Potty Trainer, how much to spend?

I think my Kirsten is ready for toilet training at 18 months. She knows when she's about to pee and poop. Tinuturo nya yung diaper nya and when she felt na heavy na yung diaper nya, (minsan kahit hindi pa masyadong puno), she remove it herself. My question is, how much we should spend on this potty trainer? I want to give Kirsten a very nice one, yung musical pa nga sabi ko. We went to SM the other day and I saw this very cute and girly disney princess in pink and purple potty trainer with music which cost 2,800. Quite expensive for me na she will use for only a short period of time lang. And I saw this Fisher Price Cheer For Me Potty trainer which cost around 2,000-2,500 sa online shops. Medyo mahal din sya. My original budget was 1,500max. Of course, I wanted to give my baby something really nice, but I was thinking, is spending 2,500 for a potty trainer reasonable? How about you mommies? Should we spend or save? :)

Are you getting a Decent Night's Sleep?

Are you getting a good night sleep and getting that 8 hours sleep every night? I don't.

This is my problem since I can't remember when. I slept late.As in late like 2-3 am, minsan 4-5am. Swerte ko na If I slept by 12mn bihira lang yun pag sobrang pagod ako. kahit student palang ako. Kaya I can't wake up early. Tapos ito when we were blessed with a beautiful baby girl, I wake up often to feed Kirsten and change her diaper. Tapos marinig ko lang na umingit sya, nagigising kagad ako, and madalas ko siya binabantayan when she sleeps kasi takot ako non sa SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) good thing, tapos na sya sa ganoong crucial stage. Such a relief. Kaya I always check up on her. Tapos ngayon, takot din ako na baka nakadapa tapos yung breathing nya maapektuhan etc. Kaya hindi talaga ako nakakatulog ng tuloy-tuloy. Tapos madalas pag nagigisng ako to feed her, hindi na ulit ako nakakatulog, bumebwelo nalang ako sa morning when she's up na and si yaya na nag-aalaga, kaya I woke up late. Pero sabi ko, this is not healthy na talaga, and gusto ko alagaan ko parin sya kahit umaga saka gusto ko na maging morning person, kasi mas marami nagagawa, and ito naman talaga ang tama. Kanina, I mean yesterday, sabi ko I'll try to sleep early, magkaroon ng mas maayos na sleep and wake up early, since may lakad din kami ng maaga mamaya, gusto ko na ituloy-tuloy. So yesterday, I took 2 capsules of Sleepasil, I took it 9:30pm, sabi ko I'll sleep after I gave Kirsten medicine by 10:30 siguro I'll be sleepy na by then. Hindi ko sure kung effective talaga ito, I used to take it few times dati, and minsan benadryl lalo na pag sobrang kailangan ko, pero ever since Kirsten came kahit hirap ako matulog, hindi ko sinubukan, nagwo-worry kasi ako baka masyado mapasarap sleep ko tapos hindi ko sya marinig or di ako makabangon kagad, hindi ko sure ha, sa isip ko lang yun. Then I took it around 9:30pm, 2 capsules, and nakatulog ako ng 11:30pm. Sabi ko sige okay lang, I'll wake up around 6:30 to give med ulit kay Kirsten, may 7 hours of sleep na ako, tapos early wake up pa since may lakad kami maaga, mamaya gabi, maaga na ako makakatulog kasi maaga nagising then alam ko mapapagod ako, start na ng bagong buhay. Excited ako! :)


It's almost 5:30am and I'm blogging!! :( I woke up at 3am to feed Kirsten at hindi na ako makatulog! :( Grabe lang. :(

Anyway, I saw these on the internet.

Tips on getting a good night sleep:

Benefits:

Sa mga katulad ko na hirap sa pagtulog, hope this helps! Good luck to US! :)

Don't Grow Up Too Fast Baby

Yesterday, I was browsing and organizing our files both mine, and Martin's. I wanted a safe and secure place for it kasi most of the photos, especially Kirsten's from birth to present and our bf-gf years are all there. Treasured memories kung baga. Kaya sobrang halaga sakin/samin non. So while I was browsing the photos and videos, teary-eyed ako, I missed those times na super baby pa si Kirsten at amoy baby, amoy milk. Yung simple giggles, laughs curiosity sa paligid nya. That little peanut that I always held in my arms. She's only 1 year and 5 months now (ngayon ko lang na-realize exactly today she turned 17 months old) pero I felt like she's a litttle big girl na. Time flies so fast, parang kelan lang she's just inside my womb. Dreaming and thinking of her. Ngayon ito na hindi na mapigilan. Talagang mabilis ang panahon, I read this somewhere and this made me cry. (Credits to the author)

"I won’t always cry, Mummy,

When you leave the room,
and my supermarket tantrums,
Will end too soon.

I won’t always wake, Daddy,
For cuddles through the night,
and one day you will miss,
Having a chocolate face to wipe.

You won’t always wake to find my foot,
Is kicking you out of bed,
Or find me sideways on your pillow,
where you want to lay your head.

You won’t always have to carry me,
In asleep from the car,
Or piggy back me down the road,
When my little legs can’t walk that far.

So cherish every cuddle, remember them all,
One day Mummy, I won’t be this small.

(From ‘My Children Mean Everything To Me‘)

A Bestfriend from the past..

A "best friend from the past". WHY? Here's the story. I had this super best friend, we met and we were classmates during first year college, we instantly clicked and we became super best friends. We were more than like sisters, we call each other "utol ko", kasi to the highest level talaga ang closeness namin. We talked over the phone for hours kahit halos everyday kami magkasama, pag nagbabaon ako or sya, we made sure na for TWO. We share our deepest secrets, we exchange letters every now and then, as in parang iisa lang ang isip at puso namin. Kung baga, What I know, she knows. What she feels, I feel and vice versa. I also gave her the "notebook of my life and passion" haha! Before kasi, mahilig ako gumawa ng poems, and drawings tapos may meaning, that notebook was like half of my life, ganoon yon kahalaga sa akin, and I gave it to her. That's how much I trust and love her, that's how close we were. I only stayed for a year in that school, although ganoon parin kami, pero syempre our time aren't the same, minsan pag may labas ang barkada. Then I don't know what happened, we lost touch, and even though I still have her YM (yahoo messenger), her skype, her friendster (ito pa uso non) and I keep on sending her messages, I received no response. Minsan once in a blue moon hanggang "kumusta" lang. So I don't know what went wrong. Ako, I'm a type of a friend na super i-reach out kita para everything will get back on how we used to be, it may took years but I'll try my very best to bring back the friendship that we had. But dumating din sa point na I get tired, I don't know why, I don't have any idea pero pinaramdam nya sakin (and even sa buong barkada since MIA sya) na parang inaalis na nya kami sa buhay nya. So after years of reaching out for her, I "kind of" finally gave up. Just last month, one of her letters that was posted inside my cabinet that was there for more than 10 years now, I finally removed it, but I kept it naman. I told myself na, "this letter doesn't deserve this space anymore" anyway I haven't seen and talked to the letter sender for 5? 6? 7 years?? PRESENT: And then just an hour ago, I've been sending messages to some of my friends in facebook whose online, wala lang nangangamusta lang. Then she was online, (we're friends in FB kahit di kami naguusap, I added her pero hanggang dun lang), although sometimes I saw her online and nate-tempt ako to send her a message, Hindi ko na ginawa. For me, Im tired and done of reaching her for years and Im kind of "letting go" of her and our friendship. 

And now here we are, exchanging messages, explaining, reasons, it seems like nothing changed. (Aside form the fact that there is, really). We still talk like the way how we used to. I miss this girl so much. Maybe, yes, there is still a part of me that I wanted to bring back the friendship that we once had. :)

Mommy and Baby has a Sty :(

Kirsten has a sty (kuliti), she got it from me. :( I had this for a weak, it became swollen and it has a puss on it. I didn't know, it was my first time, didn't know din that it's contagious. :( It's itchy and painful, actually I haven't had enough sleep for 2 days tapos nakakaluha sya. I used to tease friends who had it, old tale kasi sabi nagkakaroon ng kuliti kapag nanilip ka. haha! Wala naman ako sinilipan? So since 'twas my first time and i don't know what to do, google to the rescue! :) *Apply warm/hot compress in the area 4-5x a day, for 10-15 minutes. A day after mine was healed, si kirsten naman. sorry baby. :( nakakaawa sya kasi I know the feeling of having it and knowing what she feels caused me guilt and pity for my baby. Hindi pala biro ang kuliti. So we went to her pedia and she advised us to warm NOT HOT compress the problem area for 10 minutes, 3-4x a day and apply an Opthalmic drop once a day. The medicine she gave us is FUCITHALMIC. Her sty was already swollen, feeling ko the puss will came out na anytime soon, sabi sa google, di naman kaylangan punta sa doctor BUT kapag more than 1 week na and all the eyelids were affected, then that's the time to seek help from a doctor, pero since hindi na kaya ng puso ko, 4th day, I brought her to her pedia. I applied the medicine when she was already asleep hirap kasi when she's awake malikot. ayaw nya. Kaya when one of the person in the house has a sty, we should be more careful, he/she shouldn't share things like cloth, bed sheets etc, especially pag may baby para hindi makahawa.

I was looking for a photo of a baby who has a sty from the internet, and this one made me laugh! So this is the face of a child who suffers from a painful sty. :D

Why I am Here? :) First ever Post! :)

Hi, I'm Ysa. Married last December 05, 2012.A wife, and mother of a wonderful little girl whom I gave birth last May 09, 2012. Right now, I'm a Financial Executive of Life Insurance and Investment Company. :) But, I used to worked for the government for 3 1/2 years. Environment from public and private offices we're different. But good thing I easily adjusted. Oh by the way, I was a stay at home mom for 2 years in between these two, I chose to look after my baby though she has a nanny to watch over her but I chose to witness her firsts and be with her 24/7 anytime of the day. I just wish that I can be with her all the time, but Mommy has to work. Financially and for my self growth.

During my college years, I used to blog also. Just random thoughts and events. But hindi ko sya kinareer. So this blog is meant to document the new chapter of my life. As a wife and as a mother. As a woman, as a person. Everything and anything. 

I would like to share and exchange ideas with my fellow mothers and sisters in the planet of earth. :)) I would love to have new friends. Meet new interesting human beings. :))

For comments, feed backs and anything under the sun, you may leave a comment or e-mail me ysansingson@yahoo.com