Happy 1st Month Meg
This is going to be quick. I’m still trying to juggle work and parenting so blogging is now taking a back seat. However, I just want to do an update to record the milestone of my youngest.
Here’s us (eye bags and all) during her first month birthday last July 23. She was wide awake while I was dressing her up but by the time her Papa started shooting, she decided she’d rather sleep.
See how cute she is? I am addicted to Meg and can’t stop kissing her small mouth and chubby cheeks.
Baby Meg with her Ate Sandy. These two are just adorable I find myself looking at their photos for hours. It’s a little tricky getting Ate Sandy to behave when Meg is sleeping but she tries her best. And Meg is such a happy and behaved little angel when she’s not looking for her my milk (which is more often than not).
That’s about it for now! I’ll be back soon with more photos. We have so many photos of her that I better start creating her first year photo book. We just couldn’t get enough of her, that’s for sure.
Green Cards
Ever heard of recycled Christmas cards? At first I thought it was about re-using Christmas cards but I soon learned that they are talking about used materials. And what a great idea right? Sending “green” Christmas cards will not only make someone happy but you’ll also be helping the environment. I may try one of them this Christmas so I can do my part as well. They are really trendy and cheap – it cost as much as ordinary cards if not less. That or I could just make one of my own using recycled paper.
Thank God It’s Friday
I’ve been back to work since Thursday. I know they (boss and coworkers) are all busy but I’m happy that they didn’t automatically turn the projects over to me. For two days, I was taking it easy and just working on some minor design stuff. Luckily, it’s a Friday so just in case they are just warming up in bombarding me with design requests, I still have the weekend to get ready.
Just thinking about working again while trying to take care of a newborn is stressing me out. I really hope I can be a supermom and manage my time well. With Meg having gas so she couldn’t sleep straight and Sandy wanting attention at the same time, not mentioning the sleepless nights for the past two weeks, I believe I’m about to pass out. And so’s The Husband, I’m sure.
Working Mom
I have no clue about motorhome repairs and yet my client insists that I’ll do a better job in researching than him. I sincerely doubt that now that I have a newborn who breast feeds every hour and a half. I just can’t seem to focus anymore whether it’s a research or editing job, let alone a full blown web site design project.
It’s just like what the character of the book Yummy Mummy said, she just can’t see herself working in PR again now that she’s surrounded with nappies, baby toys, spilled baby food and the A-Zs of baby diseases. And that’s coming from someone who has a one year maternity leave. Anyway, I still like to work but if I had to choose between working, eating or sleeping, I’d always choose a solid 2-hour nap.
P Series
I want a Sony VAIO P series in pink. Why? Because my DELL Studio 17 is just too big for my lap. I’d rather not bring it to travels/out of town trips if I can help it. Not only it takes up so much space, but all my most important files and projects are stored there. As much as possible, I try not to turn it on unless I need to do something that I can’t do on my iPhone.
Anyway, maybe the P series will be overdoing it especially now that I’m trying to save all my sideline earnings for Sandy’s birthday. Still, I love how small and chic it looks. I’m thinking it will be better than iPad for the fact that you can install more web design applications.
Sleepless Nights
… are here again. But I’m ready this time so bring it on!
To-Do’s
Oh my, I am so swamped with work! Here’s a list of what I need to do just this morning.
1. Find a cheap postcard printing. We need to print 2000 pcs to promote our new web development package to Dentists and Orthodontists.
2. Send updated marketing materials – letterhead, mailing labels and businesscard to my client before lunch.
3. Add four new pages to an old project that I’ve been working on for months. It was supposed to go live but the client was very fickle-minded.
4. Do a training on CMS – should take an hour. Well good luck to me. I am positively sure that I can only do item number 1 because Meg wakes up as soon as her head hits the bed.
Getting Ready for Halloween
I know Halloween is not for a couple of months but I’m already checking out the Kids Costumes at HalloweenExpress.com. Why this early? It’s because for the past two Halloweens, I always shop until the last minute for Sandy. We always end up wearing a costume that is too generic or a DIY (see Harry Potter here). This time though, I want to try ordering online just like what my mommy friends do every year. We also have little Meg to dress up now so double the excitement!
For Sandy, I know she’d love this High School Musical Cheerleader or Hannah Montana costume. All of them around $34 or so. We could get her a blonde wig too if she wants. She’s at an age where she knows what she wants and gets to decide what to wear (with our approval, of course!).
She’s Here!
I sincerely thought that the second baby will not be a big deal as the first one because you’ve done it all. But boy was I wrong yet so happy to learn that the feeling is very much the same. I was as scared, as excited and as miserable when I couldn’t take her home with me. It’s like being in love again. She’s all I can think about. When I close my eyes, I smell her, hear her crying, feel my arms supporting her already too strong limbs. It was the exact feeling that I had when Sandy came to our lives.
In my head I’ve already planned all the things that I want to give her, which is everything that we can. I know I would die for her just like I would for my Sandy and Sherwin.
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I gave birth last June 23 at 12:43PM to Sophia Margarita (Meg). She weighed 7.8 lbs and moved a lot up to the last minute. The labor felt like forever although I know it was only 4-5 hours before the pushing (a total of 5 push btw) began. It was much harder this time around but so worth it. I was scared because The husband wasn’t with me but knew that I had to be strong and do the best that I can. With Sandy, I just let the nurses and residents to do the pushing for me but this time, I had to work double time. It was so hard I cried as soon as I saw The Husband.
We were supposed to go home the next day but at the last minute, we learned that we had to stay for 5 more days. Our pedia saw that Meg has jaundice, again, just like her Ate so she’ll have to undergo Phototherapy.
Her Ate Sandy on the other hand was getting frustrated because we can’t go home yet. She’s so excited to finally touch her sister after months of waiting. Yet now all she can do was look at her at the nursery. Since she’s having Phototherapy, rooming-in is not possible. We extended our room stay so we can go up to the nursery every two hours and feed her. Luckily, my breastmilk came early so she was easily satisfied. It was painful whenever I enter the nursery and all I can hear were her cries because she has been looking for me. I miss her a lot and just want to grab a cot and sleep there in the breastfeeding room if they’ll let me.
We’re happy to be back home now. She’s on the graveyard shift which drives us crazy but the sleepless nights are nothing compared to the misery of not being able to hold her when we want to.
Health Issues
One of my friends mentioned that as soon as she gave birth, she also had skin breakouts. Which is why she’s adamant in finding the best acne treatment so by the time she goes back to work, her skin is back to looking healthy. I hope that’s not the case with me. The worst thing that happened to me vanity-wise is hair loss. They just fall on their own after every bath. But that’s nothing compared to a visit to the ER because I can’t move my back anymore from breastfeeding too much. Or not being able to eat normal food because Sandy has allergies. So what I’m saying is I think I’ll be okay with the weight gain, skin problem and what-not as long as it doesn’t affect my parenting and most important of all, our baby’s health.
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I am Dzoi, a 28 year old Filipina who currently works as a web designer. I am a loving wife to my equally loving husband Sherwin and a mommy cow to my 2-year-old daughter, Sandy.
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