In Jakarta...phew...going home tonight! yeah!

Can't wait to get home to Keira!!!!!!

Easter@Sentosa

Nice to have Friday off for Easter Holiday. Eld Bro, Sis-in-Law, Karin, K papa, Keira and I headed for Sentosa! yeah!

Some pictures...

Karin and Keira - Excited when they arrived Sentosa! Look at Karin, all ready to build her sand castle! Keira still figuring out what she wanna do.. hehe

Trying to get both of them to look at my camera is such great challenge! Here's a nice looking one...

Keira "learning" from cousin Karin what to do...

Keira trying her hands with messing around... hehe while Karin guided on..

The Tent is up... and both of them couldn't wait to try sleeping in there!

Karin was on the sand building here sand castle... and Keira wanted to join but so scared of standing on the sand!

Finally, she set on a pail! haha...

Here's the results of their sand castle!

It's getting harder... and harder to ...

..... harder and harder to leave Keira behind for my business trips. *sob*

Only when I became a mum that I truly understand why it's so hard. Before Keira came into my life, I used to "fully-utilize" my trips.... making sure that I don't tire myself out by arriving earlier into the country and not rushing to get out as soon as my commitments end. However, now it's different. As much as possible, I'll take the last flight out of Singapore and the earliest flight back to Singapore! It's tiring, yes.. especially now expecting bb#2... !

Now I am in Bangkok for a week, and end of this month, I'll go to Jakarta. Thank goodness that these 2 trips are not back to back like the last one in Jan - when Keira did not want to go home with me!!!! arrghhhh...........................

Keira got Flu

Keira was down with fever last Thursday morning. Probably got the flu virus from my mum who was sick on Wednesday. It was too last minute for either of us to stay home with Keira when we only found out mum was sick on our way to bro's home. Lucky K papa managed to take urgent leave 2nd half of day - but all was too late, Keira caught the flu!

How vulnerable bbs are! Walked from home on thurs though... Keira was so sick. Her cough was really bad.. phlegm and all... each time she coughed, she'll cover her mouth followed by "pain pain".... *sob*. Keira's fever gone down by Sat, but her cough will take her awhile to recover, and her voice was cracking. So tough to tell her not to scream/cry/talk... I was so worried that she'll lose her voice! Good Grief, I went thru that and certainly do not want her to go thru it! Good for her...she did not lose her voice... however, this time round, K papa got the flu from Keira!!!DUH! It's super contagious!

Last night, I woke up with sore throat... and I began to worry... thots of Laryngitis (inflammation of the larynx, usually accompanied by hoarseness and coughing or temporary lost of voice)...scares the hell out of me!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO.... I do not want to contract that again! Immediately, I took an extra srong strepsil (although I wasn't sure if I can take that while preggie :( ).

Hope we'll all get through this virus and not have any trouble! I can't afford to get sick - for bb #2 and my work :(

Boy Boy or Ge Ge?

Make your vote today... Boy Boy or Ge Ge???
Sometimes she looks so much a ge ge, and at times, she looks like a boy boy... However, her eyes are too enchanting for a boy boy.. hehe..

Super Weird...

So what's wrong with Keira lately? She's been behaving really weird... super weird....
Here are the unusual things happening to her:
1) She stopped drinking milk since last friday (till now - it's been 5 days). These 2 days, she will only drink when my niece is also drinking (in the morning, that's it). She lost weight too, can definitely tell from her face and tummy...
2) She's been calling "ah ma" and "ah gong" alot. Every nite when I bring her home, she'll want to be carried, refuse to let me get changed. She'll sob/cry for ah ma and ah gong until she ZZzzz in my arms...(so I have to carry her and walk around for a good 20 mins every nite... hmm.. a preggie carrying a 9.5kg for 20mins!)
3) The way she looks at strangers these days... more weird than anything! Previously, she'll be a little shy and still smiley. This time around, she stare at them with face tilting back, eyes squeezed upwards, lips locked.. as if she's going to fight them. Gosh... Funny thing is... with this look of hers, those strangers found her really cute!!! my....hope she will not behave this way when we go visiting on CNY! :s
4) Crying and crying over the weekends... we still can't figure out why, what's wrong...

All of the above, I can only suspect the following causes:
- Could it be that we left her with ah ma and ah gong for 2 weeks coz I was travelling?
- Could it be that she's teething with pre-molars?
- Could it be due to...hmmm.....something... not clean (arrghh... I dun want to believe in this)
- Could it simply be due to growing up changes?

Hmm... I have no idea! I called Dr Ngiam yesterday, was hoping to fine answer(s). I was surprised ... when ...
Dr said: Dun worry, if she is just not drinking milk, no problem. They dun need milk after 6 mths, they only need solids.
I said: Huh? really? I thought they need milk for calcium up to 2-3 yrs old?
Dr said: That's wha ang moh say! You are not ang moh.
I said: So how do I ensure she gets enough calcium etc.
Dr said: From the solids that she eats.
I said: Well, I am not sure why her behaviour is so weird, not sure if she's teething
Dr said: If she is only refusing milk, then dun worry.
I said: Do I need to bring her down to see you.
Dr said: No need.

So, I am not too convinced about the milk thing. If possible, I'll like Keira to have some milk everyday as a supplement. I mean, how are we to ensure that she gets enough of vitamins/nutrients from solids.

So... despite all the above... here's a video clip of Keira trying to see what I was taking on my phone.

I miss Keira...

It's been 2 weeks away from home for me. Last week in Seattle, this week in Hong Kong. Only got home 1.5 days to see my little wonder. I really miss her... every much. I want to hug her, kiss her and smell her! Will be seeing her tomorrow night when I get back home. Ohh....

Keira rooting for Liverpool? ...

Is Keira a big fan of Liverpool?

Nah... she has no idea who, what Liverpool is! It's just a Liverpool jersey my eld bro bought for Keira during his KL trip. It's a #8 ... so all Liverpool fans out there... you probably (definitely!!!) will know who dons a #8 jersey right???? ... at least K papa knows!

Oh well, Keira does look really cute in jersey. In fact, I like little ones in jersey! Last sunday, we put her on #8 Liverpool jersey to Kah Motors... and haha... as expected, she was mistaken for a 'boy' by one of the sales engineers. However, at MIL's place, the neighbour (whom we've never met before) could tell that Keira IS a gal in jersey! :-p

Oh oh... before I forget.... (duh!) ... K papa also wore his Liverpool jersey on this same day as Keira, and he fondly referred themselves (both papa and keira) as "teammates"! Me? what about me? No, I was not their "teammates" coz I do not have Liverpool jersey. Perhaps, I should get a MU jersey for myself and Keira the next time!

宝贝2: 2nd Trimester begins....

This week marks the start of 宝贝2's 2nd trimester. This is also a critical milestone as it means 宝贝2 has achieved stability. Well, this coming friday, I will get to see 宝贝2 on scan and looking forward to that... however, I am feeling jittery over the blood test this friday too. Gosh, I am starting to freak out now when I am typing... b..l...o...o...d.... t...e...s...t!

I will also be bringing Keira along as she will be getting her 15-month jap at Dr Ngiam's clinic. Hope Keira will be focused to catch 宝贝2 on scan this friday coz the last scan, Keira was so engrossed with the weighing machine than looking at the monitor. *sigh* ...

Hmmm, wonder if I'll be lucky to see 宝贝2 gender this friday.. hmmm... in some pregnancies, Dr can tell if bb's a boy even at 11 weeks.... for girl, they probably can't be too sure until after 16 weeks... that's what I read from magazine. So.. let's see....
So, am I hoping for a boy or girl with 宝贝2? Well, if 宝贝2's a boy, it'll be nice... even if 宝贝2 is a girl, I'll be equally happy. There's just so much to buy and explore for girls.... love that! The dolling up part is just so enriching! haha...

This time round, I don't think I will opt for a 4D scan at 24 weeks. Reason being, it's expensive and the 4D scan does not turn out good if there are so much "tissues" covering bb's face - and this was exactly what happened with Keira's 4D scan the last time. I think it was like an extra $200-$300 (can't recall), and I was a little taunted with the 4D scan as Keira looked like she had uneven patches on her face!!! Scared the hell out of me then! I remembered I was "secretly" praying that Keira will turn out "nicely" at birth.. :-p
... and she did... haha... smooth skin and great features! ... and I always tell my hubby... this is perhaps the wonder of 马表燕窝。:-p (or am I just finding excuse to pamper myself with bird's nest????) ... haha...

So this time around... it's going to be 马表燕窝 for 宝贝2 too.

X'mas Present for Keira

On Christmas Day, we made a shopping trip for Xmas presents for our nieces. Decided on Takashimaya as the venue, and headed there...

It was not easy looking for suitable gifts as we hoped to get what's needed, rather than buying for the sake of buying. Anyway... we finally found something for Karin, Valerie and Heidi :)

Oh, there was no intention of buying anything for Keira.. haha... however, we chanced upon a Hello Kitty Supermarket Cart with loads of groceries and I was impressed and tempted. Coz Keira is always so super interested in our shopping cart whenever we visit supermarket during the weekends. She'll "copy" our actions of pushing the cart, picking stuff and dropping into the cart. Hence, this Hello Kitty is fantastic for Keira. When I took the cart to Keira, she went crazy!!! pushing the cart all over Taka... and refusing to let it go. Finally, we decided to buy this for Keira as an Xmas gift! gosh... kids these days are sooooooooo smart!

Here's Keira and Hello Kitty supermarket cart, at home...

So interesting... here are: Coca cola, milk, pokky, sardine, veg can, fruits..etc..