Second night ...

So tonight is the second night that manfred baby kinda self slept... I would just stay by his side and see him roll back and forth until he is ready for the final touches aka the pat and hum along. 

Still remember it had been a battle the couple of weeks back. How he would cry out loud whenever we tried to pat him to sleep, and he would climb up and down the bed, crawl in and out of his mattress, and simply ignored our call for him to sleep. Until, one day I just sat there and followed his flow. It was better. I just let him do what he wanted too, while I tab tab my phone or just praising him for whatever I could think of. Before I know it, he went to his pillow and grab my hand to pat pat him. Ah, so don't force him, and that's the key. 

Tonight as usual, I sat beside his mattress. I off the lights. He went to his mattress and toss and turned for about 15min, before landing in his decided position for me to pat pat, and he is now asleep. :) 

Phase of growing up. 

Oh, and today I decided to just let him play with his porridge. Ok, it was intended to let him self feed with hand. but it was all in a mess. Himself. The floor. The high chair. It was an eye opener thou. I'm not too sure if I'm gonna let him do it again. Haha. 

I love my boy so much. Too much. 

It's been too long ..

Yeah, it's been a long while. 

Too busy with new house, too tired with chores and of coz babysitting the boy on weekends, he's a big boy now. Climbing up and up, crawling back and forth, learning his first steps to walk. He could like walk 3 fast steps and BOOM! ... fell on the ground. But his one brave boy! 

Had his birthday bash at our new place last month with close friends and family, doing the housewarming all together. 

I'm now an expert with porridge for babies, making different porridge for him every weekend. Not that he could finish everything, he is a picky eater. He puke out whatever he doesn't want to be inside his mouth. Bad bad habit which we r acting on it.

I love this little boy. He sleeps alone in his bedroom with all lights off. But we had a very hard time coaxing him to bed every night for the couple of weeks. It's better now, but patience, behold, still. 

Just caught a flu from his cousins on wed. Brought him to the doc at rivervale plaza sbcc on Friday. After taking the meddy for runny nose, seem to have quite a fast effect. Still runny on Friday and Saturday but at least mucus not much to be seen compared to Thursday and Friday morning. 

The pink syrup been good, and this time round I don't use the syringe anymore to feed him his meddy, I use the spoon that the clinic will always give for syrup. Anyway I haven't been giving him Prospan, unless his cough decides to drop by, but *touchwood* The illadin is for block nose, pretty good but not to use more than 5 days as it causes dry nose thereafter. We only dropped that into his nose when he is sleeping, as he hates people to touch his nose, had a phobia with that ever since a doc goh tried to wash his nose for the first time when he had a flu. Poor boy. Dunno how long this phobia gonna last. 

Anyway the boy is asleep now. While cooking his porridge, I'm just nua-ing on my sofa. When you're a mother, you will know, this is a very simple yet satisfying blissful indulgence. 

Alright shall get ready for gai gai later. Tatah! I so wanna go diaso. 

Toys Review: FISHERPRICE Sing With Me CD Player VS Vtech Rock n Roll Radio

Manfred baby LOVES toys with music & light and so when I saw vtech rock n roll radio at Taka departmental, I knew i got to get that for him. He held it in his pram and he was so refusing to pass the toy back to me, until i gotta force it from him and go pay for it. :) 

Forgot exactly how much but its in the SGD$30s range. 

What I love about this toy is that no matter where you press/turn, there is light and music, and and and... Manfred is still loving it now. He seldom has loyalty for his toys, but this one does! 

And I love it becoz its so handy. So, just nice for his little hands. 

The music is very cheery kind of music. I always leave this little handy toy in the car coz when we are travelling in the car, this toy can entertain him for the whole journey. Especially when at night, the lights are more obvious. Actually the light only lit up through the green and red button, but thats quite enough keep my son entertained. haha.  

Next up, I saw the Fisher-price Sing Along with me cd player at toys r us (united sq). Price is around the same as the vtech radio. I thought Manfred may like this too. So I got it.

Hmm, as there are 4 specific buttons to press to get the sound and light, my son didn't know how to "operate" this toy at first so I gotta teach him. After a few failed attempts and some passed attempted, he didn't quite like it. And, it was too big for him, not very handy compared to vtech's.

And that radio fell onto his face a couple of times. (too heavy for a barely one year old to handle I guess).

And this is now in the toys box. :P I guess I may still let him try when he gets a little bit older and see how he would react to it. Maybe by then he would know how to "insert" the CDs into the slot. :) Though the box says 6 months - 36 months, I dont think i would recommend to those not yet 12 months.

My verdict for now: Vtech wins.
1. Its handy.

2. Almost anywhere that Manfred's hands/fingers land on, there's sound and light, he loves it. He doesn't specially gotta like "press that button". Like I say, when he grows up a little, he may like it. Not sure about that now.

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!