Scariest Feeling

My daughter just got out of the hospital today. She got confined last Monday.

It seemed as if she just had fever due to cough and colds but It came to a point where I felt there was something wrong with her when she refused to eat and later on drink milk. Her fever also shot up to 40 and so I rushed her to the doctor the same day.

When we got to the doctor's office, she was immediately asked to use the nebulizer. The doctor from afar already saw that her breathing was too fast. After the physical examination, we were asked to admit her for tests and further care.

The tests were positive for pneumonia bilateral.

WHAT IS THIS CONDITION?

Pneumonia, bilateral: Pneumonia in both lungs. Bilateral pulmonary inflammation. Familiarly known as double pneumonia.

Pneumonia: Inflammation of one or both lungs with consolidation. Pneumonia is frequently but not always due to infection. The infection may be bacterial, viral, fungal or parasitic. Symptoms may include fever, chills, cough with sputum production, chest pain, and shortness of breath.

If we had waited another day or two, the condition would have done bacterial where most cases during the time we were at the hospital, babies were sent to the ICU. ICU for me, is already something more than serious.

My baby is healthy and strong so I was surprised to see her all sickly and sad. It broke my heart when they inserted the ivy and when she was having chills at night. She could not sleep properly. She was not even allowed to eat or drink milk for 36 hours due to the fact that she might choke.

There are a lot of viruses now due to the season and mostly, young children are affected. I'm just very thankful that my baby is now well and feeling better and I am also very thankful for the many friends and family who sent their support in prayers and visits. :)

I'll be posting another entry to discuss Kid's health, which for me now is an important topic apart from the part on WHAT TO EXPECT at the hospital and our entire experience that might be able to help other parents out there.

Shopping behavior

I brought my daughter to one of our favorite shops and hang-outs in Cubao Expo, where my shop is located. Ho-Land, a nice quaint Chinese delicacy shop where you can get great tasting comfort food and treats. My favorite is their Chicken Pie! and I love taking home large packs of those addictive white squash seeds, crispy squid flakes (which makes my hubby veer away from me unless I have already brushed my teeth..haha) and Haw flakes which Yan-yan is really really addicted to.

Oh, my daughter's name is Yan-yan. Like the cookie snack that you dip in either chocolate or strawberry cream. That was the snack that made me survive the ALL DAY SICKNESS (not morning sickness) during my pregnancy's first term. Apart from the fact that her dad's name is Ryan.

Anyhoo, so there we were, at the door. I placed her down carefully as thought she'd be running off to the lot of products displayed at the side. To my surprise, she didn't. She was so amazed at the display rack of all the different goodies, she held her distance and just pointed and said "Mommy, wow!".

I couldn't help it so I took pictures to prove to her dad that she was well behaved at a store where the products were just within her reach...as this rarely happens. Try bringing her to a a department store. I plan the days that I bring her to the toy store because you CANNOT leave without having to pay for something because she won't even let the cashier swipe the thing without a fight.


So there I was, so proud that she was able to control herself, but then again, I figured that she was just overwhelmed as to where to start.

The funniest part though was that since she was bottling up all her excitement for so long (around 5 minutes), she couldn't help but show her excitement by making her trademark "GIGIL" thing (as seen in the picture) and her little cute squeels.

Is this the making of a shop-a-holic? I better not give her an extension card when she can legally own one. It's scary.

I don't want to say SCARY...I want "SADS"

A mommy entry



My little one says a lot of stuff I can rarely understand. Words like "PATAKAPATAPATA" and some words I can't even spell are mostly what comprises her vocabulary nowadays.

I'm quite happy though that she can pick up and say most of the words we teach her:

1. WATER = "WATUY"
2. CHOCOLATE = "CHOK-LEYT"
3. ELMO = "E-MOW"
4. MOMMY = "MOMEEEEE"
5. DADDY = "DADEEE"
6. TITO = "TETO"
7. COW = "COW"
8. DOG = "DOG"
9. MORE = "MOW"
10. DORA = "DOYA"
11. YAYA = "YAYA"
12. SLEEP = "SEEP"
13. MILK = "MIWK"
14. AFRAID = "PEYD"
15. I LOVE YOU = "LABU"
16. MISS YOU = "MESU"
17. GOOD NIGHT = "GUYAYT"
18. TAXI = "TASI"
19. TAKE A BATH = "BABATH"
20. SCARY = nothing

I don't know why but every time I ask her if something is scary, she gets startled and hugs me tight. I tried teaching her the word, what it means and I tried to make her say it but the last time, she just didn't want to respond. Instead, she cried and looked around the room and went under the covers...which I did too because I thought she'd seen something and it kinda scared me too (hehe).

I'm just puzzled at her reaction every time we say the word scary. Maybe she thinks it's like a magic word to make something she's frightened about appear.

Each day, I try to teach my daughter some new word, phrase or thing. It's easy actually, at her age, she's like a sponge, so I'm quite careful with the words I say around her. But sometimes, I do forget that she's not just a child set to feel what you want her to feel or think. At an early age, I have to understand that she already has emotions and feelings just like any adult has. That she gets stressed, frightened, lonely, excited and even frustrated.

I was laughing so hard the other night, when I mentioned to my brother that my neck really hurt. To my surprise, she went to me and gave me a "massage" which she calls "sads" and I was so touched. Her yaya said she saw an English commercial on TV about a spa or massage. I was amazed on how she was able to relate that to what I told my brother "Ang sakit ng leeg ko...".

That same night, she went to me and said, "Mamee, sads?" and I said "You'll be massaging mommy?" and she said, "No, SADS!" placing her leg on my tummy and asking me to give her one. WOW! talk about a quick pick up from what she'd learned from watching a short 15 second commercial.

I have yet to uncover so many mysteries about my little one. But at this point, I'm quite worried and excited at the same time on as to what other stuff will happen as she grows older. I started applying make-up at the age of 18 and during those days, pressed powder and lip gloss was THE make-up for my age group. My little one knows how to put lipstick, powder and she knows where the eyeshadow and blusher goes. So imagine her 1 to 2 years from now. So many scary thoughts. She's only 1 1/2 years old.