traveling with my son-shine

Just came home from a 2 month vacation in the Philippines with my little son-shine, i can say it was a blast.....but no matter how you carefully planned and prepared your trip, there's always disaster in a way......well, in my case, traveling with my 1 year old son for the first time in the plane ( i think its one of the most feared moments to all mommies and daddies who's traveling with an infant ) down to the philippines. I researched and planned before we fly down the do's and don'ts, what to bring and what not, but no matter how well prepared i am, its still a disaster. He cried for mostly the entire trip, he fall asleep when he was exhausted from crying and then when he woke up he'll cry again, he was like that on and off for 13 hours of our flight, what a way to ruin other passenger's trip huh? For my son, its not because of earache but because he is not used of seeing a lot of people surrounds him, but the big factor was the sound of the engine, it really scared him.......but when we got in manila, as we got the connector flight going to davao, i was so amazed how calm he was, maybe because he was familiar inside the plane and the sound of the engine, it was an hour and a half smooth flight, my little angel was calmly resting in my arms until we landed the davao airport.

I wasn't so afraid for our trip coming home because i was a bit confident that he will behave in the plane. Indeed, he was totally an angel. In our flight going down, he didn't poop at all, i just changed his diaper twice for wet ones at the changing table located at the bulkhead area where i was seated. Our trip back home was not that bad actually, he was smiling all the time, playing his toys when he's awake and the best part was, he was sleeping for like about 8 hours for an 11 hours flight.....oh what a lovely trip, except one thing......again, disaster is on the way....i never expected that he was so afraid of the washroom in the plane as it was so small. This time, he pooped twice, so i had to go to the washroom to changed him, oh he was really screaming when i put him down at the changing table, because he was so afraid, he didnt lay down and i had a hard time wiping his bum, and then he vomited, right at my front top, perfect huh? and when i'm done trying to clean my shirt, he peed on my pants and shoes as i forgot to put on his diaper trying to clean my self....what a perfect trip for mommy.....just so thankful that there was a cologne there.... and when we got out from the washroom, he was smiling and hugging mommy again......i was just smiled, laughing inside actually, no matter how you tried to make your trip smooth and disaster free, there's always unseen things happen....i can say there's no such perfect trip when you got an infant with you travelling......ah well, it doesnt matter, my son enjoyed the flight back home, he was smiling and hugging mommy all the time, thats all that matters....one thing i'd learned, bring extra clothes for you and not just onesies for babies, expect that there's always unexpected things to happen when travelling.

Douglas Baptism and 1st birthday celebration

And He took the children in His arms, put His hands on them and blessed them. --The Bible. Mark 10:16

I'm proud to announce that last sunday the 20th of february our little angel was baptized, rest assured he'll be in God's care forevermore. At the same day, we celebrate his 1st birthday too since his birthday is on the 21st. It was a blast even though the party was a little chaotic in the kitchen part, thanks to my comares for not letting me down and helping me serving really yummy foods to our friends, it wont be possible without them. The highlight was of course in the church. i love looking at my son in his little tuxedo in white with the Mother Mary holding baby Jesus and the shining Eucharist embroidered in the vest, and a white shoes. At that day, it was just him who was baptized, so the church was all ours, oh it was perfect! I will always cherish this moment forever :) I love you Douglas, you are mommy and daddy's God's miracle, our precious gift!

trying to wean my baby from his pacifier

Douglas is almost 11 months now, i'm trying to wean him from pacifiers, i want him off from his paci before his first birthday, and i read too that its not good for the teeth......i tried to lessen giving him his soother during the day but he cant sleep at night without it......so any ideas? anyone?

my little angel's first christmas

My little man...

Daddy's little guppy :)

First christmas of my little son-shine. He just turned 10 months a few days ago, more active as i thought. He is more aware of what's happening in his surroundings now, love to watch those christmas lights flashing and likes the decors that i hang around the christmas tree and of course love to grab all of it. He can stand now without holding onto furniture and trying to learn walking slowly hand's free. He can say mama and papa now but mostly babbling sound which is loud, not kidding, it is loud, hmmm i guess he will be a singer then (mommy's wishful thinking hehe), i hope he will be like his lolos (grandfather) both sides that really has a nice voice....time flies so fast, he usually love to sleep with me in the bed early in the morning, i used to take him out from crib and transfer to my bed around wee hours, but it changed just a few weeks ago, he is more comfortable sleeping in his crib whole night till he wakes up, i missed it though :(.....my baby is a little boy now, he wants to be alone sometimes and play......i was waiting for this moment, to be independent, not wanting mommy all the time.....but now that is happening, i feel sad :( i know, i'm weird hehe....its just that i missed the times he wants me to cuddle him all the time.....baby grows so fast as i always say, enjoy and treasure every moment with him......

my little man's first halloween

My Little son-shine had his first halloween, too bad we never went out for trick or treating as he has still runny nose from colds, well, he wont enjoy it yet anyways, he is just 8 months and almost 2 weeks old...if we did, just mommy and daddy will enjoy the treat for sure :)...

At the same day, Douglas starts crawling in is knees and after a day he tried walking a few steps while holding onto the furniture. We are just so amazed how fast he is. Now, he is more curious, more into exploring objects, when he see some of his toys like the rattles, he will really look into it, tried to shake several times, maybe he's wondering when he shake the rattle, it makes a sound. Now he is fascinated and enjoyed playing his toys, especially the ones that has a sound. Gosh! babies grows so fast, just few months away my baby will be a toddler. Now i have to enjoy every moment with him and try to catch every developmental milestone he developed every month.

Douglas

My name is Douglas, and i am 7 1/2 months old

Thats my daddy, and I love him so much!

He makes me laugh all the time, he is my clown..hehe...

reading a story book for my baby

I started reading a story book for my precious son since he was 3 months old, he enjoyed and loves it very much, i know at that age, babies doesn't understand it yet but the sound of your soft voice is soothing to them, its an important stimulation too, when you read a book, they will see the illustrations, they will be familiar with the shapes, numbers, colors and letters. He will learn to listen, memorize, and helping his vocabulary too, i know he's too young to learn how to talk yet but early as possible is the better, reading aloud will stimulate their hearing. According to the author of kidshealth.org site that i stumbled upon, it says there that hearing words helps to build a rich network of words in a baby's brain. When you start early, babies will talk early too and loves book and will carry it until they grow old.

But i stopped reading him a book when he was 5 months old, well, my fault, i was so busy trying to lose weight and i took the time in exercising. Now, i realized, i shouldn't do that. I tried to rread him again started last week, i admit, it was frustrating, it seems he is not interested anymore, i regret what i did, well, its not too late, he's still a baby and lots of room for learning, well, i'm trying even though, now when i tried to read him a book, he will turn his head away, but i know, for him its new again, pretty soon, just few days more, he will love books again for sure.. :)