(2007/03) March 2007 MTBs


hey astro sis
hahaha...ya i look squashed in the 1st photo, no choice cos the rest either my mum not smiling or my hubby's eyes half open, so i sacrifice, took this one back...

angel
so how kasier....poor boy boy..hope he'll be ok soon..

QQ
tian also quite 'hiong' and active rite? u let her stand on the rattan chair without support ah, cool mummy..sometimes i miss such lifestyle in my childhood days
 
Alamak! Came back from berders, read QQ's post on contented toddlers and realised I forgot to look for my own books while we were there.. Bot more EC books.. Does this mean I have to go back again?? Think one more time and my hubby sure make noise liao..
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Pink: I like the second pic. Was Anna friendly last time you saw her? Don't remember anything special she did leh.

QQ: Kampong life is indeed interesting for Tian.. Nice pics, keep them coming..
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Astro: Good that you've shortlisted someone. That wasn't me wearing a tight top lah.. How to? My tummy still has a round of spare tyres leh.. Don't think I'll be rid of them..
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pinky sis.. :p ..and that first one. ur hb. like squating on the sofa?.. not very nicey leh.. :p.. but ur 'squashed up' expression makes u look more like my sis.. haha.. btw, i think one reason why ur hb says the photos so so.. due to the dull prop and background? the photos look yellow.. and aged..heng got u all smiling brightly . else wun be that nice liao..
 
QQ: Yah lor. I'm addicted to the Blackberry. I can't help it. Will always be checking my emails even when I'm on leave, even when I was on my hineymoon! And after I checked emails I'll come onto the forum to look see look see lor..
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bbgirl: got so many EC books to buy meh?!! how come when i was there.. i didn't buy so many?!.. hmmm.. which borders this time? the books all hidden in secluded corners? ...

that lady.. damm hot.. haha. thought was u.. :p anyway.. me lurking inthe mac.. for more thanhalf an hour.. but never saw sal and anna came down (Which means u will come along).. u all 'dis-Apparated'? :p
 
bbgirl: btw.. ya. the book i have now.. is The New Contented Little Baby Book.. called "New" beacuse she revised this book after the advice in the change of the onset of weaning ..used to be at 4 mths.. then delayed to 6 mths.. so in this book she also got included tips on how to manage the bbs' hunger if they are drinking a lot of milk.. but can't seems to stasify hunger to last thru the night.. and end up waking in the middle of the night.. but yet not 6 mths to wean yet.. so i think that's the diff..
 
Astro: Went to the Wheellock one. The place is messy and becos of that, there are still board books around! Think if they had kept them neatly at one place, would have been gone! I also got some big paperback, cos some books are for older kids like 4-8 yrs? I intend to show them to Anna in 1 yr's time and therefore by then, she won't tear up the books anymore.. I have 20 EC titles in total now (from naught)
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I drove there lah.. So we didn't even get down to Macs at all.. I wish we could disapparate. Would have been so easy going anyway with a baby..
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astro.. hm.. her 'o' shape mouth not from me, definitely.. also hb dun have that kind of small mouth. my sis said its from her.. oops.. i also dunno. she likes to "O" "O" since young. her mouth is the special part... cause she dun have big eyes, nice features. haha!!
she likes to kiss me. haha!

pink, i bobian, i have to grab a camera and take pictures ma.. then let her be.. tian really enjoys her kampong life le. but her body is like very dirty everytime.. dusty palms, face & feet.. sigh! aiyo...
actually i missed a shot, cause she was supporting herself with one hand, while another hand putting her biscuits into her mouth.. I closed one eye cause someone gave her that biscuits already before i said no..

bbgirl, yahor. u swept the whole collection?
so you have confirmed that EC books have prediction from page to page? then good..
eh, u have big house ah? you bot so many things.. haha! next time when i wanna buy book i ask u if its good.. maybe you should buy from main supplier cause they might have the whole collection.

astro, i think huingee trying a nanny now.. see if it works out ok, then she is not getting a maid bah.
 
astro, ask u ah..
u mean waking up in the night due to hunger... is it
- wake up and go back to sleep quickly?
or
-wake up and cry type?
 
re The Contented Toddler Years

from the book burb:

" How can i ensure my contented little baby becomes a cotented toddler?"

In the New Contented Little Baby Book Gina Ford guides parents throught their baby's first year. But as ur bb grows, so will his or her routines and patterns. in the Contented toddler years Gina addresses the demands and needs of ur growing toddler. From walking and talking , to teething and potty training. Gind offers her invaluable down to earth advice and insight in to these crucial stanges of ur child's development. She also shows u how to:

- deal with trantrums, siblings jealousy and food fights
-build ur child's self esteem and confidence
- discipline and teach them good manners
-make teeth cleaning fun and put an end to habits such as thumb sucking and nailing biting..

"

ok..so the main pt here. .bbs need to be on the gf routine to 'continue' so that she can help to tweak the orginial patterns to compensate the reduced sleeping hours and higher activity levels and such..

so.. ehh.. still got to try put bbs on the routine.. to enjoy fully the detailed routines stated in the toddlers books.. but i guess.. can still manipulate the routines.. if u bear in mind the general principles.. think can be done. just slight tricky
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*fingers sng liao*
 
QQ: I haven't got the whole collection yet. ANd yes, EC stories keeps the reader going on. The impressive thing is the subject (in the book)repeats the thing it is doing, yet each time the object is different. Moreover, the storyline is educational. For eg, in Mister Seahorse, it teaches that there are sea creatures which eggs are cared for by the males (fathers) instead of the females (mothers) or just left alone. Mr seahorse drifts gently through the sea and comes across each creature.

It's the same with the hungry caterpillar. The story is abt a little hungry caterpillar and the food he ate throughout one week, each day eating more than the previous day. Then in the end, the caterpillar became a butterfly! Educational again.. I'm very pleased and full of praise with his works..
 
QQ:.. if bb is hungry and wake up at night..

can try to see if it id due to hunger.. if it is hunger.. then the bb will

- fuss and cry.. and no amount of water or patting, or changing diapers will stop the crying..

- then will wail wail aa bit.. then escalate into the very hungry..'i want food now' cry. and refused to go back to sleep.. but once u feed them milk. they will drink more than 60 ml.. and then fast fast go back to sleep liao...

if everything else.. (sleep associations, thirsty, soiled/wet diaper).. very fast will go back to sleep liao...

ehh.. hvae i answered ur qn?

i see. huingee getting a nanny.. ok .. good choice also..

and u told bbgirk abt prediction in story book ah?.. good.. that is one key factor in comprehension. for anyone.. adults and bbs.. heehee. me knows abt that.. coz teacher mah.. haha.. but strangely. i dun find many good books for kids leh.. all very 'disjointed'.. and apart from the pull and touch and stuff.. nothing really good to fit into Piaget's theories of congitive development .. for our bbs at this age.. hmmm. me bought only one counting books.. got block kind.. got numbers and birhgtly coloured... think teng will enjoy it.. and can hold and touch the blocks .. and 'see' the counting .. heee..

bbgirl: steady.. next time u can try sweep clean the whole little miss and mr series.. ehh. can't remember the name.. but i thought very cute for toddlers to read also. me enjoyed it.. heehee..
 
wah.. times flies.. i think me must go and read the toddler book in detail liao.. heehee.. teng one yr soon.. toddler liao.. ...

and bbgirl: i think the book is good investment. coz got talk abt all the gross mnotor, talking etc development.. and tells u how they graduall ydevelop.. then i think u will be able to 'see' how anna develops ..
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hey! i fonund the answer to my walking qn in the book!!!

it is stated that. the bbs's balance is improving if they are using one hand to rely on furniture for support.. wah. to think i was puzzled and confused to get teng to hold on to the furniture with both hands.. coz he looks like wnat ot fall. but dun want ot hold on with both hands.. so is testing and dveloping balance.. so that also explains why nowadays he wants to hold onto one of my hands only.. with one of his hands... and walk.. ..hmmm.. ok.. so dun need to get paranoid ofver this.. hee

but no mention of tip toeing leh.. hmmm
 
and hoe.... she says dun let them wear shoes leh..

coz

"toddlers will find it easier to learn to walk if they go barefoot, as splaying their toes enable them to get a better grip.. It is also better for muscle tone adnd velopment of the feet.. in veyr cold weather. if is preferable for ur toddler to wear socks with non-slip soles when he is walking indoors; even the softest shoes can restrict his growth"...

wah sure or not? sound so serious.. hmm. teng can't walk well in his pi pi shoes one.. end up always bared footed.. today. he walked the entire length of paragon.. bare footed.. haha. from one end to the other end where the nursing room is.. squeaking in detail as he walk bare footed.. haha.. so cute :p:p
 
QQ
actually i feel tat the new generation is overly pampered, serious..i know it..from my office's young staff, i can tell...
an experience in the kampung life will make them wakeup and appreciate wat they have now...
even our kids, next time i also dun know wat they will become...
ya can tell tat tian really enjoys herself...

Astro
ya maybe you are rite...the background not much, and we were not prepared. in fact i brought leia's toys but i didnt select those pix. i tot just let leia take, in the end everyone has to take...anyway an experience lah but hubby not happy, think wasted his precious time..
he said today brought leia back, time like passes very fast, 1 day gone just like tat, everytime she's back, i have to bring her out. time like very stretched after having bb..i angry.
 
babygirl
Anna smiled at me at gymboree, remember? very friendly gal
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wow 1 handsome boy and 2 pretty babes huh...Yvonne, bel's hair is catching up..grow very fast leh..wow somemore she was shaved before
 
oh astro.
i see. so tian's wakes are actually not bcoz she is hungry. but i dun pat her to sleep, then when she wakes up in the night, have to pat to sleep otherwise wake up eye bright bright wanna play. sigh!

eh, the photo, is that bel?? changed hairstyle ah?

i also cannot find many good children books. Heard EC is one of the good writers. there are a few more.. i will let u all know next time cause now i cannot remember.
 
hihi... wahaha... tt is bel... her coconut head... don noe y like this lei... jia lat... still thinking wan to bring her to trim her hair anot...

babygirl,
er... animal fur? so far i nv let bel touch any aminal lei... even the goat skin at gymboree she also nv touch...

QQ,
don look like her?

pink,
veri slow... took veri long to have this length lei... everyone keep asking mi did i trim her hair... lol...
 
yvonne, alamak.. i tot she looks like bel, but she slim down a lot?? and how come all hair came down liao? long enough? i also tot u trimmed her hair. haha!! and layered somemore.
 
bbgirl: haha.. see how close anna 'sticks' to teng.. haha.. but second pic.. they look like little lovers moody after a tiff hor? :p...

yvonne: heng. u cut off my face.. else show my big pluffy face in the forum.. i box u.. then bring u up to the highest floor. and throw u down.. :p

pink: yalor. think background and lighting not good..
whey. tell ur hb.. define 'precious' ?/ he means.. time spend tiwh leia not considered precious ah??!!.. i whalloped miser if he dares say he has no time to spend with teng one leh.. coz pls lah.. he is the father leh.. biz and career.. that impt to him.. then his flesh and blood???.. leia is only young one.. next time when he has time to enjoy leia.. leia already all grown up and independent liao.. dun want him liao.. right??? .. sorry. i can't appease ur anger.. coz i will also blow when miser tells me that.. in fact.. i had to insist that teng takes his one yr shot.. in fact only compromise was take it around 1 yr 2 weeks that time.. coz timing very tight. he wants to take it when teng 2 yrs..also. didn't want to 'celebrate' teng's one yr.. say dunn need.. coz bdays every year.. i black face him.. then he gave up.. give in to me..

like what joelle was told me.. work so hard .. earned money.. ok.. self actulise but evenutallly is still to provide for family.. which means leia and u...
 
'stupid' QQ: :p:p.. why u alert bbgirl to that? now teng will get charged for molest liao.. chiam.. i got no counter evidence to prove anna molested teng also.. coz yvonne didn't take her pulling and attempting to rip teng's shirt off!!! heehee..
 
yvonne: hair slow to get long good.. else like teng .. everytime bring him hair cut.. he will pull on his blockbuster, "bb boy cries rape"!!

then so fast long again.. then another round to his block buster.. no end one.. haiz...
 
QQ:.. then why is tian's waking up at night then? u can find any possible reasons? cannot be every night all over excited right?.. then if pat to sleep everynight when she wakes.. form another sleep association.. no?
 
haha!! astro...
cause teng too flower heart.. have to give him and his mama a warning.
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yvonne, bel dun feel hot with her thick hair? now tian's hair consider very little, but she feels hot.. how come? now still cannot clip her hair. sigh!
 
QQ,
her hair veri hard now... not those soft soft u touch when she just born liao... now got tangle one lei... lol... i think i need to buy conditioner for her... if not cannot make it... it is hard, tts y not standing... lol...

astro,
u are lucky, my hp cam is veri small... cannot capture ur face... i did not do any cutting of photo... wahahaha:p btw, bel abit heywire liao la... jia lat... i need to confine myself at home to readjust her timing again... but i think she colic... tts y keep waking in the middle of the nite... cos i gently hit her stomach, wah... machiam drum! she still can laugh when she hear the sound..... faint!
 
QQ,
yes... she will sweat... but u cant see the sweat, her hair will adsorb the water, so end up she look like just finish bath...
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funny... like tt worst, easily catch cold... cos cannot dry her properly...
 
Hey QQ Astro
is that anna's leg or teng's leg? very confusing...for a moment, i thought teng is touching his own leg?

yvonne
considered tat bel's hair was shaved off before, its very fast already...

ya Astro
i dun know wat to say..just now he said he dun remember his dad sharing a lot of time with them, and still he's filial to him. dun know lah, very sian.
 
QQ: sorry. wun work.. haha!!! aiya.. i know lah. u angry teng go flirt when tian is away.. i will go have heart to heart talk with him tomorrow ok??.. dun worry ah.. :p

yvonne: yalah.. HENG ah!! u also. else u get thrown down from highest floor liao! :p give her some infacol to remove the wind..
 
Astro, QQ: Thanks to QQ who pointed this out. It was Teng who hit on Anna first hor.. Astro, u don't anyhow say.. Hahaha.. Aiyah she "walk-light" liao.. But no choice since wearing a skirt lah.. At least she's wearing her panties on top on her pampers..

Yvonne: Bel is tall. In the last pic, is she half a head taller than Anna? Or was Anna bending her legs?
 
astro, i dunno leh.
in Singapore, she dun wake up everynight. mostly we suspect teething. she can still sleep through.
sometimes, its wet diapers (but this one solved liao, cause she dun ka ka cau cau if she wants to pee now)
sometimes, its teething (can tell one, from her cry)
sometimes not comfy..
sometimes, ok.
here back in KL.. aiyo.. everynight wakes up twice or more than that. jialat. cried then pointing at ceiling and said BIRD. she has been like that in the past few days.
maybe sleep association again. i dun pat her to sleep at night, still like that i also dunno why.
 
QQ: Yes leh. Remember I shared she kept waking up at night and we thot it could be she adjusting to sleeping alone and being in a new room? Then I started using detinox on Anna again, twice a day. And it worked somewhat. She doesn't wake up as often and some nights sleep through..
 
pink: yahor! ya lah. QQ ah.. teng actually want to rest his hand on his own legs lah. but 'by accident' anna;s leg there lah..

bbgirl: teng not molesting anna hor. dun sue him pls :p


pink: tell him. doesn't mean he filial to his dad even if his dad didn't spend time with him .. means leia will do the same. me a good example. i am not fillal daughter.. coz i was brought up by my grandma.. not my parents..

in the long run.. he will find himself distant from leia one.. esp girls.. more sensitive..
 
bbgirl: ur photo pkg looks gd deal leh. but my hb also not interested in getting asher to go for studio pics now.

yvonne: bel seems to look diff now??

QQ: ur pics really looks like 'old time' pics leh. esp the one with the bamboo chair. asher also keep on pulling to stand now. esp inside his playpen. will keep pulling to stand then purposely fall down flat on his back again.

today my 1st try adding brown rice into white rice & he loves it! so happy to see him finish up all the porridge i cook. a satisfied mama!
 
*Pink - i went for the same shoot some months back! i recognise that dirty, beige chair! yikes! for us, it was not enjoyable. first the styling guy was too exaggerated (YY usu. smiles in the camera - cos mama here has been training him since young mah. but there, he was so scared of the guy he cried and cried.)

we also insisted we only want to do the 'casual' shot and didnt want the 'glamour' shot, but they said cannot. luckily, YY fell asleep halfway, and we said we have to end the session and get home.

then they tried to super-hard-sell their 3k package lor. until hubby and i quite pissed. luckily you didnt pay. Hubby ask them, what is the $$ back to customers if you close down before the end of my lifetime? They were dumbfounded.!
 
pink,
my dad also dun give us lots of times last time cause he business man. no choice, he was the sole bread winner.
my hb also mentioned this to me last time, cause he would like to cut down some time spent with tian. i was not very happy also. but then after some thought. my hb was right la, cause he wanna chuang3 when he is young, so have to give up a little WHEN NEEDED. but then, it depends on how he balances it. i think not 100% dun give time to our bb, its a matter of some quality time. need more communication leh. if you are not happy and worried, then how ? especially if you are planning for No. 2. got to see open a bit..
 
bbgirl: like i mentioned.. yvonne (the camera woman) didn't capture the moments when anna pulled teng's hair and want to rip apart his singlet hor.. haha.. that scene was when i 'protect' my boy.. and pulled him away.. let anna 'cool down' a while.. then put teng back to continue photoshoot hor.. u saw his stunned look? he was till stunned from anna's moves hor :p

whahahaha!

QQ: wah.. so complicated one?? .. then in sg .. tian's never sleep well.. and have restful sleep one??.. the way u put it ah. i think tomorrow u dun bring tian see bird lah. i think she traumatised from bird watching liao :p:p
 
babygirl,
i think around the same height... but bel's leg always not straighten... so veri difficult to see... she onli noe how to crawl... cannot cruise veri well too... jia lat la... just now she crawling in the living room... keep going in circles... make mi wan to faint... don noe wad she doing... den i remember the dog i had last time... go round and round den slp... wahaha...

carol,
i think so... alot of ppl said she don look like mi anymore... look more like my hb... maybe her hair?
 
Aiyooh, we're heading into the direction of spending time with babies again..

Astro: You said you're not filial cos you're brought up by your grandma? Hey, like that say how can? You're going back to work and leaving Teng to your mum right?
 
bbgirl: which ec book is interesting? can recommend. i cant find dr suess board books leh. i wnt wheelocks borders.

logging out now. hope to see ur reply tom. gd nite!
 
i go slp liao... hopefully bel don wake up in the middle of the nite... if not i have to pat till 6am again... haiz... back to my old days... faint... nite nite...
 


bbgirl,
yalor. i know that anna was much better with dentinox. the few days that tian can sleep through is usually after fussing due to teething for a few days. i just confirmed this before i came back to KL. Dentinox ah? ok, if this is going on when i go back singapore, may try.

carol, good la. asher likes your porridge. i dunno why leh, tian still eating half a bowl now. yesterday was much better, but today sigh!! 1/3 bowl then wanna give up liao.
30 min - half a bowl
40-min - still about there
1 hour - slightly more, but not yet 3/4
so can I conclude that i dun need to feed after 30 min? its really annoying and terrible after 30 min.
 

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