The 35-year-old actress and former Eat Bulaga! host enjoys a quieter part of the limelight for now because her time and focus are on her family. In this episode of Usap Tayo, #PauleenLunaSotto shares her journey through motherhood, now as a mother of two. #usaptayo #SmartParentingxPauleenLunaSotto #Motherhood
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00:00 Hi, Smart Parenting! I'm Pauline Luna Soto and let me show you a day in my life as a mom of two.
00:06 O, kita niyo 'yan?
00:08 You know that there's a kid in the house if there are stickers everywhere.
00:11 So this is the sticker that Tally gets from school.
00:14 After school meron silang good job sticker.
00:16 So bago siya pumasok ng bahay, she just puts it everywhere.
00:20 Come in!
00:21 [Music]
00:32 So the moment I wake up, I go to ate Tally first.
00:35 I fix her for her school.
00:37 Actually yung bonding namin, I fix her hair because she's very OC when it comes to her hair.
00:42 And then kapag nakaalis na siya for school, that's when I get the baby.
00:46 That's around 8-ish AM.
00:49 And then yun, kami naman ni Mochi yung nagba-bonding.
00:53 So during the day, I have no midwife.
00:56 So it's just me and her talaga.
00:58 And then Tally gets home at around 12.
01:01 Tapos sama-sama na kami kay isang kwarto para tipid yung air ko.
01:05 Kasi init-idit nga yon.
01:06 So sama-sama na kami noon. So we spend our day there.
01:09 [Music]
01:12 The name came first because Tally really wanted to have a sister.
01:16 Our family, the Soto side is very big eh.
01:19 But when they would come home, she would often ask me, "Why is she alone?"
01:24 And, "Why are we just three?" daw, her mom, dad, and her.
01:28 Sabi ko, "Well, it's just you for now."
01:31 So doon, doon nagsimula yung idea na gusto niya magkaroon ng kapatid.
01:36 Preferably a sister.
01:38 Gusto niya talaga ng baby sister.
01:40 So dasal siya ng dasal, to have a baby sister, to have a baby Mochi.
01:45 Be given to us.
01:46 Noong nagkaroon na, may name na talaga.
01:49 [Music]
01:53 My fear was, I wouldn't be able to love like how I love Tally.
01:58 Like the same amount of love.
02:00 Because yun nga, my world revolved around her.
02:04 Kunsan si Tally, doon ako. Kung anong gusto ni Tally, doon tayo.
02:07 So ang fear ko, how can I love like that?
02:09 And then I would often ask my friends, "How do I split the love?"
02:12 And then they would say, "You do not split the love, it doubles. It multiplies."
02:16 How? I cannot seem to wrap my mind around that.
02:21 But then when the baby came, I guess yun yung pag-inging nanay eh.
02:25 Meron pa. It just comes out naturally.
02:28 And it's so beautiful.
02:30 It's overwhelming, at the same time, beautiful.
02:34 And basta, hindi mo siya ma-explain, but you're just so full of love.
02:39 [Music]
02:43 The pressure in social media is real.
02:47 We all want to be that perfect mom.
02:49 That mom who has a lot of milk output.
02:51 That mom who's sexy right away.
02:53 And you know what? It's not real.
02:55 Hindi siya totoo. As much as we want to be that mom, hindi siya nangyari.
02:59 It's not for a lot of people.
03:03 You know, since I have this platform to reach out to my fellow moms,
03:07 I want to show them yung totoo that life is not perfect,
03:11 especially when you're a new mom.
03:13 Sabi ko nga, swerte na na makaligo ako ng 3, 4, 8, 4pm.
03:18 'Cause normally, gabi na talaga ako nakakaligo.
03:21 Because when you're a mom of a newborn baby,
03:23 syempre priority mo yung baby.
03:25 And now I'm a mom pa of two kids.
03:27 I really want to give my full time and attention.
03:31 Last talaga ako, as of this moment, this season in my life, last talaga ako.
03:36 For me, I show that side of myself to tell them that it's okay.
03:40 It's okay. There's nothing wrong with that.
03:42 Oh yes, I've always wanted to be a mom.
03:48 And if I had a choice, I would have 6, 8 children.
03:52 But you know, hindi pwede.
03:54 'Cause medyo I have a hard time getting pregnant.
03:57 But I love being a mom.
03:59 One time nga my husband asked me, well a few times I was playing with Tally's.
04:03 Sabi niyo, nag-enjoy ka sa laro? Or you just need to play with a child, with a baby?
04:07 Sabi niyo, nag-enjoy ako.
04:09 I love doing this. I love being a mom.
04:12 I think it's the best role that I've gotten.
04:17 Are you gonna make me a card?
04:21 I'm gonna make you a heart.
04:23 A heart card? Okay.
04:25 Dear Mommy, I love you so much and big hugs for you.
04:31 Aw, love.
04:33 Good, Tally.
04:35 Thank you.
04:36 With a heart.
04:37 With a heart, okay.
04:38 Thanks for watching!
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04:48 Thank you!
04:49 Bye bye!
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