it's been more than a year since my last post here. needless to say, i have been kept busy by my dear Chloe. it has been a pretty exciting adventure for me and zayd.
to share...
we experienced the colic episode for one night. actually i don't think i can qualify this as colic? maybe more of hunger pangs? haha! she was only two weeks old then and was feeding her 1oz milk every 2-3 hours. she cried non-stop and would only stop when fed. i cried because i wanted to sleep and she cried because she was hungry. we still were not co-sleeping with her and she was on a crib next to me. luckily, zayd took over and i fell asleep. we all woke up at around noon the following day. my mom suggested that we co-sleep with her because she thinks Chloe needs my warmth (and smell haha!) beside her. so I did! and if I may say so, that was the best advice ever! :-) would you believe at that young age she would sleep at least 6 hours straight? my pedia also suggested feeding her an ounce or two more before sleep, since that will buy me more Zzzz's.
we also had a nice evening ritual that signals it's time to sleep. i read this at babycenter.com.ph -- establish a routine. i give her a sponge bath, sing to her, dim the lights (yellow light works best!), and then poof! i have a sleeping baby! that same routing carries on until now. maybe the only difference is that we play now! i'd hide behind the clothes hamper (as if I really can hide there!) and she'd smile once she finds me. zayd and i try to tire her down, but in the process, we too get tired :)
when she had her ears pierced, I was only with yaya. zayd had work and could not sneak out. dear pedia Empress did the honors. i think i was more afraid of the procedure than Chloe. she cried just for a short bit but i think i was stained for life! i swear, the next girl i have, zayd will need to be the one to take her!
she also loves the camera! for a time i shifted back to my trusty Sony Ericsson K810i (the Cybershot phone) from the Sony Ericsson X1 (first Xperia out in the market) -- that for some reason, the LCD stopped working and it was a dang touchscreen phone -- anyway, back to my story; she figured out a way to take a picture of herself. she'd open the shutter, click on the joystick button, then turn the phone/lens to her direction! viola! her first picture!
amazing how kids are more techie these days.
on her seventh month, i had to go to Singapore for a month-long project. i had the separation anxiety. i left Chloe and yaya at my mom's and zayd's mom alternately -- para walang tampuhan hehe! anyway, my mom asked me to leave an article of clothing. ewan ko if successful. so ako din i brought along her blankie haha i ended up crying every night. i could not catch her online kasi when i got home, she was already asleep. anyway, the one month was a breeze, i ended up shopping a lot for her haha!
i also had her passport taken a few months before her first birthday! it was a good time then! we were on a priority lane and it was a breeze if she did not fall asleep in the middle of the picture-taking. we should have been done in 30 minutes. nevertheless i am still thankful. this is my second good experience in dealing with a government agency. anyway, we were able to use her passport twice already since January. we went to visit Tita Beng and Tita Elaine in Singapore. fun times!
zayd gave me an ipad for my birthday last year. guess who owns it now? yesssireee! Chloe does. my ipad now has tons of Nick Jr. cartoons. she just loves Team Umizoomi.
parang lahat masaya ano? haha! i don't want to dwell on the bad stuff, i am just so thankful she is healthy and smart. sometimes i wake up in the middle of the night and i just kiss her. (oh by the way, she knows how to kiss now!) i think i have never loved anyone as much as i do her :)
sigh. dati cheesy lang ako kay zayd, now kay Chloe na bwahaha!
