(2008/12) December 2008 MTBs


Chantalle,

I decided to go for Bee Choo take a look tmr. Just realise that the shop is located 5 mins walk from my flat. Aiyo, I must be eyes got stamps tat is why never see that.

I call the shop, they say dun need appointment. Can go there straight. Where u stay? Want to join me? Or wait for my feedback tmr 1st?

Spaghetti,

I got the stacker for my bb, both the cup n the rings. She love it. Heard that it is good for bb development skills too. Also, I bought the shape sorter from FP. Quite fun cause when she put the cube inside the box, there will be music to reward her effort.

Here is a good website to give some suggestion on toys to stimulate our bb n toys that they will enjoy:http://www.fisher-price.com/us/default.asp
 
ypg - ooo, i found the photos. who does clarissa look like? hmm, why not u PM me the email add u r using for FB, then i add u in fr there?
 
Happy Belated Mothers' Day to all mummies here !!
anyway it was really a bad one this year coz we received the worst 'gift' ever... haizz!

Hair loss
Me too, drop so much hair... my gynae said it will last up to 6mths ler... dunno by the time i still got hair or not... kekeke!

spaghetti,
OMG, i like ur boy's hair... so much!!! he doesnt look like 5mths old ler probably with so much hair... hahaa!

santorini,
for my case that theory quite true.... we did it at nite only when i conceived Daniell... hehee!
 
Hairloss
Chantalle - Thanks for the link on Bee Choo. It's not too far from my house, so I might go check it out.

Gill - I'm also using Wella 1.5. This is the energy serum, right? Do you know that they now have another type of serum that is for night use? I use that plus the day serum and the shampoo. So far, quite good. I started in my preggie days and have not experienced any significant hair loss thus far.
 
WAH! The wella thing so good? Hmmm I think I will oso buy to try. My hair has dropped like nobody's biz. When I bathe my ger, my hair can drop inside her water... I walk ard the house and I c at least 1 hair on each of my homogenous tiles! *ARGH* if this happens until my ger is 1, I will be botak liao... :'(
 
Gill,
I think my gal is teething? She is drooling (super a lot) and she bites my fingers when I put it in her mouth. To make things worse, she's not drinking her milk (drink for v long only drinks 2oz. Then she keep pushing the teat to the side of the mouth to bite!). I'm feeling so desperate now... How to make her drink her usual?


santorini,
My case oso true. did in the day so is girl?

Anyway some pple link orgasm with gender too. This is because when woman O there is a natural suction so the sperms reach the destination faster. Since male sperms swim faster, they will reach first as opposed to female sperms.

Another theory is when u do... Is it before or after the woman's ovulation. if it's before, likely to be gal. If it's after, more likely to be male... :p
 
snowger,
there is one mummy told me before (if i dun remember wrongly) tat after sex, if u rest on right side then u will get boy, and left side then high chance getting gal... i dinno how true it is but she said she tried this method & she (finally) got a gal after 2 boys... so she asked me to try if i wanted #3...
 
Theory,
for my case not true lei.. cos we onli haf time to make bb at nite.. so my gal is cfm concieved at nite lor!!

spaghetti,
I so envious of ur boi!! he has such alot of hair.. esp envious cos my Summer is recently botak!! he's such a handsome boi..!!

Hairloss,
me oso drop alot of hair. whole toilet full of my hair until HB complain tat the drainage gonna choke liao! the Wella 1.5 shampoo where to get??
 
Tara
not true for us, Olivia was conceived at night!
My niece goes to Sunflower Baby House too, she's 1+ her name is also Tara

speaking of theories, I'm wondering if the chinese calender is true as well? The prediction was true for us as well as a few other friends.
Anyone care to share?
http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/PredictSex.htm

According to chinese calendar, I have only 3 chances of conceiving a boy next year.
 
sam,
how soon can we get the passport if we do it online? Me planning to bring bb for a trip end of May...but wonder should I book first or passport first...
 
Here's A Belated Happy Mother's Day greeting to all!

Santorini,
the poem is really very touching! I totally agree..i will jump out of bed every now & then just to make sure my boy is sleeping ok..... i will just stand by his cot side & look at him sleeping so sweetly...
My little Kayson's IFC also got him to make a card with his little fingerprints. so sweet!
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HairLoss: the Wella really works?? I'm using another hairloss shampoo now too, but so far i still seeing a lot of hairloss everywhere in the hse, really drop like nobody's biz...
Same here iemik0! to make my hairloss even worse(as if it's not bad enuff), my boy also likes to pull my hair! so i gotta tie it up...which is actually not very good to tie up all the time as it cause more stree & pressure to the hair...
....shd i try the wella or the ba wang? where to get the wella? wat's the name for it?

Fabbie: I see ur gal in the jumperoo her legs can touch the floor le! i jus got one for my boy today as well, but his legs still tip toe on the floor...he enjoyed it when we let him try it out..tt's why bought it...but when come home n assemble it...he play for awhile n sian liao...*faint* i hope it's just bcos he's tired today..
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..if not waste $$..
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Swimming: anyone started to bring ur baby to the pool yet?? I mean the real swimming pool?? i wanted to do so over the weekend but was raining
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quite excited to bring him to the swimming pool as he love bath time so i hope he'll love playing water as well...but then also scare that he will get "frighten" as the water's cold unlike bath time water which is warm...
 
pastillies
did you adjust it to 1 mah? theres 1 2 3 leh. cus starting i give my gal. she cant even touch the floor. then my hub go and adjust then she can touch hehe

Anyway ladies. im trying to drag my hub to this Fasten diaper contest! SO FUNNY de. you gals can drag them too! Adel, meryith, 2ndbaby we stay around jurong pt. we can go there leh! haha check it out! http://www.breastfeeding.org.sg/
 
btw. ask u mummies

when u breastfeeding and working do you feel very stress at times? sometimes do you think that breastfeeding do really affect your work? if u unable to work which would u choose? to give up work or to give up breastfeeding? which one would u choose???

but it doesnt mean that once u stop breastfeeding u wont be stress too! hmm which decision will u gals make? =)
 
jlow,
about 4-5 working days.
easier mah .. just have to bring your baby when it's time to collect .. eh, even for collection, can book appt .. much faster than sitting there with all the people ... probably lots of germs in the air .. *shudder*

pastilies,
my hubby wanted to take Calista down to the pool .. refused to let him ... it can get quite cold when they get out of the water .. unless u put your boy in a thermal suit.
 
pastillies,

I also intend bring my daughter to the real pool. I got her the thermal suit from BP. Only $40 as compared to $66 that I saw at OG (b4 discount).

Dun worry about the waste of $ regarding ur boy dun seem to like jumperoo. Some bb need time to warm up to new toys or sometimes simply because their development not up to the toys requirement yet. Just continue put him in. Even if he dun jump, he will also be delighted by the lights and toys around the jumperoo.

I already try out too many hairloss control shampoo. I think Bee Choo also will recommend their shampoo to me. I might as well go straight to it and take a look.

Juz,

I try out the family heritage tree. Turn out my gal look more like me. I am so happy. She used to look more like her daddy. My email is [email protected]. Can those ladies who got facebook add me in, so that I can see ur bb photo. Paiseh for myself, still exploring facebook. Have not learn how to upload my bb photo yet. Haha...
 
morning ladies
flu getting worst todae. now nose block n i cant breathe. =(

kath
oh. ntuc got sell ah? ltr i go c c. hehe. thanx. =)

pastillies
i juz realize one ting, ur bb n my bb same name ah? hehe. din know until i saw tis post. hehe.

"My little Kayson's IFC also got him to make a card with his little fingerprints. so sweet!"

my boi luvs pulling my hair even if its tied up. mayb too long le. gotta trim shorter. hehe.
 
pastillies.. i brought hayden to a pool b4.. keke.. he just swim here swim there lor.. we went to swim when it was noon-ish.. but then we swam at the shaded area.. i applied sun block for him also and stand by the towel beside. he was wearing a swim diaper... i've been wanting to bring him swimming in a pool more often.. he swims in his tub at home at least twice a week..

cindy.. u ask abt the high chair issit? eh.. mine is the cheap cheap one.. $25 nia.. then i bought the tray ($4) n a bumper ($9)..

carmen.. must do deep breathing!! haha.. i keep snapping at people also.. but not really at my hubby la.. haha.. i have no patience for anything except hayden lor.. which sometimes he too irritating i will get pissed with him la.. but ever since he fell last week i "shun" him lor.. wanna play at wat time also can liao.. hahahaha...
 
fabbie, i do feel the stress when having to pump n work at the same time. During pumping, i worried abt being away fr my desk for too long. I could missed some calls, missed my boss' instruction etc. But when I am at my desk working, I worried abt not pumping in time, worried whether will supply drop if i miss the time again and again.

However, I alr made my choice the first time, I will choose breastfeeding over work! Nothing is more impt that my son..now that I m back fr my leave, my stand is still the same. I always tell my boss u can hv meeting at 6pm or 6.30pm but when the clock is 7.30pm, i will leave..haha

work is always stressful regardless of which industry u r in so we juz have to do our best..
 
tamms

ooh !! so that little girl is your niece!! What a coincidence...Cos the teachers and even the centre manager keep telling me that they have a little girl there by the name of Tara too...so your niece is always sick too? haha! emma too....but she's getting better now, after i complained a few times to the centre manager.

the chinese fortune calendar seems quite accurate for me .....sigh! next baby i would like to try for a boy...so i guess i will try to follow all these beliefs....just to maximise my chance.

phyl, you bring hayden to my house to swim lah...then you bring the jumperoo, so that emma can play...haha
 
fabbie

actually i dun find that the stress comes from breastfeeding and working at the same time....my stress comes mainly from the fact that i do not have parents or PIL to help care for emma.

so when she is sick, i have to be the one to take leave and take care of her...that is stressful, because i dun really want to take leave even though i still have 5 weeks of ML left.

also, every morning and evening, it's a mad rush, from my office to the babycare, the traffic is always bad, and even though i am lucky that i can come into the office late and no one says anything...i still feel stressed out....and my hb travels alot, so most of the time, i am on my own...with no help...that is stressful....

how long do you intend to bf? because clarice is going to be 6 months soon....so you can consider stopping bfing, if it gives you too much stress...
because WHO recommends babies to be bfed for 6 months...so you have already achieved that....
 
gals, i managed to find one distributor that might still hv stock for First Teeth Toothpaste.. how many do we need? I replied them last nite that we need about 40 to 50 pcs.. haha..so still waiting for their confirmation whether they hv stock available in their inventory or not
 
Gathering
Tentative Date - 20 June 2009 (Sat)
Time - from 11am onwards till 5/6pm
Venue - Corporation Road

Attendance
1. Emeraldbride - Self, Hb & BB?
2. Bubblepearl - self, bb, hb(3 pax)
3. Rachel - Self & bb
4. Ikeike - self, bb & hb
5. 2ndbb - self, bb
6. Pastillies - self, bb & hb
7. Juzyounme - self, bb

Tentative
1. Fabbie
2. iemik0
3. Spaghetti - self, bb & hb
4. Merydith - self,bb,hb,maid
 
Hi mommies
wld like check mommies who had delivered at TMC by Dr Yvonne Chan & Dr Yvonne Soong, what do u think of them??
How much's the charges per visit to the doctor?
How much for normal birth with epi?
How much for c-sect?


Thanks
 
Kath n fabbie
me too.. stress abt pumping at work.. especially when my event coming up soon.

Now, i thought of reducing 4 sessions a day to 3 sessions. tats mean i must prolong my hours..

Reason for doing this.. Ashlynne going to start solid when she is 6 months and may not need so much milk. So no point pumping so much for her n i can rest n sleep more...

Really wonder how to prolong the hours lor...
i m more or less fix to pump 12pm n 6pm at work. so that it minimise affecting my work... SHUCKS!!

headache
 
Gathering
Tentative Date - 20 June 2009 (Sat)
Time - from 11am onwards till 5/6pm
Venue - Corporation Road

Attendance
1. Emeraldbride - Self, Hb & BB?
2. Bubblepearl - self, bb, hb(3 pax)
3. Rachel - Self & bb
4. Ikeike - self, bb & hb
5. 2ndbb - self, bb
6. Pastillies - self, bb & hb
7. Juzyounme - self, bb

Tentative
1. Fabbie
2. iemik0
3. Spaghetti - self, bb & hb
4. Merydith - self,bb,hb,maid
5. Esthers -self,bb,hb
 
I dunno if it comes with brush or not.. hang on okay..i will update when I hv the info.
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I juz got back from TMC Parentcraft.. thanks snowger & fifi for asking me to go pay them a visit. I din realise that my onie 1 production line is not tat normal so went n ask the midwife..she helped me to massage esp my right breast saying very bumpy..not smooth. So sit thr massage for 15minutes! Then she ask me where did i buy that 'useless' nursing bra!! It's from Perfect Mum where else..she say not good.. no support at all..n by no time my breast will sag..So in the end bought 2 nursing bra fr them..after the massage, she press got 6 production line ler..hehehe..happi!!! She say if i pump for 10minutes and nothing come out i shuld not pump alr..shudl stop and go back to my desk n relax and try later...told her i pump for 45minutes to 1hr n it is a strict NO NO cos doing more damage..supposed to pump 15minutes max n if boobs not empty, continue later
 
Hi gak, my gynae is Dr Yvonne Soong. She's a nice lady and i call her a celebrity gynae..hehehe. Her price is abit to the expensive side and she is very careful and will not take unnecessary risk..
 
zachmommy,
Good tat u finally go see a lactation consultant!
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So glad u have more than 1 production line liao. :p I usually get a let down by thinking abt my daughter and her need for milk before pumping (while messaging). Then the milk leaks before I can get the bottle!
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Btw, they always like to say the nursing bra no good! *haha* then they will ask u buy the medela one. She ask me what size, I told her to see my bra (she saw Marks & Spenser, then she say actually it should be quite good -_-""")

Adel,
I will try to make it cos that week my ILs will be out of Spore and we have not confirmed if going w them to KL.
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Gathering
Tentative Date - 20 June 2009 (Sat)
Time - from 11am onwards till 5/6pm
Venue - Corporation Road

Attendance
1. Emeraldbride - Self, Hb & BB?
2. Bubblepearl - self, bb, hb(3 pax)
3. Rachel - Self & bb
4. Ikeike - self, bb & hb
5. 2ndbb - self, bb
6. Pastillies - self, bb & hb
7. Juzyounme - self, bb

Tentative
1. Fabbie
2. iemik0
3. Spaghetti - self, bb & hb
4. Merydith - self,bb,hb,maid
5. Esthers -self,bb,hb
6. Snowger - self,bb,hb
 
snowger, thanks for ur advise!!!

I oso hv M&S nursing bra which I do admit is really really so much better than Perfect Mum's. M&S feels so much comfy and snug and safe! hahaha.. so now buy 2 from Medela i can skip wearing the PM one..
 
Hi Kath
wat parentcraft recommend for the pump session.. 15mins etc.. is correct n good. However, these lactation consultation especially at KKH.. always forget tat we are working mums and often gave me suggestions that dun help me solve problems. They keep telling me tat i cannot drag.. must pump at every 4 hrs etc.. i only listen n nodded my head... thinking if boss sack me, KKH going to sponsor me ? haha!!

example, at work, if no milk for 15mins.. how can i wait n pump later??
 
Hmm Kath,

What do u mean by 'Production Line' huh? I usually pump for 30mins to 45mins cos i dun hv enought milk so gotta pump longer ma, not good meh? Sien..

Jowin u r right abt lactation consultants in KKH..they keep on telling u to pump constantly every 3 or 4hourly...sien...now even thought i'm a SAHM, i got no time to pump every 3 hourly...can only afford the time to pump in the morning (after Jordan had his breakfast) and then in the night after he sleeps....
 
Hi, ladies,

I have added some people who pop out in my suggestion list. Not sure if they are u ppl. I still very blur with facebook. Fabbie, I add u in liao.

Zachmommy,

Do we need to use toothpaste to brush our bb teeth so early? My bb still bo gay (toothless). I only brought the pigeon 3 stages in 1 toothbrush so far.
 
zachmommy
Eh sometimes when I pump I also only got 1 production line. Ok, I will try to massage to get more lines coming out.

I also feel very stressed trying to balance work and bf. Always find that I have no time to pump at work, then when I pump, I don't have enough milk. I always have to supplement with 1-2 times pumping at home at night or morning to make up the total milk in a day.

I have started Emma on cereal because PD said she has low weight gain. But I am still giving her the same amount of milk. So total in a day she takes same amt of milk as before plus 4 tbsp of brown rice cereal. Hope she can gain more weight this way.

fabbie
I often feel like I have to choose between bf and work. I feel like I'm not performing at work, cannot give my 100% like before because 50% of the time I'm thinking about bb or pumping or worrying about milk supply, etc etc. Very hard to balance, esp since I really want to TBF with no FM. But if I have to choose, I will choose bb and choose to BF. Even though I like my job a lot, I have started looking for another job that can have better hours. My job now, even if I can leave at 6, have to work from home at night. And sometimes have to work at night. My boss is quite nice, when I have event at night, he lets me come in late. But the event also means that I have no time to pump. So I worry about milk supply, cos I have to skip 1 pump for the sake of my event. Sigh....

Sorry for the longwinded post. Like you, I'm also feeling very xin fan about balancing bf and work.
 

yeah gak..Dr Yvonne Chan is always full!! Hv to call her way in advance.. i too wanted to her to be my gynae last time but she was alr full even when I called her when i was 5 weeks preggy.
 

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