Keira got a Phone?

Yes... we bought Keira a house phone and a mobile phone!
Went shopping at Vivo City on Saturday, popped into toysrus...here's the "house phone" we got for Keira.







Here's Keira at home... playing with "her house phone"....ring...ring...ring... who's calling??? Oh, there's 2 sides to this, one is a phone, the other side is a piano!!! ... ha.. 2-in-1 ..for the price of only $15 @_@



Here's her mobile phone... for $1.50! @_@ ... We figured.. instead of her playing with our real mobile phones, better let her have one cheap one to play with! Oh.. and she put the phone to her ear when it rings... haha...

Keira's Fringe - Trimmed by Grandma

Keira's hair has never been trimmed since her 1st month shave. Her fringe was growing out of proportion and long enough to 'poke' her eyes.....Hb and I tried to trim her fringe on Saturday but was unsuccessful - Keira just couldn't stop moving! So... I tasked my mum to do it this week... and she got her job accomplished yesterday!

Here's new look with a trimmed fringe... I find it quite cute..and refreshing... but hb thought she looks "tu-d"

Anyone knows where to get Elmo Soft Toy?

Anyone knows where can I find Elmo soft toy that comes with music???

We took Keira to Toysrus on Sunday and was hoping to get a big Elmo for her and she'll love one with music - meaning you press Elmo, she sings! I thought I have seen this at Toysrus but can't find it at the Suntec Mall. Found some Elmo stuff but they are either the hard toy or soft but Elmo looks really like "pirated-type"...

Reason for purchase:
Keira loves Elmo... everytime she sees her Elmo bag (see pic below) that papa bought for her, she will smile/chuckle, raise her hand and wave to Elmo! Whenever I ask her "where is Elmo", she will look around, and then sees her musical hard toy Elmo, and point to her!

More reason to want to buy her Elmo:
At Toysrus on Sunday, I kept calling out Elmo....while frantically looking out for Elmo soft toy... and all of a sudden... Keira let out "Eir-mo" in her cutie voice and pointing to the Elmo toys on the shelf in front of us.... @_@... WOW!!! Not once, but twice in different location/shelves... :-)

Bags for Mama... from Denver trip!

Ok.. now that home issue... and I mean Keira.. coz she is everything to me(!) has kinda been resolved... I can post about my recent Denver trip purchases!

Ha.. yes, no doubt it was a business trip, but somehow, we've managed to find some time off work to do some quick shopping.


For myself:
Bags.. and more bags... never enough! Coach in States are lot cheaper than in Singapore, and I managed to find time to the factory outlets too :-) I've bought 3 Coach bags, 1 Aldo bag and a Gap bemudas for myself.


Here are the 3 Coach Bags...
Left to Right: The biggest bag on the left is the latest Fall design, and I bought this from Cherry Creek Mall. No discount but still cheaper! The colourful stripe mid-sized bag and the small evening bag were bought from factory outlet at Castlerock. Cheap....and ROCK!


Here's the Aldo Bag



For Keira:
Lotsa clothes for Keira!!! With CNY 2008 in mind, I bought couple of light-weight-cool dresses, sleeveless T, shorts/bemudas/3/4 pants....headband...etc... (I will update pics later.. as they are all in the washing machine now!) ;-p


For Papa:
-- Nothing -- ;-p

Keira finally doesn't long for food/milk

All folks out there... who have heard me "complaining" about Keira always longing for food/milk... and anything edible.... I am eating my own words now! Since Keira fell sick over the past week, she hasn't been eating/drinking like her usual self. Last weekend was the worst of all days... her usual milk of 180-200ml.. was cut by 70%... I would be happy if she would drink up to 60ml! She lost weight, ofcoz! She looked visibly thinner, with a more pointed chin... within 2 days! and my dad could tell too! She got better over the week... however, up till today, she would only manage up to 120-140ml...

She usual screaming for more after each milk/porridge/bread/fruits feeds were gone.....

Fake Recovery, Mama Sad...and Scratches too!

This week has been super busy for me, I mean both at work and home. Why so? Well, let's not talk about work, let's touch on the home issue.

Keira had a relapse on Wed late nite. When I brought her back on Wed evening, she was perfectly fine, what I meant was... Keira recovered on Monday and we thought she truely recovered... not doubt about it and hubby said not to give anymore medicine and let her fight to clear the virus off by herself. Well, I guess Keira could not fight it off herself then! Fever came back that Wed nite! Poor gal... we gave her a dose of paracetamol but fever did not go down on Thurs morning. I decided to bring her to Dr Ngaim instead... after the GP and KK hospital trials, its back to Dr N...

Papa went to work as usual... I took Keira to Dr N. Waited soooo long for his consultation. Wonder what happened to the #50 patient coz he was in there for a good 30 mins! Finally #54 for Keira... Dr N was surprised to hear that KK did not prescribe antibotics for Keira, and Keira's so-called recovery from Mon-Wed wasn't true recovery! OMG... &%^$#!!! Dr N suggested a urine test for Keira. How? Oh well.. nurse "pasted" a urine bag and told me to "look-out" once Keira pass urine and return the bag imediately or else "it will leak"... OMG... what a task! How am I supposed to know if she has pee with her diaper wrapped?? &&$&*^%*W^$ ...

Resigned to "fate"... I decided to feed Keira was lotsa water and milk, so that she can pee faster/earlier.. otherwise, mum and I will have to wait for the next hrs (since she urinated just b4 the urine test was suggested!!!) It felt like striking lottery... when I noticed that Keira's urine bag was a little wet!!! B-U-T... too bad...!!!!.... only a mere 0.xxxxml of urine was collected, while the rest of her urine was well soaked into her diaper.... O-M-GOD! Thank goodness... nurse tried to make do with that amount to do the test... and thank goodness... no infection found!

I was praying hard.. for Keira to get better, and deligently feed her with antibotics....! Today... she seems to be well.... and I hope this is a real one, otherwise... it's gonna to back to Dr N...!! (no-no)
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Deep scratches were found on Keira's face last Sat when she was very sick, and in great pain due to her throat infection! Really deep...deep scratches... around her eye area... and here's one captured (but blurred)... for you!

Keira's sick - 2nd time

My heart sank when I heard from my hubby that Keira was sick when I called him early Sat morning at 5:45am when I landed at airport and making my way back home!

What happened? Why didn't my dad tell me anything when I called him during my transit in LA??? All the "whys" and "whats" were floating in my mind during the 35mins ride home! The moment my taxi pulled over, I paid up, pulled my big and heavy luggage, hand carry bag and duty-free bag with liquor+hoegarden...dashed towards the lift, heart pounding vigorously, dragged everything I had with my almightly strength and power up 1 floor, to finally arrived at my door step! There is only 1 person and 1 worry on my mind - Keira and Was she alright!?!?!?!

When I saw her, (and she was up at 5:xx am) she was drinking milk on our bed, with a baby fever pad stucked to her forehead! She looked at me so dearly... my heart broke! I asked my hubby what happened and within seconds, my voice broke too! I broke down! my heart ached! Why did my dad lie to me when I called to with Keira while I was in transit? Why did he tell me that my mum brought Keira back to my home because my niece was disturbing her from sleeping? Why did my dad hung up on me when I probed further? Why did my dad still lied to me when I called the 2nd time to ask if everything as alright? -- ofcoz it WAS NOT alright! I could sensed something was not right when he was stuttering but I passed it off that he had a fight with my mum... etc...

I was very angry when I realised that my dad lied to me. He might have meant it well for not wanting me to worry while I was overseas... but I have the right to know! We could have prevented Keira from contracting the virus flu from my niece if he/they had told me/hubby few days ago that niece was sick and let us decide if hubby can take a few days off to take care of Keira!

The whole of Sat was a torture for me... to see how terrible Keira was feeling! She was crying every other minute, as if she was trying to tell us how sick she was and where she was feeling the pain! She refused milk, water, everything I tried to give her. Every time she cried in pain, I teared too! Keira is such a smiley darling, like a little terror in act - so seeing her so weak and vulnerable made my heart break! She lost weight in just a day! She must have been in great pain, can't communicate, was irritated... that she kept rubbing and scratching her face/eyes....

The fever medicine did not work on her (poor hubby actually took Keira to 24hr clinic at 1am, alone when I wasnt' back yet), and by evening, we took her to KK hospital 24hrs! Am so glad we took her there, PD found that her throat was inflammed and she will be dehydrated if she still did not take in much fluid! OMG, she was screaming so badly when PD was checking on her! Oh, btw, the GP that hubby took her to see at 1am did not even check her throat!!!! and worst of all, he told hubby to give fever medicine every 3 hourly :s ... which I was rather uncomfortable since my usually PD used to tell us every 4 hourly. Just as expected, the PD at KK hospital told us it should be 4 hourly!!!! can u believe what that &$*#%@ GP has just done???????

Thank goodness... Keira got alot better the next day! Am so glad...to see her smiles again...

From Denver: I miss Keira

Oh...it's been 4-5 days since I left Singapore for Denver. I miss my gal so much! I called her everyday, morning her time to see how she is at my mum's care and to have her hear my voice too. But I think she was more engrossed with the phone and pressing the buttons then hearing me... arrgghhh....

I can't wait to cuddle her when I get back this weekend. It should be 12:20am in Singapore now but it's 10:20am in Denver.

Here are some pics of Keira in my luggage while packing last Sun. Can't bear leaving without her... I just wanna pack her up too... hehe

All of a sudden, she seemed to realise she was inside an unfamiliar environment...

With Love,

From Mama Jean

Separation Anxiety...

Separation Anxiety; most mums would have read about babies experiencing separation anxiety towards their parents at some stage... or maybe, starting from 9mths? ...

Oh well... should I tell you... I do not have the "luxury" of "enjoying" my gal experiencing separation anxiety towards me! Instead, I have been experiencing that towards her this week!!!! @_@

As the days passed by...and moving closer and closer to this Sunday, my separation anxiety level is shooting up, higher and higher...... as each day passses....Every now and then (this week), I have been imagining myself in Denver, after a day of meetings...finally back to hotel, and missing my dear babe terribly... oh... how my heart breaks! ... and it's breaking this moment as I am writing this blog. :'(

My mum kept telling me "Dun be silly, you're her MUM and she will remember you when you are back a week later!" I know.... not so much that she will 'forget me' literally.... but I am so afraid to lose that months of bonding with just 9 days of separation. No chance of her hearing my voice when I am there...*sob* we're on extreme opposite time zones! In the past 9 months when I went on business trips, the separation anxiety never really happen..until the last trip to HK in April when Keira was already 6mths and 'recognising' people. This time round, she's 10mths...she's like a big gal already! I MISS HER... I WILL MISS HER TERRIBLY! *sob* ...

New set of wheels, for mama!

Finally! A new set of wheels... Hurray!!!
For a long time, I have been planning to change/upgrade my set of car wheels to nicer-looking and bigger rims but never got down to doing it! So why now?
My colleague and I talked about our 'rims plan' some months ago. It was only couple of weeks back that he asked me and few other colleagues along to check out rims at Bukit Batok area. Not too satisfied with the prices offered, my colleague did some research and decided to try out the 'forum-highly-recommended' workshop, Poh Heng at Ang Mo Kio. We decided to embark on our 'adventure' on Wed...went to check out Poh Heng... and voila! a new set of rims for me, and a 2nd hand set for him! :-)

Does it look more sporty now? Supposed to be ... (I hope)... upped 2" in rim size and bronze in colour!

One lazy Saturday afternoon - Part II

During the same day that I made Keira my "model" http://lonebabe.blogspot.com/2007/07/keira-my-model.html, Keira too, had nothing much to do on this Saturday afternoon... Only a big living room, spacious plot of 'land', some cheap toys and her all-time-fav "tu-tu" (pacifier)!

Let's catch her on video... speaks a thousand words... just plain boring afternoon.....
Hmm... papa... please bring mama and lele out next Sat ok? .... oh... oh..OMG.. mama will be on business trip again soon...arrghhh.. it's next Sun!!!!!!!! wahh..... :'-(

One lazy Saturday afternoon - Part I: Keira, my model...

Trying out my mobile phone's camera functions... there is an effect feature... here are the colour, and sequence effects!