Lok Lok at JB

We brought Dot to JB last night,
together with Bec, Andy, Ada and Mervin
to try out the Lok Lok that KD kept talking about...

Quite an interesting experience,
just some common stuffs you will find when you are having a steamboat,
but when the Lok Lok owner sprinkle some of his 'magic' powder,
these stuffs tasted like twisty on a stick.

I BUTTON MYSELF!

One thing i took for granted is to teach Dot how to button his own shirt...
i kept thinking he should be able to pick this up on his own,
but i was wrong.

One evening when i was picking him up from his childcare center,
the principal reminded me to teach him how to button up his own shirt..

I was like "HUH", aren't he too young??
"NO, not too young....some of his classmates already knew how to do that!"

So, starts my training.


Still LIP (Learning-in-progress),
but soon, he would be able to master it.
One thing that hinders the process,
are his little fingers,
they are too weak to push the button through the hole!

Gold digging!

ARRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrr,
okay, i know this is just a passing phrase!

But when,
he would do the digging,
anytime, anywhere!

And he's gonna hate me for publishing this when he grows up and see that i actually posted this!

Sometimes,
i would make fun of him while he is digging for his gold..
"hey boy, you found it?? FOUND IT????"

When he asked me what is he suppose to find,
i would then reply loudly,
"GOLD LOR! Thought they are inside your nose mah!"

Okay, another confession,
he caught that Singlish thing from me.

Breakfast with Phil

Dot was so excited to see Phil,
he rushed over to their table the moment he spotted them at the McDonald where we were supposed to meet for breakfast yesterday morning.



Phil was his classmate in the childcare center,
they shifted few months ago,
therefore Phil had to change school.

I was chatting and catching up with Phil's mummy,
filling her with the latest happening in Dot's childcare center,
when the two boys fought over toys!

Boys being boys,
after a few rounds of complain from each of them to either Phil's mum or me,
they are buddies again.

After breakfast,
we stopped by the library,
the boys were running around the library despite our threats that the "Police" of the library will catch them and punish them if they made too much noise!

When we were at the supermart,
we had to place the two boys in the trolley while we shop for our grocery!

"Mummy, Phil used his toys to bump my head"...
complained my son!

"Phil, put your hands inside the trolley, wait people trolley bump them!"
reminded my son!

By the time we were ready to leave the supermart,
i was pretty sure they might had became enemies!

But when it was time to bid goodbyes at the exit of the shopping center,
Dot cried,
he wanted Phil to come over our house and play!

I promised him on my next off day,
we shall drop by Phil's house for a game or two...

This morning when he woke up,
he asked if Phil would come to school today!

What a difficult no i had to say!

Thyroid test result

My result shows normal!

What a surprise to both my doctor and me!

After months of medication,
i went for my blood test today,
thinking that,
"waste of money and pain, sure no improvement"..

I know better,
because,
some morning,
i would forget to take the medicine!

I still have to take the medication for another year before i could stop...
and till then,
i have to put any plans of trying a baby aside,
even though now that my thyroid level is back to normal,
chances of conceiving is higher,
i am really not sure if the medication i take would be harmful to baby.

Not forgetting the part where i still fear,
what if it's another premature birth?

I can't go through this again,
when Dot was still at the NICU ward,
my mum was the one whom accompanied me to the hospital every day,
of course,
KD did too.

Now that mum is no longer available,
i would feel a deep sense of lost,
i know i wouldn't be so brave as i would not need to put up a strong front to assure her that i am okay...

Wet his bed again...

For the past few months,
Dot had been wetting his bed almost every night.

I would remind him to wake me up if he wants to urine,
or he could simply make his way to the toilet...

But nothing works.

So this morning,
i approached an experienced nanny down our block,
and asked for her opinion...

She mentioned that Dot's stomach might be 'cold',
and advised me to make some pig stomach soup to heat up his stomach...

She reminded me that if he manages to stay dry for so many months,
yet suddenly wet his bed,
something must be wrong and it need not be a cause of laziness...

So i would try her advise,
and ask my MIL to make him pig stomach soup twice a month.

Does any of you mummies face the same problem?
Care to share some tips on how you manage to keep your child/children dry at night?

What's eating me?

I should know that Dot is into his TT stage,
Terrible Three so i should expect a fair bit of tantrum and NO from him.

But when he refused to brush his teeth,
almost before every bath,
i would just snap at him.

The last straw came two nights ago,
i was basically shouting at him,
"LOOK KAYTON!! I HAVE HAD ENOUGH, SO SICK AND TIRED OF YOUR CRYING AND STRUGGLING WHEN I ASK YOU TO BRUSH YOUR TEETH, OKAY, FINE, IF YOU WANT YOUR TEETH TO ROT AND FALL OUT ONE BY ONE! DO NOT COMPLAIN WHEN THEY GIVE YOU PAIN!"

KD then came to the rescue,
he took over allowing me to escape to the dinning area to cool down!

I could hear Dot crying pitifully,
because i knew he was upset over my outburst!

I shouldn't have,
i know,
but it really does take a lot of patient and endless coaxing to just get him to brush his teeth without any fights or tears!

Sometimes,
for no special reason,
he would request i helped him to brush his teeth,
opening his mouth willingly,
but most times,
it's a fight.

I am afraid that there might be another of such outburst from me,
i would even tempt with the idea of letting Dot escape by conveniently forgetting to get him to brush...

High Tea @ Zhou's Kitchen JP

Met up with my girlfriends,
Amanda, Bec, Wendy, Cat, Bell and DZ together with their family for High Tea this afternoon!



I was rather excited about it,
as it's been quite some time since i last saw them!

Heheee, i also knew i was going to lose again on the theme!

I was frowning infront of my wardrobe deciding what to wear as the theme was WHITE and RED top!! I have NONE!! I lost the first theme months ago at The Line and the penalty was a full 30 second WET KISS with KD, the restaurant was packed during the penalty time!!

Anyway, the high tea was great!
I like the food, the company and the layout of the restaurant....very cosy!

The kids were having a great time interacting with each other,
you can hear their laughter from a mile away!!

Hmm, actually, they are a pretty good lot,
not being too naughty,
sitting on their chair,
they attempted to finish off whatever we parents are feeding them before rushing off to their special corner (side of the restaurant) for play time!

Happy Birthday, SINGAPORE!!

One people,
One nation,
ONE SINGAPORE!!

Night Safari @ 080809

THE BEST EXPERIENCE despite the many mosquito bites and the overwhelming crowds!

Godsons Benjamin and Jeremin came with us too,
i asked if they enjoyed themselves when it was time to go home,
i was happy when they told me they did!!

The tram ride was an exciting experience for the kids,
it was dark almost at every route,
the Safari's guide on the tram was very informative,
he was sending out an important message to all of us too,
about how the rain forest was important to us,
and how irony it was that we human had to remove what's good for us?

What's left of us if one day,
all trees are gone,
what's the use of paper if we no longer have oxygen???

The animal show was interesting too,
but i do find that the host of the show was rather rude,
guess she was desperate to get recognition,
but at the rate she was going when she 'fired' at the audience,
she was bounce to be getting into trouble one day!!

Weight issue??

Here's two photos of Dot,
the one with a bicycle was taken on 3rd August 2009,
the one in the lift was taken on 3rd August 2008!!

A year apart,
BUT NO DIFFERENT IN WEIGHT!!

I have complained about his underweight issue for so long...
until i resigned!

For as long as he is healthy and happy,
that's most important right.

Of course,
as a mother,
i must ensure that he gets all the nutrients he needs from all his meals,
which i am trying to do so,
in every meal..

Easier said than done,
i seldom cook at home,
unless it's my OFF day,
on days when i am working,
it's just packed food,
packed with MSG and high level of salt!

WHY CAN'T I VIEW MY OWN BLOG????

I WAS REFERRED TO A "I AM SORRY" PAGE FROM GOOGLE SEARCH PAGE, IS THIS A BUG???

National Day celebration

Dot's childcare center celebrated National Day yesterday,
since i had to work,
i got KD to attend the celebration.

Dot was very excited when we told him that he's just going to the party,
after the party,
KD will drove him to his grandma's place.

Dot then assumed that KD will be sitting beside him throughout the celebration,
got all teary when he found out that this was not going to happen!

Lately, he had lose so much weight,
he had been sick for quite some time,
was hovering between 37.5 to 39.2 degrees for 5 days,
then after the fever was gone,
his cough and running nose still persists!

His appetite nearly drop to a ZERO,
but with our coaxing,
added with a hint of warning and threatening,
and a show of cane once or twice,
he did manage to eat some....but not more than 5 spoonful of either the rice or noodle that i prepared for him.

It was also a exhausting period for both KD and myself...
My off days were spent looking after him (which i have NO complains at all),
then after work,
i rushed home just to take over from KD.

I am glad that his appetite is slowly back,
still having certain level of concern when i could almost felt his bone when i was holding his hand this morning!!

I know that this is a very long over-due post about our Genting trip, but i still wanna pen it down!!

We drove up to Genting together some of my friends and their family....Amy, Bec, Elaine, Cat, Wendy and their family.

Dot had so much fun when we spent one whole day at the theme park, it was cold....but our heart were warm from all the laughter and fun!!

IS THAT BEER?????

NO!! It's just Bai Hua snake water!!