erk.
have i been slacking off huh.
yes, i got lazy. & i got busy. lots of things to update but not sure if i can do it all (cos honestly, i dont know if i'll remember everything).
i'll update pictures later. once i've transferred them out of my camera. see, i havent even done that. sigh.
here are some highlights.
ethan turned 15mths which is supposed to be a major milestone. cant recall what new things he learned to do cos he learns things bit by bit every day & so i cant pinpoint the exact time, of course. i think he got sick sometime during his 15th month but nothing too serious. just a common cold. we went for our very first terry fox run at lake gardens. etha*n had a good time picking up stones & stuffing them in his mouth. dirty boy. there were a lot of photographers taking shots of kids & i've been searching the net for pictures of my offspring & i managed to get one good one which i think we'll blow up & hang on our walls. thanks mr photographer whoever you are.
just before etha*n turned 16mths old, he contracted a viral flu with high fever which also led to a secondary bacterial infection which led to prolonged high fever. i was in langkawi & dada was taking care of him for a couple days. when the fever didnt go away, our gp suggested he be taken to the ER whereupon he got admitted into the hospital for 4 days. his first hospital admittance --sobs. luckily, on the day he was admitted, i came back from langkawi. he was ok except he had very thick phlegm which they had to suck out of his nose & throat. poor baby. a week after he was discharged, he still had a running nose but i think the rainy weather then made it a bit persistent. we also took a short trip back to kk for about a week, just me & etha*n. boy, was i worried about the ear pressure risk for him. but he was ok both going & coming back. still, he was a bit restless on the plane & luckily we were sitting next to understanding women who didnt mind ethan bothering them.
so he has just turned 17mths. he can now say "ball", "goal", "car", "zz-der" which is alex.ander his middle name. he knows that things have their place at home, & tries to put them back where they belong. he still loves my kitchen stuff --most prominently, my colander and food strainer. hes still not a big eater & often times i worry that he doesnt eat enough. he has 4 molars out now (top & bottom). not only can he walk steadily, he can walk fast, almost to the point of running. sometimes, out of the corner of my eye, i see a blur zooming by into the kitchen (where hes forbidden to enter but he does anyways) to get his beloved colander & food strainer.
hes still got his pacifier. but thats my fault cos i havent been working hard at weaning him off it. he's developed a fascination with my vacuum cleaner & tries to help out when i'm cleaning the apartment. also, instead of sitting in his stroller, he now wants to be the one to push it. & when we try to help him steer it in the right direction i.e. so it doesnt hit anyone, he stops mid-stride & swats our hands away.
he can pretend laugh so that people will laugh along but i think it has finally hit him that people are laughing at him, so he gets a bit shy. & you know how i know? when you can see he is smiling but hes trying to hold it in. so it looks like hes turning his lips into his mouth, like an "o".
this will be our 2nd christmas with ethan. this time, when we lit up the christmas tree for the first time this year, he clapped his hand and laughed. & when i put on a christmas carol cd, he danced. i thought to myself, "wow... so smart ah my boy!" but then the babysitter burst my bubble & reminded me that i gave her a christmas barney cd for him to watch & he has been watching it every day since august. hihihi...
ok, so thats all the time i have for updates today. i'll try to upload some pictures soon.
have i been slacking off huh.
yes, i got lazy. & i got busy. lots of things to update but not sure if i can do it all (cos honestly, i dont know if i'll remember everything).
i'll update pictures later. once i've transferred them out of my camera. see, i havent even done that. sigh.
here are some highlights.
ethan turned 15mths which is supposed to be a major milestone. cant recall what new things he learned to do cos he learns things bit by bit every day & so i cant pinpoint the exact time, of course. i think he got sick sometime during his 15th month but nothing too serious. just a common cold. we went for our very first terry fox run at lake gardens. etha*n had a good time picking up stones & stuffing them in his mouth. dirty boy. there were a lot of photographers taking shots of kids & i've been searching the net for pictures of my offspring & i managed to get one good one which i think we'll blow up & hang on our walls. thanks mr photographer whoever you are.
just before etha*n turned 16mths old, he contracted a viral flu with high fever which also led to a secondary bacterial infection which led to prolonged high fever. i was in langkawi & dada was taking care of him for a couple days. when the fever didnt go away, our gp suggested he be taken to the ER whereupon he got admitted into the hospital for 4 days. his first hospital admittance --sobs. luckily, on the day he was admitted, i came back from langkawi. he was ok except he had very thick phlegm which they had to suck out of his nose & throat. poor baby. a week after he was discharged, he still had a running nose but i think the rainy weather then made it a bit persistent. we also took a short trip back to kk for about a week, just me & etha*n. boy, was i worried about the ear pressure risk for him. but he was ok both going & coming back. still, he was a bit restless on the plane & luckily we were sitting next to understanding women who didnt mind ethan bothering them.
so he has just turned 17mths. he can now say "ball", "goal", "car", "zz-der" which is alex.ander his middle name. he knows that things have their place at home, & tries to put them back where they belong. he still loves my kitchen stuff --most prominently, my colander and food strainer. hes still not a big eater & often times i worry that he doesnt eat enough. he has 4 molars out now (top & bottom). not only can he walk steadily, he can walk fast, almost to the point of running. sometimes, out of the corner of my eye, i see a blur zooming by into the kitchen (where hes forbidden to enter but he does anyways) to get his beloved colander & food strainer.
hes still got his pacifier. but thats my fault cos i havent been working hard at weaning him off it. he's developed a fascination with my vacuum cleaner & tries to help out when i'm cleaning the apartment. also, instead of sitting in his stroller, he now wants to be the one to push it. & when we try to help him steer it in the right direction i.e. so it doesnt hit anyone, he stops mid-stride & swats our hands away.
he can pretend laugh so that people will laugh along but i think it has finally hit him that people are laughing at him, so he gets a bit shy. & you know how i know? when you can see he is smiling but hes trying to hold it in. so it looks like hes turning his lips into his mouth, like an "o".
this will be our 2nd christmas with ethan. this time, when we lit up the christmas tree for the first time this year, he clapped his hand and laughed. & when i put on a christmas carol cd, he danced. i thought to myself, "wow... so smart ah my boy!" but then the babysitter burst my bubble & reminded me that i gave her a christmas barney cd for him to watch & he has been watching it every day since august. hihihi...
ok, so thats all the time i have for updates today. i'll try to upload some pictures soon.
