Sleeping on Her Own

Making Lil Shauna to sleep on her own is one of my year 2009's year year solution. I think the goal will have to be tabao to year 2010 liao.

I have been trying to make her sleep on her own on days that she's well. She will fall asleep on our bed 1st before we moved her to the cot next to our bed. In the beginning, she's not too bad and will sleep through on good nights. Otherwise, she will wake up at about 3am onwards and she will go "mummy, mummy, mummy" until I shifted her to the bed to sleep with us. Maybe it is the bed, maybe it is the body warmth or maybe our smell? But once I shifted her to the bed, she can fall back to dreamland in minutes.

Recently, the magical spell has been broken. In her cot, she will be awaken at about 1am to ask to sleep with us. Last night was worse. She slept in her cot for barely 2 hours and woke up and asked to be out! -_______-"

Aiyo, like that when she will ever sleep on her own leh? I suspect it is bcos she flips and turns too much and the cot has got space constraint, thus waking her up. Daddy Lim always complain about Lil Shaun2.30pma kicking him in the night. Hohoho.

Hmmm... I wonder what can make her sleep in the cot. I dun think I want to make her cry in the middle of the night by forcing her to continue to sleep in the cot leh. I guessed I just have to persist and see if I will win one day. Hoho.

Mummy Lim

Happy Birthday, Mum!

Mummy Lim's Mummy turned 53 today. Yup, she's a young mummy and a young grandmum. She got married at 19 and gave birth to my bro at 20. Very productive hor. I wonder what genes she passed to me to make me had such a hard time conceiving Lil Shauna. -______-"

Although she doesnt read my blog, I still want to wish her happy birthday and to thank her for all that she has done for us. Without her, I wouldnt have survived Lil Shauna. Without her, there will be nobody to roam the malls with me during weekend. Without her, Lil Shauna wouldnt grow so big and chubby and healthy. :)

I am always closer to my Mum as compared to my Dad. We got even closer after Lil Shauna joins the family as my Mum is the main caregiver and I ended up spending more time with my Mum. Of course, I still get my jealousy pangs every now and then, feeling unjust that she favours my brother more than me despite all that I have done for her. Along the years, I have learnt the hard way to let go. But I am still so sure to flare when such incidents happen. Maybe the intensity has mellowed?

Anyway, I pray that God will touch her heart one day and will bless her with good health. Though young, she's growing older everyday and I actually dread the thought that she will one day fall sick and passed on too. I think I will be heart-broken then.

Mum, I luff you dip, dip too.

Mummy Lim

Lil Shauna Turns 18!

Lil Shauna is turning 18 months tomorrow! Daddy Lim & I both felt her growth. I was just lamenting yday that she's growing up too quickly. Sob! I want her to be my baby forever. She's at such an adorable stage now. Some pic to share her growth.

She was such a scrawny baby at baby, weighing a mere 1.89kg. I still remember how Daddy Lim at I scrutinised over her weight gain.

Still so small at 3 weeks old when she was due to go home from NUH. See how big her pacifier looked on her.
On her full-month bash, still looking scrawny.
At 2 months and definitely piling on meat. All thanks to my BM. Hoho.

With little hair at 3 months and loving finger sucking.

Dropping more hair at 4 months.Chubby, chubby at 5 months.
Getting cheeky and looking like a boy at 6 months.

Definitely looking like a boy at 7 months.
Enjoying bathing at 8 months.Hungry baby at 9 months.

Still hungry at 10 months.

Starting to look more like a girl at 11 month, but still hungry. Hoho.

Finally having some decent hair at 1 year old.
Pretty girl at 13 months.

Sexy girl at 14 months. She seems to have lost much of her baby fats.
Enjoying life at 15 months.
Demanding at 16 months.


Sweet at 17 months.

And finally, turning 18 months old tomorrow.

Ahhh... she has grown so much. Baby Shauna, Pappy and Mummy luff you dip, dip.
This post has taken so much time. I need to sleep....

Mummy Lim

I Want Milk!

Lil Shauna is starting to communicate with us and she has learnt important words like "mum, mum", "mummy & pappy", "kai-kai", "pom-pom". Last but not least, she has learnt "milk". She pronounces "milk" with the utmost perfect pronunciation. She even has the "k" sound. Hoho.

With this new word, it is much easier to tell when she wants milk cos she will point (to an empty milk bottle, kitchen, etc) and declared that she wants "milk". The bad side? This morning, while in the car to popo's place, the princess decided that she's hungry and she wants milk. So all the way, she went, "milk, milk, milk". -.o" Hohoho.

And she's such a milk addict. She hasnt increased her milk intake of 120ml since she's 3 months' old. Babies her age are probably drinking 180ml or more but she's still happy at 120ml and at 2 hourly interval (longer if there's solid food in between). Oh well, I dun really mind, so long as she's growing fine. :) I think she grew fatter recently. ;p

Mummy Lim

Lil Neuro Tree 2

We went for our 2nd trial yday. The syllabus is the almost same as the previous week, just that some of the props are different and we do it in English. It is so much easier to communicate in English.

I can tell almost immediately that Lil Shauna is getting used to the class cos she is not at all shy. Unlike last week where she spent the initial minutes sitting down and keeping quiet, she was on the chair and table and was struggling to be let off to "pick fruits from the trees at the back of the classroom" (props). She did everything but sitting still. I had a harder time trying to make her sit down and listen.

I am actually looking forward to next week's class in Japanese. I miss hearing and speaking in Japanese. For so many times, I tot of picking up the language again but no time leh. Haiz. After the Japanese class, I will decide if I would sign Lil Shauna up for a term. I might, until she turns 2 and enter childcare. Hohoho. Can you see my kiasu-ism?

Mummy Lim

I Know What I Want

Lil Shauna is starting to pick and choose.
Look at her choosing the songs that she wants and dances to it.

So cute!

Mummy Lim

Poo Poo!

Yday, Lil Shauna pulled up her shirt and said "poo poo". When I checked, she really did poo. But it could be coincidental.

While on the way home last night, Lil Shauna appeared to be trying to poo in the car. I asked her if she "poo poo" and she replied "poo poo". When I checked, she indeed poo-ed!

Hohoho. Although she only tells us after she has poo-ed, it is good enuff already.

Mummy Lim

Raisins

Lil Shauna loves raisins. While supper-ing with the Chan family that day, Mummy H offered Lil Shauna some raisins and she loves it. She will attempt to dig into the container to locate her raisins out of the mountainous pile of other biscuits. However, Mummy H also warned that babies cant really digest raisins. Moderation is the word.

Seeing how Lil Shauna adores raisins, I bought her some and added raisins to her snacks on Sun. My mum was against the idea. She mentioned about indigestion and heatiness. I tot it should be alright as I didnt give her a lot. Only 1/2 of those mini packets.

Lil Shauna enjoyed her snack on Sun. But she ended up poo-ed 5x too. I was starting to get worried on the 3rd time, fearing diarrhoea. Then again, I realised that she has passed out the raisins. More raisins were found in her poo poo in the 4th & 5th time.

I think her system cannot disgust the raisins properly and they all have to be passed out. -__________-" I think we better stay off raisins for awhile. Hohoho.

Mummy Lim

Gathering

We met up at J's place on Sat. There were so many kids. I think, this is the 1st time that all the kids came together. The session just made me realised that it will be so difficult to do gathering in fanciful restaurants in the future. Gatherings will have to be kids-friendly. Otherwise, half the time we will be chasing after the kids.

The kids went swimming and had a good dinner and also were happily munching on biscuits thereafter. Although there was no toys (yes, we need toys in the future), the kids entertained themselves well. Lil Shauna switches between climbing up and down the steps, to peekaboo, to running around, to finally mopping the floor with her body. I duno why. Hohoho.

HX's Ethan was there too. This is the 1st time that we met. We managed to get a group pix of all the babies.




Although not all the babies were smiling or looking at the camera, it was a tough job. Right behind the camera, the parents were jumping around, clapping hand, waving arms and doing stupid things, trying to make their kid look at the camera or smile. Hehehe.

Lovely, right? This just makes me realised that we have all grown older.

Dear AN, we missed you. We need you to complete the chaos. Hohoho.

Mummy Lim

Trials

I brought Lil Shauna for her Gymboree trial on Sat afternoon. The 1st time she had her trial at Gymboree, she was about 6 months old.



Look how she has grown! The same inflated tyre looks so small now. Hohoho.

I actually had high expectations of Gymboree but it didnt turn out that well. There was only ONE trainer but there were at least 10 toddlers, each with at least 1 parent. Some ah gong, ah mah came along too. Basically, it was a run and jump-about session and parents are supposed to do the hard work of catching running and falling kids. The trainer go around hyping up the already chaotic scene.

As usual, Lil Shauna chose to do what she likes and there was no way to make her listen to instructions. But she seems to enjoy herself. She particularly like bubble time.

She used to flee at the sight of the "parachute", the colourful thing that the kids were stepping on, but not anymore. Our baby has grown up.

Shaking rattles are fun too. While other kids shake their butt to the music, Lil Shauna concentrate on the rattles and shook them so hard.

By the end of it, I was far more tired than her. I was prepared to sign her up for the term but was disappointed at the outcome and thus didnt. In comparison, tumbletots were so much better. Although tumbletots' room size is really tiny, they always have 3 trainers to 6 or 8 kids. The obstacles are much adventurous and most importantly, the sessions are always more orderly. Each kid will receive attention from the trainers. Luckily I opt for another Gymboree trial and didnt sign her up directly. I dun think I can handle such chaos every Sat afternoon. Maybe things will be better if we picked unpopular timings. Nah... failed.

On Sun morning, I brought her for her Little Neuro Tree trial. It was Mandarin class. The little room was set up like a mini classroom with table and mini chairs and even a white board. Lil Shauna even has a card with her name on it. But it was spelled wrong. Our baby has changed name to "Shanna, Lim Zi'En". Wah lau eh. The parents are supposed to sit on same mini-size chair behind their babies. I wonder what do fat parents do? Will the chairs give way under their mass? Hohoho.

We are not allowed to take pix during class. These were taken before the trainer arrived.

From the trainer's reaction, I can tell that she doesnt fancy monkeying kids and expect every kid to sit and behave like obedient students. If the babies do not, then the parent is to make them do so. -_________-" The parents are not to talk to other parents and if your baby cry, you are supposed to leave the room with your baby to minimise disruptions to other kids.

Being the shy little girl, Lil Shauna appeared really well-behaved in the beginning. After awhile, she needed some coaxing to sit. A while more and she was standing on chairs and climbing onto the table in attempt to snatch the trainer's squeaky rubber mouse. -.o" But I was still glad that at least Lil Shauna didnt fuss so much that the trainer has to chase us out of the class. Expensive leh.

I suspect that Lil Shauna didnt quite understand what was going on. The session was in Mandarin. Everything that the trainer says was in Mandarin. I felt so awkward when I spoke to her in Mandarin. We are going to have Japanese class 2 weeks later. I wonder what happens then. I dun think I can speak Japanese. I will probably be as blur as her. Hohoho.

Other than the fact that Lil Shauna poo poo-ed 3/4 into class, all went quite well. I didnt want to miss the expensive class and tahan-ed until the end of the class to change her. I was so worried that the smell will be overbearing. Dun worry, nobody fainted. ;p

Good, good. I am looking forward to the other 2 trial class. If all turned out fine, I might sign her up for a term. Hehe.

Mummy Lim