Snack time

My Babybear love eating snacks, that's why I always make sure to stock up snacks at home. I actually disagrre with some people who thinks that snack is unhealthy because for me its is a way to combat hunger in between meals. plus you can get extra energy and nutrients that your body needs, you just have to pick the right snack. That is why I'm always on the look-out for different snacks on the groceries, Before, whenever she likes a particular snack I hoard them and stock up at home, then I noticed she gets "umay" on those snacks because I repeatedly offer it to her for like twice a day in 2 to 3 days (thinking that she likes that snack so much). But now what I do is I buy a piece or two of different snacks, and let her choose what she wants whenever she ask for something to eat. In that way I will not be force to eat those snacks she wasn't able to consume, and able to lessen also our food wastage.I'm glad that most of snacks that can be found at the groceries are on single packs.

These are Jashley's supply of snacks for two weeks. We do our grocery shopping every 2 weeks, I make sure to replenish them every 2 weeks, those snacks that she wan't able to consume I bring them in the office to snack on them if they still fit to consume otherwise we throw them away.

Snacking wouldn't be complete without a refreshing drinks. And here are her favorites yakult and dutchmill and her favorite jelly pudding, I hide them on those plastic containers. because eversince she learned how to open the refrigerator on her own, she can easily sneak out those snacks. When it's near meal time na kasi we don't allow her to eat snacks anymore so she's able to eat her meal.

I sometimes let her indulge on these sweet treats also. I know these are not healthy at all but I don't want her to deprive on this kind of treats naman, after all she's a kid so she deserves to experience this from time to time. I just have to control her intake of these and always make sure that she brushes her teeth after she take those sweets.

I also don't forget to bring some of those snacks whenever were out for a trip or going to church, I always bring extra because my little girl loves sharing her food with her friends on church, then lately some of her friend's Mommies also started bringing extra snacks so their kids can share also, It's so nice that the kids is learning how to share their foods to each other.

How about you Mommies, care to share your kids favorite snacks?

DIY Fabric Fishing Toy

Hello my fellow Mommies out there, today I wanna share with you the fabric fishing toy that I made few weeks ago for my little Jashley.

I found some leftover fabrics and other materials from my previous DIYs. Basically you need the following:

- fabric (I use felt fabric)
- fish shape template (I just draw a fish shape on a piece of cardboard and cut it out.)
- thread
- needle
- pins
- scissor
- brads
- magnet
- wooden stick/dowel (not included in the photo)
- yarn (length is depends on your prefered length)
- cushion stuffing (not included in the photo, I just got some from an old pillow)

Instruction for the fabric fish:

1. Since you will be needing 2 pieces of these fish cut outs to make 1 fabric fish, you may cut both side simultaneously by laying 2 layers of fabric together and pinning the pattern to the top.  

2. Poke the fabric fish cut out using  a needle so you can easily insert a brad on that small hole (I place mine on where the fish eyes should be,)

 
3. Turn over your fabric fish cut out and secure the brad by separating their tiny arms and bending them in different directions. Do this on both fabric cut outs. To make them more secure I adhere the 2 brads on their back using a double sided tape. You may use hot glue if you want.

4. Lay the cut outs side by side together and sew them all the way around. Leave a 2" open space.

5. Stuff fish with the fabric stuffings. Keep it light so that the brads and magnet are sure to hold while fishing.

6. Sew the 2" opening together.

Instruction for the fishing rod:

1. I used a wooden chopstick since thats the only one I can find at home. Stick them together on their tips using a masking tape to make them long.

2. Tie the one end of the yarn on your wooden stick and the magnet on the other end of the yarn.

Tadaa!! Finish product.

When I let my little fisherman go fishing I noticed she's having a hard time stick the magnet to the brads, as the yarn is quite too long for her height, she have to raise her arms. So I decided to shorten the yarn. Eventually I have also shortened the wooden stick by just unsticking them. In that way it is a lot easier for her catch the fishes. 

  

 Happy fishing!!! 

Ang Tagapagtanggol

Is it only me or every Mommies out there is experiencing the same dilemma I have with my  toddler right now. These past few weeks I noticed that Jashley is becoming a little bratty and pasaway. If she cannont get what she wants she'll have tantrums, if you make her saway she'll whine. And just recently I don't know where she learned this "ikaw kasi huh" phrase that she always says anytime someone saway her or disturbed her on whatever she is doing. Like for example, I made her saway, she will say "si Mommy kasi huh" complete with pagkunot ng noo and a hand gesture that looks like she'll gonna hit you. If you accidentally bumped into her, or you interrupted her while she's watching, or you said no to her request, she will say "Mommy/Daddy kasi huh" as if she's blaming you.  I don't know where she learned that, we don't allow her to watch naman mga palabas sa TV, mostly educational lang pinapanood nya. She seldom plays outside din para matutunan nya yan sa labas.

Then last night while she's holding a hanger, I heard her ask Mama (my MIL) "gusto mo palo?", this one I know she got it from us because I asked her that same question kapag sobrang pasaway na siya, though I don't hit her naman, more on "amba" lang except on some occasions na super bad yung ginawa niya. I talked to her after that,

Me: Jashley, I don't like what you did to Mama awhile ago, that's not nice, don't do that again ok?
Jashley: Opo
Me: Promise me you will not hit someone again ok?
Jashley: Yes

I have been practicing this kind of conversation even before she turned one everytime she did something wrong, pero last night lang ako naka-receive ng ganyang reply from her. Usualy when i talk to her she will cry and make tantrums or she'll hug me or she'll run to her Daddy. So nagulat talaga ako sa sagot nya, well thats good though, I hope lang na sana she really understand me when she said yes, anyway uulit ulitin ko yan sa kanya unti she finally understand it. Good thing din siguro that when I talked to her dalawa lang kami, so she cannot run to anyone for help.

I also talked to Hubby last night on how we will discipline Jashley about this, He spoiled her kasi, same with my parents in law, they don't want to make saway Jashley because she's too young pa daw to be scolded and understand that what she's doing is not right, masayadong spoiled palibhasa nagiisang apo, ayan tuloy akala nung bata it's ok to hit someone, na laro laro lang ang paluan, tatawa pa talaga yan after she hit someone. For me kasi eversince she was a baby I didn't allow her to do that to me. If you will instruct her to hit me, titingin lang yan sakin and tititigan ko lang din siya, then she will say "No", she knows kasi that I will get mad if she hit me. When she asked my MIL last night, "gusto mo palo?", my MIL replied "Sige itanong mo yan sa Mommy mo kung gusto nya palo", when she saw me, she immediately said "No" , I asked her to give the hangerto me but she said "No, Mommy please" and put the hanger back to where she got it.

I told that story to Hubby, and explain to him that maybe Jashley got confused with how we disciplined her, that we were sending a wrong signal to her, that we should be on the same side always in disciplining her, for me lasi it looks like Jashley thought that It's ok to hit anyone except Mommy because I'm the only one who gets mad whenever she does that. And from now on when one of us is scolding her, wag aamuhin ng isa ung bata, yan kasi si "eto na ang  tagapagtanggol", as in when I'm scolding Jashley, he will shout that tapos lalapitan yung bata at aamuhin. Hay pasaway, dapat siguro si Hubby muna ang disiplinahin ano? Watcha think Mommies?