After Diarrhea comes Fever

Why, why, why??!!
Arrggghhhh...
Lil Shauna has been sick for so long. From fever to fake measles to diarrhea and now fever again.
I am upset. I heartache.
Poor baby. So skinny already.

Mummy lim

Bao bao & Popo

Lil Shauna
Lil Shauna is still LS-ing. The frequency doesnt seem to be decreasing. Today is already the 6th day. Bcos of the constant LS-ing, she's suffering from very bad nappy rash. The nappy rash seems to be affecting her more than the diarrhea. But we are worried that she will be dehydrated and had been trying to feed her as much water as possible.

The GP gave her some medicine on Thurs, but the medicine doesnt seem to help much. Lil Shauna quite enjoy that medicine which is in powder form, to be mixed with little water and gives a sweet banana smell. Yday, we brought her to the same GP. This time round, we were instructed to dilute her milk by 50% and were given new medicine. If she continues to LS today, we are told to cut off milk totally! How can? Lil Shauna is a milk addict leh. We tried as much as possible to not give her milk yday until when her "craving" was really bad and her mood got really nasty. Her conditions seems just as bad leh. We are going to try the same method today and Daddy Lim is on standby. If the LS persists, then we are bringing her to the PD.

Oh ya, I wanted to complain about the medicine given yday. There are now 2 types, both in powder form to be mixed with water. The 1st has to be mixed with 1/2 glass of water. Halowz, how to make sure that Lil Shauna drinks 1/2 glass of water? The other powder is to be mixed with a little water but the powder just refuses to dissolve. Eventually, I had to mix it in her porridge and the porridge smalls/ tastes really funny after that. -.o"

Updates: Lil Shauna was still having the runs despite the little diluted milk that we gave her on Sun. So Popo hardened her heart and stop milk altogether yday. Amazing, the runs stopped. However, Popo has to persist despite Lil Shauna's constant whinning and plead for "milk, milk". And she grew increasingly cranky.

Lil Shauna also went diaper freee most of yday and Popo feed her lots of water and glucose to ensure that she's hydrated. As a result, she peed everywhere. Poor Popo has to handle a cranky baby and has to clean up after her.

Lil Shauna has rejected soy-based formulae when the Doc gave us a sample to try on Thurs. Last night, she was simply too desperate. We got another sample from the clinic. She gave funny faces in the beginning but finished the entire bottle shortly.

Poor baby, we are going to stick on the new tin of soy-based formula until she gets 2 normal stools (Doc's advice). Let's hope she finishes the soy-based formula too. Very expensive wor. A 400g tin cost us $17. -_________-" Dun forget the diapers that we wasted so frequently these few days. -.o"

Oh, I think she lost weight from all the runs + the decreased in milk intake. Her appetite is still good and she is eating many other food to replace milk. Arrrggghhhhh, her tummy sunk in when she lies down now. Sob.

My Mum
My mum has decided to shift back. -______________-" Well, I expected her stay to be temporary, afterall, she had always wanted to live with her son. But, she insisted to shift all her stuff over,making us believe that she's going to stay with us permanently or at least for awhil. We ended up buying loads of stuff and now she wanted to shift back. I was pretty much in disbelief over the drastic turn of events within a few days. She had decided to stay with us on Wednesday, started shifting on Thursday, completed shifting on Friday and decided to move back on Saturday. -.o"

Haiz. I do feel exploited. It is the same old feeling that she's taking advantage of me despite all that I have done for her. I cant help but point my finger at favoritism. My sis had to counsel me and we were debating about the unbalance equation. So philosophical but it doesnt change anything. My sis and I had just decided to take things in our strife. What to do?

My mum proclaimed that she will learn to enjoy more and has decided that she will come frequently to stay-over at my place. I hope she remembers that proclamation. It hurts sometimes to see how she "gives" to my bro's family with little return. Another unbalance equation. Haiz.

At least I have impressed upon myself the importance to treat my children (if we do have more than one) fairly. I hope I wun give Lil Shauna such troubles when I grow old. Hohoho.

Mummy Lim

Gathering

I used to be very hard on the girls when they could not turn up for the monthly gathering. Then, I find it hard to understand why they cannot set aside this one day a month to meet up. However, as I grow older, I come to accept that there are so many commitments and everybody has their own priorities. It is amazing that the SHSS girls still meet up once a month. Even if there are only that few of us available, we continue to meet up and catch up and to help the friendship going strong.

Only myself, Mummy P & Mummy S could make it for Sept gathering. Of course our kid came along. We decided to meet at Iluma. The name sound so high class but nothing much de. But I am glad that we went bcos now I can tell people that I went to Iluma before. Hohoho.

Anyway, we were there before the 2 mummies and we decided on a restaurant - Empire State, which serves Western food. Lil Shauna was still taking her afternoon nap when we took our orders but woke up shortly after the food is served. Well, the price is reasonable, the food is alright (except for Mummy P's chao ta fish & chip) but the place is not at all baby friendly and the services sucks. The waitress who was clearing our table had a super black face and didnt care that she might knock into Lil Shauna while clearing the table. To think that they actually dare to charge us service tax. -.o" Chey. I am so not going back.

As usual, Lil Shauna cannot sit still. She was walking the entire restaurant, threatening to knock into anybody who is in her way and attempting to climb every single chair, squeezed the chili out of the bottle, walk on the table, etc. Basically, the usual monkeying stuff. But still, Lil Shauna is such a cute baby, I expect every adult who sees her to go crazy over her (hohoho), just that this didnt happen with the waitresses. They looked so pissed to have a walk-everywhere baby in the restaurant. How can? Pui. We decided to leave the place when all 3 kids couldnt sit still (yes, including Baby C) and started climbing and monkeying.

The only good thing that happened?

Lil Shauna has charmed Joshua gorgor. Hohoho. During the previous gathering, Joshua gorgor says that he likes Baby C better and I tot Lil Shauna no chance liao. But Baby C doesnt seem to reciprocate to Joshua gorgor's love declaration leh. So, Lil Shauna the opportunist grabed the chance and entered into the triangle relationship and secured a steady position. Hohoho. Look at them, so lovey, dovey.

They even went dating in Pikachu.




At the end of the gathering, Joshua gor gor even kissed Lil Shauna on the cheek so many times. Oh no, Lil Shauna lost her 1st kiss liao. Joshua gorgor must take responsibility. I think Joshua gorgor is in love with Lil Shauna. Hohoho.

And something really funny happened.






Can you tell what? Well, Baby C was taking her nap and Mummy P was trying to eat her ice mango. Worried that she might drip on the baby, she covered her with a tissue. So innovative. -_______________-"

Mummy Lim

Ribena with Lemon

Bcos Lil Shauna has been sick recently, we haven took much pix of her lately. Just these few that seems to tell a story.

Remember the advertisement on Ribena with Lemon?

Lil Shauna: Nobody loves me. I am all alone.

Lil Shauna: Even the birds are in pair. I must look for my true love.
Lil Shauna: Who is there? Right opposite the river.

Lil Shauna: From faraway, he looks like....

Lil Shauna (run across the river): My true love! (hold hands and swirl around).

Hohoho. Looks familiar?

Mummy Lim

Sick Again!

Lil Shauna is sick again. This is like the 248 times that she is sick. Aiyo, why kids nowaday fall sick so easily and frequently de. She lao sai. -.o" The best part? She always fall sick when I am about to bring her for her vaccination. She is due for her compulsory MMR jab and I am intending to give her pneumococcal. There are 2 jabs to pneumococcal vaccination, a month apart. Since we are going Melbourne in December, I was hoping to finish all the jabs before the trip to give her the full protection.

The intention was to give her the MMR and the 1st pneumococcal last week, then she came down with fever. So, we re-scheduled the jab to yday. Then she lao sai. I suspect Lil Shauna is trying to avoid her jabs. I didnt tell her that I am bringing her for jabs, she must have eavesdrop. Hohohoho.

I am so not telling anyone "openly" of my next plan to bring her for her jab. Hohoho.
By the way, she lost 200g from all the lao sai-ing. Poor baby. Her butt is burning red from nappy rash. Poor, poor baby.

Mummy Lim

Big Changes

There are some major changes to our lives. My bro's family has shifted to the new condo. Right before they shifted, I received a sms from my sis one day, asking if she could move in with us. She had always felt as if she had intruded into their privacy. Something also happened at home to make her raised the question. Of course, it was hard for her to ask me too, she didnt want to invade our privacy as well. I guessed it was a choice out of no choice

My sis needed a roof over her head. Daddy Lim is really nice and agreed to take her in. She will be staying in Lil Shauna's room for the time being. My sis claimed that she has nothing much but I was shocked when we helped her shift. -.o" Hello, you better start packing and cleaning your room hor. ;p Nono will continue to stay with my bro's family. We are not home most of the time and the dog will be even more lonely if we are bring him home.

Shifting place, changing new environment is always a stressful event. I guessed that stress got onto my mum pretty badly. Last night, she called to say that she was walking to my home from the new place, which caught us by surprise. We were supposed to go fetch baby at their new place instead. She had no keys and was waiting for us at the door when we reached. Baby was already asleep by then.

I was surprised to find her sniffling. She was very upset that my sis has shifted out. The stress of shifting and packing added on and somebody pulled the trigger at home, making her erupted. She went on weeping, complaining and lamenting. I guessed it was good for her to let out. There was just so much built-up emotions. So much injustice that she felt and bottled up.

At the end of it, she asked how should she proceed. I told her that my place is always opened for her and she asked to stay with us too together with Nono. I am not sure if the arrangement is permanent or temporary. But I just see big adjustments for all of us to make.

Daddy Lim probably kena shock again. He is again very nice and kind and took my mum + the dog in. I guessed he has not much choice too. Hohoho. I told him that if my MIL wants to stay with us, I will be OK too. We still have a computer room. Nothing is impossible. Hohoho.

I am shocked too by the turn of events. If the arrangement is going to stay for awhile, house rules have to be made. For one, my mum knows that there will be no idol worshipping in my house. Even my Dad's tablet will have to be left at my bro's place.

Do help to pray for lots of strength. I think God is sooooooooo nice to me. Just when I asked on how to show the fruits of the spirit, He gave me so many opportunities. ;p

Mummy Lim

Baby No. 2

It is confirmed! Wait, wait, wait... Dun congrats us.
No, I am not preggy. Yes, my menses went MIA for awhile but nope, I am not preggy.

It is just confirmed that we are going to try for a 2nd kid. Hohoho. I just went to the gynae yday to get hormone pills to get my menses back so that I can go on pills to make myself ovulate.

We took 9 months to conceive S. There seems to be less stress this time, maybe bcos we already have S.

Pls pray for:

- Patience
- Energy (hahahaha)
- Smooth pregnancy

Actually, it took great courage to attempt again since the last pregnancy was so eventful. I know I am at high risk for pre-eclampsia or at least pregnancy-induced hypertension. Also, there is a risk of having another preemie. People used to say that every pregnancy is different, I hope if we do make it, this coming one will be better.

Ahhh... I feel old and tired already. Hohoho.

Mummy Lim

Goodbye Jazzie, Halow Tiguan

Daddy Lim has been off cigarettes for the longest time in his life! 3 cheers for Daddy Lim! As promised, he has bought for himself a new car, the Tiguan. Daddy Lim picked slate grey but changed his mind a week later, worrying that slate grey will turn out looking like champagne. But too bad, it was too late to change the colour. So, Daddy Lim spent the remaining time worrying and hoping that slate grey doesnt look too bad. Hmmm, did you say that women are fickle-minded? -.o"

We are finally collecting Tiguan today. Again, we tried to tired out princess to ensure that we have a smooth car collection. According to Daddy Lim, there are alot to check and learn. In fact, he drew out this list of things to check and ask but was too gan cheong and actually left the list in the office. Haha.

So, we made our last journey in Jazzie to Leng Kih Road. We took some last pix of Jazzie. It still look just as handsome/ pretty as Day 1. Jazzie was our pride then. Jazzie even appeared in our wedding photos and was our bridal car wor.

But heartless Daddy Lim only cares about his Tiguan now. Pui! Boohoo. Bcos Tiguan is bigger, stronger and more chio. The slate grey turns out a lot much better than what Daddy Lim had expected. Not at all champagne lookalike. I can see Daddy Lim go "phew" at the instant that he saw Tiguan. Hoho.

Anyway, while Daddy Lim was busy learning about Tiguan, I was busy snapping blog materials.

The whole car view.

The interior - front.
And the back, where I and Lil Shauna will spend more of our time in.

And the boot. Big... Oh, not for short people, bcos the door goes sky high.
Our virgin ride was pretty comfortable. I kept asking Daddy Lim if he was alright as this is probably one of the few times that he has driven an auto car.

Daddy Lim has set some rules for Lil Shauna.

1. No shoes on the new leather seat;
2. No dropping of food in the new car;
3. No spilling of drink in the new car;
4. No wiping of dirty/ sweating/ saliva-filled hands anyway;
5. No "eating" of leather seat; and
6. No leaving of finger/ hand prints on the windows.

But Lil Shauna wins, once she was bored, she asked for her shoes and was up jumping and bouncing in the back seat in her squeaky shoes. Then she mis-cue while eating bread and dropped crumbs and a big raisin on the seat. Then she happily stuck her fingers into her mouth while still chewing on her bread. So you can imagine what happen to her finger when it came out of her mouth and you know where that finger will go. Hohoho. Champion.

Mummy Lim

Mclaren Volo

I think we need a new stroller. Yes, Lil Shauna chooses not to sit in the stroller many times and the existing Combi stroller is still working fine. Well, one of the wheels seems to be giving way but it is generally workable. Hehe. But I think she need one of those big girl stroller, those with only one or 2 sitting position and is light and sturdy. I had been shopping a little and was wondering if I should get those cheapo ones.

After doing some surfing, I am so sure that we should get a new stroller. But instead of a cheapo one, I was trying to decide between Mclaren Volo or a lightweight Combi one. Both weighs only 3.9kg. The stroller will come in handy when we are in Melbourne. After nagging for the longest time, Daddy Lim gave in and sent us to the Baby Hypermart in Kaki Bukit. Yes, you heard me right, we drove all the way from the West to the East, just to get a stroller. But we purposely picked Lil Shauna's nap time to drive down so that we can have a peaceful ride. Well, Daddy Lim was a little sore about losing his afternoon nap though. Hoho.

I am glad that we went down cos we got to try out the different kind of strollers. There were so many different brands and patterns. After trying out, I was even more convinced that we should get the Mclaren Volo. Not only is it light, sturdy, it is also in a pretty PINK!

Tadah!

I was actually worried that Lil Shauna will refuse to sit in it. But maybe bcos it cost us quite a bit, we were more heartless to her pleads to be out. Haha. After awhile, she quite enjoy sitting in her new stroller.

Woohoo. We must really get her used to it so that she will guai, guai sit in her new PINK stroller when we are in Melbourne!

Mummy Lim

Lil Shauna is scared of...

It is amazing what kind of stuff can frighten Lil Shauna. For a while, she was frightened of bubbles and cling on to me with her dear life when the teacher played bubbles during her tumbletots class. Recently, she's afraid of balloons after one burst in front of her. Well, she still quite like bubbles and balloons, just that she doesnt like them too close to her face and feet. Dun ask me why.


You know what is the best? Her being super afraid of the swimming float. -.o" She refused to sit in one of those fanciful big ones and appear to have monsters on her arm when we strapped those round ones on her arms. Haiz...
Mummy Lim

Lil Shauna can Count!

Lil Shauna has this book with numbers and we will count with her when she "nah" the book to us. Recently, she had been playing hide & seek with her cousins and it always start with counting from 1 to 10.

One day, we realised that she can continue counting after we said "one". To her, it probably isnt counting but basically rattling some words that she had memorised after hearing them so often. But we are so thrilled.

This video starts with her fighting with Felicia over toys as they usually do. But if you listen carefully, towards the end, you can hear her counting.


Hehehe, we are so proud of her. But... I dun want her to be mathematician leh. Hohoho. I think I think too much liao.
Mummy Lim

Rabbit Ears

My bro's family is shifting to a condo - Centris wor, dun play, play wor. The unit will be much smaller than their existing HDB but the condo comes with a super big and beautiful pool. Lil Shauna loves swimming or walking in the water. As such, my mum had asked me to purchase an extra set of swimming costume to be kept in my bro's place to facilitate swimming during their free time.

Daddy Lim always forbid me to buy clothes with "ears" for Lil Shauna. But this particular set of swimming costume is too cute to resist! For your infor, it is a rabbit hor.

Arrgghhh, my Hp camera is too slow to capture the pretty, bouncy bunny. Cute, right? Hehe.
I need a new phone.

Mummy Lim

Snail

Baby, this is a snail.Actually, we are so worried that Lil Shauna will crush it.
This is her 1st time seeing a live snail. :) So sweet!

Mummy Lim

The Taxi Uncle who Got Lost

This night shift (Daddy Lim's) is bad. I took so many cab home this month bcos Daddy Lim used the car and our timing just dun match. Most of the time, I didnt manage to hitch a ride home. Otherwise, I will be tempted to share a cab with colleagues bcos they are getting a cab and it will be the fastest way home. Cab fares are horrible. From yard to home, it will cost at least $12 bcos I need to call cab. No taxi uncle in the right mind will drive to Tuas to find passengers mah.

Tonight is one of those nights where there is nobody whom I can hitch a ride from. So a colleague and I shared a cab home. She got a cab almost instantly but I was held up, trying to finish a last email. When we finally walked to teh pick up point, the cab had already left. So we tried to call for other cabs but there were simply no cabs! Serve us right cos we were late for at least 10 mins. ;p Yes, my bad. We then tried the different taxi company, listening to the on-hold music for at least 10mins before we finally got a cab.

We waited anxiously and then the taxi uncle called. Apparently, he a brave taxi uncle. Bcos he is not familiar with Tuas and he has no GPS yet he dares to take up our call lor. Despite us crossing our fingers, he still got lost. We gave him general direction and waited somemore. Then he called again. He was even more lost and we have no idea where he is. He said that he will try somemore. Mins later, he called for the 3rd time. Yes, he was seriously lost and have no idea where he was. -________-" Win liao lor.

We had to call for cab again but managed to get one after about 5 mins. Actually, the lost taxi uncle was quite nice. He was trying to help us radio for a cab after getting lost and even smsed my colleague to apologise lor. At least he makes us feel better having to wait for him. :)

Uncle, pls buy GPS, good for you. Cheap, cheap niah.

Mummy Lim

The Fruits of the Spirit

Awwww... I am tired. Just one more entry before I hit the pillows. Daddy Lim and the baby are already warmly wrapped up in the air con room. I had been wanting to blog about these entries recently bit simply no time. So now I blog all at the same time lah.

I have always pride myself as a boss who doesnt scold my staff. However, I realised that when I am under stress, my fuse gets really short. There had been many times that I actually scold my girls. The frequency and intensity increases so much more when my boss was on maternity leave.

It hurts a little when my girls feedback that I am becoming fiercer and more and more like a boss. Actually, I feel that way too, but it always hurt more when you hear it from somebody else mah.

Just that day, I heard Daddy Lim talking in a uber stuck-up attitude to a contractor and it made me realised that the person at the end of the line must have felt like s**t. I feedback to Daddy Lim too. Anyway, the important point is that I made a mental note to actually watch my language.

Galatians 5:22-23 (New International Version)
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Just a few days ago, on 3 different days, on 3 different occasions, from 3 different persons, I received feedback that I am:

- Hostile
- Fierce
- Must watch what I say.

Win liao lor. My heart just bled. -.o" Apparently, that mental note didnt help a single bit.
All the more I think I have to watch what I say now.

How to be "gentle" huh?

Lord, I want to bear these fruits bcos you have given me the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

Mummy Lim

What do they eat?

I had a very interesting conversation with my mum a few days ago.

It is now the Ghost Festival and my mum was talking me about her plans to pai my Dad. Daddy Lim's Dadz just passed on not too long ago and my mum realised that we didnt make any pai pai plans.

So while walking home (or reaching home) from my bro's place one night, she asked.

Mum: Errr.. you all Christians no need to pai, pai one. So what do they (those who had passed on) eat huh?
Me: *Roll eyes* We dun believe in that lah. To us, they are not really dead, but asleep and they will all wake up on the day that Jesus comes again.
Mum: Ahhhh... So when will Jesus comes?
Me: Nobody knows de.

It didnt strike me at the moment that I could have shared more with her. Yes, I know they are excuses but we had just walked back from my bro's place with 2 babies, 2x 1.8kg milk powder and a toddler who was sitting on her tricycle but refused to peddle all the way. We had to push her the entire journey. I was panting and perspiring like mad while trying to open the door + trying to answer her answers.

Aiya... I hope I get more of such opportunities in the future.

Mummy Lim

Bird Park

Lil Shauna is definitely an animal-baby. She loves nono to bits (although that love is not reciprocated) and she loves cats (but cats dun like her) and birds. She gets all excited at bird watching.

For somebody who doesnt know, it appears as if Lil Shauna has caught sight of UFO or something amazing. Haha.

From the bird watching, we know that we just had to bring her to the bird park again.

We wanted to go with nainai. But when we woke up last Sunday morning, it was threatening to rain any moment, so we had to drop nainai to prevent her from making a wasted trip, just in case it really pours.

We still went ahead with our plan and it was drizzling a little when we reached. Actually, God must have given us the overcast sky to cover the sun. The weather was really cool, which made bird watching really enjoyable.

Lil Shauna enjoyed herself a little bit more than the last time that we brought her. Just that every bird that flies in the sky is a "bird" and every bird that swims in the water is a "duck". Even the pretty, pinky flamingos are "ducks". Haha.

Lil Shauna loves the penguins bcos the viewing gallery allows her to stand right next to the swimming penguins. They were only separated by a glass and Lil Shauna was thrilled watching the penguins swim past in front of her.

Other than that, she loves the open air park with the flying birds. The birds are really beautiful.

We even fed the birds, or at least Daddy Lim did. The flapping of the birds were a little too much for me. And the birds park themselves on Daddy Lim. I think the humans are more scare of them that them of us.



As a result, Daddy Lim got bitten twice. Ouch, that's' not very nice. Bad birdies, bad manner to bite the hand that feeds you.

We had some nice parting shots.

















I love JBP more than zoo bcos it is nearer to our home, it is smaller and Lil Shauna loves birds more than animals. Hohoho. We are so coming back again.

Mummy Lim

Survived!

I survived Lil Shauna's fever. However strange it may sound, babies seem to be super cranky right after they recovered. Lil Shauna's fever left her yday but she was so uber cranky. She even refused to let me go to work yday's morning. -.o"

She was one active baby when I saw her last evening but her activeness was intercepted by multiple episodes of "eh, eh, eh". It really gets on one's nerves to have a baby who cannot be please and goes "eh, eh, eh" every now and then, despite me trying to do everything that I can to please her. Haiz.. For a while, I felt like a maid. ;p

And her infamous "mummy, mummy, mummy" chant. Double powered up when couple when her cries. My entire family is teasing her about her chant, but she seems nonchalant and continue with her chant. -.o"

She refused to let anyone else carries her when in a bad mood and stick to me like glue. Otherwise, her chant will begin. Oh, should I feel loved? Hehe.

The only bonus is that her fever is gone. She only woke up once last night to perform the "eh, eh, eh" show. At least I had a good sleep after being tortured for the past 3 nights.

Dear Lil Shauna, pls learn to speak soon. Mummy is old already, no energy to try and guess what "eh, eh, eh" is about.

Mummy Lim

Sick

Lil Shauna is down with fever. The doctor says that it is a viral infection.
It started off on Wednesday night, 2.30am. She was flipping and tossing on the bed and woke me up. I tot she felt warm and got a shock when she measures 38 degree. Luckily, there was still fever medicine left from her last episode.

Daddy Lim had been feeding Lil Shauna Scott's Fish Oil, orange favour and I am glad that she loves it. This is bcos the fever medicine looks exactly like the fish oil. Lil Shauna enthusiastically swallow the medicine thinking that I was feeding her fish oil. Haha.

Her fever was up & down thru'out yday. More up than down. Despite feeding her the stronger medicine, it didnt seem to bring down the fever. Thru'out last night, her fever hovers at 38 degree. Her body felt so warm, so poor thing.

Pls pray for the sick baby. Pray that God will take away the fever soon. Haiz.
When the baby fall sick, the adults suffer. My mum and I look like panda now. -.o"

Mummy Lim

Improved Version

Remember that Lil Shauna has learnt to shake her head to indicate "no"?
We have the improved version now. She will now chant "No, no, no" to complement her vigorous head shaking.

Remember that Lil Shauna has started to call me "Mummy"?
This has upgraded too. Whenever Lil Shauna is unwilling to do something (e.g. carried instead of being let down) and I am near, she will go "Mummy. mummy, mummy, mummy". As if chanting the magic words will give her magical power.

Remember that Lil Shauna is now walking steadily?
The powered up version will struggle to be let down and walked everywhere and aimlessly in the shopping mall. But when it is plain walking from point A to B, she will want to be carried. And when we tried to let her down, she will curl up her legs and ended up sitting on the floor if we persist.

Wow, I wonder if there are any bugs with the improved version. ;p

Mummy Lim

Childcare

People has been telling me that we have to book early for childcare, nursery, kindergarten, etc, so that our baby can enter into a good education institution and give her a good headstart. I heard of stories of how parents start queuing to be parental volunteers of "famous" schools when the child is as young as 3 years old. The Chan family has already registered Baby G for nursery when she's barely 8 months old. I always tot that all these people are kia su and I still relak one corner. I only intend to enroll her into childcare or playgroup or pre-nursery when she turns 2+ years old. I always tot that we still have lots of time.

Other than the tumbletot classes that Lil Shauna attends now and then, I haven done anything much about her "good headstart". Oh, I am actually starting to get bored of tumbletots (yes, me, not Lil Shauna) and tot of switching to something else. Hehe.

I am too lazy. There are tons of research to be done. Must even take time to visit the schools and see what the kids do in class before deciding lor. Then, one fine day, I suddenly tot of calling up the childcare at the Jurong Safra Club. It will be really convenient to send and pick Lil Shauna from school then. It is called the The Little Skool-House In-the-Treehouse.

I almost fell off my chair when I heard that the fees for half day sessions is $650 per month. As a working mum, I will get $150 subsidy. It will cost us $535 after subsidy and GST. -.o" I was telling my mum just now and she too exclaimed that the price is so high. Then she confidently say that sure no need to wait very long for a space cos it is far too expensive. She is so wrong. The queue is 9 to 12 months' long. -_______________-" It must be some kind of "branded" childcare. If we were to register our interest now, Lil Shauna will only enroll when she turned 28 months. Wah, makes me kan cheong. Guess what? Yes, I have asked for a registration form. I have joined the "kia su parents" club.

Mummy Lim

No Milk!

On good days, Lil Shauna will fall asleep while drinking milk or right after her bottle. Actually, dentists recommend babies to not sleep while drinking cos it promotes tooth decay. Oh, babies are also supposed to have their 1st dentist visit when they turn one. I seriously duno how to make one year old babies open their mouth to show their pearly whites to the dentists. Anyway, we couldnt really care much anput tooth decay. Daddy Lim will do his part to help Lil Shauna brush her teeth -- when he remembers. ;p We keep our fingers crossed, always hoping that she will drift to dreamland so that we too could have some rest after her milk.



For the past week, bcos Daddy Lim is on night shift and Lil Shauna has problem sleeping at popo's place, I had been "bringing" her home every night and tucking her to bed. Actually, my mum will walk her to my home and help me look after Lil Shauna while I bathe. It is definitely much easier than us staying over bcos the baby tends to turn in at about 9.30pm at home (must be our smell on the bed) and there wun be much fussy or fighting over toys. But her jie jies will come home with her and they will continue playing until about 9pm. I have not much complaints about that. My mum is already kind enuff to walk Lil Shauna home, allowing me to stay sane than to rush from work to mum's place to home.


During the time that they are at our place, they will snack on biscuits and drinks and whatever that they can find. Well, other junk food and baby snacks, there is basically not much human food in the house. As a result, there will be no more space in her tummy for milk. That was what happened last night and the same thing happened again tonight.

I was having my dinner (at home) and we have Lil Shauna walking to me every now and then, exclaiming "mum mum". Each time, she will have some luncheon meat off my fried rice into her little mouth. My mum then gave her baby biscuits to stop her from disturbing my dinner. Then came corn flakes shared by Lil Shauna and the 2 jie jies. Lil Shauna finally ended the whole makan session with half a bottle of water. Like that how to drink milk?

Without milk = no sleep. So, she ended up monkeying on the bed, despite only taking a short afternoon nap.


She had to use her last ounce of energy to play before finally flopping onto Daddy Lim's pillow and fell asleep.
I duno how she can sleep like that, but she did. Look at her feet! Daddy Lim always say that Lil Shauna had inherited my "shui xiang". She can flip the whole bed while sleeping. You know why he is complaining? Bcos Daddy Lim always find Lil Shauna sleeping horizontally acrossed his portion of the bed when he returns from night shift, leaving him no space to sleep at all. Hohoho.


Mummy Lim

Today's Traffic News

Driving Mummy Lim and Shauna to MIL's place today, we saw a motorcyclist waiting to cross a zebra crossing. Or perhaps he was trying to get onto the filter lane as we were making the turn onto the same filter lane. He waved for us to go ahead, so we drove past him and I waved back.
Mummy Lim was laughing at the back seat asking why I waved back, he was a motorcyclist at a zebra crossing, that's not right! Our conversation then turned to "What do you call a motorcyclist trying to cross a zebra crossing? Answer: Pedestrian" joke.

After dropping Shauna, we proceeded to drop Mummy Lim off at work. As we made another turn into a congested road, I was wondering why it was so congested. This road was never jammed like that.. Then we saw why. The Traffic Police had stationed themselves there. They were there for a reason and I thought they were trying to catch overloaded lorries ferrying workers or something of the sort. Just as we passed the TP, I saw in the rearview mirror a car had been stoppped by the TP. But it was'nt a fancy race car with mods. It was one carrying a red license plate. Then we checked the time: 0711hrs. Poor sod. Guess he never expected the TP to be in that ulu area where we work..

Then the conversation switched to why we need the TP to do this since all OPCs are going to be monitored via their IU in future. We were just rambling and laughing at how they were going to be captured: by GPS, by satelite, by distance moved or by speed moving? Note to BB: we are wrong, an E-day license can be purchased online. LTA officials will just take down the number and check against the system to see if they have violated any rules.

So that's what we talk about in the car. Silly ramblings, having a good giggle. This night shift has brought me further from Mummy Lim and Shauna but this is how we catch up LOL

No offense to any OPC owners if you happen to be reading this. No cars were harmed during the posting of this blog ;p

Daddy Lim

Cut Hair

Daddy Lim has been complaining about Lil Shauna's hair again. Well, her fringe is indeed a little too long and threatening to poke her eyeball anytime. She refuses to let me tie her hair too and looks like a messy puppy. Daddy Lim threatens to bring Lil Shauna to cut her hair. -.o"

Under desperation, I had to whip out the kitchen scissor and salvage the situation. I had to try to coax Lil Shauna to sit still, which is next to impossible. So, I tried snipping whatever that I can off the fringe of a moving baby. The next impossible thing is to make sure that the cut fringe is even or looks natural. I achieved none. No Surprise. Hohoho.

Lil Shauna looks so comical after the hair cut. I even burst out laughing. Bad mummy.

After struggling with the baby for the longest time, I finally managed to tie her hair into a ponytail. But bcos her hair at the side is not long enuff, she looks a little messy.

Actually, Lil Shauna still looks cute.
I am so glad that she took the hair cut very well and didnt hate me. Hohoho.




Lil Shauna: Oh no, Mummy, what did you do to my hair??!!

Mummy Lim

P.S - Lil Shauna calls "Pappy" while "chatting" with him over video call just now. Daddy Lim must be thrilled. I better go sleep soon. The princess refused her night feed for whatsoever reason. I think she will wake up in the night for milk. -.o"

Vacation in the pipeline!

So.. Mummy Lim is uber hard-up for another holiday. She's got wayyyyy too much leave to clear. This time round, we're going to Melbourne. HIghlights include Farm Stay, strawberry picking, watching penguins return home to their burrows etc etc.. Basically, another "relak-one-corner" vacation ;p

Btw, my mum will be coming on this one. Lil Shauna can be such an angel and cutie at times (especially when she just wakes up and greets the morning), but.. she can also be a big (small?) bully to her Mummy and Daddy. Another extra pair of hands is no bad thing hehehe

Daddy Lim

Teaching Fondant Modeling

DL had been great in boosting my confidence in cupcake baking. She rekindled my dream of making baking my 2nd career. 1st, she asked if I was keen to bake cupcakes for her friends' bridal shower. I back out for fear of ruining the happy occasion. Then she asked if I am willing to teach her BS girls on cupcake making. After procrastinating and her chasing me for many times, I finally put my heart into it and decided on the date to do so.

We decided that cupcakes baking is probably too boring for the girls. They are afterall 14 years old, full of energy and cannot sit still. Who at 14 years old wants to learn how to bake? I still remember how I dislike going for Home Econs class when I was 14. The stupid cloth hat that we had to wear on our head, making us look like some dutch lady milk maid just made things worse. Hohoho.

So, DL + a friend met me in the morning at my place to bake the cakes + prepare the butter cream. Poor her, she had to take the MRT from Eunos all the way to Pionner. We then brought the prepared cupcakes to T-junction to meet her 4 BS girls + other labourer.

I was intro as the "super-senior". -.o" I feel so old lor. But truth be told, I am that old loh. They werent even born when I left SHSS. To push it further, if I had given birth at 17 years old, my child would be as old as them liao. Hohoho. Anyway, regardless of how old I am, I am so glad that I will always be one year younger than DL. Hohoho.

Back to the baking, her BS girls were really quiet initially. After all the messing around, they started laughing and joking and opening up. Just like any other ladies who tried their hands at fondant modeling, they ended up dressing their cupcakes no end, or what Daddy Lim referred to as "overkill". Haha. I had to keep rushing the girls bcos they can just keep adding flowers and decorations to their cupcakes. We will never move on then.

The girls with the completed cakes.

A closer look of the cakes. It is supposed to be garden theme, we made a dog, a bee and a rabbit.
I had to rush off to fetch the baby, but I heard from DL that the girls enjoyed themselves and were super proud of their creation. DL brought her cakes to some fellowship after that and even received many praises. Hohoho, my head just grew bigger. Anybody wants to exchange free cupcakes for babysitting services?
Mummy Lim