of throw up and silly remarks...

Ah Fie have been sick since Sunday. Threw up in the middle of the night on Sunday night and then again when I moved her to sleep with me, and again when I moved her to sleep outside in the living room (because both beds in the room is soiled). Then again when she tried to sleep while I held her….
Off to pantai at around 3.30am and she threw up again in the car….
Poor girl….

Anyway, according to the doctor she have gas or something that is caused by virus. Throughout Monday also same case. I took leave to take care of her and she seemed fine, but threw up everything she had (basically milk) in the afternoon and in the evening…. And due to the medication, she had diahorrea. Not sure if it is a good thing or not. Good probably because at least what she ate is coming out from the right end. Maybe bad because both ends also come out….

So she have been on a non-milk diet since today. Poor poor girl… but other than those time when she vomit, she is still very active. I guess it’s just her nature…

Sometimes ah fie can say the silliest things… or maybe she is just a bit koo koo when she is sick…
When I was cleaning her and packing her soiled diapers after a diahhorea episode, she suddenly say “Stop, don’t throw, I want to share with mommy!” apar la inin anak

Then this evening, I sae some dark marks on her legs and asked “Why your leg got dark dark?” and to that she replied “my legs dark dark hor… I change my legs hor…” ??

of princesses and pirate ships and seven drawfs...

After many many moons of not exercising, I went for a hike at bukit jamble last Sunday. Wahhh…. Fitness level definitely dropped… almost cannot reach the top… I guess I must be getting old (or weak or unfit or all the above)…
Anyway, I heard a very nice song sang by Taylor Swift and have been listening to it over and over again…. The song is “The Best Day”, it talks about her and her father’s relation ship….makes me wonder if ah fie will write something soppy like that for me when she grows up….
Oh ya… one part of the song says:
It’s the age of princesses and pirate ships and seven drawfs,
And Daddy’s smart and you’re the prettiest lady in the whole wide world…

Wah….. jiwang nyer… yeah... i am really getting old... and sentimental.... and soppy......

of 2 months and WARRIOR WOMAN...

Wah…. It’s been so long since I updated my blog. (wifey also complain oredi liao…)
Anyway, ah shawn turned 2 months old yesterday, and to celebrate that we send him for torture.
Well not really laaa, we took him for his jabs. Yes, emphasis on plural, jabS. One on the left leg and one on the right. Then there is also the oral one. So I guess you can say that we were as kiasu as you can get… but you might be wrong, we are not considered kiasu enough…
To top off the kiasuness we also took ah fie to get her hepatitis jab. So all in all 3 shots L.

Ah shawn of course like all babies wailed like there is no tomorrow, but only for a while laaa… I mean he got better things to do… e.g., sleep…

Ah Fie on the other hand was a WARRIOR WOMAN!! (yes in full caps). I tried to distract her when Dr Hasanah inserted the needle, but she felt something and look at her left arm (where all the action is happening). She just looked with a non-chalant face throughout the whole process and did not even squeal or squeak. Nothing! As if nothing happened. And when we let her go she just got bacl to being busy with Dr. Hasanah’s toys. I was amazed at this little warrior woman… I guess maybe if we tell her that an injection is something normal, she will just take it.

Anyway, back to ah Shawn, he is 2 months old now, and his face is getting rounder and rounder. But still a lot of gas especially when he is having his milk. I guess that he must be thinking that since his mouth is occupied when he is drinking, he might as well make noise from the other end :)
Likes to talk too, I still dunno what he is saying but he likes to talk and laugh when he is taking a piss or right after he have done his business. So I guess it’s all good.

of waiting and extreme pain...

Since the last entry of my blog was a quick update on wifey’s water broke, I better give a quick update here. Else the three (yes you three readers of my blog) of you will think that we are still in the labour room and wifey is having a super mega mega long labour.

Anyway, wifey was putting Ah Fie to sleep when she noticed that her water has broke. We got ourselves ready and double and triple and four-ple and five-ple check if we got everything. Strangely, although this time we knew what we need to do, I was kinda nervous. I guess probably with this second time, I have some idea what I am in for compared to last time when everything seem new. I guess it’s something about ignorance is bliss kinda thing.

Called my mom over so that she can take care of Ah fie for the night, but ah fie was still not asleep yet. At this point we still not manage to successfully train her to sleep with other people (me included) except wifey. So I was worried if Ah Fie will have any problems. Fortunately Ah Fie managed to sleep and did not give any problems. Anyway, Ah Fie have been very matured about the whole process of her brother’s arrival. I will probably write something about it (but not now, lest I jinx it)

Anyway, my mom arrived and we proceeded to the hospital. Quite uneventful, still no contractions. The nurses got wifey prepped and we watched a bit of TV. Boring shows, some re-runs on AXN.
Anyway, but around 2.30am wifey decided that I better go back and get some sleep since we thought that there will not be much actions.
I kinda feel bad leaving her alone at the hospital and it’s the first time I am away from her for a very long long time. But I guess it’s the right thing, because I don’t think I can do much if I were there the whole night.

Next day, after dropping Ah fie at the baby sitter’s place, I went over to be with wifey. She had little sleep and was worried that she might not have strength for later. Dr Tan came and checked at around 9-ish and told me that baby should arrive around lunch time.
So we wait….and wait… by 11.30am the nurse put wifey on drip. But according to nurse, the something something (I forgot what is the correct term liao, but given the situation, I think it’s forgiveable laaa) is still small and have to wait longer.
As predicted the contraction comes when wifey was put on drip. Really breaks my heart to see wifey in pain. And to make it worse, wifey said that this time it’s more painful then ah fie….

So mah wait… and excruciating pain … and wait and extreme pain and wait…….. until around 1 pm++ Dr tan came and check again. Then he called me aside and told me that Ah Shawn still have not come down far enough yet and that something something opening still only 8cm. Since wait so long liao and worry about risk he say have to go for c-section. I went in and see wifey….Somehow I feel relieved because finally wifey’s suffering can stop and lesser risk to Ah Shawn.

So they pushed wifey to the OR and I have to wait and wait again… Felt like the longest time to wait because no one can tell me for certain how long she will be in there. Everyone I ask also cannot say. 1 Hour? 2 Hour? 4 Hour? But all give same answer -“Dunno”. Anyway after the longest wait they brought Ah Shawn out. The nurse told me Ah Shawn’s head shape was a bit big. “See la… no wonder cannot come down…” but I was too preoccupied to hear her… I picked him up for a while and took a photo of him. Wah… it’s like suddenly engulfed in a totally different feeling….. suddenly like a nice feeling engulf your whole being… I want to say like the good feeling after letting go a hard sai… but this is more than that… maybe you have to be a parent to feel it…

The next series of events are another round of waiting … waiting for the nursery to clean Ah Shawn … and waiting for them to push wifey out from the OR….

I get to see Ah Shawn again later and got to hold him again… and of course the photos…. Then much later they push wifey out from the OR… she still blur blur and stim stim like that so I let her rest… but she kept saying sorry…. I also dunno why… maybe the medication thing laaaa….

So back to now.. ah shawn is 2 weeks ++ liao and doing pretty well… Ah Fie have been very well behaved and I am proud of her… so I guess all in all it’s a good thing J

Here we go...

we are in the labour room now....
water broke at around 10.30pm....

here we go....

of anticipation and picture book...

"Any time now…"

That’s what Dr. Tan says in our visit last Saturday. I guess that is bumps up the anticipation by a notch. Somehow going through it for the second time seems a bit of different.
Not that we don’t love our little Shaun any less, but it somehow seem different. Less of the nervousness but more guild for not being nervous. Less getting edgy about preparation and weather we had prepared enough, but more of the feeling like we have this under control.
So it’s like a mixed feeling.
He also seem to be getting more and more active these days. Was moving quite a lot last nite and Ah Fie got a feel of it too. Poor little girl wants to feel her brother in mummy’s tummy but when he moved the little girl just pulled away. Maybe feeling geli.
But one thing our silly girl did was she took up her picture book and point it to wifey’s tummy as if to show her brother the pictures. Keep saying stuff like ‘I show baby’. Hopefully she maintains that sharing spirit when she meets her little brother for real…
So… Any time now…

of super backdated post and pacifiers...

This is a super backdated post…..
Actually I have been meaning to write this but scared of jinxing it.
I think when Ah Fie was about 1+ going to 2 she weaned herself off the pacifier. At that time we have not even think of planning to wean her but I guess she beat us to it.
I guess it’s a good thing that our little girl was a bit fussy. she is kinda fussy about her pacifier. If it does not feel right she will spit it out. Then she also have this habit of biting her pacifier. Then she also have this habit of biting her pacifier. So what happened was that she bit a small tear on one of her pacifier and started to rejected it. We got her a new one but she doesn’t like and that is how she decided that she don’t need it …
So I guess 2 seemingly bad habit (fussy about pacifier and biting it) can add up to be one good thing.

or stemlife and cryocord...

I think we have been taking things with our boy too lightly liao. It just hit me that wifey is about 1 month away from delivery and we still have a lot of things to prepare. Sometimes feel bad also because seems like oftentimes we were so busy with ah fie that we thought that we will have enough time and should not be an issue with ah boy. I mean we have gone thru the whole delivery thing before mah…
So last night we start to sort out the baby clothes to get them washed, make a list for wifey on what to pack and plan out the sleeping arrangements etc.
Then there is also this part about cord blood banking… and we are back to the decision between Stemlife and Cryocord. For ah fie, we used stemlife and thought that maybe we can use cryocord for ah boy to increase the variability. But then stem life have a very good discount when I called the sales agent 1.3K++ only….
Anyway, I have contacted the sales agent for both and sad to say, both are not really pleasant experience.
First one is stemlife. Somehow I feel like the sales agent is not very keen on getting me sign up. She like to rush when talking and keep correcting me. I have the same feeling when dealing with her when we had ah fie and to me service is a major consideration. Anyway, I told her I will call back, but at the back of my mind, even if I were to sign up with stemlife, I will probably sign up thru another agent.
Then next I try Cryocord. Since I do not have the contact number I called their hotline at their website. Definitely not a confidence inducing call… The girl (and I stress girl) that answered the call sound more like some admin in a tire workshop than someone who I will trust with something important. From the get go, she greeted and talked in market Cantonese (which I think not very professional laaa). When I asked about the packages and rates that they offer… she also don’t know… (I figured out later that maybe the hotline is for people who have already sign up and want to notify them that they are delivering so that cryocord people can come and collect the blood). But one right thing that she did is to take down my phone nmber and say that she will direct me to the sales people. Then later the same night, a guy called me. And from the get go he started to greet and spoke is a very rushed tone in Mandarin. Nothing wrong with mandarin, but maybe he might want to consider talking in a more professional manner. After all sales people are the front office of the company maaa. Anyway…. I think the hotline girl maybe took the wrong info and inform this guy that we are delivering now or something and that’s why he called immediately. After I clarified, I asked about the rate, and again the first thing this guy tell me is that he can’t tell. (talking about sales.) I am not a salesman, but I think it should be one of the 10 commandments of a salesman to be aware of what you are selling. Anyway, after I pushed a bit, he say that maybe not convenient to talk over the phone and he will pass me to another agent that covers the hospital that wife plans to deliver at…. I dunno laaa. Maybe I am being a bit of a ‘wet market auntie’ fussy, but I think as a sales person, it should be pretty basic that when a customer comes in, your objective is to make the sale.

So in summary, I think there is really a good opportunity for someone with the means and resource to set up a cord blood banking service. Because from the experience I have with these two supposedly major one, the sales people failed.
I think maybe I am being a bit nitpicky here but I think I have the right to be so as I will be spending a significant amount of money and entrusting someone with something precious.

Maybe in the end I might just as well get an airtight container and keep ah boy’s cord blood in my home fridge…

of rhymes and seven...

Ah Fie is now at this stage where she likes to talk. She can talk about whatever stuff and sometime she will recite rhymes.
So last ween when i was picking her from the babysitter's place...
Me: One Two...
Ah Fie: Buckle my shoes...
Me: Three Four...
Ah Fie: Shut the door...
Me: Five Six...
Ah Fie: Seven....

*aiyoyoyo*

of kiasu and two bottles of free beer...

Sometimes I feel bad also because I don’t write about our baby boy as much as I want to. Hope when he reads this he is in a good mood :D. Anyway, today we went for our appointment with Dr Tan again. This time we are as kiasu as kiasu can be J. We were already at the clinic at 8.15am (doctor only comes at 9am). Well we have good reasons. For the last appointment, we have to go to the clinic 3 times before be get to see Dr tan. First time was the actual appointment date but by the time we went the list was already full for the day (and it’s only 9.20am) so we went back on the next Saturday, but Dr Tan was not in for the day L. Eventually Wifey went by herself on a Monday.
So this time I think ok laaa to be a bit kiasu…

Anyway, according to dr tan, we are progressing well. This time he tried to taka a 4D photo of our boy, but ah boy was being shy and closed his face with his arm. So dr tan turn to the other ‘head’ and we were given the full view of ah boy’s pee pee. He even printed a photo for us :D. I think I will keep that photo in a safe place so that I can use it as blackmail material in case ah boy is naughty in the future.

Oh ya, on a separate note. This week must have been some lucky week for me. First, I won an ipod shuffle in Friday in some function at work, then later took wife and ah fie to Friday’s for dinner (to smoothen some bad news wifey had at work J) and won 2 beers in some toss up promotion thing. I wonder where can buy lottery ah :D.

of medicines and going against the grain...

I am not sure if this is normal or not but Ah Fie seem to have this fascination for medicine. No .. no .... not the interest in studying medicine type of fascination, but more to applying and eating them.
Dunno when it started but i suspect it could be from when she she was little and cauget fever or something. The medicine prescribed has a strawberry flavour and we think she might have associated medicine to strawberry syrup or something.
But the wierd thing is that it is not just limited to fever medicine, during her recent bout of cough and runny nose, we tried chinese medicine. You know those that the chinsese doc prescribe in powder form and has a strong herbal taste... Strangely our little giurl seemed to liked it too. She will run for it as though it is her hilight of the day when we ask her to take it... how to explain ah....
Then comes the part on creams and ointments. For some reason she also always asks for it. and she will be so happy when we apply it on her mosquito bites and scratches....

Kids are supposed to be scared and dislike medinines right... so how ah?? Ah Fie is going against the grain ah?


oh ya, on an unrelated topic. Wifey and I was talking about this article in the news paper about some folks who went cycling around the country and mention that when the kids have grown biggwer maybe we should do the New Zealand thing again but in caravans this time. Then she ask ah Fie if she wants to go to NZ, and that it's far far away and have to take plane to go there... and of all things Ah Fie say no she don't want to go. When asked whty, she say plane high high up and she scared will she will fall down... aiyooooo