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My little girl Rhaine, undergone stye removal last August due to multiple stye on both her eyes. I don't know where she got it. I am concern because it looks like she is having another one again on her left eye. I don't want her to have another operation. Actually due to this every time she hears the word doctor she would refer to her eyes. I've read online that a warm compress on the eye is a good remedy but at her age I don't know how will I do it. We might visit a different doctor since I got disappointed with the professional fee before that was not covered with our Maxicare... (another story). Do you think it would be better to visit our pedia first or we just go to an opta? We might bring her to the doctor anytime this week.

I was sleeping when all of a sudden my little boy, David, who is 6 years old, come to me with tears in his eyes. At first I thought he had a fight with his dad again. I asked him why and his answer surprised me. Media really can corrupt young mind. He told me he doesn't want to die. He is crying because he remembered what he saw in television when he was 5 years old. Its about an old guy who die. I don't know if its from a telenovela, commercial or something. He asked me if he became a grandfather... will I still be there? Who will take care of him? I told him all of us will die.. some are young and some are old. I advised him to eat healthy food (specially vegetables) to be healthy and not to be sick which can cause death. I told him his kids will take care of him when he grows old. He asked then how can I have a kid? When you get married you will have kids of your own, thats what I said. Well, another surprising answer from him. I don't want to get married, and I said why? He said he is shy to kiss someone, I then remember seeing him hiding when he sees a kissing scene in a movie or a tv show. No matter how much I want can be there to control what he needs to see or watch in some cases it just happens when you are watching something. 

I am concern on about my kid. Based on my assessment on how he reacts on things... he is very weak emotionally. He cries easily... very dependent... doesn't want to be left alone. I guess it has something to do with our conflicting way of how to discipline him. My husband is quite hot tempered and would easily shout, say bad words and punished him at a very little mistakes. Most of the time, I come as his savior and when I do that his dad would get mad at me for contradicting him. I am doing that because I don't agree with how he punish the kid for just a very little things. I know I am wrong for interrupting and I should talk to him when my kids is away but he really cannot control his temper. Anyway my worry now is how to make my little boy stronger emotionally. I want him to be strong and not to become very dependent to us. I don't know how to do this with my husband since we have different views on how to build him up. He wants my son to be afraid of him.... afraid in a way by just a single word the kid would follow. To me it sounds like too  much, I think that would make the kid rebellious in the future. I guess I need to talk to my husband and we should come up with a solution that we can agree together.

November 3, 2011, David is back to school after about two weeks of sem-break. He spend most of his time with mamu's (lola) house. Good thing it is also his cousin Joshua's sem-break so he has playmate there. He spend most of time playing toys, watching cartoons, playing nintendo DS and playing pool. I did not force him to review even though they will have a very long exam on November 7 which will be move to November 8 due to holiday. According to his diary he needs to review everything from 1st grading up to 2nd grading... wew. I think of all the subjects that they have the difficult one will be Sibika... lots of memorization about the Philippines. They will have classes until Saturday so I am planning to review him this coming Sunday and Monday. That is the way I review as well when I go to school. I would not call it cramming but its just that its easy to recall things that you just studied. I hope he will get good grades just like before. I don't feel this kind of pressure when I was kinder... my son is in prep and have this kind of exams already.. wew! Two weeks after this they have their monthly exam for their 3rd grading period. 

Last Sunday we went to Tagaytay for a trip. We are supposed to visit my tita and lola in Batangas but change our agenda. After breakfast all of us prepared. All kids take a bath first and then the adults. At first we are thinking of place where the kids can have fun. We are thinking of going to MOA, Southmall, luneta, park near our place... until we decided to go to Tagaytay. My mom cooked rice and bring some plates and utensils, we are going to have our lunch there. We end up eating in a restaurant with kubo and then went to Olivares to hunt clothes in ukay-ukay. There's a playground for kids where David and Joshua stay while we are hunting for clothes. We also both angry birds slippers for Rhaine and a small angry bird playset for David. Out of excitement David open his toy and when we got home he find out that the red angry bird is missing. He and his dad look inside the van but its not there. The toy only comes with two birds, yellow and red. That makes him upset but I told him not to since he still have some angry birds toy in our house. He is still requesting for an angry bird toy for Christmas.. oh well!

Yesterday was my son's last day before their sem-break. They have an activity called Scouting Investiture Ceremony. Its an event for girls and boys scouts. It makes me remember my girls scout days when I was small. I was not able to attend due to work so its my hubby who joined him. We are not aware that we need to bring someone to be his sponsor so its my husband who acted as one. I was able to see his pictures and videos and I can see the smile in his face while marching and singing. They also had a fun play after the ceremony. I hope next year I would be able to be with him for the boy scout event.

I am very happy and proud of my little boy. I saw the results of his exam last week and he was able to perfect 3 out of the their 6 exams. The other subjects he only had few mistakes. I was not able to take note of the subjects so I cant post what they are (hehe). I am looking forward for better and good grades. Sorry my son if mommy is sometimes hot tempered when reviewing or teaching you. But no matter what, I will always be here to help and guide you. Love you son!

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It's BER month already and 82 more days if I'm not mistaken its already Christmas. My son who is getting fond of angry birds is requesting for a miniature play set of it. We saw it first at Clipper in Alabang Town Center which cost P1k. We also saw it in RFC which I think its only P600 or P800 not really sure. Its battery operated so you can hear sounds of the bird when you throw them using the sling. It comes with blocks that you can put together and pigs as the enemy. Well I am still thinking if I will buy this for him. I still have time to decide on what to buy him for Christmas.

My son David loves playing games at Tom's World. Mostly he plays those that give out tickets. Those tickets can be exchange to different items depending on the points. When he went out before with his dad he was able to get 2 angry bird sharpeners, one red and one blue. He enjoys playing with it and he even bring it at school. Yesterday I was reviewing him for their periodical exam, something bad happen. He was so playful while we are studying. He cant stand in one position, he keeps on moving around and playing. I only  have like an hour of sleep from work and was tired already. I told him several times to behave and listen, I loosen up my temper and threw one of his angry bird sharper and it broke. While he was crying, I feel guilt in me for doing that. I knew that he value that toy so much. I explained to him his mistakes and why I get mad. I also told him how lucky he is for having a mom who works hard for his needs and what I am doing is for his own good. At the end I also apologized for my behavior. We end up hugging each other and went back to studying. Lord please give me more patient and help me raise my kid well.

Last Saturday was the class card distribution at my son's school. Before the cards was given the parents were first given a seminar by Ptr. Ody about parenting. I learned a lot from it. Parenting is very hard but very fulfilling. Our kids are gift from God. I remember he mention about the message in the bible "I am the vine and your are the branches." He relate this to family, God being the vine and parents the branches and kids as the fruit. God should be the center of our parenting to be able to bear good fruit.

Anyway their class card looks different. It shows no numbers but C(consistent), P(progress) and N(not yet) on different skills of the student. You will also see VS (very satisfactory), S (satisfactory) etc. per each category. I wonder what is his real grades in numbers, we are told before we could ask the teacher for that. He may not be the brightest in their class but for me he is the best, my beloved child.