Visit our Canada siteThis daddy’s month, we’re looking at the benefits of skin-to-skin contact, or kangaroo care, for babies help by their daddies!
Read Up! A Recap of RAISING LIFELONG READERS
This event kicked off Mommy Mundo’s Everything Parenting series, where we hope to share valuable insights from experts on different parenting topics under the sun. T. Vanny prefaced her talk by reminding all of us why reading is an essential skill and endeavor that we must encourage in our children.
Top 3 Reasons Your Baby Isn’t Sleeping Well and What You Can Do
Sleep. It’s the one thing almost all parents want, but seemingly never get! A fact that is all the more…
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A League of Their Own: The All Natural A2 Protein Difference
Ensuring that their children get the best nutrition possible is one of the most important goals of a mother. From…
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How Parents and Children Pivoted About Homeschooling During the Pandemic
Fourteen months after the first announcement of a quarantine and most Philippine parents have at least twelve months of homeschooling, e-learning, or blended learning under their belts. Mommy Mundo spoke to parents on their chosen methods of education for their children and how they have pivoted and coped.
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED (A Preemie Parent’s Bouts with Ambiguous Loss)
In a 2003 study that explored “ambiguous loss”, American researchers Tamara Golish and Kimberly Powell affirmed how “parents of premature babies underwent various grief emotions as they mourned the loss of a full-term pregnancy and feared for their child’s life and health. However, they were often unable to allow themselves to feel their grief and were unsure how to communicate it because their baby was still alive.” In an environment where more devastating loss easily happens to other families, it seemed almost disrespectful to even acknowledge pain points here and there, and yet they were real, looming menacingly.
What’s Your Financial Parenting Style?
Teaching our kids financial literacy is one of the best ways we can prepare them for adulthood. Our Financial Parenting Style Quiz can help guide you on what you are like when teaching your children finance basics, responsibility over money and expenses, and maybe also give you a few ideas on how you can be more financially savvy!
MMPPSG: Dear NICU Nurse
I met my baby 16 hours after birth, and it took everything that I had not to dissolve into a blubbering mess when you, NICU Nurse, wheeled me in front of the incubator. I felt too many things at the same time— exhaustion from that morning’s two-months-too-early surprise birth; gratitude that my baby is here, and I am too; longing, painful longing, to hold my baby in my arms. All these emotions made me feel weak, but I soon learned that there is no room for weakness in the NICU because strength dissipates from each bassinet where a fighting baby survives and thrives.
