You the Mom!

For generations the reminder “Don’t forget to brush your teeth” has come out of many a parent’s lips. We all know it’s to keep our mouths clean, but beyond that, have we ever really thought about what could happen if we weren’t very particular about keeping our teeth healthy and strong? Is it really that big a deal?

Breastfeeding may be a natural act of nourishing our babies. But it doesn’t come naturally at the start. Takes some knowhow, patience and determination.  How then do expecting and new moms prepare for the breastfeeding journey?  What knowledge and mindset would you need to be able to BF successfully?  That’s up for discussion on today’s YTM episode!

Jo is an ‘auntie-preneur’, a long time Mommy Mundo event participant via her shared business with her sister, R. Trevi, who recently ventured into visual art, and found a natural talent and knack for it. She shares how her finding art prompted positive movements in her personal life as well as entrepreneurial life.

The start of the new year was a blur because of Omicron. How do we do a restart and renew whatever we had set for ourselves for 2022 amidst the uncertainties and unexpected challenges of life today? Let's learn from Kit Llamas, founder of Conscious Parenting Philippines and Mommy Mundo’s dear Community Program Director.

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We’re in this together, and we know we have our own individual stories to share. Many similarities, same fears, and challenges may be different viewpoints and practices, all worth sharing!

In true Mommy Mundo tradition, we believe sharing our stories connect us and help us get through life especially during these tough times! It also reminds us that we are never alone.

This episode is another live recording, on COVID Care, with guests Aia de Leon & Erron Ocampo, Bianca Reinoso, and Ina Arabia-Garcia! They share viewpoints and experiences, like Ina and Aia & Erron who actually went through a COVID experience at home, while Bianca shares her stories as a parent trying to protect her home and get informed and support fellow moms.

Let’s keep each other company and learn from each other at the same time!

If there’s one thing you would ask a pediatrician about COVID-19, what would it be?

With the sudden surge of people testing positive, we are, more than ever, worried about our children’s safety, and how to care for them if they, unfortunately, get the virus too.

Getting our information from the right sources is key! So we invited Dr. Teresa Ribaño, Pediatrician and Lactation Consultant, to share with us her most urgent and relevant advice for us, parents, and also answer questions we might have about dealing with this nasty wave.

Keep safe, mommies!

OurAwesomePlanet.com, which started in 2005, is one of the leading food and travel blogs and digital creators in the Philippines with millions of followers and readers and is still organically growing. Their advocacy is to promote the food and travel secrets of a destination and to inspire Filipinos to live an awesome life in Christ. In 2015, they received their first Tourism Star Award for Media from the Department of Tourism for their invaluable contribution in promoting Philippine cuisine and destinations through their blog, Our Awesome Planet, thereby encouraging tourists to visit and taste the best of what the Philippines has to offer.

Breadwinner and eldest to a family of 7, Ma. Roma Agsunod built a local arts and crafts business called Popjunklove with her sister, Maan, with only Php 5000 as initial capital! After a few years of juggling the business with her day job as chief reporter for a broadcasting network, she left the crazy world of news for the even crazier life of a full-time creative entrepreneur. A few more years of hits and misses, they were able to put up Common Room, a collaborative shop that houses products of 200+ artists and makers. From being 24/7 girl boss, she is now full-time mom to a beautiful baby girl , Maya— and if life permits, she does as much work as she can for Common Room and Popjunklove when the little one’s asleep.

Mommies, did you know that the Philippines has a high prevalence of common allergies like allergic rhinitis and asthma? No wonder our noses run more than we do!

Monica Manzano is a mom of four on the island of El Nido, Palawan, a Waldorf-Unschool-Wildschooler and the founder of Casa Muni Muni, plus a Plant and Frequency Medicine Geek of Isla Medisina. She comes to us from her probinsya to talk to us about natural births, why unschooling may be a compelling form of educating our children, and overall, just how to live the way we're supposed to, which is as part of the Earth — green.