Contractions?

Woke up in the middle of the night just now. I was experiencing contractions. =S Something like menses cramps. So unlike the contractions which I had for the 1st baby (that one was more like food poisoning kind of pain). Woke Kenneth up at 1am+. He asked me a stupid question "how can I help you?" I answered him angrily "nothing lah, just sleep." He replied, "ok, I help you to sleep." -.-"

The pain went away after 1hr plus. Or rather, I was too tired and fell asleep. *LOL* When I woke up again, I felt normal. *phew*

Feeling very paranoid these past few weeks. On one hand, hope that baby will come out soon coz really very 辛苦 having him inside. Stand too long, when sit down, I will have back ache. Sit too long, when stand up, back also ache. Sleeping time is another problem. -.-" On the other hand, I don't wish for him to come out just yet because I have not started my leave!!! I have not rest enough yet!! I hope that baby will be out at least 2 weeks after I start my leave. =D Because I know, once baby is out, I will be very tired and busy. The feeds every 2-3 hours for the first one month. =S Hope he will not wail a lot because Kayden will be sleeping with us, won't want him to wake up!! Luckily Kenneth will be taking 1 month's leave when I deliver. =)

Still haven't decide on Baby's name. Kenneth wants something that starts with "K". And better if it starts with "KAY". So far, we can only think of KAYLEB. But I was telling him, since we are not planning to have a number 3, shouldn't this Baby's name start with "J"? *LOL* Must be fair to me also... his reply... "oh well, we can try for a daughter 3-4 yrs later." Thanks, but no thanks... although I very much wish to have a daughter but I think 2 is enough. =) After all, having 2 boys is not a bad deal also. (alright, I am trying to self-console =p)

Good 风水?

Saw a colleague yesterday when I was on the way to the car. Below is our conversation.

CK: When are you due?
Me: August loh... Around National Day that period.
CK: How come Procurement so productive one huh? First is Lay Peng, now is you. You all take queue number one ar? Who is the next one?
Me: Our 风水very good mah. Whoever trying for babies, can come to our side. We can "rent" our cubicles to them. *LOL*

Lay Peng is my "next door" neighbour and she had just delivered in April. A princess after 2 boys! She is also new to the department, joined 1 month before me. When she was in her 2nd trimester, she told me that someone around her must be pregnant also because this happened to her when she was expecting her first 2. She didn't know that I was preggie. I then "confessed" and said... "ya... it's me loh". She burst out laughing!!! *LOL* I was only in my first trimester then.

In a short span of 1.5 year (from 2008 till 2009), 3 other colleagues also conceived and delivered! Thus, I think our department really has good 风水 and is a 旺地 for babies. =D

Check up @ 33wks 4 days

Went for Gynae checkup last Saturday. Baby is growing very well and I was told to watch my diet as Baby seems to be a bit big. =D

So far, I had gained 8kg and at 33wks 4days old, our 2nd bundle of joy is weighing 2.4kg. =) I can't imagine how big it will be if I take my dinner everyday! Not sure starting from when, I stop taking dinner coz I always have terrible heartburn during evenings. Dr Lawrence asked me to cut down on carbo intakes during lunch. Yes, I admit... I do eat a bit too much during lunch. Like last week, I couldn't decide whether to take Orh-Nee or Almond Paste after lunch, in the end, I bought both. LOL. My colleague said one is for me and the other is for the baby. LOL.

Dr Lawrence also took a snap shot of baby's face. This baby is always so co-operative... always facing out whenever I go for scannings or checkups. LOL. Hopefully he will be "co-operative" (sleep when it's time to) also when he's out to see us! =)

The Day When I Found Out That...... I Was.....

PREGNANT AGAIN!!!!!

I was on course from 9-11 Dec 09. Didn't feel too good on 10 Dec after the course and decided to take a taxi home. Upon reaching home, I decided to "pee on the stick" since my menses still was not here.

Pee-ed on the digital test kit and then lay it down on a flat surface while I proceeded with my daily routine - removing my contact lenses + makeup. In the midst of doing it, turned my head to glance at the stick. Was so shock when i saw the word "pregnant". Where is the "NOT" word??

Immediately stopped whatever I was doing and called my mum. Kenneth was not home yet. My mum was shock too and asked, "wah... so fast again! You all didn't take precaution ar?" =p She later said that it's a good thing to have it now too since my in laws are still young and can help out. Also, I am not that young liao... after having #2, can close shop!! unless accident happen again!!

Showed Kenneth the stick when he came back and he too some time to overcome the shock. *LOL* He then told my in laws and they were simply over the moon....

Went to see gynae, Dr Lawrence Ang on Saturday. Brought Baby K along but who knows, he poo even before I got to see the gynae and Kenneth hurriedly sent him home for diaper changing. In the end, I saw gynae alone. Dr Ang claimed that I am 100% confirm pregnant but as I am still at the early stage, can't see any heartbeat, only can see the little black dot - sac. Was told to go back on 2nd Jan 2010 to do an ultra-scan for heartbeat. That will be my best birthday present!! =D

Baby K is gonna have a brother or sister (preferred... *LOL*) next year when he's 18 months old!! My EDD should be around 11 Aug 2010. And right now, the horrible MS is coming. Feel nauseous no matter what time. But thank god, appetite is still okie. And coz of this, FIL is cooking porridge for me every evening. =) And Kenneth had also arranged with our "personal driver" aka BIL to send me to work every day starting from next week!!
I rather enjoy my 1st pregnancy... hopefully I will enjoy this 2nd one too... =)

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During the 16th week visit to gynae, he revealed the gender of our little baby!! He said he might not be 100% accurate (but he had never said wrong before) and asked us to wait till the detailed scan which we went at 20th week. Confirm the gender once again during the 20th week scan. EDD is on 10 Aug 2010.

There was spotting/bleeding when I was into my 17/18th week of pregnancy and gynae did some test for me, did not give me any MC or such. He even said a miscarriage will even happen when I am in the 20th week of pregnancy... =S On Friday, went to see my old family doctor and he said my case was rather serious and ordered me to have total bed rest for 1 week! No choice, much as I wish to go to work (coz don't think my boss like it for us to be absent for so long) but I think, for the sake of our 2nd bundle of joy, I just need to take the long MC.

Gynae's test result came back, all negative. Might be due to stress (from work), that resulted in the bleeding. But luckily, it was old blood.... So, baby is healthy and I started to feel the kicks at close to 18 weeks. This baby is very very active! Much more than Kayden!! I am so scare that he will bully Kayden next time. *LOL*

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Tum tum becomes huge when I am 6 months preggie. I guess coz this is the 2nd pregnancy, that's why the fats at the tummy is already loose... *LOL*

4D scan - 10 June 2010

We went to do a 4D scan on 10 June 2010. Was told that our little baby weighed 1.8kg and he is growing very well!! Throughout the scan, he is very cooperative and kept facing out. But the bad thing is, the umbilical cord seems to be dangling in front of his face so it's quite tough for the sonographer to capture the whole face, without the cord. =D This baby is also a very very active one! Unlike Kayden, who was sleeping most of the times when I did the scan last year, this one is kicking and tossing non stop!! Gosh... I guess he will bully his kor kor when he gets older!

I was full of hope about the change in gender and so asked the sonographer to do a scan at that "part" again. Seems like our 2nd bundle of joy wants me to 死了这条心 and open the legs wide wide and show us his private part. *LOL* Without fail, it's another BOY!!! Even before the sonographer can tell me, we, being the very layman (always can't figure out where is where), can straight away see that it's a BOY! *LOL* Seems like Kayden will have someone to play ball + car with next time.

It's so obvious that it's a BOY!!

The nose and lip look just like Kayden's 4D scan.
Sonographer said baby has got hair. *LOL* Same like Kayden....

The little feet....

Closing his eyes all the while... but was moving non stop!! Guess he will be a real "pretender" next time. *LOL*

For those who know me, you will know that I am always hoping and hoping that I can have a daughter. But it seems like, I will just have 2 boys. *LOL* Going for the 3rd one? Thanks, but no thanks. 2 is enough and gonna be a handful during the growing up stage. I can't imagine the number of fights they are going to have. *LOL*

Opppsss...... I Did It Again!!

Who is this with a big tummy????

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Ta-dah!
It's ME!!! Yes... I am very heavily pregnant now (and very bloated also). As per today, 25 June 2010, I am 33 wks 3 days preggie!! Just few more weeks to go before we get to see our 2nd bundle of joy! EDD is set at 10 Aug 2010! Nice number... 10.08.10. Hopefully this baby will be same like the kor kor, come out only on the EDD. =)

I am very tired everyday coz I can't sleep well at night. I tend to wake up and go pee. Sometimes, I will have difficulty going back to sleep... and before I know it, it's MORNING!! Sigh...



This also explains why I kept falling "sick" earlier this year coz I had morning sickness... It was a rough one for that few months, work was very tough then too. So much so that I even thought of just quitting and stay at home. But thank god, I preserved! And soon I will get to enjoy my 16 weeks of maternity leave. Hee hee...

Didn't announce this pregnancy earlier coz I think I am quite "pang tang". When I was carrying Kayden, suppose to be twins but I lost one of them. And for this pregnancy, I actually had spotting when I was at 18-19 weeks. I was given MC and told to have bed rest. At that time, doctor said although I had already pass the 1st trimester, but some people actually still do have miscarriage when they are 5 months preggie. =S Luckily we survived! We just went for the 4D scan 2 weeks back and was told that our 2nd bundle of joy is very healthy and growing well. Everything is looking good. =D

Boy or Girl? Why not you make a guess base on the shape of my tummy... Hee hee... Have to start thinking of a name and start shopping for this little baby. =D

Kayden @ 16 months old

Kayden turns 16 months old today!

• He is very greedy. Whenever he sees us eating something, he will want his share too, even if it means he just had his dinner. Even in school, things are the same! When he sees his little friends eating their snacks, he will make noise and teacher has no choice but to share the snacks with him. Of course, teacher will share Kayden's with them too!



• He loves BREAD!! He can eat this for his every meal.



• He knows how to shake his head when he doesn't want something. But when he wants something after we ask, he will also shake his head!! How to differentiate? If he really wants the thing, he will shake his head and make loud loud noise, meaning he wants. If he doesn't want, he will just shake his head quietly. Took me some time to realise this. *LOL*



• He can crawl very fast (ok, nothing new) and can take few steps at one go. Hopefully by next month, he is able to walk on his own.



• His vocabulary is still very limited. He only knows how to say "mum mum"... this shows how greedy he is!



• He can listen to simple instructions, like pick up this, give me that, etc etc....



• He is still very smiley and will wave "hi hi" to strangers when I ask him to. Will wave good bye to them also. But if they ever attempt to carry him, he will stretch out his arms towards me and want me to carry. If he is already in our arms, he will keep shaking his head. Damn funny...



• He loves to play with cars and ball! What a typical BOY!



• He loves to watch commercials. He will pay 100% attention to it but once the show starts, he will crawl away and get busy with his own stuff.



• He loves to hold the pen and just anyhow scribble on the paper. He knows where I keep the pens and he will always point to that area and make some loud noise, indicating that he wants it!



• He loves music and will tend to sway his body left to right when music starts.

• He loves to see the MRT zoom-ing past whenever we are in the car. He gets very excited when he sees one and will make loud loud noise so as to get my attention.

I think these are about all? Will update more if I can think of any... =)

Updates of Kayden at the Infant Care Centre

Kayden has been in the Infant Care Centre for 3 weeks already. According to the teachers, he is adapting well. Nevertheless, he will still cry whenever I pass him to the teacher in the morning. But he is showing sign of improvement. Despite the tears and 鼻涕, his body will lean forward and with arms stretch out, towards the teacher. =D After that, he will wave good-bye to me in between those big big drops of tears. *LOL* I used to feel the heart ache when I leave but these days, I guess I am immune to it. *LOL*

He is making progress in his walking. He tends to walk around (few steps at one time) inside the centre. He understands what the teachers are saying. They have to be very careful and avoid mentioning the words "Daddy" and "Mummy" coz upon hearing these 2 words, he will burst out crying again!! And when he sees the door open, he will cry and point outside (meaning he wants to go home).

He knows that the teachers cannot be carrying him all day long as they need to attend to other babies / toddlers also. He will sit there and wait for the teachers to finish whatever they are doing. He is pretty attached to one of the teacher, so much so that she needs to sneak out quietly whenever she needs to go for lunch. *LOL*

There was one day, he had so much fun with Lyvina. They were practically chasing each other around inside the centre! Of course, on their fours. And Kayden even attempted to kiss Lyvina! *LOL* Lyvina just pushed him away. =D

I guess he must be feeling very happy in the centre because he has put on some weight! Although not very FAT but at least more meat on the face and body. Either that, or he is having good food there. *LOL* I guess, as long as he is growing up healthily, weight is not an issue at all. (Thank god that the "running" days are over!) =)

Father's Day 2010!!

Brought Kayden to Suntec for his haircut on Saturday. Took a queue number and pushed him around. He started making noise when we saw this "school bus". Put him in and he happily went off to school. *LOL*

Testing out the steering wheel.

Smiling happily to his Daddy when we inserted money in and the bus started moving. So afraid that he will fall off. *LOL*

Kenneth standing by... holding on to Kayden.

Distracted..

Kenneth celebrated his 2nd Father's Day on Sunday! We woke up early (not by choice coz Kayden woke us all up at 7am) and left for brunch at Dempsey Hill. Though Kenneth is not a big fan of western breakfast, but we still had it coz I was craving for them. =D Seems more like celebrating for me. *LOL*

Father and son! Kayden with his new hairstyle.... short like his Daddy!

A very happy Daddy with a very greedy son. It was indeed FATHER'S DAY coz when I posed and wanted to take a shot with Kayden, he refused. And yet when posing with Kenneth, he looked at the camera so readily.

Eating his favourite Gerber biscuit. Asked him to feed Daddy, he very readily put it inside Kenneth's mouth. But when asked him to feed me, he popped the biscuit into Kenneth's mouth again!!

Self-feed....

The very yummy breakfast we had! After which, we had Ben and Jerry's Strawberry Ice-cream! Kayden enjoyed the food a lot too!

As usual, after food... went to my Mum's place. =D Someone asked me, since I already went to my mum's place last week (during weekday), why am I still going on weekend? *LOL* I guess if possible, I would want to go back there EVERYDAY!! Coz to me, that is my HOME! *smile* That is where I can feel the "warmth" and "love". Not that Kenneth can't provide me these but a mother's love is always different. =D

Kayden's "Progress" on Walking...

Teacher Rebecca called yesterday and told me excitedly that Kayden took 5 steps on his own inside the centre. It was her last day and that was the best present she received. =D Hopefully my little baby will start walking soon... must prove people wrong that it's a good choice to put him inside Infant Care, rather than having him sit on the bed inside the room day in and out. *argh*

Just the day before, he took 3 steps at home while playing with Kenneth. Sigh... why wasn't I present? Anyway, old folks have this saying that the later a kid learns to talk and walk, a better life he will have next time. Don't really believe in this. *LOL* I just hope he can start talking and walking soon... Till now, the only thing he say is... "mum mum" whenever he wants to EAT!!!! *LOL* Hope he will start walking when he reaches 17 months... which will be next month!! =D

Random....

Weekends come and go in a blink of an eye... Went to Mum's place early on the morning of Saturday coz Kenneth went back to work. Didn't do much over there. Managed to take a nap. Thanks to Mum and Sis for helping me to babysit while I got to shut my eyes for a while. =) Kenneth came to pick us up during the night and Kayden was so thrill and excited when he saw Daddy's car coming into the carpark!! When the car went to the other part of the carpark, he almost burst out crying... He must be thinking "why is Daddy leaving? Why isn't he coming to fetch me home?" *LOL*

On Sunday, went to Baby Damon's full month party at The Grassroot's Club. Saw some relatives there. Being the "star" of the day, saw Baby Damon a while only as he was very busy being passed around. *LOL* Catch up a bit with my cousins. Lots of topics to talk about now that we are mummies. *LOL* The endless stuff that can just go on and on.....

One of my cousin and her son... Kayden is 3 months older than Shihua. Think I am getting "rounder" and "rounder". *LOL*
Standing on the chair... he looks LONG but very skinny... just like his Daddy.

The 3 of us....

I don't know what I was saying... but I think we have the same chin, same lower part of the face. *LOL*

Upper portion of his face looks like Daddy and the lower portion looks like ME!!

In his car seat and frowning when we were on our way to Courts at Tampines after the party... He was pretty tired....

After Courts, we drove back to AMK Hub to have dinner as well as to waste some time before we proceeded for flat viewing!!!

Smiling at the pretty waitress... so much so to the extend that she asked me "will he cry? he seems to be so happy!!" *LOL* Of course he will cry!! I told her... "try carrying him NOW... he will 100% start to cry." *LOL*

Very busy looking at others....

Sticking out his tongue after I gave him some biscuits...

Went to view an unit at Blk 506 after which. Not very ideal coz too near the MRT track and I can hear the train whenever it goes by... Well, this is only the 1st flat that we viewed, doubt we should just get it... should see more and compare. =)

"Entertainment" - what's that?

Been discussing about our new nest which should be happening soon. *excited* Kenneth's current flat will be bought over by his brother and that means, we need not go through the "all-3-things-must-happen-at-the-same-time" stage. What are the 3 things? 1st, sell the flat. 2nd, we get our ideal flat. 3rd, he gets the ideal flat and stay with my in-laws. We will be getting AMK flat and they will stay put at Sembawang. =)

Kenneth has been saying what we need to buy and what need not buy. One thing for sure, he is definitely going to renovate the house (which I am not very supportive of). I can't imagine the cleaning up after which. =S Then we touched on the "whether-or-not-to-subscribe-cable" issue.

He is an avid soccer fan (which I am very surprise) and will watch soccer every weekend with his brother (maybe he just wants to bond further with his brother through all these late nights =s). My mum said should subscribe at least let the poor guy have some "entertainment" since he is always working so hard.

Well... I told her, now that we have kid, do you think we still have time for such things called "entertainment"? I also want to go out with my friends. I would also so much like to sit down to read a book or magazine. I can't remember when was the last time I went out for movies (my company still gave me 6 movie vouchers which I think I will have to give them away soon). I want to go shopping but can't afford the time. The list just goes on....

I guess, "entertainment" will come only years later. I can only foresee the upcoming few years as being much more busy (and tiring). =) But I guess, all these are worth it. Just have to tahan the first few years (maybe 4 years?) then I can maybe sit back and relax. *grin* And look at others fussing over their little babies, etc. *evil smile* In the meantime, I will just get used to the "going-to-bed-early" routine (as early as 8pm+) coz never know whether Kayden will fuss in the middle of the night and never know what time he chooses to wake up on a weekend morning!! *LOL* (sometimes as early as 6am+)

This will be my lifestyle for the next few years. =)

Kayden @ Infant Care Centre

Kayden was "ship" to the infant care centre on 1 June 2010 (Tuesday). Kenneth was working noon shift and so, together at 7am+, the 2 of us sent him there. He was rather happy and cheerful when we reached. Playing with all the toys and exploring the place on all fours. At 10am+, we secretly hid ourselves (while still in the centre) to see what Kayden's reaction will be like when found us missing. He crawled towards the main door and turned around and gave the "no more / don't have" hand sign. One of the teacher then carried him away and he started crying!! We came out from hiding and played with him a while more before leaving the centre at 11am+. Sigh... We were also told that once Kayden started crying, the rest of the infants + toddlers started to cry too!!! It was chaotic!! They need to get extra help from Playgroup to come over to calm them down. *pai seh*

Teacher Becca told me that after we left, Kayden drank very little milk and ate very little porridge (like 4-5 spoons). She said this is very common for new kiddos that join them. But luckily, he managed to take 2 naps and seems to understand what Teacher Becca said. She told him "Kayden, you need to sleep now. You are tired. Mummy will come and fetch you later." He really did stop crying and fell asleep. Brought him home at 5pm+.

Still very happy... didn't know that we will be leaving..
Exploring the slide area.....

With Lizhen... who is 1 month younger...

2nd day. Left the centre at 11am+ also. Teacher Joanne pushed Kayden out and I quietly went off while we were outside. Kayden was fine when they went back but after a while, started crying. She managed to calm him down and for the rest of the day, he stick to her like bees attracted to honey. *LOL* So much so to the extend that Teacher Joanne needs to went for her lunch quietly and secretly coz Kayden will start looking for her when she started to walk away. Brought him home at 5pm+.

Want me to carry him... as if knowing that I will be leaving later... =(

Cheeky smile...

The baby behind Kayden is Yixi, 7mths old but so much heavier than Kayden!! Nap most of the times and when possible, will put whatever things he can into his mouth. *LOL*

Exploring the corner...

3rd day, also the last day I can be with Kayden inside the centre. I left around 10am+ and went back only at 4pm+. Discovered that he was still having diarrohea. Brought him to see PD and doctor said if possible, don't bring him to school the next day. Kayden woke up crying in the middle of the night and I also cried together with him. We need to bring him to school the next day coz if we don't, he will miss school for 3 days and when we go back on Monday, he will have a really hard time adjusting!! I told Kenneth, this was not what I want... ideally will be getting a maid but we can't coz "someone" will be around then we will be back to square one, putting Kayden into the care of "someone". Sigh... so poor Kayden needs to "suffer".... Doctor said Kayden is underweight. Already, he is very small size and with this diarrohea, it's even worse now!! But doctor also said, the small frame might be following Kenneth's genes...

With Yixi and Lizhen. Being the oldest in the centre, but Kayden seems to be the smallest size. *LOL*

Rare to see them sitting together and playing like this. Coz the 2 older one will be crawling around.

Seated at the table... so happy... This was taken when I went to fetch him... Don't think he looks traumatised at all...

Shifted him to another chair with a nicer background behind. *LOL*

Sitting upright!! As if paying attention in class. *LOL*

Kayden can read, so can YOU!!

Started to be k-po again... looking at Teacher talking to someone....

Today is Kayden's 5th day at the centre. Played with him for a while before I left. Sigh... The usual teacher is on MC and he was left in the care of a "stranger". Teacher Joanne will only be there at 10am... When I left, the teacher carried him away and I could hear him screaming and crying. I got no choice. =( And when our car left, I think he saw us (he recognises our car at this age) and he must be feeling panic... thinking why his mummy leave him there just like this. =( I have no choice... Kenneth will be home early later and he will go and fetch him at 5pm+. In the meantime, Kayden needs to learn to be independent and hopefully be a good boy and don't give the teachers much problem... =(

Random photos!!

Finally a bit free (in the office) to upload pictures (not a lot). Today is Kayden's 5th day at the Infant Care and like always, he started crying when I left. Sigh. Hopefully he will get used to it soon... Will blog more about it in the next post....

Pic taken during Mother's Day when we went to dine at Taste Paradise @ Ion Orchard. Also a "welcoming" treat for sis' bf who came to visit from France. =) Forgotten what Kayden was doing in this pic. *LOL*
The group pic.

They look like one happy family. *LOL* Kayden was looking hard at Pierre at first when we were waiting for our table. And then he started crying out loud!! We still thought that Pierre was making funny faces at him. *LOL*

Some weeks back at Mum's place. Playing with Russell....

Sitting happily in the car seat... before started to fuss and wanted me to carry him out... Too bad, heard it's against the law in SG now to go around without a car seat... Fine will be $500 and 3 points deducted... So glad that we bought this back.