At six months old Caleb is starting to show signs of stranger anxiety, so we feel the need to take him out once in a while so that he gets accustomed to seeing people around him. This time we went to Manila Ocean Park with Lola Sion and Tita (Ninang) Marga (because Tita Marga had 3 complimentary tickets).
He sure likes the big tanks in the “Laot” area. Much later he fell asleep as we were still inside the tunnel, he wasn’t able to see the shark and ray tanks. The Mall is also open with many retail shops and restaurants to feed your hunger and satiate the shopping itch you might have.
For guest info, directions and opening hours and more, visit Manila Ocean Park’s website at: Manila Ocean Park
We received the invitation for Emjay’s first birthday party months earlier. Even though our other college friends couldn’t come to Emmark and Jeng’s first-born son’s birthday we decided to come anyway. The weather cooperated in spite of the showers and rains during the day, we were able to go and come back home dry.
I never imagined Jollibee to be so nimble! Dancing on the floor on all fours and performing a split! Or maybe it was just particularly this on.
This is the third birthday party that Caleb attends and he’s only four months old. If the trend continues we’d be attending more children’s birthday party before the year ends! I think we should slow down a bit.
At four months, our pediatrician gave us the go signal with solid food for Caleb. So, after his check up for his shot and a routine check up with his pedia, we went home with a plan in the afternoon. I picked up his mama from work around six and stopped over at SM Megamall to buy some of his stuff, especially his Milk & Wheat and Rice & Soya flavored Cerelac and a can of formula milk. For weeks now he hasn’t been pooping regularly without extra help from suppositories and we’ve brought up the issues with the doctors seeing him. We’ve tried increasing his water intake thinking it could help improve his bowel movement, but it didn’t do much. With doctors’ recommendations, we had to change formula milk brands and hoping the extra solid food in his diet could curb his irregularities back to normal. If this doesn’t work, one of his doctors recommended a Barium enema and if that comes through with something, a BIOPSY should follow to confirm! So, changing milk brands and the solid food SHOULD work.
The day following the first Cerelac feeding and one night of shifting to Similac from S-26, he finally pooped on his own.Normal poop, no diarrhea, no vomiting.The experience is complete with a red face and grunts!We couldn’t be happier seeing a yellow and greenish goo that came from his bombom.
His first feeding was enjoyable as he fills up his face with facial expressions showing his enthusiasm (or dismay) with the experience. We also need to learn these expressions and learn what they mean!
Yesterday, Caleb turned three months old, alongside his Lolo Baw, it was a double celebration with a homecooked meal of grilled liempo, kilawin, spaghetti and cake.
Together with my sister-in-law Micah, we were featured as providers in oDesk.com. Pardon the poor video/audio quality of the show below, I took it with my digital camera. It was aired last Thursday in Qtube of QTV.
By today, I would have been awake in the early mornings for 20 days. That’s 20 days of nappy changes, bottle feedings and lullabyes. It feels great being a dad. Hard but great. I know me and my wife will have to endure many more things with the new role we took on recently. Parenting has been an exciting, frustrating, delightful thing so far. I can only hope we grow with it and in it in due time, for everyone’s sake.
DOUBLESPACE.
My wife’s ob-gyne said that she should NOT get pregnant again until after three years because of the repeat caesarean section she had with Caleb John. So, family planning has to be put in place, how we do it is another question.
DOUBLESPACE.
Yesterday, we went out, got Caleb John’s birth certificate from the hospital. We had to ask for my wife’s medical/operative records for her SSS claims. I’ll be needing signatures from her ob-gyne for the paper works, I should come by tomorrow. Another errand we went for yesterday was arrange for Caleb John’s christening. We’ll be having it in a church somewhere in Timog Ave. with the reception to follow in a restaurant nearby. That’s more paper works for the requirements!
I’ll be getting some shut eye in a few minutes so here are some of CJ’s pictures as he turns three weeks old. I wish I can steal more time documenting the following weeks, something else to remember this by. I think that would be nice.
Yesterday, the 15th of March would’ve been my first born son’s first birthday. It was a day to contemplate.
I made carbonara yesterday, bought cake, with his aunts pitching in ice cream, grilled bangus and liempo and pizza. Even my mother made pancit canton. It would’ve been fun, it would’ve been grand.
Sometimes its just weird where life takes you, there was no sign warning against this bump, rather, major reconstruction of the road. I read somewhere that a child who has lost a parent is called an orphan and a losing a spouse makes you a widow/widower, but what do you call a parent losing a child? There should be something to call it.
In a few more months my wife will be giving birth, its about time to look for a church to hold the christening. We went to Paco Park to inquire if we could hold it there, unfortunately, we can’t because they DON’T! They hold weddings, Sunday Mass, but not baptismals. So, we made good with the Php 5.00 entrance fee and had a look around. I learned some things today about GomBurZa and Rizal. I had a little review of history.
Pardon the picture quality, I used my camera phone to take them.
Back of dome church, looking up
Details of pillar, is this Ionic? Can someone help me out?
