A's birthday celebration

We had a good and relaxing lunch at Ellenborough Market Cafe, Merchant Court Hotel. Food was good and of course, the durian pengkat had many people rushing for it.

A was on his best behaviour and enjoying the attention, food and occasion.

On the spot

Lately A has been toilet training very well ... sometime too well ... He will ask to go pee every so often ... sometime, we just have to 就地解决 ...

A is back to his usual self

The doctors at KKH had A did another blood test and the dengue results were negative, which was a relief. We had a very, very difficult time drawing blood from A. His veins were so hard to find, we had to wrap him in a large towel, and poke a needle at his foot. Even then, the doctor had to pull the needle in and out for the blood to finally flow ...

In the end, the doctors could only determine that it was a viral fever. I spent the nights with A at the hospital and CP took over during the day. Finally the fever seemed to be gone for good on Sat. His platelet count shows a good increase over the past 2 days and he is good to be discharged.

A was reluctant though, he probably thinks the hospital is like a hotel .... he loved the food and the kiddy car there ... Me, I'm just glad to be out of there. The couch is never a substitute for my comfy bed!




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Oh man, this is a first time I rather not have. A was admitted to hospital. He had been having a fever for the past 6 days and a very blocked nose. He couldn't sleep at night, woke up every 30 min. We couldn't sleep too ...

Today after a very difficult blood test in the morning ... the pd said that he could be having dengue fever and advised us to admit him to KK Hospital.

Look at him now having his dinner ... doesn't look sick at all ... :)

B's 1st month vaccination

We postponed A's MMR vaccination today at 11am and B took A's place for her 1st month rotavirus and 6-in-1 vaccination.

She did cry a little but stopped very shortly when she heard the rattle. :) Both DC and I had to go for A's meet-the-parent session and hence, my in-laws came over to help take care of Baby B.

At 6pm, when we were back with A, we found out that B had developed a slight fever of 37.5ºC. At night, the fever escalated to 38.3ºC despite the sponging and patching. We decided to give her the Panadol. Hopefully it'll subside soon.


[Edited on 19 Feb 2012 3am:At 3am, her fever returned to normal! Thank God. :) ]

[Edited on 19 Feb 2012, 10pm: Oh no, at 8am, the fever came back and forth. Still slightly hot now... :( ]


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We took B for her newborn photo shoot today. We brought A along for the family photo too. :)

B was alert throughout and we had difficulty capturing her closed eyes shots (just like her brother when he was 1 month old!). The funny thing is she fell asleep immediately after we stepped out of the studio!

I kept A occupied with his cars. He got sleepy towards the end of the session and we had to leave early. If not, I would have requested the photographer to take some pictures of him!

Here's the preview of the session:





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捞啊！捞啊！

Today's 人日 and everyone in Singapore eats 鱼生 on this day.

Love this dish but unfortunately, I'm just out of confinement and still breastfeeding, so was unable to enjoy this with the rest as the dish contains raw fish.

A certainly loves the crackers and the tossing! He remembers it from last year! It's his 2nd time tossing this CNY and he shouted 捞啊！捞啊！ with us and repeat some of the greetings with us... so cute!



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This is how we manage the two at night...


This method is working very well for A, whom we struggled to coax him to drink every night. Now, he requests for his milk, hold his bottle and wants to drink with his 妹妹! :)

We've added a love potion in A's bottle too. It's breast milk. He seems to have enjoyed the antibodies packed milk much better! :)


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He refused to wear his pajamas and school uniform starting from 27 Dec. Instead, he wants to choose his own clothes. This carries on until today!

He understands a lot of things now and speaks more sentences although still two-worded e.g. Papa there, mum mum (food) there, Papa mum mum (eat), "mei mei oi oi" (sister sleeping). He is also more willing to speak new words upon request. I hear new words like "Milk milk", "拿拿“, "Happy", "伯伯", “park", "dog", "wow wow" (the sound of dog bark) and the latest "姨婆" (today!). His "A" and "B" are now perfect and I hear he tells the taxi driver he wants to go "Shunfu" whenever he sits in the taxi with his grandpa! Wow! :)

This month, his younger sister is born. I'm glad there weren't too much jealousy from him. DC has done a very good job bonding with him when I was in the hospital. He celebrated his sister full month celebration and I'm surprised that now, he actually understands and recognizes his sister from the person or photo! I love it when he says "妹妹". :) Having said that, my only problem is that I don't know who to carry when both A and his sister calls or cries for me!

He is very active now that he's so super mobile, climbing up and down and running here and there! With his new sister, I couldn't really catch up with him! This CNY was good for him to expel his never-ending energy and let him know his relatives and gor gors... What of Chinese New Year does he like? It must be the ba kwa and the tossing of the yusheng! :) I taught him Gong Xi Gong Xi too. I love it when he did the action! :)


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Sick A and DC

Both DC and A are sick (again) this CNY. A just started having runny nose while DC's throat acted up a week ago with sore throat and now cough...

They are now downing medicines. Just hope that both will recover before the CNY or else it'll be so sad cos chinese new year goodies are sooo very nice!


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As I'm not supposed to step out of home during my confinement period, this year's birthday celebration is naturally held at home.

I invited my family over for dinner for KFC and pizzas.


I had my confinement food. On top of that, Mummy specially prepared 米酒鸡 (confinement food) for me. It was yummy, but too much!


My sisters gave me a clarins set and I got an ang bao from mummy. DC bought a small cake and a LoVely gift for me. LoVe them all!


And, as usual, A is very eager to help me blow the candle, cut the cake and open up the presents. :)


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A couldn't sleep well at night and DC saw him scratching his hands...

The next day, we saw the nasty bites on the forehead, hand and leg. So, DC bought these little plasters to prevent A from scratching himself.

Aren't they cute?! :)


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A had a sudden fever yesterday evening that reached 38.3ºC. We wonder what caused the fever? Caught a cold during shopping with Daddy and grandparents? or having a growth spurt? or the temperature of the room where he took the nap was too cold?

Thank God, after giving medicine and applying the patch, as sudden as it comes, his fever vanished this morning! And, he's all well to go to school today! :) If not, we would have to bring him and his baby sister to the pediatrician for checkup together and I wonder if we could manage that? :P


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They arrived yesterday and A is all agog over his new toys esp the police car!




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It all started on 26 Dec 2011 night where we first felt the brunt of terrible two... Before that, all was still manageable!

He refused to put on his pajamas and kept wanting to choose his own clothes. He chose an orange Polo Tee and a pair of shorts to wear to bed.

The next day, he refused to change into his school uniform. We gave in and let him wear his Polo to school. At night, we were able to let him wear his PJ.

On the third day morning, the same thing happened! He wore his blue Polo T-shirt to school.

On the fourth day, he chose his own bib. At night, he chose his daddy's clothes! Haha...

On the fifth day, he refused to wear his school shoes and wanted to choose his own! We managed to force the shoes in and he cried and cried and cried for his shoes and for mummy. Daddy managed to calm him down by bringing him downstairs to post a letter.

Today, the start of a new year, a new school term, he did it again and this time, we couldn't bother so much and just let him be, as long as he's happy... guess it all part of growing up.

In fact, this reminds me of myself! I did the same thing: Refused to wear the school uniform and wanted my grandma to put on my favorite dress to school. I was 5 then and my mum was in the hospital with my newborn brother! Haha...


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Mon, 27 Dec 2011, 4:50 PM, DC: Aaron refused his pajamas and wants to wear his RL polo-T to bed n sch today! To think I was amused when it happened to someone else ...


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First family portrait of us four! :)


A's first sight of his 妹妹 and we're surprised he could pronounced the word 妹妹 so well. I claimed the credit: I always point to him at my stomach and tell him that's 妹妹! :P

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The boot was rather dirty, with lots of sand. I decided that it would need a vacuum. So on a cloudy morning, we went to the nearby SPC station for just that.

After the external wash, it was time for the cleaning of the inside. I know that the inside of a car could contain more contaminants than the exhaust from the roads!



Aaron had a running nose and the medication made him drowsy ... There he was, lying lazily on CP.




In any case, after this day, Aaron kept wiping his toy car at home!



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There were a lot of activities going on the past month! Of course, it's the festive season! :)


We brought him to The Sentosa Resort. It's where he first saw and learnt about a peacock. Next, we went for high tea at the Equinox. Then, we went for free lunch at the Grand Hyatt.

And, there were the X'mas celebrations:
1. X'mas Party at Botanic Gardens - Where he was happy, energetic and turned tired and cranky...
2. X'mas BBQ at Holiday Bungalow - Where he played Santa Claus to help give out presents (he loves this job!) and celebrated his 姨姨's birthday (he loves blowing candles).

At home, he helped Daddy set up the X'mas tree with his choo choo train.

However, this rainy season also make him sick for two whole weeks (or was it three?)! He first had cough, then runny nose and then cough again with phlegm! He had to be on numerous medication and nebuliser! In between, we took him to the doctors 4 times and he had his second Hep A jab.

We brought A to car wash for a few times and had him sit on the driver's seat once (while waiting for the carwash). Since then, he was very interested in cars. He even requested to play with his big electronic yellow car and couldn't keep his hands off the steering wheels! He even mimicked the action of car wash, wiping the car sparklingly clean but with saliva! We were amazed and shocked by his action!

Needless to say, his x'mas presents were all about cars and vehicles! :)

Besides cars, he has this newfound interest in snapping photos using iPhone! He loves to activate the camera and took lots of photos - some blurry but there were some clear self-portraits!

He says "Tinkle Tinkle Little Star", "work work", "肉肉", "stool", "school", "towel", "owl", "bar", "ball", "打打“, "衣服" (in fact a long time ago, since I forgot which month I'll just slot this word here :P) and FIL says he says "A is for Apple, B is for Bird"! He knows his colours. When I asked him to bring me a particular color he could do it. However, whenever I ask him what's the colour, his reply would always be "Blue"!

Motor development wise, he could squat and stand up all by his own and he could slide down a slide all by himself! I'm awed by this. Maybe I'm too protective of him to let him try to go down a slide by his own. My baby has proven me wrong, I feel my baby has grown up!

He has a new sister this month and mummy was not with him for 4days/3 nights. I hope that has not made him feel insecure! I heard he has been searching for Mummy for 2 days but Daddy has done well bonding with him, fetching him to see mummy and sister and coaxing him to sleep! Good job, Daddy! :)


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Merry X'mas 2011

The inspiration came from the santa claus that was folded by a colleague from another department (her husband actually) for the upcoming company x'mas party. I thought that was cute (although a few of my colleagues thought it was a frog probably because she used green, blue and other colours instead of red paper) and decided to make a tag out of it.

Then, I found a guide for the x'mas tree and an idea struck. I decided to make a card instead, out of a doll house. One with A in a warm room with fireplace,

a paper x'mas tree and,


a paper santa claus!


I actually wanted to place the props in a light box, apply lighting and take a picture with DC's DSLR. Then, I decided just do an instant snap with my new iPhone 4S. :P

The card was printed out and tagged to the gifts, and we're all ready for the gift exchange! :)


Merry X'mas 2011 to all! :)


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Tomorrow is the day

In about another 12+ hrs, we will be seeing our newborn daughter!

Tomorrow is the day! This means we've to complete whatever things we need to do by today! The baby cot was delivered today and we've created a bank account for my maid. Morning, the clinic called to inform that the anesthetist could not take up the job and they had offered another anesthetist instead. What can I say? *No Choice!* :(

I was at home today and A seems to be especially sticky to me (he's sick and sleepy), refusing his grandpa to carry him at all! And, when I wanted to meet DC outside to get the last bit of B's stuffs (last minute shopping), A refused to let me leave his sight! I chose to stay home with him. Wanted to spend more time with him too...

Tomorrow is the day, I'm having slight blocked nose (from A) and now, I'm still left with my packing to do! *Panic Panic*!


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