27.2.13 - Poor boy cried big last night

Could be not feeling comfy, could be hungry, or it could be a terrible nightmare. The boy cried in the middle of the night refusing to open his eyes despite how hard we tried to call his name, hopefully he will open his eyes and wake up. Cried for long.

Need to bring him go pray pray today. Call me bung-dan.

Seem to have seen something He shouldn't have. *goosebumps*

*UPDATED: after the pray pray, he was perfectly fine sleeping at night. Call me bantang. It works.

Update.

Not too bad. Last night he slept pretty well only to wake maybe twice due to his dudu dropped and being thirsty.

Finished his feed last night and this morning

Still heard some snotty noise from his nose/throat. But nomore runny nose. Hmm, a couple of cough though.

manfred is sick (again)

Sigh, baby Manfred is down with flu fever and some coughing again.

:( So was thinking of doing a record here so as to keep for future reference.

Monday, brought him for babyspa. It started drizzling and he was caught in the rain, little bit only lar. And daddy was still saying very loudly, "he's manfred, no scared of the rain." -___- such things can say one meh.

Maybe I shouldn't have opted him for the massage after the spa as it was a little cold in the room. :(

Aiya, I dont know whats the cause for his flu, but i guess could be one of the 2 reasons i stated above.

And on Tuesday night, he started with lotsa sneezing and runny nose.

During the night he couldnt sleep well AT ALL, he cried like every hour, and its those non stop crying, which is totally inconsolable. I blame it on teething. His cries were filled with frustrations. Poor thing. I also poor thing. Cant have a sane sleep through the night. Wake up every hour, and i totally felt like giving up, and just let him cry. I was totally helpless. TOTALLY. I dont know what to do to stop him from crying. Then we realised, MILK is the magic. He downed 2 bottles of 4 oz at 4 plus and 6 plus which is very rare of him now coz he seldom wake up at night to ask for milk. So i totally blame it on his teething. I guess the teat (from biting) and the warm milk somehow made his gums felt a little better.  And then he dreamt off to lalaland... and woke up 1+ hour later. (OMG)

And so, on Wednesday morning after Daddy sent him to nanny's place, auntie nancy called and said he is running a fever and having a runny nose. We brought him to Sbcc after work. Dr Goh Siok Ying (our favourite) wasnt around so we went for Eugene Han. He blamed the sleepless night on the flu, while I blamed it on teething. The good thing is his lungs and throat are clear, so its really all gathered at the nose.

I hope he gets better real soon, coz he is having this baby spa swimming contest on 4th May. He needs to go "practise" during the upcoming weekends too. I am a kiasu Mum. :D

I love my kiddo. Even though he has his cranky sides. I love him!

Goodbye 2012, with loves.

And it is another year. Thank you 2012. It had been a great great year. A year that marks another milestone in my life. In 2012, I've become a mother. I've been through pregnancy and delivering my baby boy!

From being secretive about my pregnancy (the 3 months' rule) to admitting to hospital due to contractions (during 27 weeks) and delivering Manfred in July. Woah, what a journey!

Thank God for everything i am having now. A new LOVE and motivation in my life. Totally LOVE. Yes, he may be cranky at times (and drove me up the wall), but his big smiles and laughters blew all the crankiness away. Seeing his progress day by day, is a big big blessing to me everyday! One day he may lift his head up (@ about 1 month plus), and another day, he flipped and rolled, and lay in a turtle position. Amazing! No one taught him, and it just happened. In fact, for every babies, it's such an amazing gift in them.

Today, I witnessed him WALK in the walker. And that made me go woo-wah-ohh! My boy is amazing.

So much happened during the 5 months.

Of course, there's also so much that I've got to sacrifice for Manfred. SLEEP is number 1. MY OWN TIME is number 2. But i keep telling myself, I will cherish what I m sacrificing now, coz in no time, he will be all grown up and he will not want to go out with mummy and daddy anymore. Therefore, I would want to spend more time with him now. :)

Moving on, my work and career.

Until now, I'm still quite certain that I would still want to remain in the creative industry. And more certain that I m not looking forward to join so called The Big Companies, unless maybe they pay gold peanuts. :P

I love my job and am glad that after 22 months at FJORD, i'm still not dragging my feet to work. 2 more months to 2 years there! Time flies. From getting married, to being pregnant, to being a mummy, everything happened within this 1 year plus at FJORD.

I've gained a lot and of course, lost some things in life too.

I've lost my right vocal cord due to bacterial infection complication which happened 3 days before i delivered Manfred. But after a few months, my voice is coming back, though my left vocal is working very hard. No more KTV for me as most of my high-keys are forever gone. But its alright, I appreciate what I have now. At least I can still talk and not yet, affect my work. My voice is my rice-bowl.

I've lost some good friends who really once mattered to me, a lot. But I'm also glad after near to a year, I have moved on fine after some heartbreaks and reflections. Yes, things will not be the same, no more. Moving on is the only solution. I cant just sit there and draw circles. So, good bye with love, as much as I really dun wish this to happen, but I wish them well with all my heart. :)

But then again, there is this handful of people in my life, who never let go of me, accept my flaws as much as my strengths.. for truly who I am. Ridiculous, quick-tempered, crudely humorous (at times), always late, and grumpy when tired. Forgiving, generous, lame, bubbly, and always act-smart. You may be a long-time friend, or a new friend who just entered my life, or a family member, or just someone close to me...  I just wanna say Thank You. Could never thank enough for accepting me for who I am. Coz I just realised it's so hard to have these people in life. A small handful, is very fortunate already.. <3

And for 2013: I Want To...

- Save more.
- Visit my parents more, especially my mum.
- Work harder to shed those spare tyre off my waist
- Take care of my health
- Be more patient and loving to Manfred and his dad (haha)
- Be positive
- Be more focused at work, hopefully could bring Fjord to another stage. Have gotta be more cheong liao.
- Learn more dishes, Cook them.
- Be very involved in OUR NEW HOUSE!! Cannot Nua !!

Lastly, MORE LOVE FOR PEOPLE AROUND ME.

Hello, 2013! Hope you will treat me well and good!! Rock on!

Sick weekend before Xmas

In this post I just wanna record down my sick experience so next time I can aga-aga.

Monday: Joan was sick with sneezes

Wednesday: I was having real bad sore throat, and slight runny nose, chills
Thursday: Sore throat with runny nose and a couple of coughs, chills
Friday: Runny Nose, slight sore throat, chills, coughs
Sat: Runny Nose, Cough, No more sore throat - went to see Doc Tan - Had meddy, concussed from 12plus till 7.30pm! Had porridge for Dinner. Hubby cooked! Slept early.
Sunday: Slightly better, still lim beh... but much better than Saturday.
Monday: Coughs. Went facial at new york. At night go gai gai at MBS lo!
Tuesday: Recovering! :D

So basically from start to end, it takes one week. This time round, I spreaded the flu to Manfred. So guilty. He started to have a runny nose with free flow mucus on Friday, then he had really stuck nose during the night. Went to see Doc at SSBC @ AMK with Dr Goh Siok Ying. Had his nose washed and he was crying for life. Poor boy. And he had flu meddy and phlegm meddy.

That Friday night/Sat morning, was my first time I sucked out his mucus using my mouth. :) Disgusting I know. But that was the first time i saw my darling cried so hard due to discomfort. My heart totally lost and broken.

SO, next time u can call me selfish, BUT I M SO GONNA WEAR MASKS WHEN ANYONE FALL SICK AT WORK OR HOME.

Will you?

Will u still be romantic and nice till we are old?

Will u still kiss me good morning
Will u still kiss me good night

Will u still be there when Manfred grows up

Will u still remember the me u first met

Will u still be mesmerized by our teenage puppy love

Will u still remember the first song u sang me

Will u still remember our cheesy slogan since 2001?

Thou sun and moon may pass away... Will IT still stay?

Keep your eyes away from his

When we were having dinner at Pastamania just now, there was young Indian family sitting behind me.

Through out the dinner Manfred was very jovial and kept giggling every time I turned to look at him. So mad cuteness!

When the Indian family was leaving, the mummy came to us and told us Manfred is a doll, and asked us to keep our eyes off his (he has electrifying eyes)

:) happy. And what a nice lady to actually came over and sent us compliments. :)

Good deed, good day!

On a side note, keke, after much pestering I've gotten a belated anniversary present from Big Darling. Kate Spade Stevie baby bag @ $320. It's a love at first sight when I first saw at suntec. Since we din celebrate our anniversary this year so he just got his to compensate for everything lor.