Little Ho's Story 诗宇的故事

Migrating to Wordpress

2007-03-18T16:49:00.000+08:00

This will probably be our very last post with Blogger before we migrate to Wordpress. No specific reason for the move as Blogger had never given me problems as some people reported ie. loading photos. However, I just love Wordpress for their password protected features on specific post. In this case, I can blog about everything and protect it with a password if I just want to keep it to myself.

Anyway.... here you go, the title of our new blog will be Diary of my 2 Littleho.

Thank you for your support with Little Ho's Story 诗宇的故事 and hope to have you back with us with Wordpress.

See Ya all at wordpress...:)

Irritated look

2007-03-12T22:24:00.000+08:00

Thought I should blog about alphabet again. Since few weeks ago, he is already reading out A-Z proudly whenever we write to him. On numbers, he can read from 1 - 10 and 12. Not forgetting a big pool of words that he learn by the day. This boy is definitely developing well.

Remember I used to complain abt hard time taking photo for him? Well, surprisingly he is willing to sit down and do me some pose. Just when he started to get irritated, he give me that look which I just adore so much...

Irritating look..hhaaa " Mommy, r u done with ur photo taking???"

Potty train?

2007-03-12T22:10:00.000+08:00

We spotted some nappy rashes on Hayden and wonder how does it comes about. For the past 2 years, this had never been a problem, we cleaned him up whenever he soiled himself and we changed his diaper very frequent.

The only thing I can relate is I found him soiling himself when he wake up... Probably it had been soiled for a long time causing the rash. Anyway, this lead us into thinking if this is the time to potty train little fellow.

Just when we were talking about this matter on our way home from work and the moment we reached home, Mom told us that Hayden is diaper free... huh, are we all thinking about the same thing...:) The only thing is he had been diaper free for almost 2 hours but whenever we brought him to the toilet, he did not pee.

He joined us on the dinner table and drank a lot of water... so I was quite worry that he may just pee and mess up the whole place. Of course he did not... so I thought maybe I should put on a diaper for him now as this is good enough for a first training.

In the bedroom, he quickly climb up to the bed and jump about. I damn worry that he may pee on there so I drag him down and decided to try my luck again. Brought him in to the toilet and as I pull down his pant... i say " sheeee sheee", and he started to pee without wetting himself at all.

I think he is doing very well for a start. His bladder is all full, why didnt he pee eariler? or he already know how to control his bladder, that he can pee only when the pant is down???

I think we shall continue with potty training him from now and see how far can we go from here...:)

Grrrrhhh... Bronchitis again

2007-03-10T13:50:00.000+08:00

I have been so lazy to update this blog. Sometimes I thought of shutting down this blog but then where do I noted down Hayden's growing moment if I do so?

Anyway, it was another 4 days spend at Thomson Medical Center for Hayden's Bronchitis. Like before, he first started with running nose so we brought him to see PD and came back with medication. As there is no coughing, hence, no cough medication was given. All things went on well for 2 days until he started to cough and within hours, he started to wheeze.

So we visit his PD on 28 Feb again and PD advise to ward him for a day or 2 since it was so closed to his last espoide. For me, I would think 1 or 2 days for monitoring is reasonable too. However, Hayden's wheezing was getting worse by the evening, so it all add up to a 4 days stay altogether.

I'm quite season with hospital stay with Hayden by now..:) Each time we went into Level 4 ward, majority of the nurses could recogise us, some even drop by the room to say Hi...

Anyway, this time Hayden recover faster and it wasnt as bad as the previous time. But all I hope for now is Bronchitis to go away totally... or at least hit us at a longer interval.

Vivo City

2007-02-26T22:14:00.000+08:00

Hayden is 2

2007-02-24T21:08:00.000+08:00

Barney & gang birthday cake for Hayden.

The whole time I am holding on to his both hand as to prevent he mess up with the cake. He find enjoment in cutting the cake...:)

so he cut & cut & cut...

I am quite disappointed with all the pictures taken. None of it capture Hayden's smile and none of the picture capture the 2 folks behind in full. :(

Had steamboat dinner back at Mom's place. As usual, hard time taking picture for Hayden, if I am 1 sec late, he properly have sneak out. I notice toddlers seem to prefer playing with older kids... He love Yun En alot & always hug her but with his younger niece, he normally let her chase after him...:)

Hayden the chef... enjoying with his birthday present...:)

Chinese New Year - Continue

2007-02-23T15:36:00.000+08:00

Great that it’s Friday and consider that I didn’t take any leave to extend the CNY holiday… I feel that the coming weekend is a much awaited one.:) Still in holiday mood though and the whole office is damn quiet… that explain why I am updating post in the office… opps..:)

Guess this CNY we did the least.

2nd day of Chinese New Year
Last year we followed PIL to visit:
1) Ah-Gor (father-in-law’s sister)
2) Kau-Fu (pardon my Cantonese, I need MANY MANY more years to master it…heehe, I mean mother-in-law’s brother)

So no exception for this year, except that Hayden is now 1 year older and he wont be happy with just filling him up with milk while we do house-hopping. Either we make a super quick visit and reach home by lunch time or we dun go. But I think the old folk want Hayden to meet the relatives so there we go, make a SUPER short & sweet visit to 3 families and reached home in time for Hayden porridge and our steamboat lunch.

The rest of the day we idle at home.

3rd day of Chinese New Year
Visited my cousin’s new place at Geylang. Met her daughter(Faith, 3 year old) and find her so sweet & pretty. At this age, she is already speaking well and mingles with the adult. I keep thinking to myself that by next year, Hayden should be able to do the same. Faith has a big kitchen set and Hayden was busy playing with the set. Consider that kitchen is a forbidden place for Hayden(we hardly allow him in) and yet he knows how to play around with the set ie, turning on the oven, cooking, pouring pepper into plates etc. Before this, I have a hard time convincing hubby to buy Hayden a kitchen set as he think that is a GIRL game. Now he is totally convinced and guess what? Right after we left cousin’s place, we went to Toy R US and bought a bigger kitchen set(for his coming birthday).

4th – 6th day of Chinese New Year
Life back to normal… All gone back to work….

年初一

2007-02-18T21:47:00.000+08:00

We rise early today and head to the GuangYin temple at Bugis. Lots of people praying for a good year ahead and we are no exception...:) Look at the crowd, it was a challenge to sqeeze in to the main hall but somehow we managed...:)

It was a long day and we only cover in-law & my parents place to 拜年. What's next, well...we have not really plan out on where to go for the next 2 days, so do come back for the updates...:)

2 Chicken Little

Picture taken for father-in-law

Have a GOOD Piggy year

2007-02-18T21:21:00.000+08:00

新春愉快万事如意

Ya Sui Qian

2007-02-17T22:22:00.000+08:00

Gave Hayden Ya Sui Qian before he sleep. He is not interested in the red packet at all and continue with his Lego activities. I wish him good health, be a good boy and stay happy forever...:)

1 from ME & 1 from hubby

Reunion Dinner - Part 2

2007-02-17T22:04:00.000+08:00

Had our reunion dinner with hubby's family today. Same as all previous years, we dine out at Lee Wah Resturant. It was a LONG dinner as food was served very slowly and somehow the dishes are not as GOOD as before... Anyway, we still have a very nice evening spend for the reunion dinner.

Parent-in-law enjoying the Yu Sheng.

Senior Ho Mentor & Senior Ho... :)

Mothers concentrating on our food..:)

Reunion Dinner - Part 1

2007-02-17T14:03:00.000+08:00

Last evening(eve of Chinese New Year eve), we had our reunion dinner with my family. This year is a little different cos we have it at our place. We started the dinner at about 7.30pm and end some 2 hrs later. With Hayden around, it is difficult for me to have a peaceful meal. Little fellow was all ready by 6pm, sitting at the dinner table waiting for the crowd to arrive..:)

Happy Belated Valentine Day

2007-02-17T13:38:00.000+08:00

It may be 2 days late but still like to wish all reader a Very Happy Be-lated Valentine Day.

I wake up with a surprise and I mean a real surprise...:)

He build a tower

2007-02-09T23:03:00.000+08:00

Video #1

Video #2(continue from above video)

Cute behavior

2007-02-09T14:40:00.001+08:00

#1 - 偷吃

He quietly go into the dining room, tip up his toes & lift up the food cover. Than he lift up his right hand and grabbed a little bit of vegetable and there into his mouth. Mom & myself were having some conversation and realize it was quiet all of a sudden!!! The moment we turned to him, we saw him putting the food that he had grabbed into his mouth and gave us that pretending look that he did nothing. Very cute behavior but just wonder what will happen if those that he grabbed are chilli?

#2 - Mommy = Baby???

These days, he called me “Baby” & feed me his breakfast…CUTE! I really can’t bear to leave home for work everyday and yes, I still have to sneak out instead of bidding bye to him…

#3 - He know by Kissing U, he can get his way

Sometimes when he refuse to sleep and want to go into the playroom, he will come kiss me all over non-stop, followed by grabbing my hand and ask me to bring him over. How can I not bring him over with all these kisses that he had showered?

Say Cheese...

2007-02-04T20:11:00.000+08:00

Same as previous year, we went for a studio photo shooting. A total of 95 pictures were taken and most are taken for Hayden alone. This little cheeky was quite cooporative in the beginning but shortly after about 20 minutes, he gets bored and start running all around the studio, making everyone tired and thus we call short the entire session... Anyway, out of the 95 pictures, most of it are very well taken, here are few of them...:)

Girlish Crocs

2007-01-31T23:19:00.000+08:00

This gold Mary Janes Crocs shoe is bought for Hayden's cousin but the moment he saw the shoe, he wanted to put it on...:( Size C6/7 is obviously too small for him as he is wearing the C8/9 but with some effort, still manage to squeeze into his plump feet... Look very girlish and he walk like an old woman...haha

S

2007-01-31T22:53:00.000+08:00

Whenever I reach home from work, the first thing Mom/maid did is to update me with the amazing/funny things that Hayden did for the day... sometimes it is funny stuffs and sometimes just complaint from Mom that my boy is too naughty & active...haha

He love going to the kitchen and play with the pails in the toilet... or to open up kitchen cabinet... he slipped and did a harmless fall and he saw a "S" shape hook that was drop on the floor and there he picked it up and he told mom & maid that that is a "S"... They were both stun and first thing when I got back they told me that he know what is "S" etc... Maid also told me that Hayden can cite A-Z wihout stopping... I am not so convince about that though. Althought I did heard him citing A-Z before but in-between there were like 4-5 missing gap... who knows maybe he had pick it up these few days, but not until I hear it otherwise I am not so convince... :)

When cousin meets...

2007-01-28T19:52:00.000+08:00

Can you tell who is older? :) It's fun to see how they communicate. The younger one follows the older one everywhere, when the older one is writing, the younger one want to write too... They write and exchange pencil... cute!

Back home, Hayden put on his new FIRE CHIEF hats and went on a fire killing spree...:)

Welcoming Chinese New Year

2007-01-28T19:37:00.000+08:00

Just a little bit of decoration for the coming Chinese New Year... Hope it will be a Great FIRE BOAR year for all of us...:)

TGIF: Going out or heading home?

2007-01-26T23:32:00.000+08:00

We should be in Bangkok today but no, we decided to cancel the trip. With the PD's letter, we are able to recover the cost of the package(at least not so bad). I am quite disappointed with the decision though, thought I need a good break. Called in for Bintan Banyan Tree but they are full for this weekend, so we are clueless of where to go. In the end, Daddy "compensated" with a 0.4ct Destinee diamond ring.... is this better than going anywhere? :)

Time flies and Hayden turned 23 months old yesterday! He gonna be 2 in just a month time... how exciting it is...:) There will not be any party for celebration, properly just a small one with some family members.

While waiting for lift during knock-off hours, a colleague asked if I am going out or heading home. I replied with going home and he responsed "GOING HOME? wow, it's friday!!!" Then I was like.... well, I have to rush back to babysit my prince. Before becoming a mother, I always wonder how come my colleagues(mothers) are always rushing home and during weekend, they are always either at home or doing kids stuffs... I tot that is boring. But now i totally understand how that is and it is absoluatly NOT boring...LOL

Gone are the days where I visited saloon once a months to maintain my hair(waistline long). Each visit was at least 3 hrs which I do treatment, coloring, triming etc. Right now, I always wait till 3-4 months before I trim my hair. Just the other day, I do a chop chop haircut at the saloon I used to visit, maybe I was in a rush and did not convey well into what style I want, I was quite disappointed with the result. The worst part is when Daddy reach home, the first thing he asked was " What hair style is that and didnt stop laughing for awhile"... :( Though my mom say it look nice on me though..hehe, is she trying to console me? LOL

Not forgetting to post a picture of Hayden in his activities...:)

Red Yellow Blue

2007-01-22T22:21:00.000+08:00

3 more words this time, mainly on color:

Red is the color of the Apple

Yellow is the lemon and the wonderful sun sun sun

Blue for the sky...

Words he can read

2007-01-21T22:02:00.000+08:00

At this stage(22 mths+), Hayden is able to recognise quite a fair bit of words and able to read it out proudly. On a good day, he will sit down with us at the white board and let us"test" him on some of the words that had been shown in his "Baby can Read" & Brainy Baby VCD... However, we are still not able to take a good video on the whole series of words that he know.. except for the following which he said "Boy", "Dog" & A, B, C, D.

These are the words that he knows:
Red, Blue, Brown, Yellow, Green, Orange, Black
Head, Nose, Eyes, Mouth, Tongue, Cheek, Ears, Knees, Toes, Fingers, Hand, Feet
Animals, Giraffe, Lion, Insect, Butterfly(Buttt- fly), Dog, Cat, Elephant
Apple, Roll Over, Boy, Girl, Mud, Whisper, Wiggle, Bubble, Bus, Car, Socks, Shoes etc...
Counting from 1 to 9
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, O, Q

Here is a video which he said A, B, C & D

Boy & Dog

Ring around the rosey

2007-01-19T23:30:00.000+08:00

It's Barney week! The whole of this week, I switched on nothing but Barney fvideo for Hayden to watch. And this is one of his favourite with Ring around the rosey. He spend his time ringing around and towards the end when the "I love you.." song is on, he let go of whatever he is doing and dash to me, hugging me like how the kids hug Barney... This is very SWEET of him... :)

Ring around the rosey
A pocketful of posies
Ashes, ashes
We all fall down

Motorised Bike

2007-01-06T23:41:00.000+08:00

Father & son enjoying their moment together...

He is in good mood today...

Very good mood

WHY???

Because we got him a motorised bike... he love it but chicken to ride on it...:(

In the end, he drag me to take him on the ride.. thank godness the bike didnt break..haha.

And it doesnt take long for him to start posting for pictures and exploring his new toy...:)

Bangkok trip: should we proceed?

2007-01-05T22:46:00.000+08:00

I was SO HAPPY when Daddy agrees on a holiday trip to Bangkok to attend a friend's wedding(end of Jan07). We thought it would be NICE to bring Hayden along and enjoy his infant flight fare for the 1st & last time before he turn 2 this Feb. We found a good packages few days later and had booked and settle everything, just waiting for the day to come.

But the recent asthmatic bronchitis attack on Hayden is making the above not likely to happen for him. Even Dr Ong advise to keep him at home first. So it would either be we go without Hayden or cancel the whole trip(*sob).

Finally we more or less decided that perheps we should proceed with the trip, just leave Hayden with my mom for few days. I'm Happy again!!! Not that I'm not going to miss Hayden but the fact is I think we deserve a good break. However, the new year eve bomb blasts at bangkok had again crash my dream. With news reported that there might be more to come and situation may take few months to be calm again blah blah blah... I really dunno what decision to make...

Review with Dr Ong

2007-01-05T22:25:00.000+08:00

We brought Hayden for a review with Dr Ong. As usual, Dr Ong asked "Any more cough? Any wheezing? Any phelghm?" I replied with a "No" for all his questions and after some examination, he declared that Hayden's lungs are clear and he should be alright if we continue to give him Seretide via inhaler once a day for another 3 weeks.

Dr Ong stressed again that sensitive lungs & nose are inter-related. This may explain why Hayden always sneeze. Previously, the nurses told me that if Hayden started to sneeze, I can give him Zytec and shoud give for a period of 7 days. But the problem is whenever I stopped 1 course, in a day or 2, he started sneezing and I will start off with another course... and I shared with Dr Ong that I have been giving Zytec for a straight 3 weeks and wonder if there are any other better medication??? After analsying, he mention that Zytec may not be the right medicine since it is for running nose... As Hayden's case is more of a sensitive nose, he prescribe something else to try for 3 weeks before we see him for another review end of the month.

Both the central incisor should be alright now since Hayden didnt fuss about it and had been eating well. I am so glad that after this incident, he had kick off the bad habit of sucking thumb and learn to drink water from cup instead of his straw bottle... :)

Just some pictures

2007-01-02T23:17:00.000+08:00

Some pictures taken over the long weekend...

Love the way he hold the pen..:)

Bubbles Time

Not a very good start

2007-01-01T23:48:00.000+08:00

A new look(blog template) to start off with 2007, hope that it will be a year of good health, good luck, good wealth, good career & everything else.

Wishes again, today isnt really a good start for us, especially my ever active Hayden. He slipped after shower and hurt his upper central incisor . He cried for a long time and it bleed a little. He took my finger and put it inside his mouth... I am not sure wht he is trying to tell me... was just thinking perheps it is painful. When he stopped crying and started to play, I noticed that the injury was actually on his upper central incisor. I could see blood crowning the gums of these 2 teeth. It hurt me... at that point of time I am not sure if I should see a doctor or dentist? and my goddness, it is 1 Jan 07 and I dun think there is any dentist available!!! So the decison is to make a trip down to Thomson Medical 24 hrs clinic. We waited for 1 and 1/2 hours for our turn. Both teeth are quite shakey but it probably wont fall off but I know it is painful cos Hayden no longer want to drink from his straw which he always like to bite on. He no longer want to drink milk using his milk bottle.. and it take forever to spoon feed him.

Due to the pain, he couldn't suck his thumb too. The only "good" thing out of this incident is hopefully it helps Hayden to get rid of the thumb sucking habit.

And right now, I started to wonder what kind of mother am I? How do I allow such an incident to happen??? *sob :(

Happy 2007

2006-12-31T22:33:00.000+08:00

Happy NEW year to all ...

Merry Christmas (Belated)

2006-12-30T22:17:00.000+08:00

There had been a long lag in updating this blog. But first of all, gotta greet all a belated Merry Christmas.. & A good NEW YEAR ahead. :)

Hayden is on the road of recovery. Just have to wait for another review on the 5th Jan to know if everything is fine. Sadly I don't really have much to update as we did not go out much since Hayden discharged from hospital. We didnt dare to bring Hayden down to Orchard Road to see the Christmas lighting so most of the time, we spend it right at home.

This Christmas we gave Hayden a portable DVD player as present. With this, he no longer want to watch Barney & his favourite Brainy Baby VCD on TV. Everywhere he go, be it at the dinner table, at the living room, on his bed... the DVD player need to be ON for him. Oh yes, even when he bath, I need to place it somewhere so that he can see.. Cute isnt it?

When CCC is not an option...

2006-12-14T21:39:00.000+08:00

What do I do when Childcare Center is not an option and when my mom(the caregiver) for some personal reason have to quit the job? There is a saying that when bad thing happen, it happen 3 in a row but if I can recall our recent journey, it seem like more that what we can handle:

6 dec – Hayden started with running nose.
7 dec - FIL admitted at SGH for his spinal operation.
8 dec – Hayden admitted at TMC for severe asthma attack.
11 dec – both hayden & FIL discharge from hospital. Niece was ill so mom stay home taking care of her & me taking extra no pay leave nursing Hayden.
13 dec – Niece admitted at KKH for pneumonia. Mom need to take care of her full time.

With the above and when Hayden’s condition is not suitable for CCC, when FIL need more time to recover before able to try taking care of Hayden, it look like I have nowhere to turn to. I never trust maid taking care of Hayden alone. I don’t like the idea of nanny too. Not sure about taking long term no pay leave as this is only my 9th month in the company.

With Daddy going for RT every Tuesday evening & Sunday morning & the 2 weeks reservist coming up… I seriously dunno how to handle & juggle.

Warded for Asthmatic Bronchitis : 8 - 11 Dec 2006

2006-12-11T21:53:00.000+08:00

Hayden was admitted last Friday for Asthmatic Bronchitis. It was quite bad at the time of admission as he had been wheezing continuously for 4 hours before we dash in to TMC’s 24 hours clinic for neberising treatment.

It all started on Tuesday evening when my mom told me that Hayden had been sneezing and rubbing his nose. I gave him Zytec for the nose before visiting his PD the next day.

On Wednesday, we were given some medicine to cure for the nose. Dr had given us some instruction on what medication to give should he start wheezing in the next few days. It was a cause of viral infections.

On Thursday morning, he started to cough and wheeze a bit. So we started the steps that Dr had instructed. By midday, we could hear his thick phlegm from his coughing. As we weren’t given any phlegm medicine, we called the clinic and were instructed to give him Flumicil twice a day. He didn’t take anything and was seen very tired and clingy. We weren’t sure if we should bring him to see doctor or to wait for awhile more as the medication should take a while to be in effect.

Thursday night through to Friday morning, Daddy was carrying Hayden through-out. His coughing & wheezing get worse as the night set in. We started to give him 3 puffs of Ventolin which suppose to be the maximum dosage that we can give him. However, he continues to wheeze and it gets louder.

We reached TMC 24 hrs clinic at about 6am and he was given the neberliser treatment immediately and soon, Dr Ong arrive to see him. Needless to say, he need to be admitted as he hasn’t been eating and that he look very distress.

We were send in to ICU ward immediately as the need to monitor Hayden's oxygen intake level & heartbeat… on top of that, for the 1st day, he need to be neberlise once every hour. He struggle and fight his life out whenever he need to be neberlise or fed medication. Despite the fact that he haven’t been eating but he is still as strong as a bull.

The setting of the ICU room. The oxygen monitoring tube that is strip to Hayden's leg and the drip on his wrist is making him so uncomforable. He doesnt want to sleep in the cot so we squeeze together in the small bed. No TV in there too, so bored for me... :(

As this is the 2nd time Hayden was admitted for Bronchitis, but we that there is a different treatment as previous time. For example, there isnt any oxygen monitoring thingy etc. Later was told that this is for asthma. On a peep at his medical card, I see that Dr had indicate his diagnosis as "Severe Asthma Attack".

He can’t move around as he was attached to the machines and drip stand. I stayed with him in the ICU room on the 1st night and with the 2 hourly nerberlising treatments, we hardly get any sleep and by the time he gets calm down and fall asleep on 1 treatment, the next moment, the nurse will come in again getting ready for the next one. Also in between the 2 hours, there is medication time too so it is difficult and painful to see him scream and cry his lung out.

Having hard time to fall asleep.

On Saturday morning, we are allowed to leave the ICU room and admit to our own room but still he need to be on the drip which hinder him from moving around. He is feeling bored in the ward but not much can be done.

Bored in the ward (Room 411)

This is how I take my breakfast by placing him on the chair while he watch Barney.

It is getting better for sure and as he gets better, he gets to be more active and started to demand things. When Daddy left us, he started to cry and it doesn’t help when I bring him out of the room. He just wants to cry and walk on his own. No choice, get the nurse to remove the drip for him so that he can go for a walk. I hate it when he keep going to the lift and lean on it and at time insert his finger at the lift door. I was so annoy and insisted that he hold my hand but he refuse and started to cry again, lie on the floor and rub his hand on the floor etc. I am almost going crazy and losing myself, for the whole night, I yell and scream at him. This goes on for hours until 1am when the nurse ask if I wanted some medication for him to fall asleep, he was force in with that and soon, the drama ends.

Sunday morning, he is getting better and Dr Ong wanted us to stay 1 more days for monitoring. He is off drip now and yes he can go wherever he wants now.

Dr did his morning visit and confirm Hayden is definitely getting better and we can go home today. We still need to give him neberliser treatment every 4 hourly and some medication.

Home is definity a better place for recovery, he look more cheerful and happy when at home. Let's hope that Hayden will recover fully SOON.

Broken mirror

2006-12-03T22:00:00.000+08:00

This happened sometimes back. Daddy & Hayden were watching TV in the studyroom while I was changing the refills pack on my powder. We heard a VERY loud bang and the next thing we reslise is the mirror in our bedroom had fallen on us. It had been with us for almost 3 yrs, stick on with 4 3M stickers.. we forgotten to change the stick on and there it goes... Can't imagine the impact if Hayden was to be around the area or I choose to refill my powder in the bedroom. It may be a BIG mess but we are all GLAD that noone was around the mirror when it fell.

Can a broken mirror be mend? I don't think so... :(

It's a ZOO day

2006-12-03T15:46:00.000+08:00

We hopped in to the Zoo this morning. The weather wasnt looking good though, it would either pour and spoil the trip or to stay as it is to make it a GREAT trip. And indeed, except for a few minutes drizzling, the weather was good for the kids & adult.

Daddy wasnt with us today so it was quite difficult to take LOTs of picture. Here are the limited few & of cos, we all had fun there & hopefully, we be back there real soon again.

Hayden with the Xmas tree at the entrance....

Hayden wishing for a Xmas present..heheee

The kids are already tired at the entrance before we start the tour!!!

My ever active boy never stay still for a picture!

FISH.....

Tired again at the OUTBACK....

& Lastly, my one and only picture taken today. Were watching the how when it was drizzling a little.

Pasir Ris Park

2006-12-03T15:45:00.000+08:00

Packing dinner

2006-11-27T23:08:00.000+08:00

Sunday morning at Punggol Park

2006-11-27T22:55:00.000+08:00

Daddy was on RT every Sunday morning. This give me time to bring Hayden out alone. Last week, we tried Punggol Park by bus. He was funny, refuse to head the bus stop way and insist to take the stairs which will lead to a basket ball court. Whenever we were there, he would run to the older boys and show interest in joining them. Of course the older boy not interested in playing with him … hehe In the end, I walked him 1 bus stop before boarding the bus.

He simply enjoy himself there in the park. I would say it is a nice morning spend with him.

Playground

2006-11-25T23:34:00.000+08:00

Sayang Mummy

2006-11-24T13:41:00.001+08:00

Hayden has this habit of throwing books.

I tried to get him to pick up all books & put it back on the table by demonstrating to him. He continues to throw and accidentally land 1 of the board book on my toes... it was so painful!!! I bent down and pause for a long while, followed by letting out a weeping cry.

He probably had sensed that something was not right. He quickly run to me and keep saying Ma(2) Ma(2) Ma(2), squawk down and used his hand to sayang me while he tilt down his head to see my face.

Though it was really painful but his act was so cute & I know that despite us doting on him, he dotes on us too.

Mood swing monkey: Lucky

2006-11-23T22:52:00.000+08:00

Introducing Hayden's new friend, Mr Lucky. He pick this lovely GREEN himself..:)

Morning kiss

2006-11-22T17:50:00.000+08:00

Daddy left for work early this morning so I have to go to work myself.

My little leech started to wrap his 2 arms around my leg when he saw me pulling out a shoe from the shoe rack.
He started to cry until so pitiful and I didn’t bear to leave him just like that. So I asked my mom to put on a shoe for him and let’s walk me to the bus-stop together.

Wow, he turned off his tap immediately and gave me that happy grins.

I am worry that he may start all over again when he see me boarding the bus so I asked my mom to take him elsewhere but he refused. So funny that he know the way to the bus-stop and went ahead of us. No choice so we stood at the bus-stop for 2 minutes before my bus arrived. When I say bye, Hayden just give me a sweet blowing kiss and say bye bye… It is just so easy :)

Yvette - Isn't this a nice name?

2006-11-20T21:57:00.000+08:00

I had always like this name.
I love to have a daugther so that I can name her Yvette(Vetti).
I had recently adopted a pet(Pig) on this blog & I name her Vetti.
I am hoping that I will be bless with a baby gal born in the year of Pig(2007) & her name will be Yvette.

The above had been in my mind for a long time. Recently shared this beautiful name with Daddy, he doesn't like it at ALL. He said it sound like idot!!!

This evening he told me again that he is not keen in this name :(
He sound very serious though.

Papa

2006-11-20T21:48:00.000+08:00

Nowadays, Hayden call out for Papa 100 over times each day. The only time he call Mama is when he want to eat... :(

Hayden is now clear of Bronchitis and we are stablising him with the Steretide puffs once a day for another month. Since all is well, we proceed with the Chicken Pox jab & Dr Ong is really good fast in giving the Jab, it happen in a flash & Hayden didnt even realise he had been jabb-ed.
At the clinic, the nurses gave Hayden a small Gain IQ backpack and he put it on for a long time. At home when ask where is ur bag, he will snatch it and request to be put on, so cute of him. He is weighing 12.5kg now at 21mths.

My sleeping beauty

2006-11-20T21:46:00.000+08:00

Just like an angel ... :)

Cousins

2006-11-20T21:39:00.000+08:00

SAHM for 2 days

2006-11-16T23:05:00.000+08:00

My mom was not available the last 2 days so I took leave to take care of Hayden, &have a good feel of being a SAHM - for 2 days!!!

Time are all well spend.. It includes waking up the same time as having to go to work(7.30am), bring Hayden to do marketing & for breakfast. Clean up him & play time with him. Brought him out on a bus trip to visit my mom(3 bus stop away) etc etc.

While clearing up the mailbox I found a leaflet on a Child Care Center 5 mins walk down the road, I thought since we are free why not pay them a visit, who know that will be the place for Hayden when time come for him to attend CC? So I called them up & arrange for the visit. We arrived at abt 4pm & the in-charge took us first to see their pets: Rabbit, Tortise, Hamster etc. I actually didnt like the idea of having pets in the CC, but anyway... Hayden seem to love it. When we get indoor, Hayden doesnt cling on to me... he start exploring on his own and find himself at the 18mths-2.5yrs group...& the next thing i saw he was cooking at the kitchen set!!! I left him there while I tour the compound. The whole setup was quite ok, without aircon. But somehow, compare with the last one I visited, I find that this one does not answer well to my questions? I asked

Q: if kids tend to fall sick more frequent in CC...
Ans: No, not happen to all.
The previous one that we went told us frankly to expect the child to fall sick, at least more frequent in the first 3 months.

Q: Do you have anything to prepare the kids & parents on starting on CC?
Ans: Yes, we will advise parent to talk to the child before starting CC. He told me it's more on how prepared the parents is & not so much on the child.
The previous one that we went actually advise us to enrol at least 1 month in advance so that we can bring Hayden there every saturday to familisar with the place & also includes talking to the child. But this school also have plan to go thought key points & things that we should talk to the child on preparing them.

Etc Etc.

Conclusion is I am dropping this CC.

Oversea Wedding Invitation

2006-11-16T22:48:00.000+08:00

Lately, we received 2 oversea wedding invitation.

First invitation was from Gor & Ver. They were my classmates from QUT back in 1999. They have been together for so long and finally are tieing the knots, very happy for them. They will hold their wedding event at Sukhothai Hotel, in a outdoor style on 28 Jan 2007.

We hop in Sunny Holidays at Bugis looking for packages & we book on the spot a 4D3N trip to Bangkok on the 26 - 29 Jan 2007. Staying at the New Softitel Silom Hotel in a 1 bedroom with Kitchette room. All these cost us for only $1,5oo... pretty good deal. Getting very excited to be back at Bangkok...my last visit was May 2004 and it was too long ago. We have lots to do there & to catch up with all old friends.

Received the second invitation 2 days later. This is from Anisha, she is marrying her Swedish boyfriend...wedding hold in India. Wow, would love to be there too but I cant imagine my whole family(with little Hayden).. traveling for wedding event, in the month of January 2007. Anisha, if you are reading this, A BIG congraduations to U & Andres.

Painting

2006-11-05T21:26:00.000+08:00

My niece, Yun En was here when Hayden was doing his painting, so I do up the other side of the board for her to paint too. Look at them, so cute!!!

First visit to the Zoo

2006-11-05T20:59:00.000+08:00

We visited the Zoo this morning with SIL's family. This is Hayden's first Zoo trip. He was amazed by the plants & flowers, people & tram... everything but the animals...:) When we see Giraffe, Rhinocerous etc... animals that he had been watching in his VCD... but he doesnt seem excited at all... he is more happy with running & running and I am seen in lots of the picture chasing after him :(

I am already chasing him right from the entrance... Not many nice photo taken though.

Surprisingly, both tots are happy sitting the puller carseat. But for 15 mins ONLY :)

A group photo before we leave the Zoo. It was a short trip(2 hours) & didnt cover much. Will be back again to cover other part of the Zoo... Perheps we will become Friends of the Zoo soon...:)

3rd lesson @ KindyROO - Scooter

2006-11-04T22:51:00.000+08:00

We attended our 3rd lesson at KindyROO this afternoon. This is also the last of the trial package. Gernerally, we are satisfy with the programme & we see that Hayden enjoyed his time there. We will continue to sign up till the end of this term.

It's a hot day so I didnt put on a long sleeve tees for Hayden. I thought it will be alright for him but after about 10 mins in the play area, he started to sneeze and his hands & feet are cold. He look teary too... But he is still playing & enjoying himself. We leave as soon as the programme end, didnt stay back to continue with the play... Lucky once we are out of the aircon room, he is ok, hands & feet arent that cold then & no more sneezing....

Hayden's First Year Book

2006-11-04T22:41:00.000+08:00

I have finally completed Hayden's first year book & received it yesterday. We are all very please with the product... It will be 4 more months to Hayden's 2nd birthday.. look like I should start working on his Second year book..:)

10mins at Gallop Stable

2006-10-29T22:34:00.000+08:00

We had breakfast at East Coast Park & intend to do some cycling there. Daddy's friend called saying he was cycling at Gallop Stable so we decided to head there instead. Hayden had fallen asleep on the journey & when we reached the Gallop Stable, he was a little blur. Daddy took him on the bicycle & he love it. Wanted to take a pony ride but it started to drizzle so no choice but to leave after reaching for about 10 mins & just 5 pictures taken. Maybe we make another trip here next week...

2nd lesson @ KindyROO - Bike

2006-10-28T22:14:00.000+08:00

One of his favourite toy, he will throw out all the bar & slot it all in. At the end of it, he will wrap up with a LOUD "Yeahhhh", complete with a BIG clap...:)

Crawling in the tunnel... hello there, he do this so many time & by the time he reaches the tent(suppose to be a kitchen), he jump out from the window thinking that that is a door...

This is TODAY's favourite. He goes open & close the door.. At first he hit the bar when he dash in, but subsequently, he know there is the obstacle & will bent down when he want to get in.

Following instuction in class. Today he is more attentive.

It's Massage time! All the kids are ask to lie on their stomach and parents uses a wooden rod to massage their back...

This week theme is BIKE. For treasure bag, every kids will bring an item related to the theme. The trainer will pick each item out & link some story to it. Kids are suppose to collect their item when it has been pick up by the trainer. Needness to say, we brought along a bike cardboard as Hayden's item & he recognise it & run to collect it.

He is enjoying...

20 months

2006-10-24T00:35:00.000+08:00

Happy 20mths to Hayden... :)

1st lesson @ KindyRoo - Rocket

2006-10-21T23:23:00.000+08:00

We attended KindyROO's 1st lesson and Hayden has a ball of time. At the end of the 1 hour, we all agree that we(me, hubby & maid) are more tired than Hayden. Consider that we are chasing after him but it is all worthwhile cos he is enjoying himself throughout...

"Rocket" is the theme for this week & they are taken through a series of rocket related play & dance... Honestly, this is the 1st time that I see Hayden laughing & smiling non-stop for 1 hour!!!

(bottom right: Didnt know that Hayden is into doll... ohhhhhh :)

Happy Birthday to Daddy

2006-10-21T22:45:00.000+08:00

Today is Daddy birthday and we ordered his favourite Strawberry Shortcake for him.

Looking at the pictures, I wonder who birthday it is...my boy is so smiling from ear to ear through-out the whole session... :)

You are my sunshine

2006-10-21T22:20:00.000+08:00

You are my sunshine, My only sunshine,

You make me happy when skies are grey,

You'll never know dear, How much I love you,

Please don't take my sunshine away!

New "member"

2006-10-17T21:24:00.000+08:00

We have a new addition to the family today... a Latio Sport. We have always like a white car and finally here it is....

Bye to Sunny & Welcome Latio Sport

New menu

2006-10-15T20:57:00.000+08:00

Before, Hayden was always given porridge with Brocoli, fish, pork ribs, carrot, potatoes. Lunch & dinner are similar & I think they taste the same too. It is never easy to feed him. I do not know if he is not hungry or he is just playful. But he is always interested in our food.. As a working mother, i think the porridge is the easilest.. but it is quite rare for him to finish the whole bowl of porridge.

Today, I tried out something new. I cooked him Japanese rice, Soup(with pork ribs, brocoli, carrot, wolfberries, fish) & a steam egg with salmon.

We all can see that he enjoy this new menu. He didnt use his hand to push away the spoon(which he always do). He eagerly open his mouth when the spoon is approaching him. He love to drink the soup. I have a very enjoyable time feeding him TODAY.. for the first time..HAHA

Haircut experiences

2006-10-15T20:29:00.000+08:00

Hayden had his haircut for the 4th time since birth. Following are the "saloon" that we took him & I have my comments for all of them:

1st time @ 4th mth to shave his head - 1 of the Kid saloon at Parkway Parade
(Rate 4.5/5)
Very good & professional. I was carrying Hayden and the lady was very gentle and careful. She kept some of Hayden's hair into a angbao for my keep. Charged $16 but service was good.

2nd time @ 13rd mth - Junior League at Suntec City
(Rate 4.5/5)
Very good too. They have the mini TV screen and lots of toy to distract the child. Hayden sit on the chair all by himself and I was sitting next to him(I'm so glad that he didnt need me to carry him). He didnt cry too. In fact he was looking at the other children who was screaming away. All he need was to have a hand to hold and watching his barney video. Charged $10.

3rd time @ 16th mth - Junior League at Suntec City
(Rate 4.5/5)
Very good too & we have the same "hairstylist"as our previous visit. It was the same experience as before. Charged $10.

4th time @ 19th mth - Super-ABC at Compass point
(Rate 1/5)
Poor. I don't think I will ever want to bring Hayden there for a haircut. Consider they have a section all setup for children & consider their charges, I would expect a more patient & accomdating services. When the "hairstylist" put on the towel around Hayden neck, he gets uneasy and already want to get out. We try to talk to him and coax him. It was just less than a minute the lady started to cut his hair when we were talking to him, this was before anything was place on him!!! I stopped her.. telling her that he will feel itchy all over.. she cant do that. I thought this is very unprofessional.. all she want is to quickly get done with us cos the saloon was pack... So she found us a bib and ask if we can try that.. Hayden didnt scream when we wear that on him.. so we placed a towel on his tights. She started to zap zap zap again and each time she zip Hayden will turn his head... I think he didnt quite enjoy this haircut. It cost $17.

PD's advise

2006-10-15T20:04:00.000+08:00

We encountered 3 occurance whereby Hayden developed rashes on his shoulders & hands after taking medication(either the phelgm/cough syrup). Consulted PD on this and he advised that it is just coincidence. He dun think that it is allegy to the medicine cos the rashes should appear with 3-4 hours after consuming the medicine & not 3 days later(in our case). He think that it is more like sensitive skin. He said sensitive skin, sensitive lung, sensitive nose, sensitive eyes etc etc are all inter-related, since Hayden has sensitive lung, so it is likely that he has sensitive skin. We are actually not very concern about the rashes but just want to be sure if it is allegy to medicine but since PD was so sure that it isn't that so be it.. we shall see how soon his rashes be going away after appearing some cream.

Hayden is coming 20 months old this 24th. And it is also in my plan to send him to Childcare centre. I have already found a right Childcare & have all plan made, but when we share this info. with the PD... just want to see if he has any advise for us. YES, he does.... he was against the idea and was telling us that hayden will not benefit from it cos he probably will be sick more frequent than he can attend the class... blah blah & blah. I was quite disappointed cos I already have it all planned. But I have a thought about it for the whole night and I thought perheps he is really not ready!! Afterall, he had just recovered from his 3rd Bronchitis attack for this year.... I just have to postpone my plan.

We bought some Cordyceps, Wolfberries & Red dates. Hopeful that these will help to improve his health.

Kiddy Rides

2006-10-15T19:44:00.000+08:00

Hayden never been interested in kiddy rides. Sometimes in April this year(See Left), I placed him on the Barney kiddy rides and insert a $1 coin, I thought he would like it. But he was so scare & wanted to get out of the car immediately. When the rides end, we try to put him back to the stationary car but he didnt want to. And since then, he been rejecting kiddy rides.

Yesterday at Compass Point, I placed Hayden onto the Barney ride again & boy, he didnt resist this time. In fact, he didnt want to get out!!! & was car hopping. I inserted the coin to get the car moving, just want to 'test' if my boy is really loving it. Well, just as I expected, he chicken out... & want to be out!!! He wasnt as scare as before, I guess he just dun like the ride.

When time come to go home, approaching the escalator to the carpark, there is 1 last kiddy ride & my boy insist to get in there and didnt want to go. We were there for like 5 mins and still he didnt want to go so we play the trick by inserting the coin again... HAHA, he quickly get off his butt. I'm think in future, the most I need to spend in $1, for him to get out of the car... :)

Yu Jing

2006-10-12T23:29:00.000+08:00

This is Yu(2) Jing(1), daughter of a close friend.

Yu Jing was born on 29 Aug 2006...

Saw her once on her full month party,

but she look so different now.

So fair and cute... Lovely!!!

Video - Puzzle fun

2006-10-12T23:06:00.000+08:00

Puzzle

2006-10-11T23:37:00.000+08:00

Bought a simple puzzle set on Transportation. It comes with 8 set of about 5-6 pieces of puzzle. Knowing his style, I didnt give him the whole set, just take out the "CAR" set for him to try out. I think he need some time to know how to work on his own. I been helping and encourging him. Whenever the puzzle is completed, we will clap our hand and cheer. And after the cheer he will want to dismantle the puzzle and start all over again. He cant really express what he want yet so he go yelling & screaming.. :(

Cheeky

2006-10-08T15:20:00.000+08:00

Watching Hi-5 while waiting for medication time at 2pm... After that, I have to make him SLEEP!!!

Our dear friend - Bronchitis

2006-10-07T22:35:00.000+08:00

Hayden is down with Bronchitis again. It all started with a very frequent sneezing on last sunday. On monday, mom told us that the sneezing continue and he seem to have a running nose. That night, we fed him with 2ml of Zytec for the running nose and thought we monitor first. On tuesday lunch time at work, called home and mom said his nose runs like a tap. So we decided to take him to the family doctor as PD's clinic was closed in the afternoon. We were advised to continue with Zytec and Feben.

Tuesday night is the beginning of our nightmare, hayden must be feeling too uncomfortable and become super cranky. He couldnt sleep and wanted to be carried by daddy. Poor daddy carried hayden from 11pm all the way till 5am when he finally agree to sleep on the bed instead of daddy shoulder.

Needless to say, I call in for a urgent leave on wednesday. Brought Hayden to visit his PD and it was at that time when he started the wheezing sound.. so we all know by then that his best pal - Bronchitis has pay us another visit...:)

It could be the haze, could be daddy's once bronchitis history or my sensitive nose. But 1 thing PD is sure is that Hayden has very weak lung and need to be very careful in taking care of him. Should not let this happen too often and we should have started the medication on him on sunday instead of now wednesday...

Hayden was off neberliser since March and this time he has to take 1 session at the clinic and it was so heartpain to see him scream & struggle when we put him through the course. We were given the same medication from the previous time, as follow:

From right to left: Aero-Chamber with Ventolin & Seretide. Ventolin to open up airway so that Hayden can breath better, 2 puff every 4 hourly. Seretide is to stablise & strength his respiratory system, 2 puffs every 12 hourly. Medication for phelgm, flu, running nose, fever & lastly Singular.

He must be tired & sleepy. He fallen asleep after some medication. I pat on his back for almost an hour to make him feel better.

After he wake up, super super cranky... he still want to be carried. When I finally coax to put him down, I need to sit right beside him holding his hand. I dun even dare to move or say a word cos sometimes the sudden movement or speech will trigger his crankiness. Anyway, I try to put on his new yellow crocs and yes he want to walk with the crocs and refuse to take it out. Im ok with it as long as I dun have to carry this 12kg load. Too tiring!!! I continue to stay with him the whole of wednesday until his bedtime at night.

As expected, it wasnt a smooth night again. But it is better than the previous night. Thursday we gone back to work and let mom & maid to take care. Somehow he developed some coughing on this day and also difficult, refuse to eat & need mom to carry him. Called the clinic to check on the coughing but was advised to continue with the medication as effect will take a few days to show. Lucky when we come back from work, Hayden seem to be happier when he see us and started to smile... so we know that he is on the recover track.

Friday... Mom said Hayden is playing when I called home at 10am.. and he take his meal.... so all is well, we just have to continue with the medication. I had bought a few traditional paper lantern and plan to have a mini mid-autumn party on today but consider the haze and hayden's health, we didnt do anything except the usual bedtime story and Hi-5 time with him.

Glad that he is his own self today. Running & jumping all day long despite his mucus hardening around his nose. Though we have 1 more day to go to stop all medication except Seretide but I know that my boy is well already.

He may be sick but when it come to going upstairs, this boy always insist to do it himself...

Specially for FIL

2006-10-07T22:22:00.000+08:00

Been a little lazy lately that's why no update to blog. Anyway just dropping by tonight to post some photo of JiaXin(Hayden's cousin). FIL had been asking few times for these photo taken sometimes in August during JiaXin morning bath... :)

Enrichment class - 1st lesson

2006-09-17T21:41:00.000+08:00

Hayden started his 1st enrichment class yesterday. We arrived half an hour eariler so we join in the trial class which starts eariler. Like his usual self, he explore the place and went around pulling toys off the shelf... busy me have to ensure that he dun mess up the whole place.

The 1.5hrs class comprises of first half hours with Chinese songs/lesson, second half hours English songs & story telling and lastly and art & craft. This week craft is making of a Lantern :) At the end of the class, the teacher bring the children around the school with their Lantern, but this boy of mines refuse to hold his Lantern & run all the way in front to lead the way.. *funny

During the singing session, while all children are singing/staying together in a circle, Hayden wander around the class room... again pulling toys off the shelf.. arghhh. I pulled him back umpteen times but then he move away again.. *sigh* Teacher asked me if this is the first time Hayden attended a class.. & I guess it is obvious to tell. Anyway, I am glad that I have started something for him and I hope after few lessons, he can be more attentive..hehe

Hayden's first handmade Lantern .. :)

Maid

2006-09-14T23:04:00.000+08:00

I thought I am just taking half day leave to bring Hayden on his 18th month assessment, but ended up I have to take a whole day off until next tuesday cos we are having our new maid today.

Rai(left) had been with us since 19 March 2006, an indian nationality & nepalese race. She comes from a pretty well to do family & quite educated. Her work are alright, but there are just some things that we are not able to tolerate with her and eventually have to let her go. She is our 1st maid & I have learnt a fair bit about managing expectations & how to close 1 eye on certain household matters. Anyway, just hope that she can find another good employer who is able to fulfill her employment conditions. All the best to you, Rai!

Today, we also received our new maid from Burma. 33 years old, got a Bachelor degree in Science, major in Zoology. We picked her up at 4pm & since then I had been following through her with the work & at the same time setting the expectation to her. So far she seen alright.. at least she make effort to play with Hayden. I guess I need a longer time to know if she is really good. As I want to make sure that she closed all doors/windows b4 going to bed, I went to her room moment ago and she just happen to finish her bathe, walk out of the bathroom with just a towel wrapping over her body. I was pretty shock though & ask her:

Me: U didnt wear anything ha?
Maid: Yes
Me: Cannot u know? what is sir come down?
Maid: ohhhh... ok ok
Me: Get dress first, I have something to tell u....
so I wait outside her room, I was shock again when I see her wearing a long burmese dress with a nice jacket over a inner wear....
Me: U wear so nice for what?
Then she show me she is wearing a sleeveless tees inside (as I told her when she unpack her luggage that she is not suppose to wear spagetti top).. Haha

18th month assessment

2006-09-14T22:43:00.000+08:00

Brought Hayden for his Bronchitis review & a delayed 18th month assessment today. His lungs are all cleared & we only need to give him Seretide for another 2 weeks.

At 18 months 20 days, Hayden is weighing about 12kg & 86cm. Both are at the 90% percentile. And he is quite interactive in the test part... showing the nurses most of his body parts willingly. While Dr was jabbing Hayden, he commented that Hayden skin is sensitive(as there are some rashes on his tight). We are aware of this and thus, Dr suggested that we should give him a soap-free bathcream & apply moisturizer on him daily.

I also took this opportunity to ask if it is alright to take Hayden on a holiday overseas(just to convince daddy). Dr said of course we can but due to his skin condition, we should avoid beaches.. should try somewhere near like Genting, Fraser Hill etc. So I ask if the cold weather be good for his sensitive nose and Bronchitis history, was told that is alright as the temperature are consistent throughout. It is worst to visit somewhere hot and going in & out of aircon environment. Of cos he also added that it would be better to wait till Hayden is a little bit older to travel... kinda disappointed upon hearing this.. haha.

Arms Up, Nose & Cheek

2006-09-12T23:08:00.000+08:00

Hayden always want to sit on my computer chair and watch the aquarium's screen saver.... He goes with his neverending fish fish fish fish fish... I just worry that one day he will fell from this chair...

Online Shopping

2006-09-12T23:07:00.000+08:00

It was a day well spend with Hayden. Just like any other weekend, we just make a grocery trip at the supermarkets. Did nothing special & Hayden been watching his Hi-5 VCD umpteen times that I wonder if he will ever get sick of it. Pass months he had been VERY sticky to Daddy but recently, the stickness come back to me. I am so happy about it, so is Daddy as he is not use to Hayden being too stickly to him..haha.Initital plan is to bring Hayden out for an haircut but then we tot if we can DIY ourself. So Daddy used his shaver to shave a bit of Hayden's hair(mostly above the ears & at the side)... We didnt dare to overdo it so it was just a little bit.. so the outcome was... NO DIFFERENT FROM B4..:)Hayden never take 2 naps when he is with me. Normally just 1 long afternoon nap. And for me, I only have that few hours to do things I like (surfing net). Did some online shopping at Jshopper today and had placed order for the following.. can't wait for it to be delivered...

Sandwich

2006-09-12T23:06:00.001+08:00

We havent had good sleep for the past 2 months as Hayden had been very cranky. Always wake up in the middle of the night and demand Daddy to carry him... usually it take 2 hrs to get him back to sleep. As Hayden is sleeping with me on the master bed, Daddy have to sleep on the floor mattress. Strange thing was Hayden will crawl down in the middle of the night and sleep there will Daddy. I was quite upset though but as we are deprive of good rest, I suggest to that I take the mattress instead, so at least we all get to rest well. However, the same thing happen, Hayden will still crawl down to sleep with me. We didnt want Hayden to sleep on the mattress(as that was initally bought for him) b'cos it was against the wall and it is quite cold at night too. So in the end, we got no choice but to all move to sleep on the big master bed and guess what, we all have sweet dreams thereafter... :) We deduced that hayden love to sandwich between us... HAHA

Our weekend (Sun)

2006-09-03T21:17:00.000+08:00

Visited SIL in the morning as we don't think Hayden would want to take a morning nap. He met up with JiaXin but as usual, Hayden gorgor is still very "dao", having JiaXin meimei to follow him here & there..:)

They need sometime to warm up..:)

Hubby with Hayden & JiaXin(niece).

Hayden with MIL. Basically, you can buy over hayden easily with a "baobao"(bread).

My long waited LEAPFROG VCD

Finally I receive the LeapFrog VCD. But I think this is too advance for Hayden at this stage. Will just have to shelf it first.

Our weekend (Sat)

2006-09-03T20:37:00.000+08:00

It's not a happening weekend, didnt go anyway except for visiting SIL & IL. Let's summarise all in point form:

1. Visited MMI @ Kovan Center with the intention to sign up for the Weekend Enrichment Class for toddler. As I had eariler made a phone enquiry that they have a new class starting at 16 Sept 06, I'm glad that we went this week b'cos this is the last class for this term. If we go next week, we will not be able to see how the class is run as it is term break. Generally, the place look alright for us... the enrichment class was conducted in a room and when I carry Hayden to view through a glass door... he was quite excited to see the children inside the room and wanted to go in. The teachers take us on a tour around the school and I learn quite a lot(afterall this is our first time visiting a Childcare/education Center). Out of a sudden, I have a urge to enrol Hayden on the full time program too b'cos I feel that Hayden will surely enjoy himself learning and making friends. While we were touring the classroom, Hayden was already exploring himself and he self-help himself with some of the toys on the shelf and refuse to let go when we have to leave the room. The teachers commented that Hayden have very good motor skills for his age. Anyway, we sign up Hayden for 1 term first and will see how he like the class.. so we will be back at MMI on the 16 Sept 06 @10am.

2. Hayden took a long nap that day and by the time he wake up it is already 4plus. Hubby wanted to go jogging at Bishan Park so I thought I brought Hayden along too...

Hayden called "Mummy"

2006-08-26T23:11:00.000+08:00

Yes, finally... he called me, loud & clear. It was during breakfast time when he was the most happiest. Usually he will say "Vee"(which he meant Mummy) when the spoon is approaching him. So this morning, when I was half feeding him and having my breakfast, he say out "Mummy", "Mummy"... it sound so cute with his soft voice.

I guess it is time to enrol Hayden for some weekend playgroup class and I have shortlisted Pat's Schoolhouse & MMI. Am interested in AppleTree too but was told that they have nothing for 18 months. They go by birth year and Hayden's turn will come only in 2008!!! Suppose to visit MMI to tour around the school but we were too lazy and had postphone the plan for 2 weeks. Let's hope that next week we are less lazy. So Hayden, please dun bug at us at 3am/4am hor.. :-)

I love his smile... :-)

Happi 18th month

2006-08-24T22:15:00.000+08:00

Today is Hayden's 18th month birthday... Clueless of what to write here cos I have lost count of the number of words that he knows or the things that he do. He's quite a difficult child especially when it comes to feeding. And he yell for his way, but then I suppose it's the same for all toddlers this age.

HAPPI BIRTHDAY to my

DEAREST SON, Ah-den .. :)

Brushing teeth before bedtime

2006-08-18T22:11:00.000+08:00

I thought I should make it a habit for him to brush his teeth before bedtime. So today I bring him the toothbrush and show him how to brush his teeth himself. He seem to like it and didnt want to part with the toothbrush. I didnt use any toothpaste though. He sip water on and off(drink it) and continue to brush his teeth. Walk around the house with his brush in his teeth...

At 1 week to 18 months, Hayden has 16 teeth now(below).

Being fair

2006-08-18T11:24:00.000+08:00

Hayden had been a very fair child to us. At night, he demand 100% of daddy ie. when he wake up from his sleep, he will look for daddy to carry him. If I try to take over, he will cry. * i'm quite "happy" with it, though a little upset but I get to sleep ..:) When he wake up in the morning, he will crawl down the bed to look for daddy(who sleep on mattress on the floor). Middle of his sleep, he will yell for my hand to hold while he is in dreamland. At times I withdraw my hand asI thought he had already fasten asleep, but then he yell again...:)

During the daytime(weekend), it is more of a Mummy 100%. I will bath him, feed him, watch VCD with him, do some learning activities with him... he just know when to look for who.

There's this song that goes "Head & Shoulder, Knee & toes, Knee toes", "Head & Shoulder, Knee & toes, Knee toes", "mouth, ears, eyes & mouths & noses", "Head & Shoulder, Knee & toes, Knee toes".He will goes with what the kids did and shows us his head, all the way to his toes and finish up with finger pointing to his nose... So lovely so cute.

Also, when he hear the teapot song.. he will put one of his hand as a handle and the other as a spout. So I normally tub him a bit, so that we can " put out the water"It's all so fun.

He normally call daddy "pa pa" and mummy "vee".

Not again??

2006-08-16T22:21:00.000+08:00

Last evening when I was carrying Hayden, I heard a very soft wheezing sound. Checked with my mom & she said she heard it too, in the morning. OMG, I said to myself.. this thing is happening too frequent!!! When daddy came home from work, we decided to give Hayden a puff of Ventolin first. And it is not hard to guess that it is a difficult night for both of us with a cranky and super sticky to daddy baby.

This morning called up SBCC for a 9.45am appointment. I headed to work, daddy & my mom will make the trip to TMC. Indeed, he is a bit chesty, very mild but lucky we brought him in before it develop into something more serious. Today Hayden is weighing at 11.2kg. We have to postpone the 18mth booster jab(suppose to be next sat) to mid Sept as we need to stablise Hayden first.

Feeling so tired. It happen every 2 weeks... remember it was just 2 weeks ago we were disturbed by the rashes on his body and of cos the on going wheezing sound.... daddy mentioned that Dr Ong asked if our places are dusty etc... Well, we live along a main road.. not sure if it is dusty but daddy had bought a BIG air purifier today, if things dun get better, I suppose we should really consider moving out.. :)

Just pictures

2006-08-15T21:42:00.000+08:00

Happy National Day to all

2006-08-09T20:27:00.000+08:00

This is Hayden's 2nd National Day, but we are too tired to take him anywhere today(lazy parents..:) He is quite difficult these days, also demand to be carried, even at home!!! I think he must be bored so we took him out to supermarkets and have a MacDonld meal... very well-behave when he is outside but a real monster at home.. *sigh

These days, when you ask him "where is your teeth?", he will rub his fingers on his teeth and show it to us, and for him "hippotamous" = po po po po... :) very interesting.

Monster at home..:) My mom told me that he love to sit on the stairs and day-dream, I witness it today... And who say it is boring to stay at home? Hayden have enough to keep him busy, recently bought a bubbles gun from Seiyu, he sure love bubbles and enjoy chasing after them...

Is it a phase or something else?

2006-08-09T15:54:00.000+08:00

Lately Hayden been waking up crying very louding in the middle of the night (sometimes midnight, sometimes 2 plus). He need to be calm and be carried when this happen, and he look for daddy to carry him. Poor daddy have to carry Hayden and walk around as he doesnt want daddy to sit down. It could goes on for 2 hours before he fall asleep again. Sometimes we have to switch on the VCD for him and wait for him to feel tired.

Strange!!! this happen shortly after the start of the chinese 7th months... I know I must be thinking too much, it could be just a phase.

New words

2006-08-06T13:47:00.000+08:00

Spent some time with Hayden at his Easel board. This time I gave him the duster & told him that I will write a word on it & he has to read it out and then rub it off. I will follow by new words and we repeat the process. At first I didnt know what to write except for the usual words that I know he can recognise. I try to recall on words that was shown on his VCD, so I write "shake".. he said shake and rub it off .. :) When I write "jump", he didnt say anything but he keep on jumping. "stars" is something that he pronouce very well and I also hear him saying "moon", "car" and "bow"... :)

Went to East Coast Park for MacDonald breakfast again. This time Hayden didnt finish his hotcake as he was distracted by the balloon that was given to him. He doesnt know the difference between ball & balloon, and he say a hundred time ball, ball, ball when he see the balloon.

I think daddy should improve on his photo taking skills... most of the pic taken are as above, it doesnt show that Hayden is the focus.. :(

Jia Xin turn ONE

2006-08-05T22:13:00.000+08:00

Today we have an early celebration for Jia Xin 1st birthday. It was a small family event cakes & presents. When we reached at in-law's place, Hayden saw a plate of red eggs and walked right to them and say BALL... and he smashed lot of the eggs.. :)

Since we arrived early, we started taking photo of hayden with his Ah-gone & Ah-ma.(Above)

I didnt know that Hayden is able to unwrap a present. He take it like it is his own birthday.. so funny!!! (Left)

Blessed grandma with her 2 grandchildren. Sweet JiaXin wear a Hello Kitty's dress bought by MIL and a "Pi Pi" shoe. (Below)

Hayden busy playing with mango pudding as FIL undo the cake wrapper... (Left)

The birthday girl, Jia Xin with her cake & red eggs. (Below)

It was nothing but a false alarm

2006-08-05T11:33:00.000+08:00

Called the clinic and was advised to bring him in if there are rashes on his body but just before we are about to leave home, his body are looking fine. Since nurses deduced that it is not likely to be MMR side-effect as rashes are likely to trigger after fever.

Cheeky!!! A tough job to get him dressed...

Horrified

2006-08-02T20:18:00.000+08:00

Last night we spotted some mumps look-alike lumps on his face, almost half of his face. Was curious how it happened. We quickly uses baby cream to apply on his face and thank god it subside after awhile.

This morning was torn between the decision on whether to bring him to see the doctor, but since the rediness are mostly gone, we thought we should just monitor first. Called Mum at about noon time and was informed that Hayden's face have so kind of mumps again(after he wake up)... First thing that strike us is the bedsheet may not be clean???

Anyway when I reach home at 7pm, I saw a lot of big patches of rediness on his body and on his leg.. By now we suspected that it could be the side effect of MMR(see below). Anyway, tomorrow got to call up the clinic if anything can/should be done.

What are the side effects of MMR?
MMR contains three separate vaccines in one injection. Each vaccine has different side effects at different times:
About a week to 10 days after the MMR immunisation some children become feverish and they may develop a measles-like rash and go off their food. This is because the measles part of the vaccine is starting to work.
About three to four weeks after the injection a child might occasionally get a mild form of mumps as the mumps part of MMR kicks in.
In the six weeks after MMR your child may, very rarely, get a rash of small bruise-like spots which may be caused by the measles or rubella parts of the immunisation. This usually gets better on its own.
Very rarely, children can have severe allergic reactions straight after any immunisation (about 1 in 100,000 immunisations for MMR). If the child is treated quickly, he or she will recover fully. People giving immunisations are trained to deal with allergic reactions.
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), a bleeding disorder, has long been a recognised side-effect of live viral vaccines such as measles, rubella and MMR. A study by researchers from the Public Health Laboratory Service (published in Archives of Diseases in Childhood, February 2001) confirms earlier estimates that the rate of ITP after MMR is around 1 in 22,300. It is important to remember that the rate of ITP after natural viral illness is much higher (at about 1 in 3,000 for rubella and 1 in 6,000 for measles) and that the severity of illness in non-vaccine related ITP cases is much greater. Therefore MMR offers protection against this higher risk of ITP due to the natural disease, as well as the other known serious complications of measles, mumps and rubella.

Sky

2006-07-30T21:49:00.000+08:00

No park(parkless) for this weekend. Took hayden to visit grandparents(both maternal & paternal side). He had a great time playing with EnEn and also enjoying himself at both visit.

Don't feel right without taking any photo this weekend, so after dinner, I took the following photo for him(sky series). It was a great spot and angle but I think he wasn't in the mood or not cooperating(as usual).. I will try on this angle sometimes again... :)

What a day

2006-07-29T22:47:00.000+08:00

Started the day with breakfast at Toa Payoh Crystal Jade branch. Hayden had a char siew bun all for himself and since it is the 1st time after so many weeks that we take him out to an aircon environment, we put him up with a warm jacket.

Hop in Courts in search for a vacuum cleaner and a small refridgerator to be place in our room, to save us trouble to go up/down the stair when craving for some snacks or drinks, especially in the middle of the night, guess we can expect some rise in weight since it is so convenient to reach for the food.

Reached home in time for Hayden to take his lunch.. as usual, a spoon of porriage to go with a small piece of cheese. Weird combination but he like it.. :) otherwise, it will take forever to complete his meal. Hayden started to cough a little in the afternoon, we are puzzled... cant be the aircon at crystal jade right? I mean it is not that cold at all and Hayden was in warm clothes ... ???!!!

Bought an awefully chocolate cake yesterday to satisfy my constant craving for cake. It was awefully fantastic.. daddy is not a coco cake person and so, Rai have a big piece for her tea break and she love it too.. very tempted to give Hayden a little but on 2nd tots, better not ..

Hayden the Busy Bee

2006-07-23T20:32:00.000+08:00

Suppose to attend a trial class from Tumbletot today, but this morning Hayden's temperature goes +/- 37.4 degree. Remember Dr Ong advise on the MMR jab, if there should be a fever, it will be in a week time which is today. So we thought should declare today as a stay at home sunday... :) Postpone the Tumbletot class to next week. We fed Hayden with lots of water and a bit of honey, lucky that the temp come down to below 36 at around noon time.

Hayden is like a busy bee at home. He love walking from room to room, seem like he is looking for something but then he seem to be just enjoying himself. At time, if he manage to get hold of a piece of cloth(his hanky or his dirty clothes), he will get himself busy by cleaning the floor, wipping the shelf /stairs etc. very much like Rai at work. His relationship with Rai is not bad at all... but I'm glad that he still prefer mummy & daddy then Rai. His solo time spend with Rai is only in the morning for around 30 mins when we need to catch up a little bit of sleep and when we are eating our meal. These 30 mins with Rai, we requested Rai to read to him. As I said, Rai priority should always be housework and cooking for Hayden. When it comes to baby-sitting, feeding, bathing etc, I prefer to do it myself or with daddy's help. Guess this is the only way to let Hayden know that daddy & mummy are always here for him.

This is what I meant by Hayden at work... :)

It is never an easy task to take good picture of Hayden. I tried today and this is what I get.. He is not really smiling and he just give me less than a minute b4 he get himself busy again..*sigh*

Hayden with his easel board

2006-07-23T20:21:00.000+08:00

Hayden with his easel board. As I said, he scribble everywhere other than the board, so we decided to give him the marker with the cap on. He is alright with it though. Just write some words that he is able to recognise so each time he walk past the board he will read out some words. Just the other day, he said "Giraffe"... :)

Evening at Upper Seletar Reservoir

2006-07-23T20:09:00.000+08:00

We explored Upper Seletar Reservoir this time. A bit far but it was a good ride and most importantly, it kept Hayden happy. As usual, he walked all over the park and enjoyed the evening. At the park, he picked up a stone and put it inside his mouth, we both had a hard time digging his mouth for it..

Shopping at Ikea

2006-07-23T12:33:00.000+08:00

Popped by Ikea last thursday when we were on leave for the anniversary. Intended to get a kitchen cabinet but end up buying all Hayden's stuff. Lucky that we did not bring along Hayden and Rai(domestic helpper) as there are no way the car be able to accomodate all.

Ikea rectangular table + 2 chairs

Specially created a study area somewhere near to my computer so that Hayden can be kept busy with his corner(hopefully). At least it work for now, the 1st time I placed him in his cosy corner with his favourite story books, he is able to sit quietly and keep flipping his books for around 10 minutes(which I think is long enough for a 17 months toddler).

Easel board
An easel board for Hayden to scribble but ended up he scribble on his t-shirt, on his hand... everywhere but on the board.

Now I cant load anymore photos, think I got to start a new post to do it :(

Wedding Anniversary

2006-07-22T21:10:00.000+08:00

Today is our 2nd wedding anniversary. We took leave last thursday to enjoy a nice meal and do some shopping together(without Hayden to spoil the romantic meal :) Time passes so fast and it had been 2 years.. well I know 2 years is not a long time and we are looking at another 50 years or perhaps longer...

For this year, I bought hubby 2 business shirt & a tie to go with it, a cuff & tie pin set as gift. I bought a Birkenstock shoe myself, though hubby wanted to pay for it but blame it on my superstitious that couple should not buy each other shoes, as the one who gotten the shoe will run away with someone else, so I have never bought hubby shoe and forbid him to pay for mines. I wanted a bag in return but he said I got too many bag and the latest one is still very new. I dun think I need anything else though, so in the end, I got nothing, at least till now.. :(

Sunday morning @ East Coast Park

2006-07-16T16:32:00.000+08:00

Bronchitis review & MMR jab

2006-07-15T21:04:00.000+08:00

Went to Dr Ong’s Clinic @ TMC this morning for Hayden’s Bronchitis review. He had recovered & was advise to stablise him with 1 puff of Steritide every day for another month. It is great to see that Hayden is well again.

Ever since Hayden kenna Bronchitis in March, I had been careful in introducing new food to him, in fact…. nothing really being introduced, just fish and fish.. other than that, no snacks and junks… Check with Dr Ong, he said we should avoid seafood other than fish.. and peanuts is a NO NO, cheese is good and fruits are alright too. Bought a pack of Kraft cheese and Hayden LOVE it.. :)

Also jab Hayden on MMR today, it was a overdue jab. Hopeful that there is no side effect and if there is, should be in 1 week time, let’s keep the finger crossed. Weight had been hovering around 10.8kg for a few months, was worry why my Hayden didnt grow much.. but probably it's due to his bronchitis condition and pure porriage diet.. but anyway, Dr Ong is not concern abt his weight, so I think it should be fine...

Booked an appointment in a month time(27 Aug 06) for another review and also to jab on his last 6-in-1 jab.

Hayden can Read

2006-07-13T22:19:00.000+08:00

Since Hayden was 6 months old, we started to show him the “Baby Can Read” VCD. Somehow this set of VCD is able to catch his attention. We do not have a library of Hi-5, Barney, Sesame Street etc of VCD for Hayden, what we have is just 1 of each type which I grabbed it from my 6 year old niece who dun watch such video anymore. Of all, Hayden will only interested in Barney in Concert, Hi-5 Animals and Let’s do the Alphabets for Sesame Street. If you sight him running around when the video is on, this shows that he is not interested at all.. If it does interest him, he will sit quietly on his highchair, on the floor or sofa and I can just go ahead to do my own stuffs.:) Anyway, we are not sure how much Hayden has absorbed from watching the educational VCD… Just manage to see him laughing away with some scenes. But few days back, while watching the video with him, he suddenly says “eyes” when the video is showing this word. There he will repeat with “eyes” whenever you say it out. And one day, I was so bored playing with him so I turned on the video again, this time, before the word “cheek”, he placed his 2 fingers on his cheek and say “cheek”… I was shock and then I started to pay more attention on the words that is going to show.. I got a feeling that my dear Hayden is already picking up words which blur papa and mama still not aware of… So what I do next is I use his Doodle Pad and scribble the following words and again, I am so shock that he is able to read it out… Cheek, Eyes, Ball, Chin, Kick.. Gotta try out more words then, this is getting interesting.. :) He even has his own way of saying "Chimpanzee"!! Think it is time for a zoo trip...

This is what I meant by he said the word "cheek". didnt manage to capture a good shot but the moment he saw the word "Cheek" being flash on the screen, he get excited with both his finger on his cheek and walk towards the TV...

Hayden loved the "Baby Can Read" VCD so much that this is HE when it is ON.

A typical scene. When he gets excited, he will walk towards the TV and stared like this. Got to pull him back at least 10 times everyday!!! and each time trying to explain to him that this is not good for his eyes.. I wonder when will he register this..:)

Continue from the peirce reservoir's photo

2006-07-08T22:12:00.000+08:00

Can somebody tell me why I cant load in a lot of photo all in 1 post.. usually there is no response in blogger after I load in around 10 photos!! Anyway, here is a continuation of photo post for the lower peirce reservoir trip... when SIL joined us later, with JiaXin of cos...