Lovin’ My Preggy Look
These photos were taken by Aggie, thanks girl!
At least now I can show Sandy and her soon-to-be sister how I looked like when I was pregnant. Sandy used to ask why I don’t have pictures when I was pregnant with her. The main reason was because I looked so much like my brother that I’d rather not have my picture taken anymore. But now, at five months, I still look like me (not mentioning the extra pounds). I’ve temporarily said goodbye to eye wrinkle cream, facial cleansers and moisturizers too because my skin, if I may say so, has never looked so good. I just hope that I can maintain my healthy weight up to 8 months. It looks impossible though basing on my weight gain for the past 4 weeks. I’m thinking I may have to diet again when I reach my 7th month. Even now, I’m already having back pains and find it hard to get up, walk or bend down during night time. I know I need to schedule my trip to the treadmill any day now.
On Pregnancy
I’m not gonna talk about quick weight loss while I’m pregnant. But whenever I stand on the weighing scale, I can’t help but wonder how will I ever go back to my pre-pregnancy shape. I was lucky with Sandy, what with sleepless nights, her allergies and breastfeeding combined. This time however, I’m not taking any chances.
There’s actually one specific event that made me really worried about how fast I’m gaining weight. I was trying my old maternity T-shirt when my belly turned three months. I was a bit shocked that it didn’t fit my arms so I made a quick calculation. That’s how I learned that I used to wear this shirt on my 4th and 5th month while carrying Sandy. It only means that I’m bigger now and will probably have a harder time to diet and exercise now that we don’t have a Lamaze class to attend to.
Women and Weight
Women struggle with weight all the time. If your extra weight is making you feel less confident or worse, affecting your health, you should consider changing your lifestyle. I love eating myself but I make sure that I get tons of exercise to burn all the fats. On some, diet plans and pills work but you have to research carefully before you try something new. You can learn more about weight loss pills and effective diets all over the Internet. There are also plenty of review websites and health blogs where you can read on the good and the bad. For quick results, pills have proven to be very effective but I would still suggest introducing healthy alternatives to your food and adding some exercise regimen for long term effects.
Exercising
My brother wanted me to read an article about no xplode review but told him I have no idea about strength training and all that. It’s like I’ll be doing any heavy exercise or rough activity any time soon! With only 4 months to go on my pregnancy, I’m taking it easy with everything. I sleep a lot, eat a lot (in a healthy way), enjoy activities that I know I wouldn’t have time to when the baby is here. I do exercise but according to baby blogs and forums, I’ll just have to limit it to light workout routines so as not to tire myself too much and the baby.
Breastfeeding Diet
I saw a couple of photos of myself when Sandy was only around 8 or 9 months old. I was shocked to see how thin I am even though I remember how I used to eat up to three plates of rice a day. Then I remember. Because Sandy has plenty of allergies when she was younger and I was still breastfeeding, I avoid all kinds of dairy and meat to make sure that she won’t get any of them. No need for best weight loss supplements when you’re in my situation. Seriously. Breastfeeding can definitely help you lose weight but if your diet was like mine, you can be sure that you will return to your old body in seven or eight months tops. Of course, it would be much better if Sandy didn’t have allergies back then. She’d probably be a much happier baby – sleeps longer, eats whatever she wants and healthier. Which is why for our second baby, I don’t really care if it will be a boy or a girl as long as she doesn’t have cross-milk allergy and she’s very healthy.
Sandy’s Early Christmas Gift
This is what we got for Sandy this Christmas. She wanted a bike and a scooter but I told her she’s too young for a scooter. I also said it will be too expensive if we buy both and that she can’t have everything. We all love to spoil our kids but you never know, soon, she might not be as sweet as she is now and learn to throw tantrums if she doesn’t get what she wants.
Anyway, I’m so glad she’s not a nerd anymore haha. Seriously, all she wants to do at home is watch TV, read books and draw from morning till night. Now she can’t wait to go out in the afternoons and play with her friends. Her friend Zoe has a bike as well and they ride together for an hour or so. Then they’ll settle in the park so they can play pretend with the other little girls.
Just look at her smile. She was so excited to show me that she now knows how to pedal properly that she couldn’t wait for me to finish taking her photos.
I’ll do everything I can in my power just to see her smile like this everyday.
A Post About Sandy
Who else?
My big darling princess is exactly that, a darling. Now that she will be an ate soon, I could see lots of changes in her. So she’s more clingy than usual. She cries when I leave the house when it never bothered her before. She wants embrace at night and wouldn’t be able to sleep unless me and her Papa are lying down beside her. She also gets cranky all the time and tends to lose her temper at the smallest thing. But other than that ….
She is such a sweetheart. She takes care of me, always careful not to be noisy when she’s playing so she wouldn’t wake me up when I’m napping. She hates to disturb me and would rather call her yaya or Papa to do the things she couldn’t do. She kisses my tummy and talks to her baby brother/sister. She tells him not to move too much because it’s making me sick. She plans all the things she’d want to do with the baby. And whenever I do something to her like carry her, put her on my lap, put her sleep on my shoulder or just hang out with her in the middle of the day, she’d always say, “Mommy, when the baby comes out, we’ll do this to him okay?”
And just this morning, when she saw me looking gloomy because of morning sickness again, she prayed loudly:
Papa Jesus, please make my mommy well. Make her sickness go away please.
Papa Jesus, please make my baby brother well too. And tell him not to be too kulit so mommy will not get dizzy.
Please help me not to be kulit so mommy will be happy.
Please make my bones stronger (don’t know why haha) and the town nice and happy.
Thank you.
We are so blessed to have a daughter like her.
Just Me and Sandy
Sharing a photo of me and Sandy. Just want to post a photo of her before I start my Monday.
Sandy: What is Internet?
Mommy, what is Internet?
This was what Sandy asked me a couple of minutes ago. I had a ready answer but then I stopped myself. I was in the middle of designing something and couldn’t afford to lose focus. I know that when I say something as simple as “Internet lets you see web sites or check email”, she’ll say “What is a web site?” or “What is email?” and so on.
So I just said, “Well, Internet is what I use for work.” Very vague and no room for more questions.
To which she replied, “Or maybe you use the Internet for finding clients? And sending emails? And sometimes you talk to people with your headphone?”
Sometimes I underestimate her. 
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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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