Breastfeeding is steady now that Polo is eating solid foods 3 times a day. I pump and store 12 to 16oz of milk everyday for Polo's daily consumption. Whew! So far, so good (until he goes through another growth spurt... "Ayayay!," as the yellow dino Barney-friend BJ would say).
We're praning na to leave Polo alone on the bed. He already fell off the bed 2 times -- once during his grandparents' watch when he fell and landed on 2 pillows, and once during my watch, where even a floor rug didn't save him from scoring a bump on his forehead (tsk! tsk! tsk! negative points for me, his mommy). Good thing, Lola Annie is teaching Polo to play and sleep in his crib or playpen during the day. That means less accident hazards for Polo. Whew!
However, Marvin and I are still amateurs in getting Polo to settle down in his crib. He's used to staying on our bed whenever we're around. That's why it becomes quite a struggle for us to leave him in his crib before we go to the office in the morning.
It can be quite frustrating and sad to leave him crying in his crib. He actually doesn't really cry out loud but since he still doesn't know how to use words, crying is all he has. Funny thing nga lang is that when we're already out of his sight, ayun! He usually stops crying. Hmmm... Crying must be his way of telling us that he doesn't want us to go just yet.
It's also cool to observe how he bahaves differently during his Lola Annie's watch vs. our watch. When Lola Annie is taking care of him, he is more behaved. He doesn't cry as much when left to play in his crib or playpen. He is even amenable to sleep in his crib with Lola Annie humming to him "deep and wide," a Christian Song for Children, while patting his leg until he dozes off. Sometimes, he would even fall asleep by himself.
During our watch, he would agree to play in his crib or playpen but if he is already sleepy, he will cry and won't stop until we carry him (or I breastfeed him to sleep). We tried putting him to sleep in his crib but he would only cry, as if telling us "Eh nandyan naman kayo, bakit ninyo ako pinapatulog dito? Gusto ko katabi ko kayo..."
This only goes to show that he can differentiate us from his Lola Annie. Or maybe, we have already conditioned him to act this way. Sanayan lang kumbaga... If you ask me, I'm still glad that he knows how to be less demanding when he's with Lola Annie. Lola Annie is too old to worry much about him. :) I'm also happy that he cries whenever Marvin and I are around to take care of him because it's his little way of expressing his wanting to be near to us, which is the sweetest thing.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
His Throne
Time is ticking swiftly away! Polo is now bigger than the car-seat basinette we borrowed from my sister. He used to sit there whenever we feed him but last week, it was time for him to make yet another transition.
After a month or so of surveying at the malls, Marvin and I finally decided to buy our Polliepoe a high chair. We bought him a wooden one that can be converted into a table and chair when he becomes a toddler.
The chair was relatively a new design released in the market. There are even plastic versions of it that come in Looney Tunes and other character designs. Being a fan of classic designs (and more affordable stuff! hehehe), I chose the wooden version. Marvin asked for the colored blue seat cushion.
As soon as we got home, Daddy and Marvin immediately assembled it. We were all excited to have Polo try it out (aside from the fact that we already had him test the same type of chair many times in different SM mall branches. Well, this one is different. It was his very own chair. That's until he gets another sibling. Hahaha!). So after 30minutes of assembling time (which I think even reached 1 hr in reality), we sat our baby Polo in his chair.
He was happy. With the added height of his high chair, he saw everything in the house from a new perspective, literally speaking. No longer did he see everything and everyone from an ant's point of view. Now, he was more or less mid-level (even eye level when all of us are seated).
Pictures of him to follow... :)
After a month or so of surveying at the malls, Marvin and I finally decided to buy our Polliepoe a high chair. We bought him a wooden one that can be converted into a table and chair when he becomes a toddler.
The chair was relatively a new design released in the market. There are even plastic versions of it that come in Looney Tunes and other character designs. Being a fan of classic designs (and more affordable stuff! hehehe), I chose the wooden version. Marvin asked for the colored blue seat cushion.
As soon as we got home, Daddy and Marvin immediately assembled it. We were all excited to have Polo try it out (aside from the fact that we already had him test the same type of chair many times in different SM mall branches. Well, this one is different. It was his very own chair. That's until he gets another sibling. Hahaha!). So after 30minutes of assembling time (which I think even reached 1 hr in reality), we sat our baby Polo in his chair.
He was happy. With the added height of his high chair, he saw everything in the house from a new perspective, literally speaking. No longer did he see everything and everyone from an ant's point of view. Now, he was more or less mid-level (even eye level when all of us are seated).
Pictures of him to follow... :)
Monday, October 01, 2007
Time to Move...
When Polo turned 7 months and learned how to crawl and sit unassisted, he immediately became more mobile that the pillows used to keep him within his playmat area could no longer stop him. Aba! He could now climb over the pillows and push them further so as to increase his territory.
His white wooden crib, his parents' bed and his puzzle floormat are no longer safe places for him. That is why Marvin, Mommy and I decided that it was time for us to buy him a playpen. That's exactly what we did before going home last friday night.
With Polo's transition into a playpen and yet another baby furniture added to our home space, Marvin thought that it was indeed, time to keep Polo's bouncy chair and puzzle floormat. It was time to keep the bouncy chair for the next baby and the puzzle floormat for later when Polo is old enough to move out of his playpen.
Our Polliepoe is gradually growing into his own person. He is learning inch by inch that he is independent from Marvin and me. Thank God that these things happen slowly, thus, giving me time to adjust and adapt.
It was not so long ago that I thought that parenting meant teaching your baby what and how to do things. Little did I know that parenting happens the other way around. Without the baby knowing it, it is he who turns his Mom and Dad into parents.
His white wooden crib, his parents' bed and his puzzle floormat are no longer safe places for him. That is why Marvin, Mommy and I decided that it was time for us to buy him a playpen. That's exactly what we did before going home last friday night.
With Polo's transition into a playpen and yet another baby furniture added to our home space, Marvin thought that it was indeed, time to keep Polo's bouncy chair and puzzle floormat. It was time to keep the bouncy chair for the next baby and the puzzle floormat for later when Polo is old enough to move out of his playpen.
Our Polliepoe is gradually growing into his own person. He is learning inch by inch that he is independent from Marvin and me. Thank God that these things happen slowly, thus, giving me time to adjust and adapt.
It was not so long ago that I thought that parenting meant teaching your baby what and how to do things. Little did I know that parenting happens the other way around. Without the baby knowing it, it is he who turns his Mom and Dad into parents.
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