my cutie pie is almost 22months old --just 2 months short of turning 2 years old!
he can do lots of things now. too many to account for here. some major things that i want to document though:
- hes got more hair now. covers his scalp. we contemplated on shaving it off but then it took so long for it to get here. hes got nice curls and his hair reaches the top of his shoulder blades now, which is quite long but is only obvious during bath times. i hope he inherits his father's hairy-ness which, come to think of it, he has. if you look close enough, you can see that hes got a hairy back, sideburns, hairy knuckles. my son i mean.
- he can walk, run, climb (up the grill, into his high chair, onto the table, into a big flower pot), somersault (horror). so he cant be left alone anymore.
- he knows how to operate a handphone, dvd player, laptop (my mum is very impressed with this).
- his eating habits have improved some but hes still eating blended food.
- he can drink from a straw (a recent development so im quite happy). i call it "the graduation".
- he can take off his pants. we're gonna have to start potty-training him soon.
- he can say mummy & daddy now (instead of mama & dada earlier) as well as other new words. not so with sentences but i'm not too worried.
- hes got a bad temper. likes to bang his head on the floor when hes angry. doctors say it'll reduce when he learns to speak and that it's just an attention seeking gimmick. well, it definitely gets our attention.
- we've started punishing him via time-outs in a corner. when he first got a time-out, he thought it was a game. & kept looking at us and laughing. not so much now haha. its amazing to observe how a child's mind catches up: he understands that it's a punishment & will stay in his corner, facing the wall, crying until the time is up (usually 5 minutes).
this year marks my 2nd year as a mom. i love being one. sure i complain to the husband about not having time to myself etc. but when there is an opportunity, i usually back out. nothing to worry about really as the husband can do everything provided that some loose instructions are given.
for mother's day this year, i got some dresses for myself & the husband cooked and got me some tiramisu. & from the son, well i almost had a heart attack due to his "terrible twos" antics. but despite all that, i love that my son gives me or his dada a saliva-soaked kiss on the lips or nose depending on where he lands but he only offers his face to be kissed when it's anyone else. i love that he holds our hands when we're out walking. that hes such a bubbly little character & sleeptalks pleasantly, sometimes featuring a chuckle. that he says susu as shu-shu. that he dances funny. that he can pretend laugh when the adults are laughing just to be in the conversation. that he loves having visitors and cries when they leave. that he can serve beers in a can when his uncles come over. that he holds our faces close to his when he sleeps.
i could go on & on, but i wont...
pictures will be uploaded hopefully soon.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
some pictures cos im too lazy to write
here are some pictures which are not in chronological order :D
with his cousins
with dada pretending to drive
with mama during cny reunion dinner
christmas day @ aunty sharons
christmas 2009 with my christmas tree & new clothes
with my mama & dada
going for mama's old classmate's wedding
pre-christmas, just posing for mama
trying to immortalize my mischievious grin
having an apple to keep doctor away
trying to be siti nurhaliza
in kk, trying to be mama in her vogue sunnies
in hospital with the dreaded nebulizer
in hospital in my jail
i love fresh laundry! Tuesday, December 15, 2009
etha*n is 15mths, 16mths... 17mths old!!
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.
Friday, September 25, 2009
etha*n the super-dynamo
etha*n in a hood
he loves the kitchen
running out
running out
running in
come follow me
finally tired
insists on having half his body on the cold tiles
his favorite: asian food channel
my superhero stance
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
etha*n is 14mths old
enough with the sad stuff.
my only son is now already 14mths old. hes an expert at walking now. but hes still got to master steps. the major thing at the moment is talking. hes learning to talk apart from mama, dada and ahhh. he tried saying car (which came out as daa) and duck (which also came out as daa).
hes favorite past-time? the phone. he pretends to be on the phone with whatever he has on hand. it could be his hand, yes, his palm. he places his hand over his ear and pretends to be talking. sometimes when he does have an actual phone in hand, he walks around, pretends to be dialing numbers and then puts it to his ear and walks around talking. macam boss!!
a pacifier is also a phone. a chinese spoon can also be a phone in his world. even his milk bottle. at first, i used to tell him "no baby, thats not a phone. thats a yada yada." but now its come to "ok baby. yes, a pacifier can also be a phone. you've got good imagination." ya lah. tengok james bond movies. the weirdest things can double up as something else right. who knows, etha*n might one day be an inventor/innovator! :D
makan-wise, well, he doesnt seem to like fish. but i'm trying to sneak it into his mouth. not very sabahan, is he? at least not in his porridge. kalau goreng-goreng yang we makan with rice, he'll eat. he doesnt seem to like anything with a hint of sour in it either. so not ME ok. but i'm making the sitter feed him sour stuff like yogurt, apples just so that he'll acquire a tolerance for it. i'm just worried that he wont want to take medication which is usually sour-ish, when necessary. i've also started him on scotts emulsion (the orange one), and he fights me all the time with that. hmm... actually i think i've already mentioned that in an earlier entry right?
christmas is coming. time flies so fast that before we know it, it'll be 2010. ok ya, i know raya pun tak sampai lagi. but this is it for me: every year when raya comes, i start thinking and planning for christmas already. well, usually its the budgeting that i have to do early. and i SHOULD SHOULD start shopping early. ok so, christmas is coming and i'm trying to figure out what to dress him in. takkan beli satu baju kan? i gotta buy SOME new clothes for him. for mass, for visiting, for jalan-jalan.
i got him a new fisherman's hat and boy, does he love it. he'll give you a smile, the kind of smile that says "i know i'm cute". he'll keep still for awhile so that the hat doesnt fall off but then he'll get annoyed & take it off himself.
he can do puzzles to some extent now. well not jigsaw puzzles. i dont know what you call them. those block shapes that you try to insert in the corresponding hole. he can do some. some, he cant do and then gets into a temper due to frustration. its quite funny to see. such a small thing with showing his frustration. when his father is there, you'll hear him say "it's ok son. be patient." me? i just say "dont be angry!"
:D
i'll upload some pictures later.
my only son is now already 14mths old. hes an expert at walking now. but hes still got to master steps. the major thing at the moment is talking. hes learning to talk apart from mama, dada and ahhh. he tried saying car (which came out as daa) and duck (which also came out as daa).
hes favorite past-time? the phone. he pretends to be on the phone with whatever he has on hand. it could be his hand, yes, his palm. he places his hand over his ear and pretends to be talking. sometimes when he does have an actual phone in hand, he walks around, pretends to be dialing numbers and then puts it to his ear and walks around talking. macam boss!!
a pacifier is also a phone. a chinese spoon can also be a phone in his world. even his milk bottle. at first, i used to tell him "no baby, thats not a phone. thats a yada yada." but now its come to "ok baby. yes, a pacifier can also be a phone. you've got good imagination." ya lah. tengok james bond movies. the weirdest things can double up as something else right. who knows, etha*n might one day be an inventor/innovator! :D
makan-wise, well, he doesnt seem to like fish. but i'm trying to sneak it into his mouth. not very sabahan, is he? at least not in his porridge. kalau goreng-goreng yang we makan with rice, he'll eat. he doesnt seem to like anything with a hint of sour in it either. so not ME ok. but i'm making the sitter feed him sour stuff like yogurt, apples just so that he'll acquire a tolerance for it. i'm just worried that he wont want to take medication which is usually sour-ish, when necessary. i've also started him on scotts emulsion (the orange one), and he fights me all the time with that. hmm... actually i think i've already mentioned that in an earlier entry right?
christmas is coming. time flies so fast that before we know it, it'll be 2010. ok ya, i know raya pun tak sampai lagi. but this is it for me: every year when raya comes, i start thinking and planning for christmas already. well, usually its the budgeting that i have to do early. and i SHOULD SHOULD start shopping early. ok so, christmas is coming and i'm trying to figure out what to dress him in. takkan beli satu baju kan? i gotta buy SOME new clothes for him. for mass, for visiting, for jalan-jalan.
i got him a new fisherman's hat and boy, does he love it. he'll give you a smile, the kind of smile that says "i know i'm cute". he'll keep still for awhile so that the hat doesnt fall off but then he'll get annoyed & take it off himself.
he can do puzzles to some extent now. well not jigsaw puzzles. i dont know what you call them. those block shapes that you try to insert in the corresponding hole. he can do some. some, he cant do and then gets into a temper due to frustration. its quite funny to see. such a small thing with showing his frustration. when his father is there, you'll hear him say "it's ok son. be patient." me? i just say "dont be angry!"
:D
i'll upload some pictures later.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
here we go again :-(
So it looks like history has repeated itself. At 2 months pregnant, I was informed that the foetus has not developed and in fact, that I was having (yes having at that present moment) a missed miscarriage.
Sigh.
This means that I “missed” the miscarriage i.e. that I didn’t know that I had had one. This is because there was no bleeding experienced. Basically, the pregnancy was still there but the foetus was not alive. So I was given some pills to help begin the bleeding and get the expulsion of the pregnancy on its way.
Sigh.
I’m not as sad as with the first miscarriage but I’m still sad. And worried. How could this happen to me twice? How could it happen to me at all? Did I do something wrong, eat something wrong, drink something wrong? Will it happen again... & again? Is it punishment for my sins? Probably. The gynea says it’s nothing to do with what I did. That it’s usually something wrong with the foetus itself & the body is just ridding itself of something that’s not right. Like quality control. Ok. That comforts me on an intellectual level. But in my heart, I still ask the questions.
Sigh.
So we shall try again next year. I’m sad for the foetus. For both the “lives” that I’ve lost this year. For Catholics abortion is wrong because we believe life begins at the point of conception, not at birth. So I feel sad that these lives ended in me. I’m also sad for Etha*n. I so wanted siblings for him. For him not to feel alone. See I grew up in a family of 6 kids & lots of cousins. I wanted that for him. I wanted him to share baby talk with a brother / sister. To fight. To love. To play.
Sigh.
God forgive me for all my sins. I endeavour to be a good person, a healthy person in body, mind & spirit so that I will be a good root for the life that will come from me, a good home for the life who will live in me for 9 months & later, with me, for at least 30 years (hehehe).
Bless me. Bless me. Bless me.
Sigh.
This means that I “missed” the miscarriage i.e. that I didn’t know that I had had one. This is because there was no bleeding experienced. Basically, the pregnancy was still there but the foetus was not alive. So I was given some pills to help begin the bleeding and get the expulsion of the pregnancy on its way.
Sigh.
I’m not as sad as with the first miscarriage but I’m still sad. And worried. How could this happen to me twice? How could it happen to me at all? Did I do something wrong, eat something wrong, drink something wrong? Will it happen again... & again? Is it punishment for my sins? Probably. The gynea says it’s nothing to do with what I did. That it’s usually something wrong with the foetus itself & the body is just ridding itself of something that’s not right. Like quality control. Ok. That comforts me on an intellectual level. But in my heart, I still ask the questions.
Sigh.
So we shall try again next year. I’m sad for the foetus. For both the “lives” that I’ve lost this year. For Catholics abortion is wrong because we believe life begins at the point of conception, not at birth. So I feel sad that these lives ended in me. I’m also sad for Etha*n. I so wanted siblings for him. For him not to feel alone. See I grew up in a family of 6 kids & lots of cousins. I wanted that for him. I wanted him to share baby talk with a brother / sister. To fight. To love. To play.
Sigh.
God forgive me for all my sins. I endeavour to be a good person, a healthy person in body, mind & spirit so that I will be a good root for the life that will come from me, a good home for the life who will live in me for 9 months & later, with me, for at least 30 years (hehehe).
Bless me. Bless me. Bless me.
belated announcement again
this entry was drafted earlier @ 7 weeks pregnant.
hello world,
i wish to make an announcement. we’re pregnant again :d. we’re ecstatic but a bit more cautious about announcing it. we’ve told my family (& my mom has announced it to her world). my mil knows but hasn’t disclosed it to anyone (i think). i think she knows we’re being cautious this time around.
i was a day late and knew that i was probably pregnant since i have an on-the-dot kind of menstrual cycle. so, i got myself a home test kit & tested myself at 4am. positive. even etha*n got up to celebrate :d. true to my anal self, i tested myself when i was 2 days late, 3 days late and 1 week late. all positive.
i called my gynea @ 4 weeks and saw her @ 6 weeks+.
she confirmed the pregnancy. i wish i could say “everything is well!” but at the check-up we didn’t see a heartbeat. i’m not sure if it is something to worry about or not. we’re also a bit worried because of my previous miscarriage cos we also didn’t see a heartbeat then. but let’s be positive. i’m not bleeding. & i’ve read that some people don’t see a heartbeat till much later due to whatever lah. the gynea gave me some meds to stabilize the womb. let’s hope for the best.
my symptoms with this pregnancy:
- lots of zits (yuck)
- constant hunger (i’ve even gotten up at 3am hungry)
- fatigue
- emo (tears & short-temperedness)
just as a record, at 6 weeks pregnant:
age: 32yo
weight: 48kg
hair: short, colored, white hair making an appearance
general: no morning sickness (yet).
i used a pregnancy weight gain calculator & which said that i would gain a total of 33.97 lbs. thats approximately 15kg. sobs… i’ll be 63kg. but never mind. i gained abt the same weight with etha*n so lets hope i can lose it all again.
keeping the faith!
hello world,
i wish to make an announcement. we’re pregnant again :d. we’re ecstatic but a bit more cautious about announcing it. we’ve told my family (& my mom has announced it to her world). my mil knows but hasn’t disclosed it to anyone (i think). i think she knows we’re being cautious this time around.
i was a day late and knew that i was probably pregnant since i have an on-the-dot kind of menstrual cycle. so, i got myself a home test kit & tested myself at 4am. positive. even etha*n got up to celebrate :d. true to my anal self, i tested myself when i was 2 days late, 3 days late and 1 week late. all positive.
i called my gynea @ 4 weeks and saw her @ 6 weeks+.
she confirmed the pregnancy. i wish i could say “everything is well!” but at the check-up we didn’t see a heartbeat. i’m not sure if it is something to worry about or not. we’re also a bit worried because of my previous miscarriage cos we also didn’t see a heartbeat then. but let’s be positive. i’m not bleeding. & i’ve read that some people don’t see a heartbeat till much later due to whatever lah. the gynea gave me some meds to stabilize the womb. let’s hope for the best.
my symptoms with this pregnancy:
- lots of zits (yuck)
- constant hunger (i’ve even gotten up at 3am hungry)
- fatigue
- emo (tears & short-temperedness)
just as a record, at 6 weeks pregnant:
age: 32yo
weight: 48kg
hair: short, colored, white hair making an appearance
general: no morning sickness (yet).
i used a pregnancy weight gain calculator & which said that i would gain a total of 33.97 lbs. thats approximately 15kg. sobs… i’ll be 63kg. but never mind. i gained abt the same weight with etha*n so lets hope i can lose it all again.
keeping the faith!
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