Kaylia having milk strike

Recently kaylia had been very naughty... she doesnt wan to drink milk... we had a hard time feeding her.... she will still drink after we struggle hard wif her.... but tat was very tedious... cos last weekend, i spend one hour plus feeding her one feed.. it was really tiring... i think she's getting sick of my breastmilk... cos i been feeding her wif breastmilk completely for a month plus... before tis, i still feed her once formula every 2 days... but for tis one month plus... she's drinking breastmilk completely... and she started to get sick of it... we brought her to see her PD while she had her injection... we asked the PD will she have any problem? Doctor says tat kaylia looks very active... dun tink she's not feeling well... n she explained to us tat sometimes at some level, baby will be like tat for a while... after tat, she will be ok.. i just hope she will grow up healthy and fine...

Yesterday, i have a terrible engorgement!!! my both breast were blocked and it was terribly painful... the pain was killing me and i was having a slight fever... my mum was aware of my engorgement frequently... n she asked me to stop breastfeeding since its so painful... but i really hope to endure... until at least 6 months... i really wish to breastfeed her until 1 yr old... but i really dunno i will be able to make it or not... cos having to work and breastfeeding is really not easy... especially in the midst of the night, i have to wake up and pump... n worse of all, i cant sleep at all n still got to work in the morning... when kaylia dun drink milk and my breast becomes like tat, i really wonder is it a signal for me to stop?? but i hope to endure awhile more... i dun wish to give up so easily.... at least today i am feeling better already... hopefully tis wont happen too often.... n today having blocked the whole day n yesterday, my milk supply dropped!! hopefully tomorrow my milk supply will be back to normal... ~prayed~

Kaylia's first laugh

A baby growing up is really interesting.... i feel so glad to be the first to witness kaylia's first laugh... tat was on 6 April 2010 Tuesday... as per normal, we brought her home from my mum's place... then i put her on her jumperoo... although her leg still cant touch the floor... but she already know how to move herself and shake.... then i was playing wif her... and i tapped on the jumperoo, the sound amuse her so much.... she suddenly laugh out... i was so stunned... then daddy heard it n quickly came over as well.... then i tried again... n she laugh again.... so i keep trying... and she laugh throughout.... then i quickly went to take flip and record down... luckily we managed to record it down... it was so amusing... ok, i should go n learn how to upload here... keke... (",)

Mummy back to work!

Mummy was back to work for a week... Kaylia must be feeling y mummy suddenly lost liao cos mummy was wif her everyday since she was born... Kaylia's daily routine will be early morning wake up at 6.45am for milk.. then left home at 7.10am... reach po po house at 7.20am... then mummy accompany her for awhile & mummy went to work at 8.05am... then mummy for the whole week off work at 7+ and only reach home at 7.45 to 8pm... then mummy will only bring kaylia home at 9pm... when kaylia reach home, kaylia will be sleeping at around 10.45-11.15pm... and kaylia will sleep until morning....

Mummy been missing kaylia everyday since going back to work... n mummy was so busy wif work... but mummy promise kaylia, when kaylia starts on semi-solid food, mummy will take a week leave n accompany her....

i really treasure weekend time wif her... cos tat's the only time i have more wif her.... actually for a mother to go back to work, its really not easy... cos mummy will miss baby alot and felt so guilty not seeing her progressing... kaylia already able to stand up her head more firmly nowadays... think not long later her neck will be very firm... so the next stage for her is to flip by herself... but think she too lazy to do so... haha.... i really hope i will be around to see her first crawl, first words... first stand... everything the first time she do... really dun wish to miss any of the followings... hopefully i still be able to cos at least i still have a month of maternity leave and 20+ days of annual leave...

hmmm... wanted to plan a tour and bring kaylia along... thinking of going europe for honeymoon wif kaylia... but daddy says kaylia too young to travel so far n not wif my mum around... think daddy scared too tiring to handle kaylia while travelling on our own... so maybe wan to plan a nearby trip wif my mum going together... maybe can go taiwan.... hmmm... should start planning already....

Last week, we went to toys warehouse sales selling fisher price toys... we bought Jumperoo, baby chair, playgym, and a small toy for kaylia.... it costs us $425.... just on buying toys.... and after thinking for sometime, daddy went back to get the learning home for kaylia... it cost $150... on just buying toys for kaylia, we spent $500+... my mum keep saying cannot always buy so good things for kaylia.... wait next time she grow up, she expect all her things to be branded and expensive... tats quite true... but still, i cant stop myself buying things for her... haha

Today, we bring kaylia to expo for baby fair.... i happen to see MomsRus... and i went to the lady and ask her to teach me how to use the sling... cos i tried to use it on kaylia but i failed... so she teach me and tried kaylia on.... kaylia looks comfortable... i should start to practise more... haha... then we walk about.. i saw nuk products selling at less 30%... its so cheap... but the pp bottle was all sold out.... if not, i would like to get some... then we saw abt tis education system.. and the saleslady talk to us abt it... it was an education program tat parents should read and teach babies at young age... its quite interesting.... but it cost a bomb... the whole set would cost $5K +.... the figure was terrible.... it was nice but it's really too expensive...

Then after tat, we went to carrefour at suntec... we went to buy some groceries, kaylia's pampers and etc... it was quite a fun day bringing kaylia here n there.... although it's quite troublesome bringing her out, but i really enjoy my time wif her... she really bring me laughter... and having her, i feel blissful...

I hope to have more outings wif her on all my weekends... if not, i dun mind staying at home accompanying her... :)

Kaylia's Hand & Foot Print on her 2nd day

Chinese New Year

Kaylia with her first angbao

Tis is Kaylia's first chinese new year... she still knows nothing abt CNY... hopefully next year she will be enjoying her CNY wif taking her angbaos and said gong xi gong xi to everybody....

Chu Xi, we had our reunion dinner at Yishun 800+... we reserve a table for 10... their package is not expensive, at $298 for 10... then the menu oso quite ok... got lobster combination cold dish and sharkfin soup... so its quite worth it actually... we had our dinner wif my mum n dad, guohao, my grandma n aunt, and my uncle, wife n ah ni... had a nice dinner then...

Chu yi, we brought her to daddy's boss place... his bosses wives likes babies alot... n help me to carry her... they oso tell me some tips abt baby... like her head quite flat at one side n etc... we found out a special tradition at their house is... they gather together to wrap the dumplings... then cook already... everybody sit down n eat dumplings.... the dumplings is quite nice actually.... at one point, i let kaylia sleep at his boss's son bed... then we told his youngest son... i tink ard 4 yrs old.... we told him if she cry can u inform us? he say ok... then we were outside having dumplings... then his son walk out n looking for us... n told me very softly... "she's crying".... haha... he so scared like tat.. tink he scared is he make her cry one... keke... he looks so cute... after his boss's house, we went to my grandma's house at woodlands... then after tat, we went home for a rest... n at night, we have card games at our house...

Chu Er, morning we wake up to tidy the house... then afternoon, we went to my mum's place n we were so tired n restless there.... resting and watching tv... we were so lethagic to go anywhere... then at night we went to fren's house for card games...

Chu San, we went to yong's relatives' place to pai nian... it was a long n tiring day... cos we travel to 3 places... all located at east side... we went out until abt 3+... then went back for a rest.... having a baby n bringing a baby out to pai nian is really a chores... cos got to bring her milk n many things... somemore i need to pump... so really a lot of things to bring out...

Tis year, never bring kaylia to lots of places to pai nian... so didnt collect alot of angbaos for her.... but me n yong decided to keep all her angbaos money in her bank and show her next time...

Tis year, kaylia had collected $400+ angbaos... actually its quite little.. cos i used to remember when i was young, i can collect angbaos up to $600-700... so it's quite little for baby kaylia....

The most beautiful angbaos packet are these threes... The mickey one is from my dad, minnie is from shangjuan and winnie the pooh is from yiping...

Kaylia's Passport Photo

Planning to apply for passport for kaylia... been thinking how to take pictures of her for passport... was told tat can let ppl take... but i scared i dun like... so i tried to take on my own.... at least i can choose the one i like.... initially i was at my mum's place, so i ask her to help me hold kaylia to sit on the sofa so tat i can take photos of her... we tried a few times but kaylia's head was swaying here n there... n she's so irritated by me... then my mum keep saying me.... let her lie down n take lah.... how can i expect a 2 mths old baby to sit... haha... so no choice, i let her lie down n take.... tis is one of the best i chosen for her passport photo... hope i did not make the wrong choice...

Everybody thot my baby is a boy... maybe becos of her bald head... Does kaylia looks more like a gal gal now? i hope she does......

Sleepless nights

Recently kaylia had been a naughty gal... every nite, she doesnt wan to sleep and eyes were wide opened... tis started a week ago... initially she started to sleep only at abt 4am... thereafter, she can dun sleep all the way till 7am... Adeline has been a great mother trying to get used to her sudden change of sleeping behaviour. She has managed to stay up every single night to carry her so as to let me and Kaylia have a comfortable sleep so as to carry out our different activties during the day. Some of our "seniors"did mention that this will be a temporay transistion, no matter whether it is true or not we will endure it together until things goes right. Whatever the case, we knew we have tried our best and most credit have to go to Adeline.

Latching On

It has been quite some time ever since i latch her on again... i still remember at birth, she can suckle so well... when the nurse first time help me wif breastfeeding, she immediately put her own mouth to my breast... even the nurse was so shocked to see baby can suckle so well... but eversince i discharge, she seems not wanting to drink from my breast anymore... so all these while, i been expressing the milk for her... until recently, yong started to help me to latch her on.. yesterday, i managed to latch her on for 20mins... i feel so happy abt it... hopefully she's able to continue to latch on... so tat my milk supply will increase.... ~Happy~

First Time Bringing Kaylia out alone

On Monday, 25 Jan 2010, tat was the first time i bring kaylia out on my own... the story goes like tis... my mum called me saying tat she n my dad taking train over to come fetch me n baby... then i say huh? for wat, so troblesome... so i tell her i push pram myself n go over... the feeling was quite wonderful... cos i really independent to bring her out alone... n she quite cooperative oso... so everything went on smoothly...i took her wif me n took a train to khatib...

This is a photo of her i took when inside in the MRT and she's inside her pram...

Then the next day, i oso brought her out to have lunch wif Shangjuan at Sakae Sushi... everything was fine until abt to leave, she started yelling... think she hungry for milk already... so quickly bring her back for milk... recently just increase her feed from 75ml to 90ml... so sometimes it last her 3 hrs but sometimes 2 hrs she's hungry again... so not easy to gauge recently...

Kaylia's first haircut

Yesterday we brought gal gal for a haircut... tat was her first haircut and it was bald lor... keke... she didnt cry but she move here and there during the haircut... i felt so bu she de lor.. to cut off her hair and eyebrow... but my mum says cut liao then when re-grow will be nicer... so i got to take the risk and cut it... Hopefully her hair will grow long faster.... Mummy waiting for long hair... keke...