Cravings

This pregnancy sure have alot of cravings.
From Ajisen Ramen to 上海年糕 and now Soup Restaurant's Samsui Chicken.

Can I have Samsui Chicken this Sunday?
**hint hint Sam**

上海年糕

Finally my long awaited 上海年糕 from Aunty Sue.

All For Myself

Just had it Again despite ate it 3 hrs ago

It's simply delicous and yummy, one of my cravings other than Ajisen Ramen.
Was telling Sam that I craved for it so badly and luckily Aunty is making it today!

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Ajisen Again

Met Catherine for lunch at Bugis Ajisen yesterday.

This pregnancy really gives me food cravings - Ajisen Ramen.

Our Sides

Cat's Ajisen Ramen

Miso Cha Siew Ramen

Pauline was jokingly asking me if I am sure baby belongs to SAM and not some other Japanese guy. Hmm, then Adel's I have no cravings so I conceived her through a rock?

LOL

My Tummy @ Week 9 and 4 Days

Sickening Boss!!!!

Angry!

This boss of mine is not approving any of my corporate card expenses. Not even my mobile claim for last month.
It's accumulating!!!!

I missed my old boss.
The approval is always prompt despite he has a more busy schedule than this one.
I doubt he even bothers to login and approve though there will be reminder sent. Or rather, he does not even know how to login with his ID in the first place.

Lois initiate a steamboat meet on Friday.

I was the only one who was early and the rest arrived latest at 7.30pm.

We proceeded to the Chong Qing Steamboat that was located along at 367/369 Beach Road, nearer to bus stop. We did not wait for long cos we went upstairs since it's air-conditioned. Service sucks and we were given a small corner seat near to the lift.

Never mind it's the company that counts.
AJ ate the most. I stopped after awhile though MS has left me but I can only take small quantity of food.

We proceeded next to Bugis Junction's TCC.

It was pretty full but we did not wait long before we were given a seat outdoor. AJ requested for indoor seat cos it was simply too hot and stuffy outside.
I even asked Sally to remove her cardigan which I thought she was wearing one. Hee, did not realise that it was a one piece. :p

We moved in shortly and our drinks arrived too.

Sally went home close to 12 midnight while Sam came over to pick me and Adel home.
We sat till they are closing which was already 1am.

It was so relaxing and cool to meet up and make small talks.
More to come!

40G Cup Sexy Babe

Visit to Dr Chris Chong

My baby was twisting in small movements when Chris was doing the scan.
Adel was by the side and kept protesting cos she saw Chris using the equipment on my tummy, thinking what is uncle doing.
She saw baby as well :D
Baby seems to be sucking it's thumbs. So lovely.
Overall Chris was happy with my progress.

Went out to do my urine test and when I was back Adel was crying very loudly. Tot she had fell and hit herself while playing (as what she had done so playing with the swivel chair in Chris's room). Turned out to be she cried when I went to the toilet.

so clingy lor. I simply cannot disappear from her sight at all.

4 weeks later going back for the scan and hopefully baby cooperates with us and let us see it's gender.

Chocolate Chip Cookie

Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 egg
1 egg yolk
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Method:
1) Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F
(for pure convection, adjust accordingly; I used 310 F on convection).
Grease cookie sheets, or line them with parchment paper or use a Silpat (which is what I did).

2) Sift the flour, salt and baking soda and set aside.

3) Mix the sugars and butter just until thoroughly mixed, then add egg, yolk and vanilla and mix until creamy. Add the sifted ingredients and mix until just blended.

4) Stir in the chocolate chips/chunks, then drop dough 1/4 cup at a time on a cookie sheet, about 3 inches apart, and bake for 15-17 minutes. Leave them on the cookie sheet to cool a bit when removed from the oven (this is important… they fall apart if you move them too quickly). Once they cool a few minutes, remove the cookies to a cooling rack to finish cooling. Or eat them right away, with milk!

Week 9

Finally had my Ajisen Ramen today. And I tempted Pauline to have her lunch with me though she just had a prawn noodle before she meet me :p

Tonite will be meeting some friends for dinner at Swesen for dinner. Hopefully can eat.
MS seems to be improving this time round and I can eat better. But does it mean I am getting out of MS or baby is not doing well?

Today is officially 9 weeks old and going to see good old Chris this Saturday.
Can't wait to see baby soon. :D

Cravings For Ajisen Ramen

LOL
Having cravings for Ajisen's ramen for a long time and finally today made my way to have lunch at Takashimaya with Pauline.

Shall load the pics taken with her tomorrow.


Tonight meeting Kim, Klein and Valerie at Park Hotel's Swensen. Going to meet and discuss the wedding plannings for Kim's wedding.
Andy might be joining us later.
Gonna preach at Kim and Andy tonight.

Yummy Lunch

Last minute decide to meet Darren and Catherine for lunch at Margaret Drive for chicken rice.
Picked up Catherine at Queenstown MRT and then went over to meet Darren.

Parking was a big problem and we had to park at the open space carpark opposite Queenstown Secondary School.

Simply delicious and whet up my appetite.

Class Photo For Adel and Playgroup

Doesn't she has the sotong look in her. Gosh she looks so chubby here.

Adel's playgroup friends and teachers. Can you spot her?
Total 19 toddlers and only 6 boys in her class

Dun Say You Cannot Dance

Bravo! 2 Thumbs Up

Steamboat Test

What kind of season will you enjoy eating steamboat?
A. Winter ( To Qn 2)
B. Summer (To Qn 5)
C. No matter what season (To Qn 1)

1. Do you like to have some sauce on your food?
A. Like (To Qn 2)
B. Don't like (To Qn 5)

2. Will you add eggs in your steamboat soup?
A. Yes (To Qn 3)
B. No (To Qn 6)

3. If you find a cigaratte butt in ur steamboat food, what will you do?
A. Quarrel with the boss and request another new one. (To Qn 13)
B. Stop eating and just pay and go. (To Qn 10)

4. What is the main point ypu will consider for choosing a steamboat restaurant?
A. Famous ( To Qn 7)
B. Reasonable prices ( To Qn 8)

5. If the steamboat restaurant has a new product of steamboat, will you dare to try?
A. Yes ( To Qn 6)
B. No ( To Qn 8)

6. How many people do you like to have your steamboat meal with?
A. 2-3 soulmates ( To Qn 9)
B. A big group of friends ( To Qn 3)

7. If the steamboat restaurant is very crowded, will you wait for a seat or go to another place?
A. Wait ( To Qn 11)
B. Proceed to another one ( To Qn 12)

8. What kind of food you like to add?
A. Noodle ( To Qn 9)
B. Vermicilli "Tang hoon" ( To Qn 7)

9. Will you drink the soup first or finish all the ingredients in the bowl then drink the soup?
A. Drink the soup first ( To Qn 10)
B. Eat the ingredients first ( To Qn 12)

10. If the boss tells you that you must add some SPECIAL and ODD ingredient in the soup to make it more delicious, will you dare to add?
A. Yes ( To Qn 17)
B. No ( To Qn 13)

11. Will you drink a cup of cooling water after you finish this steamy hot meal?
A. Yes ( To Qn 15)
B. No ( To Qn 14)

12. When you are having your steamboat, do you put in your meat first or put in later?
A. Put it once the steamboat start ( To Qn 15)
B. Later part then put ( To Qn 11)

13. Do you like to put all types of food at one go into the steamboat or have it put in one type by one type?
A. All ( To Qn 17)
B. One type at a time ( To Qn 16)

14. What drink will you like to go with your meal?
A. Oolong Tea ( To Qn 16)
B. Plum juice ( Type A)

15. Do you like to have steamboat at home or outside?
A. Home ( To Qn 16)
B. Outside ( To Qn 14)

16. Will you mind if another customer is standing behind you, waiting for you while you are finishing your food?
A. Mind ( Type B)
B. Don't mind ( Type C)

17. You are already very full with your meal but the boss offer to let you have another steamboat meal, will you eat it?
A. Yes (Type D)
B. No ( To Qn 16)


RESULTS....
TYPE A
Shy, a bit of an introvert. You are more stubborn and like to stay alone quietly at home. To you, talking to strangers is a hard thing so you have not much friends. But you will still have some soulmates. You need to treasure people who care and love you. You are more interested in your own matters, you will try your very best to achieve your target. But you can't do everything alone, and just depend on yourself, learn to open up and accept other opinions. Try to get along with different people.

TYPE B
You are a more active person, drawing a clear line between happiness and unhappiness. You are more quick-tempered. If you encounter things you like, you will do it without second thought. But once you encounter things that you hate, you will wish to get out of it as soon as possible. As you are a person of your own views, the friends you tend to have will be of the same pattern. But once good friends, you will understand them a lot and go all the way to help then. Friends are very dependent on you. As you are too emotional, you may make a storm out of a teacup with your friends. You must learn to do things in order and not give up easily. You can try making friends with those you don't think you can get along with, don't stick with the same category. This will make you more popular and charming.

TYPE C
Gentle like a lamb. You have a high level of adaptance power, easy to get along with people. Very popular in social life but seems that no one will talk bad about you. You hate to have conflicts with people so you always try to adapt to everyone. You treat every person differently. To look at the bright side, you adapt easily. But to look at the dark side, you lack of character, although you are one big nice guy but you lack of charm. On the surface, you have a lot of friends but once you have troubles, you lack of soulmates to help you around. You must try to express yourself more and be more decisive. In this way, you can understand yourself more.

TYPE D
You are stubborn, like to go in circles and don't get to the point. Once you decide on something, no one can change your mind. You are a good leader in a group so you win a lot of trust from your friends. But as you are too persistant on your own thinking, you neglect other people's suggestions therefore you can easily make enemies. Although it is good to maintain your own character but it doesn't mean you totally ignore other people's thoughts and feelings. You will let people think you are hard to handle and you will lose friends gradually and may end up alone. You need to learn to accept other people's opinion. This will make your social circle bigger and you will understand yourself better



I am Type B. What about you?

Baby Swimming Clip

Idobaby Still Not Available

I was able to login this morning and posted about 5 entries or so.
Suddenly back to square one again.

"Domain has expired. Pls renew"


I wanna die.

No Appetite

Was supposed to meet Catherine for lunch at Ajisen Bugis. Last minute she smsed me and told me got to be cancelled cos she has to attend a meeting.

I was already at Dobby Ghaut.

Quickly called Sam and got him to lunch with me.

Hee he will only be watching his lovely wife to eat cos it is simply so alluring to see her eat ~puke~

I had a dumpling ramen.

Took few mouthful of the ramen and 4 dumplings, I surrender.

Simply can't force myself to eat at all. Felt so nausea and no appetite to eat anything.

Mei Mei or Di Di

Before tested positive i asked Adel she wans meimei or didi. She said didi.

Nowadays asked her, she says mei mei with a big laugh.
Haiz, though felt disappointed at her reply; no matter what as long as baby is healthy and doing great we are contented.


Adel very lovely.
I ask her to sayang and tell baby she loves baby. She will come and hug and sayang my tummy then say 'love you'.
And she will continue 'meimei meimei'

LOL

Chinese Lunar Calendar - Gender Prediction

To find the gender prediction, find the mother's age at conception (across the top of the table) and then the month in which conception occurred.
Follow the column and row to the intersecting point.
The color of the box tells you what the prediction is.

Blue = Boy
Pink = Girl

See how acurate it is for you?
It's accurate for Adel.

Idobaby Will Be UP in 12 Hours

Pls note the following message from Moderator

"Idobaby Will Be UP in 12 Hours"

Meanwhile, wait patiently and get withdrawal symptoms LOL

Idobaby Unavailable Again

Haiz tried to login this morning and realise that it is not available.

"This domain name expired on Oct 20, 2007 Click here to renew it."


What's happening?

JB Trip

Met Catherine and family to JB yesterday.

They came over to our house to park their car and took ours to JB.

AJ was supposed to join us but she cannot make it as it was the 7th day of her Grandfather-In-Law's death.

We were caught in the jam for nearly 1 hour along the Causeway.

Finally cleared customs and zoomed our way to Jusco.

Had our lunch at the Hong Kong Cafe.

Not going to patronise the Macau Express since we tried the food during our last visit. Guess what, their sphagetti is using curry sauce! How can the kids eat?

Never mind, the food at this Hong Kong Cafe is fabulous.

LOL non halal in a Muslim country.

Catherine had a pork porridge; WY had pork burger; Sam's fried rice while Adel and Me shared a salted fish with diced chicken mee tak mak.

We ordered fries, Fried Seafood Roll (dun give it a miss) and something that looks like tapioca cake (but it was belancan filled).

Full filling lunch for all and costs us RM 58.

First thing at Jusco, Catherine and Me went straight to find the instant congee.

Hee finally managed to get it here and we bought 3 big boxes home.

We bought 6 packets of Pampers Comfort, size L and the Formulae Milk.

Ended the shopping with 2 boxes of Dunkin Donuts.

The car was loaded full with our grocery.

Way back to Singapore, we dropped by to Holiday Plaza and grabbed some Dou Sai Piang.

We were caught in the jam for about an hour back to Singapore.

Reached home, Sam took care of everything and I slept like a pig.

Did not even want my dinner cos feeling nausea and no appetite.

Woke up, shower and head back to bed again.

Thanks Sam for taking care of everything while I rest!

Very much appreciated ~muacks~

Maine's Attempt In Cooking

I am not a failure in cooking.

At least I can whipped up a soup and 2 dishes at mum's place on Saturday.

Feedback from sister and Sam, not bad ok.

Spare Ribs with Carrots, Potatoes, Corns and Tomatoes
Steam Salted Fish with Pork
Stir Fried Xiao Bai Cai

Rest In Peace, Sean Gabriel Wong

Heard an unexpectated news today.

A friend gave birth today at 3.30am at 22 weeks 4 days. Her beautiful son has left her and hubby to join his sister in Heaven. It just breaks my heart cos this friend has just lost her daughter few months back who will be turning 2 years old on 25th Oct. She conceived again one month later her DD's death.

It's such a great blow.Why must it happened to someone such nice and lovely?

I wished that her DH and her are coping well and things will go fine for her. Always praying for her and family

Week 8

Morning sickness (MS) seems to be playing hide-and-seek with me.
Trying to curb myself and not rely on any nausea pills to make me feel better. Standby my peppermint tea as well. It does help to ease off MS.

Only thing that I prefer to eat seems to be bread.
Blood pressure is low. Sometimes I do feel giddy and breatheless if I am carrying some bags or even Adel for less than 5 minutes.

So looking forward to weekend so that I can sleep whole day.
Feeling so sleepy almost everyday.

Mae's PANCAKES

Quoted From Mae's Blog


This has been my most awaited moment. Now that you are finally complete in my list, although Ms. E doesn’t have a blog I think I owe you all my gratitude for making me feel I am “AT HOME” here in Singapore. You are the first few people who gave me your warmest welcome in Idobaby. Allow me to introduce each of you by just a few sentences ;) Let me start with:

PINGMIS - Our “meow” why? simply because her first name begins with “cat”.

AUGBOYZ - AUG because her son and her Birthday falls in August? How about Ah Zheng Dad?

NEWBIE - Need I say more? the only thorn among the roses…but without you, my PANCAKES will never be complete.

CHARMAINE - Mrs. Milk Milk! Breasfeeding is best for babies! Congratulations on your 2nd journey to pregnancy. Want Beef S?

AMY - My sistah who can understand some of my tagalog words! My cheesy fruit salad is her favorite.

KM - My sweet darling and Kay will always be my boyfriend. haha!

EUNICE - You gotta have your own blog!!! haha

SYL - Someone who firstly greets me good morning everytime I’m in KPT.

I know I seldom see all of you, (well, I never met newbie yet, I miss you bro and you know that) but no matter how distant we are from each other, I will always carry you all in my heart. Your friendship means so much to me. I wish to see you all again soon!
My kisses and hugs to you,

Mae:)

Coping with Toddler and Pregnancy

During Pregnancy

Any child who's enjoyed the undivided attention of both parents for any length of time, say 12 mths or longer, will suffer what child psychologists call dethronement when a new baby arrives. This is not simply having to take second place with mum and dad nor putting up with less attention than before. It's about feeling displaced and rejected. Nearly alll toddlers suffer a deep sense of loss of parental love when a new sibling arrives. It's not surprising that their psychological disturbance shows in their behaviour.

To a small child, the arrival of a new baby topples him from pride of place, from being first in his mother's considerations, from being the apple of her eye, and the focus of her love, nurture, and attention. A child feels this displacement very dramatically and of course respond as only a small child knows how by using all the tactics at his disposal to regain his parents' love and attention.

The result can be "regression", which is a toddler's reversion to earlier, happier times when he couldn't feed himself perhaps, or when he wet and soiled his nappies, or when before he had learned to talk. Though this appears to adults like some sort of rebellion, a toddler can't help this kind of behaviour. So it would be absolutely wrong for you or your partner to chastise or punish him for it. In fact, the opposite iss essential-extra special time alone with mum and dad, extra special loving care, plenty of rewards, praise and lots of pysical affection with games, kisses, cuddles, lots of jokes and laughter.

Involving your older child in the pregnancy
You should be honest with your child from the outset. Tell him that a new baby is on the way and he's going to have a brother or sister. You might even ask him what his favourite names are. Make a list, put them up in the kitchen, and talk about them from time to time.

You should encourage your child to put his hand on your tummy as it gets bigger to feel the baby kicking. You could also tell him that your baby loves the sound of his voice and that he should talk to her through your tummy. If possible, he should sing to her songs and nursery rhymes through your tummy. This, incidentally, isn't all hot air. Your development baby does remember the voices of those around her and will bond with them after birth. So she will respond instantly on hearing her brother's or sister's voice once she's born, if she's heard it constantly during your pregnancy.

You could help your child to understand what's going on inside you by drawing together what's happening in your tummy mth by mth from pictures in some of the pregnancy book on large sheets of papers so that it's all very clear. Point out how the baby is developing then put the drawings round the wall at a height that your toddler can see and relate to. You can then make up stories about each stage of the new baby's development with remarks like, " Now your new baby's heart is beating, now your new baby can move his hands and legs and we can feel him kicking, now your new baby can suck her thumb, now your new baby is getting ready to be born. etc."

Try to encourage your toddler to take ownership of his new sister by using the word "your", as in "your baby", "your new sister". If you do, very soon he'ss develope a sense of propriety, of ownership, adn of a desire to take care of his new sister. He may think use of the words "our new baby" excludes him and makes him feel frozen out.

Your toddler will feel involved if you ask him to help with the preparations of his sister's nursery - helping to make up the cot, set out equipment, or even suggest that he try the baby bath first, with words like"Wouldn't you like to see what the baby bath feels like vefore your sister use it?" All toddlers like to help and love to intimate your actions. So give your toddler small jobs to do and be very appreciative of all his efforts. You can shoe him all the new baby's tiny clothes and encourage him to feel special by saying how much bigger he is and how much he's grown since he needed them.



After The Birth

If you're going to be in hospital for several days try to arrange for your child to visit you and the baby as soon as possible after the delivery.

When your toddler visits, have eyes only for him. Ideally, the baby should be asleep in the bedside cot. Make a fuss of your toddler until he asks about the new baby. Only then show him his sister, but not paying too much attention to her. Make his visit short so that you can attend to your baby once he's gone.

Bringing the baby home
Try to help your toddler to feel secure and bond with the new baby.

- When you greet him, make sure someone else holds the baby so that you are free to cuddle him.

- For the first few minutes give him all your attention.

- Give your child a present from the new baby, something that he has really been looking forward to.

- In the first few weeks set aside some times when the two of you can be together without any interruptions.

Involve your child in the new baby's bathtimes, changing, and feeding times. Get him to fetch and carry and intimate your loving sounds with lots of ahhs and ooohs and words like "softly", "gently". Describe everything that your new baby is doing so that he can get to know her and relate to her.

- A newborn baby has a well-developed grasp reflex. Put one of your child's fingers into her hand - she''ll grasp on to it very tightly and he'll interpret this as love from his newborn sister.

Who's Viewing Me

Isn't it exciting to have people from as far as Switzerland to view my blog?

BIG Harlow to bloggers from all over the world!

Jie Yong's 2nd Birthday Celebration

We had a birthday celebration for Jie Yong on weekend and the kids enjoyed themselves.
Adel had her equal share at the pool and jumping in and out of the water (with her floats on of course).

"isn't this fun"

"come, let's play on the chair and pose for a pic"

"no, Jie Yong, dun go down. come sit with me"

"ok, i can have the chair all by myself"

"see, daddy relaxing"

Jie Yong and His 2nd Birthday

Adel Blowing Out the Candle For Cousin Yang Yang
(Cousin Yang Yang just woke up and having a nasty mood, seated down in the background)

人生就只有两个机会

有點像達賴喇嘛說的西藏諺語：

「能解決的事，不必去擔心；不能解決的事，擔心也沒用。」
希望大家在努力與忙碌之餘,
也能換個角度去看待事情......

人生的光彩在哪裡？

早上醒來，光彩在臉上，充滿笑容的迎接未來。
到了中午，光彩在腰上，挺直腰桿的活在當下。
到了晚上，光彩在腳上，腳踏實地的做好自己。
原來人生也很簡單，只要能懂得「 珍惜、知足、感恩 」你就擁有了生命的光彩

好東西要跟大家分享
生命就該浪費在美好的事物上，
當你遇見美好的事物時所要做的事，
就是把它分享給你四周的人；
這樣，美好的事物才能在這個世界上
自由自在的散播開來 ....

Beware of Garbage Trucks

Remember, don't let their 'Garbage' fall on us 'cos we are not the 'Dustbin'
Beware of Garbage Trucks
by David J. Pollay


How often do you let other people's nonsense change your mood?Do you let a bad driver, rude waiter, curt boss, or an insensitive employee ruin your day?Unless you're the Terminator, for an instant you're probably set back on your heels.However, the mark of a successful person is how quickly he/she can get back her focus on what's important.

Sixteen years ago I learned this lesson. I learned it in the back of a New York City taxi cab.Here's what happened.

I hopped in a taxi, and we took off for Grand Central Station.We were driving in the right lane when, all of a sudden, a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his breaks, skidded, and missed the other car's back end by just inches!

The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident, whipped his head around and he startedyelling bad words at us.My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was friendly.So, I said, 'Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!'

And this is when my taxi driver told me what I now call, 'The Law of the Garbage Truck.'

Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger,and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it.And if you let them, they'll dump it on you.When someone wants to dump on you, don't take it personally.

You just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on.
You'll be happy you did.
So this was it: The 'Law of the Garbage Truck.'
I started thinking, how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me?
And how often do I take their garbage and spread it to other people: at work, at home, on the streets?
It was that day I said, 'I'm not going to do it anymore.'
I began to see garbage trucks.
I see the load they're carrying. I see them coming to drop it off.
And like my Taxi Driver, I don't make it a personal thing; I just smile, wave, wish them well, and I move on.

One of my favorite football players of all time, Walter Payton, did this every day on the football field.
He would jump up as quickly as he hit the ground after being tackled.
He never dwelled on a hit. Payton was ready to make the next play his best.
Good leaders know they have to be ready for their next meeting.
Good parents know that they have to welcome their children home from school with hugs and kisses.
Teachers and parents know that they have to be fully present, and at their best for the people they care about.

The bottom line is that successful people do not let Garbage Trucks take over their day.
What about you?
What would happen in your life, starting today, if you let more garbage trucks pass you by?


You'll be happier Here's my bet.
So.. Love the people who treat you right.
Forget about the ones who don't.
Believe that everything happens for a reason.
If you get a chance , TAKE IT!
If it changes your life , LET IT!
Nobody said it would be easy...
They just promised it would be worth it!

Parent's Survival Guide To Sleepless Toddler

she doesn't sleep through the night

many youngsters at this age start waking in the night again after months of unbroken sleep. if your toddler does this, don't worry. toddler sleep problems are very common, but pre-school ones aren't, so you can take heart - things will improve. first, try using the checking method*. it is not too late to put this into effect, even at this age, just as long as:# your toddler feels secure - if there is a new baby around, she may feel a bit put out, so it could pay to wait til things have settled# she sleeps in her own bedroom and likes being secure, surrounded by her own things.

when you feel desperate

in extreme cases, for example, where a sleepless toddler drives a parent to physical or emotional abuse, doctors may suggest a sedative for the child. this should never be a long-term solution, but if can occasionally help short term, for a couple of nights. however, it is only an adjunct to managing a child's sleep problems with consistent loving handling and a good pre-bedtime regime and is only acceptable when needed to preserve family sanity. talk to your doctor or consider other options, such as support groups where you can talk to parents with similiar problems.

* the checking method: after putting your baby to bed, tuck her in, pat her, say goodnight, then leave. if she cries, return, pat her and leave again. if she continues to cry, wait a few minutes. agree with your partner how long this will be, for example, three minutes, and stick to it. go back, check and pat her, and say goodnight again. do not relent and cuddle her. gradually lengthen the period between checks.

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adopted from:
The Baby & Child Question & Answer Book - Dr. Carol Cooper

Is Your Child Left-Handed

does it matter if my child is left-handed?
left-handedness should never be made into an issue for your child. any old-fashioned ideas suggesting that right-handedness is perferable should be ignored - dexterity and co-ordination are the skills to be encouraged, not the use of one hand other the other.


when will i be able to tell if my toddler is right- or left-handed?
it should become slowly obvious by the time your child is two. until then, he will probably alternate the use of his hands. a preference is often not fixed until the age of four, and even then a few left-handers prefer to do some things with their right hand.


how shall i be able to tell?
observe which hand your child chooses when you give him a pencil. also notice which he prefers for putting things into a box. watch which foot he uses to kick a ball and which ear he holds a clock up to when you ask him if it's ticking. give him an empty paper-towel roll and ask him to look through it. by noting which eye he favours, you will get an idea of his preference, but he may not show the same laterality, as it's called, for every activity.


should i discourage his left-handedness?
no. you should let him choose whichever hand he likes for whatever he is doing. when he can use a knife, fork and spoon, you can teach him which hand it is usual to use for each piece of cutley. trying to change a natural left-hander into a right-hander only leads to trouble. some research even suggests it can lead to problems with reading and writing, so you are much better off letting your toddler use whichever hand he wants.


will my child be left-handed because i am?
not necessarily. left-handed parents are more likely than right-handed parents to have a child who's left-handed, but even so most left-handers are born to two right-handerd parents. twins are more likely to be left-handed than single children, although it isn't fully understood why.


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adopted from:
The Baby & Child Question & Answer Book - Dr. Carol Cooper

Adel's Language Ability

Madam Tan and Teacher Alice was telling me yesterday that Adel was getting more and more talkative and responsive in Playgroup.

For her age at 26mths old, she gives a pretty clear speech and she can speaks in full English or Mandarin in sentence.
That was quite an achievement for her.
Well Done!

Now we are trying to let her master he Cantonese and be fluent as daddy.

Good News For Sam and Charmaine (Part II)

4th October 07
It’s hell for me.
Felt giddy while driving so I stopped by the Shell station to have a rest and get H2O.
Not feeling good. Feeling very nausea and no appetite at all. Vomit some white liquid out as well.
11 more days to see baby again.


8th October 07
Weekend just slept through at home. Dun feel like gng anywhere else.
Today no appetite as well. Keep feeling nausea and vomit gastric juice. Can’t wait to see Chris soon.


15th October 07
So exciting!
Today we can see my baby’s head, hands and legs, and we can even see the blinking heartbeat. Baby is 7 weeks and 4 days old. My EDD will be on 29th May 2008, a Ratty Baby.
Finally feel so relieved but still can’t help to worry how baby is doing inside me.
This feeling of anxiousness got to do with my previous unsuccessful pregnancy. :(

I was asked to continue with my hormones pills for another course plus DHA and Calcium, on top of my folic acid and Multi-Vitamins.
I requested for some nausea pills to standby as well.

Next appointment on 27th October.

Good News For Sam and Charmaine (Part I)

23rd September 07
6th sense again.
Took one test strip and test. Bingo!!!
The lines are so strong, giving me a positive.

Having mixed feelings.
Why?
Cos Sam and I were having some arguments and I felt that we are not that stable to have another baby now. Partly also due to the last pregnancy that failed.
Hesitating whether to show him the strip and in the end showed it to him.
Reaction from him – what does that mean?
He still can ask me if I drew it on with marker.

Anyway it’s really fate.
Initially I was desperately trying for last chance of piggy after my D&C in January 07, yet no sign.
Now when I thought of giving up, it came to me unexpectedly.

The signs were there.
1) I can’t fit in to my pants for the last 2 weeks. And I felt so uncomfortable wearing those pants.
2) Slight increased of appetite. But I attributed that to the irregular meal times I had during work.
3) Menses supposed to be due 21st or 22nd based on previous cycle. It never came and I’ve experience white discharge instead.

Will be seeing Dr Chris Chong end of October cos I am supposed to see him then after finishing my 3 course of clomid.
Baby should be due in June 08.

I wish for a healthy and smooth pregnancy.



24th September 07
Was at the pantry this morning and suddenly remembered that Jennifer once told me Daniel had dreamt that I am preggie and can’t join them for Cameron Trip in Dec 07.

How true can that be.


27th September 07
Not feeling good.
Keep having hunger pane but just cant eat and feel nausea.
This time round the nausea kicks in much earlier.

Keep wanting to tell my friends but decided to hold back till my visit with Chris on coming Sat.
Feeling excited to see my baby but also worried.
Maybe this is due to last D&C that makes me feel all anxious since I dun expect myself to have a D&C at all.


29th September 07
So excited.
Had an appointment to visit Chris today. Finally can confirm my pregnancy and whether can see the sac and yolk. ~Keeping my finger crossed~
Told Chris that I am preggie and he had sort of expecting to hear the good news from me.
Claudia was ‘angry’ with me cos I have mentioned to her before that she would be the first person to know if I am preggie since I would have to call her for an appointment (I was supposed to go back for a follow-up after I complete my 3 course of clomid). Hee sorry babe, I din want to tell anyone yet until after the scan.

Adel was crying when I went to the bed cos she cant see me. Claudia carried her to me and she sits on my chest while we scan for baby. Adel was smiling cos she tot that she was watching tv LOL.
Yippee, can see the sac and yolk. So much relieved after I saw the scan. I have been ultra paranoid and worried.
Chris decided to give me a jab based on my history and also prescribed me with folic acid, Prenaforte and Utrogestan to boost the 1st trimester.
When I was being administered the jab, Adel cried again. Think she thought that Chris was making mummy pain pain with the needle.
Based on last AF, EDD should be 30th May 2008 - A Rat Baby! Next check up is on 15th Oct in the morning. Can’t wait to see my darling soon and hear its heartbeat in the next visit.

The check cost me $208!

Mum checked her gender formulae and told me that this baby could be a boy.
Boy or Girl does not matter to Sam and me now. We just wished for a smooth pregnancy and healthy baby.


30th September 07
Today is our trip to Desaru.
Should have cancelled the trip.

It was disaster!
Read about it.
http://adelmummy.blogspot.com/2007/10/desaru-trip.html

Pics From the Disaster Desaru Trip

Dinner with Chee Foong

A very rare guest who decides that he should be here in Singapore for his annual visit.

A very close ex colleague though we are situated in 2 different countries.

Met Chee Foong at Vivo City since there are more variety of food.

Should have decided to have dinner at one of the restaurants at Basement 2. All the restaurants on Level 2 are having a long queue and ended up we settled for the Imperial Herbal & Sinchi Cafe (located next to Daiso on Level 3).

Food was not fantastic and the portion was too big for 3 of us (dun take into consideration of Adel since she cannot eat much either).

Price was a bit high end. Total spent $101.80!

Really regretted it.

After dinner, we proceed to Cosy Bay for a drink.

We have to spend a minimum of $35 in order to have our seat at the Lighthouse.

Ended up I ordered 3 drinks, fries, sotong balls and calamari.

View was nice but the snacks was not fantastic as well. Maybe we were all too full from the dinner. I should have ordered more drinks instead.

Mind just simply can't think at the moment f order as we have to place order and pay before proceed up.

By the time reach home, already close to 1am.

So tired.

Money Coming In

Yeah another piece of good news!
It's simply so exciting.


2 advertisements will be coming in for me from Naffnang.
Stay tuned and watched the space!



Yippee, more money for Adel to save as well.

Adel loves Her Scissors

This little girl has been cutting up papers non stop since Sam opened the packaging for her last evening.

Maybe can put her in some Art and Craft class and develop her talents in this area.
Maybe she can earn big bucks and then I can retire earlier.

Woohoo, mummy is thinking too much already.
Day dreaming in the early morning

Advertlets Review Approved

Yeah I am happy cos I've gotten this email from the Team at Advertlets to inform me that my review has been approved.

Keep the $$$ coming.

I love blogging!

Scissors For Toddlers

Wanted to get the above pair of scissor from Popular since Adel has used it for handycraft in CC and she is now fairly interested with cutting.

To my disappointment, did not manage to find it. Instead, I bought another type for her.

The Right Brain vs Left Brain Test

Do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?
If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.

Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic

detail oriented

facts rule

words and language

present and past

math and science

can comprehend

knowing

acknowledges

order/pattern perception

knows object name

reality based

forms strategies

practical

safe


RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking

Fox Sale 11-17 Oct 07

Sale is ON again, between 11 to 17 Oct 07.


50% off on selected items!

人心难测

在我们的朋友当中，为何会有些人是如此的阴险？
难道人就不可以真心相对；而是勾心斗角，处心积虑的设阴谋来加深误解？

为何人就是不能凭着人生的经验而学习成长？
为何人到了某种人生路程还是学不会成长？
为何人总是要活在过去的阴影？
为何人总是要报怨与埋怨？
为何人总是要选择以幼稚的心态去处理问题？
为何人不能有选择的权利？



不再联系的朋友并不代表我对您莫不关心。
只是我们之间已经有了一道门隔离着我们比此的友谊。
可能是我们的思想与观念的不同所造成现在的距离。
但这一切都已成定局。
即使时光能倒流，友谊也可能再也经不起考验。


至曾经伤害过的挚爱，请愿量年轻时的我的不谨慎与刁蛮！
至亲爱的朋友，祝福您在未来的日子里更加的幸福与快乐！

Dinner @ Sketches

Met up with Madalin and kids at Bugis Junction - Sketches last night.

We were early so grab a table while waiting for them.

Sam was funny. He got a table for 5 persons at a corner when we have 3 adults and 3 toddlers. Maybe he is pregnant thus forgive his sotong(ness).

The food was great.

I remembered they used to have Design-A-Pizza when I dined years back at the outlet in Mohamed Sultan. So disappointing.

Never mind, the Smoked Salmon Pizza which I had was great.

Adel had her big share of food - munching on the cheese sticks and nearly 2/5 of the Junior Pasta (Penne Bolognaese).

We proceed to TCC, just next to Sketches and orders our drinks, Devil's Chocolate Cake and Chocolate Charlotte.

I had Iced Strawberry Tea and it's fabulous.

We are chilling out while the kids played with the Playdoh and toys.

Sent Madalin and the kids home since I am going to collect Dumex's Mamil Gold Step 3 from Catherine.
Pretty good bargain 2 tins of 900g for only $30.
Thanks Catherine for offering me the Mamil Gold.

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Long Long Wait

Finally Wednesday.
Very looking forward to coming Monday cos having a very very important appointment.

Tonite going to Bugis Junction to meet Sam's cousin to have dinner together. Sketches - pastas and pizzas. Hopefully it will taste good. It was donkey years since I last went to the one at Mohamed Sultan.


Friday, Chee Foong will be coming in from Penang.
Will be catching up with him, probably dinner at White Dog's Cafe at Vivo City.

Eunice Has Delivered

Baby Regan Koo was born on 7 October 2007 @ TMC, 1540hrs.




Welcome Little Prince!

Not Dengue Case

Ok blood test results back and Sam is clear of Dengue.

But still need to monitor to play save.

Desaru Trip

The trip was not at all pleasant. It was disastrous for both Sam and me.

Sam was sick and he was having high fever.
I was not well either and can't eat at all.

Think only Adel enjoyed the most.
Luckily we upgrade to pool view room, otherwise it would be damn boring.

Left Changi Ferry Terminal as early as 6am and we parked our vehicle at the Terminal (no parking charge).
Adel enjoyed the ferry ride. Along the ferry ride, there are planes flying above us. Adel keep asking me to take pics of the planes, the ships and whatever is infront of us. Cannot stand her.

Reached hotel close to 8am.
Went to check-in and then we went to the Windows Cafe for international breakfast.
Food in the resort was horrible.
Adel was choosy with her food; Sam and me cant eat much cos both of us are not feeling well.

After breakfast, went back to room and Sam slept.
Adel and me went swimming. She loves being in the pool.
Had a nap till around 1.30pm then we decided to catch a shuttle to their town to take a walk. It was indeed a small town. There was practically nothing and no food. We had wanted to go to town to have our lunch. Ended up bought a packet of Nasi Ayam and some drinks.
Bought some drinks and biscuits from their mini mart before waiting for the shuttle bus to fetch us back to the resort.

Stayed in the room till about 6.30pm before we proceed back to Windows Cafe for dinner.
It's Malay buffet spread.
Cant eat much still and the food not very suitable for Adel as well.
Should have tried the Japanese Teppanyaki.

The night ended with watching tv in the room and Sam snoozing away.



Next morning, had out breakfast at the cafe again. Afterwhich went swimming again.
This time round, Sam joined us.
We packed up and got ready to check out at 12 noon.
Linger at their lobby area while Adel played in the Children's room while we played 2 games of pool.

The shuttle arrived at 1.30pm to fetch us to the terminal.
Adel was fast asleep on the shuttle bus.
She was grouchy when she woke up as we board the ferry.
And grouchy all the way back home.

Once home, I slept till the next morning and having high fever.
Sam was nice enough to help take care of Adel and unpack the bags.


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