Children's Month Celebration goes FREAK SHOW

October for Day Care Centers mean Children's Month! As practiced, on the third week of the month of October, its culmination is celebrated in different ways. Here in General Santos City, the Day Care Centers under the supervision of the City Social Welfare and Development Office done a series of competition among different Day Cares. Quiz bee, Draw and Tell, Folk Dance among others are the competition held.

As their culminating activity, they usually encourage their pupils to join the sort-of Beauty Pageant( i do not know what they call it). There is nothing competitive about it cause all you have to do is register your child by paying a certain amount and wait if your child's name has been luckily chosen by means of draw lots. In short it is a GAME OF LUCK. 

Now comes the Coronation Day, where you have to dress you kids up like GROWN-UPS! Making them wear those itchy and tight gowns and overdoing their make-up. Add up a disorganized program and the boiling hot weather, expect the kids' TEMPER GO WILD till they end up on your arms, sleeping. Good thing, Hayley decided to wear a comfortable dress to use for the event going away from the norm and we got this HAPPY PICTURE.

contentment

papa's girl

tired baby

retouch

Let them enjoy their 

childhood nice and slowly 

or you'll end up saying: 

WHY DID YOU GROW UP SO FAST?

Hayley got AH1N1Vaccine Shot

Early last year, the Philippines was shook with a viral disease called AHN1N1 or popularly known as "Swine Flu". Thousands were infected by the virus and there were also numbers of reported fatality in the country.

As a pro-active measure, a vaccine was developed to prevent the wide spread of AH1N1 virus. Today, it is widely available and even being given out free.

The Local Government of General Santos thru the City Health Office has been giving out free shots all over the city. Going from barangays to barangays, there first targets are those in the high risk group identified as health workers, doctors, and nurses. Afterwards, it was the children and the senior citizens who benefited with the free vaccine.

Our Hayley is among those who got her free vaccine. She was crying the whole time but at least she is protected.

Haven't got your child's AH1N1 Vaccine? Ask the Health Centers near you!

Protect your child from AH1N1!

WHEN MAYHEM STRIKES...

Tantrums in a toddler should be an annoyance, nothing more. You can't really control your child's emotions during a tantrum, but you should feel well in control of your own.

You can't make your child stop, but you should feel confident that you can keep her safe during the tantrum, and carry on with life afterward. 

The fits of wild, seemingly irrational anger that have been dubbed the ‘terrible twos’ will be part of your life if you have a young child. They’re learning so quickly, and think they can do anything, but when they can’t stack those bricks or get their hands on that appealing-looking sweetie at the checkout, they don’t yet know of any other way of expressing their displeasure apart from losing their temper. 

You don’t have to be two to have a full-blown tantrum – after all many full-grown adults have them. Tantrums represent a loss of control, and are the immature response to frustration, tiredness, boredom, hunger, over-stimulation or simply not getting your own way. 

Once a child has the language skills to express himself and ask for what he wants, tantrums are less likely, though by no means over. 

One of the most stressful aspects of a tantrum from the parent’s point of view is that they can erupt wherever your child decides to have one. An explosion of emotion in a public place is guaranteed to make heads turn and makes us feel awkward and embarrassed, giving your child’s tantrum extra power.