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{Where-To-Weekend} Teacher Yaya: A Workshop

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Being a nanny sure is one great responsibility, they are, after all, mum’s partner in raising her little ones. Nannies, even when they are under your employ, are more like a vital part of your family, helping take care and raise your children. I was not able to have first hand experience with a nanny as I was lucky enough to have my sister around to help take care of the little man when I went back to work briefly right after he was born, but I think finding the best nanny and having one that shares the same passion and sentiments with regards to your children is a blessing .

Needless to say, much like parents, nannies also need all the help and support they can get. And it will surely be a worthwhile investment for mums to send their nannies to workshops and training to be able to improve themselves and the kind of work and services they render.

That is why for mums with nannies, I recommend you check the Teacher Yaya: A Workshop facilitated by The Learning Basket. Happening on 15 February, 2014 at the Medela House, Quezon City between 9-11.30am, this workshop for our favorite  household help will tackle topics such as:
  • A yaya’s special role in a child’s life
  • How to understand a child’s actions and not think that he is “naughty”
  • How to respond to one’s alaga
  • Why TV and tablets are not good for kids below three years old
  • Why and how to play with one’s alaga, depending on age
Each slot is available for Ph500 inclusive of snacks, handouts and certificates. Limited slots are available, so if you are interested, do sign up your yaya now.
To register, and to know more about this workshop, kindly visit The Learning Basket Website.
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Product Review: Celeteque DermoScience Sun Care Soothing Lip Balm

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The uncharacteristically-cold weather is taking its toll on my lips! It has been quite a while since I suffered from wind burn and I am really so relieved but the persisting low temperature these days made my lips chapped and dry. Good thing Unilab sent me a number of Celeteque Lip Balm tabs to try.

Celeteque Lip Balm in a nutshell

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Celeteque DermoScience Sun Care Soothing Lip Balm is formulated with SPF 15 UVA/UVB Filters that prevents UV radiation from damaging and rapidly aging the lip area, Moisturizing Oils that keep the lips healthy with their smoothing and softening benefits, and Mulberry extract that helps brighten and lighten discolored lips darkened by smoking. This lip balm is tested by dermatologist and is hypo-allergenic, too. Not only that, it is also backed up by a clinical trial conducted on a group of 18-50 years old women suffering from dry, chapped lips.

The Celeteque Lip Balm is so easy to use and all one has to do is generously coat the upper and lower lips with it, using the index finger. It is most ideal to apply as often as necessary to help soothe dry chapped lips, as well as wind burns. It also acts as a daily lip moisturized that protects the lips from daily sun exposure.

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Parenting 101: Let The Children Be

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Don’t you sometimes wish you can simply tell your child what to do and what not to do? It is rather frustrating that they oftentimes disobey what we have just told them not to do so they can do the exact opposite. I have had one too many of those episodes. A number of them caused unnecessary stress, frustration and embarrassment. But the thing is, our children, as much as we’d like for them to be everything that we would have wanted and envisioned them to be, are beings with minds and feelings of their own. Even when we have the best of intentions, things will most of the time not work out the way we planned for them to be. The little one might want to eat noodles instead of the nutritious, healthy meal we’ve painstakingly prepared for him, he might want to watch more telly than do the sheet exercises we have scheduled for him that day, he would have totally deviate from what we have planned for the weekend family time. No matter how much we planned even the minutest details in our little ones lives, there is no guarantee that they would follow those.

It might be a bit difficult to wrap our minds around the idea that things may not work out the way we plan, but what is more important is that we allow room for them to grow, explore and test their limits or their newly-found independence. I know, it is easier than done. And if you are an OC-ish mum like me, that does not make the job easier. But we are our children’s guardians for a reason and our primary duty is to protect their interest and nourish them as they blossom into the being that they are made to be. 

The image above pretty much sums up everything that our little tots need to learn to be great adults when it is their time, it is challenging in itself without having mum throwing numerous suggestions or bossing them around. It is probably a good idea to rest easy on our children and let them be. They sure will be young for a short while so let’s all do the best we can to make it worthwhile.  And, yes, I am also making it my 2014 goal to say “yes” to my little man more often.

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