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

Bring Kids to Work Day!

Yesterday was “Bring Kids to Work Day”. Coincidentally, heard of two other coys that had the same event yesterday. Started to prep Cherylin since the day I heard that my office’s welfare team will be organizing the event. Initially Cherylin said she didn’t want to go. However, nearer the date, she changed her mind and began to look forward to the day, 20 Jun. Couple of days before fri, Cherylin kept saying that she wants to follow mummy to office. Told her it’s not time yet, gotta wait for Fri.

As usual, I tried to carry Cherylin off the bed (she’s usually still sleeping and will want us to carry her to the car when we leave the house). She didn’t want to be carried, said she wanted to continue sleeping. Told her mummy bringing her to office. Immediately, she opened her eyes and said she wanna change her clothes (much to our surprise as we had prepared to change her in the car). So Cherylin had her teeth brushed and clothes changed before we departed.

While at my workstation, my colleagues tried to engage Cherylin but she didn’t greet nor answer them. So proud rite? Haha..it’s her character, what to do? She’s just like mummy. So shy when meeting people for the first time. Auntie Doris came over with a tray filled with sweets and chocolate. Cherylin happily took the sweets and thanked Auntie Doris (at least she’s familiar with Doris). She stuck to me like glue and followed me wherever I went.

The programme started with distribution of goodie bags. A mini office tour followed. Next on line were balloon sculpting (hee…managed to learn a trick or two. Not that difficult to make a balloon hat) and colouring. The last programme before lunch was magic show. Cherylin suddenly burst into tears as the magician was performing. She was scared off by the wig he put on half way thru the performance. Cherylin then pulled me away saying that she’s scared. So we left the venue and went back to my workstation. Lunch was Happy Meal from McDonald’s. Cherylin had her nuggets while I expressed my milk in the nursing room. She must be real hungry as she gobbled up all the nuggets (1st time ever).

Brought Cherylin to Suntec and we had free ice cream, complimentary from a telco whose was having roadshow then. Bought her the Gingerbread Man cookie from a café (she had been asking for it). Then, we had coffee and shopped for a while before Cherylin got tired at around 4.30pm. Could tell that she wanna sleep when she asked me to bao bao her for a while (she don’t usually ask me to carry her unless necessary – cos she knows mummy has got no strength to carry her for too long :P). My arms almost broke when I reached the bus stop at St Andrew Cathedral. Me too was rather tired and took a short nap while on the bus, with Cherylin sleeping on my laps. Felt so relieved when I reached my mum’s place and put Cherylin onto the bed. This little darling of mine has really grown up, she’s now too heavy for me to bao bao for a long time liao.

Hong Kong (May 2006)

Was tidying up pictures and saw these photos taken while holidaying in Hong Kong 2 years back. Cherylin was only 14.5mths then. :)


Making cheeky face
Milk time


Playground at the Peak
Washing bum in hotel sink


Jumping on bed
Soundly asleep in baby cot

Kungfu Panda

Brought Cherylin to watch Kungfu Panda together with YC's SIL and his niece. It's Cherylin's first visit to the cinema. I've never considered bringing her to the cinema becos she's those who cannot sit still in front of TV (ok, the only exception is when there's Tom & Jerry. She can guai guai lie on the bed to watch for 30 mins). Since I have complimentary tickets (courtesy of cordlife) for yday's show, might as well try bringing her to the movie. For the 1.5 hours, she sat beside me for 45mins (and talk to me/ask questions/say 怕怕 non stop). For the next 45 mins, she got down the chair and started to entertain herself with the steps. She went up and down the steps repeatedly. Luckily there were lots of children during the screening, so she's not the odd one out.

Am I too strict?

YC said I’m too strict with Cherylin. Afterall she’s just 3 years old. Every little thing that she doesn’t do right gets on my nerve and I’ll raise my voice on my little darling (like when she don’t want to eat meals, don’t want to bathe, don’t want to go toilet, don’t want to change into her uniform, don’t want to go to bed early, etc…) Now that I think back, feel very sorry for being so harsh to her especially when I should be showering her with more love (in case she feels that Shawn has taken over her position to be mummy’s darling). Every morning when I send her to my mum’s place before going to work, she would want me to brush her teeth, help her change into her uniform, give me a hug, say “bye bye mummy” and ask me to come home early before I go off. Isn’t that sweet of her? Sigh…time for me to fan xing else my Cherylin would 1 day say she don’t want mummy :(