Talking to your baby

My three months old baby is still too young to speak, but we start communicating with him already. I have read articles about the benefits of talking to your baby. Based on the testimonials of other moms, their babies were able to speak earlier than others because they took time to bond and talk to their little ones even if they still can't respond well.


According to Kevin Osborn, author of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Bringing up Baby", Your baby will learn language more quickly from her primary caretaker than from anyone else. Because your baby knows you best, she's learned to recognize the way you speak: your tones, your inflections, your facial expressions. So talk around your baby and talk to your baby. Speak naturally and clearly.


I always make time to talk to LA whenever he is awake. He loves to talk to people. He stares at your face and waits for your next move. I smile every time he looks at me to create a positive connection between us. I never show him negative vibes whenever he sees me. 


At first, I was having a hard time talking to babies since it's like having a monologue all the time. Babies couldn't reply to all I am saying, but now, I am much more comfortable talking to LA. He makes silly sounds too! "cooo,cooo" "abooo abooo" "aaaaw awww" and many more.


Here's a video of Lewis talking to his Opa (grandpa)

Mums and Tubs Club presents Lactacyd Baby Care Village @ SM Megamall

December 11, 2011

Mums and Tubs Club presents Lactacyd Baby Care Village @ SM Megamall

We were so excited to go to the event. The call time for participants in the fashion show was 1pm, but the event will start in the morning around 11 am. I wasn’t able to watch the first part of the program because we got stuck in traffic.

We were able to arrive 1:30 pm and Thank God they haven’t started the fashion show yet. We went to the backstage and changed our clothes. They said that the sponsored make-up artist was not able to come so we have to do our own make-up and hair. (Good thing my baby’s a boy with no hair. No need for make-up and hairstyle, haha)

After we got dressed up, we went inside the Baby Care Village and watched the show. We were given passport that we need to fill-up to get a gift pack from Lactacyd and have a chance to unlock the code for a special prize (too bad someone already won ahead of us).

We first went to the “Bathing Demo Station”. I was really looking forward for that demo since LA is having a hard time during his bath.

Next was the “Pre-school Teacher Consultation Booth” and “Play area”. This is where I did my breastfeeding since they removed their breastfeeding lounge to accommodate more people for the show.

We went to different sections like the ff:

Weighing Station

Healthy Snacks Station

Nutritionist’s Consultation Booth

Nutri Wheel

Photobooth

The program was hosted by Christine Jacob. There was a talk show, puppet show, cooking demo, magic show, fashion show, story telling and more!!

I had a really great time during the event even though there are some glitches. I am very happy that LA and I were chosen to be one of the participants for the fashion show of “Pois Belly and Kids”.

I was able to meet some of my mommy friends there and was also able to mingle with other new moms.

Lots of learning, Lots of fun!

Coming from Las Pinas City, it was really a rough journey but it was all worth it. Thank you to Mums and Tubs Baby Care Club for this wonderful opportunity. It is something my son and I will cherish. Hope to see you again on the next event!

Lactacyd Baby Bath Baby Care Village

Tomorrow will be the last leg of the Lactacyd Baby Bath Baby Care Village at SM Megamall event center.

The event will start at 10:00 am up to 8:00 pm.

Weeks ago, they asked for the participation of mommies and kids to their fashion show.

"Mums and Tubs Club

Hello Mommies! We are going to have another Lactacyd Event on December 11 in SM Megamall and it will have a fashion show. If you are interested to join, please email the photo of you and your kid at info@mumsandtubsclub.com. Thank you!"

I emailed them a photo of myself and LA (just trying our luck). Good News! We were chosen to be a part of their fashion show. According to Mums and Tubs Club, they will be giving us a Lactacyd Baby Bath gift pack as a token of our participation.

I am so excited because it's going to be our first time to join such event.

Seeing photos from their previous events made me ever more thrilled.

Lactacyd Mascots Cid and Lucky

Here's a link to their fan page: http://www.facebook.com/mumsandtubs

They have a lot of activities for moms and babies. I expect a lot of learning from this event. I am looking forward to learn more about bathing your baby and other baby stuffs. 

I will be sharing my experience tomorrow in another post.

♥young mommy, Lolly

MomCenter Philippines

It’s been a while since I last updated this blog. So here I am again, full of stories to share, I will try my best to keep this updated.

Today, I registered in www.momcenter.com.ph

It is a website that provides information about pregnancy to caring for your baby. I’m curious on what this site has to offer, so I gave it a try.

As soon as my account was activated, they gave me a gift.

A free download of their “Life Stages and Guides” YEY!!!

Now, I can easily check on the milestones and development of LA every week. It’s so exciting to see what he is about to do or what are the things he knows already.

The first tab that caught my attention was the “Interactive” tab. I tried my luck with the MomCenter Pic of the Week. I have such confidence with my little boy so I send one entry, still waiting for the results.

I have yet to explore everything from this site. I believe they have a lot more to offer, especially for a first time mom like me.

Here's the Pic of Baby LA that I submitted. If you think this handsome little boy deserves to win their Pic of the Week, Kindly vote for him. I will be writing another post if ever he becomes a finalist.

Photographed by Sofia Shalaby

♥young mommy, Lolly

LA meets his grandpa

Yesterday, November 28, LA celebrated his 3^rd month of life. We started the day with our normal routine and headed to the airport at around 9:30 am to pick up his grandpa. It was my father’s first time to see baby LA and he was really happy.

He had so many gifts for LA

Baby Onesies with cutie statements

Stuff toy monkey

German coloring book, Ball and Yoyo

In return, LA gave him his sweetest smiles and giggles. While papa was looking at baby LA, he said “He’s a miracle from God”. 

Truly, LA never fails to make everyone around him smile with his innocence.

Singing songs for my baby

Years before I had a baby, I was already fond of listening to different children's songs as well as Disney songs. I'm a Disney fanatic and most of their movies, I already memorized the lyrics! (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Little Mermaid, etc.) I'm also an education student which made it easy for me to learn new nursery rhymes that i can use to teach pre-school children. I may say that I have a wide range of selection when it comes to singing songs to my little one. 

photo from google images

One of the cutest nursery rhyme that I've always wanted to sing to my baby is
"This Little Piggy"



This little piggy went to market,
This little piggy stayed at home,
This little piggy had roast beef,
This little piggy had none.
And this little piggy went... 
"Wee wee wee" all the way home...


YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b_wac0wtrM&


Every line you sing, you touch one toe of your baby..and on the last line, you get to tickle your baby "wee wee wee" all the way home!




When I first saw LA's tiny feet, I immediately sang this song to him...Sadly, he's still unable to laugh at that time but I know for sure that he felt my tickle. He just can't express it yet.
Whenever baby LA cries, I hum "Jesus loves Me" and he'll relax and fall asleep. Since then, I always sing to him this song. 


I read an article about singing to your baby and they suggested a song that'll help the baby learn about God and the people around him. "He's got the whole world in his hands"


According to Babycenter.com, Babies recognize oft-repeated words long before they're ready to say them, and familiar names are the friendliest verbal cues of all.

Grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, pets, babysitters, and daycare teachers – your baby will love to hear you name them all. One of the most natural ways to do this is with a song like the old spiritual "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands." The words are simple and repetitive: "He's got the whole world in his hands" repeats four times, and then the verses go on to name general categories: "He's got the wind and the rain in his hands..." "He's got the tiny little baby in his hands..." ending with four lines of "He's got everybody here in his hands." But instead, try substituting your baby's favorite folks: "He's got [baby's name] and Papa, in his hands..." "He's got Grandma and Grandpa in his hands..." and go on from there.

Source:  http://www.babycenter.com/0_lets-play-up-up-and-away-song-of-myself_1498436.bc

It's fun to play with your baby. Sometimes, we are not aware but they are able to learn new things through bonding/play time. Take time to talk to your little angel and share with them how wonderful our world is. It'll stimulate their senses that will help them understand in the near future what is happening around them.

♥young mommy, Lolly

Latch A Babe Nursing and Maternity Wear Giveaway

It has been almost 3 months since I started breast feeding LA. I am really proud of myself because it's such a great blessing to be able to give my son the best gift in the world, mother's milk!

It wasn't much of a problem since I'm currently a SAHM (Stay At Home Mom) and I am directly feeding him. But of course, there are times that we have to leave the house and go to public places such as malls. I will never forget the first time we went to the mall and LA got hungry. Since I'm a first time mom, I didn't see it coming. I haven't tracked his feeding routine yet because he was just 3 weeks old that time. He cried and cried and I couldn't feed him on the spot because I didn't have any nursing cover so we hurried and looked for the nearest breast feeding station and that's where I fed baby LA.

It's right there and then that I realized how important it is to have nursing wears on hand. I'm still in search for nursing wears and tops that could help me breast feed LA with ease.

Latch A Babe Nursing and Maternity wear is just one of the many shops that offers clothing that is suitable for breastfeeding. It was very timely that they are having a pre-Christmas giveaway together with TheLazyMama!


There are actually 3 prizes that Latch A Babe is giving away to three (3) Lazy Mama readers:

1 Latch A Babe nursing top of your choice

2 Discount Coupons worth 20% OFF  quoted price from Latch A Babe

This Giveaway runs until November 30,2011

If you want to join, just follow the instructions in The Lazy Mama blog post.

CLICK HERE to join!

♥young mommy, Lolly