Raising Casey

I noticed that it has been more than a month from the last time I posted about Casey. She is exactly 2 years 6 months and 7 days now. She has become a talker, a good eater, a good dancer, and a good singer. She says "deloom" for ballon. Her Daddy calls her Miss Independent She calls her dad's mom Mama She calls her mom's mom Lola She calls her mom's dad Papay She calls her mom's brother Owa (for Kuya) She remembers Kuya Josh, Ate Chloe and Jose. She remembers Ate Chloe telling her to always tie her hair. When Casey was born, I made a lens about her life in Squidoo. Unfortunately Squidoo closed but I hope I can recover that article in Hubpages where Squidoo moved all their content to. I went home to the province last week of August

Casey is 2 years and half and she is a "terrible two" baby, feisty and independent-minded. It is a challenge raising a two-year old very independent-minded, very confident baby who knows exactly what she wants.  Wikipedia's descriptions of a terrible two kid perfectly fit Casey to a tee: Casey is often defiant; shouting "no" to everything she doesn't approve of. She is very bossy, demanding from everyone and expects immediate attention by crying. Casey is very clever in using crying to get the attention she wants.  Casey is very impatient.

  "5 Reasons Modern-Day Parenting Is in Crisis, According to a British Nanny" is an article written by Emma Jenner that I've just recently read which identifies 5 reasons why modern-day parents could be raising children who might grow up as self-centered, spoiled, selfish, and rude adults. The five reasons as described by the author are:  1. We always want to please our children. Parents especially us, moms, always want to please our children, we always want to give what they want. 2. We don't discipline our children. The author is saying that children nowadays lack discipline because we do not do our part to discipline them. 3. People in the community don't care as much anymore. 4. We are teaching kids not to be patient. 5. Some parents forget that they have their own needs to meet, too. You can read the article in full here .  

The day after I gave birth to my eldest son, Casey's uncle and godfather, his doctor visited me in my room and informed me that my baby boy had jaundice which caused his skin to turn yellowish. I asked why it turned yellow and she said it was because his bilirubin count was way past the normal count and that he had to be placed under a bililight to reduce the amount of bilirubin in the baby's body. I then asked the lady doctor what happens if the amount of bilirubin did not go down. What's the next step? She said, the baby will have to undergo a blood transfusion to completely clean his blood and stop the yellowing of the skin. I asked her what's causing all these and she said my baby had ABO incompatibility. She explained that me and my baby had different blood types which was the root cause of the blood disorder that affected my baby. As a first time mom, I wondered what all those medical terms mean. Jaundice. Bilirubin. Bililight. ABO incompatibility. The...

Of course you want a baby girl or baby boy but definitely not an intersex baby, right? Intersex are people whose gender are difficult to determine. They were born with reproductive organs that are different from those of a boy and girl thus making it difficulty to say whether it is a boy or a girl. This condition is called typical genitalia, a congenital birth defect of the sex organs making it difficult to identify whether a child is a girl or a boy. It is characterized by the baby having both testicles and vulva. It is also characterized by a baby girl having a large clitoris like a penis and a baby boy having testicles that have not properly descended. Causes of atypical genitalia:   - hormonal imbalance   - variations in genetics   - fetal tissues that have not properly formed into normal genitals   Treatment of atypical genitalia - surgery is done to either add or remove the reproductive organ that is suited or not suited to the child'...

Gestational diabetes is a condition which occurs among pregnant women who experience high blood sugar level in their pregnancy even if they never had previous diabetes history. This disorder is dangerous to both mother and baby as the baby could develop congenital defects and chemical imbalance after birth which would make it necessary for the baby to be placed in a neonatal intensive care unit. Gestational diabetes mellitus happens when the body's insulin is low as the insulin receptors cannot function well because of the presence of human placental lactogen that interferes with the susceptible receptors. Gestational diabetes hardly shows any symptoms making the expectant mom unaware that her condition needs urgent and immediate treatment. When this happens, she could experience pre-eclampsia during pregnancy and more likely give birth by Ceasarian section. She is likely to develop Type 2 diabetes after giving birth. The child, on the other hand, cou...

Casey had roseola on February 22, 2013, exactly 10 days after her first birthday. We noticed the appearance of red rashes on her abdomen and stomach area. ( First time moms will naturally be scared of this development in their baby). Then we noticed that the rashes were spreading to her arms, face and legs. Since I already experienced taking care of  a baby with roseola (Casey's mom), I was no longer scared about Casey having it. When I saw the rashes on Casey's abdominal area, I immediately told my daughter it was roseola which was later confirmed by my doctor brother that it was indeed roseola infantum based on the symptoms and type of rashes. What is Roseola Infantum? Roseola infantum or simply roseola is a kind of measles that occur in babies who are younger than 2 years old and is caused by the Roseolovirus. Roseola is characterized by high fever which could cause convulsions due to the sudden rush of high temperature in certain babies. After a few days, the feve...