Our Little Bundle of Joy - Baby Shayne Ong

Our new blog

2010-04-09T00:07:00.000-07:00

With the addition of our new family member, we have created a new blog. http://www.yeoongfamily.blogspot.com/
Do visit us at the above new blog..:)

Baby Shayne is sick..:(

2009-12-02T03:54:00.000-08:00

I am so upset! Baby Shayne is sick again!! This is the 3rd time that she falls sick since the arrival of Baby Sylvan. Did I overlook her health? She has not been sick for so long, in fact I can't remember when was the last time she falls sick. Maybe I have spent too much time taking care of Baby Sylvan and overlook on her health.
For the past one month, first was cough n flu for 2 weeks, then it was high fever until 40'c for a few days and now, stomach flu! And the worst thing is I cant take good care of her as I need to handle Baby Sylvan too. It's so tough handling both kids all by myself, been struggling everyday.
I just hope that Baby Shayne will not fall sick ever again.

My little darling, please get well soon...

This Sunday is her first school performance. Can't wait to see her dance on stage..:)

My IT gal

2009-11-17T00:34:00.000-08:00

My little princess loves working on my labtop and playing with my mobile phone. I guess that because darling and I are always on our labtops / mobile phone, especially when my darling works from home. Whenever she sees me with a labtop, she will definitely come and insist of having it. She can actually imitate how we use the labtop and will be smiling happily whenever she sees any changes in the screen on the labtop. As for mobile phone, we tried to give her a used handphone (daddy even put in the battery for her) as her personal phone although she still prefers my current phone.
These 2 items keep her occupied at times when I am busy handling her didi...:)

Breastfeed, because it is perfect

2009-10-30T22:55:00.000-07:00

"Breastfeed, Because It Is Perfect"

I simply love this slogan by the Health Promotion Board!

All along, I know that I want to breastfeed Baby Sylvan even before he was borned.
I started latching Baby Sylvan a few hours after he was delivered. It reminded me of the time when I first breastfeed Baby Shayne. Baby Sylvan is a strong sucker as compared to Baby Shayne who had difficulties latching on. I tried latching Baby Sylvan every 2-3 hours and was super happy when my milk supply came in on Day 2. By Day 3, I was having very bad engrogement and blocked ducts that I had to engage a massage lady to help me clear all the blocked ducts. But it was all worth it. After clearing the blocked ducts, my milk supply started to increase and I am able to total breastfeed Baby Sylvan. Initially, it was tough waking up every 2-3 hourly, but my body seems to get used to it or rather I am very determined to do breastfeed that I actually set alarm clock to wake myself up so that I can latch Baby Sylvan as often as possible.
When Baby Sylvan was hospitalized for jaundice treatment, I told myself that this time round, I must stay behind with him and continue to breastfeed him every 3 hourly. The 2 days stay in the hospital was tough and tiring. I need to latch him on every 3 hourly and after his latching, I need to pump out any excess so that the nurses can syringe feed him as treatment under the light therapy requires more milk. I am determined not to give him any formula during the treatment this time round. I am proud to say that I succeeded!
Today is Day 8 since his arrival, and I have finally managed to freeze the very first bottle of EBM...:)
Shall continue latching and pumping to build up my milk supply!

The arrival of our Little Prince

2009-10-25T18:58:00.000-07:00

Our little prince, Baby Sylvan Ong, finally arrived on 23rd October 2009, 5:38pm, weighing 3.005kg, 50cm long. It has been a long and fruitful wait for us. Thank god that my prayer has been answered and Baby Sylvan is strong and healthy. Can't help but feel a sign of relief when I first cuddle Baby Sylvan as it been a long and difficult 9 months for me. I started the 1st trimester with very bad morning sickness and had to be hospitalized for dehydration. Then result of our Oscar Test came out real bad for Baby Sylvan, but we decided not to go for any further test and abortion is out of question for me. As the months pass by, we have to keep worrying about our baby's weight too as he seems to be much smaller size. I was told to eat more protein diet food to increase the weight for our baby. We prayed that Baby Sylvan will not come out too early as we dont want him to be a premature baby with low birth weight. It's a miracle that all our prayers are being answered and Baby Sylvan arrived as planned.

Baby Sylvan's birth story:

23rd Oct
1030am: Gynae 38 weeks routine check up. Dr Lee checked and realised that I am already 4cm dilated, which means I am actually in active labour. But the strange thing is I dont feel any contractions coming at all. Dr Lee suggested for me to check in immediately at the labour ward and induced, and estimated that by 6pm, Baby Sylvan will arrive.
1130am: Check into the labour ward at Level 8 and waited for the epidural to be given. Nurses joked that we seems not prepared as very seldom will couple come into the labour ward without any baggages..hehe.
1230pm: Dr came and administer the epidural, further by starting the induction drip.
145pm: Dr Lee came and burst the waterbag, no pain at all as I had epidural..:)
330pm: Nurse checked, 6cm dilated.
5pm: Nurse checked, fully dilated and all ready to push. Nurse taught me how to push and I keep trying. After awhile, Dr Lee arrived and encouraged me to keep pushing. She said this time round, dont need forceps as baby is in right position. After many rounds of pushing, Baby Sylvan arrived on 5:38pm

I am glad that I took Dr Lee's advice to have epidural before inducing. The whole delivery process was painless and smooth as compared to the previous time when I delivered Baby Shayne...:)

Welcome Baby Sylvan Ong,

our 2nd Bundle of Joy

Love, Daddy, Mummy n Baby Shayne

My little princess has grown up!

2009-10-21T23:59:00.001-07:00

Was it just my little princess or kids these days are more mature?

Yesterday night, my little princess insisted of following her yiyi home and stayed overnight at her place. She cried and whined so loudly that my dad asked me to let her go for a night. Hmm, the problem is she has never spent a night at my sister home before and many times (currently we are trying to prepare her to sleepover at my mum place in case I delivered at night) when we placed her at my mum's place which is just upstair of my place, she will insisted to go home when she wanted to sleep. Was actually quite worried that she will had a hard time at night when I go and deliver our little boy.

Anyway, my mum asked her to ask me for permission to stay overnight at her yiyi's house and she actually asked me. Was quite relunctant to let her go but my dad said just let her go, if she can't sleep, then he will drive her back. Ok, so my little princess wore her shoes and said goodbye to me happily and slept over at her yiyi's house for the very first time.

Suddenly feel so sad as my little princess seems to grow up already and know how to make choices on what she wants. I can't imagine one day when she reaches teenagers age and ask me whether can she stays overnight at her friends home...:p

At 38 weeks and still waiting

2009-10-20T23:22:00.000-07:00

Its been a long time since I last wrote about our 2nd bundle of joy, Baby S.O. especially since I am so busy handling our little princess. Baby S.O has been progessing well in my womb, and is all ready to meet us soon...:)
So many things have happened during the past one month:
Our maid left us suddenly (after us being so nice to her, she lied and never returned) and left me handling Baby Shayne while heavily pregnant with our #2. Glad that my dear darling has been helping out much more at home these days. Its really tiring handling a 20mth old toddler, a forever demanding job, housework and everything during the last trimester of my pregnancy. Somehow, we managed to cope with it with the help of our family members too.
I am currently at the last lap of my pregnancy - week 38, baby S.O has already engaged and I am 2cm dilated since last Friday. Been waiting at home for signs to go hospital. So far, still no sign yet! Can't wait for Baby S.O to arrive as I am so tired of waiting at home...:)

Our typical Saturday Morning

2009-10-12T01:49:00.000-07:00

This is our usual Saturday morning routine:

Wake up early from bed and tried our best to get out of house by 830a.m. to rush over to Big Splash, East Coast. Once we reached there, we will have our breakfast at Old Town White Coffee before proceeding to bring Baby Shayne for her playclub class at Julia Gabriel. Either one of us has to be with her during the class, while the other one will get to enjoy the lovely Saturday morning at Starbucks. It used to be me going for classes with her, but with my big stomach now, its daddy's turn to accompany her for class, which means I get to relax in the Starbucks...:) Realised that daddy does a great job in handling her in class, she continued to enjoy her music time, story time, her snack time and recently she touched the paint! She used to be a little missy who will whine or scream once she discovered any paint on her fingers, but last Saturday, according to Daddy, she actually used her fingers to touch the paint! (Check out the no. 4 that she painted with the marbles. She was supposed to hold the box and shake the box for the marbles to roll, but she actually hold the marbles and rolled them on the paper) Darling and I were so happy with her improvements..:)

Once she was done with her class, we will usually proceed to home for her lunch and short nap before going out for our family activities.

A lovely baby bag!

2009-10-12T01:09:00.000-07:00

Fall in love with this Kate Spade Baby Bag! Been thinking real hard whether to get it or not as the price was too high (in my opinion) for a baby bag. Or rather, I am not willing to pay suh a high price for a Kate Spade bag. Furthermore, it was no longer available in Singapore. Emailed a few Kate Spade spree organisers and non has available stock too. Anyway, thats one month ago when I enquired about it. Just as I had almost give up searching for it, a spree organiser suddenly email me last Saturday whether am I interested in the bag as she saw what I am looking for in the outlet. The best part is that it is at 58% lower than the usual price and thats the very last piece! Wow, can't believe how lucky I am..:) Adding another pink bag to my collections...:) My very first proper baby bag (previously have been using my Gucci bag as a diaper bag). Getting the bag in 2 weeks time and really can't wait to use it real soon...

Trying out her new pair of shoes

2009-10-06T02:08:00.000-07:00

We went shopping at Takashimaya over the weekend as darling wanted to buy a new pair of working shoes. Check out what our little princess was doing when her daddy was trying out the shoes - She was also busy trying out her daddy's shoes!..:)

She loves books!

2009-09-28T20:44:00.000-07:00

My little girl loves reading/listening to stories. I seriously think she inherited her daddy's love for books. She loves looking at books/magazines during her free time instead of playing with toys. I was pretty surprised when she sat through the whole story of "Jack and the Beanstalk" last night. We got this storybook free from the purchase of Huggies Ultra diaper during Taka Baby Fair. This book is actually meant for children aged 3 to 5 years old, thus when Baby Shayne asked me to read to her, inside my heart, I was thinking maybe she will only sit through a few pages. However, she surprised me when she sat on my lap and listen to the whole story attentively. The best part is she actually know who is Jack and understand the whole story when I asked her about it after reading to her. Great listening skills!

Up next, I am going to read more fairytales stories to her and hope she will loves them too...:)

A lovely weekend

2009-09-14T23:29:00.000-07:00

We had a lovely weekend together as a family. Darling finally have some time to spend with us after being busy with his work for the past few weekends.

On Saturday morning, we woke up real early and decided to go to East Coast Mac for breakfast. Baby Shayne enjoyed herself at the playground after the breakfast.

Reached home around 10plus and started to get ready for the next activity of the day - darling and my cousins are having some badminton game at the comunity club behind our house. We let Baby Shayne sit on her tricycle and push her there. It's been a long time since she sat on her tricycle. While daddy is busy playing badminton, Baby Shayne was busy walking around the badminton hall, and playing with her cousin. Decided to bring her home for lunch and nap after staying for an hour as we intend to go out in the afternoon.

After she woke up from her nap, we proceed as planned and went to check out a new showflat before going to Vivo City for our dinner. I dressed her up in her new Pumpkin Patch shirt dress. (I just realised that she looks exactly like how am I when I was young, same facial expression). Darling had cravings for Tung Lok Signature soup. It's been a long time since we last visit that restaurant together. Baby Shayne has fun with my handphone during the car journey. These days, she loves to use my phone as a camera and took photos of me. Usually, she will said "Mummy, one, two, cheers" when she tried to pretend to take photo of me..:)

On Sunday, as it was our helper's off day, we decided to venture a little further to have a nice breakfast. We went over to Jones the Grocer at Dempsey Road to enjoy a nice english breakfast. It was a nice Sunday morning, or rather my type of Sunday morning, having a lovely english breakfast, complete with a hot chocolate...:)

After the breakfast, our original plan was to visit the Jacobs Balla Botanical Garden. However, we decided to go shopping at Paragon instead as we couldnt find a parking lot in the botanical garden. It was a great change of plan! Darling brought me window shopping for bags. Note: window shopping as we only intend to spend money during Christmas Sale.

Baby Shayne caught us by surprise when we were in the Kate Spade in Takashimaya. I was trying out the latest Kate Spade baby bag when she started shouting,"Mummy, thats not yr bag! Put back, put back (pointing to the original location of the bag, then walked over to her stroller and took my LV bag). Mummy, this yr bag. Take this, take this." She kept insisting and screaming until I put back the bag and carried my original handbag. Darling, the salesgirl and I had a good laugh for the whole situation...:) Darling said my little princess is so clever, refused to let mummy buy new bag = save him some money.

After our shopping, we managed to pat Baby Shayne to sleep before proceeding to Sushi Tei for a late lunch.

P/S: I fall in love with the latest Kate Spade baby bag!!!!

Last day of Term 3 at JG Playclub

2009-09-06T19:34:00.000-07:00

Shayne has been attending JG Playclub at East Coast Big Splash since July 2009. She is one of the youngest student in the class as the minimum age group is 18 months old. Eversince she started the class, we have been spending our Saturday morning at East Coast Big Splash, with me attendin the class with Shayne while darling has his morning coffee in Starbucks..:) Except for week 8, which is Daddy's week theme, which means I get to enjoy myself at Starbucks while daddy attended the class with Shayne..:)
I am glad that our little princess enjoys going for the class, esp the music, magic box and story session. The only negative part is she still hates the art n craft session, esp when her hand is stained with paint. Guess, I will continue to keep on encouraging her on that part..:) And I didn't really like the outdoor timing as the sun is always too hot by then and the amount of time spent is too short.
Anyway, we have decided to sign her up for another term starting from mid Sept. Hopefully, she will continue to enjoy herself during the class. This time round, daddy will be the one attending the lesson with her as I will be delivering #2 next month.

We took this class photo during the week 7 class...:)
Baby Shayne with her temp tattoo on her right hand. We attended the end of term party and she has lots of fun. She is supposed to dress as a fairy for the party but she insisted on wearing the princess T-shirt that her aunt is brought for her from HongKong..:)

Sweet Shayne

2009-08-20T18:26:00.000-07:00

I have to note this down..:)

Yesterday night after drinking her milk, Baby Shayne passed me her milk bottle and said: "xie xie ma ma" -> thank you, mummy. So sweet, and she said is not once, not twice, but many times....:) My little girl is so sweet, melting my heart with her sweet voice..:)

Bye Bye Clearwater

2009-08-18T00:38:00.000-07:00

After some decision making and future planning, we decided to sell off our lovenest especially since the property market is doing so well. Within a month of marketing, we managed to receive 3 offers and finally sold off our lovely house.

Darling and I used to spend alot of our time in this lovely house. We got the unit a few months before our ROM, thus, we had our ROM in our house 4 years ago. We used to spend our weekend mornings lazing around the living room, reading papers n sipping our coffee. We celebrated Baby Shayne's full month in our lovely home too. We were quite sad when we had to move out of our lovely house in order to stay closer to my mum, so that she can help us at times to handle Baby Shayne.

We spent a good 4 years in this lovely house and it's finally time for us to say goodbye to it. While waiting for the property market downturn, we will be staying with my IL's in the meantime as they will be helping us to handle our kids while we go to work. Especially, our baby boy, Wayne, as darling feels uncomfortable leaving him alone at home with our helper.

Bye Bye Clearwater, and hope we will be able to get another lovely unit of our own by next year end..:)

Lovely Surprise

2009-08-12T01:03:00.000-07:00

Just as I thought my dear hb will not be giving me any flowers for this year birthday celebration, he surprised me again with a lovely bouquet of flowers delivered to my school this morning...:)

That's my lovely husband, he never fails to give me lovely surprises after so many years...:)

My little angel has grown up

2009-08-07T01:26:00.000-07:00

Looking back at her photos, I realised that my little angel has really grown up...:)

Baby Shayne turns 19 months old

2009-08-07T00:31:00.000-07:00

My little angel turns 19 months old today! She has been extremely cranky in the nights during this current month, and only want me to be with her in the middle of night. She feels extremely insecure and cries badly if she wants wake in the middle of night and couldn't find me. Although I feel very tired and have very little sleep as a result of it, but I am glad that she is still that close to me. I feel so touched and heartbroken at the same time when she tried to stay up late at night, waiting for me to return home before she is willing to sleep. Most of the time, I will be home before her bedtime, so that we can carried out our usual bedtime routine together. But last Monday, I happened to work late and thus reached home only after 9pm. She refused to sleep and when my mum asked her, she indicated that she is waiting for me. *Such a sweet little girl*

Anyway, it has been an exciting one month for her as she starts to develop at an amazing speed. Baby Shayne starts to speak in full sentences and is able to indicate what she wants or do not want by speech. She is able to engage in simple conversation with anyone. She also loves to sing and can really sing non-stop during the whole car journey. At times, she is also able to indicate when she wants to poo by saying "I poo poo" and we will bring her to the toilet seat.

The pictures below are taken this morning before she went for her school National Day party. She is wearing exactly the same outfit as per one year ago when she attended my school's National Day party. In case anyone is wondering, yes, she did grow taller and heavier but she is still able to fit into these 6 to 9 months clothings..hehe.

Interesting Conversation with Baby Shayne

2009-07-14T01:05:00.000-07:00

This morning, Baby Shayne shocked me with her answer to my questions again...:)

Mummy: Baby, do you want to go to school today?
Shayne: No
Mummy: Why you don't want to go to school?
Shayne: sick

Darling and I had a good laugh at her answer. Darling asked me since when did she know the word "sick". Actually, she had only heard my nephew said that he is sick thats why he didnt go to school yesterday and she can answer me exactly the same way.
Didn't realise that she learns things so fast, guess we must be careful with our conversation when talking in front of her.

Anyway, we still managed to convince her to go to school this morning..:)

@18 months old

2009-07-07T01:31:00.000-07:00

Baby Shayne shouts: "I turn 18th month old today."
She is a big girl now, and definitely behaving like one. She loves to imitate her father's action. She never fails to greet us with hugs and kisses when she wakes up every morning.
Brought her to the PD for her 18mths old booster jab today and was glad that she is developing well. Her PD even commented that she is pretty surprised that Baby Shayne is one of the rare child who seldom falls sick even though she attends infant and childcare all these while. I hope that Baby Shayne will continue to stay strong and healthy..:)

At 18 month old, she is
1) 9.4kg heavy(40 percentile, and finally pass the 9kg mark)
2) 79.5cm tall (50 percentile)
3) able to speak lots of words (e.g. take, keep, walk, play, thank you, please, excuse) without us prompting her.
4) starting singing lots of songs (or should i say some words of the songs)
5) say her first chinese sentence
6) loves reading books and colouring
7) able to indicate her preference/choice (She choose which shoes/outfit she wants to wear, what activity she wants to do in the evening, either reading/colouring/flash cards)

Happy 18th month old, my little princess!

Exploring Clearwater Playground

2009-06-29T00:43:00.000-07:00

Brought Baby Shayne to The Clearwater over the weekend when we went over to meet our agent. Yup, we are selling our current unit as we decided to move over to somewhere closer to my mum's place and the kid's future primary school. Baby Shayne can't remember our house already when we brought her in together with the agent(the unit is currently being rented out). She used to stay there with us from birth till 7 months old before we moved to a unit below my mum's place.

Anyway, we brought her to play at the playground after the visit. The great thing about The Clearwater is that it has a very nice kid's playground and I used to think that next time my kids will be able to play in such a big playground everyday. Baby Shayne enjoyed playing at the playground. She climbed up and down, slide down from the slide all by herself. She is a true playground queen (that's what her teachers called her in school).

It's Father's Day!!

2009-06-21T23:47:00.000-07:00

Pre-Father's Day Celebration

2009-06-21T23:20:00.000-07:00

On Saturday nite, Darling n I went for a pre-Father's Day celebration without Baby Shayne. Werid rite, what a Father's Day celebration without our lovely girl? But my darling said that he wanted a pre-father's day celebration with our #2, Baby Wayne, who is still inside my stomach, while he will reserved the actual day for Baby Shayne. Haha, that's actually his excuse for having our own romantic dinner. So, off we went to The Steakhouse with Baby Wayne inside my stomach, leaving Baby Shayne with my mum n my helper. Baby Shayne seems to understand that we are going for a date without her, as she bid us goodbye and continuing playing by herself...:)

It's been a long time since I went to Clarke Quay and everything seems so different now. The last time I went was before I was pregnant with Baby Shayne. I feel so weird walking among all the young ones who are dating or going clubbing. But I still had a good time with my darling. Had a good laugh when my darling tried the famous Turkish ice-cream...:)

Her first tricycle

2009-06-16T00:28:00.000-07:00

Over the weekend, we got Baby Shayne her very first tricycle after seeing her showing great interest in other children's tricycle whenever we go to the park. We bought her along to choose her tricycle. She is so happy with her new tricycle that she rides it home immediately from the bicycle shop.

p/s: Notice the colour of the tricycle? Its in red and blue colour. Dear darling is so happy with Baby Shayne's choice as he says can pass down to Baby Wayne next time. keke...

A different weekday

2009-06-15T20:37:00.001-07:00

No Monday blues for me today as the school declared it an off day. I started the day with making breakfast for my 2 darlings. Specially bought a packet of organic soy bean to make soymilk for the whole family. First time doing it and was glad that my darlings love it lots. Prepared a hot flask of soymilk for darling to bring to work too. Dear hubby even sent me an sms thanking me for the nice soymilk and said that his colleagues are all envious of him...:)
Since I am not working, decided not to send Baby Shayne to school. We spent time at home playing together. When Shayne was taking her nap, I spent my time working on her photobook. Decided to print her photos into a photobook instead of just developing individual photos.
In the afternoon, met up with one of my old friend for afternoon tea. Its been almost 2 years since we met but I am glad that we still have lots of things to talk about. Think the last time that we met up was when I was 5 month pregnant with Baby Shayne.
Reached home in time for dinner and spending time playing with Baby Shayne again. Put her to sleep before I continued working on her photobook.

Her first experience with headset

2009-06-14T01:03:00.000-07:00

I was watching some TV program using my darling's headset in the bedroom when Baby Shayne decided to try out the headset too. This is her first time using it, and she simply loves playing with it...:) In the end, she disturbed me during the whole TV show that I had to hide the headset and mute the TV and watch the TV show by reading the subtitle. All because darling is doing his office work in the same bedroom..:p

Oh boy...welcome to our family..:)

2009-06-11T23:22:00.000-07:00

It's confirmed that this time round, we will be having a boy! Baby Shayne will be having a younger brother...:) Baby Wayne (yup, we named him Wayne Ong) will be joining our family in late October or early November and we are definitely looking forward to his arrival!
I feel so blessed with a lovely husband and our two beautiful children...:)

Singing

2009-06-09T23:54:00.000-07:00

These days, Baby Shayne loves to sing. She is able to recognise many songs mainly due to the fact that I sing to her every night before her bedtime. Yup, I tried to read to her every night, usually a picture book and inside the picture book will have pictures like car, fish, bear, butterfly, etc, etc. As she points to an item, I will tell her the name and sing a song related to it. E.g. boat, and I will sing row, row, row the boat together with action with her.

Usually, she will have one favourite song for the day where she will insist that I keep repeatedly singing the same song. At times, I can sing "Wheels on the Bus" for almost 20 times repeatedly while she does the action/sing along. She simply loves it very much..:) For some of the songs, she can even fill in the blanks or sing along with me.

Her current list of favourite songs which she sings include:
1) Twinkle, twinkle little star (she can do the action and say the last word of every sentence)
2) Happy Birthday (we sing this song for like almost one week everyday during Ryan's birthday until she can say Happy Birthday now)
3) Wheels on the Bus/Car etc
4) Five Little Duck went out one day
5) Five little monkey jumping on the bed
6) All the fishes swimming in the water
7) The big ship sails on the alley
8) Row, row , row the boat
9) I love you (Barney song)
and many more....

Our little princess is 17 month old

2009-06-07T00:15:00.000-07:00

Our little princess turns 17 month old today. She is definitely growing up so fast for the past one month. She started attending childcare 3 weeks ago and is adapting well in school.

Her achievement for the past one month:

- started running, walking backwards and in circles.

- able to understand and follow all instructions.

- able to go toilet to poo poo instead of pooing in her diaper. something which mummy is so proud of her.

- able to speak many more words: baby, purple, ball, blue, milk, bread, wear, shoes, po po, nai nai, ye ye, daddy, mummy, etc.

Happy 17th month old, Baby Shayne

Lots of hugs n kisses

from,

Daddy n Mummy

Happiness

2009-05-27T19:06:00.000-07:00

Last night, Baby Shayne requested to her night milk feed. I made the milk for her, and she immediately finished them. Once done, she requested me to hug her to sleep, thus i sit upright and she hugged me tight. I pat her softly as she lied on my shoulder. All these while, Baby #2 was kicking excited inside my womb. Baby Shayne fell asleep with in my arms with Baby #2 still kicking excitedly inside me. Guess Baby #2 must had felt his sister being close with him too.
Suddenly, I felt so contended. Both my children are so close beside me and there is nothing more that I would ask for or trade with. I feel so blessed. Thanks god for blessing me with Shayne and Baby #2, and not forgetting their wonderful father too..:)

That's my little girl trying to charge my handphone early in the morning..keke..:)

Walking hand in hand with Ryan gor gor

2009-05-24T23:38:00.000-07:00

I love weekends as the kids get to meet up together for a day of fun. Actually they see each other almost everyday, esp since now that Baby Shayne goes to the same school as her Ryan gor gor. Every weekends, my sis and I will try to plan an outing for the kids to get together and have some fun. Last weekend, we went to the T3 again. Baby Shayne loves holding Ryan gor gor's hand and walking along his side. The kids have fun running at the open space while mummies enjoy a cup of drinks in Coffee Bean.

Looking forward to our coming weekend's activity. Thinking of bringing Baby Shayne to Pasir Ris Park Gallop Stable to see horses.

Baby Shayne goes to school

2009-05-19T23:40:00.000-07:00

My cutie little princess started childcare this week. Yup, at 16.5 month old, she is going to full day childcare. Guess some mummies might think that she is too young for that, but I have always wanted to train her to be independent and to provide her with the opportunity to interact/play with our children. Today is the 3rd day and I am so happy when she waved goodbye to me and enter the school gate herself independently. My gal seems to have grown up already. Although she still cry on n off in class according to her teachers, but I must say that she fare very well for 16.5mth old child going to childcare for the first time!

Oh, the uniform looks too big for her, but thats the smallest size already. Guess my gal is really too small size..keke

Trip to Sentosa

2009-05-18T20:17:00.000-07:00

Brought my princess Shayne to the Sentosa beach over the weekend. So happy that she enjoyed herself very much. This is her first touch of sea, sand and having water play ever since she injuried her toe. We started the day with breakfast at Toastbox with my sis family and my 3 young cousins. They joined us for the trip too. After breakfast, decided to take the tram into Sentosa since we r at Vivocity. Baby Shayne loves tram/train rides. She knows how to operate the ezlink card.

Reached the Palawan beach and Baby Shayne was afraid of sand at first. Guess its been a long time since she last played with sand, thus causing the fear. She took some time to warm up and was soon enjoying herself.

Water play was next and of course, thats was also her favourite activity! She is a water baby who loves water very much. Check out how she enjoyed herself at the water fountain. She didnt even want to get up from the water play area. After lunch, she dozed off immediately on her daddy's shoulder. Guess she is too tired after a day of play.

I am so happy that my little princess is finally recovered. Looking forward to bringing her for more outing in the weekends..:)

Feed her some fried rice for lunch since we brought our own food for picnic too. She saw us eating fried rice, and wanted too. Luckily, I cooked a special portion for her - vegetarian fried rice n she enjoyed it.

Mother's Day

2009-05-11T01:28:00.000-07:00

For this year Mother's day, I decided to give tribute to my mom. Someone who I started to appreciate more after I have become a mum myself. Since young, I am never really very close to my mum as I am taken care of by my grandmother while my mum is working. Furthermore, I always feel that she loved my sis more than me. However, I began to start appreciating her after I gave birth to Baby Shayne. My mum had a hard time giving birth to me. She suffered from constant morning sickness, swollen feets and high blood pressure while pregnant with me. In fact, she has to be induced to give birth to me.

Ever since I gave birth to Baby Shayne, my mum is always and constantly trying her best to help me as much as I can. She feel heartpain when I had a bad confinement month. She comforted me when I suffered from post natal depression, helped me fetch Baby Shayne from infant care when I am stucked at work, looked after Baby Shayne overnight when I am sick. Ever since I am pregnant with 2nd child, she has been helping me to babysit Baby Shayne as often as she can while I battled with the morning sickness n giddyness. And she does all these while having a full time job at the same time.
Anyway, I am glad that my mum has become someone whom I am able to talk when I faced with problems and we are closer than before.

This mother's day celebration, we had 2 rounds of buffets - Buffet lunch at Sentosa with my dear darling's family and buffet dinner at Aquamarine with my family. I enjoyed both meals very much, esp since I love buffets...keke.

And best of all, I got a lovely suprise Mother's Day present from my darling...:)

We went onboard Superstar Virgo!

2009-05-04T00:58:00.000-07:00

Bought Baby Shayne onboard Superstar Virgo during the Labour Day with my family. Overall, it was an enjoyable trip as Baby Shayne n I get to watch sunrise together! We woke up early during the 2nd day and managed to sit at the balcony and watched sunrise..:) This is the first time Baby Shayne saw a sunrise. Baby Shayne also had a fun time in the child care cente. Basically, we spent the whole 3D2N eating n eating and more eating...:p Opps, not forgetting the morning walk on the top deck of the ship on the 3rd day morning with daddy n mummy.

Check out Baby Shayne's latest cheeky smile..:)

Celebrating great-grandma's birthday in Kluang

2009-04-22T00:28:00.000-07:00

We went on a 2D 1 N trip to Malacca and Kluang over the weekend. Gosh, I feel so tiring after the trip. The main purpose of this trip is to attend Baby Shayne's great-grandma's birthday celebration. She turns 87 this year.
Baby Shayne was very well-behaved throughout the journey to Malacca. In fact, she fell asleep the moment we reached the Singapore Tuas customs.
Check this out! We are going against the traffic (lead by the Malaysian car in front who is my FIL's friend) when on our way to have chicken rice for lunch. Luckily, I was not the driver, else I will sure freaked out.

Day 2: Attending great-grandma's birthday celebration in a local restuarant. Food was considered good but I was too full from the morning ba kut teh breakfast and A&W morning snack. keke. Oh, the picture above was Baby Shayne with her favourite Ye Ye, who is also the one who caused her toe to fracture. Check out her pink cast in the photo.

The journey back to Singapore was horrible. Baby Shayne cried so badly due to not enough sleep in the afternon. She insisted that I carried her while she slept for the whole journey back to Singapore. My hands were aching and I felt so tired when we reached home. Overall, it was a nice travelling experience except that it's a waste that Baby Shayne can't get to explore her great grandma's house and swim in the hotel pool due to her leg injury.

Her first accident

2009-04-16T01:34:00.000-07:00

Baby Shayne has her first major accident on Monday. Yes, you hear it right - its a major accident!! Stupid FIL brought her to the senior citizen fitness corner to play instead of children playground and accidently hurt her first right toes. Guess what he did - he actually brought her to play with those fitness equipment, pulling and banging those equipment and accidently, Baby Shayne's toe was caught between a rubber and metal piece when he banged the equipment. There it goes, Baby Shayne cried and screamed non stop and FIL still doesn't know what went wrong. FIL n MIL only called me to tell me that they think she hurt herself cos her right feet got blue black and she has been crying non stop but they dont know how to she hurt herself. (We only got to know what exactly happened when darling and I went to view the fitness equipment ourselves and tried out the equipment to see how can she hurt herself with it.)

After answering the call, darling n I rushed down to MIL's house to fetch Baby Shayne to KKH A&E. Baby Shayne was cranky and crying non-stop on and off. A x-ray was scheduled. Darling n my helper had to accompany the screaming baby into the x-ray as preg woman was not allowed inside. Scheduled to see the doctor and saw the x-ray result. My heart sink after hearing the explanation from the doc. Baby Shayne's first right toe was fractured!! And she has to be put on cast and refrained from standing and walking for the time being. The worst is that it may take up to one month to recover and we are scheduled to see the bone specialist on this coming Friday.

A one year old baby with a cast, can't walk or stand and need to be carried all the time, equals to a cranky, crying, screaming and whinning baby. You name it, we had experienced it. I can't scold her when she screamed or throw her temper, when she keep hitting us when we refused to let her stand or walk. It's so difficult looking after a sick baby as she keep crying in pain in the night. She has to be carried all the time and she has been whinning or throwing her temper due to fustration for the past few days.

My heart feels so pain when I see her crying in pain with the injuried leg. She keep pointing to her leg as she screamed and shout. Luckily, I had my mum, grandma and my helper to help me to take turns to carry her at home cos she can't and dont want to sit. During the day, I would send her to my IL's house so tat my FIL n MIL can help my helper to take care of her.

Can't help but feel very angry with my FIL. How can he be so stupid to bring her there to play that kind of game.

Seeing the bone specialist tomorrow and access her condition and discuss solution. Have to trouble my mum to take leave and go with me as darling has work to do.

Kiddy rides

2009-04-13T01:37:00.000-07:00

Snap, Snap, Snap

2009-04-13T00:41:00.000-07:00

Finally have a chance to bring my little princess for a proper hair cut as her hair gets too messy. Tried cutting her fringe for her at home but she kept moving, which make it difficult for me to save the $20. Yup, that's the cost of engaging a professional to cut her little amt of hair. End result - She looks so different..keke

She turns 15 months

2009-04-09T00:21:00.000-07:00

My lovely cutie pie turns 15th month old on 7th April 2009.
Suddenly realised that she is no longer a small little baby. She is able to follow instructions, has her own preference of what she wants. She matured so fast for the past one month while mummy is busy battling with bad morning sickness.
At 15th month old, she
1) still enjoys her class in JG playnest, esp magic box section and water play.
2) loves "fighting" with her cousins, Ryan and Alva over everything. Yup, everything from yeye, gong gong, toys, books, etc.
3) able to self-feed independently during meal times.
4) able to follow instructions given to her.
5) say a few words like "bye bye", "I don't want", "sit", etc
6) knows where to keep her shoes after coming home.
7) loves peek-ka-boo and imaginative play (using the small stool as magic box and make everyone at home tap at it, following what her teacher does in the playnest)
8) loves to wander around everywhere on her own (refuses to hold our hands!!)
9) loves playing with labtops and handphone (real stuff pls, she hates her toy handphone that i bought for her)
10) loves eating rice..:)

2 more months and she will be attending child care again. Hope she will continue to enjoy school..:)

I completed the Suburban Run

2009-03-22T20:15:00.000-07:00

I accomplished one of my goals for 2009 - to complete a run! And I did it when I was 6 weeks pregnant with my #2. Feel so proud of myself although I find it tough during the run journey, feeling cramps at times and breathless.

It has always been my dream to run together with my darling. I took up running in November when my helper joined us and I finally have some "me" time to start running. Previously, when darling went for his jog, I would have to push Baby Shayne in her stroller for a walk. Slow and steady, from being able to run only 1km to hitting 5km without difficulties, I was still hoping to be able to run the 10km Standard Chartered run in end Dec until I discovered my pregnancy. There goes my standard chartered run dream again. And the most funny part of all is that - I tried running in Year 2007 and when I was able to run 5km confidently, I discovered that I was pregnant with Baby Shayne. This time round, I hit back my previous fitness level (5km run) and there it goes again - pregnant with #2.

ok, darling says "NO more running 5km" as we certainly dont want to have #3..kekeke.

My sweet princess

2009-03-22T20:00:00.000-07:00

This morning, she came into the toilet, seeing me vomiting. She pat on my shoulders and said "Ma". When I am about to come out of the toilet, she walked quickly to the bed, tapping on the pillow and said "Sit sit", asking me to sit on the bed. My little princess is so sweet and she is only 14 mth old, yet she can understand the difficulties I had..She really know how to comfort me during the most difficult time..:)

I saw TWO clear lines again

2009-03-12T19:53:00.000-07:00

Yippee, I saw TWO clear lines again last week. For those mum-to-be or mummies, I guess you should be able to understand what two clear lines means..keke. Yup, Baby Shayne will be having a little brother/sister in this coming November..:) Was feeling pretty upset when I first saw it as all along, we didnt expect to have another baby. Darling and I always wanted one and we are very happy to have Baby Shayne. Still we decided to keep this little precious who will be joining us in this coming November. Guess we have to make a little adjustment to our current lifestyle again.

Just went to visit my Gynae on Wed, and our little precious is now 6 weeks old. Saw the little heartbeat, with the EDD at 4 Nov. Next visit will be in 3 weeks. Till then, I will have to endure the morning sickness, vomitting and tiredness. Hope that the 1st tri will pass by soon.

Attending Princess Ada's 1st birthday

2009-03-02T02:44:00.000-08:00

Baby Shayne attended her cousin, Baby Ada's 1st birthday party over the weekend. It was her first time attending a party. Great that she enjoyed herself - walking around snatching Ryan Gor Gor's food and playing with Ryan Gor Gor. I dressed her up in this lovely dress brought by my friend for her first birthday, but it's still too long for her and she kept stepping on it when walking.

Baby Shayne @ Jacobs Balla Bontanical Garden

2009-02-26T23:38:00.000-08:00

This is Baby Shayne's first visit to Jacobs Balla Garden. It is actually my school field trip, but decided to bring Baby Shayne and my helper along. Baby Shayne has a fun time interacting with the older kids in my school. This little chilli padi is not afraid of anyone and can even snatched the watering can from one of the older boys. She will screamed and fight back when someone tried to cut her queue in taking the water, making all the teachers laughed non stop. I am glad that she enjoyed the trip alot as there is a water play session - her favourite activity in the playnest..:)

Week 7@Julia Gabriel Playnest

2009-02-23T00:30:00.000-08:00

Baby Shayne has got used to the Playnest routine. She loved swimming and this whole week she has been experimenting the watering can during the swimming time, observing how the water comes out from the watering can. I am so glad that she enjoyed herself in the Playnest and the feedback from her class teacher, Teacher Lyn was great. Teacher Lyn mentioned that Baby Shayne's developmental skills are more like a 15mth old child, far exceeding her own age group. She is able to follow instructions, imitate actions during music and movement, self feed during snack time and most important, she is a sociable baby. I guess it helps that she has been in infant care since she was 2 months old? I have decided to let her continue joining the Playnest in Term 2 before she proceed to the Playclub when she reaches 18mth old.

Dinner Date @ Angel's Share

2009-02-22T23:01:00.000-08:00

We went for our couple date at Angel's Share on Friday nite. It was just a normal day, witout any special occassion, just that darling feels like having something nice. Located right inside the Dempsey Hill, Angel's Share is a lovely, romantic place with wonderful food..:) We ordered their special promo set dinner at $35++ per person. I guess I am beginning to fall in love with Dempsey Hill, especially with all the nice, romantic restaurant over there..keke.

Darling's Birthday Celebration cum Valentine's Day

2009-02-17T22:16:00.000-08:00

It's 14th of February again! One of the most important dates in our Ong family calender as its both my dear darling's birthday and Valentine's Day. My darling is so lucky to be born on Valentine's Day. This year, I decided to get our Baby Shayne to make a birthday card for her daddy..:) We had fun at home doing heart-shaped printing with the red paint that I brought home from school. The end result looks great as I held her hand and wrote her name on the card too. Feel so happy when Baby Shayne presented the birthday card to her daddy early in the morning..:)

We decided to celebrate Darling's birthday at his mum's place since they will be looking after Baby Shayne when we went for part 2 of our celebration. Darling and I decided to do away with the traditional one big birthday cake and instead, bought a few different varieties of cakes from Candele. Hmm, it was one of the best cakes that I had tasted..:)

After eating the cakes, we left our helper and Baby Shayne with my ILs while Darling and I went for part 2 of our celebration..:) We are checking into Ritz-Carlton Kallang Bay View Room for a night. We managed to make use of the free hotel voucher that we had, thus the stay is free. As there were many couples checking in on the same day, they ran out of king size bed. And thus they provided us with free drinks (we can order any drinks that we want) at the lounge while waiting for our room. So cool! Free stay and free drinks for Valentine's Day celebration! What else can we asked for right?..:)

Thus, we decided to splurge abit for dinner since its my darling's birthday and Valentine's Day. We decided to try out Pan Pacific - He Tian Lo (at 37th storey) as my darling is a Chinese food lover. Can't believe that Chinese restaurant also served complusory V-day dinner at 98++ per person! Great that the food is nice, especially my favourite shark fins soup..keke

A nice room @ Ritz Carlton, a nice dinner@ He Tian Lo, lovely flowers and shiny diamond ring from my lovely darling!

14 Feb 2009 - A lovely day to remember..:)

Baby Shayne@13 month old

2009-02-10T23:11:00.000-08:00

How time flies! Baby Shayne turns 13 month on 7th Feb 2009. We decided to hold a small mini celebration by going to Starbucks at Big Splash for afternoon tea. Ok, it's actually mummy's idea as she feels like having a nice afternoon tea. Daddy n Mummy had our favourite coffee and cakes while Baby Shayne had her favourite Gerber puff. She looks so different after my helper tied up her hair..:)

Oh, did I mention that she is able to walk independently now and I am the first to witness that...:)

Over the weekend

2009-02-09T23:21:00.000-08:00

is it a CNY gathering or mahjong session? :)
We went over to hubby's colleagues' house for a CNY gathering over the weekend. Darling joined them for mahjong session while I am busy walking around the house with Baby Shayne. Baby Shayne fell asleep in their house while darling continued the mahjong session until 12mn.

The above photos are taken by hubby's colleagues' hubby. love the photos - very nature and well taken.

Oh, did I mentioned that Baby Shayne is her daddy's lucky stars? Darling was losing money all the way until Baby Shayne woke up at 11plus and insisted that her daddy carried her while playing. And thats when her daddy started winning BIG. keke...

Our Family Trip to Langkawi

2009-01-30T19:55:00.000-08:00

It has always been a family tradition for us to go for a family holiday during CNY. This year, we decided to go Langkawi beach resort as this is Shayne first flight, thus we want to keep it a short trip. Realised that there are so many things to bring when bringing a baby overseas!

We went to the airport after our first round of CNY visiting to my IL place and Darling's aunt house. Baby Shayne had fun at the T2 departure family zone. There is even a family room at the family zone where there is a diaper changing area and breastfeeding room. Baby Shayne loved going up and down the slide. As we were taking an evening 6:30pm flight, Baby Shayne fell asleep before we boarded the plane. Thus, it was an overall easy flight for us except of a little fuss from her as she only woke up when we are about to reach Langkawi.

We spent our Day 2 n 3 at Langkawi Berjaya Beach resort and a trip up to top of Langkawi by cable car. Baby Shayne enjoyed herself very much at the baby pool as she can walked around the pool with the help of her float. However on the 3rd day, she was almost drowned TWICE at the same pool too! Both time, she tried to reach out for something in the pool and her float overturned! Yup, it's that bad! Her head is under the water and leg on top - upside down. Luckily, we managed to catch her at both time and she was fine.

We went up to the top of Langkawi by the cable car. This is Baby Shayne's first cable car ride. Overall, she enjoyed it very much and kept looking out of the window. This is also our only excursion trip in Langkawi. We spent the rest of the time in the resort, taking turns to go for spa, playing sand by the beach and eating, eating and more eating. We had tried all the restaurant in the resort. Oh, did I mention that Baby Shayne love eating our rice. She kept asking for our rice during the whole trip which we gave her some. She has also been good by finishing all the food jar and rice cereals while taking bread and eggs during breakfast buffet. The only thing is that she slept very little during the trip as she wanted to play all the time.

We spent the last night having dinner at this Thai restaurant in the resort. The restaurant is floating on the sea with lovely sunset during the evening. It's a perfect place for a romantic dinner! The flight back to Singapore was horrible. Baby Shayne refused to sleep although its her bedtime. She screamed so loudly on the plane for a good 20min? Luckily, there were also a few young children who were screaming on the plane too. Overall, it was a nice experience and I am more confident of bringing her to more trips now..:)

The Ong family is off on a holiday trip

2009-01-25T19:34:00.000-08:00

We are going on our first family holiday trip to Langkawi from 26th Jan to 29th Jan 2009! Looking forward to the sun, sand and sea.....

My lil helper

2009-01-21T21:44:00.000-08:00

Took leave to do spring cleaning at home.
Look at my little helper...She is busy helping me to throw away those unwanted letters / papers...:) And she really help, especially when the wind blows the papers away, she will crawl and bring them back to me...keke.

Baby Shayne@Julia Gabriel Playnest

2009-01-20T23:24:00.000-08:00

Enrolled Baby Shayne in Julia Gabriel Playnest class and I am glad that she enjoyed every moment of the class, especially the water play and snack session. Teacher Lyn is really a great teacher. Its been a long time since I encountered such an expressive teacher who can connect well with the children. This is also an opportunity for me to bond with Baby Shayne as I seldom have time to spend with her during weekdays. Thus, since 1st January this year, I decided that every Tuesady and Thursday will be my off day where I will bring her for class and spend time with her.

Off we go to GoGoBambini

2009-01-11T21:47:00.000-08:00

It's Baby Shayne first trip to GoGoBambini. Have been wanting to bring her there for some free play (babies below 1yr enter free) but darling has been busy with work. We invited Baby Shayne's cousin Ryan to join us for the trip..:) Both of them have a fun time at the play area. We stayed till the place is closed at 6pm before proceeding to T3 for Earle Swensons. The thing about GoGoBambini is that my dear darling can continue working on his labtop at the cafe while I can spend time playing with Baby Shayne...:) Looking forward to more of this family outing...

Her first "hot" experience

2009-01-10T20:30:00.000-08:00

We brought Baby Shayne along to have our dinner at Waraku de Pasta. It's our first time there, but it will not be our last, as we simply love the pasta - cheap n good. Baby Shayne kept wanting to drink her daddy's green tea. And guess what, when we were busy talking, she accidentally placed her pointer finger into the green tea cup and let out a loud cry. Oh my, its a pipping hot green tea and thus, her finger is burnt. The waitress in the restuarant were very nice. They quickly passed us cold wet towel and a cup of cold water for my poor girl to dip her finger in. A nice experience for her to learn what is HOT, as when we wanted to give her the cup again, she simply refused to go near it..:p

Baby Shayne is ONE

2009-01-07T06:34:00.000-08:00

My lovely little princess turns ONE today!!

Decided to celebrate this special occasion as a family affair - which means only darling, our little princess and me. We actually had an early birthday party for Baby Shayne on sun (will post about it later) with a strawberry shortcake theme. I knocked off earlier from work and went home to dress our little princess in a lovely dress bought by my close colleague. Darling came to fetch us at around 730pm and off we went in search for our favourite food. Darling and I picked an Italian restaurant in Upper East Coast Road for this special occasion. It is our first visit there and I must say that the food is good! Baby Shayne keeps herself busy with her pretend play - pretend eating with her plastic fork n spoon. A little accident happen while we were ordering her birthday cake. She fell off from her daddy's chair and onto the floor! Luckily, she was not hurt.

Our tiramisu came and we proceeded to sing her a birthday song before blowing the candle. She even accidentally ate a little of our tiramisu when trying to pretend eating with her spoon again..keke.

Happy Blessed 1st Birthday Baby Shayne,

May you be healthy and cheerful forever!

Daddy n Mummy love you..:)

Preparation of Baby Shayne's 1st birthday

2008-12-31T05:50:00.001-08:00

Baby Shayne is turning ONE in a week's time on 7th Jan 2009. However, we decided to have a small family celebration for her on 4th Jan as I wanted to keep her actual birthday celebration to just daddy, mummy and baby Shayne only. Baby Shayne will be having a strawberry shortcake theme party on 4th Jan at our condo function room!! I am so excited and had gotten everything ready. Her strawberry shortcake birthday cake, balloons, banners, paper plates, cups etc. Even our blog has changed into the strawberry shortcake theme in preparation for her first birthday! It took me quite sometime to re-do this blog with the help of Baby Shayne's lovely auntie Yiying, but its definitely worth it...:)

Counting down to her 1st birthday party and her promotion to a toddler!! Guess she will always remain as a small little baby in my heart..:)

Preparation of Baby Shayne

2008-12-31T05:50:00.000-08:00

Updating of blog

2008-12-29T19:06:00.000-08:00

Do scroll down for new updates (backdated posts actually). Been too busy with my workbut will try to update everything before the new year! We went to many places , meet up with lots of friends during the christmas celebration week.

Christmas@T3

2008-12-25T21:05:00.000-08:00

We went to T3 again! Guess T3 must be one of our favourite hangout...keke. Actually the purpose of this trip is for Baby Shayne to took the kiddy train ride in T3 as we had a voucher for it. This time round, darling's brother aka Shayne's uncle n family joined us for our usual lunch in T3 food court. Baby Shayne simply enjoyed going to T3 with her favourite playmate, aka her ye ye.

@Ya Kun in T3. This is daddy's favourite place for coffee. Mummy's favourite is Starbucks..keke

Queuing up for the train ride with her daddy

Baby Shayne with her ye ye on board the train. She seems abit scared.

I love this self-taken shot by my darling - Father n Daughter

Baby Shayne with her daddy. She loves to stand on escalator now.

What a nice way to spend Christmas with our family...:)

Christmas Eve in St. Andrew Cathedral

2008-12-25T20:50:00.000-08:00

It has always been my wish to attend Christmas eve's midnight mass in St. Andrew Cathedral ever since my first visit to the church many years ago. Last year, darling and I attend the same mass with Baby Shayne still inside my tummy. This year, we decided to bring her along! Baby Shayne seems to know that we are going out at night, thus, she took a long afternoon nap - 3 hrs to be exact, waking up at only 7pm for her dinner. We had a Christmas dinner at home with my families, a big group of us, with free flow of food, drinks, wine and of cos log cake. After dinner, we quickly changed Baby Shayne and left for the church which is at cityhall. Baby Shayne took her milk in the car but she didn't want to sleep, and remain wide awake. In fact, she is busy entertaining herself and others in front and behind us. Hopefully, she didn't really caused any disturbance to the others. Luckily, I had my darling with me to help handle her as it can be quite tough handling a sleepy baby who simply refused to sleep. She only fell asleep after the clock struck 12 for Christmas day. Hugging my dear baby in my arms, darling and I left the church at ard 1am. Its really a wonderful feeling celebration christmas as a family...:)

Merry Christmas to everyone!

Baby Shayne can drink from straw

2008-12-23T19:40:00.000-08:00

At 11mth 3weeks old, I discovered that Baby Shayne can drink from a long straw. In fact, she even accidentally drink my Mocha Frapp from Starbucks..opps, her first taste of coffee too.

I brought Baby Shayne n my helper to starbucks after our dinner while waiting for darling to finish with his meetings. Being a lover for cold blended coffee, I ordered a Mocha Frap for myself and a choco Frap for my helper. Baby Shayne was playing with the straws and keep asking me for a sip. Thinking that she doesn't really know how to drink, I let her drink from my straw. The first few tries, she just lick the straw and was smiling happy. Suddenly, while busy talking to my helper, I noticed that she is actually sucking and drinking my drink. I quickly stopped her. Luckily, she still managed to sleep at her usual sleeping time. Guess Baby Shayne is a coffee-drinker like her mummy..keke

Baby Shayne playing with the Starbucks straw.
With mummy while waiting for daddy to knock off from work.

MRT train ride to T3

2008-12-21T06:59:00.000-08:00

Decided to do something special today. We took the MRT to T3 instead of driving there. Wanted to give Baby Shayne a different travelling experience. It was Baby Shayne's 2nd train ride since birth. Most of them, she is very fortunate to have her daddy or mummy to drive her around..:)

Baby Shayne with her daddy waiting for the train. She loves to walk around the platform.

Baby Shayne with her ye ye in the MRT.

On our way to the Changi Airport, we are lucky that the MRT is not full, thus Baby Shayne has an opportunity to walk around the train.

She saw what her ye ye did and decided to follow him - holding on to the top handle.

Baby Shayne swinging the handle - exactly what her ye ye was doing!

Overall, we had a lovely trip to the T3 and I get to eat my favourite ban mian..keke.

3rd Xmas shopping@Orchard

2008-12-20T19:30:00.000-08:00

Another shopping trip again!! Our 3rd straight weekend spent in Orchard. This time round, we shopped around Paragon, CK Tangs and Isetan instead. Bought lots of clothes from Fox sales for Baby Shayne before heading to CK Tangs and Isetan. Been a long long time since I stepped into Isetan. Tried on some clothes and decided to reserve them and buy them during the Isetan Private Sale which has 30% discount.

Baby Shayne enjoyed her shopping trip too! She keep walking and walking, of coz with the help of my darling..:)

Baby Shayne enjoyed her walk in Paragon.
We had our dinner at TCC@ Scotts Isetan. Baby Shayne enjoyed self-feeding. These days, she must have a spoon and bowl during mealtimes to pretend to self-feed.

Cheeky Shayne posing for the camera. She knows when we are taking her photos and will definitely smile when she saw my pink camera..keke

Giving flying kisses to daddy..

Future CEO

2008-12-16T00:47:00.000-08:00

Doesn't she look like a future CEO, sitting on a high office chair, giving out instructions? keke.

Baby Shayne loves sitting on her daddy's office chair, with me turning it round and round for her. She will smile and at times even laugh very loudly as she enjoys her mummy's newly created "Kiddy rides".

2nd Xmas shopping@Taka

2008-12-14T23:48:00.000-08:00

We went shopping at Taka again! 2 sats in a row. I'm loving it...:)

As usual, we parked at Paragon and walked over to Taka. Darling wanted to look for his Bally's labtop bag as my student's mum is working in Bally which means she is able to get 50% discount for us. keke, thats too good a deal for my darling to miss it especially since he found something he liked last weekend. However, so sway that his favourite is sold out in the whole Singapore. Got to wait for a few more months.

Feeling hungry, we went to Sushi Tei for dinner. Baby Shayne had her dinner there too - homecooked porridge by her lovely mummy..:) While we are having our dinner, Baby Shayne is busy entertaining herself with spoon and cup and Gerber biscuits. Oh, did I mention that she loves to self-feed herself these days. Scooping food from bowls using a spoon and placing them in her mouth. She also loves to drink from a cup. These days, we will bring along some spoons, cup and her snack box whenever we bring her out. hehe, I got her a Strawberry shortcake cup and lunch box for her to use whenever we are outside..:)

Entertaining herself with spoon and cup

Self-feeding herself with the biscuits

Love these two photos of my 2 darlings. They are simply so cute when posing with the xmas tree..:)

At the end of the shopping trip, darling got himself a new shirt, 2 clufflinks, while I got myself some new tops. I got bought my xmas present for my colleague's son (my favourite boy) and my nephew, while darling bought Baby Shayne a new Strawberry Shortcake bowl and a new lunch box again as she dropped the previous one on the floor and break it. Up next, xmas present for baby shayne, our niece alva and our helper. Darling, shopping at Taka again next Sat?? :p

Her funny sleeping position

2008-12-14T00:21:00.000-08:00

Baby Shayne loves to sleep in our bed. In fact, she MUST sleep with me and hates to sleep in her cot. I know that's a bad habit, but I kind of love it as we get to hug and kiss each other repeatedly before she takes her morning nap / sleep in the night. Usually, I will lie on the bed and pretend to sleep after awhile, while she flip and roll all over the bed, trying to sleep. Yes, I must pretend to sleep as she will demand that I play with her if I am not sleeping. So, I always pretend to fall asleep beside her. keke. This morning, I spotted her sleeping on my pillow. She looks so comfortable lying on my pillow and blanket. Don't understand why, but she loves to use our pillows, bolsters and blanket instead of hers. And at times, she must sleep on my tummy or legs or hands. Is that a sense of security??

Loves the following sleeping position of hers. She can even turn 180 degrees or flip all around which explains why at times darling and I have difficulties sleeping at nights as she can took up the whole king size bed!

Getting ready for our first family overseas trip

2008-12-13T22:50:00.000-08:00

The Ong family is going for our very 1st family overseas holiday trip on the coming Chinese New Year. Off to Langkawi we go as dear darling wants to take a beach holiday break.

Its has always been a yearly affair for my family (including my parents and sis) to go on a family holiday trip during Chinese New Year. This is the only chance where our whole family can afford to take leave together and spend time going on a holiday trip together. When my husband and I got married in 2005, he followed my family tradition and joined us in our yearly CNY holiday trip. We usually leave on the first day of CNY after visiting my PIL. This year, Baby Shayne was just one month old during CNY, thus we didnt join my parents and sis in their Bangkok trip. However, on the coming CNY in Jan 2009, Baby Shayne will be going on a holiday trip with us. This will be her very first overseas trip and I am so excited about it.

The very first thing that I need to get ready for her first overseas trip is her passport photo! Decided to select this photo although everyone comment that it doesn't look like her at all, as this lazy mummy is too lazy to coax her to take anymore photos for the passport.

Update 17/12: Her passport just got approved and we will be collecting it next week!

One year later

2008-12-08T23:46:00.000-08:00

Its our 2nd customary wedding anniversary. Dear darling brought me to Les Saveurs at St Regis for a nice Italian dinner. I love Italian food!! This is our first visit to St. Regis, and we simply love the food there. Will definitely come back for more..:)

Here's our 6 course dinner with a complimentary entry dish from the chef.

Just realised that we went for Italian food during last year anniversary celebration too! And I looked so fat and ugly during that time..:(

That's me on 7 Dec 07, with a 32 weeks old baby shayne inside my tummy, weighing 70kg??

This is me on 7 Dec 08, with a 11th mth old Baby Shayne, weighing 50kg.

Happy 2nd anniversary, my lovely Darling! So proud that you had once again completed your 21km Standard Chartered run. Hope that I can join you in the run next year. It's time for me to start running again. 2 more kg to my ideal weight.

Shopping@Taka

2008-12-08T23:20:00.000-08:00

We went shopping last Saturday. Its been a long long time since we last stepped into Orchard on Saturday night. Dear hubby feels like going for shopping after a busy week at work, thus we decided to go Orchard and contribute to the weaken economy by spending some money..keke.

Brought my helper to Lucky Plaza to send her first paycheck back to Philippines before we started our money spending activities. Brought Baby Shayne her first Strawberry shortcake lunchbox and a cup while dear hubby got himself a Mont Blanc's key chain.

Stop by to take some photos with the Christmas tree at Taka. Oh yes, this is also the first time that my Baby Shayne is wearing her Jack and Lily soft shoes. Actually, I had always intend to only start letting her wear shoes after she turns one, but unfortunately, all her soft booties are too small for her already.Thus, we had no choice but to let her wear her first pair of soft shoes now.

Happy 11th month old, Baby Shayne

2008-12-07T23:01:00.000-08:00

My cutie pie is turning one in a month's time. Time flies so fast..:) She has grown from a small baby who weighed only 2.9kg at birth to a cute baby who wins everyone's heart with her lovely smile.

At 11th month old, my baby Shayne can already differentiate between mama and papa. She can calls both of us correctly, especially when she wants us to carry her..:) It's melts my heart every time she calls out "mama" to me and gives me a little hug. She has started crusing, and loves to walk with support. Her favourite activity is to give hugs and kisses to everyone. keke. Yup, she loves to blows a little kiss to everyone.

Oh yes, she has also finally gain some weight and currently, weighing 8kg. At present, she is still having her vegetrian porridge and loves eating her "funny tasting" porridge which only contains organic brown rice, organic vegetables and organic lentils/beans, cooked by her favourite mummy..:)

Presently our lovely, cutie pie, with her current favourite toy, vtech push walker..:)

Happy 11th month old, Baby Shayne!

Daddy and Mummy love You.

A day of fun@Sentosa

2008-12-05T19:25:00.000-08:00

We brought the kids to Sentosa beach for a picnic. Yup, kids - my cutie pie Baby Shayne, her cousin Ryan, and my cousins. Hehe, I sound so old in this post as my cousins are all in primary school. Since its the December school holidays, my sis and I decided to bring the kids to Sentosa beach instead of our usual weekend outing at East Coast Park. My helper and I waked up early to prepare the food for the picnic. At 9am, off we went to the Sentosa with 2 cars, 5 adults and 5 kids.

Baby Shayne has so much fun during the outing. She has her first taste of sand, yes, she ate the sand during sand play, her first attempt to walk on the beach, her first attempt to play with the water fountain. She loves the water fountain sooo much that she actually crawl all over the places and trying to catch the water and put them in her mouth..keke..

Baby Shayne@my sch year end concert

2008-11-25T19:43:00.000-08:00

Baby Shayne attended her very first musical concert on 22 Nov 2008. Dear hubby brought her along to attend my school annual year end graduation cum concert. According to my darling, Baby Shayne enjoyed herself very much and was constantly dancing with the music.

Love these two photos taken by my student's dad who is a professional photographer. It's really captured the natural side of my cutie pie..:)

After the concert, we went for our weekly dinner gathering with my family. Tried the Long Beach King which has just newly opened near Kallang Mac. Great food, great company..:) Finally one project (year end concert) down, a few more to go before I am free. Year-end has always been a busy time for me.

Baby Shayne with her daddy

Baby Shayne with her favourite grandpa and cousin Ryan

Finally!

2008-11-13T04:49:00.000-08:00

Yes, finally my Baby Shayne has fully recovered! I had never feel so happy and joy in my life. Its been a long week for us with so much things happening. Baby Shayne was admitted to the hospital last Saturday night. My poor baby is on drip. I feel so heart pain seeing her suffering. It all happened when she started having diarrhoea on last Wednesday. She had diarrhoea twice in school, but I blushed it off as teething, as her 2 front teeth is coming out. However, she continued to have diarrhoea on thur and I decided to bring her to the PD. PD diagnosed her as having virus infection and advised us to switch her to soy milk. She mentioned that it may take a few days for her to recover. Thinking that the medication and soy milk will solved the problem, this bad mummy sent her to infant care again on Friday as I am super busy with work. However, her diarrhoea didn't stop and got worse on Saturday! By late afternoon, she is having loose stools every half an hour! I got panicked and decided to call my PD. Unfortunately, she is in the operating theatre doing operation for a newborn baby and is unable to answer my call. Still, I decided to rush Baby Shayne down to Raffles hospital medical clinic for help. OK, I saw this stupid doctor, Dr. Herman, who told me not to worry and continue to give her the medicine, and if she is not recovered by Mon, then I can go and see my PD again. I offered to test my gal's loose stools to check if she has rota virus, etc, BUT he refused to check! He even told me what's the use if I know the results and its expensive now cos after office hours, there is a surcharge for lab test! I am super pissed that I walked out of his room and called my PD again. Luckily, she happened to answer my call and after my explanation of my gal's situation, she ask me to admit her to the hospital immediately and she will come over once her operation is done. Guess what, when my PD checked on my baby, she is already dehydrated and her skull and eyes already sink in. That stupid GP, Dr. Herman, still says she is not dehydrated when I asked him half an hour again. A total wrong diagnoses!!!! I just feel like killing him!! Imgaine if I had listened to him and brought my gal home and wait until Mon, I really can't imagine what will happen to my gal.

My PD quickly put my gal on drip which is a terrible experience for both Baby Shayne and I. Seeing her being poked by needle on her hand and screaming in pain, my heart almost dropped off. The next 2 days are tough for us as Baby Shayne will scream almost every hour in the middle of the night. Luckily, my dear hubby is there to rotate with me as we carried Baby Shayne in our arms to sleep. Another painful experience is seeing my baby Shayne crying for milk but we are not allowed to give her any food for 24hrs.

Yes, the whole situation is a painful experience for me. My heart feel the pain and my tears can't stop flowing. I wished I can suffer on my gal's behalf. Luckily, she is allowed to go home on Monday. Decided to stay at home and take care of her for the time being till she is fit and healthy again.

The whole incident makes me realised that nothing is more important than my family. My work will take 2nd priority from now onwards.

Yes, my gal is super pampered now and she just wants to be carried. But I don't blame her as I guess she just feel in-secure and scared too. And yes, I carried her whole day around the house, even when she is having her meals. I just want her to feel happy and secured again. I really hope that she will eat as per normal again as currently, I am slowly introducing solid food to her again.

The whole incident really scared me off. Viruses... Just as I intend to let go abit and let her play in the playground, etc, this incident must happen and make me be wary again. Wet wipes to clean her hands constantly is a must in my bag now when we go out.

To baby shayne, mummy and daddy is so happy that ur back to your normal self again. so sorry that we have to let you suffer the pain. But don't worry as we will always be there to protect you.

Happy Halloween!

2008-11-02T02:10:00.000-08:00

Finally have some time to update my cutie pie's blog. Work has been crazy almost every week. Guess I will only be able to take a break in Dec or Jan?? Looking forward to January where hopefully, I only need to work part-time, so that I can spend time with my darlings..:) Shall tried to find some time to back date some of my darling's progess / development..:)

We celebrated halloween at Baby Shayne's infant care school on Saturday! Last minute went to brought her a ladybird outfit. Baby Shayne was quite scared during the whole evening. The teachers did a great job in transforming the school into a wonderful halloween party venue. Guess she couldnt recognise any of her teachers who had dressed up..:p Overall, we had an enjoyable evening..:)

Baby Shayne with her 2 teachers.

Baby Shayne with her daddy at the entrance of the school.

She is crawling up the stairs. One of the equipment in her school which teaches the babies how to crawl up the stairs.

Baby Shayne with her favourite teacher, Teacher Ivy aka godmum in school.

Breakfast on Bed!

2008-10-19T03:17:00.000-07:00

A lazy Sunday morning, Baby Shayne having her breakfast on daddy n mummy's bed..:)

Look at her mouth, full of cereal. She simply love playing and eating on our bed. Oh no, I think we had spoilt her terribly by letting her to have her breakfast on our bed, but I guess it's ok, cos she is our cutie pie..:)

Her first fall

2008-10-18T06:42:00.000-07:00

My dear Baby Shayne has her first major fall today! She fell off from my bed and suffered a big bump on her forehead. She was playing on my bed when suddenly she decided to crawl out. I was not looking at her although I am in the same room, and thus resulting in her fall. Personally, I just don't understand why the injury is so serious as my mattress is on the floor which means I don't have any bedframe. When we shifted house, I decided to take precaution and do away with the bedframe as I am afraid that one day Baby Shayne will fall off the bed. Still, it happens! It really pains my heart to see her crying so badly. Now she has a big blue black on her forehead. To make things worse, she has diarrhoea immediately. Think she is too frightened. Anyway, I have decided that I will not leave her alone unattended again, unless she is in her playyard or baby cot.

Baby Shayne is going to Julia Gabriel

2008-10-17T06:53:00.000-07:00

After days and months of researching and planning of my schedule, I have finally sign Baby Shayne up for Julia Gabriel's playnest. Ok, I am in their waitlist now for next year classes. I have always wanted her to attend the JG's playnest as I heard good reviews about it. I love their curriculum and their teaching styles. However, playnest is only available on weekdays, which means I need to plan my work schedules such that I am able to bring Baby Shayne for class. I love to bring Baby Shayne to classes which allows her to explore, experience and express. Pardon me, but I never like the traditional teaching method, as I firmly believe that children learn through play. I never like GUG, Shichida method or any childcare which teach using worksheets. Seriously, does colouring an apple on a piece of paper teaches u what is an apple? Wouldn't it be better if the child can touch it, smell it, bite / taste it or even do some apple printing? With me planning to work half day next year, I hope I will be able to bring Baby Shayne to explore different places around Singapore. The nature and surroundings shall be my teaching classroom for Baby Shayne. Instead of showing her a picture of a cat, I want to show her the real cat. Home-schooling combines with external classes for her to interact with other children, I hope that I will be the best teacher to Baby Shayne..:)

Yes, I have decided that I shall spend more time with Baby Shayne, instead of teaching other pple's children especially those kaisu parents who loves to see their child doing worksheet. Hopefully, one day I am able to start a playgroup programme or childcare where children really learn through play and exploration, observation instead of spending time doing worksheets in the class.

Up next, will go for a visit to MindChamps before I decide whether should Baby Shayne goes to MindChamps childcare or Chiltern House playclub when she turns 18mths.

Baby Shayne turns 9th month old

2008-10-07T21:01:00.000-07:00

Our cutie pie turns 9th months old on 7th Oct 2008. Decided to leave work earlier and bring her out. We went to the Coffee Bean@Parkway where I feed her dinner while I enjoy a cup of blackforest ice-blended. Daddy later joins us for dinner. Just the three of us..:)

At 9th month old, my cutie pie is able to:

1) say "mama" and "papa" clearly. at times, she says "ah-ma" and "ah-pa"

2) crawl forward steadily.

3) hold a glass cup and drink on her own. But she refuses to hold her own milk bottle.

4) pull herself to stand up.

5) get from lying down to sitting up position and vice versa.

6) wave "hi" to everyone and "bye bye" when she wants to leave

7) do the action songs "twinkle twinkle little stars" -> doing stars shining actions and "if u r happy and you know it" -> clap her hands

oh yes, and she starts teething..keke

my gal is growing so fast and each day, she is learning something new. Is it time for me to be a SAHM to guide her on my own? especially since I am trained in early childhood education. At times, I wonder why am I in school teaching other people's children when I should be at home teaching my own child. Shall work towards being a SAHM..:)

Stand up

2008-10-03T21:55:00.000-07:00

Just 2 days after she learnt how to crawl, my dear Baby Shayne is able to pull herself up to standing position on her own today. Woo, at times, I simply can't catch up with her fast development. She is sitting down, playing with her learning table while my darling and I were having our lunch. Suddenly, I turned back and saw her standing up! Didn't have the chance to take a photo on her new achievements, but I am so proud of her.

Baby Shayne, daddy and mummy are so proud of you. Sometimes, you will take your own sweet time to learn new skills, while at times, she just do it suddenly, suprising daddy and mummy.

I am seriously considering working half day at home so that I can spend more time with her and watch her grow.

On all fours!

2008-10-01T18:58:00.000-07:00

It's Children's Day and she is finally crawling steadily!

This morning, Baby Shayne shows us that she can crawl forward and reach out for the toys / objects in front of her.

Yup, she might be slower than the rest of her peers to learn crawling but it's ok, as I firmly believe that every child learns in her own pace...:)

There is a Chinese saying that 7th mth - sit, 8th mth -crawl and 9th mth - grow a tooth. So far, she is able to sit unasisted at 6.5mth, crawl at 8 mth 3 weeks old. Will Baby Shayne starts teething when she reaches 9th mth old? :p

Back from my trip

2008-09-30T13:12:00.000-07:00

Woohoo...I am finally back from my holiday trip! Shall blog about my travelling experience when time permits. Love my holiday break! It finally allows me sometime to think about what I want and my priority. Darling and I talked and discussed over our priorities, tasks and everything. Decided to employ a maid to help me with the housework and cooking dinner for our family. Baby Shayne will still be going to infant care since she enjoys going to school and the teachers love her alot. Furthermore, darling and I don't want her to be look after by the maid. So, Baby Shayne will be my priority. With a maid, I can spend more time with Baby Shayne after work instead of spending time doing housework. Darling can concentrate on his work without having to help me with housework as his workload is like crazy. And most importantly, we get home cooked food which we are looking forward to as since the arrival of Baby Shayne, we totally have no time to cook at home. Feel so sick eating outside food already. Looking forward to more bonding time with my darling and Baby Shayne!..:)

One more day to my holiday trip

2008-09-14T21:45:00.000-07:00

One more day and I will be leaving on a jet plane with my darling to 13 days of Peru, Amsterdam and Belgium. It has been 1 year 4 months since I last went on a holiday trip. This will be the very first time that we are leaving Baby Shayne with my mum for 2 weeks. I wonder how my baby Shayne will react since she has never been away from us for so long. Already this morning, she seems to be able to sense that we are going for a holiday and insist that I carried her to sleep. Yes, lying on top of my body and sleeping face down.

Although I know that I will definitely miss my baby Shayne, but this trip helps to fufill my dream of travelling around the world as I will finally cover all the continents in the world map.:)

Even before I go on my current holiday trip, I am already looking forward to the next holiday trip to melbourne with my baby shayne when she turns one in January..:)

Dinner at La Cantina

2008-09-06T20:50:00.000-07:00

Last Sat, we went for a nice pasta dinner at La Cantina in Changi Village Hotel. La Cantina has always been my favourite place for crabmeat pasta! Whenever I have cravings for pasta, I will definitely think of La Cantina! Fall in love with this place after my darling brought me here for dinner a few years ago. This is Baby Shayne's first visit to La Cantina, or should I say, the 2nd visit, as we came here during our wedding anniversary last Dec, with Baby Shayne still swimming in my womb..:)

I am glad that Baby Shayne behaved quite well in the restaurant as we stayed still quite late. She did fuss abit while sitting in her highchair, but overall, she was enjoying herself.

Baby Shayne says: "Mummy, can I have that drink?"
Mummy n Baby Shayne
Baby Shayne :"Nice lobster pasta, daddy can u share with me?"
Baby Shayne says:"Wow, I want this also!"
Wine tasting or glass tasting?

Hubby letting Baby Shayne touched the wine glass as she is still underaged to drink wine. keke

Toilet Training In Progress?

2008-09-05T20:59:00.000-07:00

Does this photo looks like she is being caught trying to pee or poo in the toilet bowl? keke.

Actually the truth is that she is being placed in the bumbo, watching her mummy taking a shower. haha..Baby Shayne was screaming so loudly in the cot that darling has no choice but to bring her into the shower room to be with me while he continues his conference call. Surprisingly, Baby Shayne sits quietly waiting for me for the whole 10min..guess she is too afraid to move..:p

We went flying!

2008-08-30T19:05:00.000-07:00

We went flying up in the sky with my mum and my sis's family on Friday nite!

I got a complimentary ticket to the Singapore Flyer as I was born in August. Yes, all Singaporean born in the month of August get to fly FREE if you managed to get the tickets from the coupon book. The coupon book is given out to those who attended the National Day parade. In case you are wondering, nope I didn't attend the parade, but my cousin, Jonathan did. He is in Primary five this year and all P5 students get to watch the pre-parade. Jonathan is so nice to pass me his coupon voucher..:)

My sis happened to be borned in August too and she managed to get the coupon book from someone. Thus, she gets to fly for free too! keke. She also booked 2 tickets for her husband and maid while my dad managed to get 2 complimentary tickets which my darling and mum use it.

Oh ya, and the kids below 2 get to fly for FREE. Thus, all in all, we paid for 2 tickets for 6 adults and 2 kids. That's very worthwhile..hehe

Guess thats the privilege of having the same birthday month of Singapore!

Below is a picture of my cutie pie holding on to the tickets. She grabbed the tickets so tightly and simply refused to give it to the guy who is collecting the tickets.

Flying up in the sky with mummy
Flying with daddyBaby Shayne in the Singapore Flyer

Overall, the view is great but I guess personally I would not pay $30 for a tickets just to be up in the sky..:p

Baby Shayne drinking from cup

2008-08-27T20:17:00.000-07:00

The infant care teachers finally passed me some photos of Baby Shayne drinking from the cup. She is able to hold the cup on her own and apparently she loves drinking from the cup..keke

Presenting my cutie pie drinking from the cup..:)
Baby Shayne having her lunch in infant care.
Baby Shayne says:"Cheers! I can drink on my own!"

However, she still refuses to hold her own milk bottle..keke

Acrobat Stunt

2008-08-27T19:35:00.000-07:00

My cutie pie with her new found skill - Acrobat Stunt. She is able to fall backwards and tried to reach out for the things in the shelf.

And yes, she is still able to fit into the pink bumbo that I got for her..:p

Outing with Yeye n Nai Nai

2008-08-25T20:57:00.000-07:00

Darling suggested bringing his parents out for Sunday lunch and being a good wife, I agreed to it even though I am still pissed with my MIL.:p We went to Man Fu Yuan at Intercontinental Hotel for dim sum lunch and my FIL decided to treat us..hehe. Baby Shayne has a fun time with her ye ye although she still refuses to be carried by her nai nai. Dunno why, but she just dislike being carried by her nai nai and is fine with everyone else.

Here's my cutie pie enjoying herself with her ye ye during the car ride. Yes, my FIL spoilt her by not letting her sit in her car seat.

A Lazy Sunday Afternoon

2008-08-24T00:23:00.000-07:00

We spent a lazy Sunday afternoon at the Kallang Mac, with darling doing his work while I entertained Baby Shayne with books...:)

I love this funny look of Baby Shayne - sucking her lips..
A must for afternoon tea - mocha coffee and a slice of cake
First, smile for daddy to take photo
Baby Shayne looking at the book
Then, snatch the book from mummy
Lastly, into her mouth as teether..keke

Really love this kind of sunday afternoon, where the whole family can go for afternoon tea, relaxing and enjoying ourselves. Overall, Baby Shayne is rather well behaved, sitting on her own in the high chair. Looks like we will be doing this more often. Really miss those days where my darling and I will go starbucks, coffee bean etc for a leisure sunday afternoon.

I am so jealous

2008-08-20T20:04:00.000-07:00

Incident 1:

Yesterday evening, as usual, I went to infant care to fetch Baby Shayne. Upon my arrival, Teacher Jamilah called me up and show me some photos of Baby Shayne in her handphone. She told me that Baby Shayne is able to hold a small cup independently and drink water without spilling any water up. In fact, Baby Shayne has been drinking from the small cup (it really very small) since she started having solid. And now my gal is able to do it independently and confidently! Teacher Jamilah is so proud of it when she showed me! How come I dunno about it at all. Feel so sad and jealous! Told her to give me the photos, but Teacher Jamilah say next time after she compiled all the photos. Next time? How long more to wait?

Went home and told my darling about it. He asked me to bring our own camera and ask the teachers to take photos of my cutie pie holding the small cup...:p

Incident 2:

Send her to infant care in the morning and upon seeing her teachers, Baby Shayne dont want her mummy already. So sad!! Teacher Janice was so proud and keep telling the rest of the teachers -> Shayne dont want her mummy le, she wants me. See how jealous I am. My gal only want me when she want to sleep or eat..:p

At any point of time, she prefers Teacher Ivy than anyone in the house! Thats because teacher Ivy always carry her and walk around the whole school compund.

I shall spend more time with my gal from nw onwards!!! She prefers my dad who bring her walk around than my mum and I.

Shall update the photos when I got it from her teachers...:)

My weekend

2008-08-18T20:34:00.000-07:00

Spent my last weekend nursing a stubborn flu and cough. Actually I was not feeling well the whole of last week. Thought I could fight the slight flu with lots of water and vitamin C. Unfortunately, I had to bring my students for an excursion to Science Centre - Ecogarden on last Friday. After 2 hrs under the hot sun listening to the guide explaining on the different types of plants, I am officially declared sick the moment I stepped into school. Yes, I am down with fever, flu and cough. My whole body is so tired and in pain. I had no choice but to call my mum and asked her to look after Baby Shayne that nite while I went to see a doc.

The most angry part of my whole weekend is my MIL. I am super angry with her. We went over for dinner last friday nite (Note: with me having a fever, flu and cough). The moment I stepped into the house, she asked me why I always fall sick. Why my husband and I love to pass flu virus to each other, is it because we share food thats why we pass flu virus to each other, why we dont know how to take care of ourselves...and lots and lots of questions. I was like telling her -> hello, firstly, I was already feeling unwell since Mon, but I still need to take care of my baby at nite, do housework and wake up early in the morning to cook for her, and not forgetting I need to work too. Never have enough sleep how to get well..plus, I never share food with her dear son as my husband has been working late and I am the only one handling the housework and our baby. The way my MIL says is as though I enjoy falling sick!!! I told her I still need to take care of my gal, thats why I never have enough rest. And she say me does my gal wakes up at nite. I say no, and she replied, she never wakes up at nite, then u should have enough rest mah...please la, every nite from the moment I reached home, I need to feed her milk, change her, entertain her, pat her sleep, wash all her bottles and food utensils for the day, unpack her sch bag, pump milk, do housework etc etc. My free time every night starts at 11pm!!! Thats when I can clear some office work or do some of my personal stuff, like reading mails. And every morning, I need to wake up early to cook for my gal, pack her sch bag, feed her, change her, then prepare myself for work. My days are so packed and never once has she offered to help me. I even need to look after my gal when I am sick!! And she dares to ask me why my gal caught the flu virus from me!!! I cant take it and answer her back - I am sick, I still need to take care of her, of course she will get it lar.. U know whats her answer - > oh, like that ah. Never even ask whether I need help to look after my gal or not..

Anyway, I have decided not to bring my gal to their place anymore. if my FIL n MIL want to see her, they can go to her infant care school to see her (actually, my FIL has been going there to visit my gal according to the infant care teacher). Dont she ever ask me why my gal dont want her. cos I will definitely reply cos u never take care of her mah.

I am super pissed off with my MIL. Told my HB that dont expect me to be nice to her cos she has never once offered to help me when I need help. She is a housewife and to her, her housework is more impt that all other things. So by all means, let her stay at home and do her housework. My gal and I should not bother her!

Anyway, all these small incidents make me appreciate my own mother even more. She never feel to help me whenever I need help. Guess, our own mother is always the best.

To my MIL: Dont ever ask me to have 2nd one cos I will definitely ask u back - > u want to look after is it, dont want to look after, dont talk so much!!

First trip to MacDonalds

2008-08-12T21:33:00.000-07:00

Brought Baby Shayne to Kallang Mac as we intend to have Mac for breakfast on my birthday..:)
My cutie pie can sit very well in different types of baby chair nw and its so much easier for us as we can place her in baby chair while we have our meals. Of cos, we still have to constantly entertain her while she is in the baby chair.

Baby Shayne in Mac Baby Chair
"Can I have the coffee too?"
"Please mummy, I want to drink too!"

Happy Birthday To Me!

2008-08-08T20:44:00.000-07:00

I turned 29 on 08/08/08. As usual, had my birthday celebration in school with my little children. However, this year, my little cutie pie, Baby Shayne, joined in. I feel so blessed and happy that I have my lovely family with me on my birthday. Nothing beats celebrating my birthday with my 2 darlings...:)

The reason why everyone is dressed in red and white in the photo is that we always celebrate National Day in school on 08/08 too.

Singing birthday song

Blowing the candles with my cutie pie
Our family photo
My lovely strawberry shortcake birthday cake

After the birthday celebration in school, we sent Baby Shayne to infant care while darling and I went for a movie date, followed by a lovely dinner. Its been a long long time since we last went for a movie.

Happy 3rd ROM anniversary

2008-08-08T20:37:00.000-07:00

Lovely sunflowers from my lovely darling..:) Yes, we are married for 3 years already..keke..We celebrated our 3rd ROM anniversary on 080808, which happens to be my birthday too! Spent a lovely afternoon on a movie date, followed by a simple dinner in Tung Lok Signature while my mum went to fetch Baby Shayne from infant care.
To my lovely darling: Thanks for being by my side during all the ups and down..I love you..:)

Off To Orchard

2008-08-06T20:27:00.000-07:00

We went to Orchard last weekend! Yes, it may not be something amazing for most people, but I have not step into Orchard Road for more than 2 months already ever since the June holidays. Today we went to meet up with my darling's friend for some afternoon tea. Auntie Huiyi had brought some nice clothings for Baby Shayne from her Bangkok trip.

Baby Shayne in Coffee Club at Taka.
Baby Shayne playing with her Leapfrog caterpillar. This is the first time we introduce the stroller toy to her and she is engrossed with the caterpillar's hair.hehe.

Anyway, its a bad experience bringing Baby Shayne to Orchard Road on the 2nd day of 7th month! She cried non-stop the whole night and wanted us to carry her to sleep. She simply refused to sleep on her own! Imagine carrying her from 11pm to 7am, with her crying on and off in my arms. For a baby who sleep through the nite since 6 weeks old, this is a total different her! finally couldnt take it and called my mum to come and take over her while my darling n I catched an hour of sleep. Got scolding from my mum for bringing her out until so late on the 7th mth.

Verdict: For the rest of the month, we decided that there is no more night outing for Baby Shayne. There goes my plan to bring her to Night Safari on her 7th month old birthday..:(

First Taste of Pumpkin

2008-08-05T19:36:00.000-07:00

Baby Shayne has her first taste of pumpkin today. As usual, I waked up extremely early to steam her food. Brought the organic pumpkin from Cold Storage on Sunday nite. Simply love Parkway Cold Storage as they have alot of varieties of organic food.:)

Below is the procedure for making pumpkin puree:

1. Steam the pumpkin for 25-30 mins.

2. Scoop out the flesh and grind it.

3. You can choose to mix the pumpkin puree with rice cereal or serve it individually.

Baby Shayne will be having 2 tablespoon of pumpkin puree mix with 1 tablespoon of brown rice cereal for her lunch in school today. Hopefully she will enjoy it...:)

Baby Shayne is sick

2008-08-04T19:59:00.000-07:00

I have to blog on this - My Baby Shayne is sick for the very first time since she is born in January. She is down with flu and cough and the stubborn flu doesnt seems to go away. We decided to monitor her for a day and then decide whether to bring her to the PD. Usually, she will get well in a few hours time or within a day, but not this time round..:( She is really down and off we go to the PD. Managed to reach there quite early and was given the first slot. Anyway, decided to keep her at home for a day instead of sending her to infant care. Hope my cutie pie will get well soon..:)

Updates on 11/8: Baby Shayne has not recovered and seems to get worse after one week. Decided to bring her to the PD tomorrow.

I Can Sit!

2008-08-04T19:45:00.000-07:00

A few days short of her 7th month old birthday, Baby Shayne can finally sit without any support on her own! She used to be able to do it for a few seconds, but finally she can sit very steadily and confidently. Yeah! feel so happy for her as she achieves another milestones.