…to get back to work again. Back to the corporate world! Excited but also worried how Deye will adjust again to this new set up. With Erchelle, I won’t have much worries coz she has been on mixed feeding for the last 3 weeks already. The only thing is she sometimes cries and looks for me when I’m out. This scene usually happens when I take Deye to school. It’s going to be tougher than before but I’m sure my two girls will eventually get used to the situation that their Mama goes to work.

I’m really grateful that I am given this set-up to work on a part/flexi time basis. However, I’d still want to have a sched for everything. I plan to work in the morning from 8am to 12nn, go home and attend to the girls’ needs. But at least, whenever I’m needed, I can always leave the office for as long as my duties are attended well. With this new routine that I am going to have, I’m sure I won’t even need the best fat burner offered in the market!

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If I am to choose between Orlando vacation packages and an iPad right now, well… I’d choose an iPad hahaha! Seriously! I’d go for an iPad. Though I have to admit, it’s a hard decision to make hahaha! Vacation is a vacation and Orlando vacation package could be one of the dream vacations anyone could wish for.

However, practically speaking iPad is the right answer. Then, maybe I’ll surf the net and visit Orlando online through my iPad! LOL! In my dreams… Hmmmmm… wait, I remember someone promised me I could have this once it’s released. But since I am a very understanding wife, I’ll pass this time. Priorities first! Ate Deye is transferring to a more expensive pre-school and Christening for bunso is scheduled in May. So there, that explains well.

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This blog’s title will once again confuse you, but no worries, half of my time will still definitely be spent at home attending to my two beautiful daughters so I guess having the title/domain name unchanged is justifiable.

To cut the story short, I have accepted the job and will start on April 1. I’m supposed to join this week but because of the unfortunate turn of events lately (our househelp decided not to come back after claiming she was sick but in fact she lied!), I requested if I could start on the said date. By then, Deye’s schooling for this year is over and I’ll have an ample time finishing the paperworks I still have to finish plus maybe get used to the routine with our new househelp. I’m so thankful that we found a new one yesterday and the boss agreed and considered my request.

Of course, I’d still be with Deye going back and forth to school. By noon, I’ll sure be home for my kids, feed bunso and maybe get Deye ready for school like fixing her hair etc. Having a flexi time at work will allow me to do mommy duties too! At least if/whenever there are school events that I need to attend to, I can always squeeze it in and won’t have to worry of the work sched getting affected. I’m so grateful for this arrangement that my boss had given me. So thankful!

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Someone’s bike is parked outside! I wish I could say “someone’s car is parked outside” very soon LOL! I’m not posting it because it’s new. It’s not. It’s already a 1 y/o bike but since I don’t allow Deye to play outside our compound, she doesn’t get to play with it a lot. Now that the whole compound’s ground (please excuse unwanted things in the photo, construction is still ongoing) is cemented and more elevated in anticipation of floods (kitchen sinks are next. They need to be replaced, very badly. Water leaks and it’s not a good thing to put a tub under the sink literally. Stagnant water invites more mosquitoes in the house), she got excited to the idea of biking around our house.

Lately, she doesn’t show a good appetite. In fact, this lunch time I had to make a good deal with her which I’m sure she’d agree. “If you eat and finish your lunch, you can play with your bike outside this afternoon after school and even the whole weekend, if you like. That’s a promise!” Obviously, she compromised. So there, I gave her bike a good bath a while ago and parked it outside heehee! By the time she’s back from school, it’s already dried up.

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… between being a SAHM and getting a new challenging job (take note I didn’t have to do a Manufacturing job search this time). I know I’ve already said here exactly two months ago that family comes first but an offer like this is so darn tempting!

While I was busy keeping up with my FB games alternately, a message over Skype popped up! It was from my former boss.

Hi Mitch! Now with a baby, still not interested to go back to work?

I replied,

Hi, would love to but I dunno how I’d manage with two and work at the same time.

With his reply and offer, it made me think again,

Fine, maybe want to start part time? Can offer you Assistant Marketing Mngr.

Now I’m torn! He says I can work part time, with a flexi schedule and I can decide when to start the job. I’m so interested but of course I’ll have to see his proposal first if the price is right and offer is really not complicated with my mommy duties. I told my husband already and

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Baby massage is not only a healthy form of child care. It also gives emotional benefits to the babies. Sabi nga sa atin “haplos ng pagmamahal” matters a lot.

Infant massage is beneficial to the baby for relaxation and for stimulation, for pain and colic relief, and for increasing the interaction (bonding) between the baby and parents. Being massaged also helps instill an awareness of healthy, loving touch that continues through their lives.

When I gave birth to Deye, I didn’t know about it. It was my mother-in-law who introduced it to me. She did the massage daily and I could say physically it really made a difference, it made her muscles firm. Deye started with her first steps just before she turned one and could walk on her own at 14 months.

Now, it’s my turn to do it to Erchee. My mom does it at times though when I’m busy with Deye. We do it before giving her a warm quick bath in the mornings. How ’bout you? Do you/Have you also do/done this to your babies?

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