Bad Baby

Lil Shauna was a bad girl last night. She was such a whiny and cry baby. She has learnt how to sit on the floor and cry when she doesnt get her way, just like one of those kids that I used to see in the mall and I used to shoot their parents disapproving looks. Haiz, now it is my turn. Retribution.

I am not sure what causes her crankiness. My mum said that we spoilt her. She throws tantrum like nobody's business after the cruise trip. Just 2 days can cause so much harm meh? I hope it is bcos of her blocked nose (her nose is still leaking) or that she's growing a molar or the bad weather. Basically, I just hope that she will grow out of it. -.o"

I was with Lil Shauna at my mum's place last night. I tot I can get some help as Daddy Lim was on night shift. Apparently, it was a bad choice. I was "alone" taking care of the baby in the noisy house. My mum was busy cleaning up the house after a day's trip at the malls. The maid was busy taking care of the kids.

After bathing the baby, I had to dry and dress a struggling baby. For whatever strange reason, my mum asked me not to dress her in her night clothes but in shorts and sleeveless T-shirt to let her play some more with the cousins. Then her little fingers got caught in the study room door and I was badly rant at for not taking good care of the baby. Yes, my fault.

When I finally managed to pacify the crying baby, I had to change the unwilling baby into her night clothes. Lil Shauna decided to show who is boss by crying and struggling and screaming. She even refused to drink her milk after that. So she ended up playing again even after changing into her night clothes.

After her milk, she refused to sleep bcos she can hear the jie jies playing happily outside. I surrendered to her squirming and "eh, eh, eh-ing". While in the living room, she wanted to play with the stool and Felicia just had to fight with her. Whenever Lil Shauna lost, she will flop onto the floor and start crying. -.o" Felicia decided to give in to her but to come cuddled up to me. For the 1st time, I saw a jealous Lil Shauna. She was happy to get her stool back but started crying again bcos Felicia was sitting on my lap. The maid had to carry Felicia again to make space for Lil Shauna. Then Felicia will take the stool and Lil Shauna will fight for it again. Once lost, she will start crying. The cycle repeated itself for 3x with multiples "eh, eh, eh" + crying at different time. At one point, Lil Shauna even attempt to push Felicia away while Felicia was sitting on my lap! Bad baby!

Then, Felicia went into the room and returned with Jie jie's water bottle. Lil Shauna wanted to snatch the water bottle, which made Felicia cry. Luckily, I just bought her a new water bottle and we gave her the new one. Just that, Felicia decided to discard jie jie's bottle and wanted Lil Shauna's new bottle. This made Lil Shauna cried again. Finally, Lil Shauna was willing to settle for jie jie's bottle. Then it was jie jie's turn to come and spoilt the market. She decided that she wanted the bottle back and snatched it from Lil Shauna. So what do we have? Yes, a crying baby. Haiz.

That was the last straw, I brought Lil Shauna to the bedroom, fed her milk again and she finally drifted off to sleep. I then realised that I might be better off at home alone with Lil Shauna. At least, there will be no fighting over stool and water bottle.

My mum says that Lil Shauna is well-behaved when we are not around. I supposed she really knows who to bully. Haiz. I bet Lil Shauna also has trouble sleeping at my mum's place. We seldom leave her overnight at my mum's place. When we do leave her overnight at my mum's place, she will attempt to really tire out the baby so that she will just passed out on the bed. Popo's place is for afternoon naps and play, not night time sleeping. It just screwed up the equation more when mummy is still at popo's place with Lil Shauna in the night.

Lil Shauna wasnt an angel this evening too. But at least she's asleep at 9.30pm without much fussing. Looks like we will have more bonding time when Daddy Lim is on night shift. My mum has been kind to help send Lil Shauna home when I have to work late. She will bring her home so that I can come home direct from work and not rush to fetch her. I guessed mummy is still the best. :)

Oh, to end with a happy note. Lil Shauna can call me "mummy" liao. She had been saying "mummy" and "pappy" every now and then but doesnt seem to be addressing us. Now, she really calls me, depending on how desperate she is. Hoho. Better than nothing.

Mummy Lim

Bad Day

The baby was bad last night. It is too long a post to say how bad she was. I will save it for another day, if I find the time to blog about it.

I am having a bad day bcos I have a bad night and my mum pissed me no end this morning + I have to clear a whole lot of stuff having just came back from leave.

It is so ironically on how I have to "pay back" for having holidays. I hate the days right before & after holidays. Work just seem to choose those time to pile up. It basically leaves me no space to breathe. Arggghhh...

Then I feel even worse to realise that I screwed up some work. Arrggghhh, how words can kill, my heart just bled. It makes the good holiday seems so worthless. It makes it seems that maybe I shouldnt go on holiday.

Pui! Bad day.
Jia you, jia you, jia you.

Mummy Lim

Cruise

We just came back from Cruise - Star Virgo with the Ong family. Yes, it is an expensive holiday. We basically pay to do nothing and to swim, eat & sleep. All these activities can be done on a normal day in Singapore too, but we chose to pay over a $1k to do so. Desperation for a holiday can do great harm. And oh, to get away from work too. Hehe.

Actually, I quite like cruises. Bcos there is no agenda, no places that we must visit, no things that we must do, it becomes really relaxed. And these are so important when we are bringing the baby. I think Star Virgo should give some kind of special privileges to Lil Shauna. Including the 1st trip that she went while still in my tummy, this is her 4th cruise trip on Star Virgo. Hohoho. My mum came along too and as usual, immersed into the Casino. ;p Other than the usual nagging, she is a great help to us at times. Hehe. Digressing, I wonder why all older women nag. The least important things suddenly become so important and she can say the same thing over and over again even when you have told her that you have heard her. The priorities are all mixed up. I was asking Mummy P if I will grow to be like my mum when I am older. I think so. I hope I dun nag Lil Shauna too much. Hoho.

Look at the father and daughter relaxing on the lazy chair. Envy?

We didnt take many pix this time, other than that of Daddy Lim's accident.

Lil Shauna bit him on the tummy. She bit him so hard that he bled. She only have 8 milk teeth, but they are powerful ones. Dun play, play.

Then, he stupidly ramped the door into his toe.

Finally, he risked having his slippers thrown away by the princess.

He was the only one who got hurt, 2x somemore. Lil Shauna didnt get hurt, even when she sits on the ferocious lion. Hohoho.

We suspect that Lil Shauna loves the sea. Maybe she can be a Captain next time!
We stupidly forgotten about family and group photos. These are basically all that we have.

Overall, the trip was good. Haiz, somehow, I think I will come back for the cruise again. Hmm.. is that good or bad news?
Oh, while on the cruise, we saw a group of really old ladies. I was telling Mummy P that I can see ourselves in them. 30 years down the road, we will all come to cruise, some with walking stick and looking out for each other. Muumy P was pleased with the idea too, just that she had something against the old aunties' permed hair. She insisted that she wun perm her hair when she grows old. OK, we'll wait & see. ;p

Mummy Lim

The Reward

Daddy Lim collected his carrot for quitting smoking last Sunday. Well, he is still off cigarettes. :) 3 Cheers!
Yes, we have placed the order for the new car.

After Daddy Lim weighs the pros and cons and do this extensive research, the vote still goes to the Volkswagen - Tiguan.

It is still a 5 seater car, a SUV. Afterall, there are currently only 3 of us. But it is a pretty big and tall car, so that we can block the drivers behind us. It has always been Daddy Lim's wish to do that. Lol. What's more important is that it comes with Turbo. Vroom, vroom...


The above pix are the sports version. Ours come without the sun roof and the 18" rims. The sunroof and the rims cost another $20k more lor. I think I am dark enuff and can do without sun in the car. Hoho. Ours will be in Slate Grey and will be ready for collection in 3 weeks' time!


Lil Shauna loves the car too. Before we were allowed to buy the car, the princess has to try out and do a visual inspection.
Baby says "great, get the car" and acknowledges Daddy Lim's good choice with a big smile. Actually, Lil Shauna has also eyed a car.
She's waiting to grow up and is planning on how to con her old man into buying the car for her.












Convertible wor. Look at Lil Shauna checking out the red leather seat.










Hohoho.
Oh, Pappy, if you pick up smoking again, Tiguan will go even if it means that I have to eat bread everyday for the next few years to pay back the losses hor.

Mummy Lim

Good Friend

Lil Shauna thinks that she is the best of friend with Nono.
However, Nono appears to think otherwise. Hohoho.

Poor Nono.
Should somebody call the SPCA?
Nono receives less attention from the adults after the babies come along. However, he is gaining popularity with the same human babies who took away his attention. How ironical life is...
Mummy Lim

Genius Baby?

We brought Lil Shauna to Nainai's place on Saturday night instead of the usual Sundays. That is bcos Daddy Lim has started on night shift and he will be on it for the entire month! The start of my nightmare. Haiz. I can foresee myself staying over at my mum's place for the entire month. In fact, I already started on Sunday and last night.

Anyway, we were busy trying to keep the baby busy, entertained and happy. We even allowed her to jump and crawl and monkey on Xiao Su's bed. While on the soft-toy filled bed, Nainai was telling her about her nose and also pointed to one of the soft toy's nose. Almost instantly, Lil Shauna pointed to her nose and said "nose". Then Daddy Lim went on to say "ear" and pointed to his ear. Lil Shauna cant pronounce "ear" but pointed to her own. You can imagine how surprise we all are and started praising her about how clever she is. We tot she must be a genius baby to pick up new words so instantly. But then again, we have no such luck with eyes and mouth.

I was with my mum on Sunday afternoon and asked my mum if Lil Shauna was taught "nose & ear". The answer is confirmed "yes" lah. Apparently, she learnt it from some video that she watched at my mum's house. Not only does she knows "nose & mouth", she even knows "eyes" lor. She will close her eye and put her finger on her eye and she apparently forgotten about "eyes" when we asked her at Nainai's place. -.o" She did demonstrate to me on Sunday afternoon though.

Chey!I still tot I got genius baby when in fact my baby maybe quite forgetful and have forgotten about her "eyes" just one day ago. Hehe. But it is such joy to see her learning new things everyday and it is such surprises for us to find out what she has learnt every now and then. :)

Mummy Lim

Steamboat Buffet @ Crystal Jade

Daddy Lim & I met up with a colleague and an ex-colleague for dinner last night at Holland Village (HV). We were to meet at 8.30pm. I hesitated about bringing Lil Shauna. It was hard to eat and catch up with a baby. I hesitated even more knowing that we are going for steamboat buffet. Buffet leh. The ex-colleague even smsed us at 9am to serve as a friendly reminder on the dinner date and also told us to stop all food intake after 9am to reserve our tummy for the buffet. However, having not spent much time with Lil Shauna this week, I convinced myself and Daddy Lim that Lil Shauna should tag along.

This is Lil Shauna's first trip to HV and she was very fascinated by the many people, music, noises, laughter even at almost 9pm. She was totally an angel when we were at the restaurant. She was given her own bowl and cutlery, which totally thrilled her. Before the food was served, she was happily entertaining herself with the bowl and cutlery. When the food was served, it was equally easy to keep her happy with "mum, mum". This is Lil Shauna's 1st buffet and 1st steamboat wor. Both my colleagues complement her on her good behaviour. :)The food is nice. It reminds me of Coca steamboat. We chose the combination soup base. The chili one is basically just suicidal. Look at the no. of chilies in the soup! I dun see how that can be edible, but the guys were pretty daring.

Well, we survived other than the occasional accidents, ranging from choking on spicy soup and getting spicy soup into eyeball by squirting fishball.

The spread was quite alright too.

Other than the usual steamboat spread, they served their famous Xiao Long Bao. The 1st 3 baskets came and were gone very quickly. By then, Lil Shauna was getting restless and she was no longer keen on the food or the bowl. I strapped her in the MIM and brought her for a little walk in HV while the guys ordered round 2 of food. I saw them asking for another 5 baskets of Xiao Long Bao. -________-"

A short walk and Lil Shauna was almost into dreamland. She rejected her last milk feed and was soon fast asleep while I joined the guys to "clean up" whatever that were left in the soup. I was so uber surprised to find the additional 5 baskets of Xiao Long Bao almost gone when I came back. I was gone for less than 15 mins. -.o"

Daddy Lim and I left the restaurant at about 10pm while the guys continued with their mission. Super full man. I was surprised that we can still walk and didnt have to roll out of the restaurant.
I was so glad that Lil Shauna was so well behave yday. It makes me happy that I actually brought her along. My colleagues commented that she is such an easy baby. Well, she has her bad days but just decided to showcase her best to deceive the uncles yday. Well, still thumb up for her and another thumb up for the buffet. Hehe.

I think we will go back again for the buffet. I heard it is the only Crystal Jade in Singapore that serves buffet. It is forever crowded and opens until 1am daily (still very crowded by then!). Reservation is a must. Even with that, waiting is inevitable. It is not too expensive, about $20 per person and definitely worth it when I go with 3 big men, all big eaters with one who really starved himself since 9am. Haha. The aircon helps too. It is wonderful to eat hot steamboat in a nice aircon restaurant. We had a seat at a corner yday and had lots of privacy.

My mum was keen too and said that maybe we should go one day with my bro's family. Siao ah??!! Lil Shauna was so angelic yday and we can thus enjoy the dinner. I dun see how we can enjoy the buffet with 3 kids and what if they all decided to be bad babies that day? Hmmm... more suicidal than the spicy soup.

Mummy Lim

Kiddy Palace

Kiddy Palace has a way with kids. Daddy Lim was so surprised that Lil Shauna will actually walk into the store herself when we walked past. Or should I say that kids are getting smarter? When Yingxi was much younger, she would insist on going into Kiddy Palace whenever she caught sight of it. She can even see the store from 10m away. If she's stopped, she will throw tantrum. You know, the "sit on the floor and cry" style. We always reprimand my mum for condoning her and I promise myself not to allow Lil Shauna to do so.

But... haiz...

Lil Shauna fusses to go into Kiddy Palace too whenever we walk past and we just couldnt bear to say "no".. She has this thing with the Care Bears.

Dun ask me why she does that. She just finds joy in it. Initially, Daddy Lim and I tot that she loves Care Bear and even bought her one. The moment we bought the bear and gave to her, she threw the bear away. She never once hug it. -.o" Now, it is sitting in on the floor. Poor bear.
During the same trip, she was getting sleepy and she actually pat the Care Bear to sleep. So sweet. Hehe.

Mummy Lim

Flu Bug

Daddy Lim is sick, down with flu. He tahan for a few days until it became flu-blown and he even got a day of MC. I bet H1N1 helps too. With the virus still lurking around, doctors tend to be more generous with flu cases. Apparently, the medicine given is super potent. He totally knocked out the entire afternoon after the medication.

Yingxi is also down with flu. She was banned from school a few days ago. The maid got the flu bugs too. My mum made her wear a mask as she has close contact with the babies. It must be super uncomfortable. We had to put on the mask too while visiting Dadz in the hospital. It was super uncomfy for that short while, let alone having to wear the mask for the entire day. You probably stink yourself to death if you have bad breath.

As expected, Lil Shauna got the bugs too. She was sneezing yday. Her nose started running today. -.o" Haiz. My mum just reminded me that we are going on cruise next week and added that hopefully history will not replay itself (the Genting trip). Choiy, choy, choy!

Pls pray for speedy recovery.

Oh ya, today is Day 11 and Daddy Lim is doing well. Woo hoo! He said that we are booking the new car this Sunday. Yes, I know that car prices are crazy now but he couldnt care more.

Mummy Lim

No Photo

My recent posts have been so lor soh and no pix. Boring right? Miss Lil Shauna right?
Nah...

So cute, she must have gotten my good genes. Hoho.

Mummy Lim