Happy birthday!

Yeah! It's my birthday today. This year, no special delivery of flowers. Haha. Instead had breakfast with YC at Coffee Club in the morning. Arranged to meet my mum and kids for dinner this evening. Yesterday, told Cherylin that it's mummy's birthday on the next day. Hope she remembers to wish me Happy Birthday when I see her later in the evening :)

Playdate for Shawn (18 Oct 08)

We went for a playdate for babies last Sat. It was held at Jaslyn's place. All in all more than 10 babies turned up for the playdate. So happy cos i could just place Shawn on the bumper mat for him to entertain himself with the toys, while i munch away. hahaha.. It's Cherylin who kept me busy, kept waiting me to accompany her to the bumpermat to play/watch the babies play. Strangely, Shawn started to clap after that Sat afternoon. And he repeated it many times. Find it so cute. Wonder who he learnt the clapping from?

Tiger Food Jar

Bought the food jar months before i delivered. Finally got around to trying it out two weeks ago. 1st time i cooked rice with the jar. It really worked! 2 hours later, ta dah, the rice is cooked at 2pm. Can even keep warm till 12 midnite (YC worked till very late that day so he had his dinner only at 12 midnite).

The 2nd time, i tried cooking porridge. More of teo chew porridge then those nua nua kind for baby as i only cooked for 2 hours. Recommended time is 4 hours for porridge. Shall try again to see if i can get those really nua porridge.

Conclusion: good investment - save electricity, convenient to use especially when going out. :)

Shawn's developments

Standing with support
Abt 3 wks ago, Shawn could pull himself to stand when inside the cot. He was closed to 8mths then. Am quite worried abt him standing as the cot is not at the lowest level yet. Kept telling YC to lower the cot but still not done yet :p

Crawling
Yday mum was saying that Shawn can crawl very well when on bed. He had showed that he could crawl weeks ago. Just that i didn't let him to be on floor for fear of him knocking his head onto the hard floor. Decided to let Shawn try out today after wat mum has said. True enuf, he is able to crawl n didn't knock his head on the floor :)

Talking
I always wave bye bye to Shawn before going to work/going back home. Yday, heard Shawn saying Bye bye twice. It was loud n with gesture included.

Ritz Carlton Stay (20 Sep 08)

It's the 3rd time since Dec 08 that we went for a 1-day 'holiday' at a hotel. Been looking forward to staying at Ritz Carlton.

Cherylin was very excited when I told her about the stay. She's been talking about it, saying that she want to go for the stay. As usual, she ran around the room when we reached. The bed was a bit high (as in she had to climb up. Haha, so she told me she prefer the bed of Swissotel the Stamford which was much lower). Hence, she played mostly on the floor instead of on the bed.

YC and I were impressed with the service of Ritz Carlton. When checking in, the staff asked me to take a seat while she process my registration (I was carrying Shawn). There was a staff that served us cookies and drink when we wait for our turn. She even engaged Cherylin with a conversation. Lastly, she accompanied us to our room and did a brief introduction to us.

[NB: Coincidentally, the day of my stay (20 Sep) was the grand opening of YC's brother cafe. Hesitated whether I should postpone the stay. Decided to go ahead as I'm afraid YC may have work commitment if we were to postpone.]

Sad

I'm so sad that I have to blog this down.

I used to be quite close to a colleague of mine. Not sure why, she started to distant herself from me and another colleague (who has already resigned). It became so obvious that I'm so conscious when I approach her. Guess it must be due to something that I've done that annoyed her. Seriously, I'm not sure what I've done. I plucked up my courage and asked her directly one day. As expected, she said there's nothing wrong. Just that she's too busy to talk. I'm a rather sensitive person. Hence, I'm pretty sure that she's distancing herself from me. Why am i so sure. That's because she's still the same person in front of others.

Really really sad that things turned out this way. Worst part is I don't even know what had happened. :(

Shawn can sit up :)

Shawn has been trying to push himself up for a while. His legs are rather strong as he could lift up his bum quite effortlessly (thanks to the FP jumperoo – he must have trained his leg muscles while playing in the jumperoo). At times, he will end up in the push up position. Very cute to see. This morning, Shawn was on our bed when he managed to sit up on his own after trying a while. I’m soooo happy when I witness that. Quickly told YC. Only then he told me that he had earlier seen Shawn sitting up when he’s in his cot. Duh, never tell me earlier. :P


Pictures of Shawn trying to sit up. Was too engrossed watching him perform the 'act' on our bed that i didn't take any photo then. These were taken when Shawn tried to sit up again when in his cot.

Shawn with 公公 and 婆婆

Shawn rarely takes picture with his grandparents. The one with gong gong was taken during ryan's bday party while the one with po po was taken during keith's bday party.

FP Jumperoo (Part 2)

Earlier, I was saying that Shawn does not seem to enjoy the jumperoo (which i thought is a waste). About 2 weeks ago, i realised Shawn is enjoying jumping in the jumperoo, and he can jump real high. Cherylin told me she showed didi how to jump. Guessed Shawn learnt from jiejie the skill of jumping. We could leave him in the jumperoo for a good 45mins. Hee.. good cos it means i can have my dinner in peace. but my mum said can't let him jump t0o much at nite else he'll have nite mare.

Cherylin away from home

YC is on reservist these 2 weeks. Hence, we didn't bring Cherylin home since Mon (only bring Shawn and her back on Fri nite with the help of my mum). Am afraid that by the end of the 2 weeks, Cherylin will refuse to go home with us. Come to think of it, maybe not. Cos my mum will be away for holiday for 6 days straight after YC's reservist ends. So she will be staying with us for at least 6 days consecutively. Better tell myself to stop being so paranoid.

Fridge spoilt?

I got a fright 2 nites ago. On Mon nite, after expressing milk, i opened the fridge to place my pump into it. To my horror, the light was off when the door was opened. My 1st reaction was "what will happen to my ebm?". Luckily YC was allowed to come home while on reservist. So I quickly called out to him. I think I would have cried if there's no one at home. The thought of all my ebm going to waste freaked me out. Upon inspecting the fridge, we are not very sure if it's indeed spoilt (cos i can still feel the coldness when i open the freezer). Instead of taking chance, YC suggested bringing the ebm to his aunt's hse (she has a big deep freezer). At least i can set my mind in peace. I left a bottle of unfrozen ebm in the freezer that nite, to test out if the fridge is still working. Ended up it's xu jing yi chang, it's only the light bulb that's spoilt. Hopefully nothing will happen to my fridge hence forth, at least during the time when I'm still bfdg.

Birthday Celebrations - One after another

We've been attending birthday parties for consecutive weeks since late July.:

27 Jul - Ryan's birthday
3 Aug - KX's birhtday
9 Aug - Da Jiu's birthday
10 Aug - Shannon's birthday
17 Aug - Keith's birthday

So Cherylin got to sing birthday songs, help serve birthday cakes for the past 4 weekends! She used to be reluctant when we asked her to help distribute cakes. Nowadays, she'll go up to the table where the birthday cake is placed, get ready the serviettes for the cake cutting/serving. She also enjoyed handling over the present to the birthday boy/girl's mummy. I think she takes it as an SOP (cos when Keith's mummy asked Cherylin to pass the gift to Keith. Cherylin replied "no, must give to mummy").

Updates on Vaccinations

Shawn has completed all the required vaccinations till 6 mths old. Wanted to update long ago but kept forgetting:

5-in-1 - 2nd Dose (15 Jun)
Brought Shawn for his jab on 15 Jun, Sun. Went to the clinic early at about 8.10am to beat the crowd. Shawn was still in dreamland when we carried him. Doctor took his weight and height. Weight was 7.6kg (but must discount a bit cos of his wet diaper). Height wise I can’t see clearly when it was being measured. Shawn cried a little when the vaccine was being injected. Cherylin looked on by the side. Didn’t take any pictures as YC was not with us.

Rotavirus - 2nd Dose (25 Jun)
Wt: 7.5kg Ht: 67cm

Thought it'll be a breeze to administer the 2nd dose since Shawn took the vaccine happily the last time we brought him to Dr Heng for the 1st dose. Dunno why Shawn kept crying when the vaccine was given to him. Maybe he's sleepy? The entire process took a few minutes (cos i videocam-ed and saw the time lapsed).

6-in-1 - 3rd Dose (13 Jul)
Wt: 7.65kg Ht: Oops, can't remember :P

Shawn is a brave little boy. He didn't make any noise when he was poked with the needle and injected with the vaccine. Dr Lawrence was as surprised as I did. He didn't gain much weight since 4 weeks ago though. Height wise i think it's abt the same too. Okie, the next 'compulsory' vaccination for him will be the one for chicken pox (to be taken at 12 mths).

Sleeping thru the night

My mum told me earlier this week that my little nephew, Bryan is already sleeping thru the nite (and he's more than 3.5mths younger than Shawn). My brother told me Bryan will sleep from 12mn to 7am. Me so envious leh. Why am I so 'pai mia'? Cherylin only started to sleep thru the night when she was 10+ mths. Hence, I'm sort of prepared that Shawn will not start early either. Nevetheless, whenever I hear from mummies/daddies that their bbs has already sleep thru the nite, so how i can help but feel envious. My panda eyes are getting worse, and so are my mum's :P

Funny Sleeping Pose

Shawn slept on my arms and I wanted to change his clothe diapers. So I put him on the changing mat. Was so amused when I saw him grabbing him toes while he's sleeping. I quickly dashed out of the room to get my camera. Luckily managed to catch this shot. Hee :)

Swissotel The Stamford (21 Jun)

We went for hotel stay at Swissotel again. Hee. This year we are grounded in Singapore as Shawn is too young to travel. Hence, going for hotel stay is like a 'compensation'. We planned the stay to be around YC's birthday. So, it's killing 2 birds with 1 stone. We had a birthday cake and Cherylin happily sang the birthday song for daddy (nowadays when she sees a cake, she'll go "happy birthday to you...happy birthday to you...etc")

FP Jumperoo

YC's cousin lend us the FP jumperoo. Have been hearing from friends that their baby like it alot. Hence, was looking forward to seeing Shawn enjoying himself in it. However, it turned out that he's not quite interested. Mum said he started to 'ngek ngek ngek' after staying in it for a short while. I think it's because he doesn't know how to jump yet. What a waste. Got to use this toy foc but Shawn doesn't know how to 'appreciate' it.

Shawn in sunglass

Bought Shawn a sunglass for fun. The tiny weeny sunglass is so cute. Heehee..

Tofu milk milk?

Cherylin calls this 'tofu milk milk'. It does looks like one, isn't it? :P

My nephew's 1st month celebration

Went for Bryan's 1st month celebration on 15 Jun. We all had a good time during the celebration, enjoying the food and the company. Cherylin played with Adriel, Adric and many other children/adults who were present that day. Caught Shawn laughing happily when he saw jie jie playing with a football. Dunno why he kept laughing non-stop. Probably he'll become a soccer fan in future :P