Masheng Got Sick :(

Yesterday was our first time to get really worried about Masheng. First time namin syang nakitang talagang hindi okey (although she was trying to show us that she was).

Actually, days before pa lang eh, on and off na ang fever nya due to cough and colds. Napa-check up na rin namin sya last Tuesday and she's been taking medications since then. Nag improve naman sya. Actually, masigla sya at 'di na nilagnat ulit the whole day. Until, 'nung gabi nga, ayun na, nataranta kaming lahat.

At first, akala namin giniginaw lang sya. So, binihisan ko ng sweater at pajama. Kanta kanta pa kami and I was even taking her video. Akala ko antok lang sya since her eyes were so drooppy and she looked sleepy tired. Later ko lang na-realize na parang iba 'yung complexion nya, (para bang maputla na medyo nangingitim) plus wala ring kulay ang hands at feet nya. I called hubby immediately at napansin 'din nya nga na parang may iba so he called my cousin Murrey (who's a nursing grad). Sugod naman silang lahat to see Masheng and 'yung nga, kahit sila napansin na something was wrong with her. Pero kahit ganun sya, pinipilit pa rin nyang kumanta at makipagkulitan sa kanila. We decided to bring her to the hospital right away. Actually, sumunod lang ako since working time ko nung nangyari 'yun at hindi ako pwedeng basta umalis dahil kailangang ko pang magpaalam. Pinilit kong 'wag maiyak kahit sa totoo lang, sobrang worried ako. I prayed to God and tried to relaxed while thinking that she'd be ok. Right after settling things, sumugod na rin ko sa hospital, Hindi na nga ako nagbihis kaya nakarating ako sa hospital nang naka tshirt at short na pambahay...

When I got there, andun sila sa reception area. Kumarga si Masheng sa akin and asked for water. Mainit na sya that time pero sabi nila, bumaba na daw ang lagnat. Imagine, her body temperature was 39.8! Hindi namin alam, kinu-kumbulsyon na pala ang anak ko! Nasa loob daw kasi ang lagnat nya nung una kaya hindi namin narealize agad. Nataranta na rin siguro kami kaya hindi na kami nakapag first aid sa house at dineretso na agad sya sa hospital. We stayed there for maybe more than an hour. Habang andun, inaaliw namin si Masheng kasi medyo cranky and sleepy na sya. Buti na lang at nakatulog din. She got ok afterwards so we decided not to have her admitted anymore. She had a blood and and a urine test. Wala namang nakita sa blood nya. Unfortunately, the doctor found out that she has UTI so kailangan syang resetahan ng panibagong antibiotic.

at the hospital... in mama's arms

Sleepy and tired.

She's quite ok now. Although there are moments na nagiging cranky pa din. Inoobserbahan pa rin namin sya kasi baka maulit 'yung nangyari kagabi. Haaay, nakaka paranoid. Parang gusto ko maya't maya syang dalhin sa hospital just to make sure that there's nothing wrong with her.

Masheng Got the 3rd Place at Baby Central and KA

Hehe, late post na 'to... been very busy nung Holiday and with my work 'din kasi...

Anyway, here was our entry for Baby Central's first ever online baby contest (Funny Face).

Thank you sa lahat ng nag vote for my li'l girl! We didn't make it to the number one spot pero happy pa rin ako kasi out of 150 plus who joined eh, nasa 3rd place kami at kasama sa finalists! :)

Sobrang thank you talaga for all your votes especially for all your sweet and flattering comments for my little girl!

And syempre, gusto kong congratulate ang winner na walan iba kundi si Sampot. Here's her entry:

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Hihihi, o di ba? Funny and cute talaga kaya deserving talagang manalo, hehehe... Congrats ulit Mommy Kim and Sam!

Congrats din kay Baby Jazz and Mommy Glends for winning the KA Halloween contest (the cutest mummy ever!):

Hehehe, just like Baby Central, pag 3rd place 'din kami! (lucky number ata ni Masheng ang 3... hehehe). Thanks 'din po sa mga nag vote sa amin sa KA!

Marchelle's Date With Her Handsome Lolo

December 24, 2008

Since we couldn't spend Christmas with my dad, we had just decided to meet him before he headed home (Bulacan pa kasi sya umuuwi, so hindi kami madalas nagkakasama). We ate at Max's (Rob place) first then after that naggala gala muna. I was so happy to see my baby and my dad having bonding moments. Bihira kasi sila talagang magkasama.

As much as possible, I want my baby to be really close to her Lolo Papem. Nung una kasi, medyo nahihiya sya dito at parang hindi nya kilala (since bihira nga silang magkita). But lately, nakakatuwa kasi hindi na sya nahihiya at kilala na rin nya ito (like last night, she was looking at our family picture and nagulat ako because she kept on saying, "Papem, papem!" while pointing at my dad :) ). Masheng is now very comfortable with and it makes my dad really happy! :)

Our BOLT Prizes!

We finally have our prizes from the Bolt contest na! I claimed it from their office in Makati with hubby and Masheng last Monday... Nakakapagod kasi we had to wake up early pa just to go there since I work in the afternoon at medyo malayo rin ang Makati from our house.

Pero ok lang, nasulit ang pagod namin when we finally got our prizes! We got a shirt, as very cute USB hub ('yun nga ba ang tawag dun), and a BOLT stuff toy (which is actually bigger than what I was expecting).

The staff were all so nice and accomodating. Natuwa sila when Masheng said "A-choo!" (Thank you) and "Eee-hee-Mas!" (Merry Chistmas!).

When we got home, I showed Hanna our prize! Syempre, sya ang talagang winner sa contest na 'yun. I also took some pictures of her with her new baby! :)

Thanks ulit sa BOLT and for those who are behind the contest (sorry I forgot the organization/company name). Just like what I promised, we're gonna join your upcoming contests pa din!

Once more, thanks ulit sa lahat ng nag vote sa amin (sa uulitin po, hehehe).

At syempre, thanks and congrats sa baby Hana ko, hihihi, just like my other baby (MICHI) she now finally has her own shining moment... Love you babies! :)

Masheng's 5th Magazine Appearance

Yey! With Baby Mag again this time... Kahit mali ang nakalagay na name, thank you na rin, (In-ADOBE ko lang, hihi)... Sa dami siguro nang nagpapadala, minsan nagkakamali sila. So thankful pa rin ako na napili kami (wala kasi kami sa MT and WM this time so hinihintay ko talaga ang Baby Mag). It's a good Xmas present for Masheng. At least bago nag end ang year, may mag appearance ulit sya! More and more to come pa sana!

I've been waiting for it kasi nagpictorial pa kami sa house for this month's theme (not really a professional one as usual). We just used our very trusted digicam (kahit medyo Jurassic na at malapit nang palitan... yehey!), had Masheng worn her very cute Xmas outfit which I got for a very cheap price (from Rare Editions) and had her posed beside her Xmas tree (and hold some reindeers) at 'yun na, may pictiures na kami for the theme!

Thanks ulit to BabyMag! More power!

Hana and I Won the Bolt Contest! Thanks everyone for supporting us! :)

Here's our winning pic!

Sobrang thank you sa lahat nag vote sa amin ni Baby Hana (hehe, 'di ko na iisa-isahin, ang dami eh!). It means so much to me! The reason why I joined was to be able to give tribute to my precious doggies.

Actually, I originally had two entries since I have two dogs (Hana and Michi). I just removed the other one kasi I've read from their Terms and Conditions na one picture lang daw per entry. Eto 'yung pic na tinanggal ko... this picture was taken on my graduation day some years ago :)

Since ayoko namang ma-disqualified, I told Michi that I had to remove our pic from the contest (yep, I literally talked to him, hehehe) since he had a magazine appearance na naman with Marchelle. So sabi ko sa kanya, this time, it's Hanna's turn to shine naman... :)

(Marchelle and Michi on Baby Mag)

To view more of my doggies album/pictures, click here.

Or you can also view their friendster acounts:

Hana's friendster account

Michi's friendster account

Thanks ulit sa lahat ng nag vote...

Soon to be W.A.H.M!

Masheng's New Toys (from her papa)

Since my baby's so much into pretend-play games these days, her Papa bought her a set of new toys. He got her 2 sets of "lutu - lutuan!".

They're not so expensive... He got it for just 200 something (from SM Toy Kingdom). But even though they were cheap, Masheng was soo happy with it ... Look at her big smile while playing with her new toys!

Kainis lang, I was asleep when Joms gave it to her and took this picture. Hindi man lang ako hinintay, hindi ko tuloy nakita how happy she was! Hehe, hirap din ng may sobrang hands on na asawa, inaagawan ka ng role! Hehehehe...

Well, aside from this Kitchen set, Joms also bought Masheng a new stuff toy weeks ago... Guess, what that was... syempre, it's one of Masheng's most favorite characters...

It's none other than Jabeee!

Masheng's First Laptop :)

Thanks Tito Alex for this early Xmas gift!

Masheng really loves it!

Disciplining Masheng

Just like any toddlers, Masheng is starting to be a handful. She’s now becoming so independent and at most times, she loves doing and trying things on her own. She sometimes does things that drive us crazy. And mostly, she would do anything to get her way. And just like any babies of her age, she throws temper tantrums whenever she doesn’t get what she wants. It’s not that extreme though. She would just vent out her frustration by crying her heart out (which we always find so heartbreaking that makes us want to give in at most times). No much kicking and thank God, no screaming and yelling … yet.

As parents, of course Joms and I have our own way of teaching her. We try to calm her first by talking to her in a very gentle way and by trying to explain why she couldn’t have some things that she badly wants. She doesn’t understand everything that we say yet though. That’s why despite our explanations, she would just continue throwing her hissy fit testing the limit that we are giving her. Our next strategy is to just ignore her, which surprisingly, we found effective. Whenever she notices that we’re not paying attention to what she’s doing (like crying so hard to get what she wants), she most of the time stops her undesirable behavior and, she mostly finds her way to interact with us again as if nothing happened.

But of course, it’s not always an easy thing to do. There were not a few times wherein we felt that it was easier to just give in. As a mom, it’s not easy to pretend not to see or hear your poor little girl cry. But we have to be firm to make her understand that she’s being disciplined and to make her learn that she couldn’t always have everything that she wants.

Joms and I don’t have any disagreement on this; we both believe that this form of teaching works well with our baby. The problem is, whenever my family or some relatives hear Masheng cry, they would always hurriedly come to “rescue” her. I understand that she is their little darling who’s so precious (being the very first niece and grandchild, not to mention her being the only baby in the family) and that they couldn’t resist her when she’s already crying and asking them to carry her or to give her what she wants (especially when she’s calling their names as if making “sumbong”). But our strategy wouldn’t be effective and all our efforts of trying to be consistent would be useless if they would always respond to Masheng whenever she’s misbehaving. I told them that such acts must not be tolerated and that our goal is to make her understand that doing so wouldn’t help her get her way. They all said yes and agreed and I know that they really understand and get our point. But still, they find it so hard to say “no” and to simply ignore her especially when she’s continually whining and throwing her fit.

As first timers, Joms and I still have a long way to go in learning the most effective way/s of inculcating discipline to our child. Our beliefs and strategies clash at times, but I believe that no matter how different those are, our ways of teaching Marchelle will always include a lot of patience, love and understanding.