Happy Basti

Basti has a stuffed penguin named "Happy."
Now, our dilema is when we ask him: "Basti, are you happy?"
Basti replies -
"No," shakes his head and points to himself, corrects us and says "Basti!"

(Photo: Basti and Happy on the morning of Basti's 2nd Birthday, trying out the party hats)

Breast Cancer

Got news yesterday that my friend's sister in law has stage 2 breast cancer :(

While breast cancer is the top cancer (most common) globally, i still did not expect someone that close to us to eventually get it... 

My grandmother actually had it too, but still...

Its still so unreal. And yet so real.

Its scary, and now i cannot stop thinking about it. 

I should get a mammogram soon. 

And read more about breast cancer as well.

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Note to Self and to Everybody Else:

‎"You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do." 

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Milk Switch?

Trying to start weaning Basti off of milk formula. So far, he only finishes 1/4 of a tetra pack of fresh milk. But he manages to finish an entire tetra pack of chocolate milk! haha :)

Allergy Season is Here Again

Its the dawn of allergy and cold season once more, and this usually makes us wary because our Basti has asthma and easily gets colds.

One of the things that help us get through these is a wonderful invention called BOOGIE WIPES!!!

Whoever thought of this is a genius, haha.

Because of Boogie Wipes, our son learned to blow his nose at 8months old and i think its why thankfully, he has never had to be hospitalized because of difficulty breathing and respiratory tract infections which are common in babies.

So there, for all of you moms there, best to stock up on this this season! If you know where to get one in your area. Sadly, i dont think there is an official distributor here in the Philippines :(

I used to be able to get these from True Value Home Center, but i think they never renewed their stocks on this anymore :( So I'm researching now how to get it here.

Happy Rainy Season!

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What is the World Coming to?

Sleeping Position

Are sleeping positions genetically inherited???

How then, may i ask, did my baby develop this habit of sleeping in this position? You cant say he copies it because when we're sleeping, he's sleeping as well, so its not like he watches over us when we're sleeping. And he doesnt do this consciously as well, because he shifts into this position when he is already sound asleep!