yaya-less once again
Posted on April 22, 2008 - Filed Under Mateo, Motherhood, On Me, Ramblings, Yaya stories | 3 Comments
Once again, Mateo’s yaya went home. This time though, she told us way ahead of time that she wants to visit her mom in the province. Initially, she told me she’ll be back after two weeks but after several days, she told me that she’s not sure if she’ll be coming back. It would have [...]
Read More..>>keeping mateo busy
Posted on April 16, 2008 - Filed Under Mateo, On Me, Ramblings | 1 Comment
Mateo is such a handful lately. He could barely sit still for ten minutes. It’s such a hassle now to bring him whenever we eat out because he could make such a ruckus. He’d cry with such vigor, worthy of Bantay-Bata. He has a lot of toys but he’ll be interested in them for only [...]
Read More..>>mateo’s tita
Posted on April 16, 2008 - Filed Under Mateo, Money Matters, Ramblings | Leave a Comment
Ever since my sister started staying with us last week, Mateo has been having more fun. The word ‘Tita’ is one of his most used words lately. My sister seems to be having a blast too. The two of them get along really well. The only problem is that Mateo would sometimes be too much [...]
Read More..>>doodles
Posted on April 10, 2008 - Filed Under Mateo, Ramblings | Leave a Comment
Mateo loves doodling now. He even holds his pencil or pen the right way. A few weeks before Mateo turned one, I bought some big crayons and decided to let him try them. I brought out a big, light colored cartolina, he sat on it, and then I showed him how to use the crayola. [...]
Read More..>>mateo mall time
Posted on April 8, 2008 - Filed Under Mateo, On Me, Ramblings, Ramil | Leave a Comment
Since its summer and there’s no work for teachers like Ramil and me, we find ourselves heading for the mall these days. It’s funny because once we get there, we often just walk around and window-shop. Of course, Mateo would often tag-along and we’d always end up wishing we left him at home. Hehe! Yesterday, [...]
Read More..>>slooow weaning
Posted on March 25, 2008 - Filed Under Breastfeeding, Mateo, Motherhood, On Me | 8 Comments
At 14 months, Mateo still feeds from my breasts. Although he also takes in formula milk whenever I’m not home, I can say that for the past 14 months, he gets his milk from me 70% of the time. Until a few weeks ago, a 900-gram can of formula milk would last for more than [...]
Read More..>>Boracay trip (part 3)
Posted on March 20, 2008 - Filed Under Mateo, On Me, Ramblings, Ramil, Uncategorized, trips | 2 Comments
Read part 1 here and part 2 here.
My sister and I told ourselves we want to wake up before the sun comes up. After the long walk we did on Sunday night, I knew we wouldn’t be able to make that happen. Mateo woke up around 7 am and since his waking time dictates my [...]
according to Mateo…
Posted on March 13, 2008 - Filed Under Mateo | 4 Comments
Here are some of the words that Mateo can now say. Some are very clear to everyone while some needs an interpreter (me!).
Duhduh - means Dada
Mama - obviously means Mama
baba - Barney
boh (with a long o) - ball
bohk (with a long o) - book
booh (with a longer o) - boat
ish - fish
deh - there
tiss [...]
clingy Mateo
Posted on March 13, 2008 - Filed Under Mateo, Motherhood, On Me, Ramblings | Leave a Comment
Mateo has been very clingy these past few days. Ever since we came back from Bora, he has been like my shadow or an extra appendage. I’m guessing it’s because for four days, we were together for 24 hours. I’m finding it difficult to do simple things like going to the bathroom. He doesn’t want [...]
Read More..>>Boracay trip (part 2)
Posted on March 12, 2008 - Filed Under Mateo, On Me, Ramblings, Ramil, trips | 1 Comment
Unfortunately, it took me more than a week to write the follow-up to our Boracay trip last March 2 to 4. If you haven’t read part 1, you may read it here.
Allow me to backtrack a little because I saw a picture amidst our Boracay pictures that I really liked. Upon arriving at the Kalibo [...]
