Thursday, December 3, 2009

Our Little Drummer

mommy moments

Every time Hyzyd heard his uncle playing his guitar or his dad playing the drum, he wanted to try too as I've posted here.

We bought a toy drum for Hyzyd coz it helps develop his spatial perception and arm muscles as well as auditory nerves.

Toy drum isn't enough for him and no one can stop Hyzyd from trying the real drum! His dad gave in to his demand one Sunday afternoon to play the real drum coz he won't stop crying around and pointing to the drum set's direction. Oh, whatta boy!





Can he be our little talented kid? See more talented kids at Mommy Moments!

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Effective and Safe Home Remedies for cold (1)

What can you do when your child comes down with a cold or the flu?

Try these gentle, effective, and safe home remedies.

1) Honey (12 months and up)

How it helps

Honey coats and soothes the throat and helps tame a cough.

In a study conducted by Pennsylvania State University's College of Medicine, parents of 105 children ages 2 to 18 rated honey helpful and better than cough syrup for treating children's nighttime coughs.

What you need

Honey, available at any grocery store.

Honey often gets hard at room temperature. To soften it, spoon some into a container and heat it briefly in a microwave or boil some water and then set the honey jar in the very hot water for five or ten minutes.

Your child must be at least a year old to try this remedy.

How to use it

If your child is 1 to 5 years old, give him 1/2 teaspoon of honey. If he's between 6 and 11 years old, give him 1 teaspoon.

Some people mix their honey with hot water and add a squeeze of lemon, which provides a little vitamin C along with the soothing honey.

Because honey is a sticky sweet, it's important for you or your child to brush his teeth after he takes it, especially if you give it to him at bedtime.

Cautions

Don't give honey to a child before his first birthday. It can cause a rare and sometimes fatal illness called infant botulism. Find out more.

2) A neti pot (4 years and up)

How it helps

A neti pot flushes a mild saline solution through the nasal passages, moisturizing the area and thinning, loosening, and rinsing away mucus. Think of it as nasal irrigation.

According to a report published in 2008, researchers in Europe studied 390 children ages 6 to 10 and found that a nasal spray made from seawater relieved cold symptoms faster than standard cold medications. It's not certain whether the salt water simply helps clear the mucus or if trace elements in the water are beneficial. But other scientists who studied the effectiveness of saline nasal wash solutions also found benefits.

What you need

A neti pot, which looks like a very small watering can or teapot and is typically ceramic or metal.You can buy neti pots at drugstores, natural food stores, and online.

You'll also need a cooperative child. Your child must be old enough and willing to go along with the procedure, which isn't painful but does feel strange at first. It's definitely not for babies or young toddlers, and older children (and adults) might not go for it. Some people think it's neat, while others are grossed out.

How to use it

By tilting your child's head sideways over the sink and placing the spout of the pot in the top nostril, you can run water through the nasal passages to clean and moisturize them. This takes a little trial and error, but it's easy once you get the hang of it.

Try practicing on yourself before teaching your child to use a neti pot. Then let your child watch you use it. And finally, help him if he's up for it.

Here's the basic method:

Fill the pot with the warm saline solution.
Bending over a sink, tilt your head to one side and place the spout of the pot deep in the top nostril. The water will flow gently through the nasal cavity and out the other nostril. (Breath through your mouth while rinsing.)
Repeat on the other side.
It may be easiest to practice with your child in the tub or shower.

Cautions

Don't force a child who's not interested. This needs to be a very gentle procedure, to prevent both traumatizing him and damaging his nasal passages if he struggles


Monday, November 23, 2009

Happy 13 months HYZYD!

My dear Hyzyd boy,

Happy 13 months my dear lil boy. You've grown so fast!!! It seems only that I gave birth to you yesterday!

Today you wake us up as early as 4:30 am to ask for your "dawn snack"...LOL! You eat so fast for the past two days after your 3 days poor appetitie caused by your teething. You still have a runny nose but it doen't prevent you to give us your sweetest smile:). You're a bit taller now but has lose a weight, I guess. I hope you'll regain your weight after eating lots of porridge with veggies..he..he...


You talk a lot these days..I mean baby talk and we enjoy listening to it. You've mastered your "wai" (Thai greetings which you put your hands together near your chest and bow) which makes our neighbor love and appreciaciate you so much. They said you're such a smart boy! Do you know that they've tried to give you a Thai name? It's Tah wan- "Tah" means eyes, and "wan" means sweet because of your very attention-absorber twinkling eyes with that long, curly eyelashes. I agree with them. How I wish I had eyes like yours..LOL!

I have so much to tell you...don't worry, the virtual page is unlimited and I could write in her anything about you and how much we love you. Mwaaahhhh.


Wednesday, November 18, 2009

How's Hyzyd?

It's been a long time that I haven't updated this site with my little boy's happenings. Without further ado, here's my boy:

1. He's now the "BALDIE" Hyzyd...he..he...



A day after he and his grandpa celebrated their birthday, his grandpa announced that it's time to shave Hyzyd's hair. It's already a tradition to our clan to shave the children (boys and girls) at least three times before they reached 7 years to have healthy and thick hair in the years to come.






2. Mastered his walking skill

He mastered his walking skill at Rajyindee Hospital's aisle . He loved to walk down the aisle everytime we visited my sis-in-law who gave birth last October 27, 2009. Don't you know that he was the "apple of the nurses' eyes" at that time?...LOL!

3. Saying goodbye to BOTTLE

I now know why Hyzyd refused to hold his bottle on his own...so that it would be easy for me to shift him to sippy cup. I'm very grateful that when Hyzyd is a year old, he also said goodbye to bottles. Thanks to Tita Doxa who taught him how to sip on November 7.





P.S. Wow! my baby's blog got PR 2! Congrats!!! LOL!



Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Couples Corner : We 're made for each other

Rodliz’s Nest






our wedding rings


Do you remember my post about the day I met my future mate (it's more of the day HE met me...he..he...) ? It wasn't really a love at first sight. We simply grow in love on each other. The more I grow in love with him when I came here in Thailand last March 2006 to explore my teaching career. I missed him terribly that I cried day and night longing for his presence. It was then that I decided that I won't hesitate to marry him coz my life lacks its splendor without "Josh" in my life. I dreaded the idea of being hooked with another man other than the love of my life.

Things just fall into its places and we agreed through one of our chats that we’ll get married on October 18, 2007. I went back home on September 2007 and get married at the date we planned at Almont Inland Resort, Butuan City. When I uttered "I DO", those are the two of the most important words I had uttered in my entire life. They are timeless and solemn and life-changing. They are the foundation of the next fifty plus years of my life together with the person I love. We live the words "I Do" for all the world to see...till death do us part.



We wear our wedding ring with pride to show the world that we have found a loving partner, a friend with whom we can share the rest of our life.

On our wedding day, something happened that my friends thought that the ceremony won't be push through! You see, my father is a clergyman and because the officiating minister is our friend, he prepared every documents and our marriage certificate needed to legalized our marriage during the ceremony. He let my brothers carry these important documents and they lost them!!!! They didn't tell me and I just knew on the 11th hour. I was asking my father why we didn't yet go to the venue and we're already an hour late! There I know the reason but I kept my compusure in that trying moment and prayed. Few minutes after that, the documents were found! Praise be to God!

I thank God for my very supportive parents. My father designed and produced our invitation card.



with my sisters (except the smallest girl, she's my cousin)

with my parents and parents-in-law

I'm so proud of my parents. They're God instruments in making our wedding a grand one. Thank you Papa and Mama!!!


I arrived at the wedding venue riding on a golf car with my sister as the maid of honor.


the groom anxiously waiting for the bride


the groom with his men- they're all my brothers except Onie, the third one from the groom


As the eldest, it's my desire that when I get married, all my brothers and sisters will be part of the entourage and I'm glad it was realized.

Now, I'm happily married for two years and still growing in love for each other. We're each for the other and both for the Lord.

Head over to Couples Corner to read more stories of couples on the moments of their life where they declared "I DO".


Tuesday, November 10, 2009

No internet connection yet

All my remaining energy were exhausted after I gave the announcement of winners yesterday. I just wanted to keep my promise to you that I will announce the winners on the 10th of November. Now that my contest concluded, all my energy to blog was temporarily drained. It's hard to blog in school you know. After lunch break, I have to go to the other building , climb the 5th storey building where the school's internet room is found, surf the internet for an hour- the most time I could spare, get downstairs and be back to the teacher's office to prepare for the afternoon's class.

I called TOT yesterday to follow-up our telephone and internet connection. They asked us to wait for another 3 days! Okay, what can I do? I just have to wait....Anyway, I'm enjoying my life being temporarily disconnected to the blogosphere though I miss my friends in here and joining interesting memes- Girls Talk, Couples Corner, Mommy Moments and more! I simply enjoy the life I used to be without the internet. I hope to back here in blogosphere as soon as possible.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Why I couldn't blog these days?

We moved to a new apartment last Saturday. I haven't yet settled in our new place and maybe it will take me a month to unpack and arrange everything. We already started our class today and it seems that I'm cramming with my lessons..Waaahhhhh....but thanks be to God that I'm doing fine this morning in my class - workbooks were already distributed in each class and during the review my learners remembered the past vocabularies they've learned and the songs that I've taught them.

It may take a week before I'll be connected to internet again. So just please bear with me this time. This is the reason why I can't visit you back nor reply to your comments. I couldn't join memes too. I appreciate your visit here, your sweet messages and comments. Thank you so much.

About the contest, it will difinitely end on the 5th of November and I hope we'll have internet connection again ASAP so that I could announce the winnners on the 10th. Thank you for supporting my first contest.

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