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Just sharing Gwen’s cute little pink swimsuit. This is what makes having a baby girl so fun, dressing her up.
sexier than mommy
Pink swimsuit from Coco Cabana, we bought it on sale for only Php 99. The purple/pink baby shades is only Php 89. All from SM Department Store. Her grandma also bought her a red swimsuit that she wore on the second day. My daughter is so adorable. Next time, I’ll dress her up with winter outfits, it’s so cute seeing photos of babies all wrapped up.
Gwen’s first out of town trip at 4 months. We brought Gwen to our company outing at Kabayan Beach Resort, Laiya, Batangas. It’s a 3-day trip only but I found that traveling with a baby is quite a task, especially with packing all the essentials. We almost brought our house, check out the photo below, we brought 3 bags. Can you guess where’s Gwen’s bag?
Well, the black Salomon bag is Jeff’s, it only contains some essentials and few pieces of parish clothing. The red bag is mine and, the biggest bag belongs to Gwen. The yellow duffle bag has clothes, diapers, clothes, baby bottles and her bottle sterilizer. We almost brought her bath tub, lol!
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We applied for Gwen’s passport last week. We’re lucky to find an earlier schedule for passport application for her passport to be released just in time for our Singapore trip on July. Our appointment is at 5:00 pm, but we’re already there at 4:30 pm and proceeded with the process, we’re finished after 30 minutes.
Requirements for passport application of infants/minor are minimal:
Gwen’s passport will be released on June 13 since they don’t accept rush applications. Regular passport processing is Php 950. Passport delivery is additional Php 120.
I’m so excited for our first family trip, the three of us. I’ll take lots of pictures of Universal Studios, steel buildings around Singapore, food trips and shopping at Orchard Road for Gwen to see once she grows up.
When I was still not a mommy yet, I also think that Mother’s Day is another overrated occasion just like Valentine’s Day. I mean, our mothers are special and we have to treat them as such everyday. But this year, as a first-time mom, I find myself giddy to celebrate it. And knowing us, celebration means dining out. Good thing I have unused vouchers for Spiral Buffet at Sofitel, perfect location for this occasion.
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After purchasing a Saya Baby Carrier and a Mamma’s Milk baby sling for Gwen, the two baby gears were still unused. Even the stroller that my brother gave as hand me down is still stuck in the corner of our room. When I first tried putting Gwen in the Saya baby carrier, she cried. I was not surprised by this because she even hates being swaddled, so the idea of being enveloped tightly in a sling is not a good idea. As for the Mamma’s Milk baby sling, I figured it doesn’t offer much support for babies, maybe when she becomes older. As with the baby stroller, well, we’re not fond of using strollers in malls especially if it’s crowded.
So the other alternative is to try another baby carrier, we bought the MacLaren Techno Baby Carrier after trying it out inside Baby Company. We tried different brands, Gwen also likes the one in Chicco but we preferred the material of MacLaren. And guess what, she liked it, hooray!
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When you’re breastfeeding, one challenge you have to face is to breastfeed in public. When Gwen was 1 month old, we already took her to Alabang Town Center. In the middle of our malling experience, she cried and wouldn’t stop. I panicked and didn”t know where to go since I can’t find a breastfeeding station. It’s a good thing that we’re shopping for a gift at Kamiseta that time, they have comfy flowery sofas there…
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