Comments on: part-time SAHM http://www.alaherrera.com/2007/05/part-time-sahm/ one plus one makes three Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:11:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: andrea http://www.alaherrera.com/2007/05/part-time-sahm/comment-page-1/#comment-530 andrea Thu, 10 May 2007 04:45:05 +0000 http://www.alaherrera.com/2007/05/02/part-time-sahm/#comment-530 Connie: Sayang nga dapat sila Alex ang iha-handle ko na Math. Kaso sa ibang level ako napunta. I was looking forward to handling their class pa man din kasi hindi ko pa sila naturuan :) Connie: Sayang nga dapat sila Alex ang iha-handle ko na Math. Kaso sa ibang level ako napunta. I was looking forward to handling their class pa man din kasi hindi ko pa sila naturuan :)

]]> By: Connie http://www.alaherrera.com/2007/05/part-time-sahm/comment-page-1/#comment-529 Connie Tue, 08 May 2007 02:32:00 +0000 http://www.alaherrera.com/2007/05/02/part-time-sahm/#comment-529 Sam and Alex will be so excited!!! This is good news indeed! Sam and Alex will be so excited!!! This is good news indeed!

]]> By: andrea http://www.alaherrera.com/2007/05/part-time-sahm/comment-page-1/#comment-528 andrea Mon, 07 May 2007 00:41:16 +0000 http://www.alaherrera.com/2007/05/02/part-time-sahm/#comment-528 Rach: I am truly grateful! :) Christianne: I hope so too. I am very optimistic about it, I just hope that if ever it becomes difficult to handle I would remember that I am lucky to be able to do both. Well, I could always read this post and all your comments to remind me ;) Rach: I am truly grateful! :)

Christianne: I hope so too. I am very optimistic about it, I just hope that if ever it becomes difficult to handle I would remember that I am lucky to be able to do both. Well, I could always read this post and all your comments to remind me ;)

]]> By: Christianne http://www.alaherrera.com/2007/05/part-time-sahm/comment-page-1/#comment-527 Christianne Fri, 04 May 2007 11:59:12 +0000 http://www.alaherrera.com/2007/05/02/part-time-sahm/#comment-527 You are indeed lucky! I hope everything works out with this arrangement :) You are indeed lucky! I hope everything works out with this arrangement :)

]]> By: Rach (Heart of Rachel) http://www.alaherrera.com/2007/05/part-time-sahm/comment-page-1/#comment-526 Rach (Heart of Rachel) Fri, 04 May 2007 09:28:41 +0000 http://www.alaherrera.com/2007/05/02/part-time-sahm/#comment-526 I think that it's wonderful that you can spend quality time with your son and at the same time pursue your passion for teaching. Having the luxury of both worlds is certainly a blessing you can be grateful for. I think that it’s wonderful that you can spend quality time with your son and at the same time pursue your passion for teaching. Having the luxury of both worlds is certainly a blessing you can be grateful for.

]]> By: andrea http://www.alaherrera.com/2007/05/part-time-sahm/comment-page-1/#comment-525 andrea Fri, 04 May 2007 07:01:56 +0000 http://www.alaherrera.com/2007/05/02/part-time-sahm/#comment-525 sheilamarie: Thanks! Having the experience of living in another country is also enriching. I'm sure a lot of opportunities will come your way when you get back. In the mean time, enjoy your time with your Lucho :) lady cess: Yeah, I figured that out also. I plan to enjoy both - teaching and taking care of Mateo. Though it could also mean double the worries. Hehe! :) KK: Though childcare here is affordable, reliability could be quite difficult to come by. That's why I plan to bring Mateo and the yaya along so that it would be easy to 'watch over' them even when I'm at work (I sound like a hovering and clingy mama, hehe!). I'm still very thankful and since the yaya we're expecting is pretty young, I plan to just train her really well. :) analyse: I really hope I can handle both. I'm still in the excitement stage but I know that having the best of both may also mean having the worst of both. Hehe! I guess I just have to take them on with a big grin :) Julie: Hi teacher! :) I used to work in a corporate setting and what made me shift talaga to teaching is the possibility of having more time with my then future kids. I guess I was right! :) It's great to know that nowadays, there are options for women like us who would also want to work. I admire na you can get by without a yaya! Siguro when Mateo gets a bit bigger. sexy mom: I agree! I've only been teaching for 2 years and my hat goes off to those who've been doing it for years. It really takes a lot to be one. I hope I can measure up as well :) sheilamarie: Thanks! Having the experience of living in another country is also enriching. I’m sure a lot of opportunities will come your way when you get back. In the mean time, enjoy your time with your Lucho :)

lady cess: Yeah, I figured that out also. I plan to enjoy both – teaching and taking care of Mateo. Though it could also mean double the worries. Hehe! :)

KK: Though childcare here is affordable, reliability could be quite difficult to come by. That’s why I plan to bring Mateo and the yaya along so that it would be easy to ‘watch over’ them even when I’m at work (I sound like a hovering and clingy mama, hehe!). I’m still very thankful and since the yaya we’re expecting is pretty young, I plan to just train her really well. :)

analyse: I really hope I can handle both. I’m still in the excitement stage but I know that having the best of both may also mean having the worst of both. Hehe! I guess I just have to take them on with a big grin :)

Julie: Hi teacher! :) I used to work in a corporate setting and what made me shift talaga to teaching is the possibility of having more time with my then future kids. I guess I was right! :) It’s great to know that nowadays, there are options for women like us who would also want to work. I admire na you can get by without a yaya! Siguro when Mateo gets a bit bigger.

sexy mom: I agree! I’ve only been teaching for 2 years and my hat goes off to those who’ve been doing it for years. It really takes a lot to be one. I hope I can measure up as well :)

]]> By: sexy mom http://www.alaherrera.com/2007/05/part-time-sahm/comment-page-1/#comment-524 sexy mom Fri, 04 May 2007 00:21:53 +0000 http://www.alaherrera.com/2007/05/02/part-time-sahm/#comment-524 oh, andrea, from my teacher/professor friends, i have always heard the saying "once a teacher, always a teacher". this one-liner, i am sure, means a lot to you and the so many teachers out there. teaching is a vocation, sharing a part of oneself. it seems like you have the best of both worlds now, doing what are closest to your heart--teaching and rearing up mateo. good luck! oh, andrea, from my teacher/professor friends, i have always heard the saying “once a teacher, always a teacher”. this one-liner, i am sure, means a lot to you and the so many teachers out there. teaching is a vocation, sharing a part of oneself.

it seems like you have the best of both worlds now, doing what are closest to your heart–teaching and rearing up mateo. good luck!

]]> By: julie http://www.alaherrera.com/2007/05/part-time-sahm/comment-page-1/#comment-523 julie Thu, 03 May 2007 22:29:02 +0000 http://www.alaherrera.com/2007/05/02/part-time-sahm/#comment-523 Andrea, that's what I do. Bring my children with me to work. I have two workplaces. One is at my in-laws place where I do one-on-one special ed tutorials. Of course, I can bring them there. One is in Ortigas Center where I teach three days/week. I can also bring them there because it is a pediatric center. Anyway, I can proudly say that they behave (meaning not make a mess, not make noise, not disturb other therapists in session) when we are there. This school year when my son will go to school, we are going to make other arrangements and I will just be bringing my youngest daughter with me there. I am so glad and so blessed to be able to have them with me. But then again sometimes I say that that leaves me no choice since I don't have a "yaya". Still, I don't regret having one. I am happy with the way things are. Andrea, that’s what I do. Bring my children with me to work. I have two workplaces. One is at my in-laws place where I do one-on-one special ed tutorials. Of course, I can bring them there. One is in Ortigas Center where I teach three days/week. I can also bring them there because it is a pediatric center. Anyway, I can proudly say that they behave (meaning not make a mess, not make noise, not disturb other therapists in session) when we are there. This school year when my son will go to school, we are going to make other arrangements and I will just be bringing my youngest daughter with me there.

I am so glad and so blessed to be able to have them with me. But then again sometimes I say that that leaves me no choice since I don’t have a “yaya”. Still, I don’t regret having one. I am happy with the way things are.

]]> By: analyse http://www.alaherrera.com/2007/05/part-time-sahm/comment-page-1/#comment-517 analyse Thu, 03 May 2007 20:28:06 +0000 http://www.alaherrera.com/2007/05/02/part-time-sahm/#comment-517 it's a matter of equilibrium.. if you think you'd feel happier with that arrangement, go for it.. great that you could joggle between the two sans problem. it’s a matter of equilibrium.. if you think you’d feel happier with that arrangement, go for it.. great that you could joggle between the two sans problem.

]]> By: KK http://www.alaherrera.com/2007/05/part-time-sahm/comment-page-1/#comment-516 KK Thu, 03 May 2007 18:33:02 +0000 http://www.alaherrera.com/2007/05/02/part-time-sahm/#comment-516 That's a great arrangement Andrea! Have fun. It's quite challenging to do part time here, it's difficult to find affordable and realiable childcare. That’s a great arrangement Andrea! Have fun.

It’s quite challenging to do part time here, it’s difficult to find affordable and realiable childcare.

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