skyblue,
wah, so many toys! So buy MOST toys = chairman seat lah?
MOGU- the FAKE mogu cant let bbs play... Athena had one, then I realised she bit until the beads came out, quickly threw it away!
whywhy,
paiseh I last-min decided to go fireworks. I thought at Clifford Pier, luckily bumped into lilprince enroute.
reached fullerton i also blur-blur, LOL. Yahlor, u and ur HB very slim. Got check ur photos as a baby?
I was not very chubby bb, dunno how grow up like this. Sigh.
Your Esther very gentle bb to play with
.
SHICHIDA- hmm another mum in Athena's kindermusik class RAVES about it. Say very amazing etc. I abit brainwashed but my HB not keen even though my mum agreed to sponsor. So most likely won't lah. :/ I was actually thinking after her 1st birthday would be gd, u don't want too young (fall asleep or hungry midway), also note, alot of sick bbs attend the class cos too expensive to skip when sick! More than $1K for baby lessons PLUS parent lessons (parent must go study too).
Yuru
You look very gd at the fireworks too. Actually I think u look different from at Ruffy's place. Either that I super-blur as usual, at Ruffy's place, fix wrong face to wrong person.
Cindy looks so pretty as usual! Bottom-right pic very cheeky too! So many teeth liao!
Angelia,
oh dear hope Shanice's better.
Berry,
hmm ur Faye alot of special pattern. 1st got PINCER GRIP, then now teething CUSPID. Very cheem.
Oh poor thing, oral thrush became ulcer? OUCH. Ok everyone close eye to your illegal book purchase
.
Foodcourt/ Highchair,
must BROADCAST that Berry veli skilled with Faye. Can eat sinful cake in restaurant while Faye wriggle left, right, and all kinds of stunts. I attempted to follow, let Athena have some "freedom" instead of in highchair, wahliao, can't!
cody,
LOL I was too conked out to notice if anyone visually molesting Athena
. Sorry wasn't more sociable, wasn't feeling very well.
gabby mum,
hehe books are better than toys I think, more interesting for bbs once they can turn it about, flip pages. I stopped buying toys for some time liao...
peg,
wah ur darling so pretty, pity cant use the passport pic- it's really very nice.
Enjoy your getaway!
Ruffy,
ROFLAO, that avatar like Faye! Abit fierce-fierce type
. Looks like will karate-chop anybody who shushes Faye!
"Training" baby to be more friendly,
aiyah I really think it's personality. I really try very hard liao, but my darling still very slow warm-up to strangers.
Can console myself it's difficult for strangers to kidnap her...
she will WAIL!
lilprince
haha, what an avatar ur HB made for Rhyan! Very cool, boys sure like one!
The 2nd bowling alley one very blond hair leh- look more like young version of ur HB than grown-up Rhyan leh, LOL!
Waah, book bungalow! 100pax is a mega-celebration!
Athena will only have 1 function room, stagger guests into lunch, hi-tea, dinner... total ~70pax! I went to buy (not yet inflated) BALLOONS today! *bounce bounce bounce!* Browsed the catalogue sooo long, and hor, my mum was with me. Ask her opinion, she say, "BUY! I pay!" Siao. No point spend too much on balloons mah. I got exercise Restraint one. My mum's the Bad Influence, LOL!
puff
hmm I told my mum about the "salt" that old people like to feed bbs, my mum was horrified. She said," last time is last time, CANNOT put salt in porridge! BABY leh!" (My mum is very dramatic one, got capital letters when she agitated). Even my MIL agrees NO salt in Athena's porridge, (though she once fed Athena SAUCE from zhi-cha dish lah, I screeeam until she scared liao).
Ur mum/ MIL can't be older than my mum/ MIL (since I'm sure I'm older than u
), how come like that ah?
I think the root of the problem is they think YX is too small, because they perceive her as not eating enough. Size may be due to genetics, eat too much will get a small-sized but unproportionately fat baby, so *if* YX's genetically predisposed to be small, forcefeed her full-fat ice-cream will not help. I worry if ur HB doesn't nip their interference in the bud, or correct their thinking, next time YX will end up being loaded with french fries and mayonnaise every chance they get.
My gf has a premmie who's older than Athena but smaller built- the PD explained to them she'd always be small-sized, next time sit in front row in class one. They accept it and don't try to fatten her, as long as healthy, good. Her bb's VERY advanced in motor skills, drag around the helper with 1 hand to walk in public!
Apologies for the length- I'm genetically predisposed to rambling on...
Oh yah, ur MIL very problematic, of course bb closer to own mum mah, where got let bb cry, dun let the mum carry?!
Wedding MIL story
I also got! Quarrel until face black-black both sides. MIL also change twice cos she paranoid thought her 1st dress not nice. My mum din change but couldn't sleep cos she also thought her dress not nice. Women lah.
. Had big quarrel cos she FORBADE me from wearing kua cos she say HOKKIEN no need. But my mum Cantonese, kua VERY important one! In the end I wore 2 kuas, she also din say anything negative on day itself
.
Pregnancy also quarrel until my MIL say she has to LUN! (close one eye to tahan me).
But now ok, not best friends but both can superficially tahan each other.
kypf,
LOL abt ur comment on puff's MIL's figure- 30yrs ago was already so fat!
Baby weight,
Athena's 8.5kg @ 10mth.
I don't think can hit TRIPLE her Birthwt (3.6kg! x 3 = 10.8kg!) by 12mth, esp since her ht is still ~65cm. Her ht stagnated for sooo long liao, dunno whether I shld panic.
Sharon,
I wldn't say am TTC but not "preventing" it. But hor, now with #1 liao, not as active as BEFORE #1 came along, so chances not very high. Plus, I still haven't a clue about ovulation >.< and don't even know when my period starts/ ends/ how many days. Recently got weird thing- my period came for one morning only! I still don't know how come.
Test twice after that, NOT pregnant so couldn't have been spotting?
That time with Athena also blur-blur with such things, the gynae had to hantam foetus age until later when she cld scan a clearer image.
According to HB, he thinks now is very good age gap for the kids. If 3 yrs age gap, u may have some problems juggling morning-afternoon school sessions, next time. But then again, things may change, maybe all single-session or one session only?
Jen,
I photoshop altered the avatar
. Used to be part of my ricebowl...
Welcome bitbit and Natalie She looks sooo happy in her bike!
My bb is very attached to me (main caregiver), and when I'm not around, very attached to my mum/PILs/HB. Can't walk away, must be within NEAR sight (near or far is judged by baby!), preferably carried all day long. Can't soothe herself to sleep either.
Some days I take a breather and leave her at mum's- my mum CAN'T cook when Athena's around, can't bathe also
(even when A sleeps cos mum can't rush out fast enough if A wakes crying) ... so my mum only allows me to MIA a few hrs, if I want to MIA a few days, must handover to my PILS instead (got 2 adults can take shifts).
Today my mum just commented Athena very cry-baby... abit only she will cry- and she really scrunch up her face to SQUEEZE out the tears such that some SPURT outwards, some roll down her cheeks. Major waterworks. Sometimes makes me want to laugh cos it's so drama-mama compared to the REASON (eg. I'm sitting next to Athena and my mum walks away abit, within sight. Or if my mum swop her real mobile phone in Athena's hands with a toy mobile phone- wahliao, she cry until so kelian, then when my mum quickly return the real mobile phone, Athena GLARE while sobbing.)
Beanie,
welcome back!