We are going to Cedric’s pediatrician today for Cedric’s second dose of vaccine. Cedric will be turning 2 months this coming July 15 and he will need all the protection he can get. There are two ways of obtaining the vaccines important for Cedric’s growth and health. One is he can get it from an urban medical center for free however you have to be back every week and make sure that you are early or you will end up not getting anything because the supply has already run out. The drawback is that the baby will get fever as a reaction. The other way of acquiring vaccine is asking it from your own pediatrician. Pediatricians nowadays would recommend 5in1 or 6in1 formula wherein 5 or 6 vaccines can be given once. But this is an expensive method though. For one session, it will cost 3000 to 4000 pesos. However, this method is better because your baby will not get fever.
For me, I will prefer the latter one because I do not have the courage to endure 6 sessions and watching my baby cry everytime he is injected. Second, I do not want my baby to have fever. My baby’s comfort is more important to me than the money I am spending so to be able to do this I will save and cut off all other unnecessary expense. Keeping Cedric safe means keeping him healthy and happy!
“an ostensible was designed with green mold”
Just logged in and I am very happy to see another blogger – motivation4us – who have visited my site with an invitation to visit his site for motivation. I got interested so I immediately clicked the link and read the latest post – Rejoice Your Day. While I was reading it, I got carried away by the writer’s feelings of losing something very important and all you can think about is blaming other people about it. However, when I get to the part where the beggar offered her own money, I also felt guilty about the negative emotions I held at the start of the story and my bone tingled with the reality that sometimes we think too much of ourselves, of the things we so want to achieve, of our own plans that we forget about the blessings that we have received and focus more on blaming other people and the bad things in life. As a result, we become to worried about things that we tend to forget to be happy.
Thanks to motivation4us! His post was very helpful for me. Lately, I have been so worried about our financial status that I sometimes over-anticipate things and then I get frustrated after thinking about WHAT IFs: what if we can no longer pay our bills, what if we can no longer save money, blah blah blah… Then I ask my husband to sit with me and talk about it and then argue about it and in the end I get no satisfaction because after all there is no point in thinking about and trying to resolve WHAT IFs. With your point, I realized a lot of things
* I have to be CONTENTED with what I have
* I have to SHARE what I have
* I have to CONTINUOUSLY THANK GOD FOR ALL HIS BLESSINGS AND TRUST IN HIM MY FUTURE!
For me, this is the only way to be HAPPY! 
Never thought having a baby would be this challenging. I thought it is just easy taking care of babies however I was wrong. You would not know what they want. You have to do something like trial and error test. If he cries and you just fed him then you’ll have to check whether the diaper is wet already and that he is feeling uncomfortable with it. You may also want to check if he has gas or if he needs to burp. You can also try on adjusting air conditioning unit (if you have one) temperature because it might just be too cold for him or if in case it is an electric fan then maybe the speed of the propeller should be adjusted. Maybe it is because the baby is just sleepy and needs to be rocked. Singing a lullaby or humming will also help. There are a lot of things that needs to be considered. My baby is just 1 month and 8 days old and I am learning a lot already! Taking care of my baby might not be that easy but it is the most wonderful experience I will ever have in my life!
Huhuhu! I lost my Montego Bay Club Sandal, all because our new house help threw it away! When I ask her why, she said “Daan naman to (It looks like it’s worn out already).” I only used it for less than 10 times for crying out loud! Good thing my mom brought me as “pasalubong” new pairs of sandals. Thank you mom! I still can’t wear them though because my feet are still swollen after pregnancy. But even if I have these new sandals it still hurts knowing that I paid much for that Montego Bay Club sandal that was thrown away. I think I am at fault because I miss to give our house help house rules when she started. I could not blame everything to her. It was too late. All I can do now is to accept it and move forward…
- Did not have a picture of my lost sandal so I searched and got this picture from EBay. It is the same Montego Bay Club sandal that I lost
Below are the pictures of the sandals that my mom gave me when she arrived. Thank you Ma! You save me. I now have something to wear for work soon…
It has been 37 days since I gave birth to Cedric. I lost 7 kilograms and my tummy still looks flabby. I am having a hard time controlling my food intake because every now and then I feel hungry. What makes it worst is that I sometimes skip eating breakfast or lunch because it is in those hours that Cedric is awake. So when I already have the chance to eat, I tend to eat a lot than when I eat on time. Since, I am trying to increase my supply of milk, I am also hesitant to go on diet. So now I am in a dilemma of choosing between what is for myself and for my baby. Can I choose both?
My husband celebrated Father’s Day! It is a very memorable day for him since this is his first time. We celebrated it at my parents-in-law’s house. It is very nice to see that my husband is happy to be with his family and proud of our little one. Cedric’s grandpa is also glad to be with his grandchildren. I greeted my father as well through text since he is away from us and I was happy to know that he is doing well with my brother to spend the occasion with. I pray that my husband will be healthy and be blessed with all the good things in life. Happy Father’s Day Langga!
Leonard Cedric with Grandpa Cefring
Leonard Cedric with Papa Lordly
I always believe that breastmilk is best for babies. Before Cedric’s birth, I planned that he will be getting milk from me even if I had to pump milk from my breast and leave it for him so that when I am at work he could still be nourished by my milk even without my presence. But now, I am frustrated and depressed since I could not do it. It started when after 2 days of breastfeeding my nipples were already wounded because Cedric and I did not know how to do breastfeeding. The doctor told me to stop breastfeeding for awhile while the wounds are still healing. However, soon after that, I grew rashes all over my body and they were so itchy that I was tempted to scratch them. It grew more and more itchy that I had to call my OB and ask her about what to do with it. She told me to take medicine but that I had to stop breastfeeding Cedric. I had no choice but to supplement him with formula milk. It took 5 days for Cedric to get used to the feeding bottles that he would no longer take milk directly from my nipples. I am now in a very difficult situation. I wish I could get information on how to increase my milk supply so that I would be able to contribute to the health of my baby.
Took this Psychology Personality Test in one of the applications in Facebook. Although, it does not really tell who I am, it kind of describe me in a general way. Here is the result:
Based on PSYCHOLOGY PERSONALITY TEST,
You’re a stubborn sweetheart…
You “love” him/her only because he/she loves you. If his/her flame puts out, you let go with no trouble.
You’re undoubtedly good-natured!
Most of the time, people are confident to approach you because they know you will consider them.
Here is the analysis: …
* Mysterious… oftentimes, a loner.
* You’re usually expressive…
* You search for love…
* You have so many ideas in mind… You’re creative and aggressive!
* You love actions… with the hero-like taste!
Now that I am a mom, I am very careful in observing what makes my baby comfortable and what is not. Because of the hot climate I thought me and my husband should get an air conditioning unit. But because of the anticipated additional expense with the new member in the family plus the helper we thought we could not afford extra or higher bills to pay. So we decided to just use our electric fan. We have two of them, one made of plastic and the other of metal. Of the two, the plastic is better since it blows cooler air. In my observation, the metal electric propeller gets hotter made by the friction between the metal propeller and the air. On the other hand the plastic propeller conducts less heat so then it is much better than the metal one giving off a much cooler wind.
In seasons like this, even just a simple observation such as this can be very helpful and wise when it comes to choosing the right things for your home, your family and your love ones. As for me, there will be no stopping in finding ways on how to make my baby comfortable and most of all happy.
I used to admire mommies taking care of their babies before. I loved watching my cousin bathing her daughter, my sister carrying her cute Meagan in her arms and all these mother and baby moments. During that time, all I thought was this task is very easy and if I too will have my own little one I know I will do just fine. But all along I was wrong.
When we arrived home from the hospital, I was excited to do all the things for my Cedric. I thought I would not need the help of anyone at all. But came the first few days and the days after I realized that although I thought I have surpassed the most difficult times in my life, there was never more difficult than being a new mom.
I too, like all other working moms, had my realizations and crying moments when I did not know why he was spilling all these milk out of his mouth, why he would not stop crying. I blamed myself countless of times when he cries because I was thinking I fractured or broke a bone and all because I do not know how to carry or hold him and I was already talking to him praying he knew how to talk so that he could tell me outright what he wanted or what was wrong. It was not easy at all. And then I realized all along that MY MOM IS RIGHT, HAS ALWAYS BEEN RIGHT! I realized how much pain I had given my mom before and how many chances I failed to take to show my mom “I LOVE HER SO MUCH AND THAT I WANT TO THANK HER FOR BRINGING ME UP SO WELL AND FOR LOVING ME AND MY SIBLINGS AND FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR US! MY MOM IS THE BEST MOM IN THE WORLD AND I WILL NEVER EXCHANGE HER FOR ANYONE.”
Now, that I am also a mother myself, I will do my best to always remember the lessons she has taught me and to always remember how she raised us. I will surely be guided by those principles and teachings she has instilled in us. Thank you Mama Merla for everything!
