Congratulations to my Mommy!

Congratulations Momi!

My mother was inducted into office as Vice Pres of The Philippine Society of Hospital Pharmacists (PSHP EV Chapter) at Casino Español last March 15 2008. We're proud of you Momila!

By the way, I designed the gown she's wearing hehe. Doesn't she look too gorgeous for a grandma?

solutions for itchy preggy tummy

Dry skin and itchy tummy are two most common complaints of being pregnant. My bellylove started to itch at around 3months and my skin started to feel really dry.

I would like to share my two solutions:

1. After taking a bath, before putting on a towel, I put on Himalaya Herbals Nourishing Baby Oil. Since we've arrived in Dubai, my son has been using Himalaya products and has since been proven perfect on him. Now, I'm getting the benefits from their baby oil myself. Enriched with Olive oil that nourishes, Winter Cherry that improves the skin tone and Aloe vera that moisturizes my skin - I can definitely say it works better than any lotion or baby oil I've tried!

2. Before going to bed, I rub my tummy with Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula Tummy Butter for Stretch Marks. It soothes the itchiness and it smells good on you! Plus it claims to help reduce the appearance of stretch marks, although my stretch marks are peacefully hidden somewhere else, I don't mind at all.

So there you have it! :D How about you, what's your secret? :)

i don't feel like working today.

TO DO:
- mock-up for CD cover designs
- Bags of Sens logo design amends
- Prepare final artwork of tri-fold brochure and folder
- new folder design

I'm the type of designer who wants to get things done before any doing any extra unrelated-to-work stuff... like blogging. Instead of getting that list out of my plate, I am composing this entry. I don't feel like working today. I feel tired and lousy and sleepy altogether. Can I just go home and sleep?

Happy Puddings Day!

Today marks the day I married my bestfriend. Happy 4th Wedding Anniversary to The Puddings! A total of 11 years of being in love with each other. Each year becomes sweeter and funnier with our growing family.

I made my husband this photo design and mount it on a frame. He once said to me he likes to have a family photo on his desk one day. This morning, my 1.10 yo was amazed to see how his favorite book "Discover Little Creatures" is inside the frame together with our picture. He was staring at it and pointing at things "an!" "ma!" pa!". He then experiments on the frame and then broke the stand which was made of hard cardboard. Satisfied, he smiled to us... oh the things you do Zaiid!

I MET SCORPIONS!

The legendary old school rock n' roll band Scorpions will perform tomorrow night at Dubai Festival City. Together with the Aircrew team, we went to their Press Conference late this afternoon.

Yes, they were a bit old to be rockin' out but hey, they are Scorpions! Their lead man, Klaus was all-smile and doesn't possess that typical rockstar attitude - well at least to our experience - he was kind enough to stay for us to take pictures with him.

He sang one famous line: "Here I am, rock you like a hurricane!" His sort of teaser for the coming concert tomorrow.

At the end of the conference, we got our Press Pass ID! Whohooo! :D And look who wants to go to the concert. Hahah! Sorry babylove, no toddlers allowed :)

Love Mother's Milk!

I read a news article through my friend, Toting a breast feeding advocate herself, regarding The Philippines getting support all over the world on Milk Code stand. Read full news article here.

At least our government is recognizing the dying breastfeeding culture in our society. I must admit that I have no idea that formula milk companies have violated the Philippine Milk Code.

In one of the videos being highlighted in Boycott Nestle blog, an introduction states: "In 2003, the National Health and Demographic Survey found that only 16% of Filipino Infants were exclusively fed with mother's milk, a sign that the breastfeeding culture is declining."

It breaks my heart to know that some parents actually believed that their babies will turn out geniuses if they use formula, or that formula has more advanced benefits than breast milk. Anything for formula milk for their newborns. Look what evil advertising brings. It twisted the consumer's minds and made facts out of pure marketing.

I have not fully breastfed Zaiid due to my postpartum depression. Unfortunately, I only made it three weeks because I needed to take hard medication which prevents me from breastfeeding. It was a sad way of ending it but some situations needed desperate measures. I was not a perfect breastfeeding mother but I hope I can do better with my second baby.

Love breast milk, no to formula!

bellylove: 20weeks

I'm 20weeks on my second pregnancy now and I feel much better: goodbye morning sickness (I've stopped taking Navidoxine) yey! Although I get nauseous at some days or get really annoyed at little things, my little bump and I are getting through each day with a smile.

For a little bit of fun information, Zaiid has stopped calling my tummy "eggsss" and now refers to it as "ball". And just before we went to bed tonight, he placed his head on my naked belly, embraced it with one arm and gave five pats. Sweet little thing, I know Baby Manghud's going to have the coolest brother he's ever asked for.