The Little Man’s First Visit To The Dentist

24.April.2013 By 9 Comments

I thought it was the best time for the little man’s first dental visit this year so I checked online for potential dentists to try. I was actually advised by my pedia to check out pediatric dentists in Manila instead of trying out regular dentists locally, as pediatric dentists know perfectly how to examine and treat the little one’s chompers. After a few online search, I have found exactly the pediatric dentist my pedia was talking about. But it was a good thing I came across a mummy friend, Gene, who went there earlier this year with her 4-year old toddler and recommended that I check out this other dentist, instead.  Which I did. I went to check for the dentist’s contact details online and contacted him the next day.

Dr. Edwin G. Vismanos of the Happy Child Dental Clinic responded to my inquiry, and was kind enough to give me instructions on how to go to their clinic, too. We scheduled Jared’s very first dental appointment on the 2nd of April.

The Very First Dental Appointment

The place was easy enough to find. The most distinguished landmark is the Sto. Domingo Church and you just have to take the footbridge in front of it to get across.  Besides, we took a cab to go there so that Jared won’t have to endure the heat while riding a public transportation. That way, even when we had quite a long journey {we are coming from Bulacan, remember?}, the little man still looks fresh when we arrived to the place.

The little man actually thought we are going to ActiveFun and good thing there was actually a makeshift play area in the clinic, complete with a little slide and loads of toys for Jared to enjoy and pass the time while we wait for our turn. The dentist was currently attending to two little patients when we arrived and the little man thoroughly enjoyed the slide and the toys by the time it was his turn to be checked. Meanwhile, I busied myself filling-up forms while waiting.

Before we took to the dentist chair, the dentist explained the full procedure to me, complete with photos and illustrations so that I can fully understand and grasp how the process will go about. Jared’s examination probably took only about 5 minutes. Of course, he was putting up a fight and I had to carry him on the dentist chair just so the dentist can peek right through his mouth. The little man was crying and making a fuss, which is just what I expected. Dr. Vismanos quickly perused his teeth and counted them, too. After the examination, the little man was made to pick for a toy reward and as expected, he went for the little blue toy car! [Read more...]

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Potty Training Reloaded

5.March.2013 By Leave a Comment
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Jared’s blue potty

I bought the little man a little blue potty last year with plans of potty training him soon. He was showing keen interest on the toilet bowl and I reckon he is big enough to tackle this. our first few tries were quite impressive. I simply told him to ask mum for the potty whenever he wants to poop and off he did! His very first foray into potty training was real success. Our next few attempts were also successful and I thought we’re heading straight to diaper freedom. But it seemed like the novelty of his new potty wore off and after a few weeks we were back to soiling his diaper again.

This year, though, he started showing interest on the potty again. Of course, I made sure to put it in a spot in the bathroom where he can easily see it and be reminded of it. We might have missed on  a couple of occasions but I think my little man has mastered the art of pooping in his potty down pat! He now automatically asks for it whenever he feels like going.

Teaching him to pee in the potty may seem like a different story, though. He’s probably too accustomed to peeing in his diapers that he is having a hard time adjusting to the new method. I’d experiment on getting rid of the disposable diapers during daytime and used cloth diaper inserts instead, or dress him in one of his Cars underwear, reminding him to ask for his potty when he feels like peeing. The results were disastrous at best. Instead of telling me he’d go to the potty to pee, he’d tell me he is wet when he’s already peed on his underwear. I’d end up with a mound of peed-on underwear, not to mention the bed and the sofa, too! And don’t forget the mess on the floor!

I guess Jared still needs to get the hang of peeing on his potty and I do hope he learns it soon. He will soon outgrow his current diaper brand, which is the biggest size available, and I do not want to start trying another brand. I’d also want to give his skin a rest from all the diapering. Hopefully we learn this soon enough.

Any tips on potty training your tots?

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A View From Here

7.January.2013 By 8 Comments

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The little man is tinkering with our camera again and I just let him explore and do his thing. I tell you, he has a knack at it and has easily learned to his way around our camera that soon enough he will know how to operate it better than I do. He now knows where to locate the zoom button whenever you’re on the gallery mode, which I only learned from him!

Sometimes I worry that he’ll change something in the camera settings, but most times I just let him be. I know I won’t be too lenient about it had we not bought a shockproof camera a few years back Smile

Oh well, here’s but one of the photos he’s taken, capturing this little nook of our room where we placed his stuffed friends, a colorful view from our bed. From this angle, the only thing he managed to capture are the curtains and the window, as well as Tigger + Horsie! Smile

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Hearts + One Lazy Saturday Afternoon

3.January.2013 By 13 Comments
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the little man’s heart

It was one of those lazy Saturday when we have nothing planned for the day. I gave up on updating my blogs, too, as creative juices are simply not flowing this morning. When the little man woke up, I joined him in bed and we played and fooled around for a bit. A stroke of inspiration came to me and I started teaching the little man to make a heart from his hands. I showed him how to do it by making my own heart. Jared was too keen to learn how it was done and was forming this odd-shaped heart with his little digits. Check out the cute heart he can muster with his chubby little fingers! He was just 3, after all, and you cannot expect much. But I loved his openness to learn and how he intently followed my “fold-kiss-tail” instruction to create his heart. Hopefully studying and learning with my little tyke will be as easy and fun like this! Smile

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mum’s heart

Anyway, after he allowed me to take some snaps, he was back to elbowing me out of the throne {the chair in front of the PC, that is!} so he can watch his fave videos on YouTube, and since we have nothing else to do, I let him watch a little while longer whilst I hit the bed with this new ARC of Untimed I recently received. It was way past lunch time before we decided to go downstairs and have a late lunch! Time does fly when one’s having fun!

How’s your first 2013 weekend turning?

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