5 Aunties, 1 Kid and 3 Babies

I met up with the girls for lunch on Sun. Daddy Lim has to work so I went alone with Lil Shauna. Truth be told, I never like to be alone with Lil Shauna. She can be difficult at times and I hate to be caught in those times. I supposed I am worried that I cant handle her while she's throwing tantrum and how to guess what a baby wants when she cant talk? But of course, it will be done in times of bo bian-ness.


My mum actually offered to tag along but I told her not to. I think she will enjoy herself more with my bro's family. They were on their way out too and Lil Shauna and I got a free ride to Novena Square. Otherwise, we would have grabbed a cab. I seriously arent game for MRT. I didnt want to bring along the stroller and it is no joke slinging a 10kg baby from Boon Lay to Novena. Lil Shauna refuses to let me ergo her. $120 leh!


We were early and the moment we got down from the car, the baby refuses to cooperate. Instead of sitting comfortably in the sling, she struggled badly and almost slipped off the sling. I had no choice but to let her walk. Bcos Lil Shauna gets distracted so easily while walking and sometimes ended up walking in circles, we ended up walking for 15 mins before we finally reach Novena Square 2 from Square 1. Heng we were early. Then she saw this mini pond and wanted to jump into the pond. -.o" Bcos Mummy said "no", baby cried. Double -.o"


Heng the girls werent too late either. Mummy SY arrived with Baby G. Baby G was sleeping peacefully in the ergo while Lil Shauna attempted to walk the restaurant. Then S arrived followed by Mummy P with Baby C, who too sit quietly on her mummy's lap. Only Lil Shauna was monkeying around. -.o" Finally Mummy SL and J joined us. J is a big boy already. :) Then it was busy-attempting-to-down-the-food-while-trying-to-feed-and-entertain the baby.


Thereafter, we went to another bakery to drink coffee + chit chat. There wasnt much shopping to do. Seriously, no shopping could be done with that many kids around. There was much trying to catch up amidst trying to entertain the kids.


At one point, I was really proud of us that we could perform such an amazing feat - meet up, catch up and take care of so many kids. Maybe it is bcos I am not fantastic with Lil Shauna. The girls are great. I never have to worry whenever I come out with them, even if I am alone with Lil Shauna. Other than taking care of their own kids, they just somehow managed to find an extra hand to help too, hehe.Oh ya, Baby C is so cute. She is a small lady. She even has her own hair band and even requested to wear her hair band!
And I think I have to start looking for future boyfriends for Lil Shauna liao. J Gorgor says that he likes Baby C best (among the 3 girls) and had a pix taken with Baby G! Sob, Lil Shauna no chance liao. Lol!

Great outing. I am just waiting for S to settle down and add a new member to our big family. S, jia you!

Mummy Lim

Testing

Testing

No Time

A few days ago, friend called to share that another friend was feeling gloomy bcos of some reasons. But I couldnt find time to find out more from both friends.

A few days ago, I was overseeing a particular role of a big event. It screwed up bcos I have no time to do proper checking before the event actually starts.

My girls are working hard and late as I have been throwing out a lot of work bcos I have no time. I sometimes get frustrated with people at work when things/ work dun go as planned as I have no time to dor re-work/ chasing. There are just too many things to do. I sometimes couldnt concentrate during meetings bcos my mind is already thinking about the next piece of work.

I am following up on an project and I feel that I am doing it injustice. I could have done a much better job and not hoping that the person taking over will come soon. I feel lousy towards the said person. I wish I have time.

I haven gone shopping or done something for myself for the longest time bcos there is simply no time. To be able to sit in front of the TV and stare blankly is a luxury now.

Lil Shauna barely gets to see me for 2 hours a day for the past week bcos I was busy at work and have no time to spent with her. That probably explains why she had been rejecting me. Sob! I had to force her to go to bed early last night bcos Daddy Lim was leaving for his jamming session and I was too tired to chase around a walking baby. She eventually felt asleep after getting frustrated that I was restricting her movement. I felt so guilty that I deprived her of her already short hours with us and at home.
Sorry baby.

Sob. I need more than 24 hours a day! I feel that my life is flying by.
I hope things will turn better. I am counting down.

Mummy Lim

Water Baby

Lil Shauna loves the water.

Actually, she was scare of water when she's younger. I still remember how she started crying when we stepped (with her) into the pool on the cruise when she's 6 months' old. Strangely, she developed a liking for it subsequently. Now, she loves bathing and swimming. She will attempt to crawl into her bath tub and whenever we are at outdoor water park, she will attempt to walk in too.

We brought her to the Marina Barrack last Sunday. I am mountain tortoise, 1st time there too. When we were driving there, I realised that it is where Marina South used to be. I felt so nostalgic while on the way. Reminds me of all those steamboat buffet, arcade and pool center and also Canto. Hohoho.

Marina Barrack is basically a big open area with a shallow water fountain.

Lil Shauna was happily walking about and was super excited when she saw the water fountain. She simply couldnt wait.

Daddy Lim & I had to take turns to "walk" the baby.

Soon, we ended up with a wet baby.

We didnt brought along any swim diapers and Lil Shauna had to play in the water with her usual diaper. Soon, she was squatting more than walking due to the very heavy diaper. We had to take off her diaper. The diaper weighs at least 1kg lor.

Being wet & without diaper, we ended with a very sexy baby.

Then, on Sunday, we brought Lil Shauna for a swim at the Yishun swimming pool. Nainai went with us and had a good time watching Lil Shauna enjoying herself.

Since the crusie, Lil Shauna has "upgraded" from sitting in the pool to walking around in the pool.

After the swim, we brought her back to Nainai's place and she had a warm shower while Daddy Lim fed her orange and Nainai feed her freshly squeezed orange juice. Then I dried her and rubbed lotion all over. A princess indeed. Kekeke.

Mummy Lim

Bad Night

Yday was one of those bad nights.
Lil Shauna just refuses to go to bed.
We tried tucking her in and 9.30pm and I was armed with a bottle of milk as per other nights. However, she wriggled and squirmed and pushed away the milk bottle, taking every opportunity to sit/ stand up or crawl away. We gave in and she got off the bed and starting walking holding to one of our hands. She kept walking up and down, from the bed to the full-length mirror & back. She probably walked 258 times. After xth no. of times, we will try to catch her and feed her milk, hoping that the walking has tired her out and she will cooperate and go to bed. But apparently not. After each failed milk attempt, she will continue to walk up & down.

Finally, she fell. It wasnt really a fall actually. I dun even think it was painful but she cried so badly until her face was tears and mucus filled. -__________-" Then Daddy Lim got angry with her. Double -___________-" She cried somemore and we had to get out of the house and loiter the corridor to appease her.

After she stopped, we went back to the bedroom. She was obviously tired but still rejecting her milk!!?? Daddy Lim offered to carry her and rock her to sleep. Her eyes were half close within 2 mins. That was how tired she was.

Within 5 mins, she was off to dreamland. It was already 11pm. We took 1.5 hours to tuck her to bed. I had to dreamfeed her cos I seriously dun want to wake up in the middle of night to a hungry baby. Her last feed was at 7+pm.

This morning, nothing could wake her. Despite changing hands/ carrying positions a few times, she slept all the way to popo's place. Haiz. We still couldnt fathom her reluctance to drink milk & sleep. There was nothing out of ordinary/ routine that we did last night.

It is so nice to be a baby. Poor us, after kena tortured still have to wake up for work. Sob!

Mummy Lim

Fruits

We heard this on the radio this morning.
The DJs were asking the caller what type of fruits best describe them and why.
We heard some callers' reply and I asked Daddy Lim what he thinks he is.

ML: What type of fruits?
DL: Mangosteen.
ML: Why leh?
DL: Bcos it is purple in color.
ML: ??
DL: You leh.
ML: Durian.
DL: Why?
ML: Bcos high in fats content. Hohoho.

Our nonsenical conversation in the car without the baby.

Mummy Lim

Swine Flu

The Swine Flu is finally here in Singapore. On the way to work, heard on the radio that 3 other cases were confirmed. Fortunately or not, all these cases were "brought" in from US. Still, it puzzled us why these people are so irresponsible, to visit the hot (or warm) spots, knowing full well that they could contact the virus. Aiyo. But of course we cannot rule out that they have important matters to handle thus the travel lah.

Anyway, my point. As a mummy, I cant help worrying. We had been teaching Lil Shauna about washing hands, which is so important cos her lil hands are everywhere and often ended up in her mouth. However, it is a difficult feat. We haven deciphered what is so yummy about those thumbs and fingers. Maybe her gums are itchy. Oh, she has suddenly upgraded from 2 teeth to 6! And it seems that 2 more could be on the way.

Other than that, we will have to push back our travel plans. We will be stuck in Singapore until the virus goes away, which nobody knows when. Arrhhhhh... this thought is depressing. We had wanted to travel and venture further to Japan or something. -.o" Looks like we will be visiting Sentosa and Cruise soon again. Sob!

Mummy Lim

Sesame Street

Do you know why we had Sesame Street as the theme for Lil Shauna's bday?

Bcos Daddy Lim is a die-hard fan of Sesame Street. Hohoho.

One day, we walk past this shop in JP and they were selling a range of Sesame Street T-shirt. There are many designs that Daddy Lim fancy but he felt in love with a particular one. Daddy Lim wanted to buy it for himself but they only have it in kids size. We dig the whole pile and finally found one in the smallest size but is still way too big for Lil Shauna. Regardless, Daddy Lim bought it. By the time Lil Shauna is big enuff, the design would probably be sold out. We kept it for awhile, waiting for Lil Shauna to grow into it.

We finally put it on Lil Shauna today. Daddy Lim is happie even when Lil Shauna is wearing the T-shirt to bed. Why? Bcos the T-shirt has all the Sesame Street characters. Daddy Lim was even pointing out the lamb to me just now (Sesame Street got lamb meh?).

I guess we all have a little kid in us. Daddy Lim's one is probably just bigger. Hohoho.
Bb, I still love you. Muaks.

Mummy Lim

We are Back!

The cruise is great. Much, much better than when Lil Shauna was 6 months' old and definitely better than what I expected.

We picked up the luggage from home after rushing off work on Friday and picked up my mum and Lil Shauna. The traffic to Haborfront was bad. We had to pity those people who worked in the West but stay in the East and had to use the AYE-ECP to go home. Lil Shauna was the least affected by the traffic. She was happily "bouncing" around in the car and munching on biscuits.

Since we arrived an hour after boarding time, the crowd had pretty much cleared and there was little waiting. We board the cruise and check-in to our cabin.

Lil Shauna was excited and was happy to cruise around the cabin. Then we headed off for dinner before more exploring and finally tucking the tired baby to bed. I had to squeeze with the baby on the tiny single bed but she was too tired on both nights and slept thru both nights with little movements. Haha. My mum left for the casino right before Lil Shauna falls asleep. She was so excited. I joined her for a little while after Lil Shauna went to dreamland and was so surprised to find that the stakes were really high. The minimum bet for the lowest stake game was $10! The casino was filled with many uncles and aunties and they gambled as if they were millionaires. I see many of them fishing out stacks of $50 notes and exchanging them into chips. I cant help wondering where did they find all these $$ to gamble. They played really big. They can wipe out a few hundreds in one game and they seems to be exchanging cash for chips non-stop. Phew! What are these people thinking about?

After making sure that my mum is ok, I left and went to bed.

Lil Shauna woke up early the next morning. She doesnt spare us even during holidays - no sleeping in for us. Sob. As expected, my mum was busy with the casino and didnt sleep a wink the entire night. She has no watch with her and was so lost in time. Haha. She enjoy her games at the casino but is definitely not like those hardcore gamblers at the casino. She is contented sitting at the 2 cents jackpot machine the whole night.

After breakfast, it was swimming time and Lil Shauna was so looking forward to it. The restaurant's outdoor seating area oversees the swimming pool and Lil Shauna was really excited when she saw the pool.

We literally had to pull her away from the metal railing. She's a baby with her own mind now.

She had a great time at the pool. She spent most of her time sitting in the shallow pool with no splashing water or decoration, just ankle deep water but she really enjoying herself. -.o

I particularly like the photo that I took with Lil Shauna bcos I looked skinnier. Hohoho. Just in case you didnt realise, Lil Shauna is wearing her new swim suit, bday prezzie from Mummy H. She grew out of her "guo deng kueh" one.We brought Lil Shauna back to the pool in the afternoon too. We were worried that she will get too much sun or catch a cold but she appeared fine. The "swims" tired her out and gave us opportunity to nap too. Hehe.
The rest of the time was spent exploring the cruise. Lil Shauna was keen to put her new found ability - walking, to good use. She spent a large part of her time walking. It helps very much that some of the flooring were carpeted. We felt safer to let her walk on the carpeted flooring. I guessed it will be less painful if she falls?


We ended up with really stinky shoes and feet. Are babies supposed to wear socks?
We basically just spent our time eating, sleeping, resting, exploring, swimming and most importantly bonding. We took lots of nice pix too.


During this trip, Lil Shauna had lots of "adult" food from bread to baked potatoe to ice ckae and cakes and what have you. She must be a happie baby.



On the 2nd night, Daddy Lim and I managed to sneak out too after leaving the sleeping baby with my mum. Daddy Lim saw in the program that they had a "rock & roll" night and a live band playing and was eager to watch. To our surprise, the "rock & roll" night was made up of some stupid dancing games played mainly by Indians. We had a good time laughing at them though. They were really funny. The band wasnt fantastic too and we left shortly. Sleep is more important.

We all enjoyed ourselves. My mum too. I am glad that she came with us. Although she spent most of her time in the casino, she managed to join us for most of the meals. That is also bcos the cruise is to nowhere (open sea) and the casino is opened all the while and she finds no hurry to return to the casino. I think it is time & $$ well-spent. I think we are coming back again. But I think things will be even much better when Lil Shauna is a little older and she can truly enjoys herself.

Time to start planning for the next holiday. Woohoo!

Mummy Lim

Sales!

I have told myself to stop buying toys & clothes for Lil Shauna. Her cupboard is bursting with clothes and the whole living room is littered with her toys. No, she doesnt need more toys or clothes. At least not for now. I should only buy new clothes when she grow out of her current pieces and new toys when she reaches another development stage.

Then.... Gap got 25% + 10% sale leh. Suddenly, I think she needed new shorts and I got her 2 pieces. I had to restraint myself from buying her tops.

After the Gap sales and the purchases that I made despite telling myself "no, no, no, no, no", I just heard that there is the Fisher Price Warehouse sales in Tuas for only yday, today and tomorrow.... Arrrggghhhhhhhhh... help me, somebody....

Pappy, we go and take a look later hor.
Kekekeke...

Mummy Lim

Update:
I didnt go to the sale afterall. I only managed to leave the office nearing 5pm. Then the jam was horrible. We didnt want to risk missing the cruise. My mum and Lil Shauna cant swim. Hohoho.