inhale love.. exhale fear...

Biyernes santo

2013-03-29T07:07:00.001-07:00

Spent the whole day at our house. Baby A decided to have a long nap. And it was also raining so hubby and i decided to stay at home lang. Ok lang naman dahil may 4 cheese pizza and charlie na pasalubong kame.

Nakakatamad talaga lumabas at levels na talaga ang stranger anxiety ni baby A. Ayaw magpabuhat sa iba! Kaya masakit na rin likod. Ok lang naman. Sulitin habang nasa stage siya na ganito.

Sinung mag aakala na summer capital of the Philippines. Makulimlim at umuulan tuwing hapon. Sarap tuloy matulog buong araw.

Destination: Baguio

2013-03-27T11:35:00.001-07:00

All our bags are packed and we are ready to go. Ang mga nasa larawan ay gamit pa lang ni amber. Mahirap mag minimalist packing pag may baby na kasama. Need to bring lots of extra clothes. Plus the walker, bumbo, toys and other essentials.

I have been looking forward this holy week. It is our chance to relax, unwind and if course medidate and remember the sufferings of jesus.

Ramdam ko rin ang excitement ng aking mahal na ina at ama sa aming pagdating. Touched naman ako. Kaya hanggang kaya at may long weekend. Gora kame na umakyat sa Baguio.

Hope we all have a meaningful holyweek break.

Feeling #ootd

2013-03-25T23:38:00.003-07:00

I love blog hopping. Before it was always travel blogs ang kikay blogs but now i usually blog hop mommy blogs! I live far away from my mom. So a newbie mom like me needs to learn a lot from other moms. And some mom bloggers post there outfits of the day. Some are sosyal and some are branded an some are also dressing up using practical clothes.

Nangangarap rin ako ako magpost ng mga ootd na Yan. Try lang. Anyways, mahilig naman ako sa thrift, hand me downs ni mader and sale items. Nothing special. kelangan magbudget. we are in the process of building our first home. kaya tipid tipid muna.

Ladies and gents, Presenting our first post of our ootd.

5 months and 4 weeks

2013-03-25T23:38:00.001-07:00

Lookie who's on the high chair! She's scared at first but after some patweetums ni daddy ay kumalma na ang baby.

Soon baby ay kakain ka na rin jan sa mga high chair. Hihiram na rin tayu lagi ng high chair mo. Sabay ka ng kakain sa amin.

Happy 6th month!

2013-03-25T19:06:00.001-07:00

Happy 6th month baby amber! I love you so so much! I thank God for giving us a daughter like you. Keep healthy, strong and wise. Andito lang lagi ang mommy and daddy!

Here are your milestones: you can grab your feet and suck on your toes. It always gives your mommy a laugh everytine you do that. You can roll over and back. Laughs and shouts a lot. You know that we get a few stares because of that. Learned about gravity. Picking up your toys and then throwing them on the floor. Unlimited peek a boo time. Picks up everything and puy on your mouth. Does the horse thing on your lips. Sabi ng maatanda, uulan daw. She can already throw a mean temper when she's really cranky. Races with mommy to get her iphone. Best of all, laughs a little more and louder!

Thank God everything is fine with my baby. Sana po tuloy tuloy lang.

Saturdate

2013-03-16T08:08:00.001-07:00

Im typing this while we are stuck in traffic. Napansin ko lang na ang dami ng sasakyan sa Pilipinas. Hindi naman ganito dati. Oh well, sana the government will do something to ease the traffic.

Anyhoos, we went to Lauren JC's 3rd bday party party at Jollibee. As usual basta andyan si jollibee, lahat masaya!

And after the party, we headed to SM MOA and look for Amber's deeding set. Also , i bought a book for amber.
I miss booksales. I could stay the whole day duon just to look and buy books. After buying the books we had dessert at Krispy Kreme. Hello sugar! Di bale, ito na ang cheat day ko.

Hope you are having a fun weekend too! ☺

Walker wonderland

2013-03-14T20:43:00.001-07:00

At around four months, my baby already tried her walker. So far so good, she seems at ease and wasn’t crying when she tried it. Yay! To her initial steps to walking.

Refine

2013-03-13T22:05:00.001-07:00

Found this quote on pinterest.

Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.

Minding your own business.

7 oz

2013-03-12T23:34:00.001-07:00

When I was pregnant, I vowed that I will be breastfeeding my daughter. There is no plan when it come to nursing my baby. So hindi kasama sa listahan namin ang formula milk. I am working in cavite but wanted to give birth in Baguio City which is my hometown. Bukod sa mura ang manganak duon almost all of the hospitals there are breastfeeding advocates. As in, when I was in labor, a nurse told me that I should breastfeed my baby and bawal ang formula milk. In the case that I a mother cant breastfeed her baby, my standby breastmilk sila. Nung nanganak ako, my baby wasn’t able to breastfeed from me. She had potential sepsis at that time and she was under observation overnight only. The following morning, we were already roomed in. Sinundo ko ang baby ko from the nursery and I was so happy that we will be staying in our room na. I tried to breastfeed her pero fail ang unang attempt. The nurse taught me how pero hindi pa rin kame naglalatch, I was panicking and about to cry because I was so worried na gutom na ang baby ko. I gave her my right booby pero parang walang lumalabas na milk. Kaya linipat ko na lang sa left and there it was, my precious milk! I was so happy. But I was still confused then. My boobs are engorged pag hindi nagdede ang baby ko. There was a bit of pain. And I felt my problem ang right breast ko kasi para siyang barado. I thought eto na ung mastitis kasi ayaw minsan lumabas ng milk. Kahit i-hand expressed, ayaw pa rin lumabas. I later found out that mas marami palang supply ng milk sa right booby. I do alternate them during feeding time although mas madalas talaga sa left. Kaya pala panay ang vomit niya kapag sa right booby siya magdede. Overfeeding na pala. Pag sa left naman, dede ng dede after two hours.

What made me decide to do breastfeeding is I read a lot about the good benefits. Plus makakatipid ka compared sa formula milk. I also wanted that special bond that mommies and daughters have which I think hindi maibibigay ng formula milk. I have nothing against formula milk users, im sure we all love our babies whether breastmilk or formula fed sila.

I did 2 months of exclusive breastfeeding until my mother told me na magpractice na daw si amber sa bottle because im going back to work soon. It saddened me a lot. Ayoko talaga. Im glad that my brother in law gave us a double electric pump. I am currently using the Ameda Purely Yours. It is a good pump and at cheaper price too. It was bought in US and it is autovolt. Buti na lang.

My baby is turning 6 months old and I am giving her breastmilk for 6 months already. She is not nursing from me anymore. I made a mistake of giving her the bottle exclusively. Dapat pala during the transition time, whenever she is using the bottle, someone will give it to her and when I am available, sa akin na siya magnurse. Lesson learned for me yan.

I am pumping milk every 3 hours and I get 4oz. my schedule in the office is 9am. 12noon and 4pm. I continue to pump as soon as I get home and then every 3 hours pumping ulit. It is tiring and nakakapuyat but its all worth it. Im back to my pre-pregnancy wweight already after four months of breastfeeding. I call my daughter a milk monster dahil napakatakaw niya. Siguro dahil malapit na siya sa stage na pwede ang solid foods. Nagkakasakit ang baby ko pero bihira lang. usually sa ubo sipon pero I gues dahil uso naman ito nuong January. We also visit my family in Baguio so dahil sa change of weather kaya siya nagkakasakit pero twice pa lang naman ito nangyari in 6 months niya.

I am happy that one of my kumare which is also a co worker is exclusively breastfeeding. Kumbaga we are each other’s support system. And she always encourages me to breastfeed my child. I plan to continue breastfeeding my child habang kaya pa. okay lang dahil mapipilitan ako to eat healthy talaga.

Sky Fun Amusement

2013-03-12T20:02:00.001-07:00

Today was so much fun. No fuzzy baby. Everytime we go out. Amber becomes fuzzy lalo pag gabi na kame umuuwi. No amount of long sleep could stop her fuzziness.

But today was different. Hindi na namin siya inantay na matulog dahil male late na kame for mass. After ng mass we headed to tagaytay which is just 30 minutes away from where we went to mass. We had lunch at mushroom burger. I tried their new crispy fish. It tastes good naman. Hubby had their hongkong rice. It is a combination of egg, gravy, mushroom and 2 pc burger steak. Sayang walang pic dahil gutommy abuel na ako. Ang tagal ko ng hindi nakakain sa mushroom burger and im happy marami na rin silang bago sa menu. I loved their own version of coke float coz they are using their own ice cream.

I love going to mushroom burger because talagang at home ang feeling dito. Also, i got some meringue and barquillos for dessert sana pero inuwi na lang namin. They also have the mini playground at the back of the resto. Medyo luma na siya an needs repaint but still working naman ang mga swing and see saw nila. Kids and adults will surely enjoy sa playground na ito.

After lunch, we headed to the sky fun amusement park of SM Land. Ive been waiting for a park na pwede sana tambayan most especially now that i have a kid. The park is still on soft opening but you can already enjoy the amenities and rides. Downside is it is not free. Parking will cost 50 pesoses and maliit lang parking nila. I see a problem in this dahil im sure maraming dadayo pero limited parking space. Entrance is still at 50 pesos for now pero ang regular rate is 100 pesos.children under 2 ft are free. Sa isang kuripot na nanay na katulad ko, mahal na rin ito. Growing up in Baguio City where there are many parks that are free, hindi ako sanay sa entrance fee. Oh well, a park needs maintenance and security right? There are lots of rides, games that skyfunoffers and im sure mag eenjoy ang kids, teens and adults alike! Minimum of 50 pesos per ride and the Sky eye or ferris costs 150. I forgot the rates for the other rides.

At dahil tanghali na kame pumunta, tumambay muna kame sa kanilang gazebo. Free naman siya although im not sure kung pwede mo irent yung buong gazebo. After a while, dark clouds hovered and we took this opportunity to roam the place. Its a bit small compared to Enchanted Kingdom pero mag eenjoy pa rin naman ang buong family. Pictures will explain kung anu ang mga rides available 😊

After the mini tour we went to Summit Ridge and ate halohalo sa razons. All this time, amber seems to be enjoying every minute of our sunday gala.

Thank you God for this opportunity to be together as family.

Milestone at 5 months

2013-03-11T04:13:00.001-07:00

My baby is soo masigla at 5 months. Im not sure if this is the normal for 5 months old but im surely happy with every progress amber has.

At 5 months, may sarili na siyang pag-iisip. Meron na siyang mga likes and dislikes and this is manifested thru crying.

Magaling magkuyakoy ng paa ang baby ko. Hindi mapakali. Salitan ang paa at bubig sa di mapakali.

My baby wants to put everyhing in her mouth. As in everything. I think this is normal because this is the time she gets curious about everything.

My baby can pick up things with her hand and mouth! Yep, her mouth. Mautak di ba. And resourceful.

Parang kiti kiti rin ang bebe ko. Kalalapag mo pa lang sa kama, asahan mo ng babaliktad yan. At pagkabaliktad, iikot ulit yan.

I tried feeding her na pero nilukuwa pa. I tried lugaw pero di pa kaya lumunok ng kanin. Kelangan ung nagiling na bigas and then ilugaw.

Waiting for more cute progress from my beybi.

Other milestones:
Squels in delight.
Smiles back when you smile.
Pull up standing position from sitting.
Work to get a toy out of reach.
Babbles a lot.

Look at my baby. Pinakain ko ng hopia actually pinahawak pero nadurog lang siya.

Emo

2013-03-11T03:09:00.001-07:00

This is a stolen pic by hubby. He captured our "emo" moment. We were just watching the kids play. And im so waiting the day na si amber naman ang sasakay.

Card from grandpa

2013-03-08T11:07:00.001-08:00

My sweetie amber got her first christmas card from grandpa mike. Grandpa mike and amber havent met yet but hubby and i are claiming that they will pretty soon! And its gonna be in the USA. Wishing and hoping!

Candy crush

2013-03-06T16:32:00.001-08:00

There's his game that's free on app world which is called candy crush. That kept me busy on my idle times. Nakaka addict pero fail ako sa laro na ito. Ang tagal makausad aa next level. Napabayaan tuloy ang blog hopping at pinteresting. Hays. Ima delete it na lang. Wala akong tyaga.

Mamaso talipaso (impetigo)

2013-03-06T05:57:00.001-08:00

My poor 5 month old baby is suffering from a skin disease locally known as mamaso. What i thought that was hust an ant bite turned to be bacterial skin disease. Its a first time for me to see someone with this.

The first sympton na nakita ko ay parang pimple siya na may tubig. And then it got bigger and bugger hanggang pumutok. When it was dried up, mukha na siyang pinaso ng sigarilyo.

We went to her pedia and she confirmed that it is mamaso. She prescribed bactroban an ointment na ipapahid 3x a day. It costs around 300 pesos at mercury drugstore. And also antibiotic since there was already a wound. The antibiotic is cefalexin to be taken 3x a day also fir ine week.

As i was researching the web, one can use VCO if you want to go all natural. It is also important to wash your hands whenever you carry your baby.

So far so good although there are still some mamasos coming out evry now and then. Sana mawala na. Sayang ang flawless skin ng baby.

Emergency preparedness

2013-03-02T18:30:00.001-08:00

Last week tested hiw we are prepared for an emergency. And we failed. Out electric line was defective and so last sunday night we lost electricity. Hubby tried to fix it but it was beyond out control. No output was being fed to our line.

Nung nawalan na ilaw, i found out that we dint have candles in the house. As un kahit kandila man lang sana but there wa nine. It was almost nine in the vening and of course stores our close. Thank God meron bukas but the candle i bought was kasing laki ng daliri. Naku naman! I have to buy more para magkast buong gabi.

My second problem is wala kameng electric fan. Kawawa naman ang bebe ko. Paypay galore ako. Thank God for kind neighbors at willing naman makikabit by extension cord. Buti na lang ang tempo unit namin ay sa usang row house.

And so i learned that if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Ive taken for granted na porket di kame binabaha ay di na kailangan maging prepared. Maling mali iyon. Ngayon pa lang dapat may emergency kit na kayo. That will be my action item fir this week.

Have a nice sunday!

Lemon baby

2013-03-01T13:43:00.001-08:00

We are a family who lives to discover new things. We wanted to dine at north park saturday evening but ended up eating at kainan ni tatay at Aseana One Macapagal Ave. we were so hungry i forgot to take a picture. Lamon kame agad.

After the lechon kawali and papaitan i craved for something sweet. A cute milk tea shop caught my eye.

At ayun, pasok kame at order. I forgot what i ordered but it was one if their best sellers. In fairnes, ang sarap ng inorder ko. Sulit naman sa price.

While waiting for our orders, i took the chance to photoshoot my babylove. She was a having a good mood the whole day and game na game naman sa picturan.

I loved their bean bags i want to have one. Maghahanap talaga ako nun!

Saturdate

2013-02-23T06:43:00.001-08:00

So before amber enters her fifth month we finally had the chance to visit mommy vering also known as grandma rannie which she prefers.

Buti na lang good mood ang anak ko at nasulit naman ang quality time ng maglola.

Mukhang hindi pa naminili ng magkarga ang anak ko. All in all we all had fun kahit saglit lang.

Hope to see you again grandma ronnie and tita lily. 😊

Another tgif

2013-02-21T18:53:00.001-08:00

Thank God its friday! This was a full week and i am so glad that weeken is just around the corner.

I went in sa office late because i cant resist making harutan with my baby girl. Sobrang fun at ang hirap kaya niya iwan these days.

Look at her! Parang usang malaking anay. Lahat gusto isubo sa bibig. My child is growing up so fast. I a few days. He's 5 months old na.

Heart at 5

2013-02-21T18:48:00.001-08:00

We celebrated my niece's 5th birthday yesterday at jollibee. A few of her friends came and they all seemed to have fun.

Parang kelan lang nung baby pa siya. I cant believe she's already 5!

Thank you Lord for keeping heart safe, sweet, beautiful and a loving child.

Happy birthday heart!

Awesome four

2013-02-08T20:08:00.001-08:00

My daughter is already four months old. I get nostalgic just thinking that last year at this time, i found out that i am pregnant.

I am loving every moment i get to spend time with my daughter dearest.

Happy new year!

2013-01-15T23:45:00.001-08:00

Been very busy for the past months that's why the lack of posts. Anyways, hope you all had a great 2012 and may your 2013 be even more brighter!

I mentioned about being busy. Being a new mom takes a lot of time and adjustment. I want to be a hands on mom so im really doing my best.

Update on my little one, she's a heavy 6.5 kg baby girl. She's a healthy baby. I am happy to see her mlestones everyday.she has a new laugh and thank God for technology i captured a video.

This is all for now. Will update again soon.

8 weeks

2012-11-20T00:19:00.001-08:00

My baby is 8 weeks old already. Time flies. Before i know it naglalakad na ang baby ko. Took this pic today. My baby is learning to smile.

Christmas Village, Baguio Country Club

2012-11-11T13:32:00.001-08:00

Christmas is indeed fast approaching. It is one of our favorite holiday of the year. So when the christmas village at the country club opened, we immediately went there to visit and of course took the chance to take pictures.

Mommy and daddy

2012-11-06T17:03:00.001-08:00

I wish God will give mommy and daddy a hundred more years to live. i love them so much 💕❤💕