Hello mommies,

Last Monday afternoon while my family is at our family room watching TV I suddenly hear my daughter sniff and I noticed she had a cold.  She is also warm to touch.  I immediately change her clothes and gave her paracetamol syrup tempra.  After  few minutes I was relieved that her fever is gone.  Then at night the temperature rise again.  I placed cool fever in her forehead, gave her paracetamol syrup and gave her a sponge bath.  It's been on and off fever with cold.  I am hoping it is just viral.  I've heard that almost all kids here in our block got the same too.  I am tensed because knowing my daughter, she easily got pneumonia, we are closely monitoring her food and milk intake especially fluids.  I also gave her Vitamin C so whatever it is in her body it will go away. This morning I told myself if the cough will not subside I will take her to the Pediatrician but the cough was minimized and the sneezing was just occasional.  I hope this will pass.  Now, she just have itchy throat. By the way, last night she can't hardly breathe due to clogged nose. I nebulized her with just saline, so the mist can enter her nostrils.  I also sprayed her nose with saline spray.  And she sleep soundly.  I am always praying to God to gave her good health and that she will grow up healthy.  She is just so fragile.

What about you moms?

#viral

#childhoodillness

Hello mommies,

For all of you who don't know what SNAPCART is, it is an application on your smart phone that  you can download at the app store for free that is offering "cash back" on your receipt.  So every time you snap or upload a receipt through this app you'll get money as a rebate or reward.  

So if you happen to go to the grocery, pharmacy or fresh produce don't just throw your receipts just yet because you can earn from them.   For someone who is asking what are they going to do with the snapped receipt, well as far as I know they will use the receipts to study the trends of what people always buy.  It is a marketing study on what people always buy according to their age brackets.

By the way you can cash out when you reach 220.00php amount and a there will be a form that will pop out on your cash out page.  Or if you want you can convert your money through load when you reached Php55.00

Happy snapping.

#wais

#waystoearnextracash

Hello mommies.

How are you doing. I just want to share my experience recently about my 6 year old daughter regarding having a head lice/nits  or simply "kuto" in filipino word.

First of all.  Having a lies in school age child is common here in the Philippines because our country is a tropical one. It is very sunny and humid.  I know it is kind of unpleasant. It all started when we went to the beach just recently, in batangas our host at the home stay has a 5 year old grand child.  She and luna love to hang out so that's how the lice started to spread.  It was transmitted from one host to another. When we got home, Luna keep on scratching her head and I told my mother about it and she immediately grab a fine comb to check and she got few little ones. Then i bought a shampoo called licealis that is claiming to get rid of these stubborn lice and nits. It' s been day 2 now and she still wakes up at night scratching.  She often say its itchy.

Every morning after her bath I often comb her using fine tooth once in a while I still get a lice but unlike before.  

What about you? Is your child suffering from lice too??

#getridoflice

Hello Mommies,

As you all know my daughter Luna has been suffering from constipation.  She is a very active preschooler, drinks lots of water, eats a lot of solids but at her age she is a picky eater  She hardly eats fruits unless you made it to shake.  She doesn't like vegetables as well.  I have to mash it first and hide it to her rice.

So we went to her pediatrician to have her check up because she often complains of stomach ache and she often passed hard stool.  And her pediatrician prescribed her with GI Pro-tec.  It is a probiotic food supplement that will definitely help her tummy to pass out stool.  As we all know Probiotics are made up of good bacteria that is beneficial to our digestive system.  They help our guts to become healthy.  

Without hesitation I immediately purchase a couple of sachets just to try if it will work on her.  Because I can't offer her Yakult everyday  due to her hypersensitivity to dairy she developed hyper acidity.  Thankfully it work on her.  Though at times she is holding it, our pediatrician teach us about her daily toilet morning routine to make sure she will do it.  We are not pressuring her.  We just ask her to sit for 5 minutes and if not successful we try again in the evening.

you can buy per sachet

How to use it: 

I basically dilute 1 sachet to her milk at bed time daily.  She likes the taste.  

 Product Name: GI Pro-Tec 1+

Price: Php 20.00+ per sachet

Available:  I bought mine at Southstar

Rating: 5stars

#probiotics

#notoconstipation

 
Hello mommies,

How are you?  

If you are looking for a quick weekend getaway with your family and friends without actually breaking the bank then here is the answer to your itchy feet . 

As we all know Batangas is just 2-4hours drive from the metro depending on which route you will take, or if you will take the bus then the travel time is just the same especially if you take the CALABARZON Route.  There is no stop except for loading passengers so traveling is as easy as pie.  We chose this place because its very affordable, also its  the nearest beach from Metro Manila if I am not mistaken and almost all travel bloggers rave about it so we are extremely excited to go there.
                                                                                                                                                                                          

So now let me share our family weekend getaway at Masasa Beach, Tingloy Batangas last January 13-14, 2018.  Me, my mom, Luna our 6 year old daughter and bebeloves went to Batangas by commute. We took ALPS Bus line directly to Batangas Grand Terminal, (you can also take Jam or Gold Bus line) from Batangas GT we took a jeepney going to Anilao, from Anilao we took the boat to Tingloy.  Actually there is another boat going directly to Masasa Beach but the boats at Anilao port are  super confusing and there are no customer service nor a ticketing agents or coastguards that we can ask on how to get there plus there is a lot of crowd because its a weekend.  People, especially new comers like us are confused.  So basically, we just go with the flow.  There are a lot of passengers and the line is quite long so you need to be patient.  Due to the bulk of guests, it took us 2 hours to pay for the environmental fee. By the way my 6 year old daughter is not free of charge.

Thankfully the sun is cooperating and the clouds gave us lots of shades.  After a long wait in a corner we finally board our boat.  There is no first come first serve basis here, so you have to be snappy to get a seat at least.  From Tingloy port there is a lot of tricycle that will take you to your homestay.

Anilao Port

Our boat to Tingloy Island

The priceless view

View from Tingloy Port

Our Homestay

Batangas Getaway Itinerary:
Day 1
4am  - Departure from ALPS Terminal Cubao
6am - Arrival at Grand Terminal
7am - Arrival at Anilao Port (went to market to buy food and other needs)
8am-9am - Waiting in Line for the Environmental Permit
9am-10am - Waiting time for the boat
10am - off to Tingloy
11am - Arrival at Tingloy 
11am-3pm Rest
3pm - went to bask in the sun
6pm dinner
7pm - sleeping time.

Day 2
9am - breakfast
10am - beach
12nn - preparing to leave Tingloy
1pm - left the Homestay
2pm - at the pier
2:30pm - departure from Tingloy
3:15pm - Arrival at Anilao
4:30pm - Arrival at Batangas Grand Terminal
7pm - Departure from BGT
9pm - Arrival at Ortigas Center


Things to bring:

• Insect Repellant
• Suntan Lotion
• Drinking Water ( we bought at Anilao Port its cheaper)
• Cooked food so when you arrive you will just eat
• Fresh food that you can cook at your homestay (your homestay will provide utensils)
• Charcoal if you want to have bbq.
• Tent/Beach mat
• Beach slipper/shoes 
• Trash Bag

Notes: 
Please keep in mind to bring along trash bag when you go to the beach.  Its quite sad that because of the increase in tourism, people just throw their trash everywhere.  Also there are trash bins that are located nearby. So please take your trash with you.

Sleeping overnight at the beach is ok.  But the use of tent is not allowed.  You can use a mat or a hammock instead.

There is a few solar lights at the shore.

Batangas Travel Budget
Per Person	Budget	Travel Time
Cubao - Grand Terminal	₱165.00	2 hours
Grand Terminal - Anilao	₱37.00	1 hour
Anilao - Tingloy	₱80.00	45 minutes
Environmental fee	₱30.00
Tingloy to masasa Beach	₱80.00	15 minutes
Homestay to Masasa Beach by tricycle	₱15.00
Homestay per night	₱300.00

 

Basically, the overall expense per person is roughly Php 600.00.  Food and water activities excluded.

#travelingonabudget
#batangas
#travelgoal2018

Hello luvies,

First of all I want to greet everybody a very Merry Merry Christmas.  Today, me and my family visited the most coveted Meralco Inc. Liwanag Park.  It is our first time to visit the place and they really have a nice decoration.  There is a wide array of display and you can take snaps almost everywhere especially to those who love to have a selfie and post it on their instagram account.  The place is well lit and there are a lot of restroom and securities on the ground that helps around with people.  Aside from that the entrance at Meralco's Liwanag Park are free, so everybody can enjoy the lights and the display.  Aside from that you can also ride the train its also free but you have to fall in line.  Here is a few pictures that I got.

What: Meralco Inc. Liwanag Park

Where: Meralco Avenue Ortigas Pasig City

Time: 4pm to 10PM

Entrance: Free

By the way luvies, be sure to bring your food and water, because the food choice is quite limited.  Also, for the frugal like me, water and all kinds of drinks are expensive.  To those who doesn't have a car like us commute going home is kind of a struggle so a little patience is a must have.

What about you? Where have you been this holidays?? Care to share?  Maybe tomorrow we will check out Ayala Triangle.  People say its also beautiful there.