Wednesday, 22 June 2011

S26, Isomil, Bremil AE, and back to S26

El ninja has gone through a lot of formulas. The first milk he ever tasted was Wyeth S26 Gold and I had been mixing breast milk and S26 ever since. Yet, when he was about a month a half, he went through five days without bowl movements. We were extremely worried, the pediatrician suggested to change to ISOMIL (soya based formula), still he went through another two days without anything. Then tio tati recommended Bremil AE (anti-constipation) Etapa 1, for some odd reason, it actually worked. HE POOPED. Hard to describe the joy it brought us. Since then, el ninja had been taking Bremil AE.

About 3 weeks ago, he started rejecting bottles, only wanted breasts. At first, we thought it was more “psychological”, as he’s now bigger and has learned how to “manipulate”. However, at the last check-up, he didn’t gain as much weight as he had in the previous check-ups - only 10% of the weight he normally gains in a month. We were worried, again. The pediatrician was not a big help so we consulted the pediatrician who delivered el ninja. He asked us to change the formula IMMEDIATELY. So back to S26. It’s been a week now – he seems to like S26 and has no problem with bowl movements. Let’s hope that his taste bud is not so fickle this time.

Monday, 6 June 2011

Faxing

My ninja is a big pooper, totally takes after his dad side of the family. Lately, he's been making this very entertaining overture :) Enjoy!

Unconditional

People always say that you don’t know what true love (unconditional love) is until you have kids. I thought about it a lot lately – who is the one that is being unconditional?

I am NOT ALWAYS happy when I see el ninja, I mean, I am happy to see him of course but my mood could be influenced by other incidents of my day – work, stress, lack of sleep, or simply feeling groggy. Or I get so jaded by taking care of him all day long and the only thought goes through my mind is when he calls on me is "what do you want now?". But, el ninja is ALWAYS happy to see me, always smiles at me and never frowns, no matter what mood I am in. He is my biggest fan.

So perhaps we shall rewrite the cliché?

(my "unconditional" fan)