Martha-Ba c”,)

Chubba-Chubba already weighed 11lbs on her 10th day of life — surpassing the physiologic weight loss a newborn goes through (as her pedia said). She now has chubby cheeks! Kagigil! Id love to post pictures but resizing them is such a drag, and hard when you have a babe suckling at your breast while blogging Yep, Chubba is purely breastfed, yay!! I did it! Having a baby in the house is such a happy experience — it IS hard, financially, physically..but emotionally very much rewarding. Times are hard for us money-wise but seeing my Martha-Ba’s sungit kilay and irap eyes makes it all worth it :). Edil is having such a kick hearing people comment how our kids look so much like him. Isnt it unfair that I WAS THE ONE who endured 9 months of agonizing anxiety, caring for the baby, gaining the super daming pounds, and went through horrifying labor and delivery, while he just contributed the sex of the kids? OK lang, I have thought of a witty comeback: “Kamukha mo nga sila, pero ugali ko mamamana nyan!” You guys just wait and see LOL.

Anyhow, you will see more Martha-Ba in my layouts on the web and my birthing story soon! Im back to making one layout per day so hopefully I can make all the ideas in my head materialize before I report back to work!

Working MOM

Ive been avoiding thinking about this lest I go through post partum depression again (Ive been very conscious of depression the past weeks, since I know I can get all moody and cranky and God knows Edil and Matthew dont need the added pressure). Im going back to work in roughly 2 and a half weeks. *sigh* Job hunting for Edil has been negative, and we still dont have househelp, so it’s really no option for us, not unless, a maid will miraculously appear at our doorstep. So for us, it’s either he gets a job, we get househelp; OR, I look for a much higher paying job — which will be not that hard, but alas, I soooo want to practice nursing already

We will cross the bridge when we get there.

Real Life Family Experience

Speaking of having no househelp, we not get to experience real life parenthood — meaning, the late nights, the alternate schedules. Yep, Edil and I have no chance to even stay at the same bed at the same time. He cooks, does Martha’s laundry, gives Mato his meds, while I focus on Martha — when Mato starts to crave attention, we switch, I go to Matthew, he bonds with his little girl. It IS hard, honestly. We always have something to do. But the bonding we experience is also no joke. Hindi pa kami nag-aaway! LOL, world record na ata etoh! Hahahahaha…..

Exlusively BF-ing!

I have decided to try to exclusively breastfeed as much as possible. The first week was so hard, I would cry at every feeding (I dont know who cried harder - me or the baby!), my other nipple was inverted and she had a hard time sucking it, then some ducts got clogged…ay ayayayay!! But all is well, I have plenty of milk if I can say so myself, Im stocking up for work, and Im loving my breastpump (Avent Isis), Id love to have a Medela but my pocket cant afford it, LOL. PLUS, breastfeeding really helps me lose weight, I lost 10lbs one week after getting out of the hospital on top of the weight I lost during delivery…Im 10lbs away from my prepregnancy weight — which is STILL overweight, LOL — but at least it wont be hard for me to lose weight anymore. I am banned from coke, iced tea or coffee since I am watching my diet because of the milk (Isnt it ironic I drank Coke when I was preggo then stopped after I delivered?! Hehehe). For my peace of mind….Martha is a hyper kid when I drank iced tea a few days ago, hehehe.

Starting to Get Jealous

My big boy is starting to get jealous already. It is harder because I have Martha all the time because of she needs me to eat. It doesnt help my temper is so short, a misplaced toy gets me shouting agad *sigh* Need to work on that. He loves the baby though, too much. He wants to at her side when she sleeps, offers to help everytime (which is good if not for the help he wants to give — he wants to carry, bathe the baby, LOL), and is really sweet. His classes start June 15 and it will be bittersweet for me. When I hug him now, I cant help but notice he is too big to be my baby anymore. He has transformed so much this summer.

Love my Man

Our first wedding anniversary is coming up! Father’s Day is near, and Im cooking something special for Edil

Oops, Mato is up already, till next time.