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Welcome 2010

2010-01-08T13:46:00.002+08:00

Hi blog

Goodbyes 2009, welcome 2010! I didnt realise my last post was in May'09! Things have moved on pretty smooth sailing and Carmel has aquired attained many development milestones.

Sometimes I wonder how to teach him in terms of knowledge and moral values, not an easy task. Things that he saw and his little curiousity mind has helped him alot, always asking questions "why why why"..

Going to school (playgroup) is a routine now, waking up at 630am to prepare his milk, change diaper/clothes, getting ready to go to work etc and drove off 30-45mins every morning, travelling half of singapore and still be alert at work. Is that a typical lifestyle of a working parent? I wonder where is the quality of life = $ ? I'm not even sure if i can be a 24/7 mum and still be sane... who knows if i havent try right?

I hope this new year is a fruitful year!

Say a little prayer for me & you

2009-05-04T15:31:00.004+08:00

Little Carmel's words chest has improved tremendously for the past weeks. His chatty words sometimes surprises me and I wonder when did he get those.

Last sun, we all make it a point to rest early cos next day is a start of the work week. As we finished our usual bedtime stories, we said our little prayers before we sleep or rather I will usually say out loud a simple prayer to God for protection and blessings. Yes, he understood "protect"! To our little surprises, for the first time, he prayed! In his soft and baby tone, he said "God to protect mummy, daddy, ye ye, nai nai......." on hearing that my jaw was wide open in amazement!

I thanked God for all his blessings that he gave us a healthy and happy boy.

2-yr old milestones

2009-04-03T17:30:00.003+08:00

Weight : 12.7kg
Height : 83cm (not very accurate cos he kept moving away from the scale!)
Speech : Can talk 3 or 4 words sentences. Can understand most of the commands we gave him
Likes : Enjoys songs & dance, Barneys Bob The Builder, Cars, Drum
Counting : 1-20
Alpha - A-Z
Fav words : "What's this?"

An Unpleasant infection

2009-03-24T17:03:00.002+08:00

Well I thought I could blog about happiness raising my little boy but this is first visit to KK A&E days ago..

Last Fri, Carmel became feverish and we skipped cell group so that he can rest early and recover from fever. Somehow we have never expected that he got some virus God knows from where (airborned, contacts gosh!) it was hell to begin with.. worries upon worries to keep his high fever down at one time i went up to 38.6 degree.. we decided to go to KK Children Clinic as our family doc was closed. Doc diagnosed as some virus and gave medicines to subside the fever.

3 days later, to my horror i discovered ulcers and blisters in his mouth! I suspected it cos he told me "pain pain" when I gave him food and he refused to eat anything... poor boy! We went back to KK for more consultation. Doc required him to do a blood test and my heart sank to the ocean! How I wish I am the one sufferring! Sigh but thankfully, it was a quick procedure and wasnt that scary as I would imagine a needle poking through his fragile, tiny arm. It was a prick on the index finger and the nurse tried to squeeze out as much blood sufficient to do the test.

Phew! What a relief that the results denied any serious life threatening diseases such as HFMD or Dengue..

Well this is part & parcel of being a mother, in sickness & in health.

Hi Void

2009-03-17T16:34:00.002+08:00

Just realised that I haven't been blogging for the longest time and ensure that I have not leave this void, my writing ink begin to flow yet again :)

My darling has turned 2 yrs old on 12 Mar'09! It's yet another milestones and finally the terrible 2 is not "far far away" this has been his fav verse nowadays..

Daddy was not around cos he was swimming with Sharks, dolphins and Barcacuda on his birthday! (hey son, if you read this, pls punch your daddy)

I bought a lovely Cars cake and not forgetting more Cars as presents! It was daddy's idea to buy Mega blocks Cars (almost entire series of the Cars cartoon) and it was a disaster! The moment he swept it on the floor, the 3-piece blocks became such a "ruin"! Guess what, mummy has to fix it back each time he does that! So much about teaching him how to fix a puzzle...

Other than his abundant energy and playfulness, he has developed a flair for singing! He can sing quite a number of nursery songs such as twinkle twinkle stars, Mary had a little lambs, Little white boat, Bob the Builder .... This helps alot and he is also more vocal now and every opportunities he will ask "What's this" a curious young boy, all ready to learn.

Can't wait for his next surprising move!

Happy Moo-year

2009-01-30T09:31:00.003+08:00

Yet another Chinese New Year has come and go. It was the 2nd CNY for Carmel (Hooray he's turning 2 this mar) and it was more fun bringing him around to visit relatives and friends cos he is more mobile and responsive! (but of cos the Ang pows too!) I'm sure he enjoys his bak kua, mandarin oranges and love letters just like me!

1st lesson @ Little Wonder

2009-01-08T09:54:00.002+08:00

Hb and I decided it's time to send Carmel to playgroup to learn new things and develop his social being. Our church recently started a playgroup called Little Wonder and we thought why not send him there! It's perfect timing to start a new term in Jan'09!

Carmel had his 1st lesson on 3 Jan at 930am on a Sat morning. I woke up abit late at 8am to prepare him to get ready to lesson. We took a cab from woodlands to jalan bukit merah as i wasnt sure the location. We missed the turn and the taxi had to re-route for us to get to the EDB learning centre (PSA academy). But luckily we managed to reach 10mins before cls.

It was a temp location located the CHEC (city harvest education centre) for 3 mths before they moved to the perm place in Katong! Till then, i think it will be very far for us since we stayed in the north. Nonethless, we will then decide whether to continue with Little Wonder or find another place.

When we got there, it was a little classroom size room but decorated with children's craft and learning cards. Immediately I saw a farm corner and intro to Carmel. The theme for today's lesson is on zoo. Carmel was familiar with farm animals and immersed in playing with them.

'Lesson' began with a song introducing all the classmates and followed by more songs and movement focusing on the theme. We also did a Art craft together for the 1st time! It was a simple task using glue to stick wool to a picture of a sheep.
There's also a short tea time where they were served with biscuits and apple juice which was Carmel's favourite.

I'm glad that Carmel is bold and willing to learn new things. I look forward to every Sat's lesson to explore new things together with him!

Discipline, discipline, discipline

2008-12-04T10:47:00.003+08:00

Carmel is reaching the "terrible 2 stage" much earlier than we expect!

These phase is not just A phase and we understand now. Not only our little one learned his little steps and babbling words, he learns to express himself emotionally by throwing tantrums. That's the terrible part. Though we knew it's a matter of time that he learns the correct 'expression', we will have to be patient with our little tot! Simply by venting his frustration when he couldn't communicate well or couldn't get the things that he wanted, he will throw tantrum.

Last evening, he was crying non-stop for 30 minutes for the first time during our ride back home! He started throwing tantrum after we refused to give him more chocolate cake. So we all adopted the 'ignore him' tactic by not giving in to him. It was a painful yet cant be help situation which lasted 30 mins. Sigh and he only stop after we reached home and in my arms...

After all this drama, we have to 'educate' him what he did was a bad behavior etc and teaching him to apologise. It's just the beginning of our "mother/father & son discipleship"...

Spelling Bee

2008-11-27T16:06:00.002+08:00

As a parent, we face great challenges to discipline and educate our kid. Not forgetting instilling positive attitudes and good social skills to them!

Every parent will believe that their child is a smart kid and i'm shy to say i'm one of them too :)

Carmel loves to read despite such tender age and he is learning new things at a lightning speed! Few days ago, out of curiousity, I started teaching him spellings. I will spell out the words like bus, car, cat, dog & pig and asked him what it means. He is able to tell me! Experts says children are able to absorb more things before 3 yrs old, so we will teach him whenever possible :)

More than words

2008-11-12T16:41:00.002+08:00

Words are forming out from Carmel.

Carmel started with single vowels like car, duck, (butt)erfly, chair, cat, circle, square, dog etc At 19mos, we began to hear 2 vowels and his first word was purple! It was loud and clear. Weeks ago, we were on our way back home one weekdays. As Dennis was parking his car, Carmel called out "Park Car". I wasnt playing attention at first, then I realised what he was saying! It was so audable. He is also forming his own thoughts, he can now differentiate between Big and Small.
We tested him by asking him which is a big car and which is a small car. He always mentioned to point the correct object and say out aloud!

I'm getting more and more excited to hear him babble :)

My niece - Charis Lee Jia Xin

2008-10-23T09:28:00.004+08:00

Carmel has a new cousin! My little niece was born on 9 Oct'08 at 1056am at 3.2kg, 50cm.

She has such a lovely refine look :) Cant wait for them to grow and play together..

SAHM for me?!

2008-09-15T17:18:00.002+08:00

Recently the questions of being a SAHM flashed upon my brain again as I was very upset with my boss. It was a no-point of return kind of emotional distress that I'm going thru now, like divorcing!

So, until I became one, then I can really know right! Most of my frens who are SAHM told me they have no regrets and career can wait but not their childhood. This was a real push factor for me cos I enjoy spending time with my son! I just need a bold step to declare 'Resign'.

Carmel just turned 18 mos. I can see him learning to express more and his ability to understand things are getting better. He can call his grandparents, say a few words here and there and recognise numbers 0-10! This little brain is amazing and absorbing everything we teach him!
Another factor to consider, to spend more time teaching him etc

Will I give up my lifestyle? How will my hubby support me? Too many questions... I need an answer...

Lord this is my prayer!

'Mama' mia

2008-08-20T14:16:00.002+08:00

Carmel had his pnuemmocal and chicken pox jabs last sat. Funny thing was he wasnt aware of his 1st jab as i turned on his fav 'Wheels on bus' cartoon to distract him but he's quick to know his second jab and cried alittle.

He's weighing 11.3kg now, without much weight gain but PD said is normal. He's going 18 mths next month for his routine checkup and final jab.

I'm overwhelmed that Carmel finally called me 'Mama' weeks ago! It is truly an amazing feeling, having to hear him call me. I hope to post the video here soon... stay tuned!

How many words can he says?

2008-07-28T11:25:00.003+08:00

At 16 mos

Weight : 11.2kg
Height : 72cm
No of words he can say
1) Duck
2) Cat
3) Bus
4) Car
5) Dad
6) Eye
7) Eight
9) Butt-er-fly
10) Ba-Nana
11) Ball
12) Ah-choos

Mind your own business

2008-07-07T09:40:00.002+08:00

For the first time, Carmel did his 'business' in the toilet just like an adult way!

My mil suggested to start letting Carmel get used to potty so we got him a potty seat, that kind where u put the potty seat on top of our regular toilet bowl. We find that Carmel usually does his poo poo in the morning so she tried letting him sit on the potty seat. After 3 or 4 times, he managed! Frankly, the sound of the 'droppings' actually thrills me!

He's 16 mos now and we will look forward to a diaper free day someday!

fAceBook

2008-07-01T16:51:00.000+08:00

Check out my bangkok fotos at my facebook

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=24227&l=0217b&id=542424581

1st trip to Bangkok (22-25 May'08)

2008-06-13T09:49:00.002+08:00

Bought Carmel and whole famil(ies) to Bangkok on 22 - 25 May'08. This was his first trip overseas. STay tune for more photos...

I can walk

2008-05-15T11:10:00.003+08:00

10 May 2008, Sat (14 mos)

Finally Carmel took his first bold steps on 10 May'08 at 14 mos! We were at church nursery where he took his first 'maiden' steps. He has been cruising for months and holding on to us to walk and i knew he will walk pretty soon.

It really took us by surprise that he just stood up and walked. I guess he was excited, seeing alots of kids walking around the nursery room.

Looking forward to more fun time with him!

St*r

2008-05-14T11:28:00.003+08:00

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13months

2008-04-28T09:15:00.002+08:00

There's just too much 'developments' that Carmel has achieved over the past few months and just not sure how to pen it down (not being boostful here okie :P)

Well, I started this blog hoping to pen down every special events and milestones for him so that when we looked back, we can remember the details...

13 months milestones

1. Walk with support. Able to stand handfree for few seconds, climb stairs, shake hands, wave, blow kisses, pray for u!, clap hands
2. Can recognise & point body parts
3. Can recognise numbers 1,2,3
4. Can recognise and understand basic commands like what do you want? Where u want to go?
5. Can recognise family members & pet dogs!
6. Can recognise automobile ie bus, motorbike, van, lorry, tractor, dump truck etc
7. Can recognise colours ie red, blue, yellow, white, green, black
8. Can recognise animals ie elephant, dog, duck, sheep, cow, pig, cat, lion, frog, etc

Let's hope for the next major developments that Carmel can learn!

1-yr old birthday

2008-03-25T12:12:00.001+08:00

We celebrated Carmel's 1-yr-old birthday on 9 Mar'08 (Sun) which is 3 days before his actual birthday ie 12 Mar'08.

We invited families and close friends over to our house, catered from Chilli padis and had a beautiful Winnie Pooh No 1 cake from Creative Bake.

Here are some photos taken! Carmel 'enjoyed' himself and refused to go to bed that nite and slept only after 11pm! What a hectic day for us! But I'm glad all things went well and hope for many more birthdays to celebrate :)

Last one standing..

2008-03-18T23:02:00.004+08:00

Literally, this was the last packet of ebm stood inside my freezer. D day was 9 mar'08 (sun). The date stated on the packet was 21 Dec (Fri) and written 'wine' (i remembered i drank wine that night before i pumped my milk out).. Carmel will turn 1 yr old on 12 Mar. Even though there's none breastmilk for him in the day, I still breastfeed him at night and i'm taking it slowly to wean him.. to enjoy every moment I have with him :)

his first constipation! Ouch!!

2008-02-25T17:01:00.002+08:00

painful as i wrote. last nite carmel couldnt pass motion. His stools were 'stucked' and it was so hard that he couldnt pass it out.

For the past 2 days, he din poo and it was quite normal for him not to poo for 2 days. however, we realised that he might hv sufferred from not drinking enough water. Just days ago, we started giving him powdered milk Enfac. I'm not sure if this is a result of that! But this is definitely a nightmare for us... I was changing him to pj and realised he wanted to poo. I quickly moved him from basin to the toilet bowl, but he let out a cry. To summarise, both of us argued how best we can help him relieve his pain and we couldnt have imagine we could have reacted this way..

But thanked God, he calmed down after 20 mins and managed to poo his ever HARD stools!
(ps... as parent, must always remember to stay calm no matter how painful your child is feeling so that you can think straight and do the right thing at the right time!)

恭喜发财, 新年进步

2008-02-13T13:29:00.003+08:00

2008 was Carmel's 1st Chinese New Year. What a hectic New Year, visiting relatives and frens and not forgetting all the angpows received!

Milk runs low

2008-01-30T23:42:00.000+08:00

Carmel is a lucky boy to have his mummy's milk for 10mos and 2 weeks now.

My freezer which used to be full with my ebm, is now half empty (or to be exact, about 40 packets left, which will probably last him for about 1 month). I told hubby that we can start to buy ice cream :P

Well, on the other hand, I feel 'sad' seeing my 'stock' runs low (worrying will my son drink formula?)My friend told me Enfac series is the best among so many brands of milk powder. I guess I cant be biased cos I cant be a milk cow forever.. The day will definitely come when he has to drink formula.

Being a SAHM (what's tat?)

2008-01-18T17:09:00.000+08:00

I came across an article which just strikes me at the core of my heart...

Since this is a pretty long articles, I shall just post the link here

http://www.parentingjoy.com/content/view/25/44/

Hello New Year... goodBye 2007

2008-01-11T14:53:00.000+08:00

Welcome to the new year 2008 and I realised this is my 1st blog entry for the new year!

Over the years, somehow I always felt sad when a year has ended. 2007 was a happy one for me, cos I gave birth to my baby. I'm looking forward to 2008 and years to come, eager to see my boy reach his milestone... eg walking, talking etc

He's now much mobile now, crawling everywhere, including crawling up the stairs, balcony...
(beta start to safe-proofing the hse!) plus standing up!

aNchored pump

2007-12-08T00:53:00.000+08:00

D day has finally arrived.... well, not exactly.. for those nursing mums, you will truly understand how inconvenient to pump@ work and having to carry the heavy duty pump (twin electric, no joke) to and fro work. I'm using medela twin pump since the day i started breastfeeding Carmel. I pumped once at work during lunch time and below was a signage that I sticked onto the meeting room door so that Sylvia and I can pump in private. We were pumping consistently for almost 5 months at work. Finally, I decided to try to cut down the no of pump each day, from 3x to 1x and finally every few days.

27 Nov'07 is d day that I do not have to bring my pump to work anymore! I felt 'carefree' without a burden on my shoulders. Even though I'm still producing milk, I'm glad I no longer tied to the 3x per day pump schedule and to be able to sleep slightly longer, it has to be MY privilege to allow a mere 15 mins more of sleep every morning (wakes up at 6:30am each weekday!)

My emotions were of mixed feelings. Despite the tiredness, I do enjoy breastfeeding and every moment of close bonding with Carmel, is worth all the trouble!
I do encourage all mothers to breastfeed. It's a gift from God and from you to your precious little one!

8mos + milestones

2007-12-02T23:15:00.001+08:00

1. crawling
2. From crawl position to sit up position
3. clap hands when excited
4. sometimes wave good-byes
5. has 4 teeth
6. can lift himself up when he holds onto something

Sentosa Outing - His 1st trip to a beach

2007-11-21T00:03:00.000+08:00

His first tooth (and the rest of tiny toofs...)

2007-11-16T11:30:00.000+08:00

1st lower left incisor : 3 Nov'07

2nd upper left incisor : 12 Nov'07

3rd upper right incisor : 30 Nov'07

4rd lower right incisor : 14 Dec'07

I thought the lower teeth will grow side by side, but he's was one lower and one upper! Will try to take a photo and post it here :) ....if he allows *>

Feng Shui or watz?!?!

2007-11-12T23:19:00.000+08:00

Finally back to our home sweet home. After staying at in-laws hse for a wk, i would say we really missed home. Yet again, dennis was on biz trip to Nanjing/Shanghai and snoopy was sent to boarding. The fact that we missed our home, I missed sleeping through the nite or rather slightly longer hours of sleep at nite before dawn. Well, that nite while all of us tucked into bed, i had my wakeful moments all again as carmel woke up crying... my nightmare has begun..

Does anyone has any clues why babies cant sleep through the nite? Though I made xtra efforts to ensure that he's not too cold or hot or even hungry, he still woke up crying.

All I can say is, I'm gonna seize each nite at a time 8-{
(hey, 11:40pm... time to catch some sleep)

Ps. I'm not a believer of feng shui keke

Follow-up

2007-11-05T16:13:00.000+08:00

Bgt carmel to see PD since he hasnt recover. After a long wait (abt 2hrs +) and still hasnt seen Dr E K Ong, I decided to go to another PD at TMC 3rd flr "Paediatric Clinic".

Less than 1 hr wait, it's our turn and my poor boy is hungry and whiny. Dr Ang checked him and found that there's lots of phelgm and prescribed anti-biotic and colds/cough med. We were a little concern that anti-biotic to be given at such young age? We were told to return after 5 days if he is still nt recover.

Let's pray and hope that he will recover soon and not develop into something more serious...

Bout o' flu

2007-11-02T10:57:00.000+08:00

Carmel was down with mild flu yesterday and seen a GP near my in law house. This is the 1st time that he fell sick, though it was just mild running nose, we were quite worried. Last nite, both of us slept at the nxt room without aircon. Carmel has been waking up many nites ago, probably due to his blocked nose. To our surprise, he slept through the nite and we all had a good rest. ")

Twist & Turns

2007-10-27T00:42:00.000+08:00

My 1st attempt to cook porridge!

2007-09-30T16:27:00.000+08:00

yummy sweet potatoes porridge

2nd gathering @ Hui Lin's hse (Sep'07)

2007-09-26T11:28:00.000+08:00

See how they have grown!

My 'warehouse' for milk

2007-09-08T00:35:00.000+08:00

2 of my frens stopped pumping. Period. I constantly asked myself, 'How long do I intend to breastfeed? I can't go on forever..'

Next week, carmel will turn 6 mths and the so called 'ripe' age to try semi solids. I started giving him Heiz rice cereal this week. I mixed with breastmilk to give him. He's having 2 feeds per day and enjoys his cereal :P Well, I'm thankful for the sufficient supply of breast milk for him and no lack (was supply exceed demand) I have photo to prove :) well, just for remebrance sake ;) and put it in his journal for him to see how great his mummy was!

Baby steps

2007-09-03T16:35:00.000+08:00

I can proudly say that Carmel has mastered the skills of flipping onto his tummy fairly well, from any directions, left or right. Thanks to all the opportunities we had to give him tummy time! Last Sun, he managed his first baby steps to crawl, struggling with all his mights to make that baby steps! We wait patiently for his many more bold steps...

tiMe is preCious

2007-08-23T11:14:00.000+08:00

Carmel is getting cuter by each day. Would he be able to recognise us? Has he been progressing well in terms of intelligence and physical? Hehe, for physical, he's quite a big baby, weighing at 8.2kg at 5 mths :P

As the clock keeps ticking, I wonder whether I will be wise to try for No 2 next year where I will turn 33?

Can't help but I will turn to God for an answer...

Handphone resumed operation

2007-08-21T17:12:00.000+08:00

I am a Sony Ericsson handphone user since day one. There are times when I meddled with other models, I still prefer Sony :P

Currently I am using W800i and upgraded to 1GB memory where I stored many photos and videos of my boy. When my hp 'died' recently, I was worried that I didnt back up the latest pics. Panic! So today, I went to a vendor and found out that my charger is spolit. I bought a OEM at $25 and the hp is now in "operation" :)

Now I can happily 'glazed' at my son's photos / videos when free.

Fleas infected!

2007-08-17T09:40:00.000+08:00

Attack!!!

Fleas infected on snoopy! Both of us were up till 1am+ to remove s much fleas from his body. We took out easily 20s fleas (both female and male ones) and cleaned his cage.. talking about insufficient sleep, man!

I do admit that I have neglected snoopy since the day I became pregnant. I hope that I wont become an irresponsible dog owner :( Snoopy has been with me for more than 7 years so it's really heartache to let him go otherwise I really have to make an effort to care and play with him.

His first swim

2007-08-13T17:36:00.000+08:00

Since we couldnt bring carmel for a swim on thurs, I was rather disappointed cos I thought maybe his daddy should be there for his 1st swim. Well, too bad!

So on Fri, the weather was perfect for a swim. Carmel also woke up early that day, could he knew that he was going for a swim too? I packed his swim suit and got ready to go. That day was our lucky day cos the moment we were downstairs, a cab alighted someone in front of us.

We are the 1st to reach Ning house. All came and we hurried to the pool, hoping to avoid the mid noon sun.

The water was quite cold at first and I gently dipped him into the water hoping not to scare him. He felt abit agitated due to the coldness so I dropped the idea of swimming with him. This was just an experience for him to play with water.

After swim, we have a mass bathing session and ordered KFC for lunch. What a memorable day and we all look forward to another babies gathering.

Nai Nai's Birthday

2007-08-12T18:43:00.000+08:00

Nai Nai's birtday falls on 9 Aug - National Day. As usual, it was a family affairs to dine and celebrate her birthday. Tis day was special as Carmel joins the celebration for the 1st time :)

We went to Mount Safar - Pioneer Spring Restaurant for Tim Sum. We supposed to go for a swim before lunch, however the weather was not so good as it was raining the last nite. Hopefully tomorrow, I can bring carmel for swim at Ning house.

After lunch, we went vivo city and bought a chocolate cake at Sweet Secrets for Nai Nai. Went home to watch NDP and cake cutting.

Singapore's Birthday

2007-08-08T16:08:00.000+08:00

Tomorrow is Singapore's 42th birthday. I never celebrate National Day but this year, I kinda look forward to it. Firstly, it's my mil's birthday. She will be 57 years old tomorrow. She's a great help to take care of carmel and I'm so grateful for everything that she has done for us.

Hope that tomorrow's weather will be sunshine as we will be bringing him for swimming. I think I'm more eager to look forward to public holidays so that I can spend time with him and I'm taking leave on Fri to enjoy the super long weekends...

His 1st Car Float

2007-08-07T17:43:00.000+08:00

At lunch, I went to scout for a float for him as we will be bringing him to swim this week! I wonder how he will react? Judging from his daily bathing, I think he loves to play with water.

Hope the day will be a memorable one for him as well as us :P

His first fruit

2007-08-06T14:32:00.000+08:00

He first tasted his first fruit last weekend. My mil inquistively offered him a plum to suck and he loves it! Even to the extend that when we took it away, he cried for more! This boy is really like mummy, loves all types of fruits :)

I also tried to brush his gums for the 1st time (though my mil has started to let him get used to brushing), he could have mistaken it for a spoon something else that he can chew on. The moment I took it away, he yearned for more and cried out loud. What a gesture!

I really look forward to more 'first' with him! This Fri will bring him for his first swim at my friend's condo. There will be 3 more babies (or princess) and hope it will turn out to be another memorable event! Tsk Tsk

preCious weeKends

2007-08-05T11:33:00.000+08:00

In the past, weekends to me were to laze around the house, MJ time and bathe snoopy. I would wake up ard late morning and have breakfast with hb.

But now, wkend means play time and bonding with my son.He usually wakes up at 7am+ and he will greet me with a big smile :)
that's the moment!

Later on, I will be bringing him to visit grandpa, it's the 1st time since he's borned and I'm sure he will greet his great grandpa with the usual, captivating big smile :P

His new passport

2007-08-02T17:22:00.000+08:00

Finally I collected my son's passport today!

It was such a delay cos the day I submitted his application sometime in Mar'07 via online, his application was rejected due to image size too large. Thereafter, it was such a hassle!

We have to go personally to ICA to resubmit the photo. It was a long wait at the ICA esp on Sat. No carpark, long and multiple queues... 1st to queue for instant photo and queue to submit photo.

Before our turn to take photo, I wondered how can they could take his photo upright? Cos he is still too wobby to sit. It was then I found out the magic bumbo seat :P
He sat there, pretty firm and next day, I rented one for him :)

The photo turned out very nice! He's such a handsome boy (see photo to envy :P) and we have his 1st passport. How lovely!

We have booked a holiday to Bali on 26 Dec, it would be great to let him experience taking aeroplane.. lucky him. By then, he will be 9 mos ...

Tarzan

2007-08-01T14:49:00.001+08:00

My silly boy literally turned into a "tarzan" last nite torning away his buttons on his PJ! I woke up around 1am+ to check on him and realised that his buttons were unbuttoned, revealing his tiny body. My immediate thought was "What happened?" Does he really felt so warm that he has to "unbutton" his own PJ?" Afraid that he might catch a cold, I buttoned his PJ and went back to sleep.

Then again, I was up around 4am and saw his buttons were off again! I was quite mad and ran downstairs to get him another T-shirt so that he wont unbutton again. So, my little tarzan was happy and slept soundly after I changed him.. where else I have yet again, a disturbed sleep. I stayed awake for a short while cos after running up and down the stairs. I told myself I need to get to sleep as I would have a mind blowing board meeting tomorrow morning!

2:30pm - As I was happily blogging, my board meeting has finally ended.

Well rested

2007-07-31T14:15:00.000+08:00

Last nite was a well rested nite. For the 1st time, carmel didnt wake up for milk!

I woke up around 3am+ and found my son sleeping soundly. Usually he will wake up a few times, either for milk or to shift his body. This mean that I have one twin peak crashing onto me!! Being lazy to wake up to pump, (which I havent done that after my one mth confinement), I turned my son towards me and gladly offered my breasts to him :) hehee Naturally, he started to nimble and woa lah, began to suck... so there I was, lying and falling back to sleep while my son tended to my engorged breasts.

I continued my dreamland....

Blogger, blog

2007-07-30T11:57:00.000+08:00

I'm inspired!

Today, my fren sent me her blog link where she blogged about her 4-mth old daughter, Sophie!
I always wanted to start a blog during my pregnancy, Haiz... now my son, carmel is coming to 5mths!

So, cyber, here I am. I guess partly bec I wanted to have a journal for my son. You see, I have been complaining to hb that we seldom take pics for him!! and they grew so quickly...
so, this will be a good way to remember him!

Ever since I took on the motherhood role, it has been an enjoyable yet tiring process.. cos daily, we have to bring carmel to in-laws house and fetch him back at night! Man, havent been sleeping through the nitez since this little being came into our life.. so hope I can maintain a current yet interesting blog...

Here I Am.. lostz in the cyberspace...

2007-07-30T11:48:00.001+08:00

Hello cyberspace...

Here I come...

Fussy carMel

2007-04-28T17:43:00.000+08:00

Our prince was borned

2007-03-12T16:14:00.000+08:00

Our prince was borned at Thomson Medical Centre

Date : 12 Mar 2007
Birth Weight : 3.1kg
Length : 48cm

2007-03-12T14:24:00.000+08:00

12 Mar 2007 - Morning

After rested in bed for 2 days due to water retention on my feet, I went for the followup checkup. I was 37wks+ and with no clue at all, my gynae told me to go for c-section that day! That's bec I told him that baby's movement was less and he said beta not take any risk!

Luckily, just days before, I packed my hospital bag into our car and hb went to do the necessary paperwork while I was at the monitor ward.

I took a quick bath and changed into a robe while I waited for my gynae. Soon after, I start to have mild contraction. It was 2:30pm+, Dr Yeo came and to his surprise, he said I wasnt dilate and will prepare me for c-section at 3:30pm.

We were so excited and we prayed for smooth delivery. At 4:07pm, our son was borned!