Arjaeuse of All Best of the Philippines tagged me. My newest pal online, unique name dude! Any nicknames? Hehe. I’ve actually done this before; but it was in my other blog. I going to do this again. Here goes:

Rules:
1. Copy all the links below and replace your blog beside the appropriate letter. For example if your blog name starts with the letter “D” then replace the link beside “D” with yours, and put the replaced link at the bottom of the list. Also add the person who tagged you at the bottom of the list.
2. Tag at least 5 people and encourage them to take part of the game - tag blogs only and only those without bad rated material like pornographic, violence, racism etc.

The List:
A All best of the Philippines
B bloggingcents.com
C chatbugkaren.com
D delusionsofgrandeur.org
E everythingandanythingblog.com
F From the eyes of my heart
G GeekMomMashup.com
H hoysater.no
I ipentimento.com
J juliesjournal.com
K kabalyero.com
L Life is Beautiful
M My Happiness Haven
N nicusor.com
O originalmx5.net
P peapodsquadstuff.com
Q qweddings.com
R ringtailsquealer.blogspot.com
S stephanmiller.com
T The truth behind my closet
U utada-online.net
V vanniedosa.abomar.net
W wickedbabylon.com
X xaviermedia.com
Y yimto.com

Replaced Link: valmg.com
Previous Tagger: All best of the Philippines
Tagging : Thea’s Mike, Gebe, Bill & Gina, A Fil-Am Journey&Maan

At an early age I have been drawn to fashion. The rush comes when I am shopping. I would browse through the items then unknowingly piling up my cart with lovely things. Lately, since I am busy with my new life as a mommy I rarely get to go out to shop or window shop! That was when I started shopping online. There are a lot of sites out there that would offer fast and easy means to shop without leaving the comforts of your home.

All online merchants use shopping cart software to provide great service to their clients. I found out that the best ecommerce software out there is from Ashop Commerce. As I have said before, I was doing a research on this because I am thinking about going into the direction of having my own online business. After all fashion is my passion might as well make money with it.

Looking into Ashop’s Commerce ecommerce software I learned that their source code is fully web optimised. This would simply mean that your cart’s web promotion package has given you that extra boost of advertising that your business will surely need to gain a place in the wide wide web.

Isn’t that such fabulous news to merchants online? A boost in web promotion is essential in keeping any business afloat. Check out Ashop Commerce ecommerce software now.

4 months shy of his 2nd birthday my grabby little monster still nurses with much gusto. I even joke that he ‘strikes anywhere’ like for example one time when we were watching TV, the boy was beside me… suddenly he was nursing! I was wearing a v-neck knitted shirt that time and yet he easily got though that. Another incident was when we showering together.. well you get the drift.

“Delikado sa chicks toh” my mom keeps on saying. Hahaha

Seriously though, I am slowly weaning him from nursing. But sad to say I am failing miserably! I know it’s partly my fault. When he insists on nursing instead of taking his bottle I oftentimes oblige because he gets into a fit & cry. Also, it is beneficial for me when I’m nursing him for example:

• I don’t need to get up in the middle of the night to get him milk, I just roll over & nurse him.
• Nursing easily puts him to sleep, without it; It may take hours for him to fall asleep. He prefers to be sung! And I suck at that when I nurse him I can get away without singing. nyahahaha
• We save a bit on milk. He consumes 1 900g. can in 1 week and a half. If not; he’ll consume the can in less than a week.
• It’s our little bonding time (as if we don’t get enough!). I feel one with my baby when I nurse.
• It’s like exercising without really doing much (the way I like it.)
• I have an excuse to eat more….what?! I’m eating for two. ahahaha

So with all these benefits why am I in a hurry to wean the boy? That got me thinking; Society dictates that breastfeeding should only be done with babies up to 2 years. But some women breastfeed up until the age of 3 and more. This is called extended breastfeeding or “sustained breastfeeding”. It is believed that all benefits of human milk (nutritional,immunological and emotional) continue as long as the child nurses. This would also be a means for the child to bond with his mother.

So I read on negative impacts of sustained breastfeeding and found none.

I’ve actually found a very informative entry on extended breastfeeding from the site called Skinship and she quoted from Dr. Sears’s Baby Book (p.198): “Life is a series of weanings for a child: weaning from the womb, weaning from the breast, from your bed and from your home to school. The pace at which children go from oneness to separateness should be respected in all of these weaning milestones. /…/ We have studied long-term effects on thousands of children who have had timely weanings and have observed that these children are more independent, gravitate to people more than things, are easier to discipline, experience less anger and radiate trust./…/ In the normal process of oneness and separateness, it is not the mother who weans the baby, but the baby who weans from the mother.”

Having read that, I therefore conclude that it’s my baby’s right to nurse. Given that there are no major disadvantage of extended breastfeeding I will allow my son to self-wean. In his own pace. In his own time.