Baby Yoga

Instead of sucking fingers, she is now fond of sucking toes. You can also see her disaster hairstyle.

Good Taste

I have in total bought him 4 pairs of shoes – baby “POOH” soft soles, sandals, imitate crocs and a flip flop from a World of Carton warehouse sales in the range of RM6 to RM20. I never splurge on babies stuff. He loves shoes so much so that his eyes will light-up the moment he put it on. For simple reason, he understands that this is the only chance he can go out and play or go shopping. Due to his large, broad and deep feet, I bought oversize shoes for him. It is always one size larger. Nevertheless, his feet still outgrew his first pair of shoes (size 5 - for children 2-2.5 years).



So, we got to shop for new shoes. At first, we saw Kikilala shoes on sales and it only costs RM29 per pair. I took a pair and asked him to try. He refused to put it on and kept saying “mum moi, mum moi” (Cantonese: Dun wan Dun wan). We then window shopped at Nike shop for fun. I took a pair of Nike sport shoes and showed it to him. He loves it at first sight and tempted to try it. It costs about RM139. Darn expensive. How can he develop expensive taste at such a young age? I only bought shoes above RM100 after I started working. My hubby tempted to buy it for him but I insisted not buying. My rationale is that he will outgrow it within a short time. It is just NOT worth it.

His latest invention - clog

My First Tooth

Yesterday, we suddenly discovered her ONLY ONE pearly white tooth erupted from the bottom. There were no symptoms at all. My son used to get mild fever and diarrhea. We can now understand why she was drooling a lot and sucked fingers so fiercely in the past few weeks. She even bit me during the breastfeed. She likes to suck her thumbs during breastfeed. Being so ignorant, the white tooth has quietly erupted. This was quite unexpected as my son FIRST TOOTH came out only after month 7. She is now only 5 months +. I have to watch out closely on her next development. CRAWLING.

Baby's first haircut

My son’s first haircut was at full moon. He is born with loads of hair. His hair is stubborn - grow upward and stand firmly on his head. He will looks like a Trojan Man with long hair. We normally sent him to an auntie barber and my hubby held him on his lap. He screamed and tried to pull off the cloth around his neck. We didn’t shave him bald on full moon although some people said that the fine baby hairs must be removed to make room for thicker hair growth. We just kept his hair short. His hairs grew so fast that we need to get it trimmed once a month. The screaming and fussing continues until now.

Then, my little girl has her first haircut recently at 5 months after we discovered her dandruff problem. I’m her hairdresser initially. After few cuts, she was annoyed and started to move around. I couldn’t handle her and let my SIL took over as she claimed that her mom used to open a barber shop. I left it in her good hand. She is v brave and cut it v fast. She was cool during the haircut – no fussing and no scream. Here u go. She is turned into a “Ah Wong” look. V ugly though. The hair is uneven and short. Her hair used to b v soft but it gets hard after the cut. Dunno why??? She looks more boyish now. This will definitely be the last haircut by my SIL. :(

Child Kidnap Scam

A syndicate has been duping parents here into pay ransom for the release of their “kidnapped” children.

This was what happened to my counsin’s husband. One morning, he received a call from a China Chinese woman who told him that his daughter was kidnapped and demanded for a ransom of RM100K. The lady didn’t allow him to put down the phone so that he wouldn’t be able to find out the whereabout of his daughter. Despite that, he still borrowed his friend’s phone to contact his daughter but there was no one answering the call. They lady even asked someone to scream and ask for help over the phone and her voice resembled his daughter’s. He was trembling and requested to reduce the ransom to RM20K and they agreed.

He quickly went to a nearby bank to withdraw money. Luckily, he met a Chinese lady who are kind enough to notice that something wasn’t right. She asked him why he wanted to withdraw one big lumpsum. He told him that it is used to pay for the ransom. The bank staff asked him to call back home to check his daughter whereabout first. Then, he contacted my cousin and found out that his daughter was having a meeting and that was why she didn’t pick-up the call. Thank god his daughter is safe and he managed to hold back the ransom money.

When he tried to spread this news around, he is surprised to find out that most of his neighbours were already victims of this scam and their losses were between RM1-RM10K. Apparently, he is the most generous one. :P

BEWARE OF KIDNAP SCAM, FIND OUT THEIR WHEREABOUT FIRST BEFORE U PAY!

Chinese School

I always wanted to enroll my children for Chinese school. I am now hesitant to do so when my colleague told me that her son refused to learn Chinese after enrolled in Chinese school. He is banned to ask out of ordinary questions in the class. The moment he raises his hands, the teacher would ask him to sit down. He has inspired with the innovative way the teacher taught in one of ASTRO educational program using Chess/Lego sets. The poor little boy lost interest in Chinese subject as a result of this.

He was annoyed when his one-on-one tuition teacher for Chinese subject spoon-fed him with exam answers. When he didn’t choose the exam questions that she spotted, he was beaten by his tuition teacher. His rationale was that the topic chosen by his tuition teacher didn’t interest him. He preferred the other question which he could write more things. My colleague was trying to reason with the teachers but they just didn’t accept students who are extra-ordinary.

Strong Kick

Everyday, I would have surprises from my little girl.

One morning, you would see her sleeping without her pants. She kicked it off when she was trying to be awake for a feed.

Another morning, you would see her bare foot. Her socks were landed on her bed. How can she be so rough as she is a girl? She can be so influential that her brother imitates her in many ways – kick wildly, blow bubbles, etc.

Jusco sells inferior goods

Economy is bad. This shouldn’t be an excuse to sell inferior goods to consumers. Few days ago, I rushed to Mid Valley Jusco to buy Bebelac nursing pad that has good absorbency and with reasonable price (RM18.90 for 40 pcs). The leftover stocks are wrapped in a transparent gift wrapping paper because the box is torn. I just grabbed a box without checking out the content. Ytd, I discovered that there were 7 pcs missing and they mixed with other brand’s nursing pads which stickers didn’t have the Bebelac logo. I ended-up paying a premium price for lesser quantity and for a cheaper brand.

Jusco has always been my top choice for quality goods. I would now have to think twice to shop at Jusco.

Where do I place my car seat?

Today, I felt so embarrassed when my colleague told me NOT to place the car seat in the front seat of my car and asked me to dismantle the passenger air bag if I need to place the car seat in front. :P Although I knew it long ago, we just got used to it as my husband used to drive proton car where we always placed the car seat in the front seat. Now that we changed to Honda, we have forgotten to relocate the car seat. I got to change it today to avoid being known as neglected mom.

Here are the Car Seat Safety Guidelines (US)
1. The back seat is the safest place for children under 12 to ride.
2. Never place a child in the front seat of a car or a truck that has a passenger air bag.
3. If a child is old enough to use an adult seatbelt and must ride in the front seat, secure the child correctly in the lap and shoulder seatbelt and move the front seat as far back as you can from the dashboard.

Super Powerful

Below is the development milestone for babies. My little girl is trying to advance too fast. She isn't doing things her age. She already drags objects toward herself and plays peek-a-boo. Before she knows how to sit or crawl, she is now pushing herself up with our support to stand momentarily. She does it all the time. She can stand as long as few minutes with both feet grounded firmly on your lap. I’m scratching my head if she would put too much pressure on her knee. Isn’t she pushing herself too much? OR Is my breast milk too powerful? :D


Child's Age
Mastered Skills (most kids can do)
Emerging Skills (half of kids can do)
Advanced Skills (a few kids can do)
5 months
• Distinguishes between bold colors• Plays with his hands and feet
• Recognizes own name• Turns toward new sounds• Rolls over in both directions
• Sits momentarily without support• Mouths objects• Separation anxiety may begin
6 months
• Turns toward sounds and voices• Imitates sounds• Rolls over in both directions
• Is ready for solid foods• Sits without support• Mouths objects• Passes objects from hand to hand
• Lunges forward or starts crawling• Jabbers or combines syllables• Drags objects toward himself
7 months
• Sits without support• Drags objects toward herself
• Lunges forward or starts crawling• Jabbers or combines syllables• Starts to experience stranger anxiety
• Waves goodbye• Stands while holding onto something• Bangs objects together• Begins to understand object permanence
8 months
• Says "mama" and "dada" to both parents (isn't specific)• Passes objects from hand to hand
• Stands while holding onto something• Crawls• Points at objects• Searches for hidden objects
• Pulls self to standing, cruises• Picks things up with thumb-finger pincer grasp• Indicates wants with gestures
9 months
• Stands while holding onto something• Jabbers or combines syllables• Understands object permanence
• Cruises while holding onto furniture• Drinks from a sippy cup• Eats with fingers• Bangs objects together
• Plays patty-cake and peek-a-boo• Says "mama" and "dada" to the correct parent

Nite Orchestra

Have you heard of nite orchestra? It was presented by a team of people ranging from as young as 5 months to as old as more than 60 years old.

I found it rather funny one nite when I noticed my little girl snoring at night as well as my mom and others. It's like a natural melody ............:P

Pasar Malam Fan

I am a hardcore fan of pasar malam. I used to live in PJ where I visited 3 pasar malams in a week – Tue at Section 17, Mon at SS2 and Thu at Chow Yang. I missed it a lot after I moved out of PJ.

I missed the cheap fresh fruits, ayam panggang, keropok, apam balik, durian at Section 17; soya bean drink, steamed corn, VCD/CDs, desert at SS2; asam laksa, bachang, chicken floss bun, fried carrot cake, soya tong yun, fried oyster mushroom, etc. at Chow Yang.

The pleasure of eating and shopping at pasar malam is indescribable. I can spend more than RM50 in one trip. Yesterday, I went to Desa Jaya pasar malam despite the rain. Since it was raining, I didn’t have to queue. I managed to grab everything I like in minutes. :) I went back with both hands full packed. Asam laksa, fried sweet potatoes, Taiwanese fried chicken, cake, swiss roll, sate, papaya, mangoes, some veggie, nite paper, etc. We finished off the food within half an hour and we just felt very satisfying. We regret not to buy more asam laksa as it tasted so good and I’d not have it for so long because of my pregnancy.

Breast Milk Vs. Fingers

My little girl is getting strange nowadays. She chooses her thumb over my breast. Sigh! I've been struggling of not expressing enough milk for her consumption. I'd tried out many ways to increase my milk supply... express more frequently at nite and at work... drink fenugreek and red bean soup with ba hup.... nurse her longer... I'm exhausted...

What is more dissapointing is she prefers her thumb MORE than drink milk????

Allergies Attack

Yesterday, I brought my two kids for immunization. I purposedly woke-up so early to get them bathed and dressed so that I can reach them on time. It open at 10am. We arrived just 5 minutes later and our queue no is 16 and it was serving no. 1. :(

As usual, we went to Old Town Coffee shop for our breakfast. The business is good thanked to the paed's patients. :P We ordered our usual favourite : nasi lemak and curry mee and not to miss our toasted bread. My little girl slept on the cushion. She was sweating because it was so warm. We requested to turn the aircond to full blast but to no avail. Economy is bad and they were trying to save cost. Not all aircond units were turned on.

After one and a half hour, my little girl had two jabs and one oral medication. My little boy had one booster jab. Both of them cried out so loud during the jab. After an hour later, my son developed rashes all over his face, hands and backs. We were so worried and brought him back to the clinic. To our surprise, his rashes subsided upon reaching the clinic. Nevertheless, we still went to c his paed. It was confirmed not medication allergy because he has taken jab before. He said it was food allergy. How can this develop since the food he consumed is nothing unusual like bread with butter and kaya, noodle with mushroom and vegie. He was given some allergic syrup and he was ok after that. At nite, we continue eating............. forget about the food allergy.

Roll Over at 4M

I roll over at month 4. This bouncer is just not big enough for me to roll around. I like to roll from my right side. I may be a right hander. Unlike my brother, he is a left hander.

My Beautiful Dress

Boobooboo........ Raining lor

According to the old people, when a baby blows bubbles, the raining will come soon. Past few days predictions seem to be quite TRUE. You may observe it from your baby.

Jealous

My son has become so selfish recently. He doesn't like to share anything with his sister. He'll grab everything from sister's hands.

He is trying hard to grab our attention by making silly stunts, spinning for few rounds, etc.

Whenever we carry his sister, he'll scream and cry until we put down his sister. If not, he would like to sit side-by-side with his sister.

When he is NOT eating, we'll tease him and pretend to feed his sister. He'll quickly swallow the food eventhough he doesn't like it.

When we put his sister on a mattress, he'll quickly lie besides her and disturb her.

I'm afraid the fight will be erupted soon.

Breastfeeding Constraints

Hmmm......... I must respect all breastfeeding moms including myself. After I started my breastfeeding journey, I realised how tough it is.

First, I have to restrict myself to shop at mother friendly shopping malls such as Jusco.

Second, I got to rush home within 3 hours when I don't bring my baby along.

Third, I hardly have much leisure time for watching TV and reading newspaper bcoz I'm busy expressing milk as well as nursing my baby.

Forth, I can't take alcohol. I have not had a drink since I found out I was pregnant. I would like to go out and have a couple of drinks tomorrow but I’m afraid that my baby will be intoxicated. Despite expert advice, I think I’ll still go for one or two glasses of beer. As long as I don’t get myself drunk, my baby will be alright.

This is expert advice.”Try to nurse your baby beforehand and then wait until the effects have worn off before nursing again.” :P Reasonable intake of alcohol should be fine.

Offended MIL

Since birth, my MIL was hardly carried or played with my little girl because she has gotten back pain and knee problem. After her first month, we moved back to Kepong when I seldom to go back to my MIL's place. She hardly knows her.

On her recent visit to my MIL's house, she cried so loud that she didn't want to be carried by her. She didn't give her face at all even at public area. A lady nearby trying to help to calm her down when she didn't want my MIL. My MIL felt so embarassed and scolded her that why she had to be so choosy as she won't have a choice later when my mom goes back to KTN. :) She felt offended. Poor thing... I warned my little girl to be more co-operative. She liked my FIL more than my MIL surprisingly even though my FIL wasn't that good at carrying a baby.

More words

My son can speak more words now. Strangely, he can only speak words start with b, p and m.
b- bowl, ball, bath, etc..
p- popo, (ap)ple, etc...
m - mei mei, mama, mee, mug, (sto)mach, etc.....
He is learning to communicate with his sister too........... Dunno what they are talking about?????:~