realizing that he is developing into manhood. And because he has been treated like a child all along, even in his maturing years, he behaves like a child. This is one reason we have a lot of childish people around us.

Preparing the child for school is one of the important matters parents should be carefully aware of, for it is in school where most of his waking hours will be spent. They should never consider burdensome the time that they need to spend with the child to teach him values that will help him develop love, patience and obedience. Their home training should teach lessons that will inspire cheerful disposition and encourage resourcefulness and independence. These positive values are the most important wealth parents can bequeath to their children.

There are some parents who leave the home training of their child to the so-called tutor. They have no time for the child, and if they have, the moments that they spend with him usually and in trouble – the mother scolding and berating the child for being very slow in learning and the child feeling guilty and losing confidence in himself.   

Parents should direct their child training efforts to the development of self-respect in the child, particularly in his early childhood. How the child feels about himself influences not only his choice but also his decisions. How he will grope in or cope with the world around him will be reflected in his concept of himself. The standard and ideals that parents awaken in their children by way of their example determine, to a large extent, not only their future lifestyle but also how they will face the challenges that come their way.

As parents, we should take stock of our ways of dealing with our growing children. We should reexamine the direction to which we are leading them. What kind of future are we preparing them for? What preparation are we giving them for their future?

Battery Powered Kiddy Vehicle

Reminiscing childhood days make me shed a tear not because we were poor but because of how life was simple. We do not have much when we were kids in fact my parent could not afford a kiddy bicycle for us. So when we were kids with envy we only watch our peers enjoying their bikes and wish that we have our own. Luckily for my husband his family was quite well off when they were kids so his parents were able to buy each of them a bicycle. I told myself that when I am going to be a parent I will make sure that my kids will not experience the sad things that I’ve been through when I am a kid but rather experience the things that I was not able to experience. Well I guess that but normal for all. We would always desire for the best for our dear ones.

A lot of things have changed from bicycle to 3 wheel carts, pedal cars, and now there’s battery powered kiddy vehicle which is commonly known as power wheels.  Power wheels are battery powered electric ride on vehicles designed for kids. They come in different models. Seeing them is like viewing miniature models of different tricycle and cars.  There’s Jeeps, Honda Minimoto, Peg Perego Gaucho Super Power S Series, Orange County Choppers, Power Wheels Ninja, Power Wheels MX3, Jeep Wrangler, Formula Cars, Mercedes, Porsche, Corvette, Battery Powered Hummer, Ford Mustang, Chevy and more.  Every time we stroll in the malls and get to pass by these toys we never fail to get our soon 2 year old little boy into it for him to have a feel of the ride, and wish that he’ll grow very soon because we just can’t wait seeing him driving his toy car.

Baby Shower Gifts

A friend of mine waited for years to have a baby. Countless visits to different doctors were made to obtain medications just to be sure that they will have one, until finally their dream come true and she is soon to deliver her first baby. It’s a baby boy and everybody is excited, a baby shower plan is pulled ahead to celebrate this precious one and their becoming a family.

We then help her prepare the baby’s room. For the baby shower, we started with a list of important people to invite. We also contact some of our closest friends who live quite distant to join and celebrate the party. We sent them personalized invitation cards and we were glad that they confirm to come. This party is special and is going to be full of excitement.  

As one of her closest friend and soon the baby’s godmother I want her to feel that I care and I am happy for her and her first precious baby. So way ahead I thought of wonderful surprises that I could possibly come up to. I decide to shop at an online baby store. It has to be unique, so I have to come up with personalized baby gifts. Shopping online is great; I came across with best baby shower gifts and I now know what to give for her little boy.

Purchasing the item online is very comfortable for me.  There is so much time to shop and a lot of variety of gift item to choose from, all for the baby and my friend. I also check for the online store’s reliability to be sure that the item will arrive at the specific time. So much for that it also saves a lot of money and time.

Prenatal Vitamins

When I conceived my baby, my priority was to give most of my attention in keeping him healthy and protect him from any possible complication that may occur while he’s not born yet. I always keep in mind and follow the prescribed prenatal vitamins from my Gynecologist. Aside from taking and pursuing the advice from the Gynecologist, I attempt to search over the net and I found prenatalvitamins.org which provides efficient information about supplementary vitamins.            

Prenatal vitamins are supplementary that helps protect not only the baby inside the womb but also promotes good health and development of pregnant women. Taking prenatal vitamins really pays. My pregnancy was smooth sailing there was no complication, and my baby came out healthy.  

 

Skin Allergy

Mother’s are very concern about the skin health of the baby. As we know, the baby’s skin is very sensitive. Mothers should have extra care of it. We make sure that all their stuffs are sterilized and are separated from adults. Mother should also be careful in choosing baby soap, shampoo and lotion as it may also cause allergies and eczema in our baby’s skin.  Eczema is a common skin condition in babies, and recently has been getting more widespread, now affecting as many as 1 in 3 babies in some part of the world.

When my baby boy turned five months, I notice that he has got a dry skin in the right side of his face. We don’t know what that was but that it looks like ringworm. My husband and I decide to bring him to the doctor for his skin check-up.  He told us that it was just a minor skin allergy caused by his bath soap. The doctor’s prescribe a topical steroid cream for his skin allergies.