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domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy Steffi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">motherhood</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">moms</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lifestyle</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">health</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">working mom</category><title>10 Personal Things Moms Should Definitely Spend Money On</title><atom:summary>

Mommies, there is absolutely nothing wrong with doing a bit of guilt-free shopping for yourself. After years of being the homemaker, the disciplinarian, the doting parent and the loving mother, it's always good to set aside time to get out of the house and pamper yourself.

There are plenty of things that a mom can buy for herself, but I think she should definitely spend on these 10 things as </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/momnotes/~3/Vxf5hfQTHyE/10-things-moms-should-definitely-spend.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Stef Gonzaga)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/momnotes/~4/Vxf5hfQTHyE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://momnotesphilippines.blogspot.com/2012/03/10-things-moms-should-definitely-spend.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432557537988312484.post-6599258511429457176</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-07T05:00:34.220+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">kitchen</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy Naomi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">feeding programs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">eating</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">health</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">organic farmers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">healthy eating</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">organic produce</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">New Year</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">food</category><title>8 Food Resolutions for 2012</title><atom:summary>
Hello everyone! The three moms running this blog, including moi, have been quite busy to post anything the past month. Sorry about that! But on behalf of my fellow mom bloggers Kelly and Steffi, let me just wish everyone a happy and prosperous 2012! Hope everyone had meaningful holiday and love-filled celebrations with your family and friends. :)

Let us start this year with a post about </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/momnotes/~3/EAkJj5gu_E8/8-food-resolutions-for-2012.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Naomi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2758/4438774479_335cca6eb6_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/momnotes/~4/EAkJj5gu_E8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://momnotesphilippines.blogspot.com/2012/01/8-food-resolutions-for-2012.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432557537988312484.post-3560536165360965893</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-07T01:40:48.521+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">kids eating vegetables</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">kids</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">feeding kids</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">eating for kids</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">children eating habits</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">feeding children</category><title>The One-Bite Practice: Teach Kids to Eat Veggies</title><atom:summary>


Impossible? Not anymore!

From the hundreds of articles on parenting I have read, probably one of the most useful bits of information that I found most handy is the One Bite practice, which gradually teaches kids to be, well, more well-rounded eaters (thank you Reader's Digest). 
I love vegetables and I can't help but feel just the teeniest bit sorry for people who don't like them at all. They</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/momnotes/~3/epJmm1rKwbM/one-bite-practice-teach-kids-to-eat.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Naomi)</author><thr:total>6</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/momnotes/~4/epJmm1rKwbM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://momnotesphilippines.blogspot.com/2011/11/one-bite-practice-teach-kids-to-eat.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432557537988312484.post-8590310383132995608</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-07T00:06:26.587+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy Steffi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">financial</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">motherhood</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">health care</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">parenting</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">first-time moms</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">health</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">babies</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">children</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">parenting tips</category><title>7 Tips to Help You Through Your Kid's First Hospitalization</title><atom:summary>

August 20, 2011 – Holly's first hospitalization.

I stood there, in the pediatrics section of the ER, waiting for the staff to prepare our room.  Holly's fever is at 38° already and her cough just wouldn't stop.

As I stood by our station, holding the sick baby as she wouldn't stay in bed, I listened with sadness at the outbursts and screams of the sick children around me. Never did I expect </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/momnotes/~3/a-FK7zXUSc8/7-tips-to-help-you-through-your-kids.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Stef Gonzaga)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3TmLE7QGlxg/TlR2mnOBEcI/AAAAAAAAA0M/Ocfo8J8wO30/s72-c/IMG_0065.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/momnotes/~4/a-FK7zXUSc8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://momnotesphilippines.blogspot.com/2011/08/7-tips-to-help-you-through-your-kids.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432557537988312484.post-1787616814102846907</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-07T01:40:53.146+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">kids</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy Naomi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">first-time moms</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">health</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">children</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">food</category><title>Kids Health: Healthy Snack Ideas Your Kids Will Also Love</title><atom:summary>
As a mother, I know that I must make sure that my child gets proper nutrition - what with the demands of school and my daughter being in that stage where growth is at its peak. (I realize that I sound like a formula milk commercial, but we moms very well know that these concerns are valid!) Kids need to be healthier to develop immunity against diseases, more so now that it is the rainy season. </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/momnotes/~3/EyrRibUbKe0/healthy-snack-ideas-your-kids-will-love.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Naomi)</author><thr:total>8</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/momnotes/~4/EyrRibUbKe0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://momnotesphilippines.blogspot.com/2011/08/healthy-snack-ideas-your-kids-will-love.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432557537988312484.post-1390618543166453764</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 05:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-06T23:46:48.618+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy Steffi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">babies</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">products</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">promos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">food</category><title>The MyLac XL Prep Promo: Get a Free Gift Pack Today!</title><atom:summary>

If there's one thing I hated back when I was a little girl, it's going to school sleepy, tired, and disinterested with school. And I'm sure there are plenty of kids who felt the same way.

It's a known fact that one of the reasons why most kids don't enjoy going to school is because their bodies don't have the energy to concentrate and function.  This is due to a lack of proper nutrition and a </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/momnotes/~3/Zwcl3smgD6E/mylac-xl-promo-unlock-leader-in-your.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Stef Gonzaga)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BksMrTj_48U/TfBcXI6CnwI/AAAAAAAAArI/IZ8sWkk1Y4E/s72-c/kid-sleep-book.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/momnotes/~4/Zwcl3smgD6E" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://momnotesphilippines.blogspot.com/2011/06/mylac-xl-promo-unlock-leader-in-your.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432557537988312484.post-4927215556605343506</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 01:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-06T23:55:34.856+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">kids</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy Naomi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">first-time moms</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">health</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">oral hygiene</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">children</category><title>My Daughter's First Ever Visit to the Dentist</title><atom:summary>

We thought we had everything ready for the new school year but some things just happen unexpectedly. It was the second day of school and my almost-seven-year-old daughter Nini had to skip attendance because she was complaining of a terrible toothache. So my husband and I took her to a small clinic at the Fairview Center Mall after office hours for her first ever dental checkup.

The female </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/momnotes/~3/gNn3f4JSdko/my-daughter-first-ever-visit-to-dentist.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Naomi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-IcKeGraYUoA/Te7O6MKxu7I/AAAAAAAAAPg/37sL0C8YGoY/s72-c/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/momnotes/~4/gNn3f4JSdko" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://momnotesphilippines.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-daughter-first-ever-visit-to-dentist.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432557537988312484.post-950014858075667178</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 08:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-06T23:56:15.049+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">empty nest</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">college kid</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy Kelly</category><title>College Kid and the Empty Nest Syndrome</title><atom:summary>



I feel stirrings of the empty nest syndrome. I can’t even do the things that are normally advised to ease the mild depression and loneliness that comes with an empty nest: like get a new job, start a hobby, go out with friends, or go on a trip with your spouse. I still have two kiddos in the house that need caring after.

This is the start of his sophomore year. My “semi-syndrome” is kicking </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/momnotes/~3/BX4v08M5NM4/college-kid-and-empty-nest-syndrome.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kelly)</author><thr:total>3</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/momnotes/~4/BX4v08M5NM4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://momnotesphilippines.blogspot.com/2011/05/college-kid-and-empty-nest-syndrome.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432557537988312484.post-9160308254324805775</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 01:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-07T00:03:42.958+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy Steffi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">parenting</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">discipline</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">babies</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">toddlers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">children</category><title>A Review of ProActive Parenting's Gentle No's for Toddlers</title><atom:summary>

Being a first-time mom with no background experience in child discipline, I’m the perfect example of what you shouldn’t be doing to your kid. Whenever Holly shows signs of bad behavior in the house (spanking or biting), I’d scold her, call out her name, and look at her in the eye. I’d try to talk to her like how a mom would talk to a 7-year old, but if she didn’t stop her bad behavior, I’d </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/momnotes/~3/H7mx2Vl-USg/review-of-proactive-parentings-gentle.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Stef Gonzaga)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LK1A2Qa7tR8/Tc2_Cdse4gI/AAAAAAAAApc/v6qLKOjNh0s/s72-c/bad_behavior.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/momnotes/~4/H7mx2Vl-USg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://momnotesphilippines.blogspot.com/2011/05/review-of-proactive-parentings-gentle.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432557537988312484.post-1514941046139658924</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 07:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-07T00:05:23.673+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mother's day</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">motherhood</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy Naomi</category><title>What Do You Love Most About Being a Mom?</title><atom:summary>



I used to feel sorry for classmates who, when it's time to share about your parents' occupations, say that their mom is "just a plain housewife." It surely doesn't sound as pompous as when you say "My mom is a lawyer" ...or a doctor ...or a businesswoman. I usually imagine a frazzled woman wearing that floral daster doing nothing but cook and clean the house all day. What a boring place to be</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/momnotes/~3/0Pwyz-A8odo/what-do-you-love-most-about-being-mom.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Naomi)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/momnotes/~4/0Pwyz-A8odo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://momnotesphilippines.blogspot.com/2011/05/what-do-you-love-most-about-being-mom.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432557537988312484.post-1443610019064721262</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 07:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-07T00:07:44.316+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mother's day</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">meaning of mother's day</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy Kelly</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">facts about mother's day</category><title>Interesting Facts About Mother’s Day</title><atom:summary>

My own mother will be in Guam to attend the wedding of a niece on the second Sunday of May this year. I myself am not too keen on celebrating the day, except maybe for daydreams of sleeping in and having Rodic’s tapsilog served to me in bed (a logistic impossibility).

However, the concept of officially celebrating motherhood with a special day is an interesting one.  The facts behind the </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/momnotes/~3/qPWgeGautao/interesting-facts-about-mothers-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kelly)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ujec1vdjjMg/TcJR9i3_REI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/TYloMcA3itg/s72-c/328px-Pink_Carnation_%2528NGM_XXXI_p510%2529.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/momnotes/~4/qPWgeGautao" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://momnotesphilippines.blogspot.com/2011/05/interesting-facts-about-mothers-day.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432557537988312484.post-5006806600518844749</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 08:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-07T00:10:31.156+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy Steffi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mother's day</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">financial</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">motherhood</category><title>5 Simple Budget-Friendly Ways to Celebrate Mother's Day</title><atom:summary>




I'm sure you're excited for Mother's day. It's that one special day where mothers are remembered, loved a hundred times over, and of course pampered twice as usual (think a day at David's Salon).

We especially love this day because it's an opportunity to make our own moms feel special.  We want to let them know just how loving, selfless, and beautiful they are, so we do our best to make </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/momnotes/~3/swjUBMPAYh4/5-simple-budget-friendly-ways-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Stef Gonzaga)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5E04Qnv4DoA/SkUWqTlLGmI/AAAAAAAAA4o/SN8DP7wN5SE/s72-c/mom+hugging+kids+challenge.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/momnotes/~4/swjUBMPAYh4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://momnotesphilippines.blogspot.com/2011/05/5-simple-budget-friendly-ways-to.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432557537988312484.post-2462755712945567571</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 15:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-07T00:12:17.193+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy Naomi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shopping</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">food</category><title>Got My Rustan's Fresh Card!</title><atom:summary>
Okay, I just gotta share this: I finally managed to claim my very own Rustan's Fresh Card after collecting PHP 5000 worth of grocery receipts at Rustan's (Fairview Center Mall). It's funny but it felt such an accomplishment for me haha! (I even felt giddy when they asked for my birthday in the application form.) If you are a frequent shopper at Rustan's, you can also get a Fresh Card from any </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/momnotes/~3/5aMCESLsECg/got-my-rustan-fresh-card.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Naomi)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/momnotes/~4/5aMCESLsECg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://momnotesphilippines.blogspot.com/2011/05/got-my-rustan-fresh-card.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432557537988312484.post-2370958710348700258</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-07T00:14:16.790+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">healthy recipe</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">filipino dishes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy Kelly</category><title>Healthy Recipe: Pinakbet</title><atom:summary>For moms and dads who are looking for healthy food for their family meals, here is a popular Filipino dish from the north to add to your dinner recipe collection.
The name of the dish, pinakbet, is derived from pinakubet; an Ilokano word which means wrinkled up. This gives us a clue as to how to cook the dish: to simmer the vegetables until they get shriveled from cooking.
You can serve your </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/momnotes/~3/4yf-pob7n8s/healthy-recipe-pinakbet.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kelly)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/momnotes/~4/4yf-pob7n8s" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://momnotesphilippines.blogspot.com/2011/04/healthy-recipe-pinakbet.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432557537988312484.post-1438728945945009716</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-07T00:16:31.790+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy Steffi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">traveling tips</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">parenting</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">babies</category><title>7 Tips When Traveling with Your Baby</title><atom:summary>

The idea of traveling sounds like a dream, doesn't it?  You get to visit beautiful places, meet interesting people, experience the beauty of the local culture, and (of course) take home some rare souvenirs.  Well, at least that's what the ads always portray.
Now let's put a baby in this picture.  Aside from tending to all of your traveling needs, you have to consider the baby's needs as well.  </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/momnotes/~3/pICTZxuCBRw/7-tips-when-traveling-with-your-baby.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Stef Gonzaga)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZZk9dOErWNc/TcONuXTpweI/AAAAAAAAAnw/jmI7ieWdM-8/s72-c/2319336247_d83d44c2e5.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/momnotes/~4/pICTZxuCBRw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://momnotesphilippines.blogspot.com/2011/04/7-tips-when-traveling-with-your-baby.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432557537988312484.post-2783547449927736985</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:36:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-07T00:18:53.191+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">summer activities for kids</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy Kelly</category><title>10 Practical and Affordable Things To Do This Summer</title><atom:summary>Ever the Azkals fan, Naomi wrote about soccer camp or football for kids this summer. Her blogpost inspired me to make my own version of things for the kids to do during this 2 month long vacation. Here are a few more suggestions for fun and educational activities that you could do with your kids.Coming from a practical and thrifty stay-at-home hands-on parent, it kind of requires more time &amp; </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/momnotes/~3/HxHSw5DPFR4/10-practical-and-affordable-things-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kelly)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/momnotes/~4/HxHSw5DPFR4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://momnotesphilippines.blogspot.com/2011/04/10-practical-and-affordable-things-to.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432557537988312484.post-4150106398778591788</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-07T00:54:20.253+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">kids</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">motherhood</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy Naomi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">first-time moms</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">babies</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy Kelly</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mom Center</category><title>Mom Notes Partners with MomCenter</title><atom:summary>

Dear Moms,
We are happy to announce that Mom Notes has joined hands with Mom Center, the largest parenting online resource and community in the Philippines, in bringing you more valuable articles, the latest events, parenting news and tips, and the chance to join contests and win cool prizes from Mom Center sponsors.

We encourage you to sign up at MomCenter.com.ph, where you could interact </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/momnotes/~3/lCsxalZwkDo/mom-notes-partners-with-momcenter.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Naomi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_pTWCf1wgq6w/TZynfx-j9AI/AAAAAAAAAOk/_Kv5kqPMK6Q/s72-c/%5BUNSET%5D.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/momnotes/~4/lCsxalZwkDo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://momnotesphilippines.blogspot.com/2011/04/mom-notes-partners-with-momcenter.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432557537988312484.post-2556285202413290681</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 05:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-07T00:38:13.939+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">kids</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">college kid</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">children</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy Kelly</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">family entertainment</category><title>Life Is What Happens</title><atom:summary>I was going to post a series of comic strips based on humorous events around my house with two wild kiddos and their harried homebased writer/artist of a mom. Dad and college kid home-for-the-summer will be playing best supporting actors for a cast of five. I even asked the hubby to do the sketches for me. However, both our artistic mojos have all but been lost in the day-to-day of mother/</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/momnotes/~3/_8WcKnlUqws/life-is-what-happens.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kelly)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/momnotes/~4/_8WcKnlUqws" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://momnotesphilippines.blogspot.com/2011/04/life-is-what-happens.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432557537988312484.post-3350279961773222385</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 01:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-07T00:34:21.008+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">kids</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">education</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy Naomi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">parenting</category><title>How to Raise Well-Rounded Achievers</title><atom:summary>[You may also view this article on MomCenter.com.ph.]
For the past couple of weeks, I've been seeing a lot of Facebook friends posting graduation and recognition photos of their children/nephews/nieces/grandchildren.
I posted one myself of me and my daughter Nini, who was awarded second honorable mention and was named Most Cheerful/Most Gentle in her first-grade class (so proud of her!). One of </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/momnotes/~3/Uz3Fsdure5c/how-to-raise-well-rounded-achievers_03.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Naomi)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/momnotes/~4/Uz3Fsdure5c" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://momnotesphilippines.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-to-raise-well-rounded-achievers_03.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432557537988312484.post-3460563715987865975</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 06:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-07T00:39:05.141+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy Steffi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">parenting</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">name</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">babies</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">names</category><title>What's the History Behind Your Child's Name?</title><atom:summary>

Your child's life on this earth begins with his name.  A name is the symbol, the identity which a person carries throughout every chapter of his life.  His family, his friends, his enemies, his mentors, and up to the very last stranger he introduces himself to will recognize him by his name.

This is how important choosing a name for my daughter was to me. I wanted her name to be perfect and </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/momnotes/~3/jDvpj3f4gNk/whats-history-behind-your-childs-name.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Stef Gonzaga)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4Jugug3uIDU/TZbASnD7SWI/AAAAAAAAAmE/yxQ_R4djoaA/s72-c/hello-my-name-is.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/momnotes/~4/jDvpj3f4gNk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://momnotesphilippines.blogspot.com/2011/04/whats-history-behind-your-childs-name.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432557537988312484.post-3727187997500633057</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 03:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-07T00:41:05.569+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy Steffi</category><title>Keeping Buried Treasure for Your Children</title><atom:summary>

This is a photo of a 1995 playbill of my performance in a major kindergarten play.  The title is Daughters of Mohamed and I played the main role as "Kadiga", the handmaid servant of the 3 princesses of Mohamed.
Fast forward to 2011 and this playbill is still around, with the handwriting of my grandmother still intact and readable.  She kept this copy in a photo album stored inside her own </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/momnotes/~3/jDJ_zzk5HyA/keeping-buried-treasure-for-your.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Stef Gonzaga)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pZ2kq_QhwgU/TYgR3al8AOI/AAAAAAAAAY0/uRcw2JMGahs/s72-c/IMG_1039.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/momnotes/~4/jDJ_zzk5HyA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://momnotesphilippines.blogspot.com/2011/03/keeping-buried-treasure-for-your.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432557537988312484.post-7280165468829095468</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-07T00:48:17.800+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy Naomi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">summer activities for kids</category><title>Summer Activities for Kids: Kick Balls at Futbol Funatics!</title><atom:summary>

The month of March is almost over (which reminds me, a very belated Happy International Women's Day to all!). For us moms with schoolchildren under our wing, it offers a slight relief from having to wake up very early in the mornings, preparing baon, and paying for tuition fees and school expenses because finally, summer vacation is at hand! Our bodies and our wallets could rest for a couple of</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/momnotes/~3/8DQYTtSX1SM/summer-activities-for-kids-kick-balls_21.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Naomi)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/momnotes/~4/8DQYTtSX1SM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://momnotesphilippines.blogspot.com/2011/03/summer-activities-for-kids-kick-balls_21.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432557537988312484.post-8294238824727457537</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 03:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-07T00:49:12.142+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy Steffi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">freelancing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">working mom</category><title>When Freelancing and Motherhood Isn't Always a Good Match</title><atom:summary>

I'm an active freelance copywriter and blogger, and one of the things I realized only recently is that freelancing and motherhood don't always go well together.
You'd here people saying that freelancing has helped them by giving them the opportunity to be with their families while working, but what you haven't heard are the trials, challenges, and even failures that come with the ability to </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/momnotes/~3/xo5tweLCJFo/why-freelancing-and-motherhood-isnt.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Stef Gonzaga)</author><thr:total>5</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/momnotes/~4/xo5tweLCJFo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://momnotesphilippines.blogspot.com/2011/03/why-freelancing-and-motherhood-isnt.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432557537988312484.post-1922979223297587216</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-07T00:46:04.994+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lapbooks</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">music notes lapbook</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">homeschooling</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">science lapbook</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy Kelly</category><title>Homeschooling Tips: The Lapbook Project</title><atom:summary>
I’m not the best example of a homeschooling parent, but forgive me if I gloat about this one thing. I’m just so proud of these lapbooks that we made. Lapbooking is awesome!


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My 7-year old homeschooler and I thought of doing these because there is something about the Philippine textbooks that is so not conducive to studying. We have been trying and trying </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/momnotes/~3/05oR3yvQkdE/homeschooling-embarking-on-our-very-own.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kelly)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-JkNSvJJS8sU/TXYcC9UiAhI/AAAAAAAAAFg/0F-EvrnTjBM/s72-c/Front+of+Science+Lapbook.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/momnotes/~4/05oR3yvQkdE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://momnotesphilippines.blogspot.com/2011/03/homeschooling-embarking-on-our-very-own.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432557537988312484.post-9119651516353731862</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 20:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-07T00:54:29.035+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy Naomi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">family entertainment</category><title>(Still) Tangled Up!</title><atom:summary>

"Tangled," although sure to be enjoyed by all kinds of audiences, also deals with the trappings of mother-daughter relationships. It is about the story of Rapunzel, a character Ninipie knows too well from her bedtime stories. In the original Grimm version, the reason why the witch kept Rapunzel in the tower was because her parents "owed" her after the couple stole her medicinal plants. Disney </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/momnotes/~3/auZmZ52zTNE/still-tangled-up.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Naomi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/50AiA9JKPUA/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/momnotes/~4/auZmZ52zTNE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://momnotesphilippines.blogspot.com/2011/03/still-tangled-up.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>

