all-around blessing

Posted on July 29, 2008 - Filed Under Mateo, Yaya stories | Leave a Comment

Ever since we got Mateo a yaya, I realized how extremely difficult it is to find a good one. His first yaya was really good with him. She knows how to play with him and even teaches him a lot of things. She’s not too motherly though, more like a playmate to Mateo. Unfortunately, she’s [...]

off to a good start, hopefully

Posted on June 23, 2008 - Filed Under Mateo, Motherhood, On Me, Ramblings, Teaching, Yaya stories | Leave a Comment

We’re now entering the second week of school and already, we missed a day because of typhoon Frank. I would have expected myself to be ecstatic about it. Even though I was grateful for the extra day that Ramil and I get to stay home and spend more time with Mateo, I was surprisingly a [...]

updates

Posted on June 13, 2008 - Filed Under Mateo, Motherhood, On Me, Ramblings, Teaching, Yaya stories | Leave a Comment

I haven’t updated my blog in quite awhile. Blame it on my decision to go back to teaching full-time! Hehe! I’ve been so busy the past week trying to prepare for the opening of classes tomorrow. Mateo has had two yayas in a span of a week. Ramil and I have resorted to getting one [...]

yaya-less once again

Posted on April 22, 2008 - Filed Under Mateo, Motherhood, On Me, Ramblings, Yaya stories | 3 Comments

Once again, Mateo’s yaya went home. This time though, she told us way ahead of time that she wants to visit her mom in the province. Initially, she told me she’ll be back after two weeks but after several days, she told me that she’s not sure if she’ll be coming back. It would have [...]

yaya on double duty

Posted on January 11, 2008 - Filed Under Mateo, Ramil, Yaya stories | 2 Comments

Yesterday, I was a full-time yaya, with two little boys to look after. Mateo’s yaya left last Wednesday night because of some family emergency. She told us she would be back by Thursday morning but Thursday morning came and went and there was no yaya. The day looked bad already when Ramil woke up with [...]

just me and my baby

Posted on November 21, 2007 - Filed Under Mateo, On Me, Yaya stories | Leave a Comment

That’s how it’s going to be next week. The new yaya will be leaving on Thursday, with or without replacement. Ramil and I wants her to go already since she claims to be pregnant. We wouldn’t want anything happening to her while she’s with us. So next week, it will just be me and Mateo. [...]

mamu in the house

Posted on November 21, 2007 - Filed Under Mateo, Yaya stories | 2 Comments

I’ve already blogged about the new nanny here. Since we don’t like how she handles Mateo, Ramil and I decided to bring Mateo and the new nanny with us to school on her Monday with us. It turned out to be a wrong decision because Mateo, being unfamiliar with the person looking after him, didn’t [...]

the yaya search is still on

Posted on November 18, 2007 - Filed Under Mateo, Ramblings, Yaya stories | 4 Comments

The new yaya has been making efforts to be more playful and warm with Mateo. Unfortunately, I still don’t feel that they are getting along well enough. Then today, I got a call from her aunt saying that our new yaya’s husband wants her to go home because she’s pregnant! WHAT?!?! There’s just too much [...]

yaya woes

Posted on November 14, 2007 - Filed Under Yaya stories | 5 Comments

Mateo’s new yaya arrived last Friday. Her skills in housework are superb but how she handles Mateo is a bit lacking. She’s not bubbly like Cat, Mateo’s old yaya. I’d rarely have her talk to me what more to Mateo? She’s not really a warm person and she has this tendency to be a push-over [...]

she’s the one

Posted on November 5, 2007 - Filed Under Yaya stories | 2 Comments

These are the words I hope to be uttering once Mateo's new yaya arrives on Friday. I haven't really been too stressed with our quest for a yaya. I sincerely believe that there's a yaya for us somewhere out there. Finding the right one can sometimes be like finding the right man or woman for [...]

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