ryandgracey

hi, thanks for the reply... iniisip ko kasi parang ang sakit umere hahaha... honestly un ung ikinatatakot ko... pero pg me nakikita naman akong bata naiinggit ako hehe...

lol...nung na-delay ako shortly after arriving here, i knew. went out right away and bought a PT and ayun na nga at positive sya. i was just 5 days delayed. ayaw maniwala ni hubby and i bought anothr kit after a week and saka na sya naniwala, but di 100%. nun na lang sa first check-up ko 3 weeks later na talagang 100% syang naniwala

hello sa lahat,

musta na ang lahat?

sa mga buntis have a safe pregnancy..

sa mga mommies: hala arangkada sa pagda diet hahahahahaha...

sweetpink, just curious...dito ba sa usa did somebody discriminate you? kasi dito most but not all...they dont care right...sa pinas kasi ang daming mga pintasero at pintasera di ba...

brettane, my baby hanggang now he doesnt poop everyday hindi rin sya constipated kasi yung poop nya hindi matigas... pero he never had tummy ache kasi magaling tong umutot eh... di na kailangan ng exercise...hehehehehe...

pink, about sa solid food...hmmm about feeding my baby solid food...he eats but he is not really into it...kumakain sya pag sinusubuan ko but he doesnt really show interest sa baby food...mas interesado sya sa mga kinakain namin... kunti lang kinakain nya na baby food... pero he like the mango which his pedia said wag na muna bigyan ng mango kasi strong pa raw for him kaya yun i stopped giving mango hehehehehe...

God bless us all.

Ganyan talaga sa umpisa. Unti-untiin mo muna. Ganyan din si Maizy when she started baby food. Ngayon, she opens her mouth readily when she sees the spoon. i have now increased her rice to 2 tablespoons per meal, and she now fishes a bottle of fruit a day and a bottle of veggies in 2 days. Di na kasi happy sa dating amount na kinakain. Still, after an hour, hahanap ng gatas...4 oz lang binibigay ko after she eats kasi baka sumuka sa kabondatan Kaya eto...she must be about 17 lbs na; will check later.

I don't really like letting her have a taste of our food kasi ayoko masanay sa food na may seasonings (salt, sugar, etc.) Plus, baka bigla sya magka-allergy.

Gandang umaga mga mommies...ang aga namin ni Jacob dito sa VJ...hay wala kasi kaming tulog at nilagnat sya gawa ng kanyang immunization he is very fussy kagabi..first time nyang magkasakit ang hirap pala.

Sweetdove- welcome here. I'm glad na nag eenjoy ka dito. Wag masyado focus sa absence ng BF mo..enjoy everything there inPinas kasi pag dito ka na mamimiss mo everything from Pinas-from food to beaches..kahit nga traffic at init isama mo na rin yong mga kapitbahay mo na tsismosa hehehe

Pink-Si jacob meron din swing..we got the swing even before he was born..and like other babies here..he really loved it..nakakatulog din sya doon. Pero lately ayaw nya na masyado sa swing kasi mas gusto nya sahig kasi nakakagalaw sya ng walang tali..minsan nasa ilalim na sya ng couch sa kalikotan.

Doc grace-grabe ang bigat pala ni maizy...magkasing bigat lang sila ni Jacob...Jacob is less than 17lbs and 27 inches long...parang lakas yata kumain ni maizy..si jacob naman so picky.

rr-ano musta na blog mo...galing naman at nakadapa na si tyree...sunod na aabangan mo is yong gapang nya.

normal lang yan sa babies na gusto nakatayo kasi malinaw na yong patingin nila so they are busy exploring around...pag nakahiga ka nga naman puro ceiling lang yong makikita mo..o di ba boring.

tuloy ko na lng to mamaya....just typing with my one hand..whili jacob is sleeping on my lap right now kakapago pala hehehe..maya ulit

She does eat a lot, at may kasunod pang gatas. nagulat din ako sa weight nya, and that was before she started baby food. This morning, in addition to her rice cereal, naubos nya yung 3/4 bottle ng peas. wala na syang fruit, so I will get some later.

Speaking of swing, ako na muna nagpapaandar ng swing habang tulog si Maizy...am charging batteries pa. yung music ng swing, pinalitan muna ng Light Classcal channel sa TV She doesn't like tummy time but she can support herself on her hands na during the short periods that I put her on her tummy. she likes "jumpy-jumpy", and "airplane" (or "super maizy"), and "dancing" to "tong, tong, tong, pakitong-kitong". She also likes being sung to. I sang kuh ledesma's "till I met you" while preparing supper one time and she was in her bumbo,and when I turned to look at her, she was smiing. Another time, I fed her too late and she was fussy and sleepy, and I sang to her some nursery rhymes and she started smiling...syempre, sabay tulo ng baby food from her mouth She also seems to have taken an interest in the laptop and started crying when i took her away from it.

About diapers, Maizy uses Pampers Baby Dry at night and Luvs in the daytime. If we have to go out, I put the Pampers on her, but ang baon ko e yung Luvs. Luvs resembles Pampers Perhaps I shall try Huggies again kasi mas mura sa Pampers...and I have coupons for HUggies, too.

Heard my Maizy actually laugh yesterday

Hi frosty,

Cute cute naman ng baby mo... I am 29 year old na this May 19, magkababy p kaya ako he he hehhe sabi nila pag daw ang babae di pa nagbuntis mahihirapan raw ng manganak...? is this true?

Sweet dove

i beg to differ

welcome to this thread....and good luck!

@Doc Gracey, Meron pa la nung Enfamil Restful Lipil. Liquid ba cya or powder? Si Zac kasi hindi naman cya pala giing sa gabi except gusto nya ng gatas bigyan ko lang ng bote sa bibig then tulog na agad. Pero lately eh nagiging fuzzy na cya sagabi. Nagstart yun simula nung lagnatin cya. Try ko nga yang Restful na yan. Thanks for informing us

Zac had his Pedia appointment last Thursday. He weighs almost 16 lbs na with the height of 26 inches. According to the doc, he was on his 40% percentile when he was 1 month old then now that he is almost 4 months eh he is on his 80% percentile. She said that he is growing up so fast and she was shocked when I said how much milk he drinks everyday. He is already behind on his vaccines but his Pedia can't give him vaccines because his body temp that day was a bit high. It was 99.7F. So she asked us to go back this week whenever his temp is lower so he can have his shots or else she wants to see him again.

Ask ko lang po, do you guys swing your babies? Zac has a swing and he is enjoying it. He most of the time fell asleep after few mins of swing. Kaya lang kasi natatakot ako na baka maspoiled na tong si Zac at maging dependent na sa swing at baka gustuhin nya ng laging i-hele bago matulog. Swing is good though specially if I have to do something. Iwan ko lang cya sa swing then I can do chores na. Any opinions about swing? Pros and cons based on your experiences?

It's powder. is slightly thicker than regular formula so it stays in her tummy for a longer time, hence, she doesn't feel hungry and stays asleep. Last night, I fed her around 9pm and the next time she woke up was around 5am na

Naku, si Maizy is just 3.5 months na but nasa 16lbs na sya. Sumasakit nga baywang go when i have to hold her in church when I need to stand. Since I started feeding her baby food, nabawasan ng 1 or 2 6 oz feedings -- 4 oz na lang Am slowly increasing the amount of baby food. So far, at each meal, she has 1 tbsp of rice cereal mixed with 3 tbsp (makes about 15ml serving) of formula, about 1-2 tbsp (about 20-30ml) of veggies or 1-2 tbsp of beef which she doesn't like unless i mix it with veggies or fruit), and about half a bottle of fruit (about 1 oz). Yup, she LOVES the fruit. Last night, about 2 hours after such a heavy meal (she had cereal, carrots, beef, and bananas), she downed 4 oz of formula in less than 15 mins...at di pa sya happy after so i had to make her another bottle and she finished half of it. I swear, she goes thru a 12.9oz can in a breeze. Thankfully, yesterday, I got 2 cans for free...courtesy of Craigslist...and today, I got 3 cans, 2 boxes of formula sachets, and 8 ready-to-feed bottles for $30...also courtesy of Craigslist Am going to look out for more

About the swing, Maizy has a cradle swing which she hates to be in when awake. I use this during the daytime to lull her to sleep pag nakikita ko na antok na sya. At least, for 1-2 hours, I am able to do chores in peace and quiet At night, pag antok na sya, I wrap her up, put her in her bassinet, and turn her light/music show on and she just drifts off to sleep. She still has the startle reflex so I still wrap her para di nya magulat sarili nya with those involuntary movements.

yung iba namin na napili are prune, turkey and rice, squash, harvest veggies with mixed grains, mixed veggies and turkey, mango... doc gracey can you tell me which one cant easily be digested? hehehehehe... please...

my hubby doesnt want carrots kasi raw nagpaparami raw yan ng hair... ewan ko sa kanya hehehehe...

yun nga rin sabi ko sa kanya na its not for babies yung for adult na cereal but then ayaw maniwala.

he can have the turkey and rice, and the squash muna. wag na muna yyung mixed grains. introduce foods one at a time so he'll get used to the taste. yung adult cereal, like i said is coarser. plus, baka mabilaukan yung bata. dont put his cereal in a bottle so that he'll get used to the texture.

carrots are a VERY good source of vitamin A for his eyes

i got maizy's wic coupons for baby food...good for june. have you gotten yours? they will only allow the Beech-nut brand but the cereals, gerber. 16 containers of 4 oz baby food fruits and veggies and 8 containers of 2.5 oz baby food meats per week

hello sa lahat,

musta na mga mommies dito?

update sa baby ko:

hmmm medyo nakakatawa lang...kasi kanina we bought food for our baby... i wanted to have the rice cereal pero ayaw ng hubby ko kasi may malt-omeal kami dito sa bahay na di pa nabubuksan sabi nya its just the same lang raw yun na lang ipakain ko...so yun di ko na lng pinili yung rice cereal pinili ko yung mga nasa jar na food. we bought 7 different kinds of food na gerber... then pag uwi namin sa bahay nakita ko may 1st,2nd,3rd food pala na nakalagay eh nung nasa store kami sobrang nagconcentrate lang kami sa mga flavors ng food hehehehehe....

so yun ang pinakain ko muna is yung 1st food na rice cereal with applesauce...kunti lang yung pinakain ko sa kanya and he ate it naman... he open his mouth everytime i put the spoon in his mouth then he chew it.... then after eating pinainom ko sya ng tubig thru yung cover pa rin ng bottle milk nya... after drinking water nagburp sya... di ko na muna sya papakainin ulit today kasi titingnan ko muna kung sasakit ba tyan nya...

im not sure kung pwede na ba yung mga 2nd at 3rd foods ipakain sa kanya? 4 months pa lang baby ko pwede na ba yung 2nd at 3rd food ipakain?

God bless sa lahat.

1st foods are smaller in amountm just enough for beginners. once opened, you need to finish the jar in about 2 days. also, there are some 2nd and 3rd foods na di pa pwede for a young baby...can't digest them yet. maizy takes rice cereal plus half a bottle of carrots in the morning plus half a bottle applesauce. tonight she had beef with broth plus the rice and the remaining applesauce, followed an hour later with 4 0z of formula. she's been having carrots for about 5 days now. will start sweet peas tomorrow morning

adult oatmeal is coarser than the baby food oatmeal...will be harder to digest.

Hello mga mommies! How are you doing mga mommies and mommies-to-be? Hope everything is doing great. Long time no post ako sa forum dito.

I just have a question to ask specially to the mommies na nagbottle feed sa mga babies nila...What brand of formula do you use to feed your babies (age 0-12 mos old)? How do you find that formula you feed to your baby? Did you not find any problem feeding it to your baby?

I am just posting this question as a sort of survey and a basis of comparison to the formula we use for our baby Aneska. Thanks a lot guys.

Maizy was first on breastmilk with supplementary similac advance with iron. She is now on enfamil premium lipil and is being fed baby food twice in a day. she gets enfamil restful lipil at night para di sya gising nang gising sa gabi

she is 3.5 months old and weighs about 16 lbs and is about 25 inches tall Nope, no problems with any of the formulas she's been on.

@Doc Gracey, WB! Halos di pala nagkakalyo weight ng babies natin. Pwede clang pang-sumo wrestler lol! Panno yun? Nakakanguya naba si Maizy? Si Zac kasi everytime na patitikimin ko ng mga food like spagetti sauce, sour cream, ice cream eh nilalagyan ko lang ng unti sa dila tas dila lang cya ng dila. Balak ko kpag nasa 4 plus months ko cya introduce tlga sa baby food.

actually, nagulat din ako; i just thought i'd weigh her and ayun. am thinking that by the time she's 6 months old she might weigh 20lbs

if zac is over 16 lbs, can hold his head up and sits with support, and consumes about 60cc of formula in a day, you may start feeding him. start with rice cereal muna mixed with formula. i've been feeding maizy twice daily with 1 tbsp cereal mixed with 3 tbsp formula plus 1/3 of a bottle of Beech nut carrot. is easier for me to make her cereal more mushy than watery...mushy stays in her mouth and lets her "practice" chewing. ang mali ko lang is that i bought different kinds of food instead of getting her used to carrots muna. she had green peas for her 2nd meal today.

Hi mommies and mommies-to-be!

Been away for a long time...away from VJ although nabasa ko naman lahat ng mga posts. Spring break is over and we spent a few days out-0f-town. Stayed at a hotel with an indoor pool and Maizy got her first dip in the pool Amazingly, walang reklamo and she was quite content drifting on the water in her baby floater. I got her Huggies Little Swimmers to wear. Akala ko malaki sa kanya yung smallest size nila, but it was a good fit. But the nights were terrible. We brought the pack-n-play with us but she would not stay asleep in it. On the second night, I thought I'd rock her in her car seat and voila! Tulog sya the entire night. Was my fault kasi I did not bring any of her swaddlers.

Now, I know why the swimmer diaper fit well on her. She is about 16 pounds now...gained 4 pounds since her last check-up 2 months ago. Kaya pala sumasakit baywang ko when I carry her in her carseat. She is also taking 2 4-oz bottles at each feeding. di ko dinideretso ang 8 oz kasi baka sumuka. There's about a half-hour to an hour's break between the two bottles. And nanghihinayang kasi ako as she has about 70 4 oz bottle liners pa. I bought new medium-flow nipples for the 8 oz bottles which I plan on bringing up from storage in the next week or so. And a few days ago I started giving her rice cereal. I know parang maaga pa but wala sya kabusugan e. No, I don't like mixing the cereal with her milk in a bottle as I would like her to get used to the texture. I plan on fully starting her baby food by the time she is 4 months. Meantime, rice cereal muna plus introduction of other 1st foods. About the rice cereal, gusto nya sunud-sunod ang pagsubo sa kanya at hindi ka dapat babagal-bagal. Am giving her 1 tbsp of cereal mixed with about 3-4 tbsp of her cereal. Today, I tried carrots and she took it just fine. will give some again tonight. She has also developed the habit of "pushing away" from the Bumbo seat. She uses her elbows to prop herself up and straightens her body; a sure sign that she does not want to be in her seat. I had to sing to her and talk to her while feeding her to keep her distracted and pre-occupied.

Anyway, yan ang some updates so far. She is napping now and it's a good time for me to go downstairs and do some laundry (finally!).

Oh...congratulations to the new mommies!

Doc Gracey, galing naman ni Maizy at mabilis ang development ng katawan nya Si Zac ang bibig ang mabilis ang development. Madaldal, kumakanta, palatawa higit sa lahat matakaw

Ako naman I always make Zac wear bib para hindi tumulo yung laway nya sa damit nya. hirap kasi maglaba ng damit lalo na at hinahand wash ko pa dahil sa mga mantsa ng milk. Si Zac din ay nagstart ng magbubbles bubbles yung bibig. Niloloko ko na cya kapag kinakausap ko sabi ko "O, uminom ka na naman ng shampoo? " tapos ngingiti nmana cya

He drinks 60oz. of milk na in a day tas pwera pa dun yung 7 kutsaritang oatmeal cereal na hinahalo ko sa bote nya. dati 5 kutsarita lang now 7 na Ang estimated weight ko sa kanya now is almost 16lbs. Kasi niweight ko muna yung sarili ko sa digital weighing scale namin tas after nun binitbit ko si zac tas nagminus lang ako sa weight ko. Ayun, 16.2 lbs cya pero may damit cya nun so feeling ko kulang sa 16 lbs. na cya saka yung number 1 na diaper eh mejo masikip na sa kanya kaya bumili na kami ng number 2

I use Dreft laundry stain remover for Maziy's milk-stained clothes. Just spray it on, scrub/rub it into the fabric, then toss in the washer

Maizy finished 12oz in like 3 hours...will start cereals VERY soon Sat her in her high chair tonight

amazed din ako kay maizy before kasi malakas nga sya...

my baby is drooling na rin lalo na pag may object akong binibigay sa kanya na gusto nyang abutin or kunin tapos lagay sa bibig. i dont use bib hehehehe tinago ko yung bib kasama yung sleeper na di makasya sa kanya na. i just use the rcving blanket kasi he likes it more...kaya when he sleeps or his awake may two to three rcving blankets sya na nilalaro...yun at least sabay pahid na rin sa drool nya hehehehe...

hay...ako nilabas ko yung mga bib nya, at least yung may plastic backing. kanina, habang nasa bouncer nya, nahablot nya yung dalawang toys sa magkabilang kamay at ayun, sabay saksak sa bibig nya but more often than not, she has her hands in her mouth. I often find the front part of the neckline of her clothes wet, hence the bibs. itong tatay, tamad maglagay ng bib sa kanya kaya ayun...puro laway ni maizy sa mga daliri nya.

What?!?!? I though that was my JOB!!!!

Lol...hubby claims he isn't spoiling our li'l one although his actions say otherwise are you going to turn out like my hubby who says none of his daughters can marry till they're 35?

Mommy Shiela - Kapag gising lang siya at kung gumagalaw kasi kumikirot yung legs niya. So far nakatulong yung tylenol na binigay namin at tumatawa na kanina. Kasi after nung shots niya kanina nku nasira ang araw niya..Lol..Wala namang siyang lagnat.And yes 4 yung binigay sa kanya today. 3 shots at 1 by mouth. Meron pa ata siyang 1 pang vaccine kasi dapat 6 yung vaccine lahat. Tama ka e ready mo na si JM..hehehehe..Buti nalang andito pa asawa ko at hindi pa bumabalik sa work kasi takot ako sa needle kahit hindi ako yung tinuturukan..lol..Hindi nga ako tumutingin kanina :bonk: Pero gusto ko yung nurse kanina kasi ang bilis niya. Seconds lang eh tapos na pero sabi pa ng asawa ko na namilog ng kalaki laki ang mata ni Mae..Lol..Kasi dinidestruct pero ala pa rin umiyak pa rin.

Mommy Sweet Pink - hindi ko kasi alam na pwedeng bigyan prior sa pagbigay ng shots pero sa next vaccination niya paiinumin na namin.

Mommy Evelyn - Thank you sa reply.

Maizy only had 2 shots. One shot had 5 vaccines in it (DPT, Polio, Hep A) and the other was the pneumonia vaccine (I forgot what it's called na). No fever, just super cranky and sleepy. What I did was soon after the shots were given, sabay bigay ng bote...ayun, tumahimik. When we got home, I just gave her Tylenol to ease the pain. One dose lang binigay ko since she slept 80% of the rest of the day.

She will be 3 months soon. I don't do tummy time a lot kasi ayaw nya although the few times I did it this week, she can raise her head straight and support herself for sometime on her hands then her elbows pag medyo napagod na. She sits really well in her bumbo and now enjoys playing "airplane". Everybody we come across when we go out keep saying that she's quite a strong baby; she could hold her head up even before she was a month old. Two weeks ago, I noticed that she would raise her head in an attempt to get out of her carseat. Soon after that, I'd hold her by her hands and she'd pull herself up....to standing, and not to sitting She has started drooling, too, mga 2 weeks na rin. Am considering starting cereals in a couple more weeks...just like her Ate did

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Yay...another girly girl!

i know how you feel. can't believe my li'l one will be 3 months soon. seems like it was just yesterday than christmas morn that maizy was born

Enjoy motherhood, shir. And try not to spoil her, phil

Hello mommies!

Hay...2 days down ang wireless sa bahay...ang dami na palang nangyari

To the new mommies: Congratulations!!! naku, nadagdagan na naman ang mga little boys...let's go girls

Frosty - I had some spotting lang the other day, tapos yesterday wala, tapos ngayon meron ulit. I guess kasi nagb-breastfeed pa ako kahit paano. You should have you period around the 3rd month post-partum.

RR - Maizy has been holding her head up since she was 2 week old and has been sitting in her Bumbo for about a month na. Kusa nga sya nagli-lean forward pag nasa car seat nya. since type nya ang nakatayo, we found her an evenflo ultrasaucer sa goodwill and i have begun putting her there so she can stand (or sit) to her heart's delight...mabigat sya 'no, di ko matagalan yung tinatayo sya. Of course, since di pa nya kaya ang katawan nya, i have to put some support around her body para di bumagsak ang katawan nya forward sa ultrasaucer nya. Will post pics of that soon She can also pull herself up from lying position without any head lag when I take her hands. Roll over? hindi pa. Then again, she is just barely 3 months old. She weighed 12.2 lbs when she turned 2 months and i am sure she must've gained over a pound already. She is into 3-6 month clothing na because of her height, although di naman sya mataba. Feeling ko lahat ng kinakain e sa mga pisngi napupunta

Am thinking baka maaga mag-ipin si Maizy; she drools a lot sometimes. Nilabas ko na nga yung mga iba pang bib nya kasi nga tulo-laway. I can see a pair of whitish depressed spots dun sa lalabasan ng first teeth nya (the middle incisors). Got her a teether kasi lahat gusto ilagay sa bibig. She has a doll baby and, awa ng Dyos, deretso sa bibig pag bigay sa kanya...basa yung ulo and hands nung doll nya Will post a pic of that, too.

hehe, oo I am waiting on their fight na.

haay...eto nakatulog na nga sa swing nya. sigh...ibig sabihin kelangan ko na iakyat at ilagay sa bassinet nya. she had been fussy all evening.

Welcome back!!! That's good to hear

pink - hintay mo din ba yung pacquiao fight??? am looking to do that while helping maizy get to sleep and stay asleep. so far, pagising-gising sya

hello sa lahat,

salamat sa lahat ng mga prayers ninyo... hehehehehehe...sa wakas im home na ulit from being in the hospital for 16 days...

hay di pa ako makachikka about sa surgery ko kasi i need to do some things pa dito sa bahay...though i need to do it slow kasi im still recovering...

and i need to take care of my baby kasi from a silent baby naging super talkative baby ko kasi sa hubby ko...he wants attention now... im alone with my baby now kasi work si hubby ko. pag my time ako chikka ako.

my surgery was two days. first was 12 hours then second was 9 hours.

thank you sa lahat... God bless sa lahat.

hey! welcome back! and thank God all is well

First of all, I wanna congratulate all the moms and moms-to-be and the dads and the excited dads-to-be . I hope you all have healthy babies. I just wanna introduce myself to everyone and to my kababayans, I've only been a member for a week and I really find this site helpful. I'm also a Filipina and I'm petitioning my fiancee in the Philippines. We got our NOA1 on feb 8 and we're still waiting for the NOA2. The wait is really frustrating.. lol. I check this site and the uscis site daily for updates and each day I'm crossing my fingers whenever I sign in on the status check page.. hoping for a touch.. haaay.. ang tagal.. Anyways, I'm not pregnant yet but I really love reading this thread. I want to be a mom na din!! haha. Its been 8 months na din since I last went back.. and we really miss each other.. Sana talaga maapprove na sya.. By the way, I was gonna ask sana kung may iba din dito na USC filipina who's got a beneficiary in the Philippines like me. I wanted to know sana kung ano yung possible problems na maeencounter namin because I'm really stressed out and worried that things might not get along well. I mean we really love each other so much pero I wanna be ready para if we were to face a problem, I would have broader understanding and would know how to handle it. By the way, I'm 25, and I'm still with my parents. RJ and I already made plans na we'd get an apartment once he comes here to prevent yung issue na "manugang-biyenan" complex. Lol. Inputs pleasee....

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hi haze! you are welcome here anytime

don't know how much help i'm gonna be to you. yes, it is stressful to have to wait and see what happens but, then again, it tests the limits of your relationhip. Just make sure you have all the necessary documents needed and all the proof you have of your relationship. Prayer helps a lot, of course

Good Luck to you both

Doc Gracey, ganyan din si Zac lakas na sumipa (I watched Maizy's vid). Curious lang ako, since Doc ka sa PH, pagdating ba dito is Doc din ang makukuhang mong job? or you need to take exams pa? Kasi after I took 4 yr course sa Pinas ay nagtake ako ng Caregiving tas may mga classmate akong doctor. Nagtatake sila nun pra daw mabilis makaalis sa Pinas. I just don't know now kung caregiver ba cla pagdating dito or Doc pa din

Buti ka pa mejo mahaba haba tulog ni Maizy. Si Zac kasievery 2-3 hrs gising then dede,change ng diaper, play, watch tv then sleep then ganun ulit. Pero I am happy now kasi may sleeping pattern na cya. Sa gabi eh natutulog talaga cya at gigising lang pra change ng diaper at dede then go back to sleep ulit. Mabilis cyang makatulog sa gabi. I guess dim light also helps him to sleep fast.

Eve, lam ko din may bayad ng unti ang mga babies kahit na lap seat lang kasi kailangan daw bayara yung yung fuel surcharge, tax blah! blah! hehe. Oo, natutupi yung tsupon ng NUK sobra ata kasi kung magsuck? pero bihira lang kung tumupi yung tsupon ni Zac (for now) I think kasi di ba meron butas yung tsupon ng NUK pra sa airway. "I think" yun ang reason hehe. Oo lakas pa din dumede ni Zac.

No. I have to take the 3-part US board exam (the 2nd part is made up of 2 sub-parts), which will take me some time to finish...siguro 4 or 5 na si maizy by then. And then I will have to re-do my residency training all over again which is another 3 years. There should be a lot of caregiver jobs here, as I have seen on craigslist. The work I applied for was for a research coordinator at a research clinic not far from here. Have not heard from them yet, although sabi naman nila baka abutin ng next week ang notification. I guess they would not have called me for an interview if they did not find me fit for the position. Bahala na, but I am still hoping as I am really eager to go back to work...I had been working since passing the Phil board till a week before leaving the Phils.

Maizy talkng to her crib mobile

KnByssfOPZE

Hello.. wow uuwi ka ng pinas?? buti kapa.. ilang araw kau sa pinas? uuwi kaba ng SOUTH talaga??

kamusta na kaya ung 2 mommies na mag anak this month,, hope okey lang kau..

anyway. nakuha na namin ung result ng ECHO test -- NORMAL.. naku grabe talaga 2ng DR ni JM.

wala naman sa lugar ang pa test nya.. bakit ganito dito sa states more on GASTOS.

ano naman kaya ang next na ma observe nya.. ay nalang....

read on this: it is normal to find murmurs in babies and young children.

Pink - LOL. she got Daddy's hair...pati ugali yata And she "fist-sucks", too. She is happiest pag tinatayo sya...and she is just about 2.5 months. She doesn't want to lay around much. Ambisyosa nga, sabi ng lola nya sa Pinas. She regularly sits in her bumbo, especially if she is awake during our mealtime. She has just about established her sleeping schedule. She is up at around 7:30am, starts getting sleepy around 10am, naps till about 1pm, another nap around 4pm, wakes at 6pm then gets sleepy again around 9pm. Of course, in between those hours she feeds, pees and poops, plays with Mommy or Ate or Daddy, spends time in her swing or her bouncy seat or under her crib mobile or on her playmat. She finishes an entire 4oz bottle of formula in addition to breastmilk so that she has about 4-5 bottles in an entire 24-hour period. She is nearly the width of her pack-n-play so that I may not be able to use the changing table part of it in the next month or so. Haay...ang bilis ng panahon...I miss her newborn baby-ness already

Marybeth - naku, you'll never know; baka after a couple of years gustuhin mo ulit mag-baby. But if you really don't want anymore kids, a tubal ligation or Essure would be a permanent fix. I never want to go on the pill kasi nga I am quite sure that I will fore more than just 1 time to take it. Plus the myriad of side effects (weightgain, hypertension, migraines, etc) aren't exactly enticing. BTW...Cleveland ka pala. Dito kami in Dayton, about 3 hours south. I've relatives in Kent

Eve - good for you. We want to be able to do that too kaya lang malaking gastos since 4 kami. Alec is 75% air fare, Maizy would be free, but still malaking pera pa rin yun. Instead, my brother is flying in with my mother this November, along with an aunt and uncle. Pati yung pinsan kong jet-setter pupunta din daw dito. Will spend Thanksgiving and the Christmas holidays here. Now that would be real fun to look forward to

Been quite busy lately. Am awaiting the outcome of a job interview I had last Monday. Hopefully they hire me as I am really wanting to go back to work in a familiar environment. Plus, it would be really nice to be able to make some $$$ on my own

Mommy Riza - salamat sa info siguro yun nalang din ang gagawin namin for now kasi nagdadalawang isip na ako to take the pills,nabili na nga namin eh kaso lang kung gagastos naman kami ng ganito every month eh sayang naman.

Doc Gracey - nung last OBGYN appointment ko kasi eh ako lang ang andun kasi nga may hubby works offshore at hindi pa niya off nung time na yun. Nagiguilty na nga ako sa kanya kasi sa simula pa lang eh alam ko na na ayaw niya talaga akong magpills. Siguro by using condom eh mas benefited sa among dalawa kasi nasa bahay lang naman siya 2 weeks or less. Ayaw ko lang talagang masundan agad si panganay..lol..Sabi pa niya eh bat daw ako worried eh it took us almost 7 months para magbuntis..hay..We will try again for our boy after a year siguro at sana boy na nga para happy..

lol...it took us a year and a half...