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I gave birth 7 months ago and as much as I would love to write on a regular basis, I cannot really find the time to do so. It's been tough caring for a baby and a husband, running a household, managing 2 househelps, and working from home. But I'm not complaining. I think I'm very lucky to be where I am right now, doing what I'm doing. I only pray that God will always keep my family healthy and safe and I won't mind the fatigue that comes with all the stuff I need to do.

2014 was a wonderful and challenging year at the same time. I gave birth in June but I was hospitalized again 5 days after I gave birth. Ang sakit sa heart at sa bulsa. But hopefully, all's well with me now. Just need to monitor my BP from time to time. Hopefully that will not affect my chances at future pregnancy/pregnancies.

2015 did not start out so well. The husband and the baby have been sick. The baby's recovered now but it was so tough to deal with his illness because it was his first real health problem ever since he was born. Diarrhea and rashes palang yun. And he was relatively active and happy even if he was ill. Pano pa kaya if he had high grade fever and he was weak? Di yata kaya ng heart ko. But I always pray to God to make me strong. I know I cannot protect him from all bad things all the time so I have to learn how to be strong to face whatever stuff comes our way. I think I'm slowly getting there.

The husband's still recovering. He has yet to regain his appetite. Kawawa naman. Lalo pa naman sumusungit pag may sakit, hehe. But seriously, I hope he'll be fully recovered soon. It was difficult on the first night that he was ill. The baby and I were evicted from the master's bedroom. Ang hirap matulog. Kasi masikip ang kama, hehe. And we missed Daddy of course.

I hope we will no longer have health issues in the coming months and days. Quota naman na kami. I was afraid that I was next in line with the illnesses. I had my period yesterday (first time after I gave birth). Sana yun na lang ang "illness" ko. :)

Work's okay. Getting new assignments from time to time. Hopefully everything will stay the way they are now. Yung manageable work load so I will still have time to care for the baby.

The baby's getting bigger and bigger. He's 9 kilos now. He gained a kilo a week after he got sick. He loves eating, so far. We started giving him "taste-y" food. No more bland food for him. He started with fried chicken. Now he's having nilagang baka. Matakaw na bata. We've been very conscientious about the food we give him. Balanced meal - lugaw, meat, vegetable, and fruit for dessert. Although it's tiring to prepare his food everyday, we try our best to make it work. We want to avoid bottled food as much as possible. It's so difficult to care for him because he is so malikot. But he loves smiling at us so alis pagod na rin. Different issue though when a lot of people fuss over him. He gets mad and cries like a banshee. I hope he gets over that soon. And I hope he'll learn to sleep through the night!!! We're still mixed feeding him. We intend to do that for as long as we can.

Time to give him his dinner. Hope to have more time to write. :)

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