I was working inside my room when suddenly I heard my 2-year old boy cry incessantly. I went out and found out that their last three remaining red old smelly and flat pillows had gone to my mom-in-law’s laundry.
THE RED OLD SMELLY FLAT PILLOWS
Originally, they had 8 red old smelly flat pillows. We have tried to slowly replace them with the same red pillows but the minor differences were so obvious for them. My children’s senses have worked so good on this thing. These red old smelly and flat pillows have become a part of my children’s life. Anywhere they go, whether they move on to another room in the house, they would bring them to just lie on for pleasure or sleep onto it. No matter how old it looks like and how smelly it can be, they just love it!
BREAKING THE ATTACHMENT
My mom-in-law had been wanting to take it away from my children. We all know how attached they are to those red old smelly and flat pillows. It’s what we know as Comfort Blankets or Toys. But my mom-in-law always remembers the girl from the Pinoy Big Brother (Teen Edition, I think) who had to face all her fear that her old rugged tattered doll had to be taken away from her. The feeling was just so hard and my mom-in-law just doesn’t want it to happen to my kids. She wants to break the attachment as early as possible.
FIRST NIGHT
Tonight will be the first bedtime without those red old smelly and flat pillows. I am sure they would still fall into sleep however, there might be some unexpected tantrums or lots of comforting on our part. As parents, it’s important to be the best comfort to my upset and frustrated kids. This would be a very emotional time for my kids but I hope it wouldn’t cause any harm to their character as they grow up.
Dress Up Day is the theme for this week’s Mommy Moments. It can be any character costumes or formal dresses that they have worn.
Here are some of the pictures of my kids in chronological order.
Sophia’s First Birthday (March 2007)
Our Little Mermaid
@Somethin’ Fishy (Ewood, Libis)
Our Little Wonderwoman
@ BK, Cainta.
It wasn’t a blue christmas for us but we were dressed in blue
for Christmas 2007.
Calixto’s First Birthday (April 2008)
Our Little Cowboy (@Fun Ranch)
My Kiddos’ Sunday Attire are always formal.
Finally,
me and my kids are dressed in white with angel wings.
Taken 2008, this was my creative shot for our Yearbook before I graduated college. I included my two kids since they were with me all throughout my college life. From conception to birth.
Before we went home with our little boy from the hospital, we passed by a mall to buy some home safeguards for our children. Every home with little children should have them.
SAFETY 1STFINGER PINCH GUARD - a simple but effective way to safeguard against the dangers of slamming doors is to use this.It also helps prevent children from accidentally locking themselves in a room. @PhP 139.75 per piece.
SAFETY 1STULTRA CLEAR OUTLET PLUGS – It helps prevent children from putting sharp objects and fingers into electrical outlets.Small children are very curious and are tempted to play with anything within their reach.Outlet Plugs are colorless, making them as uninteresting as possible to little ones, while not interfering with décor.By protecting your outlets you decrease the possibility of electrical shock. @ PhP 109.75 (pack of 12)
They are so simple, easy to use and not really expensive.
…won’t hurt. It is a having a peace of mind.
Now, our children can play happily. On our part, less worries but still adult supervision would be necessary.
Family Day turned out to be a day in the hopsital (VRPMC-Edsa, Mandaluyong City).
Calixto, our 2 year old son had to be admitted due to an accident at home. Sophia and Calixto loves to bang doors, open and shut them either they were playing with each other or getting rid of the other. At this time, Sophia accidentally banged the door while Calixto’s tiny little fingers were still there. Ouch!!!! Imagine, how that felt.
As much as Calixto felt so much pain, Sophia felt so sorry too. I tried my best to do some first-aid to his fingers but Calixto kept crying very hard. It only means I need badly proper handlers for this situation and to this boy who is so young and fragile.
Being his mother and pregnant at the same time, it really is not very easy for me to see Calixto crying intensely while being injected for CBC, dextrose and performing X-rays and for the grand finale tomorrow (Sunday) will be the surgical operation to remove his fingernail (not sure if it’s a part or whole nail) on his right ring finger that has been almost chipped off. He will be given some dose of anesthesia for the operation to keep him sedated. No matter it doesn’t feel right for a baby to be given some anesthesia but doctors said it will be very traumatic for the child if he will be awake as much as it is to a grown-up person.
I know it hurts for Calixto but it also hurts me, his mother, to see him in his intense and loud cry. Expectations of the worst come to my mind but I try to slip it off. It won’t help.
I just pray that everything would be fine before, during and after the surgery and that there’ll be no next times anymore to things like this. It is just so heartbreaking.
