We Are Family

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Dahil super bagyo talaga tong si Milenyo, maraming poste ng Meralco ang nasira at natumba. Shempre ibig sabihin nun walang koryente at hindi pa rin malaman kung kelan magkakaroon.

Nung dalaga pa ako keber ko ba kung walang koryente. Pero iba na pala pag nanay ka na. Andami-dami kong iniisip na problema. Una shempre kung paano makakatulog sa init at dami ng lamok ang anak ko. Tapos iniisip ko kung saan ilalagay yung mga gatas…masisira yun kung hindi nakalagay sa ref. Panghuli yung tubig. Wala kaming tubig kasi di rin umaandar ang motor. Pano na?

Buti kagabi pinayagan kaming matulog sa office nila Morning.  May provision kasi sila na pwedeng matulog ang mga employees sa training room.

Nung una okay naman kaming mag-ina kaya lang by 11 pm may humiga rin dun na miss. Yung miss na ito eh ginawin so pinapatay nya yung aircon. Kami naman ni B.Boy di makatulog dahil mainit. Hindi lang yun…yung mga tao pa sa baba walang pasintabi sa mga natutulog. Ke-lakas magkwentuhan. Ano ba naman yun! In short hindi ako nakatulog.

Dahil nga bangenge ako, nag text ako  na half day muna ako today. Plano ko matulog sandali sa bahay. Haaaay! Hindi rin ako nakatulog. Yung mga squatters sa likod namin ay nagsipaglabasan dahil nga mainit at dun nagsipagtambay sa harap bahay namin. Ke-iingay din. Hindi pa nakontento sa malalakas na kwentuhan, maya-maya nagsabong pa ng mga manok. Kainis di ba?!!!!!

Kaya ako ngayon parang lumulutang sa alapaap. Ngayong gabi di ko alam kung saan kami matutulog na mag-ina.

Yung breastmilk pala ng anak ko nasa office nila Morning. Ililipat na lang dito sa office namin bukas.

Yung problema sa tubig hindi ko pa alam kung saan kami iigib.

Sana magkakoryente na. 

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Superhero ko si Manong pedicab driver ngayon. Kung hindi dahil sa kanya, hindi ako makakarating sa trabaho. Yup, pumasok ako kahit nagngingit-ngit ang bagyong Milenyo. Iniisip ko na ngang wag pumasok kasi nakakatakot ma-stranded sa opisina. Kaya lang pano naman yung mga team mates ko. A leader should always be there di ba?

Anyways, mabait itong pedicab driver na ito kasi sinuong nya talaga ang lakas ng hangin, ulan, baha at trapik. Basang basa talaga kami at sa sobrang lakas ng hangin eh feeling ko babaligtad na yung pedicab. After 45 mins nakarating din kami sa pasong tamo. Grabe eh 5 mins lang yung usual travel time hanggang dito. Mega effort talaga. Since ayoko malimutan ang karanasang kong ito kumuha ako ng mga larawan.

~  grabe ang ulan at baha (kuha ko to sa loob ng pedicab)

~ Sa sobrang taas ng tubig nakataas na yung paa.

At matapos ang lahat lahat…nakarating din ako sa trabaho. Mukha nga lang basang sisiw.

(kahapon ko pa ito sinulat kaya lang sinundo na ako ng byenan kaya di na natapos)

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We’re pretty excited as this is our first family out of town trip. I hope we will have a great time.

I’ll post our experience and photos as soon as we get back.

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Today is a very special day. It’s been 6 months since we start breastfeeding. I said “we” as Morning has given me much support that without it, it would be impossible to hit the 6 months mark.

Congratulations to us!  May we be able to extend it to one year.

We love you B.Boy and we want only the best for you. (Breastfeeding is still the best for babies up to 2 years)

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B. Boy hasn’t pooped for 3 days already and I am a bit worried. Weird, because he used to have movements 2-3 times a day. However recently, it became once a day.

I’m not sure if not having movements daily is normal. I haven’t had the chance to research until this morning. Ok lang naman pala yun, one article i read states that instead of being alarmed i should be grateful pa nga kasi tipid sa diapers. hahaha!

Anyway since worried na nga ako and B.boy hasn’t been sleeping well these past 2 days, i sent an SMS to his pedia. She asked me to insert a glycerine pediatric suppository in his rectum.

It worked…..wala pang 5 mins. Look at b.boy’s expression.

Success!!!! 

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I cried bucket of tears Sunday morning. If you are a working mom and expressing your milk to exclusively breastfeed your child, you’ll understand why.

We defrost our fridge once a week. Yaya did it Saturday night.

I woke up Sunday morning and discovered that the fridge is not turned ON. Nanlambot talaga ako kasi i have 60+ ozs of breastmilk stored. Not one survived the fateful incident and we have to throw away those 60 ozs…yes 60 ozs of liquid gold.

I was so angry that i cried and cried and cried. If you are expressing milk during your free time and office hours, you’ll understand my sentiments. Pero kahit umiyak ako ng umiyak wala na akong magagawa. I told yaya to always make sure the frige is cold enough bago ilagay yung milk. I hope she learns her lesson.

Kainis lang kasi B.Boy and I will be the one suffering the consequences. Mega effort na naman ako sa pag pump. Tapos for the past 4 days i’ve been going home during lunch time just to breastfeed.

Then i get those comments na…wag na daw ako maasar kasi accident lang naman daw yun. Haaaaaay! How could others comment things like that when they don’t know how it feels like to be in my shoes.

Buti na lang si M0rn1ng super supportive. He hugged and gave me encouraging words nung Sunday. He even brought B.Boy in the office last Monday to breastfeed.

Di bale…B.Boy and I will survive.

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