Back from Cruise...

We are back! Daddy Lim & I survived our first trip with Lil Shauna. It was a pretty nice trip less a few unpleasant incidents.

We went with 2 big bags. However, I realised that I brought too much clothes, bibs, hankies, diapers for Lil Shauna. Can do with less and save some weight. But I think I will bring just as much when we go for our next trip, cos the threat of "wat-ifs" bugs me big time. I bet most mummies are as kia-su as me.

We only embarked the cruise at 9+pm and proceeded for dinner. Lil Shauna was too excited with the mobs of people that she saw everywhere and refused to sleep. She only went to dreamland at 11pm, way past her bedtime. We were worried that her little nose will act up in the air con room but apparently not. She slept rather peacefully for both nights. Maybe it was bcos the air con was at set at room temperature. Daddy Lim joked that should her little nose acts up, we shall camp at the main deck. -.o"
Lil Shauna had her 1st swim at the public pool. To prepare for her swim, we even bought her a new swimsuit. Sexy one somemore, hehe.

I know she looks like "gao deng kuey", but she looks so cute.. She was happy when we put on her swimsuit. Moreover, this is the only time that she dun mind looking fat in horizontal stripes and I am so going to abuse my authority as a Mummy. Haha.

Apparently, she doesnt like swimming. She still prefers to kick water in her bathtub while bathing. Not too sure if it is bcos the water is too cold or there are too many kids. Anyway, the "unkeen-ness" is written all over her face.

After her swim, we dressed her in a new "Old Navy" top that I bought for her online. Branded ok.. She looks totally like a boy in that hooded romper. But bcos she is so cute in it, I actually dun mind.

I tot she looks like "Jay Chow", hehe. Bcos we were too bored, we ended up making her look silly and snapped photos.

Daddy Lim & I managed to get an hour of "we" time. We went for ice-cream and fun at the arcade. Yummy, finger licking good. :)

Before long, it was time to go home. We managed to get some family pix, but Lil Shauna wasnt too cooperative.

More trips? Hmm.. I duno..

Mummy Lim

Pack for Cruise

Woo hoo! We are gg to the cruise and we are bringing Lil Shauna along! This is our 1st ever family trip if we do not take the Koh Samui one where she was made and the cruise when she was in my tummy into consideration. I doubt Lil Shauna will remember a thing about the trip but who cares. I am dying to travel and the cruise is our safest bet. We didnt want to take a plane fearing that we will have a wailing baby thru'out the flight. Confine space leh.. we are considerate people and try our every best not to deafen the others. Even if we survive the flight, I doubt Lil Shauna will enjoy or allow us to enjoy shopping or sightseeing. Thus, we are gg to the cruise!

We will be travelling with my mum, my brother's family & my sis. It has been a long while since we last travelled together. The last was oso to Star Virgo & that was my Dad's last trip. With the maid & my mum, we do hope to sneak a few "we" moments. We are bringing Lil Shauna swimming too. Swimming in a public pool, no more float around the neck! Lil Shauna is a big girl already. Hehe.

We were listing down the "to-bring" list. We have nothing much to bring, for it is afterall a short 2 nights 2 day trip. However, while doing Lil Shauna's list, the items seem never-ending. I always look with surprise when I see my SIL lugs big bags for trips. Now then I noe how much stuff we have to bring when there's a kiddo in tow. There are so many rompers, hankies, bibs to bring. There there are the diapers (the killer), the milk bottle, the water bottle, the milk powder, the bowl, the spoon, the cereal, the oil, the nappy rash cream... I was busy gathering the items and throwing them into the luggage bag just now. Even before I am done with Lil Shauna's items, the bag is already filled to the brim and the diapers are not even in yet... -.o" Make a guess, how many bags do we need? No prize though, hohoho.

Mummy Lim

Weaning

Lil Shauna has grown! Now that she has discovered the wonderfulness of flipping, she is flipping non-stop. Whenever she hits any plain surface, she flips. However, she probably needs much more practice to prevent getting stuck. She better starts learning to flip back too. We are having a busy time flipping her back after she has flipped and gets stuck.

She has started to show interest in food. We have initially wanted to keep her on milk until she's at least 6 months. However, we understand that it is painfully boring to be drinking the white stuff day in, day out. Although we havent started formal on solids, we had let her taste various food. To date, she has sucked on pears, apple, strawberry, papaya and has licked porridge, yogurt and ice cream - Ben & Jerry's somemore! Of course, there are off-the-shelf pear juice, blackcurrant juice, apple juice, etc.
She was drinking blackcurrant & apple juice at nai nai's place just now. She is learning how to drink from the spoon to prepare her for solids. Lil Shauna disagrees when Mummy thought that she has enuff (for the day). Daddy Lim has to carry her and walked about the house to pacify her when I took the remaining juice away. She was whining away and Daddy Lim took pity on her. So, he suggested feeding her banana. As a result, Lil Shauna has started on solids today, on banana! To make sure that she is not allergic to banana (who will?), she will be having banana for the next 3 days. :) Then it will be off to more interesting things like cereal, papaya, broccoli, porridge, etc. Yummy.. In the meantime, she will entertaining herself with her... toes.

Mummy Lim

Flippy, flippy, flip

Lil Shauna's post:


I finally flipped for Popo, Ah Kim & Auntie Rezal yday. No choice, they put me on the mat and placed my favourite toy so far away. I was unable to reach it with either my hand or my leg. The only way is to turn around to gain distant. I intended to flip quietly, but Auntie Rezal spotted it. They tricked me into doing it again later in the morning. Bad adults.. They were all so excited, especially my Pappy & Mummy. I heard that Mummy was jumping around with joy when she heard the news. Popo is very worried that I will flip out of the bed in the future. Strange adults.. flip also cannot, dun flip also cannot.


When we reach home, I was tired and hungry. I dun want to flip! I only want my milk, milk and to join Zzz monster in the dreamland. Mummy tried to entice me with a new toy that she bought online. The new toy was cool. It has music and a monkey sitting on top of a ball. However, I have pride. I am not gg to be bribed. So, regardless of how Mummy wave the new toy plus many other old toys in from of me, I refused to give in and flip for her. Make her gan cheong abit. Who ask her to delay my milk, milk and bedtime. Well, I shall flip for her when I am in a good mood. Hehe.


Actually, what is the great deal about flipping? It is not that I cant flip but dun want to. Now, I simply lie on my back and have Pappy and Mummy running around for me. Once I can flip, they will expect me to start crawling, walking and flying soon. No?? Humans cant fly?? Hmm... anyway, I think I rather lie around.

Lil Shauna


Mummy Lim:
My SIL sent me the smses yday morning:
"Hi, just to update u. Lil Shauna did her 1st flip just now."
"Yup, Razel said that she flipped herself but we didnt believe until we witness it. A very good news!"

Yippie, woo hoo!

Edited on 6 Nov 08: Lil Shauna finally flipped for Daddy Lim & me. She was struggling & struggling & I asked Daddy Lim to give her a few pokes to help and she flipped. Then she did another 2 smooth flips, seemingly to tell us that she doesnt need help in her flipping. Yippee, our little girl is flipping!

Lil Shauna Looks Like Boy

I am on maternity leave this morning. So I only brought Lil Shauna to Popo's place after she woke up and had her milk. While waiting for the lift, the 2 neighbours were out with their grandsons. One of them is 9 months and the other is probably 1+ year.

To build good rapport, I brought Lil Shauna over to say "hi" and the following conversation took place.

Neighbour (N) 1: Wah, the baby so big already ah.. so cute..
Me: Hehe.
N1: The baby look like the father hor (indicating that she looks like boy -.o")
Me: Ya lor, ya lor, look like boy hor.
N1: Ya lor, that's why look like father mah.
Me: ...
N2: (1st time seeing Lil Shauna) This one is baby boy huh?
Me: No lah, girl lah.
N2: (look of disbelieve) Look like boy leh.
Me: (talking to Lil Shauna) Baby, look like boy hor. Quickly grow some hair lah.. Okie, we go Popo's place liao, say "bye bye"...

Haiz, should have dressed her in bright pink from head to toe..

Mummy Lim

Finally, it is over...

Sorrie for the lack of post. I had been so busy with a mega Company event. It is finally over! Phew! I spent my entire weekend in Sentosa. Poor Lil Shauna has got no Pappy & Mummy to play with. Sob!

Anyway, Daddy Lim and friends finally have the opportunity to perform on stage after practicing like forever. :) They have decided to call themselves "Equivox" eventually instead of "Life without Eggs". I thought the latter sounds more cool. Apparently Daddy Lim doesnt think so. Hmm...

Daddy Lim looked so cool on the stage, but not sure why is he bare footed. Maybe it is a band thing? Hmm..

The other members... The other guitarists, the bassist and the drummer. Actually, I quite like the drummer. He always look so lost in his own world when he drums. ;p

I think they played well. Actually, I cant tell even if they played wrongly. I think they played well bcos the songs that they sing just sound like what I heard from radio and Daddy Lim's ipod lor. ;p

On a separate note altogether. This is Lil Shauna in her nice sunhat. Maybe she look more like a girl with the hat covering her botak head? Hehe.

This is her playing with her little bunny. Duno why is it so funny to see the bunny dropped. I bet it is a baby thing.

Mummy Lim

Home Visitation

Lil Shauna went for many home visitation over the weekend. She was at Nai nai's place on both Sat & Mon. She went to meet the ah yees at Auntie S's place on Sun. I love to bring Lil Shauna to meet the girls cos she's currently the "latest addition" and the girls go gaga over her. Moreover, Bb C was not present that day. If she's willing, the girls are more than happy to carry her. This makes me very happy too cos I was left happily munching on the food and gulping the soft drinks. Lol!

Mummy J has asked for a pix of Auntie S with her protruding belly. Auntie S has gamely posed for a pix but suddenly realised that I am going to blog about it and requested that I do not post her pix here. Anyway, she's happily preggy, looking forward to her 4-mths maternity leave and contemplating to become a full-time homemarker. She's also aiming for no. #2, #3, #4, maybe even #5 & #6 to form a volleyball team. ;p

On Mon, we visited Gugu too. The last time Lil Shauna went to Gugu's house was on National Day. Then, she was merely 3 months old and was only capable of lying on the bed. On Mon, she was happily playing and standing. She was playing this "oh oh" game with Gugu.

Dun ask me what is so special about "oh oh" or wat does it means cos I have totally no idea. Lil Shauna just finds it funny.

She was still laughing over "oh oh" in the night. But "oh oh" has lost its magic the next morning. No wonder they say babies have short memory.

Gugu was telling us that Lil Shauna looks so much like Daddy Lim when he was a baby and she dug up some old pix. A comparison.

Hmm.. Lil Shauna does look like Lil Daddy Lim. No wonder she looks like a boy, Daddy's fault. Just that day, an auntie asked if Lil Shauna is a didi or meimei. Before I could answer, she confidently guessed that she is a didi. When I corrected her, she gave me a look of disbelief. Halow, my kid lor, I noe if she's girl or boy lor. Faint.

Mummy Lim

We deserve it...

We have a cranky baby at hand. We tot she was sleepy and wanted to sleep thus the crankiness. We heat up the milk in haste and tot that the milk should knock her out. She finished the milk but refuses to sleep and still remain as cranky, demanding to stand at times, to sit at others and oso play as and when. Haiz, we deserve it. We totally screwed up her routine last night.

After the gathering at Auntie S's place, Pappy went to meet his friends at Taka to buy clothes and that dragged until 9pm. Lil Shauna fell asleep in the car but woke up upon reaching home, demanding play. She only fell asleep at 11pm, which is way past her bedtime. Then, she woke up crying this morning at 6+am, something that she does not usually do. She's a morning baby & often greet us with smiles. She did take a 3hr nap in the late morning but her routine is already messed up. She is crankier than usual and throws tantrum when she doesnt have her way. she fell asleep in the car while on the way home. As it was too near bedtime, we disturbed her nap. Now, she's wide awake and we have no idea wat she wants. Haiz, like I said, we deserve it. Slap ourselves...

Mummy Lim

Play Time with Lil Shauna

When the baby is in play mood...
Shopping is good.Otherwise, we can munch on green hippo...

If there's no hippo, there's always the hands, fingers and the new-found feet.

Of course, we have to participate in educational games as well. We have the bigger-than-Shauna-story-book.

All these play must be followed by a good nap. Yawnzzz...

Mummy Lim

Curbing the Crying Stint

Remembered that I mentioned that Lil Shauna cried really badly when she went to nai nai's place? We realised that she cries non-stop bcos she knows that she's in an unfamiliar setting. This is even when we visit nai nai's place once a week. I hope that she will grow out of it soon.

Ye ye & nai nai miss Lil Shauna very much. It is not possible to avoid their place or to make them visit us. Thus, we tried to find ways to curb her fears. In the past, once we reached nai nai's place, we would place Lil Shauna on the bed so that the others can play with her. During her last visit, I carried her close and walk around the house, showing her around. Then I started playing with her, getting her warmed up & comfortable. We make sure that at least one of us stayed close. We give her her milk timely and make sure that she's comfortable, just in case she started fussing and triggered one of those crying episodes. We didnt stay too long. Lil Shauna did cry but we manage to curb her crying shortly. Nai nai didnt dare to come too close fearing that she will start her crying. She only managed to carry Lil Shauna for awhile, right before we were leaving before the little princess started squirming and making irritated noises. -.o"

Mummy Lim