upon reaching her full 2 months old, she smiles at me for the first time:).
she is weighted 5.3kgfully breastfed
nurse irregularlyand so poos a lot and wees a lot
newly acquired the venture of sucking pacifier
likes to flip hands and kick legs a lot
having baby acnewail as much as she is awake crying pitch gets higher if i response slow!without i realise it, i am perspiring while attending to her
i am stressful to learn to recognise her different cries.
big sister HY continues to adore her
continues to learn to be good jiejie
often offer helps and cheers
which is wonders and somehow sometime can be disasters
i am still in chaotic schedule
regardless i am in S'pore with SC's supports ,or
in KL, pampered with wonderful mum's home-cooked food (without SC's support)solely, i am caring them day and night
life as a mother of two (MOT)is certainly challenging (otherwise i would have my second child 1 or 2 years ago). especially at night, when i desperately look forward to SC's return to split the attentions of 2 children. he has been working late lately.
problem occurs when the baby gets cranky badly at night, wail till 12 midnight. every single night! so i have to carry her, nurse her till she snoozes. but the moment i put her down in cot, she will "wuaaaa...". fierce little baby! on the other hand, HY unwillingly to get her self prepared for bed. i guess she wanted to spend more time with us and her little sister after come back from school in the evening. unfortunately nights are always busy for us on her, tiny little her required 2 runs of dinner: 6-7pm and 9-10pm. in between will be our bonding time with her, plays or doodles or sometime homeworks from school. if SC is late to come home, both are crying babies, as I could not really attend to anyone of them at one time. i couldn't neglect HY and let her do nothing but waste time, i'd have to help her. but when my hands are on HY, XY will wail badly on cot. could it be jealousy?
at one time, i was gloomed.
i guess adaptation to be MOT requires more wisdom and patience.
one small thing is showing the sign of improvement is that, little XY starts to sleep longer hours at night. from the very beginning of every 2 hourly feeding to only 1 feeding (at 4am+) required for last night.
anyway, share with you my recipes of home alone lunch: Steamed Angelica Chicken 蒸当归鸡.
my version of ingredients:
1. one chicken thigh
2. some salt to marinate
3. 2 thin slices of Dong Guai (angelica sinensis)
4. a tablespoon of Gei Zi (wolfberries)
boil the water in the wok first, then steam the marinated chicken thigh with Dang Gui and Gei Zi for about 10 to 15 minutes. you can refer to the link above for proper method of preparation. slurp it with a bowl of steamed rice. simple and yummy!
i have a long way to go, so i better eat properly.
Little Bud is in the wushu class since October.
However, she was only fully participate in the class after 4 weeks of sitting at the back of the class and do nothing but see. She was not ready.
Thankfully, the instructor is kind and being patience to consider her.
Every Saturday morning to the wushu center became very challenging to me and SC, as she would change her mind and totally resist to step into the classroom at the very last minute. Persuasive and encouragement were the key elements. I take the task to get her in a wushu class as high sensitivity and carefulness.
Sometimes we sit at the back of the class, with spending of 30 minutes to persuade her to join in the group for lesson. Other time, it was little effort from us to push her to join the others for the lesson. The "sitting" time reduced week after week, then she "evolved" to the stage when she wants me to join her to follow the instructions to do the stances. I felt embarrassing, but got to do what a mum has to do. It was just a while and perhaps 2 weeks of being a student of my self, I managed to let go. I sit behind and watch her wushuing instead. By the time she was comfortable to step into the classroom and beam to wave her hand to me after greeted Ryan, the instructor, it was almost 2 months later.
Very soon, year ending and we were told that the children will be having their assessment on 10 Jan 10.
SC and i were unsure on this, kept asking the instructor for detail and pondered whether to let her 'try'. At the back of our minds, we would pull her out if she is uncomfortable with it. Surprisingly, she had fun on all the stations to complete the required movement test. She was willing to try even she was not been taught some of the things.
One of the station was testing on horse stance. she was able to hold for more than a minute.
she is the tiniest among all. looking at her tested for different movements and poses, she is once again, gives me a very strong sense of strength.
I get tired easily these days.
Nevertheless, I managed to have something to fill my twosome time with little bud. SC returned to Kulim/Penang for a wedding invitation last weekend.
Thanks to Evelyn for sharing this link: Christmas Tree Wall Decoration. It was fun making it.
I managed to grab her interest from paper selection in the morning to cutting and folding the papers during night time while we were watching the movie UP. With her little helps and noise, I almost gave up of folding 20 pieces of reds and greens.
I was drained thereafter and had a great sleep.
But after putting everything up to the wall and looking at her smile, it worth the effort!
she did not forget to tell daddy that, the tree is a 'surprise' to celebrate his return.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!
Just a laid back 3D2N trip to Bukit Tinggi.
we visited the Botanical Garden next to Japanese Garden. it was hy's first exploration to lush greenery, jungle trekking (well pathed), colourful temperate floral and fauna. good things is that there are signs with names and information snippets of trees, plants and flowers were put up for visitors. i tried my best to read to hy for knowing the various plants. but she is very much a city girl, holding my hand tighly while walking on the steep descent. she probably dismay with thinck forest, the insect buzzing, birds and monkeys calling.
we later went to the one and only restaurant, the Ryo Zan Tei, for lunch.
credits: photo cluster from DesignerDigitals; papers from Shazbutt's Digi-Scrapz; others included Kelly T. La Monge, KPertiet, Akizo, GinaMiller, mimilou Designs.
i suddenly crave on UM's night stalls' nasi paprik! Stir-fried minced chicken with vegetables in a savoury and slightly-sweet and spicy sauce, served alongside with a plate of steamed rice. i understand there is a beef version of it which i never tried.
it was those old days we had for supper when we burnt mid-night oil for exam or running a project. i had nasi paprik the most, compare to others dishes like nasi pattaya or mee goreng or lontong or mee hailam or tomyam.
yeap, those days i was staying in hostel, and learn to live independently (and freely). it was the best time ever in my life (no nagging!)... except failed a paper in second year.
it was 10 year ago! and i never have it after graduation! but could only ramble on it here:(.
well, perhaps is time to plan for next balik kampung trip! ;)
i have not taken a very beautiful picture of him. and her :).
A happy (belated) Father's Day.
cherish this moment. cherish life.
Wish Angelica a great summer and many more summers to have.
wish Charmaine fights with lots of love and blessings.
my another Mother's Day. (previous post is here)
Well, for the record, she did her very first card for me. Thanks to the 'force' of school, i guess. When i told her is 'Mother's Day' this Sunday! she asked me, when's Father's Day?
Anyway, We went to a drama workshop this morning(thanks to Hann's mummy kind sharing). The girl went in the workshop without me, but Caitlin. Two little cuties hold hand in hand and walked into the classroom without mamas. whilst, mama Ade and I joined in a storytelling workshop where all parents got to know a lot more about wonderful storytelling to children. One particular book which being highly recommended is Hey, Listen to This, by Jim Trelease. It gives a list of related books to young children & suggestion for reading to engage children into story (i just realised that there are 48 stories in there!).
List of books recommended:
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, by Bill Martin Jr.
Baa Baa Black Sheep, by Iza Trapani
Rosie's walk, by Pat Hutchins.
Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack, by Lynley Dodd.
Daisy All-sorts, by Pamela Allen
Five Minutes Peace, by Jill Murphy
The Kitchen God, by Adeline Foo (Local)
and others simple charming rhyming stories to hook young children to books.
We shall look forward for a free storytelling session from Storytelling Association, as what the speaker shared today.
After the workshop, on our way to Paragon for lunch, both the kids were trying to express themselves to tell mamas story and showed interests to come back for Uncle Max (the teacher) another drama class... i am studying the possibility now...
We snapped our selves in front of the mirror after we cut our hairs together in end March. another simple thing in life to enjoy.
Oh ya, thanks to papa for helping me wash dishes tonight and allow me to blog this:).
if Mamabliss is into messy fun now, i am bringing little bud into the fun of kitchen *grin*.
oh yes, she is very keen into it. bring the stool to stand up high to reach the stove/table top for fun. asks thousand and one innocent questions to program her mind. think thousand and one way to test 'what if i am not listening to mama..?'.
this was her trying to 'shape' her pancake on wok. her hand then accidentally touched the edge of the hot wok and cried out loud. very loud. she then lost interest, totally. even not keen in eating.
it was not a serious burn. it was a good Sunday morning for us to enjoy simple things in life.
(thank goodness she is eating pancake today~.)
QP from Weeds and Wildflowers Design. Go grab it while its expired soon!
"让生命稳稳流动（也）是我的功课之一。" by Bubu Tsai
