I still have 2 pieces of the antibiotic my ENT doctor gave me (the co-amoxiclav). Last week, Thursday, I went to HealthWay clinic to have my nose and ears check.. clogged.. the good looking doctor (wow, pogi) gave me some antibiotic and this nasal meds and nasal spray.

He stuck a cotton up my nose for a minute! Didn’t hurt, but i was scared as hell. That’s the first time some thing was pushed inside my nose that far! He suspect that my nose bridge is misaligned or something..

He said if the meds didn’t clear my air passage, I have may have to undergo surgery..

He said, I should come back this thursday for a follow up checkup… will I? HECK NO!

Father and Sons At the Movies - Transformers The Revenge of the Fallen.. actually, that’s father and sons plus the wife.

Yep, today we all went out to see the overrated movie of the year! :), The Transformers Revenge of the Fallen with my wife and two sons… Yes, it’s a Monday and boy if I was to pick why monday is great for movie day, is that the movie cinema is empty! Matthew got to run around inside…

Hey, this is another great suggestion for toddler activities… go see a movie with your kids!

Anyway, Megan Fox is still sizzling hot in the movie… (sizzling hot?!). This Transformers movie has more action in it, more air action and more robots! They even have those big Constructicons you probably already saw on the cartoon version!

If you saw the Transformers cartoon movie.. You’ll probably remember OPtimus Prime being killed.. well it’s the same thing here, he got killed but again resurrected (sorry, spoiler).. See the movie, it’s worth your while.

My 3-year old son has grown so fast from a helpless and fragile infant to a super active toddler! Although he’s still not in pre-school yet, I am looking for some toddler activities that I can engage him on so that his day can be both physically and mentally productive.

I have been searching the web for some example and ideas of run and productive activities for a child not any more a babby but not going to a preschool yet… a toddler. Activities of a toddler of course includes crafts and coloring and other engaging and fun stuffs. And here are some of the things that I found out:

Indoor Toddler Activities

When we say Indoor activities, that’s also means fun and exciting toddler activities at home. These can be played with fun and entertainment, like I said.

Play House

A toddler playing house is one of the best way to keep him entertain. This activity can be both for boys and girls. Let them play around an imaginary kitchen, prepare a make believe pizza or dinner. Important thing is to make it engaging.

Coloring Activities

Toddlers love to make things with this hands and fingers. Let them color some coloring books and other related coloring activities. I bought my son a Dora The Explorer coloring book once.. but he just wrote the alphabet in it.. But now, I think he’s ready to do some coloring.

Read Book

Another great activity for a toddler to do inside the house is to read children’s books! Toddlers learn a lot by reading various books. Reading can add fun, joy and enjoyment when books contain stories, fairy tales, fun characters and some fun games.

These are just some example of toddler activities you can do indoors. There are other stuff you can engage your kids in if he still not in preschool yet.

We will post about it next time.

Sorry, this aint the super cure for the common cold.. My youngest child was sick couple of days back with a fever, runny nose and cold… Now he’s all better (except for the cold part) and anyway, the cure for common cold?? Well, I just wanted to have a fancy blog post title.

Anyway, we went to our family doctor june 22 to have Sean check out. His Pediatrician prescribed him a couple of cold meds and some antibiotic. Those are the things I wanted to share here… In case other daddies out there are searching about information about these drugs:

Amoxicillin - Amoxicillin (INN), formerly amoxycillin (BAN), is a moderate-spectrum, bacteriolytic, β-lactam antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections caused by susceptible microorganisms. It is usually the drug of choice within the class because it is better absorbed, following oral administration, than other β-lactam antibiotics.

Amoxicillin is to be taken every 6 hours apparently. 7am - 1pm - 7am. That’s the instruction.

Nasatapp Syrup - to be taken also every 6 hours for 5 days.. Nasatapp Syrup is the one for the cold, I think. I ain’t no doing any advertisements here.

For cough - Zobrixol

SYRUP
Children under 2 years : 2.5mL twice a day
Children 2 - 5 years : 2.5mL thrice a day
Children 6 - 12 years : 5mL 2-3 times a day
Adults & children over 12 years : 10mL thrice daily during the first 2-3 days, then 10mL twice daily or 5mL thrice daily.

Acute and chronic disorders of the respiratory tract with pathology increased mucus viscosity, such as acute and chronic bronchitis, asthmatoid bronchitis, bronchial asthma with disturbances of secretion elimination, bronchiectasis and to encourage elimination of phlegm during inflammation of the nasal cavity and throat.

I was very fortunate enough to be sent in Burnaby Canada for a two month training by my current employer… Pretty exciting.. it’s always exciting to be in an adventure specially abroad.

When I was there, my wife was asking me to buy her a bag, a toten bag.. It’s the same bag as the one Carla Abellana is using.. I have no idea what that was, not to mention custom tote bags… THen I got this blog topic that i must do.. now i have an idea what this bag is…

Technology, Learning Aid for Kids and Toddlers… I am a strong believer of this. As a matter of fact, I already written several blog posts which fully coincides with this idea, that technology really do play a big part in educating our children.

Here are some of the earlier posts about it:

• Educational TV Shows
• Educational DVDs
• Online Educational Games

.. and there are probably others. The general idea is internet plays a big role in helping our kids learn. WIth these I would like to add ipods in one of the learning tools… Not the mp3-only ipods but the video ipods… Based on my personal experience, my son learned good values on the movies I put in my video ipod.

Technology really is a Learning Aid for Kids and Toddlers

Maternal Mirror Syndrome: A Rare and Dangerous Disorder… that’s the first article you’ll see when you try and search for the “mirror syndrom in Pregnancy”. Well, at least upon writing this one that’s the first.

That’s the first part of my article on Parenting Blogs… If you want to know more about “Mirror Syndrome” you better head there and check it out… if you stay here, I’ll be posting more about my sons, matthew, sean, computers, cars, auto insurance and other personal stuff.

Just want to make a quick post about Separation Anxiety. I saw this special news feature on our local tv station about children going to school for the first time. A Pediatrician or a Psychologist or someone said that the child maybe experiencing separation anxiety when he clings and cries when his parents will leave him to school all by himself.

What is Separation Anxiety?

Separation anxiety is a psychological condition in which an individual (in our case, a child) experiences excessive anxiety regarding separation from home or from people to whom the individual has a strong emotional attachment (like a father and mother). It becomes a disorder when the separation reaction becomes strong enough to impair peoples ability to conduct their day to day lives and relationships.

I wrote about Separation Anxiety on the Blogging Parents blog, go check it out. Thanks!

Teach Child To Be Responsible in many things. This should be one of the goals that every parent should have. Let our children be aware of everything that surrounds us..

Make them responsible members of society. Teach them to help and support the needy. Make them a member of Blue Cross NC or any other NGO, non government groups.. this will be a big help in developing their personalities when they grow up.

It’s not the latest one, because I haven’t been updating this blog for a while now, but here are some of the pictures of my boys taken a few days back

There’s a few more in my camera’s sd card.. Will download them and post it here too soon.