teacher mama

Posted on March 20, 2007 - Filed Under Motherhood, Teaching | 5 Comments

"You don't have kids yet, right? That's why you cannot understand what we're feeling."
This is what a parent said to me when they went to school to talk to me. Their grade four son had a broken right arm and I asked him try writing his answers to an exercise using his left hand. He [...]

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the joy of breastfeeding

Posted on March 20, 2007 - Filed Under Breastfeeding, Mateo, Motherhood | 2 Comments

Mateo has been 80% breastfed since three weeks ago when I stopped pumping. Since I wasn't feeding him breastmilk from the bottle anymore, I was forced to feed him directly more often. It turned out to be the best thing that happened to our breastfeeding situation.
During that week, Mateo would consume 12 ounces of formula [...]

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a woman behind every man…

Posted on March 20, 2007 - Filed Under Marriage, Motherhood, Ramblings | 2 Comments

Ramil and I have ended our movie hiatus last Saturday. After two years of not having stepped a foot inside a movie theater, we decided to celebrate our 15 months of married life by watching 300. I must say that we chose a worthy movie to watch.
I've heard and read a lot of raves about [...]

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