Mom Adventures

Curiosity burned the hand..

2008-09-08T07:31:00.000+08:00

I mean it literally.

My little one was hanging out with one of my sisters who was chatting with our house helper, who was ironing clothes (lol -- that's a long string).

Ziggy is definitely aware that there are certain things he shouldn't touch or go to because they're dangerous. He knows what dangerous means now.

For some reason he really wanted to test our warnings so while the iron was idle, put upright, he decided to GRAB it!

Oh the wailing and whining is endless!

He has burnt all but one finger in his right hand, they're not too big but they hurt for a 4-year old of course. Since it's been a long time we've had a kid burnt (lol that didn't sound right) I didn't know exactly what the right thing to do.

There was my mom to the rescue with her "magic toothpaste" remedy. For some reason that's the first aid I've gotten used to while growing up only finding out later on in my adult life that it's actually not a good idea. It might worsen the burn or infect it.

Soon as I got my son I placed his hand under running water --- NOT ICE! I learned that the hard way :p The water washed away my mom's magic toothpaste remedy and calmed the little one a bit. But of course nothing takes away the pain of burnt skin. I scrambled for first aid instructions online but unfortunately, there really isn't any remedy for it but running water for about 5 minutes and well, leaving it alone.

Good thing we had ibuprofen for kids so somehow it alleviated the pain, match that with a disney animated movie and sooner rather than later, he's forgotten the pain.

We wrapped his hand in gauze loosely and he fell asleep soon. the following day, there were no more complaints, he was actually playing happily already.

ahhh kids. You can keep warning them but they will always have that urge -- curiousity.

Missing being Pregnant

2008-09-05T22:17:00.000+08:00

For a few months already I've been seeing or hearing news about friends and family getting pregnant. I suddenly missed that feeling. It's such a wonderful feeling.

I know that right now I'm in the middle of a marital dilemma/problem/situation, and it's definitely not wise to be having a child (in any means!) right now. For some reason, after about 2 years of my husband asking me for a baby girl (and me saying no for a lot of different reasons), I'm the one who wants one and well he's the one who doesn't even know if he wants to stay :(

What are the odds.... :(

Everytime I see a little girl, especially since my little kiddo started going to school, and I keep seeing little girls running around in cute little dresses with their bouncy black, brown or blonde curly locks with all the possible cuteness in the world ... i have been sooo yearning for one!

I have been craving for some peace and quiet around the house because this little boy's becoming well.. a BOY. Rowdy, noisy, unpredictable, imaginative and unstoppable!

I know girls can be very much the same, but well...i know they won't be as unstoppable. :p If she takes on MY genes.. hahah my son obviously took on his dad's genes and everything else, save for my eyes.

*sigh* when will God bless us with a better marriage and a little girl. I'm praying for the first one first.. obviously :p

your prayers or whatever you do to wish for things to happen are also welcome! :p

Angelina Jolie -- the mom

2008-08-17T08:38:00.004+08:00

I was bloghopping today and hopped onto this post of Angelina Jolie and Bradd Pitt's family pictures. All 6 kids (yes including the famous-before-birth-twins) and of course the most beautiful parents in the world :p

I keep thinking about reasons why Angelina Jolie would adopt Maddox before, a lot speculated it's a publicity stunt, a very dangerous stunt if I may say. Then again, Jolie was still a bit known for her notorious attitude then - the young Billy Bob Thornton other half who would french kiss in public.

I was afraid the poor cambodian kid would only be abandoned or live a very "hollywood" life. Obviously, I was reading the book by its cover. Now that she (and partner Bradd Pitt)have a total of 6 beautiful kids, it's pretty obvious she really wanted children. Maybe Maddox was "experimental", maybe she really wanted to sort of revamp her life and be a mom.

When I looked at the pictures from that post (see link up there) I saw a wonderful family. Looks like she (and Pitt) has done a wonderful job raising multi-cultural kids. Sure they didn't grow up knowing their real cultures, but the pysical appearance alone should prompt them to ask quite a few questions.

I know these kids were also born in different countries and would go with their parents all over the world too so they KNOW different countries have different cultures and different physical appearances.

The mix of their colors on that one family picture they had (Maddox and Shiloh were lying down) is one of the most beautiful mix I've ever seen. Especially knowing that this is just one family.

Their kids will definitely be a new generation of Human Rights Advocates and no doubt will fight against Racism.

Whether Jolie started this as a publicity stunt or not, what matters now is how she's bringing these kids up which I assume is just awesome. I guess maybe, except for all the luxury they have, they would be growing up knowing so much that the typical 1st-world-country-child would. they go to Africa with their parents on some of their missions/advocacies -- need they explain more?

Kids and Clowns

2008-08-14T14:34:00.003+08:00

I don't know about you but Clowns, freak me out! I don't know which started -- happy clowns that started to create phobias with kids, or just some really freaky clowns that were meant to scare.

I know there are quite a few movies that used clowns to freak the audience out -- err.. Stephen King's IT for example.

Since I was a kid, Clowns have always freaked me out, much like any huge mascot did... the difference is that while I was growing older, I grew fond of mascots and I realized they're just huge pile of cloth and cardboards and stuff worn by another person. Clowns on the other hand still freaked me out! which is funny because clowns ARE people with only make up and colorful clothes on.

Anyway, I'm saying this because last saturday was my youngest cousin's 7th birthday and her mom hired 2 clowns to host the program and well... half the kids ran to their mommies and daddies scared of the clowns!

In the end, they had to start the party with only umm less than 10 kids because the rest either stayed inside the house or went home (they were neighbors :p) instead. My older cousins -- the teens hahah -- had to "sub" for the other kids and played with the smaller ones because otherwise, it would've been boring.

I actually thought Ziggy would freak out too! But he didn't! I wasn't sure if his shades helped him (he wore his shades all throughout the party hahah) or he just didn't think clowns were freaky because he watches this show "Jojo Circus" at Playhouse Disney Channel.

He's actually cool with the clowns! :p

What is it with clowns??

Don't Tell Me What To Do...

2008-08-12T21:02:00.003+08:00

The other day while the little rascal was jumping up and down the bed and throwing things to the wall (including poor ol' Woody & Buzz) I reprimanded him and told him NOT to jump.

He didn't seem to hear me so I repeated myself.

Would you believe it he shushed me and put his hand up to me as if to say wait.

The next words were something I NEVER Expected to hear...

"Don't tell me what to do" he said it pretty calmly and carefully so I didn't know what to make of it!

I wanted to both laugh and get mad at him for saying that to his mom!

Then again I realized, he probably doesn't understand the impact of those words especially when a child is saying it to his/her parent. I honestly didn't know what to say. It was difficult to regain composure and calmly tell him you are telling him the right thing to do and that from now, until he has a better understanding of right from wrong, mommy will say what he has to do.

I couldn't wrap my head around it. I tried to think of places or shows maybe movies he's watched where he heard those words, but I'm pretty sure there's none especially since we're together everyday for the past 3 weeks. Then I realized he probably heard it from another kid in school.

You can't control everything your child hears, watches or sees!

*sigh* kids do say the darndest things...

Parenting a parent (huh?)

2008-08-07T18:30:00.000+08:00

How many times have you irked at how your mum would tell you how to be a parent??

I've had so much of those the past week when my child was sick and ooooohhhh I sometimes just couldn't stand it!

For a few months at a time, my parents were in Australia leaving me and my sisters alone most of the time since long distance phone calls were expensiv and they wouldn't bother learning how to IM

Whenever that was true, i was a peaceful and happy mommy even when my child was sick. Sure, it's nice to have another parent nearby when things like these come up especially since I've only been a mother for as long as my child has been living but, it's only nice if they only tell you when asked.

My dearest mother on the other hand would be bugging me every hour to ask how his fever is and would constantly ask me to bring my son to the doctor after only 24 hours of on and off fever. She of all people in the house should know (after 4 kids!!) that we don't have to bring them to the doctor unless the fever's been persisitent the past 72 hours OR there's an accompanying symptom (aside from colds) -- none of those were true so I didn't really panic as much as she did.

Sure her concern was touching but you do get irritated at times. A part of you feels as if you're being understimated as a mom, a part of you feels as if you're completely ignored at all!

When I do leave my kid to her for even just an hour when I need to run errands or go to church, I'd find out she's done a dozen other things already to the kid -- mostly non-detrimental to his health, but still annoying to the mom

ayayayayay..

you know that the intentions are pure and just concerned for their one and only godson (and only "son" for that matter), but how do you stop them and assure them you DO CARE for your son!

I hope I won't do this to my son or (possible daughter?) when I become a grandma..

When he's not running around

2008-07-29T12:04:00.002+08:00

Since saturday, my little boy has been having fever on and off. He was still a bit hyper early saturday until my mom noticed he felt a bit warm.

I checked on him soon after and he was indeed having a fever. Come sunday night, his fever was higher than the normal fever we usually just wait out.

he also wasn't in the mood for jumping and running around. Here's how he was sunday night all the way til monday morning...

Talk about supermommy!

2008-07-29T08:45:00.003+08:00

When we say super moms we usually associate it with moms balancing work, kids, husband and social life altogether in a well, graceful and maybe even elegant manner.

How about a 17 year old teenager with 7 kids?!? super mom in a different sense!

I read this here and was astounded! How can a 17 year old have 7 kids already?? As luck would have it (you decide wether it's good or bad luck), she had 2 sets of triplets! But Wait! there's more! all these births (can't say kids) are of different fathers.

Sheesh. Sometimes I don't know if I should be looking at her or the parents. She lives with her parents when she had her first child at the age of -- guess what? -- 14! That alone would've prompted the parents to do something. Then she had a set of triplets at age of 15, then another set at the age of 16!

The article talks about how contraceptives are not too easy to get by in Argentina, not enough government fundings. Somehow is the same here in the Philippines but not quite. I know condoms here are cheap and I'm pretty sure a lot of people are using them.

Furtheremore I'm pretty sure that after having one child, it often prompts the parents or the teenager herself to stop and learn from it...

Now I'm not up for abortion AT ALL, but I do support contraceptives no matter what the Philippine church says. It's preventive measures and it's just healthy and responsible.

It's disappointing and sometimes disheartening knowing that she's still a kid herself and her children are oh so cute but how will she ever be able to feed them after her parents or other relatives can't anymore. Sheesh, she looked like she's just their older sister!

A spoonful of Sugar doesn't work!!

2008-07-27T17:14:00.002+08:00

Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down... -- Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins said to help the kids down some disgusting tasting medicine -- a spoonful of sugar will do. Or maybe even honey or chocolate syrup. I've been trying that and more to get my son to drink his medicine and at least lower that rising temperature he has... but none of them work!

I used to just add the medicine to his milk, but he doesn't want to drink milk :( which is really alarming because he NEVER passes on his milk any time of the day.

Then I tried giving it to him with some chocolate drink, he threw up.

Tried giving it to him straight through that tiny measuring cup... he'd squirm and scream.

Lastly we tried using a medicine dropper to directly put it in his mouth. It worked... for about 5 minutes until he threw up again :(

Oh man. I know medicine isn't candy, but how oh how can I get him to drink his medicine?? He desperately needs it and I don't want to resort to a suppository. sheesh.. he's uncomfortable enough.

help!!

When Little Boys are Sick

2008-07-26T22:40:00.003+08:00

My aunts would always tell me how my late grandmother would've enjoyed having Ziggy, my son, around. My grandmother always loved having little boys around, especially little boys as hyper and energetic as this one. Her only reason is that it's easy to know or detect when they're sick.

Well, true enough, it has proven helpful to me in detecting if Ziggy's feeling anything.

Today, he wasn't as hyper as he would usually be. He started lying down and watching TV around 9am and then when my mom hugged him, my mom told me he felt kinda warm. When I checked and he is HOT! He started lying down, his eyes started to droop and then he asked for his milk.

He was still a little playful for a few more minutes until he finally succomb to the bed and slept for a good 2 hours. Gave him paracetamol with his milk and his fever subsided.

Then he was Hyper again! How and why should you stop a kid wanting to play even if you know they just came from a fever?? *sigh*

We went to do the groceries and he was running around and he didn't feel warm at all, then we had dinner. Towards the end of the dinner he was starting to look different again and his eyes were getting droopy. When I felt him he was getting warm again. Until we got the bill and he said he wanted to sit on my lap. He was HOT again!

Good thing I had a bottle of milk with paracetamol for a just in case...

He's in bed now after drinking the milk and he's a bit irritable, he woke up a few minutes ago whining about his sweat, which was caused by the paracetamol (which is good!) and hopefully he gets a good night's sleep.

I really am praying this is nothing serious because it's been a long time since he got sick and he has been hospitalized twice already before -- both before his birthday (2nd and 3rd). I'm also a bit scared because it's Dengue Fever season. Definitely one of the most traumatic experiences my family has had -- 2 youngest sisters on ICU for this virus and one almost died.

Of course I'm praying hard that's not his case.. or anything else serious.

Do pray with me that this is just a regular fever growing kids go through... :) The house is not the same without his hyper-active, hyper-drive self.

Journal for him

2008-07-26T06:21:00.004+08:00

A good friend of mine gave me a nice journal she hand made with her dad. It's very beautiful, you would think it's one of those manufactured and sold in bookstores.

She gave me that about 3 weeks ago and I didn't really know what to do with it. It's been a long time since I last had a journal and it's been a much longer time since I've written on a journal and actually finished a year or a notebook until I stopped.

The other day while I was just lying in bed, observing my little one and his dad, I saw the journal. Then I had the urge to write on it, since it's divided into 4 sections, I decided to write or create a journal for my husband and my son.

It's more of random letters, things I would love to tell my husband and my son, but right now I couldn't.

If you must know, my husband and I are kind of on a rocky marriage at the moment so the things I want to tell him aren't always welcome. This journal has become very useful in letting out what I feel without having a heated argument again on the smallest of things.

Then I also started a journal for my son. Things I want him to know when he grows up, probably when he turns either 16... or 18... or maybe even when he gets married. Some of the things I've written there were about things I'm going through with his dad which can be helpful to him when he's married.

I feel wonderful being able to write this. For if (God Forbid), anything at all happens to me, there's something there he can read when he grows older for him to know how much I love him.

I sometimes wish my parents would have something like this for me. My parents especially are not very vocal about anything at all to their children. I grew up fearing them and fearing talking to them about anything at all. Sometimes even up to now. I'm having hesitations about talking to them about my marriage now for fear of being judged or hearing the "i told you so" from them.

I know I shouldn't be thinking this way, but you know how historically this has always been the case, why bother?

Nevertheless, I'm doing this journal and hopefully get to put in things I would be wanting to tell my son when he grows up, in case I forget. I wouldn't want the situation to happen to him before I tell him my story...

I initially did this by creating an email address for him and literally emailing him things I had in mind. Later on, I forgot again and the email account was closed :(

At least writing it down is more personal and has that vintage and dramatic feel when he gets to read it in 15 years or so. hahaha PLUS this time I won't worry about closed email accounts :p

Help Needed!! -- child missing

2008-07-24T16:57:00.003+08:00

Any parent will surely feel this is heartwrenching.

I logged in on my multiply site today and saw this post re-posted on different other sites. An online contact posted about her nephew who's missing. They believe he was abducted two days ago while they were at an entertainment center.

Now I know this is in the Philippines and if you're not here it's impossible you'd have any idea where the child is. I'm still posting this here because you can still help with prayers. Maybe forwarding this to anyone you think can help is still worth a shot.

here's a copy of their post:

Name: Matthew" Chu-chu" David Samudio
Age: 3 Years Old, Can barely speak straight.
Address: 16 guyabano st umali rd. summitville subdivision putatan muntinlupa city 1770

He was last seen at Tom's World Arcade in Festival Mall Alabang, around 8pm yesterday July 22, 2008 wearing Green Checkered Polo, Denim pants and Green Mr. Bean Slippers.

When we reviewed the surveillance camera in said mall, there was this chubby impoverished looking girl around 12-13 years old wearing a dirtied pink top with floral design and a reddish jogging pants who summoned my nephew and then whispered something to him, then my pamangkin who is very "bibo" readily took her hand as they went out of the said premises.

Guys, I need your help with this, if you know people in the media, police or government agency who might be able to HELP us locate my nephew, I'm begging you, please, please help us. Or at the very least, please pass this message to as many people as possible, who knows where the abductors might have taken him... Matthew is a very sickly kid, he rarely eats unless his yaya feeds him and he was about to have an operation for fluid in his right testis.

If there are any news or lead that can locate my nephew, please help us... Sobrang kawawa ang pamangkin ko, who knows how they are treating him...I dont want this thing happening to any kid so please help my nephew. PLEASE. You can contact my brother at +63923-638-4632.

Thank you so much and God Bless you!

I don't want to post the child's pictures here but here's the link to their multiply site.
At the very least, please keep this child in your prayers.

May God Bless You.

Like Father, like son

2008-07-22T00:44:00.002+08:00

As the day goes by, my son is looking more and more like his dada. No, not just physically but in every small aspect.

From mannerisms to personality, oh they are so alike... sometimes painfully so!

-- He watches TV with his head hanging upside down at the edge of the bed.
-- His amazing imagination
-- He loves words..
-- He's so behave at school but such a rascal at home
-- His sweetness to me, his mommy :)
-- Weird mannerisms such as playing with his tounge to make silly sounds
-- And oh the endless silly things he thinks of!

There's barely anything I see in him that I would say comes from me.

Well... there IS one thing.

He's not too adventurous in the playground. He tends to measure the risk he's going to take before he undertakes them. Not a bad thing... but sometimes I wish he'd take on his dad's adventurous demeanor.

I hear stories from bruises and scrapes to broken arms. Not that I'm wishing my son would have them, but he's a boy and it's sometimes like the essence of being a little boy -- all those silly mishaps.

Well, he's only four anyway. Who knows how he'll be another 4 years from now.

So far, he's still so much like his father. Physically, emotionally and intellectually ... im not complaining. :)

A Little Too Much

2008-07-20T17:27:00.001+08:00

Yesterday I woke up quite late...

It's our weekend off from work and it's been raining on and off so the weather's just perfect for sleeping.I could very well hear that my son's already up and entertaining himself with songs and more of his role-plays.

I also thought I heard a really hard downpour of rain. Too lazy to get up and check myself, I asked my son:

Me: Baby, is it raining?
kiddo: Hmm. Let me check for you mommy
Me: OK
Kiddo: (goes to the window and checks) Hmm.. It's a little too much.
Me: (making sure I'm awake) what?
Kiddo: It's a little too much rain.
Me: oh.. ok .. thank you baby.

I have no idea where he got "a little too much" and if he knows what it means. It was enough to wake me up though but only for a few minutes until the cool weather and the sound of rain filled my head and made fall into slumber again.

My son on the other hand continued playing by himself until he got too bored and started hearing people outside (my parents having breakfast) when he'd usually run outside to talk to other people in the house.

ahhh kids do say the darndest things. I love this stage!

Oh My Goodness...

2008-07-11T17:34:00.002+08:00

He's been in pre-school for 3 weeks now and I'm glad he's enjoying it!

Last week, he even celebrated his 4th birthday with his 9 classmates and 2 teachers. We had fun-shaped pasta, mini-burgers with tootphick flags and chocolate cake.

One afternoon after school, I was napping and he was beside me just letting his imagination fly. I wasn't paying attention as he usually does this when bored but wants to stay beside me.

I started waking up when I was hearing him shouting:
"there's a monster!"
and then:"
Help! Help!"
and then a:
"Ina! I'll save you! -- go inside the classroom!"
after a few more role playings and monologues:
"Oh Thank you! You saved me!""Give me a hug!"

WHAT?!

I woke up obviously. How cute! he's saving a girl! He's being a hero to Ina. I have noticed however that since that day all he talks about is Ina!

The mommy-doesn't-want-to-let-go- yet in me was awakened! I didn't think I'd feel this THIS SOON! He's only 4!

I know it's just utter fondness for Ina whom he probably plays more often with than any other kid in his class... but still! aww man. I always thought some moms were over-reacting when they learn their sons start to date or have crushes, now I get it!

Just yesterday he told me: "Ina's pretty... like you mommy!"

Now that's exactly what sons do and say to their moms to assure them they're still number one in their hearts...

I love my little prince. :)

More Pic Updates :)

2008-02-22T17:02:00.005+08:00

I know I update this like quarterly and with very few pictures at that. This blog was originally made for relatives and friends as well as godmothers and godfathers of Ziggy to see him as he grows up whether they're halfway around the world or the philippines.

If you want to see more ziggy pictures,check out our FLICKR account :)

Now i'm having uploading more pictures so... check out the flickr!

Making statements with his shirts

2007-11-13T15:57:00.000+08:00

Shirts sent by his grandfather from NJ. :)

GROWING BIGGER and BIGGER

2007-11-08T16:22:00.000+08:00

I know, i know. Haven't updated in ages. BUSY is not an excuse anymore. It's not even just a state i'm in within a week or a month. It's almost how I'm living now :(

oh well.. no matter how busy, i still make it a point this little one takes the number 1 spot in my priority list.

He's growing bigger and bigger! the other day while I was carrying him, I realized how LONG / Tall he's grown! his feed are now below my knees so it's difficult walking around while carrying him.

anyway, if you want to see pix of this little one (or ours in general) we have an "espresso" blog. Short, simple but strong hahaha

A mobile blog (thanks to our Sony Ericsson phones :p).

here are some other pix of the little one. :)

Stoy Story! :)

2007-02-10T08:51:00.000+08:00

That's what he calls TOY STORY :)

been a long time since this blog's been updated... in case you were wondering, here's Ziggy in all his cuteness when he saw these outside Toy Kingdom at The Block (SM North Edsa)...

Couldn't get enough of "MISTEYHED" (Mr. potato head) =D

And had to kiss Tigger before we leave :)

Toddler Wears Barong

2006-07-26T17:46:00.000+08:00

My grandparents celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary last April... we had a big celebration with all of us wearing formal attire... including Ziggy of course :) I know i'm too back logged in posting here but it's never too late if it's all pictures as HANDSOME as this!

walking the runway.. kuno.

dressed down to his Sando while mom and dad finally get to eat!

Sorry for the Inconvenience

2006-05-14T13:20:00.000+08:00

it's been a long time since we've last posted anything here... Ziggy's been a big, cute, cuddly, active and oh so playful toddler. he's almost on his "terrible two's" stage so we can sometimes not control him what with all of his quirks, dramas and silliness. but we love him more each day he calls us "mima/dada".. we love him more and more everytime he learns new things to do/songs to sing/words to say.... he knows how to count from one to ten already! he knows how to do the complete actions to "twinkle twinkle little star" and he knows how to say "ayaw" when i'm getting him out of the bathroom to dry him from his bath.

he's just adorable and still am the proudest mom i know :p

Where's Ziggy?

2006-03-07T21:08:00.000+08:00

THERE HE IS! :)

2006-02-06T12:07:00.000+08:00

Just to give you some photo updates of ziggy...

More of Ziggy-making-faces!

that's all for now! :) more pix soon... :)

In case you wanted to know..

2005-11-19T12:55:00.000+08:00

Here's Ziggy's Xmas Wishlist :)

Random things

2005-10-21T15:35:00.000+08:00

Another batch of Ziggy pix for the past 2 weeks :)

A day at mommy's workplace...

check check...

oops, corrections..

yes boss?

ok.. more work to do.. let's get it on!

The day i went out Partying!!

hmm.. what are these lights?

hey.. it goes with the music's beat!

and it's good dancing with both!

hey mama.. i think i'm gonna enjoy doing this!

Dad!!

dad... not in public!

just one kiss ziggy...

ok but nobody should see me!

Ziggy do thu' dance!

Yeah!

Driving Lessons

2005-10-06T13:06:00.000+08:00

Learning the ropes on driving...

And traffic / road signs...

Small Steps... Big Dreams

2005-09-27T14:17:00.000+08:00

BMW exhibit @ Rockwell Powerplant Mall, Makati. 09.25.05 01:30PM

oh yeah.. hahaha he's been loving DRIVING Ever since he could say "dry-dry" meaning Drive-drive. he actually got a car like this (a porsche haha) on his birthday from my Officemates...

He better save up for his own and not ask from us haha :p

The Answer

2005-09-23T11:08:00.000+08:00

Yup! that's his tummy :)

He was actually hiding from me that time..

he ran to the closet.. went inside and waited for me ... giggling as if i couldn't see or hear him! :)

his tummy's too big to hide heheheh

Guess What This is!

2005-09-16T15:23:00.000+08:00

Entertaining Guesses anytime just post it on the tag-board or the comment box :)

We're shipping!

2005-09-10T10:51:00.000+08:00

And I'm taking YOU with me!

First Trip to the Zoo!

2005-09-09T14:29:00.000+08:00

Ziggy's first Zoo trip :)

Ziggy loved the birds.. he tried to hold their claws.. he was curious about the snake also but i think he didn't know what it was and what he was to do about it..

more pix.. click the pic :)

Look Ma! no Hair!!

2005-08-17T14:57:00.000+08:00

oh no...

huh?

mommy?

no hair!

Daddy too!

hmm.. but i don't know why..

baldy and son!!

daddy can't stop staring.. as if he's not a baldy!

i guess he loves it.. :)

so does mommY! :)

Dextrosed

2005-07-30T09:05:00.000+08:00

dextrosed
Originally uploaded by zizzy.

This is where i've been the past couple of days..

Ziggy started getting warm Saturday night when hubby and I got back from the mall. He continued having the fever, plus he had very soft poop so we all thought it was because of his new upper front tooth.

Sunday and monday came and his fever still hasn't subsided, only when he drinks paracetamol. Monday night his fever went up to a 39.5 Celsius which caused much more alarm for me.

Tuesday morning hubby and I brought him to his Pedia, who turned out to be out of town and the reliever is also absent! so instead we decided to go to St.Luke's and just look for an HMO accredited pediatrician for him. By this time he was already looking so droopy and frail and not in the mood for anything at all. He was just quiet and staring, lying his head on our shoulders. This was not him at all. Ziggy, even at the highest point of a fever, is always active. he plays and smiles and even runs around and laugh.

Since sunday night, he couldn't eat anything, nor could he drink much milk.. he was vomiting almost everything he takes in even his medicine!

after the doctor heard all of this, she asked me to just have him admitted and get some tests done to check immediately what happened to him. With the Dengue fever becoming a big problem in Luzon especially for the same week, i couldn't risk anything. Thank God for my office's HMO!

All those times he was crying and whining.. probably couldn't handle the pain or discomfort he was feeling :(

and when the doctors had to put him on IV to avoid dehydration, i cannot explain just how hard it is to see your little one being put on the needle.. he was crying and looking at me with pleading eyes as if saying "mommy please get me out of this!" i swear i almost cried but i didn't.. he might cry all the more.

As soon as they were done taping the IV and all, i had to carry him right away and hug him and kiss his red puffy eyes and comfort him as long as i can.

It was an exhausting experience. It's the first time Ziggy was ever hospitalized. I myself have never been hospitalized. The first time i experienced being "dextrosed" was when i gave birth, and that's it. I thank God for a good health, and i guess the reason he's giving me this health is for me to be able to take good care of my son and my husband (who's also prone to hospitalizations.. well at least he WAS).

The night we got out of the hospital was the only time i actually realized just how Physically and Emotionally drained i was. I didn't feel hunger until i got home and had dinner. I Didn't feel weariness until i got to our bed and lied down...

The little one's fine now, just experiencing some colds and stuffy nose but he's fine.. thank God.

Ziggy's coming out of the closet..

2005-07-21T16:12:00.000+08:00

Literally! :)

last night while i was getting impatient with this little one asking him to go to sleep because mommy herself is too sleepy already, he went walking around the room straight to our open closet.. he went inside, stood there while i kept on asking him to go to sleep already. Whenever i call his name with a stern voice he'd shake a bit like i startled him as if he's guilty of doing something. after a minute... here's wha he did..

and insisted he stayed..

but of course.. mommy wins!

that's my little prince's story!

a year old!

2005-07-06T10:30:00.000+08:00

finally the party is over and it was a complete success :) we were able to pull it off and we enjoyed it a lot!! :)

click on the pic to view more pics of Ziggy's bday.. will go on the details sometime soon :)

We're almost there!

2005-06-07T09:13:00.000+08:00

After sleepless nights...

cute smiles

Thousands of pictures

hundreds of diaper changes

tons of milk

countless laughters and cuteness...

HE's Finally turning one!!! :)

We enjoyed summer!! :)

2005-05-17T11:49:00.000+08:00

wanna see?

Ziggy's gift

2005-05-08T08:22:00.000+08:00

Last night, we went to Saisaki-Dad's-Kamayan for a dinner buffet with my mom-in-law and sis-in-law.

Ziggy, was there of course. He was enjoying the place, the food and the Mariachi (spl?) band going around the tables... When the band reached our table, they started playing and singing right beside Ziggy. He was of course, enjoying it. He loves music.. every now and then, at the middle of the song he'd clap his hands, much to our delight, as well as the bands.

After the band finished, we started our dinner, Mom and sis-in-law went to the line of dishes to get their food. Hubby and I on the other hand were transfering ziggy from one end of the table to the other end. When i got him from the high-chair, i felt his pants were wet.. i thought we spilled something from the table..when i looked to check.. oh god.. poop was spurting out of his diapers and shorts. It even got to his back already! and we have no idea how!!!

Had to hurry to the bathroom and remove all "hiya" because i had to give him a quick shower/wash since the poop was all over his bumbum, back and legs! it was grosssssss... but, that's just a tiny part of what mom's have to do! :p

nice Mother's Day gift huh?

Ziggy's weekend

2005-04-25T15:23:00.000+08:00

I Tell yah.. this kid has more "Life" than his parents.. heheheh

Saturday, he went to his great grandfather's reunion.. he was cool.. chillin at the top cottage of the resort.. enjoying the strong winds and watching the kids playing on the pool.. :) cuteness of this child..

Also, he just attended his first children's party last sunday.. he had lotsa fun during the games/entertaining part.. and was all lax and just chillin' when we were all eating.. he was also just chewin on a piece for french fry .. watching all the other people and kids around him.. he was fun! He was very much interactive and attentive.. he listens and watches the puppet show .. the magic show.. etc and he was even clapping and blabbing with the host/puppeteer..
AND despite the fact that he can't really join the games.. he was still there! (with daddy carrying him.. and actually playing the game) heheheh.. he won most of the times! and now we have a bag of new toys mostly beach toys!

With Daddy.. playing Parlor Games

Don't they look like twins? that's the celebrant (Mowjee) and Ziggy)

Look at him so attentive and participative!

oh.. and Note the Hair.. it's not too noticeable there because it was too windy.. but he has very short bangs that look like a separate section of his hair/head. hehehe

First Haircut!

2005-04-21T13:08:00.000+08:00

i got home tuesday afternoon to the sight of Ziggy's umm.. uneven... indescribable hair!

Apparently my dad was getting too annoyed by his hairs/bangs covering his eyes that he cut them! himself! without even asking for help from my mom!!!!!

I was supposed to wait for him to turn a year old (tradition/pamahiin's sake) and to have pictures taken when his hair is being cut! and i was going to keep his hair to put in his baby book!

well.. fine my mom kept his hair.. but he still looks funny..

we haven't had the chance to take a picture.. but i'll be posting for sure.

*sigh* ziggy looks like one of the beatles right now heheheh

Enjoying Summer

2005-04-13T13:54:00.000+08:00

Look at how this little chum's enjoying his summer :)

eating whatever gets near that cute little but deadly mouth of his..

riding big bags (from tita Nadj!)

attending and WOW-ing at weddings.. (coz daddy's part of the entourage!)

catching my toys in my new big portable pool! (oops.. that's my BumBum!)

enjoying a nice fluffy froggy robe after swimming!

well.. letting mommy use me as her live doll! :p

Ain't that sweetums pretty?

Missed me?

2005-03-28T10:40:00.000+08:00

here's everything Ziggy for all those days missed blogging about him :D

Oh yes.. if you still didn't know.. I'm CRAZY about this little boy :) I'm loving him more and more everyday.. he's got something new for mommy everyday! sometimes we even worry we might be spoiling him too much.. God, we hope we won't spoil him too much that it'll be hard to control him when he gets a little bit older..

anyway.. enjoy the Ziggy-ness !

playboy

2005-03-06T12:05:00.000+08:00

playboy
Originally uploaded by zizzy.

look at that playboy hehehe

he's soooo playful right now. all he wants to do is bend, curve and slide, bounce, stand, pound, pull and eat everything.. oh and of course.. he loves to laugh :D

latest cute pic

2005-03-06T12:01:00.000+08:00

commercial model material
Originally uploaded by zizzy.

look at that cutie.. my mom bought a new phone.. a camera phone and guess who's in all of her photo galleries??

mother earth's request

2005-02-12T12:33:00.000+08:00

sorry for the delay... ziggy's honorary "ninang" has been asking for this a long time now :)

ziggy attended a wedding with mommy and daddy... since the invitation said dress code is formal... here's ziggy's getup!

correction

2005-02-07T11:28:00.000+08:00

We HAVEN't Found a Yaya..

the yaya we found.. left after 24 hours... saying he misses her cousin / bestfriend too much and she's lonely..

umm.. ok. our house isn't that lonely.. and we're all friendly happy noisy people! and ziggy's just the cutest!

oh well.. to anybody reading this.. HELP! we need a HELPER or Yaya ASAP!

the little one

2005-02-01T09:12:00.000+08:00

Little Ziggy's been sick...

Friday til sunday He's been having fever on and off ranging from 37.something to 38's.

He's still having "sinat" up to now, Tuesday.

We brought him to the hospital already for check up but the doctor can't figure out what's wrong -- he's still an active baby despite his fever!

we're going to have some lab tests of his body fluids (i.e. urine :D) later or tomorrow to find out what exactly is wrong.

help us pray he'll be fine :)

Oh.. and oh! we FINALLY FOUND A YAYA! Weee! hehehe

We'll be posting some pics of him in his "barong" by the way.. we attended a wedding sometime last month and he wore a Barong.. with Curduroy pants! :p

what ziggy'y been up to (part 2)

2004-12-20T04:13:00.000+08:00

since i can't really enumerate every single thing ziggy does everyday... (coz everything's just adorable for a parent..) i'll let these pictures again, do the talking. :D

Trying his best to eat his feet...

Enjoying his bath time...Too much!

Eating his rubber fishy fishy with much Gusto..(he's teething)

Eating his rubber ducky.. with much more gusto!

Giving out the biggest smiles for the camera!

Making porma by wearing curdoroy pants eheheh

OK.. i'm not really sure what he was doing here.. but we thought it's HILARIOUS! it's like HALLELUHIAH!

Enjoying his first ever Royal Bathtub Experience (i'm saying Royal coz this was in a Hotel hehehe)

Enjoying his First stay at a Hotel.. HE LOOOOVED IT! didn't take time for him to warm up in this place..

Posing... errr i mean goofing around with Daddy!

Playing by the poolside with Mommy (i was introducing him to a BIGGER bathtub hehehe)

Of course.. as expected .. HE LOOOOOVED THE WATER and the Pool!

Ziggy's daily life...

2004-11-19T04:03:00.000+08:00

I'll do a photoblog... updates on what ziggy's been up to these past few months..

He's 4 and a half months old already.. getting real big! :)

here goes.

Ziggy's been -- trying to sit by himself

... trying to catch and talk to his bright colored jungle animal friends on his mobile
...trying on new (and apparently bigger) clothes

grubbin and grubbin!

posing for the camera.. or at least wondering what that flashy thing is heheh

...having heart to heart talks with daddy...

.. and kicking him when he gets too silly even for me!

So there goes... hope you enjoyed!! :)

4 months and still growing!

2004-11-04T22:08:00.000+08:00

He's growing so fast and we barely notice it!

Happy 4 months to my little prince :)

pictures recently uploaded at FLICKR

some things never change...

2004-10-22T08:45:00.000+08:00

then...

and now...

More pictures!

2004-10-05T08:18:00.000+08:00

I've uploaded new pictures on shutterfly and flickr. The one labeled 3rd month pix on the "feast your eyes" part of the side bar has new photos... and for those who have flickr accounts... you can check his pictures there as well :D

it's under my account name -- zizzy.'

here's a preview :D

3 months old!

2004-10-01T09:24:00.000+08:00

Yey! Ziggy's 3 months old today.

He's had a lot of improvements already..

He can carry his head now.. which we all think he's enjoying because everytime we hold him by his armpits thats when he starts his laugh trips :) (for all of you who haven't heard this boy's laughter... ummm you HAVE TO! heheh)

Speaking of which.. he laughs now. Not just those random we-don't-know-why-he's-laughing laugh but real laughs!

He likes watching Sesame street videos.. he especially likes Elmo. He starts talking when he hears elmo talking! Sesame street is his Pacifier and lullaby.. :D

He's VERY MUCH interactive! he's like a little toy that reacts to everything you say or do!

Oh I'm loving him more everyday! His cries and coo's are starting to sound like a toddler's little by little... sometimes i even feel like it's a bit too fast that he's having these improvements.. but there's nothing wrong with that :)

Later... I'm cooking chicken mushroom white sauce on linguine. :D

Music to MY EARS.

2004-09-30T07:44:00.000+08:00

I finally learned how to add audio to this blog! yey!

now i can share with you all of ziggy's experimenting with his voice.

Music to my ears. The most wonderful stress reliever... its even less than a minute but it relieves hours and hours worth of stress. :D

I'll be changing the audio files so just keep coming back for more of his cute voice and infectious laughter.. (and his dad's hehehe)

My little Justine Timberlake

2004-09-23T03:40:00.000+08:00

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Originally uploaded by zizzy.

looky looky at this cute little baby! :D hahah he's hip and he's hop.. he's my little JT! :p

We were looking for some cheap long-sleeved shirts his size about 3 weeks ago and we were only lucky to find 3! (can you believe nobody here makes much long-sleeved shirts for babies?? i wonder why..) Anyway, this last one we found was the LAST piece. They don't have any bigger size, but hubby wanted to get it (it has SOCCER printed on the front and hubby's a soccer fan/player) i thought it would fit him at least for a month..

Can't believe how fast kids grow! I guess this might be the first AND LAST time he'll be wearing this..

he's still cute :p very cute! while we were taking pictures of him, we were trying to make him smile.. and he was just staring. after hubby took this picture, he LAUGHED! a SINISTER LAUGH! sort of like saying "hahah! fooled you again! now I'm smiling!" Sure enough.. we couldn't catch him smile anymore after that! *sigh* this little rascal of mine...

Balikbayan Box

2004-09-22T22:04:00.000+08:00

Last weekend, we went to Ziggy's Mima ( short for Mini Mama -- that's what his paternal grandma wants to be called hehehe)anyway, when we got there, there was this big balikbayan box... and Mima just said -- This is all for you Ziggy!

Ziggy's paternal grandpa sent him stuff.. and i mean a lot of stuff from the US! there are toys, clothes, gadgets (monitors and carriers and all those things WE all never had :p ), oh and a lot of BLANKETS! some were new some were hand me downs from ziggy's second cousins there..

It was more fun for us than him of course. What does he know about a balikbayan after all?

here's Ziggy Enjoying it all :D

Word-Up!

2004-09-11T02:34:00.000+08:00

Ziggy's barely 2 1/2 month old... but maaaannn.. he's grown a lot..

From our last pediatrician's visit.. these are his stats:

Weight: --- 12.9lbs (birth was 7.6lbs, 1st month 8.7lbs)

Length: --- 22.7in (birth was 18.4)

he's able to hold his head for short periods of time especially when he's lying on his tummy.. he can see more than just shadows and lights and patterns. he can recognize faces :)

He's been the most talkative human being in our house lately. He doesn't just coo now.. he talks! well.. of course they're mainly baby talk.. but it's amazingly cute! most kids don't start their baby-talking until they're around 3 or 4 months. But I'm proud to say I've got a smart kid!

I've brought him with me to my office when i need to get and do something real quick. Or after going to his pediatrician, we drop by the office to visit his fans -- my team. And everytime he's here, he's like the boss of everyone. He talks to anyone who talks to him and greets everybody with a HUGE and CHARMING Smile. it's as if he knows what he's doing...

I keep telling them.. "My baby's got you all under his control.." They panic when he cries.. they all start trying to baby talk him.. or make him smile.. give him goodies or whatever. Now that's my baby! heheh And he doesn't care if this face doesn't look too familiar.. as long as this face is smiling at him.. he will smile back and talk a bit..

Oh, and this crib mobile my team gave him for his baby shower -- he's loving it.. its got three stuffed animals in it and they go up and down the twirling mobile... and everytime he hears the music playing (or sometimes just the sound of the knob turning) he looks up and smiles and talks to his "jungle friends" (well the box says "jumpin jungle mobile" hehehe).

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He got his 2nd shot of vaccines today by the way.. He is again my brave little prince! his first shot when he was only a month old. he cried like.. a second and he's quiet again.. then today.. he was sleeping while the doctor was giving him the shot.. but he didn't care. He only started crying when he was awaken by all the pressing on his thighs where the cotton with alcohol is.. I think he got irritated that we woke him up.. hehehe

When we got home though.. he was crying a lot! he couldn't find a comfy position for himself.. that i had to move him here and there to help him get into a comfy position. and when he did.. well.. it wasn't much comfortable for me! but it's ok.. just want him to be comfy and AOK after that shot.. he's been such a good boy and he doesn't deserve any discomfort..

Alright.. that's it for now.. pictures are going to be updated again soon.. just a few shots we took one night when we were sooooo gigil with this boy :D

sinister

2004-09-08T06:29:00.000+08:00

This from my husband's note while i was sleeping...

while you were sleeping, after i ate my lunch, ziggy was in the sala in the
stroller being his usual wordy daldal smiley self. so while i was exchanging
grins and coos with him, i was imitating his facial expressions as well. then he
slowly squinted his eyes, crumpled his nose and opened his mouth in preparation
for a would-be monumental sneeze. So i did the same thing; squinted my eyes,
crumpled my nose and faked a sneeze. only problem is, i didn't seem to hear HIS
sneeze. so i opened my eyes, and i saw him staring wide-eyed at me with the
blankest of expressions. i said to him, "where's the sneeze ziggy boy?"then he
grinned the broadest grin i've seen on him yet and he let out the most sinister
of giggles.tuts, we've spawned a monster.an incredibly cute, deviously devilish
monster prankster to be.

Oh he's a little monster alright. Just imagine the things he's going to do weeks, months and YEARS from now!

BUT.. we're Proud Parents. More than proud as a MAT-TER-OF-FACT!

Happy 2nd Month Birthday!

2004-09-01T05:59:00.000+08:00

Ziggy's 2 month old today September 1.

I'm still thinking if I should buy something for us as a little celebration ... nevertheless.. my baby's 2month old now. Time seems so fast AND slow at the same time...

Seems fast that my maternity leave's done.. that he's 2 months old already when it feels like yesterday I was just cradling him in my arms inside the hospital nursery, learning how to breastfeed him..

Seems slow that he's still considered a "newborn".. that i still can't carry him without supporting his neck.. that i still can't have cute kiddie conversations with him.

It feels just right though, that he's right here with us. Alive, smiling and responding to every stimuli. He laughs and coos everytime he hears us talk. He smiles A LOT. he cries when he's hungry or in any discomfort. He jerks when he's startled. makes this funny face when given his vitamins. kicks and coos and laughs when taking a bath. Sleeps when tired. Feeds when hungry.

Most of all... he makes all of us happy :D

Happy 2nd month birthday Ziggy!

2004-08-26T12:02:00.000+08:00

You make bathtime lotsa fun!

poopeedoo

2004-08-26T11:52:00.000+08:00

Just a little anecdote .. one of hundreds to share with you...

Ziggy's now taking full baths.. well he has been since his cord fell off. we put lukewarm water in his bath tub and he's ENJOYING it a lot! he likes splish-splashing and he's just constantly smiling a lot while taking a bath! This is of course a really good thing. Most babies hate taking baths... or most babies cry a lot while taking a bath... our little ziggy's the exact opposite though.

About 3 weeks ago while ziggy was there enjoying his little bath tub.. trying to splish splash more with his kicking legs.. we decided to let him play a bit longer. After about 2 minutes, I decided he's played and splashed enough. So eventhough he's still in a very happy kick-y mood in the water, I had to take him out before he gets cold.

Right before I stood up to get him.. there was this low fountain of warm yellowish liquid...

yup. He peed! On his tub! While he was there!

This then prompted us to get him out of his tub faster. BUT! IT WAS TOO LATE...
When my hand was in the water under his neck.. some yellowish goo started to bounce up towards the surface of the water.. Poop.

Yep.. he pooped in his tub.. while he was still in it.

And our little devil was showing a big grin ALL THE TIME! hahha he's our angel.. and our little devil at the same time..

anyway.. we had to bathe him all over again! and he still enjoyed it... i guess he did that on purpose.. hahah

2004-08-17T12:54:00.000+08:00

Ziggy with mommy on my first road trip to Pampangga :)

2004-08-17T12:52:00.000+08:00

Our first Family Picture :) aren't we just sooo cute? eheheh

2004-08-17T12:51:00.000+08:00

oh the cuteness of ziggy...

2004-08-17T12:50:00.000+08:00

busy watching elmo...

2004-08-09T15:30:00.000+08:00

it's all about cheekbones...

2004-08-09T15:29:00.000+08:00

contemplating the complexities of infancy...

2004-08-09T15:26:00.000+08:00

whatcha lookin at?

2004-08-09T15:25:00.000+08:00

pouty trained

2004-08-09T15:24:00.000+08:00

thru the looking glass

2004-07-09T10:39:00.000+08:00

Here's our baby boy Zion Garrett Nakpil Castillo :)

2004-07-09T10:36:00.000+08:00

Right out of the delivery room with Proud Proud Daddy Arch and Dra. Adan ... squirming as if he wants to get out of that blankie already.

2004-07-06T15:38:00.000+08:00

Hello World!!!

gettin' dizzy...

2004-06-17T15:07:00.000+08:00

Thursday afternoon.. mommy's getting dizzy.. started around 1pm..

I thought it was only because I was getting a bit hungry. so I had a few Sunflower Crackers.. still dizzy..

Getting dizzier by the minute. Texted your daddy about it. He got home early since he was able to finish work early.. he was watching harry potter and the chamber of secrets..

I took my lunch at the office's pantry, while daddy was on his way to get to me..

He got here, and i'm still feeling dizzy. really dizzy. He called the doctor, unfortunately she was delivering a baby.. I looked for a nurse in the office in case my BP's gone up, but there was no nurse available!

I'll be finishing work ASAP and going home.. maybe a little rest will do. or maybe you're coming out soon..

hmm.. we're all wondering.

People in mommy's office are asking and anticipating it already.. everybody's excited already...

baby? when will you come out and see us? :)

Mommy's Bored...

2004-06-16T14:28:00.000+08:00

It's the 17th of June..

a Week ago, we had our 2nd ultrasound and found out I'm on my 38th week as opposed to our first ultrasound which would say i'm only on my 36th week. I have been having contractions sunday and tuesday, june 6 and 8 making us all think little ziggy's coming out... Wednesday, mommy and daddy decided to skip work, in case you do come out..

but then wednesday, everything was fine. I was feeling better than ever. I could walk around wearing a smile and not a tinge of pain on my tummy or abdomen...

day after day everybody.. and I mean everybody's anticipating little ziggy's birth. But it's been 10 days since. and no sign whatsoever of little ziggy..

been to the doctor twice already, she said you've dropped down my pelvis but it's still closed. BUT it can open up anytime now.. optimum would be next week according to her.

Daddy's a hopeful Father's Day Celebrant on Sunday... Hoping you'd be born anytime before Sunday or maybe even on sunday!

Mommy's getting bored.. tired and lazy to go to work.. I can feel your weight on my hips and it's sooo damn heavy already... I feel random pain on my abdomen at work or at nights when I'm just about to snooze peacefully...

*sigh* I wonder when lil ziggy will be born..

Everyday or at least as much as I can.. i'll try to write something on this blog. until you come out and greet the world.. I'll write how I'm feeling. What everybody's doing to prepare for your coming.. how everybody's excited to see you already..

I can't wait to meet you. You have no idea how daddy's been praying and smiling silly whenever I complain of pain on my tummy (thinking I'll go into labor soon!) ... so come out come out now! :D