My Birthday!

It was my birthday last 27th. I was so happy because this time I celebrated my birthday with our son.

I can still clearly remember my birthday last year. It was special. It was 2PM when Hubby and I decided to take pregnancy test. We went to CVS to buy EPT (Emergency Pregnancy Test). When we got home, I took the test and my hubby is the one who checked the result. We were both jumping out of joy! It was positive. It was truly a gift on my birthday. It was the best birthday gift I ever had.

We were so thankful to God because our prayer was finally answered. This year, my birthday is extra special because of Zac.

Zac and the Wash Pod

Hubby bought this Wash Pod in the store. At first I thought it was a waste of money since he already has a bath tub and Zac will out grown this wash pod couple of months from now. I changed my mind after seeing him all happy and giggling playing with water in the wash pod. He actually looks so cute in it because it looks like he is in a bucket or a big water dipper LOL!

Zac loves bath time. He will stop whining once I put him in the tub. I always give him a bath before sleeping every night, I started doing that a couple of weeks ago. He seems to sleep pretty good after bath time. I always make sure that his bath accessories are all ready, the bathroom is warm (heater is on) and the water is not too cold and not to hot for him. I am glad that Zac loves bath time, actually there are times that when I say "bath time" he gives big smile. It seems like he understand that word already.

Here is a pic of Zac enjoying bath time in his wash pod.

Zac and the 1st food

Yay! Hubby and I were so excited to see on what will be his facial reaction in eating baby foods. Hubby bought some baby foods and of course it should be 1st food since he is just a beginner in eating food. Hubby bought different kinds of fruits and veggies flavor. There's banana, peach, apple, pears, prunes, squash, carrots, peas and green beans.

He is 4 months and 3 days old now, supported sitter and he opens his mouth every time he sees the spoon coming close to his mouth. I know that those are some of the signs that he is already ready for solid food. We started giving him banana flavor and he loved it. At first he made funny face because that taste is new to him. He kinda like sucking the food in his mouth LOL! Yeah he did it because he use to drink milk and not use to eating food yet.

Hubby and I were so wondering on what was he thinking when he was licking the banana. Maybe this was his thought "What is this thing in my mouth?" or maybe "Is this the new flavor of milk now?" or maybe "I am starting to like the taste of this thing in my mouth" hehe. But there is one thing for sure, he looovees the banana flavor. He kept on kicking and yelling that seems like he was asking for more, more, and more please.

He ate 1 pack of Banana Puree today. I fed half of it lunch time and half dinner time. Tomorrow, I am going to start on giving him fruit puree (apple) for lunch and vegetable puree (carrots) for dinner and of course he will still drink milk for breakfast and in between meals. I hope he will like vegetables as they are good source of fiber, vitamins and minerals. I know, not all kids like vegetables that is why I hope that he will be like me that is not a picky eater hehe. I love vegetables and I will encourage and teach him to love vegetables too.

Zac and the Swing

Zac is starting to love the swing that we bought for him. It has 6 different levels of speed and it also plays different baby music with volume control. It also has some toys for him to look and play with. Swing is very helpful to me. I can just put Zac on it and continue doing my chores. It also makes his fussiness stopped although he is not fussy most of the time.

Vaccination Shots

I think the most hardest thing for a parent is to see her kid crying. Yeah, Zac cried today because of the multiple vaccines he had.

He was in the good mood this morning when I woke him up. He was in the mood of playing and talking til he got his shots. Me and my hubby held his arms and legs so that the nurse can give him his shots. I don't like seeing him crying in pain but we don't have any choice because those shots that was administered to him are beneficial.

He had his second shot of Hepa B (he got the first one a day after he was born) and first shots of Polio, Pneumococcal and DTP (Diptheria, Tetanus, Pertusis) and Hib.

Hepatitis B is a virus which you can get from contact with blood or body fluid of an infected person. This virus can lead to liver damage or even death.

Polio is a virus that can lead to paralysis of arm or leg.

Pneumococcal is a bacteria that can lead to meningitis (infection of the brain and spinal cord coverings), blood infections, ear infections, pneumonia, deafness, brain damage and death.

Diptheria is a bacteria that lead to breathing problems, heart failure and death.
Tetanus (lockjaw) is a bacteria that can lead to stiffness of the jaw.
Pertusis (whooping cough) is a bacteria that can lead to pneumonia, seizures (jerking and staring spells), brain damage and death.

Hib (Haemophilus influenza type b) is a bacteria that can lead meningitis, pneumonia; infections of the blood, joints, bones and covering of the heart; brain damage; deafness and death.

He snoozed after few minutes he had those shots actually he is still snoozing til now. I just hope that he won't have fever because of those shots. They say that it is normal for babies to have fever after having shots. They advised us to give him Tylenol for babies in case fever occur.

I am glad that he had them now even though it was a heartbreaking thing seeing him crying.

Zac and the pacifier

He doesn't like pacifier since he was born. I kept on putting it in his mouth every time but he spits it out. I kept on doing it once in a while but I totally gave up after 2 months he was born.

The other day, when he was fuzzy and I can't understand on what he wants, I gave him pacifier and he sucked it for 2 minutes. I was shocked. I didn't expect that he will do that. After he spit it out, I shove it back to his mouth and sucking it made him fall asleep. I did it again last night and it worked! He fell asleep while sucking it.

What made me realize to pursue giving him pacifier is because I noticed that he keeps on sucking his fists. I know that thumb sucking is just normal to babies but I am afraid that he might suck germs from his hands. I kept on wiping his hands though to make sure that they are clean. One time I did everything and he was still crying. What made him stop crying is the pacifier and it made him fall asleep again! What I am glad about is that he don't wake up and cry when his pacifier falls out of his mouth while sleeping. He has lots of pacifiers from the baby shower but the pacifier that I am giving him is the NUK brand which has a good nipple shape.

I know that babies are the happiest when they are sucking on something so I always make sure that his pacifier is always clean before I give it to him. I don't give pacifier to replace bottle feeding. I really think that that is totally wrong. If he cries and he don't want milk and I notice that he is fist sucking or he is grabbing something and putting it to his mouth then that is the only time I give his pacifier. I don't want him to be pacifier dependent so I don't give it to him all the time.

2nd Monthly Visit

I know that Zac is already a bit delayed on his shots. We had problems with his insurance so it took us more weeks before we were able to get pediatrician appointment.

Today has come and it is his 2nd monthly check up. He is 3 months and 3 weeks old now and weighs 15.15 lbs with the height of 26 inches and head circumference of 16 inches. His pediatrician said that he had grown fast. He is now on his 80th percentile. She was actually surprised when I told her that he drinks 50 ounces of milk a day but it went down to 40 ounces because he doesn't feel good this past few days. His temperature was 99.7 when she checked it. She canceled all the shots that he is suppose to have today because of his slight fever. She told us that if his body temperature is still the same on Monday then we need to see her again but if not , we can just go anytime there next week for his shots.

He did nothing but to sleep from 9A til now (7P). He only drank 7 ounces of milk. He usually wakes up and chugs milk but he is so different today. The pediatrician said that he doesn't have ear infection which we thought he has because he keeps on pulling and scratching his left ear. They also checked if he has RSV but good thing that the result is negative.

I am really praying and hoping that his fever will be gone soon, soon, soon!

First Easter Sunday

I was disappointed when I read on the newspaper Saturday night that they canceled the traditional Easter Egg Hunt at the park. Their reason is it will rain according to the weather forecast. Yesterday morning, the first thing I did was to check the weather outside and guess what? It was 80F!! I was really upset because yesterday was Zac's first Easter Egg Hunt. So what did I do? I came up with an idea of having Easter Egg Hunt in our yard with Zac and his cousins :D

I got hungry at 2PM so I went to the pantry to check on what to cook. I saw Carrot Cake Mix. I told myself "Hmm, bunnies eat carrots and today is Easter Sunday so why not make Carrot Cake?" LOL! So I made Carrot Cake even though I know that I don't have enough icing (I forgot to buy more in the store :p) While putting the white icing on the cake, I remembered that there was still some cake decor letters left from my nephews's birthday cakes (yeah! they have the same birthdate). I decided to use them and of course, since some of the letters were used in my nephews's cakes, there were letters missing already. Instead of having "HAPPY EASTER ZAC" I put "HAPPY EAZTER Z4C' LOL! Here is the outcome of the cake I baked :D

After I baked the cake, I painted Easter eggs and started to hide them in the yard for the Egg Hunting. My nephews was happy because they found the eggs and they got Easter chocolates and some money. I also put bunny ears on Zac and took a pic of him. Here is his picture.


I learned something today. I learned that "Sometimes parents got to do what they got to do for their kids". We don't want Zac to miss his first Easter Egg Hunt so me and his daddy made this not to happen. I know that right now he don't care on what Easter Egg Hunt means but I hope someday, when he can able to understand and read this, I hope that he will appreciate what we did for him. We love you Zac - Daddy & Mommy

He is sick :(

He was fine and full of joy around 1:00AM. In fact he was playing with his daddy and he laughed and laughed. Few hours after he fell asleep, he woke me up with a high pitched scream. I woke up immediately and checked him. I gave him milk but he was still crying. I changed his dirty diaper and still crying. I made him sit up and he still cried. Those are the normal reasons why he cries so I really felt that something is really wrong with him. He only stopped crying after I stood up and held him.

He woke up almost every hour just to cry and to ask for milk. I know that he wasn't bloated because I made him burp. At 9AM, his temperature was 98.6 F which is higher than his normal temperature which is 97.2 - 97.6 F. I told him to my husband and continued monitoring Zac. At 2PM, it went up to 99.9 F so I got scared and went to hubby again. I thought we need to rush him to the doctor but hubby said the doctor would not do anything to him unless his temp is higher than 100 F. Hubby gave him Tylenol for babies. He mixed it with the milk that he was drinking. It seems like the taste didn't bother him because he drank it all. At 5PM, I checked his temp and it went down to 98.2 F. I felt relieved. He seems better now than awhile ago. He gave me few smiles and he don't cry much now.

Right now, he is sleeping and he seems alright. I hope he feels better soon. BTW, below is the video of Zac playing daddy. This was taken few hours before he got sick.

Confused??

I keep on telling Zac "Say mommy, mo-mmy" or "Say daddy, da-ddy" but unfortunately I don't get any response from him. But if I tell him "I love you", he mimics and say "I love you" to me. I say I love you to Zac very often than teaching him to say the word "mommy" and "daddy" so I guess that is the reason why he likes to say I love you. Sometimes I think that he thinks that I love you is his name LOL! If he is watching TV and I tell him I love you, he will look at me. When he is half asleep and I say I love you to him, he will smile at me with his eyes closed. I wonder if he really knows what I love you means. Last night, I said I love you to him three times and he said I love you to me three times too.

Tomorrow, I'll start calling him by his name so he will start knowing his name. I am glad though that he can say I love you and yeah I love him so much.