oink and squeak

another sunday gone... in another 3 minutes...

went over to mil's place, and had to wake megan up... and maybe that explains that gloomy look... so is so like me, never liked to be disturb from sleep... :P

 

gloomy outside our block...

gloomy inside the cab...

but she is so happy to see nicky... and i think nicky is even happier to see megan... both of them seems to click pretty well... ghee... 13 years difference wor... i dun even know if i have a cousin whose 13 years my senior... :P

its so cute and sweet looking at both of them...

one says 'oink', one says 'squeak'...

she roar, she pinch and she bites...

not actually bite thou... more of 'gum'...

this afternoon, as usual, megan and i were at the living room watching tv... if i'm not playing xbox or eating peanuts, i'll put my arm over megan and she'll hold on as if holding on to her bolster... today, its kinda different, it seems she wanna get a bite... (btw, no arm was hurt in this project...)

this evening went out to meet my frds to discuss shiwei's wedding thats on 2 weeks later... before i went off, i realised i was wearing the same colour as megan... :)

and, next week, we will be giving shiwei a nice little bachelor nite celebration... i dun know, sometimes it feels like us being more happy and excited than the groom-to-be... haha... 

on a sunny morning,

our usual route from our place to megan's nanny looks something like this... a very straight forward route... and only 10 minutes of walking...

 

and this morning, we woke up and saw that the sky is kinda black black... so we quickly got ourselves ready to get megan to her nanny's place before the rain started pouring... just as we are about to leave the house... BANG! a loud thunder... and came the pouring rain...

so LL, we put megan in her pram and cover it up with the pram-rain-coat... so, off we go! after walking for a few minutes, we decided the rain is too heavy to continue the usual route, so we got into the hdb and hit our first road block... no shelter, no ramp, lotsa road kerbs... so we turned back to go thru the covered carpark and hit another road block... if we cross at this junction, there is no shelter for at least another 20m... and so, we took the last detour and finally reached the nanny's place... our usual 10 minutes walk became a 30 minutes walk... kaoz...

 

coming to think about it... the yew tee council should make more covered walkways along the road wor... this is our first walk in the rain with megan... and then only we found out, how inconvenient our area is...

"doug! we have a bad day! again!!"

yup, you heard me saying that again... this morning, megan had loose stool after her 5am feed. we were like 'shit'... but still carry on to getting ourselves to go to work... joelle was on the 7am shift, so she left home earlier, whereas i got myself ready by 7am and went over to wake megan... unlike her usual self, where she usually woke up with a smile, this time she cried... tot she was angry being disturbed from her sleep, i carried her to her pinky chair and walked away to put on my shirt... only a few paces away, i hear this ear-piercing cries from megan... and this time, the cries were different and i got to bring her to see a doc... and so i called joelle, who was already at the the highway... while talking to me, rach could hear megan's crying from joelle's phone... that's how ear-piercing it can get...

and after her 8am feed, she poo again... and loose stool again... she is having diarrhoea, that's for sure... took a shot of her loose stool to show the doc... and megan, dun really look that sick thou... i think, she is a very strong girl...

with smiles like this, who can tell she is recovering from flu and is now having diarrhoea?

 

tried this camera effect on megan... a little blurry but still not too bad lah...

and... now, thats very fierce wor...

ahhh... thats more like daddy's cutie girl...

 

now she is all ready to go see the doc... dun think she look nice with the hair band... or we didn't wear it correctly for her?? i dun really know... looks like rambo thou... :P

 

and this is even worst... looks like 悟空 from 七龙株 comic...

and we're on cabby to tmc... last week there for her flu, this week there for her diarrhoea...

after checking out with her pd... we realised that the loose stool she had is called mucus stool... and she could be having diarrhoea due to bacteria infection as she is putting toys and fingers into her mouth nowadays... and also the dietary change as we are introducing cereal for megan... so it means, no cereal for her, diluted milk for her, more cuddling for her until she recovers... and of course, another $90 from us... :P

the good news is, megan is still able to feed... but she is still not feeling well as she continues to LS (lao sai) even when she is back home... 5am, 8am, 1pm, 3pm... all got LS...

a real serious danger from diarrhoea is dehydration... doc say if she is able to feed, then it is ok... despite megan being able to drink her milk, we still keep a close lookout whenever we feel that she is thirsty, so as to replenish her water supply... she is very sweaty at times, so its still best to give her water between feeds...

and, we ordered kfc for lunch... saw this super tuesday promotion, $20+ for 8 pieces with whip and coleslaw and crunchy bite... yup, you heard me, 8 pieces of chicken meat... joelle took 2... and you do the maths... i'm amazed i can finish 6 pieces of meat... my personal record! (chek, nothing to be proud of thou...)

oh ya, joelle bought this... this... ballerina stocking thingy for megan from the hospital shop... i almost fall off the sofa when she put it on for megan... its so tight... but cute thou... megan dun look comfy at all... it seems she can split it open like incredible hulk...

another day gone... i wonder, did the govt says anything about protecting parents who took too many leaves for their kids?? i meant there is some 'protection' for preggies now, what about parents?

"... You must have flexible work arrangements so that it's easier for women to have both, to work and to have children. And you must have family-friendly employers who will make this happen. So they make the practical arrangements and their attitudes when you go – they don’t make a sour face and they don’t make you feel like there is a little black mark recorded in your annual confidential report..."

thou pm lee just mentioned it briefly in his national day rally...

"doug! we have a bad day!"

recalling one of my fav movies, 50 first dates... remembering that poor daddy who tried his best to prevent lucy from remembering her accident (that left her forgetting everything the moment she sleeps). and whenever lucy discovers something is not right, her daddy will shout to lucy's brother "doug! we have a bad day!"

and indeed, we have a bad day... this evening, joelle went to tabao dinner while i went over to fetch megan... halfway back, megan started crying and so i got to one hand carry her, one hand push the pram... and when i got home, megan was crying and crying and crying... i don't even have time to take off my socks and got to carry megan and trying to soothe her... only managed to put her down to take off my shirt before she started wailing again... this is the famous colic attacks... its not my first encounter thou, but i'm terribly torn apart by her shrieking cries... no wonder its said in the web, colic attacks sometimes harm parents more than the baby... i'm torn, like this 栗子壳... :(

anyway, we managed to calm megan down within an hour, after some carrying, singing, 如意油ing, rattling, and finishing with feeding her milk milk and patting her to sleep... then only, we started having our dinner around 9pm... and now, both of us, as well as megan, are extremely exhausted... i dun think i can do all these by myself... and coming to this, i guess i will give the singapore blog awards ceremony a pass... its happening on the 5th sept (friday)... but we got to fetch megan from her baby sitter... and i can't let joelle to go fetch by herself cuz in case of colic attacks, one person cannot handle wan...

 

and... on the lighter side... the unforgettable forgetful lucy song from the movie...

of red, blue and white

another rainy sunday... was carrying megan while watching the basketball match and joelle happily taking shots of us... i'm not paying attention to joelle thou, but megan seems not very interested in the match thou... anyway, congrats to the usa team for clinching the gold medal...

after that, we took out the ball for megan to play... she seems very interested in this ball thingy... when pressed, it either play music or says the alphabet... little one is so very curious about the ball... i guess it must be the colour that attracts her attention...

in fact, its so colourful, we took quite a number of shots...

and the ball can be detached... and it really becomes a ... ball lor...

so much playing, it time for her cereal... we failed to feed her for 2 consecutive days... she didn't seems want to be fed... either she is too hungry to eat it, or we cook it the wrong way?? not very sure thou, got to ask megan's baby sitter how she did it for the past few feeds... i did managed to feed megan 3 mouthful before she got impatient and cries... and in the end, we gave in and switch to milk milk....

and after she is full, we set off to joelle parents' place... and megan is so very happy to gai gai again...

  

and now, the 2 girls are sound asleep... and me, going to turn in soon... its a nicey cool weather to sleep in... hope tomolo morning not raining... :P

blue over purple

today is a rainy cold sat... a very good weather to sleep thru... but we didn't, cuz megan still got to bathe and drink milk milk... and we introduce barney to megan today... she is not interested thou... maybe she prefer blue to purple? as in doraemon to barney?

and the other reason not for me to sleep thru is... i'm being 'recalled' back to office... got some users having internet problem... super LL go back office to settle the issue... only managed to use a workaround solution, monday still got to settle it again... thou its only 2 hours at office, but i could use it for a good cold afternoon nap... kaoz...

when i'm home, joelle showed me this picture she took for megan... wow, it seems joelle is getting good at lumix-ing wor... nice shot...

of course, not as nice as the shots i took... keke... megan as usual is all happy and smiling whenever we're playing with her...

life is pretty simple for megan, she just need to eat, play, poo, pee, sleep...

at times, she cries or smiles... and trying very hard to learn as much things as she could... and as what i read from the books, as babies tends to have more brain activities to remember and to learn new things happening around them, their head usually sweat alot... and that so true for megan lor... such a cold weather today, and i'm shivering with the cold, and there she was, so sweaty on her head...

and she is also trying to flip over... so we can see her trying very hard to turn her body sideway while she is on her pinky chair... and at times, lifting her head up to see whats happening in front of her instead of staring at the boring ceiling... and all these activities made her all so sweaty... and of course me, still shivering as thou living in ice age... brrrr....

 

am supposed to go for my company function: family day at hort part, tomolo... but i guess, i'm gonna give it a pass, due to the fact that:

1. megan still haven't recover from her flu yet

2. i'm totally pissed being 'recalled' back to office this morning

3. tomolo, there's a live olympic basketball match between usa and spain

4. i'm doing nite shift tonight...

and i'm very tired... :P

鱼丸粗面

price of being pai say costs almost $70

took an urgent leave today with joelle... yup, megan is sick again... and what else but those commonly common flu... warning all parents, flu bug is on the loose again... now, you see, wouldn't it be great to work in a company that's pro-family certified? keke...

anyway, we found megan to have runny nose these few days and it seems she uses her mouth to breath inside of nose as her nose is blocked... so last nite, we decided to bring megan to see doc today... so last nite, we off the fan but it turned out to be too warm for the little one and she was waking up every few hours... on and off the fan also cannot... haiz...

and joelle was totally worn out due to her 7am shift this week and couldn't wake up to feed megan at 3am, so i got to take over the nite shift again... 2 sleepless nites... oooh, luckily today we're taking leave else i can't imagine how to go to work... now, wouldn't it be great to have pro-family certified company that doesn't ask employees (with babies) to work 7am shift? wouldn't it be great if there is no ot?? and if such things are to be implemented, job-seekers with babies cannot find job liao lor... :P

now... she don't look like she is sick right?? cuz we are not taking chance anymore... the last time, we were hoping to ride it out but it turned out getting worst... so this time round, no more wait and see, no more neighbourhood pd, no more taking chances, and we are heading straight to tmc for the paediatrician who cured megan...

i think, even she is sick, megan is still very very happy to see her parents at home on weekdays...

and we got to put on a long sleeve for megan and only able to find this blue one... she is so boy... and i promised myself -> no more short haircut for megan, no more...

hmmm... father daughter talk... what we talking? nah, we not telling... keke

something in this pict tells me megan like to be with me... obvious mah??

while waiting for the cabby... which is quite difficult to wait...

as megan is starting to wean, i guess she is discovering that she can put anything into her mouth... and so, if its not the pacifier or her fingers, then its anything she can grab lor...

as usual, lotsa babies were sick... and all kanna flu also... we got to weight megan and now she is 6.6kg and 66cm... 6666, very the 顺 wor... megan is 3.3kg & 49cm at birth, and 6.6kg & 66cm at her 20th week... so that means a weekly growth of 0.165kg & 0.85cm, meaning megan will be my height when she is 5 years old? haha~~~

hmmm... i think its time we should cultivate reading liao...

and of course, due to her last ordeal, megan dun seem happy at all...

but, this time, we are bringing her to tmc earlier to avoid having the situation getting worst... and megan's pd asked if we bring her out often? cuz its the flu bug season again... which of course, we did not bring megan to crowded place...

next, we were asked if anyone home is sick... home means me and joelle... no leh, we are not sick leh... just tired thou... keke

then he asked if nanny have children of her own... ah ha... something to probe now... megan's baby sitter got 3 children... when we told doc that youngest is in primary, he say cannot be from them...

then i started wonder... was it that nursery kiddo who was standing beside megan's pram in the lift a few weeks ago?... cuz she was looking at megan and saying "妹妹, 妹妹, 妹妹.... AHHHHH CHOO!"  and sneezed in front of megan...

i was about to put the blame on that kiddo and suddenly... a name popped up in my head that immediately vindicated that innocent kiddo... is@@c!!! (nicky and val's cousin)... he was at joelle parents' place last week, and he is a toddler, and his nose juice is dripping as he crawls and walks around... darn, i should be more vigilant next time... but then again, kinda feel pai say to ask someone else's baby to stay away from my baby leh... and the price of being pai say costs almost $70... :S

for the sake of my pocket, and most importantly, for the sake of megan... 我不管那么多了, 下不为例... i got to start practice now...

"excuse me, i think your baby's nose juice is dripping... can dun come near megan?"

"excuse me, megan's immune system not strong wor... please dun drip your nose juice here..."

haiz... i think i just carry megan away bah... but its still every parents' responsibility not to bring their sick child out lor... last time, i have to turn down kyler's first birthday celebration cuz megan just recovering from her flu... and that means, another 1 or 2 weeks grounding for megan... :P

 

oh ya, now then we know, megan's baby sitter had started letting megan holding her milk bottle when she was 3 months old, with supervision of course... and here we are, feeling amazed at how megan always wanna hold her milk bottle whenever we are feeding her... 原来你早就会了哦...