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Since Jamaine turned a year old, I have been training her to be a “big girl” bit by bit.

She took to eating solids and drinking from a cup excitedly.

But one thing that took a bit longer for her to adjust to was taking a bath in the bathroom.

I have been giving her baths in her tub until her 11th month and she loved it a lot. Since our bathroom was bit small, I would set up her tub just outside the bathroom so we’d have more space to move around in.

She seemed to like splashing water on the floor and playing with her rubber toys in the water so I thought our transition to the bathroom would be easy.

But when I brought her inside the bathroom, she seemed to be terrified of the faucet and just about everything in the bathroom. When I would pour water on her, she would cling to me with all her might, tiptoe as high as she could and tilt her head up as if she was drowning!

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Lately, Jamaine and I have been having difficulty dealing with separation anxiety.

Her yaya got sick and had to take a leave for two weeks. Kernan and I hired a substitute yaya but Jamaine is having a hard time warming up to her.

My heart breaks whenever I leave for the office because though I try to put on a smiling face, wave goodbye cheerfully and send some flying kisses, she still cries as if I’m leaving her for a very long time.

Sometimes I ask the yaya to hide her before I leave but I feel guilty afterwards for “tricking” her.

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Since she learned how to walk on her own, Jamaine has been exploring every nook and cranny of our room.
She likes getting familiar with every appliance she can get her hands on: the TV, the aircon, the sound system and the electric fan. I have to closely watch her every move lest she gets an [...]

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For the past days, Mama has been coming over to the house to help take care of Jamaine.
My baby’s yaya got sick and asked to take a 2-week leave.
Though I was able to get a replacement helper, I didn’t have much time to “break her in.” Jamaine cannot get along with her just yet. My [...]

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One year ago, you saw the light of the world for the first time.
After carrying you and nourishing you for nine months, I could hardly believe that you were finally right before my eyes.
As I cradled you in my arms, I knew it was one of the happiest days of my life.
I remember how tiny [...]

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Pregnancy and parenting are no two easy tasks to balance.
I’m in my last trimester and the back aches are beginning to kill me. Kalia has been moving around a lot and sometimes it feels like I have a one-baby boxing match inside my stomach.
On top of that, Jamaine is becoming more challenging to handle. She’s [...]

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Out of gigil that is.
Is it so weird to be gushing over the cuteness of your own baby?
Well, she doesn’t look like me so no one can say I’m admiring my own looks.
Actually, more than her cute chubby face, Jamaine’s constant babbling has been a great source of amusement for us lately.
When other people hear [...]

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We’ve been doing this for the nth time.
I let Jamaine sit on the rubber puzzle mat on the floor. She pulls out Mr. Froggy from his slot and starts to munch on his blue head.
I pull poor rubber froggy away from her mouth, “This is just for playing, not for eating.”
She looks at me then [...]

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