its been 12 days since my last blog and 3 weeks after euan’s birth and a lot of changes about my kid happened already. i supposed he isn’t 5lbs and 10oz anymore today because i’m beginning to feel he’s a little heavier than the usual. and his feeding habit is slightly changing. imagine finishing a 90mL formula at less than 5 hours and just today my wife texted me saying she’s upgrading from 90 to 120mL and lo! he’s fast. super fast at 40mL/hr average speed. is this normal? tell me. after all my kid only burps and smiles then gets back to his usual sleeping mode.

nov.3. what supposed to be a regular pre-natal checkup turned out to be the D day. trans-abdominal sonography showed that my wife’s amniotic fluid is way too low and the baby’s position is breech and the placenta was already at grade 3. her ob doc decided to go for a c-section procedure at 4pm. glad thing i already packed my wife’s stuff and the baby kit and loaded it in my car since the first day of november. at 4:41 the baby’s out weighing 5lbs and 10oz. i could hear the baby cry out loud inside the neonatal room. 5:20p, curtains for the viewing area were opened and there i saw my baby for the very first time — there he was crying most of the time. i suppose that was normal. the doctor confirmed later.

8:00p, my wife was transferred to a private room, still sedated but she gave me a little smile reassuring she was just fine and just needed a few hours more of sleep.

day 2. 9:00a i hurriedly went back to the viewing area to see my precious one. there he was lined up with other babies. silent, asleep. at least he’s not crying that much. later in the afternoon, baby euan was roomed in with her mom. i got to hold him for the first time. pretty nervous but i managed to hold him. just like any other excited dad, i was ecstatic. a feeling i couldn’t explain for more than just that word. and what made it more special was that @ 26 hours of life…for the first time he opened his eyes and smiled. i don’t have any idea that time if he could see me but later i confirmed he only sees blurry objects. but what the heck – blurry or not he’s kinda looking at me then he smiled.

day 3. i processed some documents – his very first public document – the birth certificate. i carefully wrote his name … EUAN ELIART. i’ve heard that once i make a mistake it would take an awful time to correct it so i must be very very careful.

day 4. we packed our things. cleared our hospital bills and headed home. happy and very much contented.

so,

a C-Section Procedure, plus anesthesiologist fee, nursery and room fee = about P90k

getting to see my baby open his eyes, smile, and most of all healthy = priceless…

Euan's First Smile

 

 

 

 

i went to the mall after work yesterday hoping to buy some stuffs (emergency stuffs) for the baby. was hoping to buy a few diapers, powder, maybe a baby shampoo, nice little stuffies like that. but guess what?

for about an hour of looking at different kinds of baby stuff i ended up not buying even a single thing. for the very first time in my life i felt like i don’t know what do. panic? yes maybe. this is, perhaps, the most difficult, challenging activity i’ve had in my whole life….i thought it was that easy.

whew.

anybody…please post comments and tell me what to do okay? appreciate it much.

just a kilometer away from the poblacion you’ll find a newly opened cafe that serves, well, not just coffee and tea but also sumptuous lunch and dinner. my wife and i didn’t expect much of a show but when our orders were served we’re like, “what?”

check it out:

these are just simple orders but well, the presentation’s quite nice, aren’t it? so to erase all doubts we tasted it and bingo! hands down no more questions asked.

oh by the way, the name is “ROADSIDE CAFE”. owned by a good friend and fellow Rotarian, mr. pet barrios. so if you happen to be in panabo city…check the place out.

this was supposed to be posted earlier.

i love holidays especially when it happens on first or last day of the week – that means loOong vacation. i get to do all the stuffs i want – from waking up late to spending long hours at the gym and best of all, window shopping anywhere.

but being a true blooded filipino and a die hard fan of democracy i cannot help but think about the last holiday this country had for this week.  i would understand if we posted a holiday for the passing of the mother of democracy – because i do believe we owe it to her and for what she symbolizes at. but having a holiday for a church leader? no offense to those who believe him but come on. we practically could have given one for the pope john paul, right? well he’s the leader of a fairly large scale christian community, that’s one thing for sure.

so what’s it gonna be? every passing of church leader would mean a holiday for us filipinos?

i hate goodbyes…and i surely gonna miss her. but i have no choice. she must go and be with someone new.

i lost one…but found a new one…so here she is…

my new car…

being a dad is pretty cool, i guess. but being a responsible, hands-on, well-versed dad is another thing.

my wife is 7-months pregnant now and i’ve been trying to find better ways to improve my unborn baby’s condition while he’s in there. first, i learned that talking to the baby inside the womb is pretty much helpful. it helps you bond with him and at that stage where he recognizes that he has a dad.

second, with the help of the internet i’ve learned about music and its effect on the unborn child.

music has been my life for the past 30 years and i have been wondering how am i gonna pass it down to my child. others would say if being a musician is in your blood then there’s a great chance that it will pass on to your child. i liked this idea. but how can i be sure about it? what if he doesn’t like to play any music instrument? and worse, what if he doesn’t like music at all?

AC website says that “There are plenty of studies that insist that classical music has the best effect on the unborn child. While many professionals in the field have debated this particular point, there is a general consensus that the best choice of music for the unborn is any type that the mother enjoys. Familiarity is very important to the newborn. If the mother enjoys the music, and it relaxes her, this will directly affect the unborn babies feelings about the music, and make them associate that feeling with that particular choice of music. This familiarity will carry over to the baby after birth as well.”

in short, i’m now downloading the complete violin concertos of mozart, some performances of ludwig van beethoven, maybe a little of jamie foxx’s latest album to go as well. not to mention a few jazz.

a variety it is.

so finally we were able to decide for our baby’s name. it’s a combo of names taken from my parents and hers as well.

EUAN ELIART

EU is from Eulogia, my wife’s mom. UAN, of course, belongs to my father – Juan. ELI, on the other hand, is taken from my mom’s name – Elizabeth. while ART is definitely from my wife’s dad – Arturo.

so that’s it, nobody would clamor for being left out or something. harharhar.

but what is really the meaning of this name? baby names dot com explains -

the boy’s name Euan \euan\ is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and its meaning is “little swift one”. Also possibly from Eoghan, a Gaelic name meaning “youth“. The ancient, original form of this name may also refer to the yew tree, and may therefore be associated with Eugene. Possibly also a variant of Evan, and hence, also a version of John.

The boy’s name Eliart \a-lla-rt\ is a variant of Allard (Old English), and the meaning of Eliart or Allart is “noble and brave“.

May araw din kayo – INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

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my respects to the jordanian cagers who beat powerade pilipinas in a do-or-die quarterfinals 81-70.

our team, however, showed a lot of courage within 4 grueling quarters. based on stats, we were able to match them head-to-head with the number of steals, free throws, 3-point shots and even in the number of fouls and turnovers. so where did we miss? – POINTS in the PAINT.

the jordanians outscored team pilipinas in 2pt-field goals matching their huge offensive rebounds. why? height difference may be. plus the fact that they really want the ball so much and they give their hearts out in rebounding to be able to make a put back or a tip in. and they have mr.wright. i don’t know but he ain’t jordanian-looking for me.

tsk..tsk..coach yeng, yeah you…you should learn to look at how your players are doing inside the court. if gabe norwood did a good job guarding wright then he should be guarding that guy all through out the game. secondly, willie and jayjay were unable to convert most of their 3-point attempts, you should be able to see that. perhaps you would allow them to make others do the shooting – put huge screens on lucky shooters like mick, gabe, and james. jared and cyrus did a good job in attacking the basket but weren’t able to convert most of their 2pt-fgs. that’s alright. they had to keep the ball rolling it’s the best that they can do.

let’s take a hard look at our roster – we have mick, sonny and asi as centers and power forwards. japeth, jared, kerby and arwind as forwards. willie and jayjay as point guards. then we have james and cyrus as shooting guards.

i have no problems with mick, he shoots well and guards well too. sonny does a lot of job in the post while asi, he’s a huge rebounder. japeth needs a lot of homework. he lacks assertiveness at some point but he has shown a lot of strength slicing the paint and creating those dunks. kerby, i’m confused…are you kidding me? you’re shooting threes when you should be attacking their 2-3 defense. what the hell is wrong with you? arwind – man you got issues. i think you’re a little too scared to be in tianjin. willie – hands down you’re one of the greatest point guards, you did a good job man. jayjay – man? from the first time i watched you played in Fiba i know you’re gonna be a mess. james and cyrus – you did a pretty good job.

so looking at that, i say the mighty mouse – jimmy alapag should be there instead of jayjay helterbrand. then let’s remove arwind santos from the lineup and put in dondon hontiveros instead to have 3 excellent shooting guards.

at the moment i can’t find any one to replace japeth or kerby.

so there, coach yeng…hey! you…knock your head…get a pen and write these options down okay???