Thursday, December 1, 2011

Bad Blogger!

If being idle on blogging will be fined I might have thousands of payment already. I have been busy and lazy for the past 6 months that there's so much stories to tell. To cut short and give you a gist of my life in the past months...

Baby-related
  • I had another episode of bed rest 35 weeks on the way, I needed a 2-week time off because I really bleed
  • I gave birth via CS to a healthy baby boy at 8.6 lbs. We called him Asher Cassiel which means "Happy Angel"
  • A was circumcised before we left the hospital, it's expensive to have this operation done to a newborn!
  • I had a rough first few days at home as my baby kept on crying, which they said due to lack of milk. Que horror we gave him formula :( but still determined to exclusively breastfeed him I read and researched on latching. I never stopped trying to perfect the latch, now he is gaining weight with regular wiwi and poops.
  • I was able to let go of the formula, unfortunately Pedia told me baby is not gaining enough so back to formula again but I found out that she measured the weight from the birth weight and not the weight after we got out of the hospital! When I compared, HE IS GAINING WEIGHT!
  • We let go of the first pedia and had a visit to pedia 2 which is my nephew's doctor though as soon as we move to Paranaque we will visit a recommended Pedia by my friend who is breastfeeding-friendly
  • A had his immunization of Hepa, BCG and 6in1
  • I got myself a Lactation Consultant, Pam Magallon of Bossom Buddy, who verified that A is latching well, taught me to hand express, gave tips on diet and how to help baby gain weight.
  • On to red rice, fish and veggie. I've been cutting down on sweets for almost a week now.
  • No workout until I
House-related
  • The condo was turned over
  • We have a friend's architect friend to help us in the interior, now we're just waiting for the approval of the electrical plan . Target to move is January 2012.
Me/Hubby-related
  • Hubby and I are planning to do some baking lessons by next year. We're looking at Baking 101 classes.
  • Another goal to travel, which I hope will happen is on December of 2012... Korea!
That's how my half of the year was spent, well almost. I'm excited this month, it will be A's first Christmas! ^_^