Sleepless Momma
2020 Sleepless Momma Recap
2020 was an especially difficult year to look back to but, here we go. This was a particularly hard recap to do, because, just like this...
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Sleepless Momma
Jan 9, 20208 min read
2019 Sleepless Momma Recap
On self-love, new frontiers, toddlerhood, and finding strength in grief. I started this year with a promise to be more kind to myself....
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Sleepless Momma
Nov 8, 20198 min read
20 Things I Love About Scott
The smallest member of our pack took over my entire world in a heartbeat. TRIGGER WARNING: The following entry deals with pet...
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Sleepless Momma
Oct 14, 20199 min read
Jarvis Rex Parafina: An Ode to the Goodest Boi
You were born to fetch my heart and own itâall of it. TRIGGER WARNING: The following entry deals with pet loss/bereavement. This is one...
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Sleepless Momma
Sep 11, 20195 min read
On finding our "village" and making sense of this ridiculous expectation on modern mothers.
It's 2019 but why do I feel like our idea of parenthood is stuck in the primitive age? I grew up seeing my mother make things happen, fix...
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Sleepless Momma
Jun 15, 20193 min read
He Could've Taken the Easier Road, But Instead He Chose Family
An ode to men who continue to choose to be good fathers. Oh didn't we all - for a time - dreamed of living like men? To walk the streets...
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Sleepless Momma
Jun 7, 20194 min read
#MomHacks: What to Do When You Need a Payment Extension For Your Electric Bill
Did your bill amount this summer also went through the roof? Ah, the electric bill. This has to be my most dreaded utility bill of all as...
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Sleepless Momma
May 14, 20196 min read
How to Go About Disaster Preparedness as an Anxious, Terrified Mom
I know it's scary but listen up, roll up your sleeves, and let's have this one covered. This one's a personally difficult topic to write...
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Sleepless Momma
Apr 5, 20194 min read
Why I Didn't "Get Rid" of My Dogs After Having a Baby
What does getting rid even mean? My furbabies were 6 months old in this picture: Jarvis, my ever so photogenic pupper, and Rocket, my...
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Sleepless Momma
Mar 26, 20196 min read
I am an INFJ Mom - Here's What That Means
"Quiet and mystical, yet a very inspiring tireless idealist" From all the personality tests available on the internet, probably one of...
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Sleepless Momma
Mar 8, 20195 min read
What The Newly-Enacted Expanded Maternity Leave Bill Really Means to Us Moms
It's been a long time coming, but we've never felt more heard than ever. In what seemed like a post-Valentine/post-Christmas present to...
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Sleepless Momma
Jan 10, 20195 min read
The Person I Was Before Motherhood
Do we really lose part of ourselves to motherhood? Where does that person disappear to? Do we get her back? This has to be one of the...
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Sleepless Momma
Jan 4, 20196 min read
Organizing a Themed Party for Less than 100k
A big part of organizing a truly memorable party is listening to what your heart says, remembering who it is for and what it's really...
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Sleepless Momma
Nov 6, 20184 min read
#DearMason
In celebration of the first year of your wonderful life, I want to start this digital bookmark of all the things I wanted to tell you. I...
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Sleepless Momma
Jun 13, 20187 min read
The Struggle is Real: A Working Momma's Modern-Day Childcare Predicament
#YayaProblems nowadays, they're messier and more serious than you think. My son is barely a year old and we've already had 3 different...
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Sleepless Momma
Apr 16, 20184 min read
My baby's obsession with Bruno Mars
While most babies today love the Baby Shark song, my son jams to That's What I Like. In the Philippines, we have this concept called...
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Sleepless Momma
Apr 8, 20188 min read
My birth plan got trashed.
This is my labor, delivery, and pre-eclampsia story. My entire pregnancy was a dream. It was easy and Peanut and I - I used to call my...
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Sleepless Momma
Apr 4, 20185 min read
We need to talk about pre-eclampsia.
There's a lot of things I wish people warned me enough about giving birth - pre-eclampsia is number one of them. Childbirth has been a...
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Sleepless Momma
Apr 3, 20183 min read
Motherhood is f*ck*ng hard.
There's no other way to put it. I'm sorry, I'm not the mom who will censor my words with the level of energy I have left today. Besides,...
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