family matters – Page 14

Ayex’s First Pet

Last June 30, we took advantage of the special holiday and hit SM North Edsa. We should have think twice because when we got there, we could barely get our car parked!

Anyway, we were able to park our car. We were full force, Max included. Yes, it was Maxyn’s first time to hit SM. Hahaha! I didn’t want to be left alone at home so we decided to just bring her along.

We actually had an agenda. We were suppose to buy things like towels and fabric for Ate Meriam’s project bed sheet. Mon, Ayex, Maxyn and I separated from Nanay, EmEm and Ate Meriam as they have their own agenda. When we were finished with ours, we looked for them. They said they were in the Foodcourt area.

We were on the escalator going down to the Foodcourt area when Ayex saw Bioresearch. Without a blink, she blurted Daddy di pa tayo nakabili ng pet fish ko! We kept on forgetting about it but not that day. Mon was not able to escape it anymore and gave in to his little girl’s request. We came home that day with a new addition in the family – a fish that is.

You bet she’s super excited about it that she wants the aquarium on the carpet every now and then so she can see it. Maybe that’s the reason why it developed a crack. Yep, after 3 days, we had to transfer the fish in a plastic container because the aquarium had leaks. Goodbye PhP300. Hahaha! One of the fish had died too. There are still 3 fish in the container which she feeds daily.

How about you, what was your child’s first pet?

Putting Maxyn to bed makes me crazy

She sleeps perfectly well during day time. All I have to do is feed her, burp her and cuddle her a little and she’s on her way to dreamland.

Yes I know, babies tend to mix day and night once they’re out of the mom’s womb but does it really have to be this way?

Maxyn wakes up at 12 midnight to feed. After burping her, she would ask to be fed again. Most of the time, she would cry loudly even when she’s feeding already. I don’t know why but I’m sure she’s not being overwhelmed by the milk flow. There would even be times when she’ll let go of the breast and cry after a while. And I thought she’s done feeding already!

From 12 midnight, it’ll take care about 6 or more times of feeding. By 3am, I’m already drowsy and tired but she won’t sleep yet with occasional loud cries. I won’t really mind the crying except that wakes her older sister. And when Ayex wakes up, it makes me doubly stressed as she would also cry when Maxyn cries! Riot, eh? The thing with Ayex, she wants her back to be scratched until she dozes off. But I have only two hands, both are busy calming and putting the little one to sleep. I seriously thought of using my feet but I don’t know how it could do me good. I know it is not Maxyn’s fault, she doesn’t even know what’s happening.

What about hubby? Well he comes home at around 2:30am. By the time he gets home, I’m already 2 1/2 hours awake and most likely tired of putting two girls to sleep. Besides, he’s also tired a day full of work.

Back to Maxyn. Last night she slept at around 4am (12-4am) and by 5:30am, she’s awake again asking for milk! My head is already spinning and I seriously want to sleep! The thought of everyone waking up to her loud cries only makes me more stressed.

How long will this take? Today I’m planning to keep her awake for a good one hour before I put her to sleep. And I had some 4 hours of sleep this afternoon. This day should be a better day for all of us.

On being financially mature

Would you believe that I got my own credit card only recently? And no, it didn’t take me to apply for one. Magic, eh? Of course it is not. The bank where I have a savings account automatically issued me one so there.

I’m not really very enthusiastic when I received it. I’m afraid I would be another Becky Bloomwood of the famous Shopaholic series who owes her VISA a lot and she denies the fact by hiding all her bills under her bed. But I knew I didn’t want to return the card either. I know there will be a time when it will be very handy. So what I did was get advice from hubby (who has been using one for years and was never in debt) and read the fine prints very very carefully.

In the fine print, I learned that I can make a cash advance. The approval is as quick as overnight. You know, there are times and places when a plastic card just won’t do the trick, cold cash are needed. While I’m not really sure why would I need it, I’m sure extra cash will always come in handy. I can use it for some unstoppable shopping urge or even to address complicated matters such as emergencies. May the latter not occur in my lifetime, but we can’t really predict things, can we?

Now, it has been months since I started using my plastic card and I’m proud to say that I’m not in debt. I managed to control every spending and so far, I don’t need any cash advance YET. It just occurred to me though the holidays are a great time to take advantage of a cash advance. We’ll see in December. In the meantime, I’ll keep on monitoring the usage of my plastic card.