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Darren’s story about blogging convinced me to start blogging not because of his six-figure income he earns from his blog, but because I know, I have something to share to everyone. Darren and Chris’s blogs convinced me that my niche would bring me new friends, new opportunities, new ideas, new skills, and probably a few bucks to buy cute things for my little one when we go to the mall.

I started blogging since 2006, but never been a serious Blogger. I have a few blogs from free-hosted blog platforms like Blogger.com and wordpress.com, but I have never been serious updating them.

I remember the first time I read a post from Darren’s blog. Coincidentally, he was talking about his six-figure income he received out of blogging. I had a common misconception then that blogging could make you earn six-figure income. I only realized it on a later time that earning a six-figure check does not come overnight.

I am adding a new category, Blogging, intended for beginner mommy bloggers. Posts in this category will be my learning experiences in blogging. I hope they would help new mommy bloggers.

It is my first time to have a self-hosted blog using wordpress. I am still learning how to maintain and develop it. I am also taking this opportunity to thank my friend Minette for making my beautiful header. She gave it to me at a best price – FREE! She owns Anything for  Free blog. Check out her cool site. You will find all the free stuff there, from free templates to free videos to watch. Name it and you get them for FREE! And for new mommy bloggers, if you want a personalized cute header just like mine, you can visit her blog and send her an email to ask for a quote for your ideal header. I am sure you will also get the best deal for your own personalized cute header!

How about you? How did you start blogging?

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Most parents including me say things like, “ I have so little time to spend with my daughter, so I feel I owe it to her to give her what she wants,” or “My parents hardly paid any attention to me, and I felt rejected. I won’t do that to my child.” Such guilt-tinged comments demonstrate how hard it is to draw the line between indulging a child and spoiling him.

You might want to ask yourself a few questions: Do you melt at the sight of tears or feel like a bad parent whenever your child is unhappy?

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I would like to apologize to my readers for being a lousy blogger lately. I had many things on my hand for the past weeks that I forgot how wonderful being in touch with all of you. I promise to keep metropolismom updated starting today.

I was too busy with my writing jobs because I want to buy a new laptop, I want to study blog designing, and I want to take a tutorial course in photography and photoshop in order to be more competent in maintaining metropolismom and to have more things to share with you. I never thought that these aspirations would lead me to neglect the reason behind my goal – Metropolismom.com.

I also shared quality time with my two-year-old Chesca for the past weeks. I was too busy meeting my deadlines, too tired to play with her, too stressed to even return back her sweet smile, and too sleepy to have time to play with her.

For the past weeks, I learned a very important lesson – Sometimes we are too focus on wanting something that we tend to neglect the reason behind our hard work.

To patch my shortcomings, I have a lot of things to share with you including free blogger templates specially designed by me. I have more parenting tips to share with you including my mistakes and lessons I have learned through my experiences as a blogger, as a friend, as a person, as a writer, and as a mom.

Friends, thank you for sticking up with me.

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When your child decides to eat the apple slice or wear the hat that she violently rejected before, do not point out to her that she has changed her mind. Sometimes, especially in moments of frustration, it is difficult not to show your toddler how inconsistent her actions seem to be. Doing so, however, can shame a child and lead her to believe that she is incapable of making good decisions. It is can also trigger a bout of renewed stubbornness. Bearing in mind that her standards, your toddler is being perfectly consistent; after all, the object of her refusal is far less, important to her than her ability to refuse it.

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I can’t count the number of times I’ve had a conversation with a concerned parent that goes roughly like this:

Parent: I can’t understand it. My child and I have had a wonderful time together until just lately. Now he resists doing anything that I want him to do. Let’s get dressed. “No!” We have to go now. “No!” I even ask him if he wants some ice cream. “No!” We’re constantly in a power struggle. Sometimes I think he is trying to drive me crazy!

Me: Is your child around 18 months old?

Parent: Why, yes. How did you know?

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The key to handling battles with your toddler is to keep things light. Using humor to counter his resistance is often a good way to prevent a battle of wills, as long as you do not overplay the humor card and give your child the idea that  you do not take his concerns seriously.

Here are some ways that you can meet resistance playfully. The idea with all of these gambits is not to make fun of your child but to turn his oppositions into a game that the two of you can share.
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This post is dedicated to Janice and baby Angel.

Anencephaly is medically categorized as a cephalic disorder or a neural tube defect. It usually occurs in about 1 out of every 1000 pregnancies. It is where the neural tube of the forming baby failed to close properly. This results in the absence of the major portion of the top of the skull where the brain is supported and protected.

The neural tube is like narrow sheath were it usually closes between the third and fourth week of pregnancy. Infants who have neural tube defect usually are born without a forebrain.
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