Tuesday, April 12, 2011
17 weeks
Oooh .... i have feel little guy giving me tweeny weeny punches in my tummy. Sometimes, i'll suddenly shift, or have a hiccup, and the boy will give me a mighty kick to shock me! :) It's fun at this stage to be pregnant ... i am so in love with this little new guy. Cheeky one i must say Andre's taking well to his little brother... whenever i ask where is di di? He will lift up my T-shirt and give my belly the loudest smooch. Isn't that so sweet as well?
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Andre at 17 months
This boy never fails to amaze me and make me proud.
Last sunday, we went to school (BJG)... and he behaved most angelicly. There was another 15 monther that was roaming around the room restlessly, and his mom was like going "RAPHAEL!COME BACK! 1!! 2!!! 3!!! *fingers pointing up one by one* " and the little boy just went back to his mom for less than 3 seconds before he starts roaming again. My Andre? hehe, i just have to quietly say "Come Andre, sit with mummy".. and he guai gaui came and sit at my lap. LOL.. i think i must be the coolest mum around (haha, though i know this is one of the days he is being exceptionally quiet and guai). During class, he will walk to participate beside the teacher, yet he will not disturb the other students. When teacher gives him something, he will take and give to me immediately. When teacher asks to return, he will put the stuff back into the box.
But seriously, and keeping my fingers firmly crossed, Andre hadn't been much of a tyrant. He's a boy of little words, very cheerful, and somewhat cheeky at times. When he plays, he is seriously concentrating and just simply needs you by his side to watch him. He loves his mega blocks, making mega structures now. He love his golf clubs, which he imitates his swings after daddy. He likes popping things out of the window ... we lost a du du and a baby pillow. He is desperately tryng to shove his golf club down the window which we believe he will succeed one day.
He likes dancing and have a fanstastic beat to it. When we return home, he will promptly remove his shoes, and we'll say, keep your shoes, and he'll do just that. We clap enthusiastically, and Andre will be very pleased and proud of himself. Every evening, before bedtime, we'll go, keep your toys... and Andre will put his clubs back to the container, and all the other toys back to their repsective boxes. Then he'll want either daddy or mummy to give him milk, after which, a short bye bye, kiss kiss, friend kiss, and he'll promptly walk into the bedroom with Aunty Yuli.
Well, so this kind of rounds up our adorable little angel at 17 months. His vocab has improved, repeating whatever we says... Little horns are starting to surface (the other day, when he throw the iphone out of frustration, and daddy scolded him "So BAD!"... he was going like "bad... bad .... bad... bad". And nowadays when Victoria hits him, or when people takes his school bag, he'll go "NO!!" shows that he is typically cool, but not easily bullied either. Speechwise, not very vocal but displays good grasp of syllabus. Motor skills wise, i think he is much better than most kids, and most recently has learnt to walk up and down stairs without any help.
And the most endearing "Where is mei mei?" He will point to my tummy and indicate there .. (haha, at this point of time, we still do not know whether baby #2 is a girl or boy).. Maybe Andre is a better physic?
Last sunday, we went to school (BJG)... and he behaved most angelicly. There was another 15 monther that was roaming around the room restlessly, and his mom was like going "RAPHAEL!COME BACK! 1!! 2!!! 3!!! *fingers pointing up one by one* " and the little boy just went back to his mom for less than 3 seconds before he starts roaming again. My Andre? hehe, i just have to quietly say "Come Andre, sit with mummy".. and he guai gaui came and sit at my lap. LOL.. i think i must be the coolest mum around (haha, though i know this is one of the days he is being exceptionally quiet and guai). During class, he will walk to participate beside the teacher, yet he will not disturb the other students. When teacher gives him something, he will take and give to me immediately. When teacher asks to return, he will put the stuff back into the box.
But seriously, and keeping my fingers firmly crossed, Andre hadn't been much of a tyrant. He's a boy of little words, very cheerful, and somewhat cheeky at times. When he plays, he is seriously concentrating and just simply needs you by his side to watch him. He loves his mega blocks, making mega structures now. He love his golf clubs, which he imitates his swings after daddy. He likes popping things out of the window ... we lost a du du and a baby pillow. He is desperately tryng to shove his golf club down the window which we believe he will succeed one day.
He likes dancing and have a fanstastic beat to it. When we return home, he will promptly remove his shoes, and we'll say, keep your shoes, and he'll do just that. We clap enthusiastically, and Andre will be very pleased and proud of himself. Every evening, before bedtime, we'll go, keep your toys... and Andre will put his clubs back to the container, and all the other toys back to their repsective boxes. Then he'll want either daddy or mummy to give him milk, after which, a short bye bye, kiss kiss, friend kiss, and he'll promptly walk into the bedroom with Aunty Yuli.
Well, so this kind of rounds up our adorable little angel at 17 months. His vocab has improved, repeating whatever we says... Little horns are starting to surface (the other day, when he throw the iphone out of frustration, and daddy scolded him "So BAD!"... he was going like "bad... bad .... bad... bad". And nowadays when Victoria hits him, or when people takes his school bag, he'll go "NO!!" shows that he is typically cool, but not easily bullied either. Speechwise, not very vocal but displays good grasp of syllabus. Motor skills wise, i think he is much better than most kids, and most recently has learnt to walk up and down stairs without any help.
And the most endearing "Where is mei mei?" He will point to my tummy and indicate there .. (haha, at this point of time, we still do not know whether baby #2 is a girl or boy).. Maybe Andre is a better physic?
Monday, February 21, 2011
9 Weeks
ok, conclude that my er bao is more of a terror than his/her kor kor. I never threw up so much and its making me so sick. i was good basically for the whole of last week. I thought MS is weaning off by itself.. but who knows ... the nightmare started on friday evening. and Sat and Sun too. Very Bad.
Friday night i was craving for nasi lemak real bad. Kevin went to Adam road hawker centre but it was sold out already. :( The whole night i did not sleep well cos i was feeling so hungry. Came sat morning, went to sixth ave... No nasi left! in the end, i just took plain rice with the chilli. Tad shiok! So sat evening, made Kevin go buy nasi lemak again. He walked all the way to beauty world to buy for me .. so sweet right. I was happy for a while.
Came sunday morning .. i went west coast market to dabao ikan nasi lemak. Alamak! Then the throwing up started non-stop. Now the thought of nasi lemak turns me off so much.
Last night, we had teochew porridge. It was nice and appetising .. i hope i won't get sick of it. Nowadays it is so bothersome to think of what kind of foods i can stomach. And most that i think i should be able to accept is the forbidden fruits eg. Rich chocolate cakes, pineapples, liang teh.. and CURRY ...
And so this is my battle with food. Keeping my fingers crossed that baby does not bully me further.
On a side note: found somthing fun ... If Erbao is borned on Sept 15 (my birthday), it will conincide with his kor kor's lunar birthday .. cool yah
Friday night i was craving for nasi lemak real bad. Kevin went to Adam road hawker centre but it was sold out already. :( The whole night i did not sleep well cos i was feeling so hungry. Came sat morning, went to sixth ave... No nasi left! in the end, i just took plain rice with the chilli. Tad shiok! So sat evening, made Kevin go buy nasi lemak again. He walked all the way to beauty world to buy for me .. so sweet right. I was happy for a while.
Came sunday morning .. i went west coast market to dabao ikan nasi lemak. Alamak! Then the throwing up started non-stop. Now the thought of nasi lemak turns me off so much.
Last night, we had teochew porridge. It was nice and appetising .. i hope i won't get sick of it. Nowadays it is so bothersome to think of what kind of foods i can stomach. And most that i think i should be able to accept is the forbidden fruits eg. Rich chocolate cakes, pineapples, liang teh.. and CURRY ...
And so this is my battle with food. Keeping my fingers crossed that baby does not bully me further.
On a side note: found somthing fun ... If Erbao is borned on Sept 15 (my birthday), it will conincide with his kor kor's lunar birthday .. cool yah
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Iphone Addict
Ok ... I hate to admit, but my son is an Iphone addict. Every evening when we journey home ... Andre will lean forward from the back seat and give me that expectant look. And he will go "ngeow ngeow ... whine whine whine" until I buay tahan and I'll take out my Iphone. Upon hearing the magic words, he will scramble as fast as he could onto Aunty Yuli's lap and reached out his hands... then he'll be quiet for the rest of the journey.
Recently, i paid for my most expensive aps. US$4.99 for 80 over children songs. Very cool ...
"Head and shoulders, knees and toes"... Andre will point to his head, shoulders
"Twinkle twinkle little stars" ....Andre will open and clench his fists
So Cute ...
Recently, i paid for my most expensive aps. US$4.99 for 80 over children songs. Very cool ...
"Head and shoulders, knees and toes"... Andre will point to his head, shoulders
"Twinkle twinkle little stars" ....Andre will open and clench his fists
So Cute ...
Monday, February 7, 2011
8 Weeks: Little Bean
After a long long wait ... finally the day has come. We trooped down to KKH at 7.25 pm for our 1st appointment for baby 2. No more Dr Chee this time, but Dr Goh. Kevin asked me how come i chose Dr Goh this time, well, erm, actually was because i saw her once during Andre's time and she asked me if i wanted any MC... kekeke ... of course Kevin's expressions was like =_=
Typical KKH style .. chop chop ask the questions ... then its scanning time. For a while, couldn't see anything.. Oh dear. Well, then i recalled i just emptied out the pee not too long ago. So Dr Goh was like thumping on the belly. And then, i saw little bean! Not very clear, but in flickering moments, saw beanie lying very comfortable in my womb. And in flickering moments, saw beanie's heart thumping away .... pom pom pom pom . Baby measured at 7 weeks 6 days. EDD at 20 Sept 10, one day later from the predicted EDD.
Dr Goh assured that baby is in a good location and things look well... Thank God. Then she gave pills for the morning sickness, and gave the go ahead for next week's Korea travel, light exercise, no diabetic diet required yet ... woo hoo!
Next appointmment will be on the 28th. 3 weeks from now, and right after the Korea trip. Something that i need!
So with my two blurry pictures, and a happy heart, we ended our first visit. Andre was outside having fun climbing the sofas. He was shouting "Ma ma" ever so sweetly that i'm pretty sure all the mummies out there are envious of me. hehe ... I was feeling very proud la
This is the service with KKH. I remembered with Judy Wong, we did a vaginal scan. The pictures were clear, with the 42 inch TV placed right in front of me. She checked for a good 10 whole minutes before saying OK. For KKH, its the chop chop (you're just another pregnant woman) karli pok service.
The pricing is still about the same. But i still choose KKH. Because i think they have a very good diabetic care program for pregnancy. This is something that private gynaes do not offer, nutrition and dietary control and counselling. Dr Goh said she will do the OGTT test for me perhaps for the 2nd or 3rd visit. But well, for the 1st time round, i am glad i passed the pee test.
Typical KKH style .. chop chop ask the questions ... then its scanning time. For a while, couldn't see anything.. Oh dear. Well, then i recalled i just emptied out the pee not too long ago. So Dr Goh was like thumping on the belly. And then, i saw little bean! Not very clear, but in flickering moments, saw beanie lying very comfortable in my womb. And in flickering moments, saw beanie's heart thumping away .... pom pom pom pom . Baby measured at 7 weeks 6 days. EDD at 20 Sept 10, one day later from the predicted EDD.
Dr Goh assured that baby is in a good location and things look well... Thank God. Then she gave pills for the morning sickness, and gave the go ahead for next week's Korea travel, light exercise, no diabetic diet required yet ... woo hoo!
Next appointmment will be on the 28th. 3 weeks from now, and right after the Korea trip. Something that i need!
So with my two blurry pictures, and a happy heart, we ended our first visit. Andre was outside having fun climbing the sofas. He was shouting "Ma ma" ever so sweetly that i'm pretty sure all the mummies out there are envious of me. hehe ... I was feeling very proud la
This is the service with KKH. I remembered with Judy Wong, we did a vaginal scan. The pictures were clear, with the 42 inch TV placed right in front of me. She checked for a good 10 whole minutes before saying OK. For KKH, its the chop chop (you're just another pregnant woman) karli pok service.
The pricing is still about the same. But i still choose KKH. Because i think they have a very good diabetic care program for pregnancy. This is something that private gynaes do not offer, nutrition and dietary control and counselling. Dr Goh said she will do the OGTT test for me perhaps for the 2nd or 3rd visit. But well, for the 1st time round, i am glad i passed the pee test.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Little amazing boy
It was a usual weekday night. I am dead beat and was spacing out on the sofa. Little bub was playing his mega blocks and i wasn't caring too much about him. Suddenly, i realized that he was unusually quiet and i turned to look at him.
Little boy was stacking his singular mega bloks into a tall, tall tower ... and putting the donut ring into the tower. I thought that was quite amazing ... the association that he made. To create something long so that he could hoop his donuts in. And when he was done, he went on making the tower, trying to balance on the table. When he ran out of the singular blocks in his hands, he went back to the bucket. He took a rather long time, and i peered closer. And then i realized, though he had one in one hand .. he was trying to look for another one. WHOA! my 15 month old knows how to multi-task and be efficient! I thought that normally kids would pick one, stack one, and then go look for the 2nd one...
So there was Andre, patiently stacking his tower. When it grew taller than him and he couldn't reach, he pulled out the tower mid length, stack the top tile and fix the bottom back to the original tower. Really give thanks to God for my boy's wisdom. Of course, it wasn't all successful at one go. sometimes the tiles will fall, sometimes they will break mid-way. But Andre was full of concentration, determination and focus on his objective. Trying over and over again. I am glad he didn't give up and throw away his toys in frustation. Good job son! (I have this inkling feeling that one day he might turn out to be an engineer like his mom. Oh dear, hope you don't fall into the same shit hole as me. Engineers work long hours with low pay in Singapore)
Later in the night, we were having some rough play on the bed, and dad flipped Andre 360 degrees a few times. Dad and i were talking about some stuff, and before we realised it, Andre was doing somersaults himself. We were speechless and our jaws dropped opened. Are 15 month olds supposed to somersault by themselves. He repeated a 2nd time for us and was chuckling in thrill all the way ... Well, he didn't manage to do the 3rd time ... but Kevin insisted that he has already learnt the skill.
And so dad and I went back to chat, and Andre was roaming the bedroom ... doing his usual stuff eg. on-ing and off-ing the TV repeatedly, pulling the socks from the drawer (we are so used to it that we turn a blind eye to it). Suddenly, he walked to my bedside table, took the camera casing, and walk to the TV console (where the camera is) and tried to put the camera back to the casing. OMG! Since when did he make this association?
What an amazing night. 3 surprises in the night. This is a very fun age to be with Andre. He never fails to surprise and amaze us with his antics. I can't wait till he learns how to talk.
Little boy was stacking his singular mega bloks into a tall, tall tower ... and putting the donut ring into the tower. I thought that was quite amazing ... the association that he made. To create something long so that he could hoop his donuts in. And when he was done, he went on making the tower, trying to balance on the table. When he ran out of the singular blocks in his hands, he went back to the bucket. He took a rather long time, and i peered closer. And then i realized, though he had one in one hand .. he was trying to look for another one. WHOA! my 15 month old knows how to multi-task and be efficient! I thought that normally kids would pick one, stack one, and then go look for the 2nd one...
So there was Andre, patiently stacking his tower. When it grew taller than him and he couldn't reach, he pulled out the tower mid length, stack the top tile and fix the bottom back to the original tower. Really give thanks to God for my boy's wisdom. Of course, it wasn't all successful at one go. sometimes the tiles will fall, sometimes they will break mid-way. But Andre was full of concentration, determination and focus on his objective. Trying over and over again. I am glad he didn't give up and throw away his toys in frustation. Good job son! (I have this inkling feeling that one day he might turn out to be an engineer like his mom. Oh dear, hope you don't fall into the same shit hole as me. Engineers work long hours with low pay in Singapore)
Later in the night, we were having some rough play on the bed, and dad flipped Andre 360 degrees a few times. Dad and i were talking about some stuff, and before we realised it, Andre was doing somersaults himself. We were speechless and our jaws dropped opened. Are 15 month olds supposed to somersault by themselves. He repeated a 2nd time for us and was chuckling in thrill all the way ... Well, he didn't manage to do the 3rd time ... but Kevin insisted that he has already learnt the skill.
And so dad and I went back to chat, and Andre was roaming the bedroom ... doing his usual stuff eg. on-ing and off-ing the TV repeatedly, pulling the socks from the drawer (we are so used to it that we turn a blind eye to it). Suddenly, he walked to my bedside table, took the camera casing, and walk to the TV console (where the camera is) and tried to put the camera back to the casing. OMG! Since when did he make this association?
What an amazing night. 3 surprises in the night. This is a very fun age to be with Andre. He never fails to surprise and amaze us with his antics. I can't wait till he learns how to talk.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Feels like shit
I just want to say i feel like shit this morning.
The mistake was to take that plate of greasy beehoon with luncheon meat (which 2 hours later i can still feel the greasy stain on my lips). But i have no other choice in our canteen. There was mee rebus, curry puffs, fried spring rolls.... get the point?
And so i am here wondering how pregnant am I... Next thing, i'm in the bathroom throwing up non-stop. Yeah right .. I am pregnant. It must be ... if not, why am i feeling like shit ...
And so, this is my complaint for today. The queasy feelings brings back warm memories of the time i had with Andre. But on a bright note .. they say, the more symptoms you feel ... the healthier the pregnancy is ...
Meanwhile, besides the CCR meeting which i am so not looking forward in the next 10 mins, i really feel like going home, lie on the bed and think of nothing ... actually that is what my brain is of now ... BLANK
The mistake was to take that plate of greasy beehoon with luncheon meat (which 2 hours later i can still feel the greasy stain on my lips). But i have no other choice in our canteen. There was mee rebus, curry puffs, fried spring rolls.... get the point?
And so i am here wondering how pregnant am I... Next thing, i'm in the bathroom throwing up non-stop. Yeah right .. I am pregnant. It must be ... if not, why am i feeling like shit ...
And so, this is my complaint for today. The queasy feelings brings back warm memories of the time i had with Andre. But on a bright note .. they say, the more symptoms you feel ... the healthier the pregnancy is ...
Meanwhile, besides the CCR meeting which i am so not looking forward in the next 10 mins, i really feel like going home, lie on the bed and think of nothing ... actually that is what my brain is of now ... BLANK
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Our latest member to the Zhang family
From today onwards, the dynamics of this blog is going to change. Cause it now does not revolve around one little guy, but another precious that God has sent our way.
It is the morning of 16th January... all bleary-eyed and half awake... I dipped the pee-stick and watched the watermark flow to the test line/control line zone. *Blink blink* ... hey, the red line came up on the test line (and on the control line!)
Holding my breath *hmmm.... sometimes, they will appear and disappear after a while.. let's wait and see*
But the line remained. Bright red and stark. (Unlike kor kor's one whom daddy and mummy had to squint in the light* And there it is, caught us with a little surprise (Yes, we are planning to have a kid, but we didn't expect so fast), a lovely miracle sent to our house by God on a Sunday morning.
From my LMP which is 13 Dec 10, our baby should arrive by 19 Sept 11. I hope we have the same birthday.
It is the morning of 16th January... all bleary-eyed and half awake... I dipped the pee-stick and watched the watermark flow to the test line/control line zone. *Blink blink* ... hey, the red line came up on the test line (and on the control line!)
Holding my breath *hmmm.... sometimes, they will appear and disappear after a while.. let's wait and see*
But the line remained. Bright red and stark. (Unlike kor kor's one whom daddy and mummy had to squint in the light* And there it is, caught us with a little surprise (Yes, we are planning to have a kid, but we didn't expect so fast), a lovely miracle sent to our house by God on a Sunday morning.
From my LMP which is 13 Dec 10, our baby should arrive by 19 Sept 11. I hope we have the same birthday.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
15 Months
Little bub is 15 months now. What a twinkle of an eye.
This is our daily routine:
6 am: Mummy wakes up
6:30 am: Daddy sends Mummy to Clementi MRT
8:00 am: Andre takes first milk and daddy sends Andre and Aunty Yuli to po po's place
9:00 am: Breakfast time. It can be Frisocream or bottled food ( i stored so much of these that i need to finish them before they expire)
10:15 am: Andre takes 2nd milk and nap
12:00 am: Lunch time.
12.30-2.30 pm: Play time
2.30-4.30 pm: Andre takes 3rd bottle of milk and nap
4.30-5.30 pm: Play time
5.30 pm: Dinner time
6 pm: Mummy arrives home
6 pm- 7 pm: Mummy either goes for a jog, or brings Andre to the playground
7 pm: Daddy arrives at po po's house for dinner
8 pm: we go home
8-9.30 pm: play time with daddy and mummy
9.30 pm: Last and 4th milk feed of the day. Plays the "Gong" game with mummy and mummy puts Andre to bed.
Well, the routine is like this with rough variations.
At 15 months:
1. Andre can walk up the stairs with the help of the wall. By the health booklet, he should have been able to do that by 21.5 months.
2. Says 2-syllabus words : the first one i heard was bub-ble
3. we have a chart of boy and girl's pictures ... he pointed to all the boys and said "kor kor"
4. Loves cars and recognises them. Often, he will take his toy cars and says "ca ca"... or this small board book where he'll flip to the last page and points to the car pictures "ca ca"
5 . Indicates "No more" by flipping his empty palm upwards. Happens most frequently when the music/song suddenly stopped or when he finished some activity
6. And rushes to the window when he hears the train coming. Loves watching the train and waving to the passengers. Again, when the train passed, he will show "No more" hand signal.
He's really a good kid. When we went to class last sunday, Andre was playful and curious, but he was not disruptive. When the teacher took out a new toy or cards, he will walk up confidently to peer curiously what is being given out. However, he will not reach out to grab rudely, he just wants to see what is happening. And when the teacher asks him to take, he will look at us first, and if we says ok, he will take the item and bring it back to us. Not bad huh! Kevin and I are so proud of him, he definitely understands what is happening around and I'm amazed how mature a 15 month year old can be.
This is our daily routine:
6 am: Mummy wakes up
6:30 am: Daddy sends Mummy to Clementi MRT
8:00 am: Andre takes first milk and daddy sends Andre and Aunty Yuli to po po's place
9:00 am: Breakfast time. It can be Frisocream or bottled food ( i stored so much of these that i need to finish them before they expire)
10:15 am: Andre takes 2nd milk and nap
12:00 am: Lunch time.
12.30-2.30 pm: Play time
2.30-4.30 pm: Andre takes 3rd bottle of milk and nap
4.30-5.30 pm: Play time
5.30 pm: Dinner time
6 pm: Mummy arrives home
6 pm- 7 pm: Mummy either goes for a jog, or brings Andre to the playground
7 pm: Daddy arrives at po po's house for dinner
8 pm: we go home
8-9.30 pm: play time with daddy and mummy
9.30 pm: Last and 4th milk feed of the day. Plays the "Gong" game with mummy and mummy puts Andre to bed.
Well, the routine is like this with rough variations.
At 15 months:
1. Andre can walk up the stairs with the help of the wall. By the health booklet, he should have been able to do that by 21.5 months.
2. Says 2-syllabus words : the first one i heard was bub-ble
3. we have a chart of boy and girl's pictures ... he pointed to all the boys and said "kor kor"
4. Loves cars and recognises them. Often, he will take his toy cars and says "ca ca"... or this small board book where he'll flip to the last page and points to the car pictures "ca ca"
5 . Indicates "No more" by flipping his empty palm upwards. Happens most frequently when the music/song suddenly stopped or when he finished some activity
6. And rushes to the window when he hears the train coming. Loves watching the train and waving to the passengers. Again, when the train passed, he will show "No more" hand signal.
He's really a good kid. When we went to class last sunday, Andre was playful and curious, but he was not disruptive. When the teacher took out a new toy or cards, he will walk up confidently to peer curiously what is being given out. However, he will not reach out to grab rudely, he just wants to see what is happening. And when the teacher asks him to take, he will look at us first, and if we says ok, he will take the item and bring it back to us. Not bad huh! Kevin and I are so proud of him, he definitely understands what is happening around and I'm amazed how mature a 15 month year old can be.
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