Gastro Scare

I woke up with a tummy ache this morning and spent some 30 minutes in the loo. At first, it just felt like I had some trapped gas inside me then later on I felt like I was going to have LBM already.

I was super scared because I was really in pain and didn't know what to do. I wondered for a long time if I needed to wake hubby up already to bring me to the hospital, which I didn't want because it would be an unwelcome expense. I was worried about another gastro case like the one I had with my first pregnancy, where I actually ended up in the ER and later got confined for 3 days.

Plus, I knew Pappie was super heavy with workload so being hospitalized would be a major inconvenience... and then i'd remind myself that it's not like I wanted to be sick. Talk about going crazy and being racked with so many concerns while also trying to pass gas/poop.

I am a lot better now though... tummy's weird still however.

Disciplining Difficulties

The problem with reverse psychology is that NO doesn't stop your child... for this particular day, I failed to stop him from drinking his bath water. And I went ballistic without meaning to.

Was telling hubs last night that peers with three-year olds are also all lamenting about how much more trying things are... terrible 2's are really nothing.

Heaven knows I try my best to talk to him, bond with him, explain to him. Heaven knows I try as much as possible to give him choices. But gawsh, gawsh, gawsh, I am really at my wits' end.

Can I still invoke pregnancy for the lack of patience?

Sigh.

I need grace and wisdom right now to steer my son in the right path... and make the most of the remaining time we have left before his brother takes up so much of my time.

A Sad Story

One of hubs' colleagues recently lost her mother. I've hung out with the girl several times and knew how awful it was for them to watch her mother die slowly from all my hubby's stories.

Anyway, what I only just found out was that the girl's sister lost her baby weeks after they lost their mother. Chances are, the stress of watching their mother waste away didn't help. really, really felt bad for them and wonder if I should send personalized note cards to them to extend my sympathies.

It's really heartbreaking to have one great loss after another. So i'm really praying for that mother.

Hubs told me this when I wondered aloud why I couldn't feel Yamee as much as I did Yakee around the same time. It frustrates me so not to have hubby able to feel him kicking and all yet... not that am not getting hurt already by Yamee's turning and stretching. It's just that Yakee was more active and I wondered if Yamee's really small for his age inside, 'coz I was polyhydramnios with Yakee but felt his every move... his every hiccup.

Payday Loans: The Best Way to Solve Your Immediate Financial Needs!

If you have a pressing and stressing immediate financial need, then payday loans can be your solution. The advantage of such facilities is that they will be easily obtained so long as you have a monthly salary and a bank account. The money lenders will give you the amount you want within a few days and you will pay after receiving your salary. The fees that they charge are not so high if you choose a good financial institution. You get an immediate solution to your problem and the emotional stress will be no more.

The good thing about payday loans is that money lenders will give you the money irrespective of your economic situation, provided you have a reasonable monthly salary that will enable them recover their funds. Both the low and high income earners can be helped by such credit facilities. They are not only simple to get but also quick. You should bear in mind that these facilities are not meant to be your long lasting solutions to all your financial needs but to help you for a short time.

Despite the controversies about payday loans from the public and legislators, they have remained the immediate solution to the financial needs of the customers. Can you imagine if you lose your close relative? Can you imagine if you had an accident and your salary is not yet paid? What would you do? At times even your friends fail to help you because they are in the same boat! So what remains the immediate solution is to go to a money lending institution for a cash advance. Yes the interest may be high at times but it is still better than not having anything to bail you out of your financial bondage. Take care and look for licensed organizations.

Overspending on Clothes

My boncho finally arrived yesterday! It took the courier three days before having the presence of mind to call me and ask for directions to my house. Granted, our gate didn't have a number anymore but since our neighbors' did, I think he could have deduced where I lived easily.

Anyway...

And I have placed an order for the Infinitude and Bento Box from Eden Maternity. That sets me back another P7k+. I am just telling myself that I haven't really overhauled my wardrobe for a long time and all these purchases take care of what i'd wear to gatherings, even Yamee's baptism.

But I should remember we're still saving for my delivery...

*~*

Now am off to compute how much we need for the baking we'd be doing next week.

It's Raining Free Seminars!!!

At first, we were only going to the Parentin.tv talk because there were financial and marriage topics. Plus, it's the only chance I have of ever seeing the inside of St. Luke's Global City, possibly the most high-end hospital in the country right now. A normal delivery there will set you back around P150k!!!

And then I found out that LATCH is having its Best Beginnings in Breastfeeding talk (done every other month) on September 11 too. Since I have never volunteered for one yet, I thought to make it an advocacy day and hubs said he wants to tag along (jokingly, so as to make sure I won't breastfeed any other baby).

And then, we were already planning to go to the Manila Interntional Book Fair 2010 as Adarna launches 5 storybooks. There'd be cosplay and loot bags too. This is on September 18. And then I receive a text from Mommy Academy: they are throwing a birthday bash for kids turning three!!! So, of course I registered already without telling hubby just yet. If ever, it's another jampacked day for us!!! And I am tempted to ask my friend from Adarna to reserve my son loot bags, haha.

Shucks.

But really, I love free parenting seminars and the freebies I get there. I even adore the pamphlets. Of course, am sure my hubby wishes we'd go to techie or car shows instead where he can bond with other guys over Ferrari parts and iPads but well, he'd have to find those for himself.

*~*

Got my first boncho ever!!! I love it!!!

Essential Newborn Care Protocol

This is why I am insisting on giving birth at Asian Hospital. This has been documented as having succesfully reduced infections like sepsis and increased breastfeeding success.

And breastfeeding saves lives.