Baby Ashton

I am 1 yr old!

2009-03-11T19:01:00.000-07:00

15 Feb 2009
Today is my 1 yr old birthday! 爷爷, 奶奶, 姑姑 and 叔叔 came over to my house. Due to too many people in my house, I feel a bit stressed, and wanted to be carried.

My 1st birthday presents and 1st yr old shoes

2009-03-11T19:00:00.001-07:00

This set of mini cars are from Aunt Eve. Aunt Yingyun gave me Angbow. 爷爷 gave me a set of clothings.
This pair of shoes (snoopy) is a gift from 外婆. Isn’t that nice? Of course! Mommy is the one who chose the design and 外婆 pay for it…haha…

Celebrating my birthday

2009-02-16T09:16:00.000-08:00

14 Feb 2009
Tomorrow will be my 1 yr old birthday! How are we going to celebrate? Hmm…Mommy thinking of just buying a small cake and let me blow the candles as a symbolism. Daddy Mommy don’t wish to hold a big birthday party as they feel that I am still too young to appreciate and enjoy yet. Too many guests in the house will also be quite stressful for me too. Thus they choose to celebrate in a more “low profile” way. Since Mommy’s 3 close pals are coming over to our place for a gathering so Mommy will just buy a mini cake to let me celebrate with these aunties.

Twinkle Little Star

2009-02-16T09:12:00.000-08:00

10 Feb 2009
Daddy/Mommy sings: “Twinkle Twinkle Little … (waiting for me to continue)
Me: “Da…” (= Star) or “ Ssss..da” (= Star)
Mommy: “Hahaaaaa….Haaaaa”

Mommy finds it so funny…and she definitely loves it. Initially it started from 1 of the Teacher in the Infant care ctr, so Daddy Mommy just continue to try it out on me. To their surprise, I did it. However, there are times I don’t wish to “cooperate”. (Mommy sighs…)

I want to walk walk…

2009-02-16T09:07:00.000-08:00

9 Feb 2009
Do you know I am so exciting to practice walking? This morning, before leaving the house I even went to pick up my shoes (1 shoe on each hand) and held up high and then “ask” Mommy to wear for me…haha…Mommy find it so funny…and also surprised I knew wearing shoes mean I can go outside to walk. Of course I knew lah!! I just simply too excited! Yeah!!
Mommy is so touched to see my development everyday…

Chanting at Buddha Tooth Relic Temple & Museum

2009-02-16T08:58:00.000-08:00

8 Feb 2009
Daddy Mommy brought me to Buddha Tooth Relic Temple & Museum. This is the 1st time I participated in the Zodiac Protectors Chanting (八大守护神转运法会). Mommy’s Chinese zodiac clashed with Cow (this yr) and Daddy’s conflict with Cow (this yr). Thus they hope to go there to chant for a smoother yr…Actually they thought my zodiac (rat) also clashed with cow but found out that is not. Anyway doesn’t matter, able to go there to pray to my Buddha Protector is also good for me. My (rat) Buddha Protector is Avalokitesvara (千手千眼觀音). Daddy’s (Dragon) is Samantabadra (普賢菩薩) and Mommy’s (Goat) is Valrocana (大日如來).
Mommy abit worried we might not be able to stay and chant for too long if I made noise. However, to Mommy’s surprise, I am still quite “cooperative”…after 10mins, I fell asleep so Daddy Mommy could concentrate their chanting. When chanting ended (after 1 hr), I woke up…so nice timing…haha…thanks to Buddha’s help.

Major Milestone Achieved – walking

2009-02-16T08:56:00.000-08:00

2 Feb 2009

Teacher told Daddy Mommy that I can walk 14 steps by myself…
How I wish I could tell Mommy I can walk by myself!!

7 Feb 2009

Daddy Mommy let me try to walk around the house. And I can DO It!
I can even walk by myself at the void deck, then slowly towards the carpark.
Mommy is so thrilled to see that. And now she really loves to help me put on my shoes…
At 11mths & 3wks, I can walk! Mommy is so proud of me…kekeee…. Daddy & Mommy had a bet on whether I can walk before 1 yr old. So who wins?? Actually is Daddy won but Mommy doesn’t feel upset of losing the bet, in fact she feel even happier of seeing me able to walk before 1 yr old. This is Mommy…keeekeee….

Walking outside the house - 31 Jan 2009

2009-02-16T08:49:00.000-08:00

1st time walking (with Mommy’s help) outside of the house, with shoes on. Nice shoes right? Is a birthday gift from 外婆.

Great Grandpa passed away…6 Feb 2009

2009-02-16T08:43:00.000-08:00

Sob sob…Great Grandpa passed away….May him rest in peace and 往生善处(go to a kind place)… Mommy will pray for Great Grandpa…

Gong Xi Gong Xi

2009-02-16T08:41:00.000-08:00

Visit to River Angbao

2009-02-16T08:34:00.000-08:00

3 of us went to River Angbao. But find it a bit boring as not much to see except 1 very big 财神 so didn’t even bother to take a pix. We have a light dinner at Ichiban, inside Esplanade before going to River Angbow. See how happy I am, to be together with Daddy Mommy.

My 1st food ordering

2009-02-16T08:26:00.000-08:00

Oh…now I understand why Mommy always scratch head when looking at the food menu.
Got to consider the prices and likes & dislikes…so took longer time to make a decision.

Playing with red packets - 27 Jan 2009

2009-02-16T08:12:00.000-08:00

Mommy knows I like to play with papers so she deliberately placed those emptied red packets on the coffee table for me to play with.

CNY Lunar 1st day

2009-02-11T01:16:00.000-08:00

Ok Ok Ok…don’t worry, everyone will get a chance to take 1 pix with me...

There are 爷爷, 姑姑 and Mommy. The rest, sorry, maybe next time then…

My First CNY clothings

2009-02-11T00:53:00.000-08:00

The traditional one is bought at Chinatown Mkt, at $16 but quality very bad. It comes with a hat. The red color actually went off and affected the gold color portion…sigh…

The other one with a Dragon is branded Richgi. Bought it at $20+ but better quality and comfy.

Living in the Jungle

2009-02-10T01:59:00.000-08:00

The wall of my bedroom and my wardrobe is full of jungle animals decals. This made my room so lively and interesting. I am so thrilled to see all those animals and keep pointing the hippo & giraffes on the wardrobe.

Raiding the Fisherprice & Little Tikes Sale

2009-02-10T01:46:00.000-08:00

Hahaaa…Do you know how many toys Daddy bought for me at Fisherprice & Little Tikes Sale? Total there are 8 toys which cost about $300+. From the pix, you can see there are activity table, stacks, caterpillar puller, basketball, musical chair, musical instruments, farm and rider cum walker. Some toys are for 1 yr old & above to play. The farm is for 2-5yrs old. Daddy very “kiasu” hor?!! However if you buy these 8 toys outside the market, the spending could be double. Thus is still worth to buy for me lor…and still can pass down to my younger sister/brother in future.

CNY is juz round the corner

2009-01-19T22:20:00.000-08:00

17 Jan 2009
I am currently 11 mths old. Next mth, I'll be 1 yr old!
Daddy Mommy always said I am a big baby now...haaa...Mommy bought 1 more set of CNY clothings for me to attend a CNY party, which is organised by the infant care ctr. However, sad is the red color went off and affected the yellow portion...sigh...

I say STOP !

2009-01-19T22:12:00.000-08:00

Fell down at the ending

2009-01-19T21:54:00.000-08:00

Enjoyment - Porridge, DVD & Cooling wind

2009-01-19T02:08:00.000-08:00

End Dec 08
- stand without support much longer
- climb up a low chair
- crawl ard the whole hse though still forbidded to go to those restricted zones

1 Jan 09
- stand up on the chair
- pincer grasp skill improved,knew how to use pincer grasp to grab lil biscuit from Daddy

8 Jan 09
- can point out blue,yelllow,brown from Nemo bathbook,and recognise 爸,妈 from the flash cards
- know how to initiate peek a boo myself

10 Jan 09
- learning to stand up from sitting on gnd
- Walking w support getting faster & steadier
- climb down the bed myself,even when both Daddy Mommy are still inside the bedroom.
- said "dog" when saw Fifi (chiwawa) at grandma's place.

16 Jan 09
- crawl into room to look for Mommy.
- Start to take 1st step out (without support) by myself

Changing diaper while standing

2009-01-19T02:03:00.000-08:00

I can call mama & da di when demand for something. I likes to play with water alot. I will wave bye bye to daddy aft we got onto the car. Worse is I change diaper while standing and playing. No more lying down to change diaper anymore. Thumbs up for Daddy Mommy, for able to do so!! Heheee....

Playing with Daddy on the bed - 29 Nov 08

2009-01-19T01:54:00.000-08:00

Teething again

2009-01-19T01:52:00.001-08:00

At 9M, I have my 5th tooth shown…and more to come as I start to become very cranky. My teething stage is real suffering. I’ll wake up at night several times crying…appetite affected and required feeds during the night which I supposed already kicked off this habit of night feed. Daddy & Mommy got to apply Dentinox teething gel to soothe the itch / pain of my gums in the middle of the night when I cant sleep and keep on crying.

l LOVE FReedom!

2009-01-19T01:48:00.000-08:00

My playpen with toys inside for me to play.
However I don’t like to stay inside, I love freedom!

My progress of 8th Mth old

2009-01-19T01:41:00.001-08:00

At 8M, I can “catwalk” with Daddy & Mommy’s support but only for a short while. Daddy always said how come I walk like a snake….haha.

At 8M2W, I can pull myself up by holding on to something. Its easy….hehe…
Will stand and hold on as long as I can then “bong”, my buttock down it goes, then I will laugh. Mommy and Daddy will laugh too. I don’t know when I should sit down so let nature takes its course lor…haha. I don’t like to sit on the baby car seat so Mommy needs to give me toy to distract me. After some time, this method also cant work anymore, so we try playing dvds and luckily it works.
Sometimes I’ll say mama, mum mum, dada, papa,….
There is 1 night, I sat up and say “mum mum”….haha…so Mommy immediately went to make milk while continue to laugh…so funny. But I dun always say mum mum when I hungry. It all depends on my mood. I have also shown pincer grasp skill at Baby Jumper gym lesson.
At 8M3W, I can cruise around by holding on to furniture! And I can crawl towards my target very fast!! Not only that, I can walk quite a distance with Mommy’s holding on to both of my hands. Mommy is busy practicing me to wave goodbye to people. Whenever I am excited, I’ll tend to wave my hand in a more exaggerated way. I start to laugh louder even when I playing toy myself. I’ll laugh too when Mommy / Daddy runs towards me. I like to befriend with other babies or children. At times, I can even stand without any support for few secs.

I can speak nan nan, gaga...Mommy said my real voice is so cute...

Change to new Infant Care Ctr

2009-01-19T01:34:00.000-08:00

On 6 Oct, I have enrolled to a new infant care ctr. Why I change ctr?…hmm…very long story but is definitely an unhappy one for me and Daddy Mommy. They totally cant tolerate the ctr mishandling and negligence anymore. Despite wasting the registration fees and new registration fees incurred for new ctr, Daddy & Mommy still decided to change for the sake of my safety.

Wonderful smile

2009-01-19T01:28:00.000-08:00

A wonderful smile from ME early in the morning becoz I knew I am going out today!!

Outing @ Vivo

2009-01-19T01:22:00.000-08:00

Outing at Vivo City…again…is a nice place for families like us mah.

Next milestones

2009-01-19T01:04:00.001-08:00

At 7M, I am starting to eat porridge. But I still prefer cereal & bread a lot. Mommy is so happy whenever I showed her the satisfying look when eating cereal & bread. However eating porridge is a nightmare. There will be food all over my face, legs, hands, highchair and floor…Oh gosh!! I have a bad habit when eating. I will be easily distracted by surroundings so the one who feed me will be in a sorry state.

At 7M 10days, I am trying to learn to stand up by holding on to something like Daddy’s & Mommy’s legs. Especially when Daddy Mommy lie on the bed, I love to make use every part of their body to stand up…hehe..is so fun.Just within 1 wk, I able to stand up by holding on to their legs without their help…YEAH!!!

At 7M2W, I have my 3rd tooth showing out, at the front of my upper gums. Seems like my side tooth also coming out soon. No wonder I keep on drooling and “biting”…
I also mastered the skill of lunge forward to all fours from a sitting position and back to a sitting position.

8th Wedding Anniversary

2009-01-19T00:50:00.000-08:00

Today (19 Sep 2008) is Daddy & Mommy’s 8th wedding anniversary (from the day they ROM). Cant tell from their faces, right? We have a wonderful day at Sentosa and Vivo City.

Eating baby bisuits

2009-01-19T00:47:00.001-08:00

At 6M+, Mommy gave me baby biscuits to try holding it and eat by myself. I still don’t know how to control yet. Havent swallow yet I still want to bite some more. Thus Daddy teach me how to eat slowly.
At 6M+3W+4D, I can sit upright without assist for longer time. And I also mastered the techniques of crawling…just that cant crawl very fast yet. Mommy is so happy to see me can crawl and sit. I’m really good at making sounds by using my lips & tongue…lots of different type of sounds…haha. I love to pull Mommy’s hair even tough she tied up her hair, I can still find my way to pull. Quite a lot of her hair been pulled out by me. I love to grab Daddy’s spectacles also.

Recent progress of mine

2009-01-19T00:42:00.000-08:00

At 6M2wks, I can lunge forward to Daddy / Mommy by bottom shuffling (scooting around my bottom), in crawling position. Getting faster & faster. I yet to sit by myself without support for too long. If I don’t choose to move, I can sit by myself by leaning forward to hold / play with my toes / toys. However I like to move around so I wont be sitting still for too long.
Daddy bought Baby Einsten DVD(2nd hand)(26 titles) at $60 for me. Mommy hopes that I can be attracted to it so she can hve more time to rest/do something else. Playing with me needs a lot of energy as I like to stand, jump, roll, walking around when carried. Thus really tiring for Mommy so she needs something to distract me at least for a moment.
Haa, as for now only those cute & colourful puppets attracted me. Then I’ll start to feel bored when there is people start teaching and I’ll start making noise too. And when puppet appears, I’ll be quiet again…
At times, I seem to be able to recognise my name when Mommy calling Ashton. But at times, it seems that I don’t know Mommy is calling me.
I’ll mouth every objects…no matter what is that. Mommy keep on telling me “NO!!” but I’ll just ignore her. There are times I will get frustrated when Mommy don’t allow me to mouth my pacifier / my fingers.
I’ll also drag the toy I want to myself…but not playing, is just trying to mouth it…*(Mommy sighs…)
I sleep with Daddy & Mommy on their KING sized bed. Although the bed is big but Mommy always have little space to sleep. Because of me lor, likes to shift from the ctr to Mommy’s side, resulting Mommy got to sleep at the edge of the bed. Whenever I woke up before Daddy Mommy, around 6am+ (average), I’ll wake up Mommy by holding / “smacking” her hand then keep on “calling out” to her…until she open her eyes. Poor Mommy…. During wkends, naughty Mommy also will “shift” me to face Daddy, hoping I’ll go and disturb Daddy instead. Haa, but most of the time, I just didn’t do what she expected. Daddy said this is natural for babies to turn to their Mommy…as we can sense Mothers’ love…

Cereal

2009-01-19T00:34:00.000-08:00

At 6M, after 3 tries of weaning of cereal, I managed to master the skill. I can hardly forget how happy Mommy is…she keep on laughing…and “Ah, Um” when Daddy is feeding me…Daddy & Mommy also bought Heinz fruit juice for me to try. Haa, I don’t like apple flavoured but love blackcurrent+apple. However I still hate water, like going to kill me.
I’ll stare at Daddy Mommy’s food when they are eating. I want to eat too!! When Mommy is eating bread or drinking from her water bottle, I’ll try to snatch from her. When Daddy is feeding me with cereal, I’ll also try to snatch the spoon from him and of course the bowl too.
Besides rolling, I’ll do mini push-ups during playing time.

Food poisoning! sob sob...

2009-01-19T00:28:00.000-08:00

On one evening, whenever Daddy / Mommy stepped away, I cried…think I need assurance so much as I feel unwell. Mommy was devastated, upset & worried. Yes whenever I fell sick, Mommy will be sad. But last wk (2 – 11 Aug), is much more serious.. I have ulcers inside my intestines which resulted blood streams in my stools. PD said is intestine infection due to food containmination/food poisoning.Possible causes are hands not washed after visiting toilets / hands not washed after diaper changing for an infant suffering from diarrhea, etc . I suffered from diarrhea, fever, vomiting(abit) last wk. I visited the PD for 3 times in that wk. Milk changed to soy type…drank 2 tins. But most feeds, I cannot finish. Mommy was so upset that she cried… However I considered quite a brave boy. I can play and smile to them. So when Mommy worried/upset, I will smile to her, trying to tell her not to worry so much, I’ll b alright…PD said if gets worse, got to send faeces for lab test to detect the type of bacteria in order to prescribe the correct antibiotics for me. I slimed down abit too…can seen from my clothings and diaper…
Currently i can toss very fast…keep on rolling here & there. Thus got to start baby proof some areas liao. Daddy bought more alphabet foam mats at toys’ rus and also baby proof the edges & corners of their bed. But diaper changing getting difficult liao coz I keep on tossing. Can u imagine changing diaper with poop poop…Mommy is nearly turning mad when she trying to control me from tossing while changing my diaper with poop poop. Haha..but Mommy started to get the hang of it liao…oh no…I cant toss as I like liao…

Toys...Hurray!

2009-01-19T00:24:00.000-08:00

Daddy & Mommy recently bought quite a few toys for me at Toys’ Rus…Hurray!! They are unsure of what kind of toys I would enjoy so I gave them cues by showing interest to grab the toy. Then “the tha”…they caught the cues and make their way to the cashier…haha. The items they bought are big Elmo plush toy, Elmo puppet, soft book and Disney soft teethers.
The soft ball is a gift from Aunt Yingyun. Thank You, Auntie Yingyun!
Probably I love those bright primary colors like red and yellow. Grandpa & Grandma also bought for me some “fruits”…hmm but seems too big for me to grab. Thus Mommy kept it well and will let me play when I am ready.

Baby easily get startled

2009-01-19T00:09:00.001-08:00

There is 1 uncle asking Mommy how to know whether a baby got startled. 1 old grandmother tale is if the stools of the baby are greenish in color, he/she is startled. However, PD also mentioned before babies stools can be green color, depending on the type of formula milk drank. Thus this old tale seems not definte. Another way to verify is: if baby suddenly woke up in the middle of the night, crying very pitifully due to having nightmares, most likely is been startled by some sudden noise / strangers during the day but it could be because of playing too much in the day too. Thus there is no way to correctly determine whether a baby is startled. Only solution is to let the baby eat abit (using last fingertip to feed) of “Jing Feng San” (twice a day) then monitor whether is there improvement. People also say can eat “Zhen Zhu powder”(pearl powder). Other methods out there are looking for a medium (Taoism) or monk (Buddhist) for “help” to "cure"…Thus all depends on individuals whether to choose which method. However, Mommy strongly emphasizing that irregardless what method, 1st step must seek medical consultation then following by other own preferred methods. As for taking "Jing Feng San", must leave a gap of at least 4hrs in between this chinese medicine & western medicine.

Chopping off "legs" of tables & chairs??

2009-01-18T23:52:00.000-08:00

Currently, I am starting to learn to crawl. Grandma & Great-Grandma said my house is full of “legs”…they meant “legs” of those tables, chairs, coffee table, TV console etc…so they warned Mommy that all these are very dangerous for crawling babies. Hmm, but which furniture got no “legs”?? Couldn’t expect Mommy to chop off all those “legs” and let the furniture float in the air, right?? Or couldn’t be throwing away all the furniture and ensure the whole house is empty, right? Oh isn’t that funny?? There are always so many warnings / advice / comments out there to disturb our peace. Worse is most of them are ridiculous and amusing.

1st & 2nd tooth

2009-01-18T23:48:00.000-08:00

One fine morning, Daddy attempted to take photo of my 1st tooth again after Mommy failed taking photo of my 1st tooth inside the car. However, I am not so cooperative as I keep on sticking out my tongue. They are very determined to take photo of my tooth despite I am so frustrated. They tried means and ways to coax me. Finally, they succeed.
At 4+mths, I already having signs of teething. At 5mths, my PD confirmed my 1st tooth is out soon, at the ctr of the bottom gums. My PD didn’t expect I having teething so early so she didn’t really check on that until Mommy requested her to check for me. Then before 5mths 2 wks, my 2nd tooth is out too. Daddy Mommy are so happy to see my first & second tooth, esp. Mommy laugh so happily. You didn’t get to see how happy they are…and their happiness is not able to describe by few words.
I believed my first crawl, first step, first word will definitely warmed Daddy Mommy’s heart. All parents out there sure understand how Daddy Mommy feel.

New skill - tossing

2009-01-18T23:45:00.000-08:00

At 5mths 3 wks, I mastered a new skill…that is tossing around when I lie flat on the bed/ground. Haa, don’t underestimate me hor, I can be very fast. Last time, I only know how to toss around when I lie on my tummy. This new skill really scared Mommy though she is happy I have developed a new skill. Reason is because there is once she saw me at the corner of their King-sized bed when she came in to check on me. Haa, I have tossed to that corner QUIETLY to enjoy the wind (from the fan). Daddy thinks that is time to start to baby proof our house liao. He tried to paste the safety kits onto the edges & corners of the bed platform. They also purchased 2 sets of alphabet foam mats (+2 sets "herited") to baby proof the area where I’ll be tossing & playing. Mommy’s friend & relatives adviced her to keep away all the easily accessible stuffs when I learned to crawl. However, Daddy got a point that I should be taught not to touch / grab things that doesn’t belong to me. Reason is, when we are outside, inside shopping mall / at other people place, Daddy wouldn’t be able to ask them to keep away all the easily accessible stuffs mah. Thus problem lies on me, I should learn what are things can be touched & grabbed and what are those cannot be touched. How to teach me?? They will gently smack me on my palm whenever I try to touch things which are not supposed to, then firmly tell me “NO”. Aunt Laykhim has succeeded in teaching her daughter not to touch other people things by using such method. Daddy said teaching basic manners should start from inside our house. Hence if allowing me to do as what I want, then when I go outside, esp toys shops…will be disastrous if Daddy don’t want to buy for me…I will sure scream and throw tantrums.

My fav songs

2009-01-18T20:02:00.000-08:00

As the journey from Infant Care Ctr to home is quite long, so Mommy needs to crack brain to think of many songs to sing to me. Mommy managed to learn “Rock-a-bye-baby” but currently I only fancied “好娃娃 (Hao Wa Wa)”, “London Bridge” and “Goodnight song”. Mommy will sing “Goodnight song” for me when I wanted to sleep. When Mommy sings “好娃娃 (Hao Wa Wa)” and “London Bridge”, I will smile to her…unless I don’t wish to listen to songs at that point of time. However, this doesn’t mean these 3 songs can keep me entertained throughout the journey. Music from CDs doesn’t work for me, as I still find Daddy & Mommy singing more assuring and comfy.

Song: 好娃娃

薇薇,不要怕你是好娃娃
要知己跌倒知己爬
你看山坡上为你开满红花
要是你是好娃娃
要知己跌倒知己爬

Song: Smurf Goodnight song (Daddy's & Mommy's own shortcut version)

Try to sleep now, close your eyes

Try to think of tomorrow

Twinkling stars, are shining bright

They'll be watching you all night

One more hug, one more smile

Kiss you once, kiss you twice

I'll be here for a while

Try to sleep now and close your eyes

Saying me "big & muscular"...stop tat plsss

2009-01-18T19:55:00.000-08:00

I am not on solid food yet, only drink formula milk so my diet is really not within Dad / Mom’s control. Thus when people out there like to comment me being “big-sized”/”muscular”, etc, I hate that and Daddy Mommy also don’t like such comments. Hearing such comments can be hurtful. Daddy heck care though he disagreed to such comments. Mommy is bothered about such comments though she still loves me. Mommy finds that these people are not considerate enough to think of the parents and baby’s feelings, irregardless whether the comment is a fact or not. Anyway it is not up to them to comment so much as I am not their baby. Eventually their turn to suffer from other people comments will come too if they continue to hurt other people. Most important is I am healthy and my PD did not ask me to go on diet. And I believed when I am able to crawl and walk, my weight will go down eventually due to perspiration after exercising. Hope my inner feelings can be heard…pls stop commenting me this & that if you love me and pls be kind to Daddy Mommy too. Thanks.

I LOVE bumbo baby seat but...

2008-07-11T03:17:00.000-07:00

See I can sit on a baby seat without any support!! This seat is Bumbo baby sitter, for 3mths to 14mths infants. TO find out more, check it out at http://www.bumbobabysitter.com/
The director of the infant care ctr bought it for us to use. Thank you, Mrs Soh!!
Actually Mommy wants to buy but Daddy thinks that I wont be able to sit still for long hrs so no point buying. Now shopbug.com is selling at $55 each when buying 2 pcs. Tempted Mommy alot but after seeing I already fit just nice to the seat NOW, then it becomes quite risky to buy now liao. But its OK, as I can still enjoy the seat at the ctr...haha...

Infant Care ctr is still our preferred choice

2008-07-11T02:36:00.000-07:00

After comparison between nanny/grandma/ctr, Dad & Mom thinks that more advantages are with the ctr though germs spreading is a BIG & IMPT issue. But dont foget, there'll be 1 more great advantage, which is lesser conflict with grandma. Many of Mommy's frens/colleagues actually have to "close both eyes" at times when seeing how grandmothers take care of their babies. So what grandmothers should be very experienced? But now cant be compared to the past whereby technologies are enhanced and economy are changing. Most of the old methods or old tales are not realistic anymore. Presently seeking information/advice is not as difficult as before with the internet been part & parcel of our life today. For eg, walkers in the past are common items for babies. But saw from Huggies website, an article from KK hospital, stating that 'A walker does not help your baby to learn to walk. It is dangerous and potentially fatal. In fact, Canada has already banned the sale of baby walkers.' The article did explained why walker doesnt help baby to learn to walk. And Mommy thinks it makes sense.

Who taking care???

2008-07-10T20:20:00.000-07:00

Whenever touching the topic on infant care ctr, people will start to question Mommy & Daddy on why dont they let any of my grandmas take care. The standard answer given is 1 of my grandma is working currently and the other grandma is still enjoying freedom.
But in actual fact, there are more factors to consider. Who knows the correct answers?? Only those having conflicts with grandparents on the taking care issues will know the answers.
Of course there are pros & cons. Let me list them down the differences between nanny/grandmas/infant care ctr.

Taking fever medicine in infant care ctr??

2008-07-10T18:37:00.000-07:00

Haa..oh let u see me drinking milk...
Must be wondering why I have a towel on my head...coz I am having cold sweat so Daddy wrap me up to keep me warm. Have been falling sick since birth. Start from sensitive nose to colic then to cough. Visited the PD for don't know how many times. People said is due to me going to infant care ctr but is not totally true. Yes, I cant deny that there are times I seems like kena from my sick classmates, due to some irresponsible parents,some uncontrollable circumstances and some loopholes with the reguations. In actual fact, I already have a sensitive nose since birth before entering infant care ctr. But mayb coughing is kena from there...however who can confirm on that? Teachers said could be the bad weather coz almost all of my classmates are having fever 1-by-1. Some of them also have coughs. Can imagine some of my classmates can enter ctr with fever & anitvirus medicine? Oh my god!!! Teachers said those fever med are for standby. Principal said the temperature are taken and is not above 37 degree celcius. Furthermore, they wont know which medicine is ok and which are not. Ya, all these are the loopholes..Can let kid take fever med b4 entering ctr coz the fever will be subsided for few hrs. Then place fever med for standby, while going for work. If happen child got fever, then take half day leave to fetch child home. How abt the antivirus med??Oh Dad & Mom really cant accept got kid taking such med still can enter ctr. Who knows what virus is the kid suffering from? Dont tell me, doctor prescribed the med for fun? Think this really depends on the parents initiative liao. From here, we can see that there are parents simply "bo chap" other people. This made Mommy so worried....*sob*

Samsun Omnia - Mommy's fav

2008-07-09T19:24:00.000-07:00

Mommy is always a supporter of Samsung Mobile phones. Why is that so? Is because Mommy fancies those stylish designs Samsung introduced.
Recently, Samsung just launched a new model Samsung Omnia.
Oh, that phone is so stylish, able to full touch. Is a great phone to show off…hehe. Omnia means “all” in Latin. And this phone Omnia, really have ALL the features Mommy required. Just like me, means ALL to Mommy too. Currently Mommy likes to take pictures and videos of me. She wished to capture every moment of my development, like my first crawling, first step, first tooth, etc. Thus the 5 megapixel with face detection and smile shot is really what Mommy wants!!! The large LCD screen also adds up to the needs of able to see my photos much clearer. On the other hand, Mommy would not be troubled by limited storage space anymore as the Omnia has 8GB/16GB storage for multimedia files!
Looking after me while driving is also a headache for Mommy so with the GPS feature (with geotagging) will be a relief for her and we won’t missed out any more turns to small lanes again…haha!! If I can buy for her, I will definitely buy for her since she loves it so much. Probably can ask Daddy to help me buy for her as a belated Mothers’ day gift???
*oh no, Daddy sure “hate” me for giving this suggestion.*

2008-07-09T00:23:00.000-07:00

This is what I can do currently. Hope I am still on the right track.

2008-07-03T03:07:00.000-07:00

Mommy always say to me, this seat is my personal seat, nobody can sit on it. Of course I know lah, which auntie/uncle can sit onto a baby car seat??Thus this is always my private seat.
When sitting on this car seat during traveling, Mommy will sing songs for me...though at times I find her singing...sigh...
After listening to Mommy's singing, slowly I start to feel sleepy. Oh great for Mommy, she can have a rest liao. Daddy driving but Mommy never free when sitting with me at the back seat hor. She got to find ways to entertain me. Otherwise got to coax me to sleep by singing lullaby and patting my shoulders.

Stand UP!

2008-07-03T03:03:00.000-07:00

Why am I wearing a bib? Not becoz I am eating solid food, is becoz of I keep on drooling.
Haa, can you see I stand up? I love standing. Even drinking water, I also like to stand and drink.

2008-07-03T02:59:00.000-07:00

Having a great time with Daddy. Trying hard to put the bolster into my mouth but think is too big. Oh Mommy taking photo again. Now I know how to appreciate bolster, always have the bolster with me when sleeping.

2008-07-03T02:55:00.000-07:00

Daddy & Mommy trying to introduce toys to me. Teaching me how to play with my toys.
The toy I am holding is a gift from Aunt Eleanor, colleague of Mommy. There are more toys to come...hoho...

2008-07-03T02:50:00.000-07:00

Finally is only 3 of us...1st family photo taken together outside. But I still dont wish to smile...though Daddy & Mommy already said "cheese"...

Women like to take photos

2008-07-03T02:43:00.000-07:00

Dont understand why these women like to take photos so much...

Mommy's old old friends

2008-07-03T02:17:00.000-07:00

Taken during Aunt Yingyun's (Mum's good friend) ROM day. These 2 gals are Mommy's good friends (Aunt Evelyn & Aunt Hanwei), known for >10 yrs. Thus they sure cant escape from my cluthes, definitely must carry me for a while before leaving this place. They left the place with my saliva on their arms...haha...

BIG Smile!

2008-07-03T02:02:00.000-07:00

Mommy is so happy that she captured this photo of mine, coz I have a wonderful smile that melts her heart. Whenever I laugh/smile, she sure very happy...from the bottom of her heart.
Believed all mothers have the same feelings. My daddy is happy as long as I am happy & healthy. But Mommy more greedy...wants to get all the best for me...that is Mommy...

2008-07-03T01:53:00.000-07:00

Took photo early in the morning, around 7+am, preparing to go to Infant Care ctr.
Just woke up but Mommy keep on taking photo of me...so sian..no mood to poise for her.
But cant offend her otherwise she dont want to carry me later. Hence pretend to look elsewhere lor...haha...

2008-07-03T01:48:00.000-07:00

Daddy joined up the "The three little pig story" mats so I could lie on it. Learned to turn over to the left but yet to master the skill of turning back. Crawling is tedious...sigh..
Love to use my mouth to explore everything. As you see, I am trying to explore my hands by using mouth...

2008-07-03T01:42:00.000-07:00

See my tongue...haha..I love to play with my saliva,my tongue and my fingers...
Hmm..today seems to be a very nice weather, shall we go out??
Today didnt go to Infant care ctr becoz is family day so ctr not opened. Mommy have to take leave to stay at home with me.

2008-06-27T03:51:00.000-07:00

Do I look CUTEee? Mommy said I am trying to act cute liao...by playing with my little fingers.
9 more days to 4 mths old, Daddy always says, I am a big Baby now.
I start to learn to sit upright with support behind. But Mommy still need to hold me, otherwise I will fall down as I couldnt sit still for a moment. Mommy used the "act cute" photo to take part a baby contest. This contest is organised by Harvey Norman Photo Ctr.
See I got a big tummy hor...and looks chubby chubby...

2008-06-27T03:42:00.000-07:00

Photos taken at Vivo City, inside White Dog Cafe. Mommy went to GAP sales and bought me alot of clothings. She is crazy about the 40% discount!
See, I can hold my neck, right?! Hahaa...

2008-06-27T03:36:00.001-07:00

I am 3 mths old! See, I just had my head shaved. Done at the barber shop in Jurong West. How the barber completed the task? Haa, while I am sleeping lor. Is a challenging task. Thumbs Up for the Barber! I love to stand, even walk...of course still need support from Daddy Mommy. I dun like to lie down...so bored...

2008-06-27T03:22:00.000-07:00

These are Mommy's favourite photos. I am now 1 more day to 3 mths old! Now I can lift up my head when I am on my tummy. The views are so different when I lie on my tummy. The milk formula I am drinking now is Friso Gold 1 plus Friso Comfort as Friso comfort made me feel much comfortable and reduced my regurgitation.

2008-06-27T03:17:00.000-07:00

I can grab my hanky liao...but only for a while, I will throw away eventually. Mummy will took off my mittens during playtime and put back when sleeping time. So troublesome...that is my Mommy...sigh..

2008-06-26T23:26:00.002-07:00

Noticed my double eyelids? But actually they are hidden double eyelids so will only appear when I am tired. So you know what I mean? Still dunno know...I am saying I am tired NOW!! Better dun disturb me!

2008-06-26T23:26:00.001-07:00

They are my Daddy Mommy! I love them coz they love me very much...
Who do I look like, Daddy or Mommy?

2008-06-26T23:25:00.000-07:00

Finally found a chance to take a picture with Mommy.
So great! Now Mommy dont look so swollen (face) as compared to during confinement...

2008-06-26T23:23:00.002-07:00

I am turning 3 mths old soon. And Mummy's maternity leave going to end soon too. I will be leaving under the care of an infant care ctr during the daytime whereby Mummy Daddy are working. Dont know whether the teachers there can "tahan" me..keke...Not sure my loud wailing will influence my classmates??? Mummy afraid will receive complaint calls from teachers when she is at work. Hope I will behave myself...

2008-06-26T23:23:00.001-07:00

Daddy Mummy love me a lot. Bought for me such a cute pair of booties. Then bought for me Disney toy toy…but I am yet to appreciate that. The only sound that can calm me down is from the baby rattle, which is actually a gift from a friend of Mummy. Because is loud enough to cover my screams.

2008-06-26T23:22:00.000-07:00

I am an "angel" in front of people but a "devil" in front of Daddy Mummy. .haha..
Thus people, including family members & relatives misled by me...doubting the competency of Daddy Mummy, wondering how come Daddy Mummy plus grandma also cant handle me. Poor Daddy Mummy. But individual baby has different character so behaviour will be different lor. Cant expect all babies are the same..and I am the different one lor...keke. Only those parents has babies same as me will understand what Daddy Mummy are going through...

2008-06-26T23:19:00.002-07:00

After the vaccination when I was 2 months old, I got fever, 38.3 degree Celsius…Daddy Mummy were so scared. Luckily 2 – 3 days later, I am recovered after taking medicine.

2008-06-26T23:19:00.001-07:00

Mummy is very thoughtful, want the best for me. So after some “surveys & research”, Mummy let me use Pigeon baby wipes, Watson cotton pads, Pigeon cotton swabs(extra thin stem), Avent teats. Pigeon wipes is not so soapy as compared to others. The wool from Watson cotton pads wont drop off easily. Pigeon cotton swabs have extra thin stem type so is more suitable for my little pair of ears & nose. Avent teats can help to reduce colic so Mummy quickly purchased them to replace the old ones.

Daddy Mummy also signed up Stemcord to store my cord blood too. Thus if anyone need referral, feel free to look for Daddy Mummy, got discount hor...

2008-06-26T23:13:00.000-07:00

At 2+ months old, I sleep lesser in the day. Like to have some playtime. And keep on looking for things that interest me. I realised I love to look at lights. I can try to grab things but very lazy. I still cant hold my neck very well but much stronger than before. I am a morning lark, will wake up at 7+am. Will greet Mommy with a smile when I see her. During playtime, I will try to communicate with Mommy by making different kinds of sounds. And then smile to Mommy when she talks to me. I love attention a lot…playing alone can only be a short while. Haa, I am a greedy little fellow too…whenever Daddy Mummy are eating, I will stare at them. I want to eat too!

2008-06-26T23:12:00.002-07:00

I have sleeping issue too. Unable to sleep well at night, thinking is daytime. Thus Daddy & Mummy had a hard time taking care of me during the night. Towards 3 months old, I am much better. Only wake up twice for milk. But I still will make noise or lose temper during most of the nights. Thus made Daddy & Mummy very angry. I left Daddy with no choice but to buy a spring cradle for me. Due to my sleeping issue, Mummy dont allow visitors near to eveming time as she dont want me to get over stimulated. Dad & Mum trying to help me differentiate daytime from night time by many ways. For eg, the feed near to sleeping time has to be inside the room, with only night light on, and no television, no much talking etc.

2008-06-26T23:12:00.001-07:00

2008-06-26T23:11:00.001-07:00

After a few days when I back home, I realised I might be suffering from colic. Why I said so? It is because I will feel very frustrated and uncomfortable at the same time everyday. My colicky behaviour is struggling, crying non-stop, nothing can appease me. I cried & shouted until my voice became coarse. This made Daddy Mummy feeling very stressed out. Tried taking Ridwind medicine but no improvement. So we consult 2nd Pd, Dr Chuang. She gave me a better medicine. After taking that and applying a lot of “Ru Yi” medicated oil, finally my colic problem improved.

2008-06-26T23:08:00.000-07:00

I don’t like to drink water. No matter how hard Mummy Daddy force me to drink, I just wont drink. Mummy even used syringe, Daddy poured into my mouth directly from the bottle also cant help. I will just scream and cry…then spit out all the water.

2008-06-26T23:06:00.000-07:00

As for milk, I started off with Nestle Nan1 HA. After few weeks later, I suffered from regurgitation, spitted out milk quite a lot…like Merlion. Thus Daddy & Mummy consulted my Paediatrician, Dr Chuang (The Baby and Child Clinic at Bt Batok). Dr Chuang suggested I can try to drink 2 brands of milk formula, Friso Comfort and Enfalac A+ AR. I tried Friso comfort first. Resulted poop poop 3 to 4 times in a day and my stools are very watery, like diarrhoea, frightened my Mummy. Dr Chuang said some babies might result in diarrhoea. However, I like Friso comfort as my regurgitation problem really reduced a lot. Then no choice, we switched to Enfalac A+ AR. Very heaty as my stools got slight blood. In the end Daddy Mummy tried mixing Nestle Nan1 (non HA) with Enfalac A+ AR and Nestle Nan1 (non HA) with Friso comfort. Think I am not very suitable for Nestle Nan1 HA so changed to Nestle Nan1 instead. Such mixing method is really tiring & confusing for Daddy Mummy.

2008-06-26T23:05:00.000-07:00

At birth, I wore Pampers but resulted in nappy rash when back home. Tried Drypers (NB) too. Not long, Daddy heard from a friend that Petpet is cheaper. However, Petpet don’t have NB size. Daddy & Mummy find that Petpet S size is not much of a great difference from Drypers NB size anyway so they let me try Petpet S size. I am comfortable with this brand. Furthermore, can help Daddy & Mummy save up more money to buy toy toy for me..keke. To prevent nappy rash, Mummy diligently apply nappy rash cream for me for every diaper change. I get very impatient when changing dapers so Daddy Mummy are trained to be fast in changing diapers liao…keke. I love Daddy & Mummy!

2008-06-26T20:54:00.000-07:00

I stepped into Daddy & Mummy's life on 15 Feb 2008 morning, weighing 3.155 kg, with length of 50 cm. After 7 - 8 hrs of labour pain, Mummy managed to deliver me at Thomson Medical Hospital with the help of Dr Adrian Woodworth.No epidural, only breathing the gas (FOC) & painkiller injection on the thigh. Definitely not easy for Mummy...real painful but is still worth it. Upon seeing me, all the pain is gone.

The stay at TMC single bedded room is comfortable. And the meals are very tasty, exceeded Mummy's expectations. Especially the confinement soups are so nice...yum yum...

Except that the parking is still a well-known discomfort. There are a mixture of helpful & experienced and unfriendly & inexperienced staffs, depending who is on shift and whom will be attending to u...