Breast milk not enough...

Spoke to Dr P on Saturday and understand from him that at 18 months old, breast milk is not enough for Alexius. Have to supplement with some formula milk cos there may not be sufficient iron in breast milk. But it is so much easier to give Alexius breast milk...

Anyway, I have started to give him one more formula feed in the afternoon on top of the one that he drinks in the morning.

Sick ar?

Alexius did his 18th month jab this morning and Dr P has advised that the jab may cause fever... and yes, it did. Alexius is down with low fever. Actually, i don't think he needs and medicine to stop the fever but am just worry that the fever may shoot up when he sleeps at night, so no choice, give la...

Gaby woke up "not feeling better"... that was what he usually says when he isn't feeling well. So he came along to Dr P's this morning. But after checking on him, the dr did not find anything wrong with him. Thought it may be a case of indigestion. But on the way home, Gaby vomitted in the car. Urgh! Tomorrow is a Sunday, I was worried that he may feel sick so no choice, rang the dr and asked him to order some med for standby.

Gaby was still very active this afternoon. I guess when he felt much better after vomitting in the car. But when he woke up from his nap, he started to "not feeling better" again. Haiz... gave him some med and hopefully he'll feel better soon.

Although he was a little cranky just now, he is still very "automatic". I guess he was really drowsy from the med that i have given him... I don't have to nag at him to switch off the tv. He did it himself and went to bed, no request from him to tab tab him.

Oh dear! I hope both boys get well soon!

Mr P goes to work again

Mr P has another project early this week. I won't say what is his project about. Wait till the tv commercial is out then I will try to post it here. In the meantime, these are some of the photos taken during filming...

Mum has to practice the Transformer toy

This morning, Gaby found a transformer toy in one of his toy boxes. I think Mr Lee bought it last year or so when he went on his Japan trip. I remembered that he bought 2 but Gaby only likes to play with the one that can be transformed into a van. And he wasn't too keen on this one that can be transformed into a fight jet plane.

Anyway, when he found this fighter jet one, he got Mr Lee to transform it into a fighter jet plane. And after lunch time, he wants me to transform it back to the robot. Aiyo! so difficult to do! So I tried and tried and gave up and told him that he can get his dad dad to do it later in the afternoon. But he kept encouraging me "Mum, u can do it! U have to try, mum!". I tired some more... really, I don't understand why the toy makers must make such a difficult toy! I managed to get the arms out but not the legs. Urgh! So in the end, I think Gaby got fed up waiting for me to fix it for him and he took over. And within seconds, he already gotten it to look like a robot!

Happy Papa Day... I hope...

Today is like all the rest of the Sundays... we spent lazing at home... No special celebration cos I am really not in the mood. Don't know why these days i get moody very easily. And the dry cough isn't making things any better. Also, I dun know when I kicked my left 4th toe. Now it's getting more and more sore! Urgh!!!

Anyway, I a pot of herbal chicken soup and some lor bak for the 2 dads in my family. And both commented that the chicken soup is tasty!

Gaby wanted to bake Mr Lee a chocolate cake today. He was talking about it last night before bedtime. But I think he is too caught up with playing with his toys that he has totally forgotten about the cake. Nevermind la, we'll bake it tomorrow la.

Should I buy a new one?

Since yesterday, I have been experiencing problems with my brestmilk pump. Sometimes it will be ok, and sometimes it'll be very slow... so slow that it seems like its going to break down. But after like 5 seconds it'll be back to normal. I really hope that it's the problem with the power cord and not the pump itself.

Alexius will be 18 months in a week's time. I really don't know how long I will go on giving him breastmilk. So I am keeping my fingers, toes and eyes crossed that my dear pump will not break down cos if it does, i may not have the determination to go on expressing my milk...

Eversince that tummy flu that I had a few months back, my milk supply has dropped a great deal. I tried all ways to bring it up again but it isn't as easy as last time. A lot of people has been telling me to stop giving Alexius breastmilk since he is already 'so old'. But... isn't mum's milk the best? These days I am only able to produce about 600+ to 700ml of milk per day. And Alexius seems to prefer my milk to formula milk these days. The only formula milk I give him is the morning feed one and then the rest of the day are all my milk in the bottle. It's easier to give him my milk. He takes a shorter time to finish the whole bottle of milk compared to the formula milk.

So how? If I stop BM, will he want formula totally? And will he make feeding time easier?

Best buddy

War finally over!

Finally, some peacefulness this afternoon! The war finally ended today!

War Zone

I tried so bloody hard to sleep this afternoon but it really sounded like a war zone downstairs!

What's that on your head?

Have been trying hard to get Alexius put on a cap. But everytime when we put it on, he'll pull it off. So we thought he just didn't like to wear a cap. But... he seems to like to wear helmet.





Will find one that he is wearing a yellow "Bob the Builder" one.

New cleaners... cleaners clean clean

Boon came into the room to inform me that his 2 monkeys son is cleaning the floor...

Cup of water for mum

I was having a packet of spicy hot potato chips while enjoying a nice programe on the tv when Gaby came looking for me in the living room. I thought he was having fun in the room, dancing away on my bed along with Tom and Jerry on the tv in my room. Urgh! Caught red handed! He wanted a piece of my spicy hot chips even though I told him that they are too spicy hot for him. So I have to pretend that they are super duper spicy hot... and told him that the chips are so hot that they are burning my mouth. Upon hearing this, he told me that I shouldn't be eating so much of these and that he thinks that I need a cup of drink and that he'll go and get me a cup of drink. How sweet of him. Makes me feel so guilty that I lied and didn't want to share my chips with him :(

He came back with 2 cups of drink. One for mum and the other for himself. We have a small water dispenser in the kitchen that is within Gaby's reach so that whenever he wants a drink, he can get it himself.



My first cup of drink from Gaby! I suddenly feel that Gaby has grown up!

What's your problem Mr P?

This vid was taken on the last day of work for Mr P. I really don't understand why he has to bark so much when he is in the car. I already tied his leash to the bottom of the seat so that the most he can do is sit up and not able to run around the car. And throughout the ride, he was in the down position...

When he is in someone else's car, without me, he is very quite n behaves himself... I really have to consider having ear plugs while driving with Mr P...

The cane rules...

Gaby has been quite difficult since the start of school holidays... last friday afternoon. The was rude to me, try to start a fight with Alexius, difficult at meal times, Sentosa episode....

And today, he has just driven me past my mark. I tried to threaten him with the cane but it has lost its power liao. Yes, I have told myself before that I will not use the cane on my kids. But I have exhausted all means... talking sense into him and threatening him with the cane doesn't work anymore. So I gave him 3 strokes on his palm. I have tried not to let my anger "over powered" me and tried to control the strength of the 3 strokes. I dun think the canning is that painful, more like he really gotten frightened. so he broke into loud cries and he kept repeating this "Mummy don't love me anymore!" Wow piang! I was super guilty when i heard this! But i have to be really firm, gave him a straight face and waited for him to cool down then I explained to him again why I was so mad and caned him. And I also think the the "power" of my cane is back!

After this "episode" I thought Gaby will reject me but instead, he was more clingy then usual.

My after thought of canning him is that I realised that Gaby really know how to manipulate the adults' feeling. He really know how to make me feel guilty man! Haizzz....

Overdosage of Sentosa...

Brought Gaby to Sentosa - Underwater World on Monday. I thought the tickets will only be valid for the UW but they are also valid for the Pink Dolphin Lagoon. We spent quite a long time in UW cos Gaby really likes looking at the sharks. And after UW, we proceed to lunch at the foodcourt behind UW. I don't really want to talk much about lunch cos it was freaking expensive for a bowl of fishball noodles and a cup of ice milo! By the time we are done with lunch and arrived at the Pink Dolphin Lagoon, the earlier show has ended and the next show is in more then an hour's time. So we decided to go back to Sentosa the following day to see the Pink Dolphins. Actually, I was thinking of giving my tickets away but Gaby is really keen on the dolphins... reason being... Mummy, I like pink dolphins becos I love pink! So ok, ok, we will come back again tomorrow...

On Monday nite, I get Gaby to bed early cos I told him that he has to be up early on Tuesday so that we can be in Sentosa for the 1st Pink Dolphin show at 11am.

As on track, we were up early, I finished all my morning chores and we took a bus to Sentosa. While we were on the bus, I realised that I missed a sms from uncle P. He has to be in Sentosa early for some biz so he thought he'll bring his family there for an outing and wanted to ask if I am keen to join them. Well, I return his call and informed him that we were actually on our way there.

As arranged, Gaby and myself will arrive at the monorail station and meet aunty A and the kids and then we will proceed to the Lagoon by bus and uncle P will meet us at the Lagoon after his biz...

Gaby had another fun day with more company... and we managed to re-visit UW! Hehehe! Its a "trade secret" on how we managed to get into UW again on Tuesday!

It was super hot weather on both days but the heat did not seem to bother the kids. But the adults nearly melted in the heat!

Gaby enjoyed the Sentosa outing on both days that he kept talking about it and about the sharks! He can't wait to visit Sentosa again. But I feel that I have had an overdosage of Sentosa so I guess it'll won't be too soon... sorry Gaby... We'll think of other activities for the school hols ok?

Gaby Loves Pink

Gaby's favourite colour is Pink. He used to have this pink t-shirt, a hand-me-down from don't know who... I think from Yang Yu or Yang Yu's cousin. But it was a nice light pink polo ralph t-shirt. Gaby likes wearing it so much that Reda has to wash it almost daily so that he can wear it when he comes home from school. But the t-shirt is really small now so I have to hide it. I also can't remember when he started to like pink so much...

Now he 'discovered' Pink Panther and he fell in love with it...

Hello! What kind of mum am I??

Ok, I have stopped work since 15 May... my 1st week of being a full-time mum didn't work out too well.

I have to bring Mr P to work on the 1st monday. So Monday didn't count as my first day at work (full-time stay home mum). On the 2nd day, I forgotten that I was supposed to pick Gaby up from school instead of Mr Lee. I was on msn with my friends till around 11.30am. Then before i went into the bathroom, i thought i give Mr Lee a call to check whether he is already in school waiting for Gaby. Alamak! How could I??!!! I dashed out of the house in a split second! Forget about using the bathroom! When I reached school, Gaby is with Mrs R and the rest of the kids were gone already. Thankfully I did not get any 'scolding' from Mrs R. Phew!

Then the following week, Gaby had a school excusion to the Botanic Gardens. I did not read the form properly and thus did not put a clean towel in his school bag. Did not realise this until the principal rang Mr Lee and asked if Gaby is allowed for water play. Aiyo! How could I? Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! How could I be so careless? Thankfully, it's the long school holidays le, I can't imagine what kind of mistakes I will make again.

I better WAKE UP!!!