THE STILL OVERWEIGHT NICO AND THREATS OF ACQUIRING ASTHMA
“Tabachingching,” that’s what most people comment whenever they see the healthy physique of Nico. For us, that’s suppose to mean a complement as we’ve observed that the same physical trait was often the gauge of people for judging that we are indeed doing a good job as far as raising our only child for now is concerned. And to relatives and friends and acquaintances who knew Nico was a preemie with a heart issue before, they were surprised even more as they didn’t expect the tiny little baby who “can literally fit in a shoe box” before to now have grown up bigger as kids his age. “Akalain mo nga naman mag-grow up at tumaba ng ganyan ang batang yan,” was a comment that we often hear.
Well, at least on a Pinoy’s general perspective, a child who is chubby is often tagged as healthy while a child who is thin or what is often tagged in the Pinoy language as “patpat” is the opposite. I have to say so myself as we’ve experienced all sorts of comments for both the “patpat” and “tabachingching” phases in Nico’s physical growth. Continue Reading »
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