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Choo Choo Train

Playful little CSB in action...........hear her chuckles....

posted by Ling @ 10:18 pm 2 comments

A Day of Firsts

The same day we fed her first cereal........an hr later, there was this huge thunderstorm with lightning & loud thunder. my lil JY slept through flinching just a little......then the nap extended to 3hrs, then longer with her crying & just doesn't seem to be able to wake up...Then my mum was carrying her & realised lil JY was heating up & still in a dazed mode. We took her temperature and its over 38degree, hurriedly we took her to the doctor. My Poor little cutie pie had her first fever.

Her listless face was so vulnerable and she lost her zest. Gave her some medication and she slept and slept for so long... The house was so quiet without her usual coos & noises, without her endless muaythai kicks...

Around 1am, her fever subsided & then are we able to heave a sigh of relief. The next morning, she's back to her non-stop kicking action to the joy of the family :)

posted by Ling @ 10:08 pm 0 comments

Niu Zai Na Li?

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Bumbo Fun II

Grandpa commented that Lil CSB's neck is stronger each time we put her in bumbo chair...she's less wobbly & seem to enjoy her new view at breakfast table It's breakfast time! Let's tuck in but.........

Everyone is so focus on Lil JY that they don't want to eat.........

posted by Ling @ 2:44 pm 0 comments

Food Glorious Food

When i was having my meals, family members would always carry JY to look for me "see what mummy is doing? she's eating breakfast/lunch/dinner.." Initally, she would just glance my way and got distracted by some moving things.....Then gradually, i realised she was looking at me intently and was following my movement of putting food into my mouth, i tested her by shifting my bowl of soup and her little curious eyes followed......



Then just last week, she started to smacked her lips when she once again spotted me munching...I was reluctant to start her on semi-solids, rather cautious about whether her internal system is ready... Then yesterday my dad told me that while my parents were eating wanton mee, JY is besides them smacking her lips away! Ready or not, we're gonna try....



So me & my mum decide to feed her Happybellies organic brown rice cereal, courtesy of Aunty Shireen.... we mixed it up & fed her first mouthful. She tasted it, rolled it around her tongue & mouth & smacked her lips! I fed her as she making eager noises for more...this little CSB enjoyed the cereal & I enjoyed this little milestone with her...a day before i start work

posted by Ling @ 2:16 pm 0 comments

DIY

Lil JY has very bad cradle cap....infantile crusty skin rash. Her scalp has hard, yellowish & scaly crusts, so serious that doctor gave shampoo to wash her hair. It improved slightly as it's not so red & the yellowish discharge was reduced significantly. Although most advised that olive oil & gently combing helped ease some of it off, it didn't really work on JY as most still stubbornly stick onto her hair & refuse to come off, we were gentle & rather afraid it would aggravate her situation, we left it as that........

The past few days, we noticed JY scratched her head a lot. To my alarm, i discovered that her mittens were speckled with dots of dried blood & her scalp were bleeding slightly!* Heart pain* This silly girl still was playing nonchalantly! Her crusty scalp were flaking & falling off (together with fine clumps of hair..*heart pain again*) with the vigorous scratching, by the third day, her cradle cap is almost gone!

It's as if she's sending a message that since mummy & granny is not helping to remove her cradle cap, she's gonna do it by herself i.e vigorous scrubbing of her scalp with her hands & mittens.

posted by Ling @ 9:54 pm 0 comments

New milestone & antics

You finally took to the bottle after putting up a fierce struggle for a week....Hunger took precedent and you succumb to the bottle...phew, i was so relieve to know at least you wouldn't starve when i'm away..just in time for work & a wedding dinner! hee...

Lil JY also produced a new scream, quite shrill & different from the usual staccato-type of complain noise "Ack Ack Ack.." Her laughter used to be those all action-no sound kind, now she's letting out more and more chuckles alongside with her wide smiles

I so love it when she gets so excited in the morning when i pick her up from the cot, a cheery greeting to start the day..at 630am. One thing that never fail to amuse us are her 'Lightning Kicks', kick till her pants & diapers are always hanging at her bum, threatening to come loose anytime.

posted by Ling @ 9:29 pm 0 comments

Size 10

Ok i reckon that's enough updates on my daughter..so how's the mother doing?? Well, the mother is still anguishing about her loss or rather GAIN of figure...It's so demoralising to see how huge my new clothes look like...bye bye petite clothes.

Actually i'm a mix bag of anticipation, nerves & sadness to resume work. Nervous cos i would have to work extra hard to catch up on work, with the many changes since Jan and tho the occasional updates through colleagues & news on TV & papers helps... Sad cos i'm leaving my baby at home with my mum....and felt i'm losing a part of her that i'll never get it back. She now responds to my voice & face with her smile so wide each time she sees me, i don't want to lose that connection with her. I want to be there when she made a new sound, explore new worlds, have her first roll/flip/crawl/step/fall.

Well, i constantly tell myself that lifestyle changes with generations...no longer are we able to be like my mum's generation, a full-time housewife who devotes her entire life to family and now, taking care of her granddaughter.

Lil JY, wait for me to come back before you launch into your new milestones ok?

posted by Ling @ 9:06 pm 0 comments

Jekyll & Hyde

JY is at her best behaviour in front of other people! At my grandparents' house & when friends visit me. She gave an innocent & tranquil look,stretching her limbs in the most docile manner, eliciting comments like "eh, she very 'kuai' hor..." she didn't even struggle while changing diapers!




In front of family, we can expect non-stop actions & movements & sounds...well, it doesn't help that both me & WJ are the active babies in our families, so JY possess "the best" of both genes....i can't imagine when she start crawling. She's starting to discover cause & effect....

posted by Ling @ 7:28 pm 0 comments

Routine

Since the day we sacked our maid (she steals, tells lies,is lazy & is SUPER dirty), me & my mum took turns to care for JY & do housework. She does the cooking (lunch & dinner, cos if it's me ..lunch will be dinner), i do JY's stuff i.e bottles, clothes, we take turns to do the daily chores i.e dry/fold clothes,wash dishes, etc....

I wake up when JY wakes up (630- 830am) (yea yea, i know i shld be the earlier one but i only wakes up earlier when i'm back at WJ's plc cos i know i can depend on my mum at home :p), mum usually wakes up ard 7am.

Morning
I'll normally prepare her bath stuff, wash-up & express milk. Mum settle all other's breakfst.
Mum bath & feed her, i eat breakfst & read newspapers. I wash up.
I wash & line-dry her clothes. mum coax JY to sleep for max 1hr.
Play with her. Mum prepare lunch.

Afternoon
Eat lunch. Feed her. Again, mum coax JY to sleep for 1-2hrs
Wash up. while i tinker ard & settle her stuff or catch up with my stuff to clear/throw/settle bills/whatnots....
JY wakes up, play again...bring in/fold clothes
tea-time & mum prepare dinner. Feed her

Evening/ Night
i will normally bath JY ard 6-630pm & coax her to sleep (she will fall asleep anytime between 7 -830pm)
Have dinner. Family helps to wash-up.
PEACE TIME till she wakes up for feed or cry..........

posted by Ling @ 6:33 pm 0 comments

180degree turn

One night, JY manage to do a 180 twist and scooted down halfway down the cot... This week, she manage to do the 180 twist on the spot through the night and landed feet at the top of the cot(original position :head) ..*scratch head* don't know how she did it......

and her bed is always a mess as she would kick & thrash the stuff around her...

posted by Ling @ 1:22 pm 1 comments

A Bottle A Day keeps.......

JY away.... Still struggling and refusing milk from the bottle...she'll screamed & shout whenever the bottle looms into JY's sight......

Once I was out...she broke the record of going 6hrs without any milk, she simply hibernated by sleeping & conserving her energy by stoning, not her usual active energetic self. She waited and waited till " The Breasts aka Mummy" comes home.....I wasted a good 4-5 bottles of milk with her hibernation tactics when I had to be out........

Recently, I adopted a more aggressive stand for her to take the bottles, as i have to go back work next week. I changed bottles, teats, style of feeding (under armpit to trick her) with no success....and I counter-attacked her hibernation tactic by refusing to feed her even after that. She will bawl loudly if she's fed the bottle, but all smiles when it's taken away. For the past 4 mornings, she's bottle- fed by Grandma's loving hands, she gradually sucked at the bottle not without struggle & she still slept (roughly 4 hrs without milk).

Strangely, her milk intake is only a measly 90ml!! Next week, 2 bottle feeds.....

posted by Ling @ 12:38 pm 0 comments

Bumbo Fun

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Antics of my 'Cha Shao Bao'

My Cha Shao Bao (CSB) is fond of doing sit ups, esp when she's in a reclining position she'll do countless attempts before bursting into tears as she is either restrained in the car or seat...

posted by Ling @ 5:35 pm 0 comments

10 more days...

...before i resume work again, i'm so grouchy these days when i think of going back to work and everything is not smooth


My external Hard Disk Drive crashed on me, some of my cute lil 'cha1 shao1 bao1' photos are missing and some i really love a lot *sad*, i almost cried...........

My 'cha shao bao' still don't take the bottle despite me changing the bottle teats

I cant fit into my workclothes, resulting in me spending a bomb to replenish my wardrobe, right down to shoes


My 'cha shao bao' still wake up 2-4 times a night to feed/ cry

posted by Ling @ 5:26 pm 0 comments

So much to do, so little time

posted by Ling @ 1:32 pm 0 comments

Short 3 days

When WJ's family took a trip to HK, WJ & me took the chance to be home alone with JY. It was such a joy for him to stay with us to spend precious family time albeit for some short days..Although we were tired out at the end of each day, busy with JY & bringing her out shopping, i guess it's a period of time we will cherish for a long long time.

I have long gotten used to his long period of absence, days of being apart and these precious days being a whole family again meant a lot for me. Our lives are no longer thinking individual thoughts and making individual decisions, JY is the common ground and glue to our lives and we are loving it every moment!

I so missed his presence...

posted by Ling @ 10:21 pm 0 comments

Plus Size

Well, being pregnant brought about physical changes and we can attribute to the lil one inside the tummy that causes these changes..but once the lil one is out, that's no one we can push the blame to!

Because i am breastfeeding, family will encourage me to eat more and so i did. As i was slightly depressed the first 6 weeks or so, i ate my fav cakes and chocolate daily. 3 months on, i am still at it! No doubt my weight fluctuate around 52kg, i still have that damn 2kg to lose.

I can't squeeze into my skirts, pants, tops,shoes even! my feet is 1 size larger. I have to change my wardrobe completely from shoes/workwear/casualwear to panties/bras, it's gonna cost me a bomb.

Once i wish i had well-endowed assets, now i hope i could fit in those dainty cute bras again. As I am still adamant on providing milk for JY and bra size could go up a size or so...I went to the lingerie department to get something for working nursing mothers..(what do they wear to work? nursing bras?)

Me: "Hi, I wish to get something for nursing mothers for work..I used to be a 75A, anything suitable?"
Aunty: "Ok, i measure you first..(measure under bustline)..75....(measure bust)...you are C or D
Me: "HAR?! C or D? Are you sure?
Aunty: " You try the bras"

(After trying)......the verdict: I AM A D-CUP!!! Or at least a C+++, so the Aunty say...

p.s I still cannot believe it...........

p.s.s No wonder i felt so uncomfortable when i squeezed into my 75A wacoal that day.......

posted by Ling @ 10:08 pm 1 comments

Bottle or Breast

On the shopping trip to Taka - Lil JY rejected her first bottle of milk and she seem quite happy skipping her feed for 5 hrs. No choice, i had to nurse her cos WJ tot she was starving......

Good Friday - In preparation for me going back to work, WJ & me went to get shopping done. She refused her bottle of milk again and happily played and beam smiles at everyone, screaming when she sees the bottle. Worried that she mite be hungry, grandma & Aunty Lei try feeding again, but JY just refused to drink and got upset.

Today - my mum fed her, she only drank 60ml....but it's a step forward....

Oh dear, why is she rejecting her bottles now when she was fine the all the previous occasions. I have 3 more weeks to go before i return to work.... :/

posted by Ling @ 9:45 pm 1 comments

New Antics

Well, everyday lil JY has new tricks up her sleeves...

These few days, she
- stuck out her tongue and fall asleep.
- thrust out her tongue the entire day, making us wonder is she greedy for milk the entire time? and her tongue can be very long!
- make a half cough, half hacking sound when she wants our attention
- lift both legs up 90degree up high very often now, to kick off her blanket, play and when she's bored...
- pushing herself off our body
(manage to catch her smile in her sleep)
- attempt to lift herself off her back

posted by Ling @ 9:40 pm 0 comments

First Wedding

On 28 Mar, Aunty TM got married & I brought little JY along! It was a matter of logistics as I planned what JY & me should be wearing. Should I nurse her?(cos it determines whether i should wear my nursing top/bra or i can finally wear my function dress & normal bra) Bring bottle of milk, should i warm it up first or bring it cold & warm it up there? Pram or Babybjorn carrier? Drive or taxi? Heels or no heels?

In her outfit of white dress with lil glam socks...

Lil JY with a headband but she din like it so we remove it only after 5mins

posted by Ling @ 9:30 pm 0 comments

Trips to Shopping Centres!

4 Apr to Raffles City - On a rainy saturday, we decided to do a quick round of shopping for JY's toys and stock up some snacks. Lil JY is such a grouch in the car, refusing to be buckled into the seat & manage to let us after grumbling a bit & with me, jingling a toy in front of her.....

We finally make use of the pram! & lil JY got comfy inside after fussing a bit. Happy to keep JY occupied with the Lamaze Firefly, WJ hooked it to the pram so we can shop in peace while she entertained herself with the dangling toy. We happily shopped...Just when i thought she was comfy & my arms full of with bags, she started to frown and grumble, head turning impatiently from side to side. I panicked cos WJ went off at a book section inaccessible by pram and i have no hands to pick her up from the pram without dropping the bags. I took off the Firefly & open up the hood and suddenly she saw me & the new environment, she smiled & grinned happily, kicking & waving her limbs around...phew...with that, she amused herself for the next 40mins while we finished up our spot of shopping and headed home.

Lil JY was so tired at the end of the day that she din care to grumble as usual, dropping off to dreamland so easily, we were caught off-guard. I vow that in future, i will tire her out more often and exert her energy so have an easier bed-time!

8 Apr, Takashimaya - We made another trip and we shopped for close to 5hrs! not sure how come i shop more when i hv a baby in tow than when i'm more mobile, weird....We bought books, more toys & clothes (on sale) for JY...and i went Sephora to get my bareMinerals, cant wait to try them! And discovered Taka has VERY decent nursery room, spacious & clean...i'm impressed. And with a baby in tow, people also got more chatty with us and i found myself cheerfully talking back to them.

posted by Ling @ 9:30 pm 0 comments

Holiday in HK, not us.....

WJ's folks are taking a holiday to HK, so we made a trip with lil JY to send them off. She's curious as usual but slept a chunk of the time, as WJ has her snuggled close to him in the BabyBjorn and when she's not, we turn her around & let her see the world....
Airport has a Nursery Room and its so clean and nice! yes, JY always take a dump outside without fail....
ok, so we not exactly passengers....:P

posted by Ling @ 8:42 pm 0 comments

Development & Habits

Jingyi has improved a lot since and her bouts of crying frenzy has reduced significantly & occured only once every 2 or 3 weeks instead of daily.

Feeds are slowly extending to 3.5hrs or more and takes less than 20mins to complete, she's gets all excited and eager when i'm going to nurse her, and wave her limbs happily and open her mouth wide. However, she has been eyeing me whenever i eat my meals..is this signs to start on solids?

Her sleep has much to be improved upon, she will still grumble, complain & shout to be carried before drifting off to dreamland. She still wake up every hour at night either to cry or be carried/pat to sleep and of cos feed....I'm still tired & hope that this bedroom antics end soon & allow me to get some sleep at night. And now, she often shares bed with me so i can save the hassle to get out of bed & attend to her. And surprisingly, she sleeps better with me.

Her legs are getting stronger & pushes us to get off our seat & start walking so she can see the colourful world she lives in..often her eyes will stray to the moving pictures on TV or light sources, gazing at them curiously. She is able to lift off her head off pillow when elevated & often dislike being on her back too long & clench her fists & wants to get off her back.

She is making every possible sounds & absolutely loves to hear us talk & play with her. She loves to see the moving mobile with the silly green elephant with red spots & yellow tail. She also like the playgym amusing herself with the toys & sounds. She dislike being alone for too long and summon us when she's bored.

posted by Ling @ 2:22 pm 0 comments

Fashionista Baby II

More on clothes!! I figured out JY should be filling up nicely in the rompers/ dresses i ought so i started to dress her more, to my dismay, they seem tighter than it should be, signalling that i have to look for bigger clothes already........

Cannot resist this pink romper with frilly sleeves


Petit Bateau - sleeveless chick series


Aunty Jenny bought this uber-cute Gap polo flowery top

Grandma bought this holey top which i was searching high & low for

Yellow Giraffe top & with the cannot-see-eyes grin

posted by Ling @ 1:34 pm 3 comments

Toothless Smiles Still Rule the Day!

well this little girl is still bestowing smiles to any family members she met...and once during her afternoon nap, she let out a loud chuckle to my surprise!

posted by Ling @ 12:06 pm 0 comments