Of the many things that Caleb can get from me or Rochelle, he had to get our allergies.
We just got back from St. Luke’s to have Caleb checked out. He develop this rash from around noon today. It was on and off, appearing on a part of his body and disappearing only to appear in a different part of his body. Since I know first hand how bad an allergy attack can get, I am not going to wait until he had his face all puffed up.
We had to watch it for the next couple of days if the rashes will come back, the ER doctor gave him an antihistamine which were supposed to give him once a day for 5 days. She also told us to go back to his Pedia tomorrow for a follow up and to make sure he won’t be developing any more reaction to his measles shot which he got last Wednesday. Anyway, it was that or the bits of pork he had earlier, Caleb sampled pork today. It’s going to be a process of elimination to find the right culprit.
He’s okay for now, falling asleep on the way home.
Today, we saw the sixth teeth of Caleb erupt. He has six pearly whites now.
He’s becoming more and more adventurous with food, too. I let sample some pancakes this morning, a very small morsel actually, I just wanted to see his reaction. He had some very sweet oranges at his Lola’s and a small piece of fried chicken, minus the skin, breading and all, just the white meat. He’s letting us know, too, if he likes what he’s being fed, because he’d try to grab it from you if he sees that you’re still holding some or open his mouth and wait til you feed him more. It’s a learning experience both for him and for us.
He’s adamant about the mixed vegetables flavor of Cerelac (R), he doesn’t like it, not with carrots, not with broccoli, not with potatoes. The other varieties of Cerelac are okay, we mix it with papayas, carrots, cauliflower, potatoes, even sayote (chayote). He’s also found a liking for citrus fruits (calamansi, oranges, ponkan, perantes) and apple juice which he is beginning to sip from a cup.
If only he would like vegetables as much as I do, I just hope it’s too soon to tell.
Below are pictures we took outdoors while we were enjoying some afternoon breeze and earlier the monuments of Cory and Ninoy near Manila Hotel. I took them during a stop light inside the car.
The photos were taken while we were waiting for his turn to see his pediatrician, he’s due to have his measles shot today. Like his other visits to his pedia, we were armed with the usual favorites of melodies to ‘pacify the beast’, we were ready to burst into Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star or Eentsy Weentsy Spider at his first cry. Surprisingly, and most unexpectedly, he just made a slight twitch when Dr. Quimbo poked the needle into his left upper arm, and went ahead playing with one of Dr. Quimbo’s toys.
The short version of it is that the supposed ordeal went well.
Rice is part of a Filipino’s staple food, this is why when Caleb finally found his liking for rice, it is another reason to be happy. We tried to give him rice two weeks ago but with no luck, he would just spit it out. This time with extra effort on my chop suey, we mashed up some of the vegetables (broccoli, carrots, sayote) together with the thick sauce that we put with the rice. I made sure that I put the least amount of salt and spices before we took out a portion for him. He swallowed this time. This happened last Monday night. The following Tuesday, his yaya tried to feed him rice again and believe it or not, together with apple juice he was sipping in a cup, he ate it!
It was last week that, with a little encouragement, Caleb attempts and succeeds to stand up by himself. The first time he did this was Tuesday morning, 12 January 2009 and by Sunday he was like a spring standing up and sitting down (quite violently to my wife’s horror) in his crib.
As long as he doesn’t cry, we just watch in amazement that in eight and a half months he’s reached this milestone. He’s starting to bite, too, sampling his yaya’s arm yesterday. He has two upper and two lower incisors now, from what we’ve been reading we should start brushing his teeth now.
Below are pictures I took last Thursday evening. Thank God for camera phones.
Finally, weeks after Avatar re-opened in cinemas, me and wife were able to watch it, no less than in an IMAX theatre! This is only the second movie we’ve seen in an IMAX theatre and the second IMAX theatre we’ve been in. We watched it in SM North EDSA.
I liked the movie a lot, with stunning visual effects, especially with everything popping out in 3D, much was to be liked about it. The storyline is solid, the characters are solid, with the mix of live action and CGI you can barely see the difference anymore.
I am not going to comment on the racial issues or the political undertones of the movie, they speak for themselves. The satirical approach on the topics of the movie are quite easy to grasp and an effective one at that.
If I were to ask to watch this movie again, I’d go a second time.
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.
