My Baby My World

2009-10-26T09:48:00.001+08:00

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2009-07-17T15:48:00.001+08:00

A sign of Growing up?

Recently, I noticed that Ah boy is quite good at his speech. Of coz he doesn’t speak or pronounce perfect Mandarin or English works. But he is able to form a complete sentence, and able to answer your questions.

Let me dig some past conversions with ah boy:
HB calling home from his workplace while I was playing FB on the computer at home. Had a minor disappointment wif HB, so I was not interested to talk to hb over the phone. So Mr Kapo aka Ah boy chat wif daddy over the phone (in Chinese- I lazy to type Chinese characters)

Dad: What’s mummy doing?
Ah Boy: Mummy is playing computer.

I was just beside ah boy & I stunned at him! I never told him that I was playing computer, and he can answer correctly to his dad. Even his dad is surprised at his answer!

Another scenario:
Hb called home again & ah boy quickly rushed to pick up the phone. So dad asked in Chinese again:

Dad: What’s mummy doing?
Ah Boy: Mummy is watching television.

Faint! Yes I was watching TV when the phone rang. And he has answered correctly again in complete sentence.

I know these are basic sentences, but I’m very happy that he has grown up. To be able to form complete sentence, answer correctly questions posed to him. Recently I only managed to make up what song he was trying to sing since mths ago: London bridge is falling down! He’s beginning to speak clearer words and thus we get to understand him better.

Ytd brought him to NTUC for grocery shopping. As usual, whatever item he spotted of edible to him, he will want. From bread to chocolate to yogurt to jelly to biscuits to yacukt! Of coz, I limit him to 1 item only as I wasn’t so rich to afford all these stuffs at 1 go. 1 of the ntuc staffs saw us and she praised ah boy for being an understandable kid: I was rejecting him when he point towards a packet of jellies. He didn’t insist on wanting the jellies after that, as the staff say most kids will cry n insists till they get their jellies purchased. I only can say i strictly allowed 1 item only. If jelly, then no yogurt. So ah boy prefer yogurt that nite. He love to go into that NTUC everytime we passed by the place. He will point towards tt direction n will grumble a bit if we skipped the NTUC. Haha.. too much sweetie stuffs for him.. & he’s gaining quite a bit of weight recently.

2009-07-16T14:29:00.002+08:00

Std Char Sgp Marathon – Kids’ Dash 2009

Last yr I brought Ah boy to cheers on his dad, who has participated in the Half marathon catergory. We saw so many cutie kids in blue.. gtg ready for their kids’ dash. So this year, I was determined to let ah boy join the kids’ dash. Below is the event details:

Date : Sunday, 6 December 2009

Start Point : Esplanade Drive, The Esplanade Bridge

End Point : St Andrew’s Road, The Padang
Website: http://www.singaporemarathon.com/

It’s a non-competitive 750mtr distance. Starting at the Esplanade Drive, the kids will run along the bridge, making a right turn before The Fullerton Hotel and onto Anderson Bridge. They will then sprint past Connaught Drive and cross the Finish Line at St Andrew’s Road by the Padang.

Other pts to note:
For children aged 6 years old and below, only one parent/guardian issued with an identification tag, will be allowed to accompany the child.
The Kids Dash is non-competitive, therefore, no timing chip will be issued and no official timing will be recorded or provided.
All Participants will be awarded a Finisher’s Certificate and a Finisher’s Medal.

So any parents out there who plan to bring your kids for the Kids’ Dash, drop me a note. So we can all run together.

2009-07-09T14:42:00.002+08:00

CUT HAIR

This is the 2nd time he sit by himself while cutting hair. Have to convince him days before his hair cut sessions as he need time to absorb the idea of cutting hair.. and also time for him to change his rejection to acceptance. As per previous visit, we need to use stickers & sweets to make him stop crying & sit properly for his hair cut session.
This cutting session is even more power. Coz his daddy is standing by his side, feeding him with yummy bears. As he chew on the sweets, he stopped crying & sit well-behaved on the chair.

As least one thing, we proud that he can sit alone for the hair cut. He has grown up!

2009-07-02T10:07:00.002+08:00

ABC MUSIC & ME

After his shishida term has ended more than a week ago, ah boy was given another opportunity to participate in another enrichment class. Call me Kiasu Parent? Well i din purposely search ard for this enrichment class, as it was offered by the child care out of the blue.

This enrichment class is called ABC Music & Me. It is a special program organised by Kindermusik. I heard of this school before.. even considered sending ah boy to this school before he successfully enrol into Shishida. And for this program.. i don nid to personally accompany him. It is held during his school hours, either 4-5pm or 5-6pm slot. Fee is $80+GST per mth. So it costs ard $0.48 per min. Haha.. definitely cheaper by 50% & save on my tpt cost & time.

Another reason why I willing to let him take up this class is because I can feel his love & passion for music. I'm not a music person.. i cant sing nor play music. However, i notice that Ah boy brightens up when he hear music. Maybe my TAI-JIAO is good ar? haha.. He likes to sing nursery rhymes before he go to bed at nite. He love to watch DVDs that play all kinds of nursery rhymes (almost everyday). He sang & moved to the music when attending his shishida class with me. Even his teachers in school also comment on his high interest in music. So now there's an opportunity for him to learn more music.. i shouldn't stop him if it's within my means?

The 1st lesson commerce yesterday between 5 - 5.45pm. He brought a set of home materials & a music instrument home. As hb picked him up from school, hb commented that once ah boy reached home, he played his animals songs (a toy) & another hand grab another music instrument (sort of a drum). He beat & hummed to the rhymes of the music. When he came home, he also hum some music & I noticed his both hands are moving, like holding onto some musical instruments. Recalling back to my times when i attend such a kind of enrichment classes (drawings or dancing), i don remember myself being so hardworking as in practising what i learnt when I reach home immediately.

Ah boy must have loved this music class alot! Wish my future MUSICIAN son a success! Hope 1 day u can be a famous song composer like Dick Lee or Lee Wee Song Brothers? Or famous singer like Stephanie Sun or JJ Lin or Jay Chou or Micheal Jackson (King of POP)!
(ok... back to my dreamland!)

2009-07-01T10:37:00.002+08:00

PICS FOR VIEWING
Notti Ah boy wif the Winnie Pooh Plaster on his right cheek.. After wks of insect bite, he keep scratching until recently, we paste the plaster to prevent his itchy fingers from scratching. Pic was taken while waiting for his last Shishida class to commence.

Me & Ah Boy + Tigger Plaster!

Classmates from his Shishida Class.. 3 out of 5 kids refused to stand still for photo taking. Look at ah boy, showing his backview to the camera..

Next, another kid showing his back view.

Tis is the only pic with the front & side views of all the 5 kids. 1 kid is absent on the day.

2009-07-01T10:25:00.002+08:00

High Tolerance? Easy Going? Forgiving Nature?

I wonder how should I praise Ah boy? Or rather how should I teach him?

For the 2nd day in a row, he was bitten by Kai Xian AGAIN!!! This time on his right hand. Not only am I angry, his dad & ah ma are also angry at the behavior of Kai Xian. His teacher has mentioned that she will separate the 2 boys, to prevent such incident from happening the 3rd time. Keeping my fingers crossed that it has ended.

Upon hearing the 2nd time he got bitten, I felt the urge to teach Ah boy to bite back Kai Xian. I know that this behavior is not correct.. but I cant stand the thought that my boy is bitten for nothing for 2 times. Everyone fights and snatch toys in the school, but Kai Xian doesn’t have to resort to biting to get the toys. End up after thinking for quite some time, I ask ah boy to avoid Kai Xian & if he bite again, push him away.

However, this morning when Ah boy go school, after he washed his hand, he sat right NEXT to Kai Xian again. Hai~! I understand the other teachers are not aware of the incident, but I highlight again to Ah boy’s Chinese teacher who came back only today. Think I heard the teacher questioning Kai Xian when I left the centre. As for Ah boy, he has no hard-feeling about the biting issue. He still feel okay to sit next to Kai Xian, play wif Kai Xian. I don’t see any hatred in him. Is it because he still don understand the situation? Or he is very easy going? Or he’s very forgetful (abt the biting issues)? Forgiving? Or he can tolerate more bitings from Kai Xian? Hai..

It’s pain me to see him get hurt…

2009-06-30T15:10:00.000+08:00

Childcare review

Last Saturday I had a 1-to-1 review with Ah boy’s teachers at the childcare for his 1st semester. Some sort like the parents meeting in schools. As usual.. ah boy dislike going to school on a Saturday. Wanted to ‘dump’ him with his classmates.. but he refused & got so excited that he bit on my left & right shoulder! 2 bite marks.. but heal very fast.

His teachers have good & bad comments for ah boy. As he’s the biggest in the toddler class, in terms of date of birth, he’s a good learner in everything. Teachers showed me some pictures of him in class & his artworks. He is able to participate well in class & follow teachers’ instructions. One of the activities required him to crumble paper & throw into a basket a few distance away from him. He is so determined that only on the 3rd trial, he succeeded in throwing into the basket, then he’s satisfied and walk away.

Ah boy is very picky in his food, and he will selectively picked up those food he don eat, eg vegetables & fish, push them aside on the plate, and eat the rest of the food. Teachers reminded them not to use hand to eat the food, so Ah boy trying to be smart. He used his hands to pick up the last few bits of rice & put onto his spoon, then put the spoon into his mouth. I was told he loved to jump & run in class, which results in his classmates imitating him. As his classmates are younger, with some just learn to walk. So jumping & running may cause them to fall down easily. So the teachers always repeatedly ask Ah boy not to jump & run about in class.

Teachers commented ah boy is a good boy at sharing. When playing toys, if his classmates snatched toys away from him, he will hold back a while & then release to the other classmates. He hardly snatch other classmates’ toys. Which is consider a plus point until….

Yesterday, 29 Jun 2009!!!
Ah boy was playing toys wif his classmate, kai xian (teacher say ah boy is pretty close to this boy). Kai Xian then snatched the toy from Ah boy. Of coz both boys refused to give up.. and hold onto the toy. Kai xian then attacked ah boy by biting onto ah boy’s left shoulder! Poor ah boy cried out loud.. Kai xian also got scolded by the teacher and he cried too. Poor Ah boy.. he still have the red bite marks on the shoulder this morning. MIL checked his shirt & it was not torn. But I believed the bite is quite tough and pain on ah boy, for him to leave such a red mark for so long. I try to educate ah boy by telling him that biting each other is wrong. Share toys with others, as there are plenty of toys in the childcare. Hopefully he will learn from this lesson.

2009-06-25T14:12:00.002+08:00

An ill Girl who need lots of support..

Rec'd an email from a past BP supplier, stating that partial of the sales will go towards the donations to Charmine, a 3yrs+ girl who is fighting against cancer. I almost in tears when i finish reading 1st page of her blog. Still thinking how much to donate to her. Although i believe i'm not so rich to fully pay for her medical fees.. but i hope my small portion will give her moral support, give her the strength & encouragment to stay strong & fight against the virus as we, the public are giving her financial aid.

2009-06-10T12:13:00.000+08:00

PRIORITY SEATS vs RESERVED SEATS

Have u ever noticed recently that some of our MRT trains have changed their special seats label? From Priority to Reserved! And do you ever notice any changes or impact it has created??? NOTHING at ALL!

What does a “Reserved” Tissue at a CBD hawker centre mean to u? I would say majority of the usual lunch crowd will not purposely sit on these reserved chairs & tables. At a restaurant with tables having the “Reserved” signs, any walk-in customers will not consider sitting onto these tables unless they really have made a reservation with the restaurants beforehand.

How about in the trains? The word “Reserved” would make a totally 100% twist. Who cares or bother about the word “Reserved”, even though in their mind that there are aware that these seats are meant for the aged, pregnant, special needs people. Will they leave the seats empty for these special needs people? Just like the way they leave seats with reserved tissues or signs on tables? NO WAY right? They just sit onto it. And if they are down in luck as any special needs people has board the train, then they stand up and give way to them. Some of them after sitting down, has so heavy butt that they can’t stand up anymore till they reach their destinations.

I simply don’t understand why they can’t treat all RESERVED seats the same way? A lot of the developed countries have special needs seats in their public transport. These countrymen are able to develop the self-inbuilt discipline, by avoiding & totally NOT sitting onto these reserved seats unless they fit into that category. Why us, the Singaporeans who seem to be knowledgeable & yet refused to learn these nice courtesy behavior?

Notice the 3 or 4 signs on the reserved/priority seats? Aged, Pregnant, Carry Kids & maybe the handicapped. I noticed that if you fulfilled 2/3 or 2/4 of the criteria, chances of you getting the special seats is 80%. If u fulfilled 1 of the criteria, chances of getting the seat are 50-50 bah. Pretty sad hor? When can it be increased to 100%? I understand that there are lot of special needs people ard.. and sometimes, more than 1 special need people board the train at the same time. But my comparison above is when the seats are occupied by a non-special needs person.

When will everyone changes for the better???

2009-06-09T10:39:00.002+08:00

PICTURES FOR VIEWING

Some Old pics took many mths/wks ago bah.. Ah boy at playground. And Ah boy riding his tricycle. He can easily pedal his tricycle now by himself.. n refused anyone to grab the handle & push him from behind.

Notti Boy in the above pic! An insect love bite on his right cheek, which has left the mark since 2wks ago. He juz scratch as & wen it's itchy, which results in longer time to heal back. The bottom right pic shows a beating from Me! Refused to listen to me, so an angry mummy gave a slap on his right hand.. n his hand results in red mark immediately.. It lasts for a few min n vanish.. the pain lasts for a few min n vanish.. N he back to his notti behaviour after tt few min.. =(

Ah boy finally got his new School Uniform after attending school for 4mths! Does he look handsome? He quite lazy to dress up in his sch uni in the morning as he prefer to wear his colourful, ever-changing sets of clothes.. den a standard set of clothes every day. So i nid to spend few mins to trick him every morning.. hai~!

2009-06-01T17:09:00.003+08:00

A Mth of Updatez!

Oh No.. I juz realised I din update blogs for almost a mth. Too much work on hand, plus too stressful at home. Hai~ Now then can breathe a bit wif some updatez!

HFMD – 12/5/09

This is an unfortunate case. Ah boy suddenly had fever & the childcare called us to pick him up as they worry it’s a case of HFMD. His CC has been spreading HFMD virus ard.. so tt y teachers panic when the kids are running fever. MIL had to pick ah boy up after her market trip.

13/5/09
Thought ah boy has recovered, so sent him to CC while I go for my detailed check-up wif hb. Half way waiting for my turn, teacher called me again to say Ah boy is running fever. MIL has went on a overseas holidays. So we had to rush back to his CC to pick him. As he was in the midst of recovering fr his usual cough & flu virus, so we thought the fever was nothing much.

14/5/09
Worry tt I be called up again for ah boy’s fever, so thought of taking Childcare Leave n stayed home wif ah boy. Although he has no fever, but I thought of bringing him to see doctor to get some more cough & flu medicine since he finished his previous medic. Den at the doctor, I casually mentioned tt his school mates are down wif HFMD, so doc examine his mouth n spotted 1 ulcer. Straight away, he accused ah boy of having HFMD! Wat the heck! He has no fever for the whole day yet, only 1 mouth ulcer, no red spots on his hand & foot! The idiot doctor din even bother to examine his hand & foot and anyhow come up wif a conclusion based on past 2 day of slight fever, classmate’s case of HFMD & 1 mouth ulcer. Juz like that, he stopped ah boy from school, report the case to school & MOH!

I’m not trying to be an irresponsible parent, but ah boy is totally well! He ate as usual, eating almost every hour, drinking every sweet drinks he can find! The mouth ulcer has no impact on his appetite. So the nxt few days, I brought him out as usual. To my parent’s hse so I can go work on Friday. Sunday, I brought him to his shishida class. Coz no fever outbreak since the day he visited that stupid doctor. Mouth ulcer has cleared. Mon, hb took care of him as he’s on leave. Tue I took leave again. And I brought him back to the same clinic, but different doctor. This time round, the doctor immediately clear him of the so-called HFMD virus. I complaint abt the previous visit, but this doc say he cant comment much as he wasn’t the doctor for the last visit. Immediately after the doc visit, Childcare called & told me of another kid down wif HFMD. Hai~ wonder y the kids luv to spread the virus ard.

Anyway, I learnt my lesson. 1stly, avoid this stupid clinic for their lousy doctor! 2ndly, don extra tell the doctors abt his classmates having HFMD.

Since he took a wk of break, he has grown stronger now. He haven’t been sick since he returned to school, which is a great thing!

Hair Cut
I learnt something from the shishida class – Stickers! I really understand how does rewards means so much to kids, even though they don’t really understand much. Ah boy has always fear cutting his hair. So everytime we passed by the hair salon, he will pull us away in fear. Everytime we mentioned abt cutting his hair, he shake his head repeatedly. Until 1 day, I told him, if he cut his hair, I will give him STICKER. Den he agreed to his hair cut.

So the big day came when we finally brought him to the hair salon. Hb had his hair cut 1st, so he can carried ah boy later during his hair cut. Ah boy waited patiently for his turn to arrive. This time round, he willing to sit on the chair by himself, wif the big cloth around his neck. In the past, the cloth is normally wrapped ard us, so we don kena the fallen hair bit. When the shaver cut 1 round of his hair, he sat there calmly.. till the hair drop onto his face when he begin to cry. Still he hold on to his seat. Struggling abit, but is doing great and is able to finish his hair cut. He was rewarded wif sweet from the hair salon, plus a sticker from me. And he stopped crying the min his hair is cut finish & hair bit removed from his face n neck. I’m so proud of him. It shown he has grown up & over-come his fear of hair cut.

In 3 wks time, will be bringing him to a chalet. Hope he behaves and enjoys himself.

2009-05-06T16:41:00.001+08:00

1st Stroke of Cane

Recently, ah boy has been challenging me for my patient. Monday, I brought him to library to borrow new books. After I have selected 4 books for him, he insist on getting the 5th book too! OK, so I borrow using my a/c for the 5th book. But when we are near the exit of the library, ah boy happily dash out of the library w/o me, the pram n the un-borrowed books! I have not even process the borrowing of books, and he went off by himself, and went to the Japanese shop alone, which is located next to the library. After noticing that I wasn’t ard him, he came back into the library to look for me. I was very angry wif him, for running off without me. As I’m still in the library compound, I cant shout at him as it’s a quiet place. Every1 will stare at me! Neither can I chase after him as he ran off very fast! I scolded him softly (as still in library) and quickly borrow the books and stepped out of the library.

I was fast in cooling down, so let him ride on some kiddy rides. After which, I went to bank to deposit some money. After leaving the bank, he ran off by himself. He refused to sit in the pram, n I cant tie him down. He almost ran up the escalator by himself! Next we pass by a Sakae sushi restaurant, on our way to a lift. He happily enter the restaurant to see the live seafood. I tried stop him, but he ignored me. I walked off.. and he cried while chasing after me. I carried him n forced him into the pram, where he cried all the way from Sun Plaza back to home. At home, immediately after I scolded him, he still dared ask if he can listen to music vcd! Damn! I’m already very angry at his misbehavior.. and he treat it as nothing!

Day 2 : Tuesday.
After Monday fear of losing him in a crowded place, I chose to go straight home. As we were abt to cross the traffic light, ah boy crawled out of the pram again! He trying to prove he know how to cross the road as a busy junction??? I grab his hand tight as v crossed the road… as he wanted to let go my hand n run! How dangerous is the road.. n he tog it’s a playground?? So fine, after v crossed the road, there is this mama shop. I try c if it sells cane. Yes, and ah boy happily choose the cane handle colour – Blue! The shop auntie laughed at his cuteness. As he not aware of the purpose of a cane, he chose the colour and happily played with it on the way home. Even our neighbour little girl also saw him holding onto a cane.

Upon reaching home, I close the door, juz in case next door can hear his cry. I took out the cane and whack softly on his buttock. It hurts him, and he cried out loud. While he crying, I try to reason with him, although he don seem to understand what I’m saying. After crying for a while, he took the cane away from my hand, and put it aside, shaking his head as he don like me to play with the cane! Does I sound or look like I playing with the cane???? I really don noe if I should be angry or laugh at him!

Oh ya.. day 1 when I scolded him at home, he aso can replied funnily to me.

I scolded him (in Chinese, but I lazy to type in Chinese):
If you are lost, or kidnapped by bad people, you wont have me as your mummy, no daddy, no baby. No toys to play, no music vcd to watch, no school to attend, no sing songs wif mummy. U will be beaten daily, you sleep in a box, u got no food to eat.
His immediate reply: I don wan to sleep now!
(Alamak! I’m not asking him to slp now, I’m describing the scenario to him.. and he only catch the word “sleep”!)

How to educate him, discipline him??? Help~!!!

2009-04-06T15:37:00.002+08:00

Enrichment Class 1

Yeah! After a yr of long wait, ah boy finally started his 1st class at enrichment school on Sunday.

He was sick on sat, had slight fever & cough. So I was pretty worry if his fever persists, he is not allowed into the classroom. Early sun morning, I fed him with cough syrup, and thus he cough lesser during the day. And as it cause a bit of drowsiness, he was very obedient in the train ride to Tpy.

We arrived early as we need to collect the starter kit bag which consists of a few items:
- Child Observation Book (Where the teacher & parents can comment after each class)
- Introduction book
- Some letters to inform parents’ course, home guidance kits, etc.
- School T-shirt (not compulsory to wear, juz to promote the school if wear the shirt)

When we reached ah boy’s class, he almost cried and refused to enter the classroom. I told him that mummy is attending the class with him. And I slowly guided him in, and tt’s wen he calm down. I noticed another kid was also struggling to get into the class. His mummy has to close the door, so as to stopped him from running out of the class. Haha! Ah boy was a bit hyperactive in class. As class has not started while waiting for other students, he moved ard the class and wanted to open the drawers at the side of the class.

The class is small, consists of 6 kids, which I believed is ard the same age group. As 2 mummies were discussing abt their mth of birth, which is jan & feb. So I believed the kids are all ard 26mths old. Class consists of mixture of 3 boys & 3 girls. All are accompanied by mummies except 1 daddy in the class.

The class begins with a song of welcoming or good morning. It’s actually sung in Japanese, therefore I can’t really rmbr what the song is abt. But in the starter kit, there are the song lyrics and I was told that they will learn how to sing the songs in Japanese as days passed by. Wow!

Deep breathing session. Everyone was given a plastic watermelon with a fly above it. All the kids are told to blow at the fly to make it flip backward. Haha~ I don’t know why need a deep breathing session to begin with.

The lesson consists of a lot of parts, and I try to recall as much as possible:
- Introduction of today date: 5th April 2009, Sunday
- Weather: Sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy
- Flashcards with animals pic shown on the LCD TV, words are read in Italian language, and flash at a speed of 1sec. I cant really rmbr the pics in the flashcards coz it too fast for my old brain. Haha~
- Another Flashcards abt ice-cream. Den role play whereby the kids get to scope ice-cream (“cotton wood”) into ice-cream cone using spoon. Ah boy did a good job as he can handle the spoon well and scope the ice-cream into the cone easily.
- Memory games: Teacher shows a card abt a ‘big-mac’ type of burger for 1 sec. Next she shows up the card with another card that is of similar pic, but different by a bit. The kids has to point to the card that they have 1st seen. Well, I cant even tell which cards is the 1st one being shown. So do ah boy.
- Memory games: Teacher shows another card abt a train with 3 different colour window curtains for 5 sec. Den we are given a set of card with the 3 coloured curtains, and to place the coloured curtains as per the main picture. Again, my old brainy cannot even rmbr the coloured sequence although I did try and rmbr earlier. Ah boy could not focus and placed the curtains outside of the train. He was playing ard, not really listening to our instructions.
- Linking Memory: a set of flashcards whereby the cards shown, tells a story behind it. Eg: A PARROT, wearing a CROWN, is watching a TELEVISION, in a HOTEL. Suddenly a CRAB crawls out of the television, and run out of the DOOR. So each of us is given a set of flashcards and we are supposed to arrange the picture cards in sequence. As usual, ah boy play and messed up the cards although I rmbr the sequence well.
- 4 pcs puzzle: Each of us are given a picture and a 4pcs puzzle to fix. Ah boy easily complete the 4pcs puzzle by himself. I din even give him any hint. So proud of him. Even the teacher praised him in the observation book.
- Songs: lot of songs being played. Ah boy will shake his head fr left to right to immerse himself in the music. He will clap with the music. He’s the only kid who claps in class. Haha~
- More Flashcards shown at a fast speed…
- Learning letter “M”. Given a cardboard with lot of items beginning with letter “M”. Eg: Mug, Mangoes, Monkey, Man, Mat, Mountain, etc. We are supposed to identify the words and paste the words next to the items in the cardboard. Ah boy made a mess of everything.
- Vehicles. We were given another cardboard with lot of vehicles: Car, Motorbike, Airplane, Helicopter, Lorry, Yacht, Boat, and Bicycle. This time ah boy can identify all except the Yacht and the Boat. He proudly paste and match all the words to the correct objects after I read to him what the words mean.
- Worksheet with Stickers: Ah boy is given a worksheet with a dog. He is supposed to place 5 stickers all over the body of the dog.
- Teacher took a big abacus and counted the numbers 1 to 10. Then everyone is to touch & roll the abacus beads once.
- Learn to write the number “7” & “8”. Given a white board marker and a plastic sheet. He is to follow the plastic sheet and write the word 7 & 8. I don’t understand why begin with 7 only, but I never asked. Will see what numbers they will learn next class.
- Sayonara Song in Japanese to mark the end of the class. Ah boy is so happy that he claps as the song is played. Haha~
- At the end of class, everyone is reward with a sticker each. Either a doremon sticker or spongebob sticker. Ah boy is so happy the class has ended.

The above is the most I can recalled. Look like a lot of activities all done in 75mins. The course that costs ard S$1 per min.

We need to attend 2 classes before we have to attend a parent course whereby the principal will explained what is being taught in class. And followed by how we can help to further train our kids back at home.

After class and lunch, I reward ah boy with a toy car purchased from Kiddy palace. Poor ah boy is filled with lots of classes to attend from Sunday to Friday. Hope he really enjoy it. As he may not be able to attend from term 2 onwards, I’m still trying hard to see who want to volunteer and accompany him for class in future. Although it’s an expensive course, but I hope it does him good to be a brighter kid and a fast learner. I don’t need him to be a president or lawyer or doctor when he grown up. But I want him to fully utilized his talent. So even if he become a singer like Jay Chou, I’m also happy to be a Xin-ma (famous star’s mum)!

Wahahaha~

2009-03-30T16:27:00.000+08:00

SAVINGS up for Rainy Days

I understand the need for savings daily to meet with unexpected expenses in the future. But..

How many of you will really save?
At what age will you start to save money?
How much will you put aside everyday to save money?

(Wonder Y m I posting this saving qns in Ah boy’s blog?)

Well, to be honestly speaking, my dearest ah boy has practiced savings at the age of 2 years old! Or 25mths to be exact!

Where does his money came from? Since we don give him any pocket money currently? – From our wallets DAILY!

It started out one fine day when I digged out a 5-cent coin from a pocket while ironing. Out of fun, Ah boy immediately picked up the coin and open my display cabinet, took out my ceramic piggy bank figurine and wan to insert the coin in. I was so afraid that he will break my figurine, that I gave him another plastic piggy bank to insert the coin.

From then on, whenever he spotted coins, he will insert into his plastic piggy bank. His dad doesn’t have the habit of keeping coins in his wallet. At the end of his daily outside trip, any left-over coins he collected will be placed outside the wallet, on a table. Ah boy will come and take all the coins and dropped into his piggy bank.

Since last Saturday, Ah boy begins to look into my wallet. As he knew which section of my wallet contains the coins, he will dig out all coins and deposit into his piggy bank again. Sunday morning, I left home w/o a single coin! Sunday (which is ytd) when I brought him home, he took my wallet and took out all coins again. This morning I thought I have lost my wallet, only to find my wallet with the empty coin again. I try opened his piggy bank, only to get ah boy’s strong objection of taking coins away from him. Hai~~~

Tell me now, wat shd I do????

He’s gtg richer, We’re gtg poorer!! SOB.. SoB.. sob..

2009-03-25T15:33:00.000+08:00

Again I had a very tough nite ytd. Everyone in the house were on hot fire! I coax ah boy to slp at 9pm. But his dad came back at 9+ & he came in to chat n hug his son for a while. After dad went out of the room, ah boy played by himself till he over-cough and vomit slightly. So I have to clean up the floor and a corner of the bedsheet. Meanwhile, ah boy sneak out of the room & disturbed his dad who is using PC.

He was dragged back into the room coz it’s 10+ already. He flip ard in the bed when he fark and squeezed his fists tightly. I though he shitted, so I dragged him out to change diaper. It was a false alarm. So he was dragged back to his bedroom again. And within a few min, he really shitted. Again I brought him out of the room to the toilet. He say he wanted to shit more. So he sat on the potty.. sat n sat.. 15mins has gone.. nothing came out.. he refused to wipe his buttock n want to sit on the potty longer. It was 11+.. I was very tired & sleepy. I forced & dragged him away fr the potty and he cried out loud. He screamed loudly as he wan the potty. Dad came in to scold him also as he had sat at the potty for 30min w/o even a single drop of urine or shit. Dad took over as I was over-angry and hit him a few times for not listening to me, for refusing to wipe and clean up. Dad aso started to lose his temper as ah boy keep crying and refuse to listen to him.

Fine! We force- carried him back to the bedroom and closed the door, to prevent him from gng out of the room. He cried even louder and even wan hit back his dad wen his dad raise his hand. He reached for the door and bang loudly, indicating he wan to get out of the room. After a while, I opened the door and he ran to the toilet for the potty again! I gave up, I took the potty into the bedroom and let him sat on it. I chased dad back to his room to slp as he gng to have a tough day today. Ah boy sat n sat on the potty, played wif his face towel, pillow, toys.. and yet nothing came out fr his buttock. Next he wan me to hug him as he was tired n sleepy. Soon he fell asleep onto my arms. I try raise him up from the potty and he woke up n cried again. He sat back on the potty again & fall asleep in my arms. I cant even lay down n slp! These repeated for 2-3 times until I give up and hit him again. Dad was awake again n came in to scold him again. Very fed up, I took away the potty. He cried loudly again. He has been crying non-stop, except wen he sat on the potty. Once his butt is away fr the potty, he cried continuously.

I believe he’s having constipation. So after much coaxing, he finally agree to a massage on his tummy and legs.. where he dozed off half naked. He don wan wear any diaper or pant. After he slpt soundly, I quickly put on his diaper and finally I can sleep. It’s 1pm by the way. He woke up ard 2 time in middle of the night & cried again..

I thought he will wake up late. But surprised to see him awake at 7am, after my bath. He was yawning all the way to school. I was sleepy too.. Had wish to take a half-day leave to catch more sleep, but din in the end.

It’s only the beginning.. n I already cant take it.. Seriously I wonder how long I can tahan b4 I go crazy.. He’s too active and his attitude and the stubbornness is like a 5yo kids. He know what he wants and insist on having it till the end. It’s only a potty, not some nice toys or sweets or food lor! And he can scream n cried until both me and hb salute to him..

2009-03-24T15:16:00.000+08:00

Since last sat, Ah boy seems to fear attending CC. I starting to wonder was it becoz he was bullied in school. Tink last thu or fri, he was crying badly wen ah ma went to fetch him from sch. Ah ma spotted 2 deep red marks on his arm, which seems like he got bitten by a sch mate. However, the teacher is unable to confirm anything. Ah boy was telling ah ma his arm is pain: “Shou tong tong” when ah ma ask him if some1 bite him. Unfortunately, ah boy is unable to confirm on this. Every morning wen he reach the school door, he will cry loudly and refused to enter. The teachers find it strange as he adopt very well at the beginning until these 2 days. So it seems like he being bullied in school. Poor boy.

I’m quite impressed that ah boy is learning lot of things from school. Beside able to sing some songs and dance to the songs, he is able to say “excuse me” and use it appropriately. I find it funny and amazed at 1st. Coz out of the sudden, he push me aside (I was blocking his path) and say excuse me. “Excuse me” is a polite words, and he is able to use it at the right place really surprise me. I definitely din teach him how to say “excuse me” as I always thought “thank you” is used more often. Neither does his daddy or ah ma will teach him these. So it has to be taught in school. Of coz he also learn lot of other stuffs in school which include throwing temper, etc. Haha.. he really need proper training to learn what he shd continue to use, and what to forget abt learning.

2009-03-13T10:56:00.002+08:00

I actually has lot of things to blog and lots of pics to upload.. but some how i'm a bit lazy.. or extreme lazy.. haha~

Let me share a joke to begin with:
I was chatting wif my sis in msn, complaining how broke i was when i have a huge shopping list on mind.

Me: if i nvr pay for WL sch fee, mayb i can afford liao
Sis: wah
Sis: the shisedo?
Me: comestic?
Me: my son is a boy, don nid send him for make up course

Haha~ Get the joke? Btw, it's shishida school, not shisedo school...

And talking abt the school, it brings abt 2 disappointment for me. $ aside, time aside.. It actually abt Ah boy missing 2 running events.

Yes! He finally reaches the age where he can join in kids run, but But BUT... these dates crash with his lessons.. and these lessons cost more than the running events' registration fees. So ah boy has to miss the runs.. and hopefully he can join nxt yr. Wif his mei mei supporting him!

Anyway, for those who are interested in joining these running events, details as follow:
Cold Storage Kids Run '09
Date: Sun 24th May 09
Venue: Padang @ Marina Bay
Time: 8am - 12pm
Promo code for 10% disc: KRGEDB
Website: http://www.kidsrun.com.sg/RegistrationPage.aspx

Feather Run 2009
Date: Sun 19th Apr 09
Venue: Jurong Bird Park
Time: 8am
Website: www.featherrun.com.sg

2009-03-12T14:43:00.002+08:00

Ah boy has a new look. Took him to cut his long hair last sat. Was nagged by MIL for a wk for not cutting his hair. MIL said ah boy had too long hair, therefore he sweat easily wen he run abt. But the fact is even wif botak hair, his head will sweat wen he run abt. Nothing to do wif his beautiful hair. Since he scared of cutting hair, so i decided 1 shot cut botak. We choose the level 4 shaver.. n gone are his hair. Yah, he cried as usual, despite we gave him ample time to warm up at the hair salon, watching other kids cutting their hair. Hair stylist treat him to a sweet, but it doesnt work. Now he has dare not stepped near the hair salon. haha~

His dad teached him the wrong thing. Ah boy is thinking that every tummy has a baby. He will 'beat' the tummy and den 'sayang' the tummy. He will say daddy tummy got baby, mummy tummy got baby, so do Gu-Gu and Ah ma's tummy. Faint~

Will bring him see the real baby when i'm feeling more energytic.

2009-02-06T11:15:00.002+08:00

1st week of Child Care

Time passes by very fast.. Today marks the 5th day of Ah boy struck in a totally new environment, faced wif unfamiliar "monsters" ard...

He struggled and refused to attend sch every morning. Waking up at 6.45am and drinking milk, clean up and leaving hse is ok for him.. Nightmare starts wen he reached the door of the school, where he hug tightly to his dad. Wen Ah boy's teacher carry him away fr his dad, tears start to roll out of his eyes.

Wed and thu, he vomitted at the child care. Teachers asked if he was sick, as he vomitted for 2 consecutive days. However, my mil advised the teachers tt he vomitted coz he cried too much after his morning milk feed. Ah boy was felt wif slight fever in the evening when i went to pick him up fr MIL's hse.

MIL said tt whenever she mentioned school or teacher to Ah boy, he is spotted wif eyes turning red.. like abt to cry.. Oh my.. it's hurts my heart juz to hear abt it.

Tis mrng, i make an extra effort to send ah boy to sch wif my hb. As usual, he start to cry n fear entering the school compound. I recommend the teacher to let him play some toys to reduce his fear. Upon us leaving the sch, v peep in thru the windows, and saw the teacher intro some toys to Ah boy, and he did pick up those toys to play. So it's quite a relief.

Now waiting for 12+ to check on the status of ah boy at school today. :)

2009-02-03T11:13:00.002+08:00

HAPPY NIU YEAR!!!

The start of the new chinese calendar year marks the start of Ah boy's school term. And yess~! He is attending school for the 1st time in his life.. The Toddler Class!

He started sch on the 4th day of the lunar calendar.. i.e. 29/1/09. Dad drove me n him to school at 7.45am! Well, that will be the future timing where he will reach sch as v nid to rush to work after dropping him at sch.

His 1st impression of school is quite fun. He has to wash his hands upon reaching sch. Follow by a hearty breakfast. He had tuna wif wholemeal bread on day 1, and corn flakes, koko cruch, honey star mixture on day 2. 1st time c him finish his breakfast w/o vomitting out!

He have lots of toys to play, storybooks to read, friends to play with, videos to watch.. but thru out the 2days, he's pretty sticky to me. Wen i sneak out for breakfast, he will start to cry upon spotting me at the window.

Lunch was quite ok for him. Day 1 has rice covered wif vegetables & fish soup. Day 2 was fried beehoon. In fact, day 2 was a CNY celebration where other students' parents came to join in the celebrations. So we had 2 games together follow by lunch celebrations.

He has tried out the bathing at the CCC. And he doesnt seems to be afraid. He quite like the mini-toilet bowl & the mini-basin where the height is within his reach.

School curriculum starts on monday, 2/2/09. And since it's the 3rd day, parents are not allow to enter the classroom. We try peek in a little bit, and saw lot of kids crying. Hb say he spotted ah boy wif red eyes, but has stop crying. Wen we pick him up at half day, after his bath, he seems to be recovering fr a bad cry. Oh.. pitiful ah boy. But wat to do? He has to learn to cope wif the new environment..

Ave period for him to adapt the school is 2wks.. so happy crying.. my lovely boy!

2009-01-23T15:32:00.002+08:00

POTTY TRAINING

I'm not sure when is the right age to teach ah boy potty training.. but his Ah ma has trained him for quite long. Now he cant stand wearing diapers at home or at anyone house. He will say "poo poo".. but it actually means he wan to pee. It's a good thing to rejoice as we can save on diapers cost now...

However, wat really irritates me recently was, he rather hold on to his pee den to pee in the diaper. Every morning when he wakes up, he will hold, and only upon reaching his Ah ma's hse, and when his diaper is removed, he will pee a lot of urine out. And he refused to pee into his diaper even though he is wearing one.

Last nite, i slept with him in his room. In the middle of the nite, he sudden woke up, and tell me he wan poo poo. I told him to pee into his diapers, and he end up crying so loudly.. The moment he wake up this morning, he pull my clothes as he wan to pee.. After he finish pee-ing, i realised his diaper is very light.. like he never pee much in his sleep.

I'm slightly irritated by his forever wanting to pee in the middle of my beautiful sleep.. but then i should feel proud tt he can control his urge at a age of 23mths old!

2009-01-16T17:09:00.002+08:00

It's Time for School

I have always wanted to send Ah boy to school since 2008! But the school is either full, or everyone tink it's too early for him to start school.

My first choice was Shishida school. But due to the over publicity of the school, the classes r full when i went to register mid of 2008. And today, i finally received a call from them, after i bombarded them with 2 emails!

I was given a lot of time slots on wkends, i believe it's a new batch. So i quickly choose a time i'm very comfortable with. So ah boy is starting sch in Apr 2008- Sun 10.30am class! Next, i muz pay ard $1,300+ of school fees just to enrol him!

Next, i was given a call in end Dec fr the NTUC childcare. There is vacancy for ah boy at the Toddler class. After much detailed consideration, we have finally agreed to let him try out in Feb 09. The sch is quite nice, as they allow a trial run of 2wks. If ah boy is unable to cope wif a full time school, then we can withdraw fully without any notice. Fees is very reasonable as compared to the amt we pay my MIL.

So in summary, i starting to give ah boy more stress.. As he will be attending school fr Sunday - Friday. I really hope he like school, and learn to interact with friends, and most imptly, learn something that will make him grow up to be a sensible, well-liked matured boy!

Cheers to ah boy! Gng to be 2 YO in a few wks time!

And JiaYou to me.. coz i be more busy n broke! I nid side jobs... Haha~

2009-01-08T17:28:00.002+08:00

PHOTOS TAKEN WIF MY HP~

Ah boy trying to be an adult, carry his own umbrella. Too bad he cant balance the umbrella well and was partially wet by the rain! His fav words wen he saw rain drops:下雨!

A trip to Sentosa wif my maternal family & aunt. Brought ah boy to try out the Sentosa Luge & Skyride as he finally tall enough to reach the minimal height that qualifies him for a ride.

1st we took the skyride up, sharing the seats wif my dad. Poor ah boy looks a bit scared and curious. I was worry he struggle to stand up or move abt. Lucky he sat quietly thru out tt few min of ride.

After the skyride, we took the Luge. Ah boy share the Luge wif me. C him wif the pinkie hat.. erm.. no blue helmet.. n pink helmet is meant for kids. He look cutie in it. Anyway, he seems to enjoy the Luge ride aso. Quietly sat thru the ride.. n only dare touch the handle when we reach the end.

Beside the Skyride & Luge, we played volleyball n money catching.. n poor ah boy, fighting wif us for the ball.. haha~ No pics for the ball session!

Ah boy at J8 playing the sensor games on the floor. Tis is the Nth time he played, n he finally know how to play the game. He used to stand on the floor n stared at other children.. now he played n mixed ard wif them...
Tis is the Little Mister Kapo! I was spring-cleaning the kitchen when he come in n try "help me" by making it more messy! Wahaha~
Ah boy has scratched himself on the knee when he ran on the walkway on 1 saturday. He is pretty strong as he only drop saliva instead of tears when the knee is bleeding.. haha.. too painful until he don dare cry! Anyway, it has heal by the time i update tis blog. Kids fall n hurt easily, so not a big deal... part n parcel of growing up!

2009-01-03T10:56:00.002+08:00

PICs of a notti boy...

Ah boy spending a day with Daddy in town:

At a age of 1+, his daddy is training him at arcade.

2008-11-25T11:13:00.004+08:00

Mischef.. Mischef.. and More Mischef...

Ah boy is growing.. although i seem him daily n can hardly see how much he has grown, but from his actions, i can tell at once.

Many things to report.. provided i rmbr all the issues.

1) He is so tall now till he can reach for the 3rd level of buttons inside the lift. The 1st level is the open/close & alarm button. Follow by 2nd level is 1, 2 & 3. And wks ago, he pressed button 4! Oh my goddness, the lift door juz closed and re-open at 4th floor. It's not amazing tt the door open at the 4th floor after the button "4" is pressed. But amazed at how tall my boy has grown! U muz be tinking wat kind of weird mum m i? Using the lift buttons as a height gauge for my son! haha~~

2) He's becoming more talkative recently... not that he can speak more adult language, but he talking more baby language that none of us can interpret. That was once when he was at my mum's hse. He told my mum he wan to 睡觉 (sleep). Den he keep telling my mum XX jiao.. n my mum mistaken him as looking for his 姑姑. Haha~ Nid send him to phonics class soon...

3) MIL is training him to go diaper-less.. as he is reaching 2yo soon. So 1 fine day, after he has shitted, Mil gave him well a pant wifout disposable diaper & diaper cloth. So while Mil was clearing something... Ah boy shitted again! And after ah boy shitted, he din called for Mil. The shit fell out btwn his pants and drop onto the floor. Curious ah boy want to pick up the shit to play! At that time, Mil saw it, and quickly wash up ah boy and his stingy little shity-covered fingers! Damn horrible woh!

I rmbr a psychologist friend told me abt a case he encountered before. He was working in a school with students having a lower IQ than normal. There was this incident whereby a boy shitted in a school bus. He even dig up the shit and feed his schoolmate to eat. Lucky the bus driver stopped the action on time. Can u imagine how disgusting & mischevious are the kids nowadays?

4) My dining table of ard 4yrs has collapse recently. Ah boy was kicking a small ball near the table wen we heard a crack sound, follow by the sighting of a slanted table. The table legs has broken. I blamed ah boy for climbing up onto the table everytime. He used to climb up onto the chair, followed by the table to grab items on the table. Now the table cant withstand his weight and has broken. My parents ask me to make use of this opportunity to scold ah boy, to let him learn that he has damaged someting. So when we scold him, he cry out in tears.

The next day, when hb relate the broken table story to his parents, ah boy stopped playing his toys and look up at his dad, then break down in tears again. From then on, whenever we asked him why he break the table, he will close his eyes and lowered his head to show his guilt.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=45303113427

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=45303813427

Above are videos links to show how gulity he looks when we mentioned abt the broken table.

Now Ah boy is pretty scared whenever he's near a dining table. When we went to shop for a new table, he was very well-behaved and sat quietly at the chair while we processed our payment. When the old table was picked up by town council to discard, he stood aside quietly with his head lowered down. When the new table was delivered, he also stood quietly and still felt so guilty.

I'm glad he has learned the lesson and is more well-behaved. He has no longer dare to climb up any tables. As for chairs, yes... he still climbed, but only with our permission.

2008-10-21T11:46:00.002+08:00

SICK

I noe weather is bad recently, or weather has always been bad. I notice a lot of ple are sick. My collegues are sick and work is a bit affected. But this is not the issue of me writing tis blog entry.

Main reason is my poor boy is sick. It started last wed nite, after his nite feed, he flip & toss ard in bed, and suddenly he vomitted. He continously vomit for 3 consectutive hours, from 11pm to 2am! Apply medicated oil, massage his tummy, carry him.. He has no other symptoms except vomit whenever he feel like dozing off.

Thu & Fri went on smoothly.. Sat came the peak! He woke up with fever.. He's still active in the mrng, destroying & messing up the whole hse. After took him out for breakfast, he return home feeling even hotter.. Despite the panadol medicine, his fever is still raising. Took him visit a doctor, and ah boy even vomitted 2x at the clinic while waiting. He was cranky and slpy thru-out the day, waking up for a while before dozing off to dreamland... Lose his appetite for the day.. became a koala bear n hug me thru out the day.. Den vomit many times at nite..

Sun, his fever subsidies.. but still poor appetite.. only vomit at nite.. all the way till ytd nite.. Till we realise something. He actually is faking the vomit!

His action and sound seems like he forcing himself to vomit, and wat came out is only his saliva! Whenever he try to fake the vomit, his dad will slap him on his mouth. He will immediate stop the vomitting action, pretend to cry.. jump ard. Den after his dad went away, he fake the vomit again! *As for me, i try control my laugh whenever his dad slap his mouth. Damn funny! Coz wen i slap Ah boy's mouth, hb say i'm like sayang him! Tis went on for an hr, until ah boy is extreme tired, den he doze off at 12am.

Yawnz!

2008-10-13T09:47:00.002+08:00

儿子~

Early this morning, when Ah boy woke up by himself in his bedroom, the first words he say out loud is 儿子! Haha~! I was in the kitchen when i heard his voice. I thought his dad went to wake him up. Only then i realised that his dad is in the master-bedrm, while his son blurred out the word 儿子 by himself...

I feel very amused by his words. Coz it sound like Ah boy is calling his dad 儿子, which means son in chinese! Dad=儿子, so ah boy become hb's Dad! Wahaha~!!!

Anyway, this is not the 1st time Ah boy say out the words "儿子". Every now and then, hb will called ah boy as 儿子, then ah boy will acknowlege by replying 儿子 back to his dad! haha.. so eventually the words "儿子" sounds like a greeting to ah boy!

Good Morning 儿子!

2008-10-06T15:34:00.003+08:00

Weekends Outing

Yeah.. it's finally a outdoor trip for weilun. Hardly bring him out lately as he never behaves himself well in a public transport.

Sat, i took him along to collect my race pack for the Women's day Out at Millenia Walk. Follow by a trip to my Dad's shop at Potong Pasir. After dinner with them, my dad gave his favourite grandson ride on his motor bike. Wow! It's his 1st ride on a real bike. He's so fascinated by the bike...

Small Boy, Big Bike~!

Above pics shows notti ah-boy at slp. He rather slp on the floor dan to slp on the cosy beds. And i have to wait for him to fall deep into his dreamland, den i move him back to his beds.

2008-10-02T16:37:00.002+08:00

Juz did a HP-photo search and found some pics tt can be uploaded to this blog. Hb always complaint my photo-taking skill sucks! But who care? As long as u can c what pic i have taken, does it matter if my angle is taken correctly? Or whether the pic was taken slanted? =p

My 1st pic revealed a trip to Chinese Garden during the Mooncake festival. Well, we went after the Festival was over, but the Hello Kitty Theme is still onz! Din took much pics as hb was busy taking pic with professional camera.. while i was busy chasing after ah boy. He basically run ard the places.. and run until i almost drop dead! He don really noe wat Hello Kitty is abt? But i like Hello Kitty! So this trip is cater more for me to enjoy! Haha~!

Next pic, u spotted 2 'BIG' BOYS swinging themselves in a children playground? Wahaha... Ya.. i cant stop laughing.. to admit that 1 of the BIG BOYS is already a father of 1. And both BIG BOYS are MARRIED! So wat are they doing in a children playground?

Actually, we were on a way to eat dinner at Pasir Ris Park when we came across the big playground. Since it's early, we brought Ah-boy to the playground. The above is a trial run by the 2 BIG BOYS to show ah-boy how it works. Unfortunately, ah boy is too young to enjoy the "merry-go-round".

Ah boy was given an attempt at the fox swing (or wat is it called)? He's again too young to enjoy the ride by himself. Even assisted by Uncle Yongan, he still feel scared and clinged on tightly to the rope. So end up, his own dad took the ride which is meant for children only! Wat a BIG BOY is his dad ar? Still havent grow up yet? Tink his dad enjoy the playground trip more than ah boy!

2008-09-26T15:51:00.002+08:00

What if you cant get wat u wan?

Guess wat ah boy reaction when he cant achieve wat he wanted?

Well... he will pretend to cry and LIE DOWN FLAT on the FLOOR! I have totally no idea who taught him that! Or where he learn from? That's a very extreme bad behaviour!

Take for eg: Ytd wen i came to fetch him from MIL hse. FIL play with ah boy by not passing him the door keys to open the gate for me. As ah boy is too short to reach for the keys, he pretend to cry and immediately lie on the floor to roll... Wat kind of behaviour is tis? It's not the 1st time. I catch him a few times this week! He juz simply lie down, whether it's in the kitchen, toilet or at the door step! Hopeless!

Oh my goodness!?! He havent even attend school and is already learning all these bad habits! I have not really wacked him yet. But i sure i will do so if i catch him doing the lie-down-on-the-floor action with his fake crying again! I'm totally pissed off with him now!

2008-09-26T08:39:00.003+08:00

Melamine

Recently, the news and the whole world has been panicking over the incident of Melamine that was found in the milk produced from China. A lot of babies were affected with kidney stones that results in a few dead and seriously ill babies.

Singapore AVA has stepped up the inspection of the products imported into Singapore from China and other countries to detect Melamine. It was found that the following products contains Melamine:

Yi Li Choice Dairy Fruit Bar Yogurt Flavoured Ice Confection
Dutch Lady Strawberry Flavoured Milk
White Rabbit Creamy Candy
Dutch Lady Banana Flavoured Milk
Dutch Lady Honeydew Flavoured Milk
Silang - House of Steamed Potato - Potato Cracker
徐福记 Puffed Rice Rolls - Butter Corn Flavour
徐福记 Puffed Rice Rolls - Cheese Flavour

And do u know wat? I actually bought item no. 8 from China in May specially for my son to eat! Damn it. I bringing harm to ah boy! Well, i noe he din finish the whole pkt, neither did he consume them everyday, but i still indirectly 'poison' my son, hb n myself too. Hai.. Next time i will tink TWRICE before gtg China products!

For more info on these products from the AVA, click here.

Anyway, I'm glad my baby milk is safe. They have send me a sms and email to confirm that their ingredients are free from melamine. Below is an email from Mead Johnson:

Dear XXX,

Mead Johnson Nutritionals shares the concerns of parents around the world caused by the recent contamination of infant and children milk in China. Our priority at all time is to help to provide infants and children with the best start in life and we take that responsibility very seriously.

Mead Johnson does not use dairy or protein-containing raw ingredients from China at any of our manufacturing sites. Tests conducted on Mead Johnson products show no trace of Melamine contamination. Mead Johnson assures parents that our product remain safe and nutritious.

Mead Johnson produces millions of cans and boxes of product each year using the highest quality standards; meeting or exceeding those standards established by the governing regulatory agencies in each country in which we do business. Our products are subjected to numerous quality control checks during and after production to ensure our product quality and safety.

If you have any further queries or concerns, please contact our Consumer Care at Toll Free 1-800-345-5213

Yours sincerely,

Roger Dallas

General Manager

Mead Johnson Nutritionals

Singapore / Malaysia / Brunei

I feel very sad for those china babies. As babies main staple food is milk, so imagine drinking poison daily to slowly torture oneself is very cruel lor. And they cant even tell it's poisonous or not. Nowadays, the older generations always say the babies, kids are gtg smarter than our batch when we are young. They say the milk contains more nutrients that speed up the kids' growing up stage. I do hope the 'more' nutrients are safe and suitable for them. I don mind they learn things slow.. as long as they r healthy, live happily, that will be a much better life than grow up fast, and suffer n die fast?

Now, let's hope they catch and hang all the culprits who inserted melamine into milk or food product. And also hope that someone will invert the medicine to cure the kidney stones in babies fast fast!

2008-09-23T10:32:00.002+08:00

Rashes, Allergy or HFM disease?

Wen i changed ah boy's diaper last nite before he slp, i suddenly spotted red patches ard his hands, legs n body! Red patches tt look like rashes, red dots on his skins.. Hb called up Mil to check if she spotted anyting during day time. Was told she say a bit.. n it spread to even more by nite time. Apply some "Snake-powder", tink shd be talcum powder to stop his itchiness. Lucky he din scratch much.

Wanted to bring him to c a doctor, but in the end, i still landed up at work now. Hb will bring him to visit a doctor after work. Hopefully he will recover more.. if not, i gotta skip the wedding dinner tonite.

He most likely contacted 1 of the sickness:

Heat Rashes. These few days, the weather is stupidly hot like crazy! Although it rains on sun nite, but the rest of the day sucks. I try switched on the aircon on sun nite, but tink the aircon is not working, n producing hot air only. It was after an hr tt i switched off n open the window. So was ah boy stuffed by heat? During the heavy rain, i closed all the windows and has it reduced the circulation of airflow in the room?

HFM Disease. Brought ah boy out to our hse playground and a super huge playground at pasir ris park on sat. Has he contacted with some sick-children? But chances r low, as he din developed any fever, uclers or poor appetite, which r symptoms to the dangerous disease.

Allergy. MIL say ah boy's skin is soft n sensitive, so he maybe allergy to some foods. I had seafood pasta n baked rice for sat. Gave him only the pasta, rice & fish only. No prawn, no sotong as he cant chew them yet. Sun, all he took his usual home-prepared porridge. Mon, MIL say she aso gave him porridge wif fish only. Not the 1st time he took them. So wat is he allergy to???

Hai.. pray he recover fast fast..

2008-09-16T08:53:00.002+08:00

Pregnant Again?

Me? No lah.. where got so fast? I din put on much weight recently despite eating lotx of mooncake.. Haha~!

Well, i have heard news abt my cousins n hb's friends who r preggie. 1 has juz gave birth to a Gal. Congras to Peiling! Another cousin, Lindy is preggie for 4mths. Congras also!

Wat prompt me to write tis post is actually abt others couples who r becoming a 2nd time parents! I actually know of 2 couples whose wifes r preggie again! These couples have previously married becoz of shot-gun. They do not own a individual hse and is living off their parents' hse. I heard of conflicts from them with their in-laws.

1 couple wan to get a rented property fr HDB n got rejected. Till now, they have not even settle on their housing problem, n pop out another baby?

The other couples have unstable jobs, who i tink are relying on their parents to feed them n their kid, n still dare to pop another baby?

I understand govt is encourgaging more newborns... but govt is only helping u wif a small % of expenses. If u tink tt $3k is sufficient to support ur newborns till he grows up n work, den u r wrong! It's impt to have sufficient planning b4 u start to produce a baby. It involves money, time, a mature thinking parents and many others baa baa baa to bring up a baby. Y give birth to a baby, only to throw to ur parents to look after while u enjoy n play like a kid?

Eventually u will grow old one day when ur kids grow up, do u wan to be struck in the same scenario where ur kids go ard producing many off-springs n throwing them to u to take care, u have to support both ur kids n grandchildren in terms of money n time! U get to enjoy now.. but u will work urself to death wen u grow old! So start thinking! Grow up, kiddies! If u cant afford a hse, cant stand quarreling wif ur in-laws, cant find a stable job, den STOP producing babies for the sake of FUN!

2008-09-15T16:39:00.003+08:00

Childcare
Last fri, i took a half-day leave to visit the childcare centre below my MIL's hse. Quite a nice environment, and the grp is quite small. Most imptly, after the govt subsidiaries, it only costs $250+GST!!! Imagine i paying more dan 2x of this figures to my MIL every mth EXcluding hsehold expenses! I was complaining to my hb tt since govt is giving this $300 subsidies to WORKING MOTHER only. And as a working mother, i shd be entitled to tis subsidies. Since he prefer his own mum to take care of ah boy, then we shd pay lesser amt to his mum. His mum say the mthly child care fees is based on mkt rates. Now the mkt rate is less dan $300!

Arrrh!!

2008-08-18T22:45:00.002+08:00

National Day Rally 2008

Things that will affect me:

Paid maternity leave will be extended from 12 weeks to 16 weeks, and the extra four weeks can be taken anytime during the baby's first year. It was previously extended from eight to 12 weeks in 2004.
More tax incentives to encourage mothers to work.
Childcare leave, which can be claimed by either parent, will be extended from two to six days per year.
One week of unpaid infant-care leave per year, and mums or dads can claim it until their child turns two years old.
More financial help for parents at childcare centres.

Other incentives that doesnt applicable for me:

Larger baby bonus for first-time parents. (Damn! I looking forward to my next child coz of the higher bonus.. now the 1st time aso get MORE!)
More financial support for couples who go for In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) treatment. (Pray hard i don nid tis support!)
More incentives for the fifth and subsequent children. (Quite encourgaging incentives. Esp for parents who like children, shd encourgage them to have more... N give them more financial support too, so their ratio can cover our 1.29!)

More details will be out when they finalised the incentives.

Too bad, no extended paternity leave.. How i wish the 16wks can be share wif hb.. i don wan to stay at home to look after babies for 16wks! Will get sick of babies... :(

2008-08-18T14:54:00.002+08:00

National Day Rally Speech

I've been looking forward to this year speech.. dunno why the urge? Mayb i in need of $. Or i'm in need of leaves.. I more keen on how govt will help us to raise our kids as inflation is rocking high now. Milk powder is so so so Exp! From $44+ jump to $51 out of sudden. Wen will my son teeth be fully developed, so can cut down on his milk intake???

I hope the following will impement:

1) We can use our child's MC to claim under our own MC leaves. As my son has recently fall sick too often, and i'm only entitled to 2 days of child care leave, i could not take enough leave to care for him. I asked my HR if i can use my son's MC in place of my MC leaves (entitled to 14days), she say CANNOT. I don fall sick easily, so 14 days are too many for me. But my son falls sick more dan 2 days a year. So if i can use my son's mc to 'bite' into my 14days of MC, it will be great! If not, it will end up 'biting' into my AL, which leaves me with very little break. :( Well, the govt bodies has impemented such a policy, whereby the staffs are allowed 5 days of child leaves, 2 are w/o mc, and 3 days are allowed with the produce of MC issued under the child's name. So hopefully Mr Lee. can help to implement this as mandatory for all companies in Sgp.

2) More childcare subsidies? Planning to send son to toddler/childcare soon.. so hope more subsidies...

3) More tax rebates? I still like the rebate schemes when i was studying tax in my poly. Where the mum is 27, 28, 29 yo, every child born will be entitled to a certain huge amt of rebates. Who know by the time i gave birth and wish to use the rebates, it's gone! Hai~! The rebate or reliefs is so little now! That time when i do my tutorials, i rmbr the women don nid to pay taxes for a few years.. esp if she gave birth to 3kids, she can skip taxes for up to 10yrs. For me, i still tax at a high rate after claiming all the child reliefs. So unfair! Inflation went up, but the rebate & relief went down. In fact, if that old rebate is back in use, it can help to motivate women to get married n give birth early. As the younger is the mum, the higher is the rebate value. It motivate me back then.. but no longer now.. Sob! Somemore i fall into the highest rebate value, age 27! Hai~ HaI~ HAI~~

4) More paternity leave. I may start to plan for a baby soon.. So hopefully they give daddies more leave since they now share more responsibilities as mummies now. Although my hb got plenty of leave, and he can anytime take 1 mth of leave to accompany me for my past confinement, i still hope that he has more leaves. He's planning to change jobs, so may not have the 1mth leave to support me in my next confinement. And also all the daddies wish to have more leaves to bond wif their dearest babies. It's impt to have the support of our SO during our confinement, esp when we are coping wif new additions (eg: babies & confinement ladies), so the physical support will be of Great Help!

In a his chinese speech last nite, he said "In the old days, the man was the master of the household. That era has gone." Lee is suggesting men should assist their wives with child-rearing duties and household chores. "The modern-day woman expects equality."

So will there be Good News tonite?

2008-08-14T23:35:00.005+08:00

Sentosa & Vivo City on 2 Aug '08

Ah boy's 1st ever visit to a beach...

And he's so afraid of the water n waves... See he struggled and lifted his legs high up...

Then he refused to come down and walk... only wan to hug Daddy for comfort...

End up, only left my pair of lonely legs soaking in the seawater...

Ah boy resting in the shade.. Super Extreme HOT weather!

He's reaching out for...???
The CaMeRa~! (A nice angle shot hor?)
Active boy at Play...

(~ Lazy to compile into 1 pic~)

Sitting on a grass slope.. n trying to slide down like a playground slide.

Ah Boy & the AH NU ge!

Ah Nu, Ah Boy & Ah Yi! Ahhh~~~!!!

2008-08-07T23:34:00.002+08:00

SHAPE RUN SUPPORTER

Below is my shape run supporter cum motivator:
MY DEAREST SON!
~ I also wan to run~
Pose wif Me after my Run
The sun is so hot! I taking off my Tee!

2008-08-04T11:33:00.003+08:00

Favourite Song

Ah boy's fav song now is The More We Get Together. The lastest MacDonalds advertisement on the Olympics spirit has this song and Ah boy will dance to the song whenever he see this advertisement. Cheers to this famous nursery rhymes:

2008-07-08T16:36:00.002+08:00

Bowling Pics

Ah boy posing wif me at the Camera Daddy!

My collegue, Angela with Ah boy.
And now come the most exciting moments of Ah boy on 5 Jul 2008!
Ah boy selecting his bowling ball..
Kick n roll the ball to c if suits his preference. Since he cant lift the ball with 1 hand, the most ideal way of bowling is to 'kick'.Now come Ah boy's turn. He seriously pick his ball up and aim...
And the ball hits the target with a BIG 'X' (cross)! Bravo!
Finally, ah boy is proud to win... and wan to grab for his own trophy w/o ple presenting to him. Haha~!

When he grow up, will he be A National Bowler or A National Socceer Player?

2008-07-07T17:37:00.002+08:00

On the Route to Recovery
Last tue, we brought ah boy to another doctor as his condition din seems to improve. After a day of medicine, he coughs lesser, with occassional running nose... but till date, 7 July 2008, monday. He's still sick! Hai~! He still breathe heavily when he slps, he still has slight cough and flu... n poor appetite. Only thing that never change: his notti behaviour. Super cant stand him!

Brought him to my company sports event: Bowling last sunday. He super active, running ard the bowling centre. All my collegues tried to catch him.. as he run after me while i throw my balls. So worry my swinging of the ball will hit him as he stood right behind me. And for the whole morning, he wide awake.. only manage grab an hr of slp wen my event end at 12. Wat a mischevious baby! Will upload pics when i grab hold of some.

2008-06-30T15:48:00.002+08:00

Sick Again

Poor ah-boy has fallen sick again. He has juz recover more than a wk ago, and felt weak to virus and germs again. He's down with redness in throat, cough (sound like bad soar throat), fever and running nose. It's 2x the attack from his former sickness, where he only suffered cough n flu. I heard + saw many babies falling sick too. Tink weather is gtg bad.. and my poor boy is suffering. He has poor appetite, and often vomits out his food and medicine. Good thing is he still very destructive, which means he's still active = OK!

It's tough looking after a sick baby. He don eat n drink, which may affect his recovery. It's a battle when feeding him with medicine also. And he cries and wake up in the middle of the night more often than when he's well.

Hoping & Wishing & Praying he recover soon...

2008-06-18T16:53:00.004+08:00

A day at the Anlene Orchard Mile 2008

Me went for the 'ladies-only' Orchard Mile walk & run on sunday. Hb brought ah boy to support me.. and in fact only reached after i completed my run!
Boring ah boy.. waiting at the start point, dhoby ghaut.. while i slowly stroll back from orchard.

My mum posing wif Ah boy

And now my turn!

My mum won the 3rd prize in lucky draw and got 1 yr supply of milk powder. Ah boy anxiously want to open up and drink... Too bad! These milk are not for him as he's underaged! Meant for 19 y.o. and above. Boy.. u nid wait for another 18yrs to taste the milk...

Plus the hamper is so heavy.. he cant lift up and carry ard.. so only can fidget with the ribbons. haha~

2008-06-05T10:48:00.003+08:00

Ah boy is SIXTEEN month old!!!

Time flies.. n ah boy has grown up so much.. he grown taller, bigger, know how to walk & run, eat solid food (despite his other than 8-teeth refused to grow out)..

And well, his biggest achievement he learning now: is how to "sa jiao".. Everytime wen i go ah ma's hse after work.. he insists i carry him and stop me from eating my dinner. He cries very easily.. whenever he cant get the things he wanted.. And i'm so worry of spoiling him if everything i give it his way. He throw tempers easily now...

His ah ma say it becoz his hair is so long.. and weather is too hot.. so it affecting his mood. But after he has a hair cut, his mood still remains...

And last wk, poor boy caught a cough and running nose-flu. Sunday after my run, i went to pick him up for a visit to the doctor. He was prescribed with 2 liquid medicines.. which i have a hard time chasing after ah boy to feed him, despite the medic is sweet flavour.

This morning, his ah-ma say he has recovered.. so hopefully i don need to feed him medic tonite.

2008-05-23T23:31:00.021+08:00

'震'驚-四川

Took the below pics & wordings from a forwarded email. I try translate in English for some who are not well-versed in chinese.

當我看到這張照片，我的鼻子酸了，我的眼睛紅了，眼淚出來了......這些都是孩子啊！
他們都有父母，我也做孩子的父親。孩子，你們可知道你們的父母在尋在你們嗎？
或許，孩子們的父母已經沒有能力救孩子了，在這場地震中，死傷無數，血流成河，
天地萬物已經徹底摧毀。昨夜、今夜、明夜，四川是孤獨的、寂寞的......

When i look at the above pic, i was totally touched.. my eyes turn red.. tears start flowing out.. These are children! They have mums and dads! I, myself is a child's parent. Child, do u know your parents are searching for u? Or perhaps your parents already suffer the same fate as you. In this earthquake, lot of casulties, and blood has flowed to form river. Everything has been destroy. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, Sichuan will be lonely....

沒有人理我雖然我在路中間　　

因為我的衣服很破很髒　　

我也不會理會別人　　

因為我已經沒感覺了。。。。。。.

Nobody going to bother abt my existence, even if i sleep in the middle of the road.

Because my clothes are torn and dirty

I'm not going to bother about others too

Because i lose my feelings.....

這些天地最聰明的生物，為什麼人們不理解？
These are the smartest creatures on earth, and why didn't anyone notice about them?

親愛的溫總理撿起一個書包和鞋子，可是東西的主人呢？　　溫總理在呼喊。。。。。。

President Wen picked up a bag and a shoe, but where's the owner?

President is calling for u....

誰是孩子的父母？？？　　有人答應嗎？？？　　沒有人理會護士的呼喊，孩子的父母也許已經永遠聽不到呼喊了。。。

Is she the parent of the child???

Anybody going to answer me???

Nobody going to answer me, because the parents may not be alive to hear my callings anymore...

我的孩子呢。。。。　　

父親淚流滿面、呆呆地站著　　

我現在也一樣。。。。。。

Where's my child?

Dad's tears filled his whole face, waiting for miracle...

So am i....

我要出來，我想讀書。。。　　

誰能救我。。。

I want to come out, I want to study...

Who can come help me...

我是一名孤獨的守望者，守望者親人、朋友、鄰居。。。　　

我要看好他們，他們怕孤獨。。。

I'm a lonely watcher, watching over my relatives, friends, neighbours...

I want to accompany them, as they are scared of loneliness...

孩子的雙手和熟睡樣子一樣

The pair of children hands looks the same like when they were sleeping. 　　

孩子的書本已經髒了都是年少正風華，都是天真浪漫時，很多路程你們還沒走，
很多事情還沒有經歷過，雖小小年少，卻都是歷經了幼兒園、學前班和小學、
中學無盡的課業，等待你們的應該是生活張開溫暖的懷抱，不應是轟隆一聲巨響。
孩子，孩子，可憐的孩子，都是獨生子女、爸媽和親人的心頭肉，你這一去，
叫人怎麼活。孩子，可憐的孩子，睡吧，安靜地睡吧，夢中沒有恐懼沒有苦難，
就讓我的淚水送你安息，可憐的小傢伙......

The kids' books are wet. All of them are energytic youth, with long bright future to experience... Besides studying kindergarten, primary, secondary schools, you still have a long way to go, and not the sudden experience of earthquake.

Children, children, pityful children, all came from single-child families, Dad & Mum's sweetheart, your sudden death, how to make your parents live on?

Children, pityful children, sleep well & rest in peace, your dreams will no longer be filled with fear and torture, let our tears send you up to heaven. What a pityful children...

四川汶川地震發生后，北川縣北川中學六至七層高的主教學樓塌陷，
當時正值上課時間，21個教室裡師生約1000人，除個別逃生以外，
大部分被掩埋在瓦礫堆中。

During the Sichuan Earthquake, South Sichuan which has schools with six to seven storey high, were having classes. 21 schools with approx. 1000 teachers and students, who have either escape alive, or dead under the collapsed buildings.

END

Below is my re-call of my last mth trip:

On our way down from Jiuzhaigou, as we past thru some villages to Chengdu, Sichuan. I saw many lovely students who have finished school... walking happily along the side of the road.. chewing ice-cream bars & eating snacks, chit-chatting while walking home from school... They are so lovely...

And during that time, i was happily admiring and laughing, wondering how come the new-born babies clothes have their private parts open? for air-ing? or for easy clearance when passing motion? Are these babies n parents still alive???

Those babies in the high mountains are wearing thick winter clothing and their red cheeks make them super-lovely.. are they safe and alive???

And the adults who are happily playing table pool and mahjongs at the side of the streets...

Are all of you still alive? Are your relatives, friends & neighbours alive???

DONATIONS

Anyone who wish to help them, please kindly donate to the following aids:

1) Singapore Red Cross Society

2) Chinese Embassy in Singapore

3) Mercy Relief

4) Mediacorp - Sichuan Earthquake Charity Show on 25/5/08

Rgds

2008-05-23T13:25:00.002+08:00

New Words

Ah boy is learning new words. I'm proud to announce he can say the following words:
Mama, Papa, Ah pa, Ah ma, Apple, Banana (Be -na), Bao Bei, Baby, Ah bei, Bao Bao (Carry), Nan-nan (Milk), milk, mom mom (food)...

And when we show him picture of (red) peach, he insists it is apple, and flip to the apple page to show his ah ma. Is he smart? or stubborn? Refusing to learn the word "Peach" becoz it look like Apple! Or showing to his ah ma that it is Apple, not peach as what ah ma has pronounced...

I signed him up for the shishida school.. which my hb has jokingly claim as "eat-shit-da school". Hope he doesnt teach ah boy the wrong pronunciation! Anyway, the wait for him to admit is 6 - 8 MONTHS long. By then he properly aged 2+... wat a long wait? Studies has shown that their right brain learning skill will slow down fr age 3 onwards, so will it be too late to send him there by then?

2008-05-23T12:04:00.002+08:00

It's a long wait.. for my posting?

Haha~!

Firstly, i should bless all gods out there that both me and hb have returned safely to Sgp. And that my son will not become an orphan. I'm not cursing myself or wat.. but we are very glad to return safely despite the dangerous winding curvy roads, and of coz the Sichuan Earthquake.

The earthquake juz happen 8 days after we returned. And we went to jiu zhai gou, mt. emei, doujiangyan, chengdu, all inside Sichuan. So if the earthquake had happen 8days earlier, we will be stuck in chengdu, dead or alive unknown lor... my son will be become orphan at such a young age.. isnt it sad?

I'm very affected by the china earthquake, and is very sad to read abt news on the children dead or injured by the damaged buildings. And children become orphans.. I even feel like adopting them n giving them loves and cares. And the parents who lose their children in this disaster...

My dad juz spend ard S$600 to donate to the kids in Jiu zhai gou to build a sec school during our trip. Now i hope that their pri sch will survive the quake.. n the pri sch kids will survive to enter the new sec sch to-be-built.

I truly hope the survivors will live on strongly and build a better tomorrow. And those rascals who built lousy building structures will learn their lessons!

2008-04-10T16:45:00.010+08:00

MORE PHOTOS PLS!
Ah boy on the kiddy rides at United Square. Motor bikes, Bob the Builder & Thomas-&-Friends. I din insert any coins.. coz all cost $1 ea.. so exp! I miss the $0.20 ride!

Bought Ahboy the bricks toys. But he don seem to like it. Juz throw the bricks out of the bag, den pack it back into the bag. No building of anyting? Sad...

Brought Ah boy to the new park nearby our hse. Left him alone in middle of the bridge.. den c him slowly crawl towards me.. haha~! So cute!

Ah boy gng to school??? Nope! Not yet.

He got a lovely mini mickey mouse bag fr Dad's godsis from Japan disneyland. So let him carry for his visit to the funeral site during Qing Ming. His bag is so small that it can only contain his small hat. Haha~!

Swimming time.. his last swimming session was last yr.. 4mths ago!

Taken after swim, b4 bathe. He's so happy jumping n walking ard.. so tis pic wasnt clear.

Now a clear and nice cuty pose for the camera!

Arh.. i'm so shy.. my hair too messy.. n i nid a bath!

Ah boy love swimming despite he cried for 5-10min wen stepped into the pool. After that he was so so happy that he kicked n float ard the pool. Even refused to get out of the pool. After bathing, he still wan go back into the pool to play.

So pray for a better weather, then more swimming sessions ahead.

This is my friend's newborn son, Joshua! And i envy my friend so much that sometime I hate talking to her... Or rather i too jealous of her lor! She was spotting and having contraction in middle of nite, and can happily msg me at 6am to greet me morning & asked me wat she shd do? After i made her call her gynae n was told to chk into hospital, her water bag was burst at 10am, call me at 10+, and at 11+ she gave birth w/o epi, only using gas. And she say contraction not pain, giving birth not pain, only the jab for the espi was pain. She not scared of anything except needles! She is 1 lucky girl! I'm trying to encourage her to give birth to more babies as it look so easy on her! Make her 母猪! Pop! Pop! Pop!

Together we strike for a girl next! lol...

2008-04-07T23:25:00.016+08:00

CHINESE NEW YEAR & BDAY PHOTOS

I'm 1 mth plus outdated. I know... But late is better than never.

So here come ah boy's photos..

Above are all ah boy photos with his cousins from his daddy's relatives. So many kids hor? That's not all lor.. Still got 4 other cousins with 6 more babies/kids not yet included in this pic. Imagine next time we can have cousins gathering, we need book a playground just for the kids!

Weilun's Bday Cake on CNY Day 1. Triple Layer choco Cake.. but covered with "Little Prince" Decor. I regret ordering this additional cream decor.. coz it doesnt taste that nice as original..

Family Pic @ CNY Day 1 aka Eve of Ahboy's 1st Bday

Oh.. he trying to blow the candles! haha~ Actually he wanted to touch the candle flame only...

Uncle ZJ feeding bday boy... while Grandpa carry him...

In the chinese culture beliefs, most babies at their 1 year old age, will be offer 4 different items to pick. They are laid on the same line at the same distance away from the baby. The baby is expected to crawl over and touch/pick whichever items that attracts him. And these items are reflective of what he will be when he grown up.

1) Calculator / "Shuan Pan" : Calculative

2) Money notes : Love money.

3) Book : Bookworm, love to study.

4) Ruler : Leadership.

And guess wat my ah boy choose???

MONEY

Either he grow up to be an accountant like mummy, or he grows up to be as money-minded as his daddy (aka stingy)!

Ah boy posing wif a stack of money notes.

2nd Bday cake @ CNY Day 2 aka Actual Bday

Family Pose on CNY day 2

Ah boy posing with Great-Grandmother from his daddy's side.

Ah boy trying to climb up stairs...

And he enjoyed so much that he refused to move away from the staircase even though we blocked the entrance of the staircase.

That's all for CNY pics!

Cheers~!

2008-03-31T15:19:00.002+08:00

A VAMPIRE has Evolved in my Hse!

Yeah! I'm not joking.. i'm rearing a vampire right inside my hse.. my home sweet home! Coz i'm bitten 2x! Ouch!

Well.. all thks to this mischevious ah boy.. who is proud to have only 8 small teeth, and still DARE to go ard bitting poor mommy. Can u imagine when he has all his teeth developed? Den u wont be able to c my fresh anymore... sob! sob! I badly nid a vampire fighter! Vampire Catcher! whatever? Or any dentist where can pull out all his 8 teeth...?

It all happen everynite for the past few nites, he simply cant doze off after his last feeding, so he stood up, lie down, lie on my body, crawl onto my body, and the nxt min, he bite my fresh! URH!!! Perhaps i shd feed him wif sleeping pills, den i can save a bite fr him!

haha~!

2008-03-18T14:22:00.002+08:00

Walking Finally!

Ah boy finally can balance and walk by himself early this mth... wen he is 13mth old. His timing is consider ave as compared to his peers. And i'm so proud of him! Wen we brought him out to MS last sat, we left the pram at home.. We let him walk down the MS fr one end to the other end.. of coz wif us holding his hands. He enjoyed the walk.. and lot of passer-by praised him for being so cute! And after that MS walk, he's too tired n refused to walk.. Keep insist on carrying him. But when he's at my shop, he walk ard the shop n out of the shop by himself.. and we have to chase after him as he keep running away fr my shop! Arh!!

When his walking skill is more stable.. i tink i will start to lose more weight as he already learning to run! Oh my Godness! At hm i hardly chase after him.. therefore he's full of blue-mark all over his body. But outside.. i have to run after him so he wont get lose or hit against dangerous objects.

Pregnancy updates! I got a friend who juz got prgnt. Her daughter is only 1mth younger than my son. So m i stressful? NOPE! My target is planned to be nxt yr.. Coz i'm not super broke.. N i havent enjoy myself enuff.. lol~! Another fren is to be due end of mar.. and i'm as stressful as her.. alamak! Coz she keep asking me pregnancy stuffs.. n end up i'm as kan cheong as her.. hehe~ Hope she has a smooth n easy delivery!

2008-02-27T15:07:00.002+08:00

Notti Behaviour Again!

Ytd i make ah boy cry again! And i did it on purpose as he refuse to listen to me. He played wif the rubbish bin, stood near the standing fan and play wif the Fan buttons! No matter how i screamed "NO! NO! NO!" or i dragged him away or i beat his hands, he still back at these dirty and dangerous devices! I'm so angry tt i left him locked up in the rm and cried non-stop. And to make thing worse, whenever i stepped back into the dark rm, he stopped crying and crawled back to the fan and played! Piss off! And off i left him alone again.. above steps keep repeating many times last nite.. till he tired and doze off to slp. And by then, i have lost my energy and doze off beside him...

Tis mrng was even terrible. He stood by the dinning table and played wif the seashell below my table.. and next he picked up the candle glass cup and threw on the floor. "Piang!" The cup has broken and loose glass all over the floor. I locked him onto his pram and scolded him while cleaned up the broken glass... He's so guat guat sitting at the pram wen i scolded him. But guess he 4got abt everything the moment we stepped out of the hse, as he still dare smiled at me in the lift!!!!

I'm losing my patient...

Parents' Love

2008-02-26T11:01:00.002+08:00

Juz saw a movie last wk and will wish to share my thought here. The title of the movie is Tokyo Tower- Mom and Me, and sometimes Dad-.

"You use to hold my hands when I'm young. Now, I will hold your hands for the rest of your life."

When we are young, our parents love and guide us along. They teach us how to eat, bathe, play and everything. They hold our little hands as we learn to walk, when we walk on the streets... But as days go by, when we grow up... How often do we hold our parents' hand and walk side by side with them? Now most of us are holding our friends' or our partner's hand.

When our parents grow old, will we be holding their hands for their final stage of life? Will we be ard to feed them, bathe them, clean them up? Or we will leave them in the hands of other care-takers like maids?

给最亲爱的爸爸妈妈

2008-02-18T11:36:00.004+08:00

A FALL THAT ENDED UP WIF STRETCHES ON FACE

It's all my fault! And partially ah boy's fault too! I was bathing ah boy ytd morning. And he stood up at the bath tub while i trying to give him a final rinse. He's trying to avoid the water splash from the shower head and he lost his balance and fall face down onto the toilet floor. He cried out loud and his dad rush in fr living rm... Wen we pick him up, he was spotted wif a few stretches on his face.. and bleeding.. I quickly dried him up and put on his clothes, then hug him in my arms... I felts so bad... I shd have hold onto him and not his bath tub! It happen too sudden.. and i do not have sufficient hands? 1 hand on the shower head, another hand onto his bathtub, i nid a 3rd hand to grab hold of him...
Doesnt his stretches look bad? Plss..Hope it doesnt cause a permanent scar on his right cheek.

We stayed indoor for the rest of the days. He was very clingy to me and refused to let me do any hsework. I was ironing some clothes and he stood next to the iron board. He even touch the clothes which i juz iron on. The cloth is still warm, and he kept touching and enjoying the warm feeling... I was so fed up that i stopped my ironing and played wif him.

He is walking a longer distance these few days. And he luv walking on our big bed. Mainly becoz he knew if he loses his balance and fall, he wont hurt himself much as the bed is springy and soft. But then the bed is not stable and he cant balance well when he stands up, so not a suitable surface to practise walking skills.

2008-02-14T15:43:00.003+08:00

HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR!!!

恭喜发财!!!

It the year of the Rat! And it also marks the completion of the 1st year of Ah Boy's life. His bdae happen to falls on the 2nd day of CNY. And as my prev posts have mentioned, we have got him 2 bdae cakes.. Of which i don have pic of the cakes designs yet... havent upload.

Both bday celebrations at our relatives' hses were a success. And my greedy boy has happily finish his slices of bdae cakes. He is the riches amongst all the kids, as he got double angbaos this year (or maybe same as last yr?): CNY angbaos + Bday angbaos. So is it being born on CNY considered a gd thing??

Stole this pic fr Aunt XR's blog.. lol~! c how handsome he is.. (Erm.. u can ignore the old auntie beside him)

Ah boy met up wif lots of babies of his age.. and he's the youngest amongst them all. Everyone knows how to walk and balance well.. and this has motivate my lazy boy to stand up and walk too.. Which is someting I'm quite impressed. Peer pressure is a form of good motivation. Hb's fren has a son who is only 1 mth older than ah boy. They came to our hse, and the little boy walk all over our hse w/o support. Ah boy looked at him blurly and try stand up and walk a few steps after him. Well, ah boy still falls after a few steps. But it has indeed pressurize him to walk more for these few days... and i'm looking forward to him mastering his walking skills.

2008-02-06T23:10:00.000+08:00

BoReD
Took tis pic while waiting for my sis and her bus to arrive. Nothing special.. just haven 'kangaroo' ah boy for quite a long time. As we are on our way to collect his 2 big bdae cakes.. so he nid to be "string" onto me so i have free hands to carry the cakes.

2008-02-04T16:06:00.000+08:00

MAID ABUSING 2MTH OLD BABY

I got a shock wen i read a thread on baby abuse. So i followed the link to youtube and watched the clips that the parents have sercetly recorded. I cant believe how the maid can so phyisically abuse such an innocent, small, vulnerable baby.. I feel like strangling the maid leh... Full of Anger... If i'm the parent of the baby, i will give a heavy and big slap across to the maid for abusing my son!

The way she handle a baby looks like she think the baby is only a toy. Rocking & swinging him hard on the sarong, carry him so roughly, hitting so hard on his back while burping him...

It is not that the harder u rock a baby in the sarong, the more he will enjoy. The way the maid rock him will scared him like hell lor...

Luckily I have MIL and my mum where i can turn to for help.. Even in future if i were to employ a maid, she will be solely in charge of cleaning my hse ONLY.

So scary sia...

2008-01-31T15:18:00.000+08:00

RENTING OUT MY BABY BOY

Hi All! I'm renting out my boy for a day to a week. Charges is FOC as long as my son is well-treated, well-fed, well-loved to the BEST for the renting period.

Reason: I'm so fed up wif him. He cried whenever I leave him aside. I have to carry him everywhere, and everyting i do. Even wen i put him by my side, he will stand up and cling to me tightly lor. If i push him away, he cry out loud with tears flooding his face. And results: he wake up several times a nite and cried too. I'm so sick of him liao.. help~!!!!

I tod 1 of my fren that i wan 'sell' my son to her. Then she suggest i rent to her during CNY, can collect angbaos fr her relatives.. then v sercetly spill half-half into our pocket. Lolx. Coz my relatives all aware of my son, so even if he is not present, he will still be entitled to angbao automatically. Haha~! Wat a nasty thought hor...

I juz fix his 12mth old A3 poster - phototaking this sunday. His last FREE professional phototaking. Hope he behave well and take a nice one. Coz the 3rd phototaking, he wasnt well-behaved and cried after a short while. Notti!

2008-01-25T11:17:00.000+08:00

Ah Boy Pics
He loves driving... Any one wan sponsor him a motorised toy car?
A Happy Ah Boy

A Crying Ah Boy

A Disappointed Ah Boy ("Sa Jiao")

2008-01-25T10:35:00.000+08:00

Busy Weeks have gone, and more to come

Yeah.. as the title said.. this month is super busy for me. I should be glad that at least i still got spare time to blog a bit. Haha!

Last 2 weeks were busy with my shop opening @ Marina sq #02-259. I spend a few days camping overnite at MS till early morning and ah boy had to stay overnite at MIL's hse. So i din get to spend much time wif ah boy for the week, while MIL has to take care of my notti boy daily. Things at shop have settle down, so no more slpless nites.. and more time for my boy.

Whenever I'm free after work, i will check out the cakes shops ard my hse. Reason is ah boy's bday is on the 2nd day of CNY, and it is his 1st birthday. All cake shops are either not working or close for half day on CNY eve and thru out the CNY. Since we are not planning any major bday celebration for him, we must at least get him a decent bday cake. So i check out bengawa solo, Angie the choice, breaktalk, ecreative website, pine gardens, etc. And i finally settle on the cakes. Ytd after work, I went straight to reserve the cakes and choose lovely decor for the cakes. Will be gtg 2 cakes, 1 for my relatives on CNY day 1, another for HB's relatives on CNY day 2. Siong hor? And all these 2 cakes i must collect on CNY eve before 10am. Which means i need wake up early in the mrng, and rush out to fetch the cakes before the shop close for CNY. So i be expecting a busy CNY starting from the eve...

Also i have purchased 2 sets of ah boy's CNY clothes. Almost panic wen i only managed to get a set for him. I hate last min shopping for CNY clothes as i always cannot spot any nice clothes wen i'm in a rush. My clothes also completed... only left hb, who is still tilly tally. Not a single clothes has been purchase lor. Maybe shop wif him tis sun wen v go our MS shop.

Next on my shopping lists: CNY goodies & drinks. I wonder wat ah boy can eat with his 6 teeth???

2008-01-17T17:16:00.000+08:00

Scared of Dog Bark

Ytd I went to fetch son home from my MIL's hse. Wen i gng to leave her place, we had a quick chat on some misc stuffs. Then suddenly MIL's neighbour's dog bark! Poor ah boy got a fright and break down into tears. I pet pet ah boy for a while and tog he will calm down.. then the dog bark again.. And he so scared that he cried out loud... I quickly end conversation wif MIL and hug ah boy away. He so timid.. or the dog is too Fierce?

2007-12-31T17:01:00.000+08:00

Updatez

I'm so busy to update this blog. Apologies! Well.. ah boy is doing fine.. still 6 teeth.. no new one yet. Still don noe how to walk.. Still don noe how to call mummy n daddy yet.. and Still Notti as usual. Haha~

Christmas

His 1st Xmas on 25 Dec 2007. Well, he didnt celebrate much.. nvr even step into Orchard Rd to c the lightings. Blame it on his dad n grandparents. No1 wan accompany me to bring ah boy to orchard for a walk at nite. So no bright colourful lights for his viewing.. Sob!~

But then, he rec'd lots of Xmas presents. From me, i got him a bath/swimming towel wif hood. Not really consider xmas presents coz i always buy things for him non-stop thru out the years.. haha.. Auntie Joanne Lee got him a romper and a pair of soft-sole shoes. Auntie Sharon & Uncle Jerome got him a Fox shirt. Auntie Wiselyn & Uncle Clement got him 3x Nursery Rhymes VCDs. Auntie Joanne Seah (coz got 2 joannes!) got him a pair of Mickey & Minnie Towels. Ya.. not consider a lot.. coz v don celebrate much for xmas.. so no presents from other family members.. haha..

Nvm.. CNY coming soon... His 1st yr old bdae coming soon... *Hint* (to Aunt XR n Uncles ZP, ZJ), he havent got any clothes/toys/accessories for 12mth+.. and he wan a bigger angpao for his CNY cum Bdae. Lolx... (* i noe u all r not married to give CNY angpao.. but u r OLD enuff to give him bdae angpao/presents)

I bought him to a chalet on 23 to 24 Dec. He quite enjoy it coz he climbing up the stairs to the 2nd lvl. Den at the double bed, he aso climb up and down on the bed.. Only thing is he cant join in and BBQ the food.. so he kena lock up in the upper room. He slept pretty well at the chalet, only wake everyone up once at 3.30am. Took him to Pasir Ris park for a morning walk which he enjoys the sea breeze... Also brought him on a Train ride at the Escape Theme Park. Guess he enjoyed his chalet trip.

Swimming session on 29 Dec 07

I din manage to bring ah boy for a swim at the chalet. So took him for a swim at khatib since it was a hot morning. Only start to swim at 11.30am. The hot sun is burning above and his dad insists it is gd time to tan baby skin. I din even manage to apply any sunblock on him lor. He look a bit tanned after the swim. One amazing discovery is he is learning to kick his legs.. Like swimming.. pushing the water wif his hands and kicking his legs... Look like can send him for his swimming lessons soon.

Ok.. above is a short summary of his happenings.. More to come in 2008..

Happy new year!

Cya around.

2007-12-24T17:27:00.000+08:00

Video of Ah Boy taken at Chalet by Aunt XR

2007-12-13T11:35:00.000+08:00

Picture of BoiBoi
This is a pic taken by my sis during our last swimming session. It was months ago. It's been a long time since he go swimming due to his sickness and also the rainy weather. Almost plan to bring him last sun but it was cancelled again.

Well, in 1 wk+ time, there will be a family chalet and he can swim every day at the chalet... 1st time gng to a chalet for him.. Hopefully he be well-behave at the chalet.. n don "fight" wif me over BBQ-ing the food. Coz he always 'fight' wif me over everyting: fr using computer, watching tv to eating my food. And he only TEN MONTHS old! Cant predict wat going to be like in the next few years...

2007-12-12T14:39:00.000+08:00

If my ah boy is still notti, he will end up like this poor boy!
Anyone wan donate their plaster tapes to me?

2007-12-11T13:53:00.000+08:00

Greedy baby...

As the title has suggested.. my dearest boy has up-graded to become a greedy boy too. His 5th teeth was discovered ytd by MIL while she wiped his mouth. Ha! Me is a lazy mum.. coz i nvr wipe his internal mouth or brush his teeth. Coz he nvr like the feeling.. so i nvr do so.. or i'm plain lazy to force it on him. Well, it's a gd news tt he got his 5th teeth. Hopefully by nxt yr CNY, he have enuff teeth to join us for our reunion lunch & dinner at his grandparents' houses.

Now given so many teeth, he hunger for more variety of food. He joined my MIL for breakfast on wkday mornings, munching at those small bits of white bread. He can drink from a straw, test-try by his dad wen his dad fed him wif coke!?! Last sun took him to Fish & co, fed him wif a teaspoon of "cream of mushroom" soup, and he luv it so much tt he keep pulling my hand for MORE! He so impatient at drinking the soup tt he reached for the soup cup and spilled it. Lucky the lovely waitress at Fish & Co (AMK Hub) offered to get us another servings of soup. So my happily baby can countinued his mushroom soup... Fed him wif some fish meat from our seafood platter. And u noe wat? I din enjoy my dinner! Coz half the time i feeding him, as he pull at me non-stop wen he finish chewing on his food. Which mean i cant eat my dinner at all! Shd b a gd news to me rite? Coz i only ate half my dinner, half went into ah boy tummy.

Half dinner = Me Diet rite? =(

Anyway, now that he can enjoy dinner wif us. He will quietly sit on his high chair and join in wif us. Even ytd went we were eating ramli burgers.. he crawl onto me and wan snatch my burger leh! Oh mine! I have to share my burger bread wif him. And worst still, he nvr go after his dad for food.. only come after me? Y? Ask his dad lor...

2007-12-10T15:58:00.000+08:00

My little thumb.

Ouch~

Playful ah boy has hurt his little thumb till it bleeds w/o me noticing it. He crawl to the TV Cabinet and took out a TV game console to play. I din notice any unusual as he still play quietly by his play mat until i notice some red spots on his left thumb. It was blood lor.. and he still playing happily.. I quickly wipe it off wif a clean wet tissue.. It hurts and he refused to let me touch his thumb. I cover it wif a handiplaster immediately to try stop the bleeding. Press a few time on his bleeding thumb to stop the bleed.. and he look at me wif teary eyes.. So sad..

Enjoying the tv wif the plastered thumb

Close-up view of his plastered thumb.

Wen he went to slp, i'm not sure how he remove the plaster in bed. Or mayb the plaster was not wrap up properly as he kept moving his fingers. Wanted to show hb wen he returned fr his late nite movie. Show him the 'effect' of ditching me and bb alone at hm. Anyway, ah boy has a long cut on his thumb.. but he don seem to feel any pain or uncomfortable at all. Still happy and notti whole day long.

Sunday MRT Ride

Took ah boy to AMK hub to shop ard wif my family. To and fro the AMK, ah boy wasnt well-behaving. Wen i carry him on the moving train, he refuse to remain quiet. He swing his body ard and touch everyone beside us.. even wan another stranger to carry him?? Wen v got a seat, he refused to sit down, coz he wan to touch the top plastic handlers & the cold metal bars. He simply trying to be notti. Wen can i start to beat him? So he can learn to well-behave himself in public.

2007-12-07T15:24:00.000+08:00

Sleepless Nite Again

Well, my run is over.. but it the beginning of another nite mare.. erm.. not really nite mare.. tink "Sleepless nites" sound a bit beta. I have a nice slp b4 my run.. and did pretty well for the run, or within my target. BUT... 1 tink went out of my expectation.. and that is the change in my son's nite behaviour.

Wen v return fr the run, ah boy already had his afternn nap, so i din get to take a short afternn nap for myself. Late evening.. he felt slpy and i tog he can doze off early for the nite... He slpt at 8pm and woke up at 9+. Try coax him back to slp, which unfortunately he's too alert... So play wif him for a while... n try coax him to slp again at 10+.. he simply refuse to slp. No matter how i rock him, feed him, lay him by my side... his eyes still wide OPEN. My head was giddy again.. i'm too tired fr the early wake up and the run tt i couldnt take it.. i push over the bb responsibility to hb and doze off to my dreamland. Not sure how hb sayang ah boy to slp.. but he kept waking up ard 4-5 times tt nite for some water feeding.. Din slp well tt monday morning.

Monday evening: I try let ah boy slp at 9+ as he's yawning since he reach hm. Yet he kept playing in his cot and refuse to doze off even wen the clock struck 11pm. Sucks! I'm so beat tired from the lack of slp and rest ( my boss' son, maid and nephew are in the office today n i cant even rest in office lor). Now my son don even wan co-operate wif me... Again i push responsibility to hb.. as i ignore ah boy's plea n loud cries in his cot. I doze off within a few sec. Heard hb say he brought ah boy out to watch tv in living rm.. and ah boy doze off in his shoulder while he watch his show.. I provide such a comfortable, dark n quiet rm for him to slp, he cant slp. Outside in a bright-lit rm, wif noise fr TV and an uncomfortable sofa, he can doze off lor? Cant understand wat ah boy wans?

Ok.. lucky tue nites onwards, ah boy is back to his routine, where he will doze off at the usual 10pm. Guess it is the over-nite stay at MIL's hse tt break his nite slpg habit. Which in turn is affecting my beautiful sleeps.. He still wakes up 4-5 times a nite since monday... Hai~ His nite waking is still a problem for me... =(

2007-11-30T15:19:00.000+08:00

Physical Checkup

As at 26 Nov 2007: Ah boy weights 9.1Kg, measured a height of 70cm. His weight is above 70 percentile. But not over-weight! Head circumference: I forget liao.. Not impt lar.. Weight is impt.. coz nid to get the correct size of diapers for him. Lol!

2007-11-29T11:06:00.000+08:00

TWO NEW TEETH
My dearest ah boy has grown another 2 front teeth on the top. Spot some white stain on his gum and realised they r his new teeth... He starting to bite more things now.. esp wen he hungry, he put watever thing in his hand into his mouth. And his pillow is full of his saliva stain... Yucks! Can spot his little white stain in the above pic? Not well-taken, coz fr my lousy camera hp. Haha..

Growing speed: Average!!
My mil tod me tt once she was outside, she saw a 9mth old baby wif 6teeth. Oh no.. my son is aso 9mth, yet only 4 teeth... so not consider fast for him... When i went for a gynae chkup on monday, the clinic nurse aso gave birth to a 8mth old son, and she tod me her son aso can stand wif support... like my son. I tog my son is a genius, a fast learner.. now den realise he's juz average... OK.. at least he's average... not lagging behind..

His weakness!
He still don noe how to wave bye, bye. Only luv to clap wen v din ask him to. He still cant cor any of us, fr Mil, dad, n me. Only sumtimes wen he cry or grumble to himself, den v hear a bit of our name. He's lazy at holding his milk bottle wen drinking. Only like to play wif bottle handles... Hai.. wen will he improve???

Terminal 3
Brought ah boy to Terminal 3 for a walk... he juz blur blur look ard... n enjoy climbing on the sofa at the transit area. Will upload some T3 pics wen daddy upload the pics fr his bulky camera.

SC Run
My nitemare is coming soon.. or rather "morning-mare". Most probably having a nice slp tis sat nite as ah boy will be away fr home.. n "camping" overnite at MIL's hse. Coz early sun gng for a 10km run. Havent been training much, so most likely will ache a lot fr sun onwards.. plus lots of walking more den running...

Wish me luck for my run... hopefully can complete within my target!

2007-11-14T16:16:00.000+08:00

Recovering Baby + Kitchen Equipment + High Chair

Ah boy has re-gained his lovely voice.. and start to cor his dad again. *Piss!* Wen is he learning to cor Mummy / Mama leh? Always wan me carry him, yet end up cor me Papa? # %*$! # Now he got his voice, he still back to his crying... and we so worry that he will lose his voice again if cry for long. So once he make a little bit of noise, we rush to carry him. Hope he don learn the habit of us carrying him every time. He still coughing.. and that is becoz i'm still coughing. I so obsessed with ah boy medicine timings that i kept forgetting to take my own medic. 3x a day and i end up only eat once a day. How to recover leh? hai~~

I looking into preparing some porridge for ah boy. In the past, i always buy those bottled heinz puree or nestle cereals and mixed with water. It's time for ah boy to eat more nutritious food, or rather fresher food. So i'm sourcing ard for a slow cooker. Den I came across the forum BP of thermo flask, costing $85. Tis thermo flask juz nid to boil the food under flame for 10min, then put into the flask and can cook for up to 8hrs. Don nid electricity and can be easily carry ard. Sound easy & great for a lazy mum like me. But den i aso wan a slow cooker to brew soup slowly... So which 1 shd i buy? I cant afford both coz it too exp.. And i will underuse 1 of them if i get both.

Thermo Flask ($85) or Slow Cooker ($50+)???

And Ah boy finally got his high chair!!! Make hb go get his chair last sat wen his friends came over to our hse for dinner. But it seems he doesnt like the chair.. he still prefer his walker where he can roam ard freely... Nvm.. he will out-grown his walker soon and will luv his high chair in the months to come.. haha...

2007-11-09T21:38:00.000+08:00

Poor Ah Boy is SICK again.. so r the Parents!

Hb started to cough early this wk, and he spread his germs to me. I started to have soar throat follow by cough since wed. Next it spread to ah boy. Early on thu morning at 5am, ah boy started wif a high fever measured at 37.57 deg C under his armpit. Fed him wif some fever medicine, and he couldnt fall asleep even though he was very sleepy. He vomited onto me & my bed while he played. In the end, I had to personally carry him in my arms and rock him to slp. He slpt at 6.30 and woke up at 8.30. His temperature measured at 37+ deg c. Couldnt measure well as he keep shifting ard. But can feel his fever went down a bit. End up our event for the day is cancel.

In the afternoon, he started to cough... He was sleepy whole day but he felt so uncomfortable inside him tt he slept only 30min each session. Can c him yawn, grumble, crying whole day. Not to mention the nite time, make me unable to slp well again.

Tis morning was the 9mth Physical review at polyclinic. He woke up wif a hoarse sound and was coughing badly too. So i went to c a doctor wif ah boy at the polyclinic. It was super crowded. Ytd is a PH, plus woodlands polyclinic is closed for reno, end up the patients either go Yishun or CCK. Lucky i request to have same doc as ah boy, we cut Q & managed to c a doc within 2hrs. Ah boy aso cannot do his physical review as he was sick. He failed the hearing test (i.e. deaf) coz of his sickness, so the review was postponed. Hai.. nid to take another day of leave again! His temperature was measured at 36.5, no fever. We both were given 3 set of medicines, including antibiotics each. I was shocked wen doc say she wan prescribe antibiotics for ah boy, but luckily it is in liquid form. Coz i doubt he can swallow if they were tablets form.

In the afternoon, ah boy has lost his voice totally. Wen he cry, cant even hear him, only c his face red wif tears flowing out. He kept putting his fingers into his mouth, like trying to dig his throat. Guess his throat is very itchy, making him super uncomfortable.

Poor boy... wen will u recover? Hopefully we all (including daddy) can recover fast fast.. so no more spreading of germs ard...

2007-11-02T16:22:00.000+08:00

Nice pics of other Babies

http://idobaby.com/forum/index.php?s=9a5b6a30bd7d26c88cfd018b511456f7&showtopic=14927&st=0
Above is a link to some nice lovely pic of babies. I like the baby that still smile while having hair cut. Post # 45. So cute lor. My ah boy cry until like no-2mr wen he had his hair cut.

Not much updates this wk on ah boy. Din take much photo too.

There is this contest "hey baby" organised by mediacorp. I keep wanting to read up on the contest detail online.. but only managed to read ytd. Too late.. application has closed.. if not i can send ah boy for some baby contests. Erm.. although he is not the cutiest, nor he has any talent.. Juz wan 'show off' him.. haha... His main talent: Being NoTTi! LoL!

Hai.. Tis sun got wedding dinner to attend. Tod Mil tt v wan send ah boy over to her. She grumble tt she wan to start packing, clearing for spring cleaning. And tod us not to bring him over on sat, sun. Now we a bit worry liao.. coz v got 2 more events coming up soon, whereby ah boy nid to stay overnite at MIL's hse. Tink she will grumble again... Some more the next event is next sunday early morning (VM). Gotta re-plan our schedule. Maybe send ah boy over to her early in the morning at 6?? If possible, i don mind send ah boy to my mum, but ah boy now recognize ple. So if i not ard at my mum's hse, he will cry n throw temper. How to please everyone???

2007-10-18T16:53:00.000+08:00

FEVER

Last nite wen i went to pick ah boy up from MIL's hse, i felt tt ah boy's body is producing sum heat. At 1st i tog i was sick, tt y i cant confirm ah boy is having fever. He's very tired when i brought him to NTUC for grocery shopping. After reach home, he slpt very fast, earlier then his normal slpg time. Temperature measured was 36.5 deg C. When Hb came home, i tod him abt ah boy's fever. He touched his forehead, agreed wif me that it slightly hot. At ard 12.30am, ah boy woke up n cried. Wen Hb carried him, we confirmed he is slight feverish. Fed him some baby feverish medicine (rec'd from his injection last time). Amazed tt he like this medicine taste now, last time he used to spill out the medicine wen v fed him. Gave him a icy cold forehead pad. He shivered abit n kept pushing the pad away... refused to lie down n rest.. He kept playing n moving ard us (v both too tired n trapped him btwn us on our bed). Finally he slpt at 2am.. n was only trf to his cot at 3am.

I only managed to get a better slp at 3am... n oh no! he wake up at 5am for a drink. Hai... i so sick.. or rather lack of slp... Having giddyness since monday.. I need a break.. and my bed!

He's fine tis morning... Ask MIL to monitor him.. Maybe he developing the bigger back teeth, tt y have slight fever.

2007-10-17T16:25:00.000+08:00

Updatez Updatez Updatez...

Lazy me.. or perhaps busy me... is struck at FACEBOOK! Alamak.. ok.. time to update my blog.. update status of my lovely ah boy...

2 word for him: SMART & NOTTI!

SMART- Coz he now is learning how to stand n walk.. at a age of 8mths! Sound fast hor... Well.. or mayb he impatient.. wan run ard w/o us.. haha... He now can crawl forward... Yeah.. so he achieve crawling process before 8mth. Then he luv to grab onto things n stand up! His slp cot (we lower the cot height to the most bottom hole!) n he reach for the top of the cot n stand up. Every time he awake, his action is flip, open eye, sit up, den reach for the top n stand up.. Next he pull my blanket or hit my legs to wake me up! Wat a 'filial' son ar! He don wan slp, means I also cannot slp! *Yawn*

Beside standing wif support, i saw him try walk a few steps wif support.. tt is holding onto the top of the cot n walk left/right a few step b4 he toople down. Nice move ar.. Wen he at our big bed, n try stand up w support, saw him 2x trying to let go his hands.. so he like standing w/o support in the air... n fell down in ard 3sec. We havent teach him all these walking or standing w/o support.. He juz challenge himself... so isnt him smart? Let c if he can walk before 1 yo. Heard tt girls learn to walk earlier den boys.. Though it old folks tale... but.. i can say my son look like a girl.. which countless ple even till today, still ask me if he's a boy or a girl? So given the femine look, guess he amongst the girls who speedy at learning to walk.

NOTTI- Above mention he can crawl n stand w support.. so he crawl ard my hse.. n often hurt himself by banging onto the floor (lot of bruises on his head). He will grip any support, from electrical wires to our coffee table. Wen he at our coffee table... v can say 'byebye' to whatever items on the surface... coz he grab n throw everyting onto the floor! He luv & plays the remote controllers.. fr fans to tv to dvd, tink he may grow up b electrical engrg ar.. or CONTROLLER (of any jobs).

2007-10-15T17:29:00.000+08:00

Found another blog.. abt 1 of the twin who cant survive... It's very sad.. (pls prepare tissue paper)... i cried again...

http://ashleyisourangel.blogspot.com/

My summary of the blog: There is this couple who try conceive a child. They failed in 2004 when the wife miscarriaged. They try conceive again this year with a twin. 1 of the twin could not survive in the womb & pass away on Apr 07. The other twin was born prematurely in Jun 07. However she cant survive too and pass away 1 day after birth. Can c her suffering wif lot of tubes over her body. And the ashes of the babies really make me feel so sad for them and their family. May them rest in peace... (sob.. sob..)

Suddenly i feel i miss my ah boy so much.. I will love n cherish ah boy always.. And thks gods for blessing me with a healthy child.

2007-10-14T23:54:00.000+08:00

13 Oct, Sat

It's Hari Raya Puasa! Actually wanted go visit hb's collegue's hse to celebrate hari raya. But heavy rain, so din attend. Ah boy miss his 1st ever hari raya celebration.. Nvm.. next yr. Den evening time, we went to celebrate hb's bdae wif Ah Heng, Yongan & Gf at Thai Express, J8. Wanted to take sum nice pic, but camera broke down.. so sad... So took wif hb's hp.

Me and Ah Boy

Our family pic wif Ah Boy slp

Ah boy seems to like Uncle Yongan & Auntie "Stephanie". So thru out the nite, they took turns to carry ah boy while me n hb relax ourselves.. Lol! Even wen Yongan leaving, ah boy turn to him n wan Yongan carry him.. Wah.. they so gd at coaxing babies ar...

Yongan (Left) & Ah Heng (Right) with Ah Boy

Daddy wif Ah boy & his new Hat (He looks cool hor?)

14 Oct, Sun

Brought ah boy to my parents plc. Den brought ah boy for his 3rd swim.. he simply love swimming... Will try bring him swim at least once a wk if free. Anyone wan join us for a swim, pls contact us. Will be either bishan, yio chu kang or khatib swimming complex on wkends.

2007-10-06T23:29:00.000+08:00

Fun-Filled Saturday

Lazy Dad din wan to do vacuum/mopping on sat morng... came up wif a stupid excuse tt he injured his arm. My usual sat morng routine is ah boy wake me up, feed him milk, bathe him, wash clothes, feed cereals, while daddy watch doremon cartoon, vacuum & mop floor. So this bright sunny saturday morning, v have switched role! After fed ah boy wif milk, i vacuum & mop floor.. As for daddy, he BATHE ah boy.. His virgin job! Okay.. he learning to do his daddy duties wen ah boy is 5mths+ old: change his urine diapers (havent attempt those diapers wif shit yet), change clothings, alone at home wif ah boy for > 1 hr, bring ah boy out alone. Now tt ah boy is gng 8mth, his dad try to bathe him for the very FIRST time. Below are the evidences!

In the afternn, we brought ah boy for a swim wif his auntie XR.. It is his 2nd swim attempt, and he love it. He din even cry wen he touch the water. Perhaps the water is much warmer as it in the afternn n wif the hot burning sun above. Hb is complaining tt ah boy is too Fair.. so he wan sun-tan ah boy. Crazy dad! Lucky the sun is setting down & also like gng rain. If not v will have a sun-burnt ah boy now. LOL! Notti dad kept splashing water onto ah boy, and ah boy blurly drank a few slips of the pool water. Haha.. n he enjoy splashing back water at his dad, and of coz us... We played for 30min and then took turn to bathe. I'm glad he enjoying it.. will bring him for more swimming sessions soon... (No pic taken during swimming.. nxt time ba)

After our swim, we went over to J8 for our dinner n shopping. Pop over to BHG to browse at some babies clothes... n tt wen Aunt XR took a femine hat n put it on ah boy.. Den the next few min v tried putting on different hat for ah boy. Haha.. of coz he looks the nicer in tis pic:

Yoz! Check me out! (Nice pose?)

2007-10-04T16:33:00.000+08:00

Free Burma

Today, 4thOct is this International Bloggers' Day: Support Burma. Heard of this campaign from Yes933 Radio and also the Facebook. So i'm trying to put in a small bit of effort to help promote.

Not sure wat is gng on, but i hope tt whatever mess can be stop, and let everyone live in PEACE!

Childrens' Day

2007-10-02T15:03:00.001+08:00

Ytd heard tis song on the radio YES 933, den suddenly got a urge to use this song for ah boy blog.. So here it is.. Enjoy one of my fav cartoon characters!

2007-10-01T17:39:00.000+08:00

Wk 26-30 Sept

Recently notice Ah boy seem to be able to sit up on his own & stand up wif support!! So last fri, wen pick him up wif MIL, confirm wif her tt ah boy is able to achieve the above. Bravo! Which means he can sit up w/o our help from a lying down position. Wen v lay him down, face up, back down. He flip over 1st, den crawl backward n den crawl into a sit-up position. wah.. super smart lor.. Coz v nvr teach him how to sit up using tt way.. Normally v lend him our fingers.. n lift him up from his face.. not BACKWARD crawl lor.. Anyway, it's great he able to sit up on his own, which means his sitting position is very stable. Able to sit at 7mth, so proud of him (coz the mypaper-blog's son still sit unstable at 7mth, our son gap is like only few days apart.. hee~!)

Ah boy can crawl a bit.. but normally he prefer to crawl backward den forward.. hai~.. N he skipping his learning process n wan to STAND now! Alamak... Tt was once i left him in his baby cot while i in the same rm doing other tings. Den i saw him put his hands on the top of the cot n STOOD up lor. I was quite a distance away from him lor.. I ran to him.. coz i worry he unstable n fall n hurt his head. Now, if he wans to stand, he grab watever support n straighten his legs, try to stand. My dear boi, u havent even crawl forward yet.. y trying to skip process n learn to stand leh???

It's fun n nice to c ah boy growing up everyday.. esp these few mths.. where he will be learning lots of tings.. I'm always looking forward to my nites after work.. coz i get to mit up wif my beloved boi.. n it gng to be 6pm in 2mins... bye..

Ah boy, here i come...

2007-09-24T23:56:00.001+08:00

PICS
Family Pic
Baby Tigger on Four

Baby Tigger on Three!

Back on Four.

Hee~!

Baby Tigger taking a break~!

And his new LOOK! Botak ah boy!

2007-09-24T14:04:00.000+08:00

UPDATEZ

Last sat attend a friends' dotter, Clara's 1st mth celebration. Dress up ah boy in a tigger suit. Wah.. attracted so many 'bees'! From the min v step out of our hse, so many eyes looking in the direction of Tigger-boy! Onboard the mrt, so many aunties n uncles play wif him, even got a gp of girls took out a soft toy cat and try to attract tigger-boy's attention. LOL! Even wen v at Clara's party, he aso attracts a few ple attention, coz the main focus attention is still Baby Clara. And Tigger boy fail to attract Clara Mei Mei's Attention! Sob.. Maybe wen Clara grows up bigger lor... Den ah boy dress up in other HANDSOME suit to attract her attention.. haha..

Den v went over to celebrate my sis' bdae at AMK, and at 9pm, v managed to catch a nice view of the fireworks! Ah boy at 1st couldnt appreciate the fireworks... he kept looking at moving lanterns hanging near the wall. Den wen the fireworks started to make louder sound "Boom", ah boy den saw the colourful Fireworks.. He stare blurly at the fireworks.. n lucky he wasnt tt scared, as the fireworks sound was quite a distance away.

Sunday Ah boy had a hair cut. I refused to follow along to the salon, as the last time i wanted to bring him for a hair cut, my MIL claimed it chinese 7th mth, canNOT cut hair. So lame lor. Wat has the ghost mth to do wif cutting hair. Sum more it not the 1st time he cut hair. I so piss off, so i refuse to bring him cut hair anymore. Cut hair also nid choose timing, so mafan! Let her choose her auspicious date & time lor. I hack care! Beside tt, they wanted ah boy to cut botak lor, n ah boy look so UGLY wif super-SHORT hair! I prefer him wif long hair, those like ah mo type (mushroom). So i told them if i were ard at the salon, i will only request them to trim his hair, and not botak. So end up HB brought ah boy to the salon ALONE. Hee! Coz MIL aso not free. N HB can hardly handle ah boy alone. Serve them right! (*evil laugh*) Tink ah boy had a bad scare at the hair-cutting session, coz last nite he suddenly cried out loud, and he din slp well last nite. Maybe his new-ugly look scared him too! (cannot bring him to a mirror to c his own reflection liao) LOL!

Sayang ah boy!!!

PS: Will upload his tigger suit & his new look pic soon... be patient!

2007-09-15T23:48:00.000+08:00

Some Videos

Biting his toys

Playing

Learning to Sit

Playing at the baby cot, he end up crying after tis video ended, coz he hit the back of his head against the baby cot.

Playing at the baby cot

2007-09-15T22:25:00.000+08:00

PHOTO-TAKINGS

Oh.. how cuttiiee is ah boy in a Laundry Basket? Yeah... We wanted to hang some clothes in the srvc balcony wen v don noe where to place ah boy. So hb drop at ah boy at the laundry basket, and he seems to enjoy his new 'play area' while we busy wif the hanging of clothes. LOL!

Ah boy @ his bumbo b4 his lunch... So happily waiting for his lunch to be served.

2007-09-08T23:07:00.000+08:00

1st ATTEMPT @ HIGH CHAIR & ICE CREAM

Went for a buffet hi-tea wif my best friend, Joanne & my family. Ah boy 1st attempt at sitting at a high chair. At first he was well-behaved, and enjoy sitting on the high chair. Only towards the end of our meal, den he throw himself towards us, wanting us to carry him.

One of the dessert at the hi-tea was ice-cream. Hb gave ah boy a taste of his ice-cream.

Yummy!

2007-09-07T22:22:00.000+08:00

Photos

Ah boy in his monkey costume

Daddy Playing Wif me Me bitting my finger and learning to crawl...

Learning to sit

& i achieve to balance myself well.. Cheers!

2007-09-07T16:49:00.000+08:00

JOKER BLOG

Came across a blog created by 1 of the Idobb forumer.. it so funny n crappy... LAME ar.. but it can be a great stress reliever for us... Do read wen u nid a break...

http://cowshitinc.blogspot.com/

Have a good laugh.. LOL

2007-09-04T10:50:00.001+08:00

So MANY words n so few pics...

Hai.. my blog look so lengthy hor... wif my poor english.. Wanted to upload some pics.. but very lazy.. Will try to do so soooonnnnn.. & aso charge my camera batt.. low batt.. den can take more pics/videos.. Ah boy gtg more n more cute.. hee..

2007-09-04T10:41:00.001+08:00

TEETHING

Yippeee... my lovely ah boy has grown 1 teeth liao.. Ytd, his ah ma was cleaning his mouth, wen she felt a sharp edge at his front bottom gum. She spot a white sput.. which is his 1st teeth... Wen his dad n gu-gu came hm, ah ma tod them abt his teeth.. den both of them went to force open ah boy's mouth to c his 1st teeth.. ah boy cried stubbornly as he refused to open his mouth to show off his teeth.. His dad put his hand in n feel the teeth, only to receive a bite from ah boy. Wat a smart boi! Haha.. Daddy deserve his 1st bite.. LOL... Who cor him force open his mouth.. Erm.. i cant manage to take a pic of his teeth.. very hard to capture the teeth. I tried ask him opened his mouth, all he did last nite was to open n stuck his tongue out at me.. :p Din manage to c a gd view of his teeth yet.. Hee.. hee..

2007-09-02T15:25:00.000+08:00

New Skill Accomplished: Sit w/o support

Juz notice ah boy can sit up straight alone w/o our support... but he sits unstable like a 不倒翁... 1 push and he topples over... V still nid put cushioning and protection ard him so he wont hurt himself wen he loses his balance... He cant sit up on his own from his lying down position yet.. so v nid help him up to the sitting position, and let go our support to let him balance well. So v can say he achieve his sitting skills at 7mth old. Not too bad..

Next skill will be crawling.. He now can only push his buttock upwards, lift his body from the bed, and shift backward. Hope he can learn to crawl forward, then from that day onward, tink i will slim down even faster.. Reason: chasing after him all over the place.. lol... He's a very active boi, always jump on our lap wen v put him in a standing position.. n sweats alot after his jumping sessions... Not too sure if the weather is hot or he sweats easily...

2007-08-23T15:43:00.000+08:00

IMPROVING & FOUND NEW SOURCE

Ah boy finally nvr wake up for 1-2hrs for ytd n the nite b4. But he still wake up several time for milk/water feedings, ard 2-3 time a nite. I posted for help at idobaby forum.. and lots of kind mummies offer their advices... 1 of them recommends this book: The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems (By Tracy Hogg). I follow her advice, went to Borders n source, costs ard S$30, so decided to go National Library borrow, lucky found the book.. The words in the books is so lengthy (*Yawn*) and book is so thick n measured 9.5" x 8" x 1" thk. Wat a bulky & heavy book! Nevertheless, i still bring it to n fro work, so i can read on my tpt, whic is the only spare time i can read.

I juz read a few pgs tis morning.. n i skip straight to the slpg parts. Quite blur at some terms... look like i nid read from the front.. hai.. i running out of time... HoW??? cAn SuMoNe b KIND eNuFf 2 ReAd & SuMmAriSe 4 Me? If not there will be more slpless nites to come..

Also looking forward to tis wkend, coz will be 'depositing' ah boy at MIL's plc over sat nite to slp in, as sunday morning HB n I gng for the sheares bridge run. V required sufficient slp & also wake up very early. Very excited... long long time nvr go jog in the morning.. miss my jogging sessions b4 i was married & preggie... n miss my Bishan Parks... Wen is the new park near my hse gng to open?? Build so long liao... i also waiting for the days wen ah boy can walk n play wif himself, den i will throw him at the playground to play while i jog ard the park... Or best is he join me for the jog too... He shd have my gene for running, guess so... Coz i went jogging for approx 4km wen i was 1mth preggie wif him.. Power sia! Of coz i stop my jogging n aerobics immed on knowing i preggie. Hope he b a sportsman like me wen he grows up...

HB coming back to sgp island from his leadership camp tmr... Wan leave ah boy's care to him.. while i rest and relax and most imptly, enjoy myself nxt wk.

2007-08-21T14:44:00.000+08:00

ANGRY + SLEEPY + TIRED + IRRITATING

Help!!! I cant slp well at nite. Bb keep waking up again.. and it gtg worse... Instead of him waking up several time a nite, he remain awake for 1.5 hr to 2 hr. First, it happen on sun nite. Sun i brought him to my parents' hse. He slp for close to 2hr b4 i awake him up and brought him out of the hse at 12nn. Den after reaching my parents' hse, i left ah boy ter as i went to mit hb to collect the sheares bridge run goodies bag. Wen i came back, he already asleep.. so i aso took a nap as it was a rainy day.. very cosy.. And he end up slpg close to 3hrs... while i slpt for 1.5hr. So i tog i will suffer again tt nite as he will wake up several time... instead, he woke up at 1.45am (slpt at 9pm), so fed him milk, den he doze off... He woke up again at 3am.. and he flipped over onto his tummy and tok to himself... Only then i realised he is awake... fr then on, i cant slp comfortably coz he is still awake.. Occassionally he cried wen he cant flip back, or he wan water... so end up i keep waking up to attend to him... it lasted for 1.5hr b4 he finally go into his dreamland... Den at 7am, my alarm ring n he wake up again! ARHHHH.. i wan bathe n prepare for work.. lucky he not too sticky at the moment.. toking to himself again...

Ytd nite.. oh.. it terrible again.. same scenario as above, slpt at 11pm, woke up at 2am, fed him water. Woke up at 4am, fed him wif milk, n remain awake n noisy till 6am... 2hrs leh! Additional 1/2 hr as compared to prev nite... Is he gtg used to it? A habit for waking up in the middle of the nite? Or MIL let him slp so much again in the daytime.

I tod MIL to record down his slpg timetable for me today.. but i doubt she do it. She tod me tt mrng slp longer, afternn nap is shorter... WAT? I wan exact timing.. not a rough estimate... so i can compare his day slp time wif the nite slp time... I guessing as at now is tt if he slp longer dan 4hr, he will wake up more at nite. Sat he slp ard 3hr in the day, then at nite only wake up once...

I'm gtg very tired... Scolded ah boy several times wen he refused to slp... Screamed at him wen he cried... Sometimes even feel like feed him wif slpg pills or alcohol or knock him unconscious... So he slp thru the nite...

HB at camp fr ytd till tis fri. Before he went in, his last msg is to ask me take gd care of ah boy and be PATIENT to him... I'm so sorry.. i losing my patient now as i'm very ...

TIRED TIRED TIRED TIRED TIRED ....

2007-08-15T15:52:00.000+08:00

Face Rashes

Ah Boy is having a lot of red rashes all over his face. Not sure if it is heatiness or becoz of his saliva. He been putting his fav. drumstick (his hand) into his mouth, then rub his wet hand all over his face. The rashes is increasing, starting from the head to now beside the mouth.

MIL say she wan apply the diaper cream on his face! Alamak... wen can a cream tt specially used for the buttock, be use on the face?? She tod me she use the cream to apply ah boy's back before, aso got some red rashes, but till now, still got rashes. Tink it becoz she apply tis diaper cream, tt y it nvr get to heal at all. Would u use a face cleanser to cleanse ur buttock? So how would u b willing to apply a diaper cream on ur face? Btw, a diaper cream is a BARRIER to prevent the urine or the shit to have direct contact wif the skin. So tis cream is a barrier, applying onto the rashes will prevent it to heal back.. n don even noe if the diaper cream is clean enough to apply on the face.

Tomorrow gng to bring ah boy for his hep B injection, will c if got chance to c the doctor, then will ask doc to prescibe a suitable cream.

2007-08-15T12:06:00.000+08:00

ANGRY & BAD MOOD

I'm very angry & pissed off today. WHY? All thanks to my MIL. I really don understand how she take care of ah boy, can let him slp whole day, and nite time become so awake. Wkends wen i look after ah boy myself, he can slp so soundly at nite, maybe wake up once for a milk feeding, sum times can even slp from 9pm thru to the next morning at 6 or 7am. BUT for wkday, under MIL's care, he can wake up a few times a nite, minimum 2 times to maxi 4-5 times!

Take last nite for eg, he slp only at 11+pm, den 2.45am wake up for a milk feeding, den 5am wake up again. I fed him wif water, coz it impossible for him to b hungry as he juz drank 2hrs ago. He slept at 5.15am. Den 5.45am, he woke up again... Alamak.. again crying for water... he awake till 6am when his useless dad woke up. His dad ignored his cry n go prepare for his work!* ?!?!~!* And ah boy make so much noise i put him beside me on the big bed, he end up kicking n flipping onto me, kept disturbing me n don let me slp!!! Den at 6.45, he doze off again, and my stupid alarm rings at 7am! Wat the F**k!! N while i bathing, ah boy wake up again... crying n making so much noise tt i have to rush thru my bath... Cant stand him nowadays, wen v r out of his sight, he cries so loudly... as if v are ditching him 4ever!

Den wen i send ah boy to MIL, i specifically highlight he kept waking up a few times last nite, and i don noe y she don understand my simple chinese:
Me: 你可以不要放伟伦在摇蓝上睡觉?
(Too late to convert to chinese character, below conversation in chinese)
MIL: I already wake him up if he slp too long.
Me: (To emphasize my previous qns, i rephase my statement) Try put him slp on the bed, then he will take a shorter nap instead.
MIL: Cannot, he will sweat a lot when he wake up.

#!@?#!~*

Harlow! My hse got no sarong, he still slp on his bb cot or my big bed, but i nvr seen him wake up in sweat b4? The sarong at MIL hse is juz beside her big bed, how come he slp sarong no sweat, and wen slp bed will sweat all over? Ridiculous reply...

Tis situations have been gng on for quite a while... n i feel it so unfair to me. Me n hb work daytime n he hardly wake up to feed bb. We BOTH pay MIL market rate (nanny salary) to take care of ah boy. Yet she let him slp so much in day time, n cause him nite time unable to slp, which in turn cause me slpless nite. I'm still nid to work in the daytime! Everytime end up so slpy in the afternn. I now threatening hb to do some action, if not i either send ah boy to a infant care (= MIL allowance) or i QUIT and be a Stay-At-Home-Mum!!! & let Hb take care of all expenses, while i guarantee ah boy wont disturb his slp by waking up so many times a nite!

2007-08-12T16:24:00.001+08:00

Swimming Day

First time bring ahboy for a swim. He was crying wen he step into the pool... slowly he calm down n start playing wif the water after a while... Then v put him onto his float and let him float ard the pool in it... It was so relaxing until he.... fell ASLEEP! Floating in the cool water... enjoying the morning sun... n bitting onto the handle... wat a nice atmosphere to slp...???

Multi-tasker boy: Swim, slp & bite @ the same time!

Me & slp'g ah boy

Ah boy resting at a car boot... We were packing our swim bags into a car boot wen v decide to put ah boy in.. who know he enjoying it and posed while v took tis pic!

2007-08-08T23:07:00.000+08:00

Happy 6 mth old!!!

Today ah boy is finally half-yr old liao! Also it marks another joyous occasion for my family as my eldest bro ROM wif his wife, Joanne. Welcome a new member to our big family, Mrs Kang!

Family Photo

Aunt XR wif Ah Boy
BIG Ah boy (aka Uncle ZJ) wif small Ah boy & his monkey hat.. cUtIe!.. i mean WL cute, not ZJ! Notice who in the background? His daddy busy playing wif his camera...

So sad.. no pic of me n ah boy... :(

2007-07-31T16:35:00.000+08:00

MORE PHOTOS

Handsome?

Playing wif tongue again.

Q: How r u? A (ah boy): I'm GOOD!

Wearing my new hat, isnt he look cute?

I wan submit his pic for contest, which pic shd i submit?

2007-07-31T16:06:00.000+08:00

MIA

Hee.. me mia for 2wks.. lazy to post plus no time. Went to taipei fr 17 - 21 Jul wif Hb n my gfs. "Dump" ah boy @ mil plc. Wen we came back fr our trip, he don seem to miss us at all leh... so sad... He just smile n suck out his tongue at us upon seeing us... Notti boy! Wen he is in gd mood, he suck his tongue like tis

Or he will jump up and down wen v support his underarms. He will make lot of noise like "A" and "A" at anyting or any1 lor.

Didnt buy much bb clothes for him as it not as cheap or as cute as those online bp. V bought a set of family wear... dad (blue) , me (pink) and ah boy (white). It is a collar t-shirt tt has the print of doremon. But the smallest size is still too big for ah boy to wear now. So tink he can only wear in 1.5yrs time. haha... Also bought a pair of shoes where it can produce squeaky sound wen step on. He can wear in another 6mth time. The rest r toys.. air blown toys.. which include small n big hammer, ultraman, sword.. these won by HB n frenz wen they play those ti-gam games.

Also got him a swimming float, so he can sit on it while enjoying the water. His iplay swimwear is in sgp, will b posted to me tis wk. Can bring him for a swim very soon. yippee!