Photo: “Dentist + Barber” by JD Hancock, c/o Flickr. Some Rights Reserved
The dreaded day has come. E bear’s teeth, which already showed some decay, is causing him pain, so much so that he woke up one night crying. We gave him a dose of Paracetamol. Thankfully, it relieved the pain so he was able to go back to sleep. But the pain was back when he woke up in the morning. We knew that it was time to do something about the teeth. READ MORE
“Daddy, hug me!”
E Bear always wants Papa Bear to hug him whenever we are getting ready for sleep. One day…
Papa Bear: E, why do you always want Papa to hug you when you want to sleep?
E Bear: Para hindi ako mag-roll! Like this oh –*proceeds to demonstrate rolling around in bed*. (So I won’t roll around in bed!)
And I was expecting a sweet answer!
I was kidding E Bear last night about “throwing Shobe (little sister) away”. Our conversation went like this:
Mama Bear: E, throw na natin Shobe sa trash can. (Let’s throw Shobe in the trash can.)
E Bear: Nooooo
Mama Bear: Why?
E Bear: Because Shobe is not tissue!
LOL!
Well I was pretty persistent, so I continued with the thread:
Mama Bear: Let’s let Shobe sleep with Tata downstairs nalang. (Tata is our dog. She sleeps in our garage)
E Bear: Noooo, I like Shobe here with us.
Mama Bear: Why?
E Bear: (changes topic, asks something about the TV show)
At this point, Papa Bear came in
Papa Bear: Do you love Shobe?
E Bear: YES!!! (Emphatic and definite!)
E Bear may have difficulty expressing himself, but there is no doubt in our minds that he definitely loves his baby sister.
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Meanwhile, R Bear is starting to talk up a storm. The other night, she started saying Good night, Mommy; Good night, Daddy and Good night, Ahia. 
My little bears got vaccinated last Saturday.
Days before the scheduled vaccination, Papa Bear already started priming Big Brother Bear. This was their conversation:
Papa Bear: E, you and shobe are going with us to the clinic. You are having injections.
pause, then
E Bear: Ouchie ba?
Papa Bear: Not really. A little bit. Like the bite of an ant.
Silence.
When I asked Big Brother (E) Bear, he said that it’s not ouchie, it feels like the sting of a mosquito. I’m thinking that he probably psyched himself up. I was a bit worried that he might find it more painful than how Papa Bear described it.
The big day came. I decided to let Big Brother Bear go first. It was just me, the pedia and E.
He didn’t cry. He even looked at the syringe while the vaccine was being administered.
I was so proud of him :).
As for the Little Sister Bear, she cried, but only for about 5 seconds. I think she just cried because we immobilized her, rather than because of any real pain.
Very proud of my little bears :).
As I have stated in this post, I did not expect anything special on Valentine’s Day. In fact, I was asked several times by different people about our plans for that day and I said no, we’re not going anywhere special or doing anything out of the ordinary.
But Papa Bear surprised me with this when he got home:
I was thrilled! Kilig! Grabe, ambabaw ko!
Then, since both my kid bears are well enough, they got to enjoy a bit of fun in our room. E Bear bugged Papa Bear to play Just the Way You are. It was the kid bears’ fave song of the moment.
While the strains of Bruno Mars’ voice filled the room from Papa Bear’s cellphone, my little Baby R Bear started dancing and my big E Bear sang along and “played” an imaginary piano on top of the personal ref. It was so fun, I tell you! It’s not easy trying to explain how fun it is, but suffice it to say that we do not regret not having a special just-the-two-of-us dinner and date. With a front seat performance by 2 of our fave performers, flowers, chocolates…What more could a Mama Bear ask for?
Nothing. It was perfect.
I love my family.
E: Mammy sleep in other room.
Mama Bear: (hurt) Why? You don’t want to sleep with Mommy?
E: Daddy lang. Mommy has to take care of Shobe.
Mama Bear: Where will Shobe sleep?
E: In ama‘s (grandma) room, because I have fever. Baka I might cough on Shobe.
Mama Bear: Eh, paano if you’re well na?
E: Shobe and Mommy sleep here with Daddy and me.
