Spying on my little life: November 2009

Mommy is teaching me Chinese at home.

She started off with usuing everyday things as teaching material, like the prints on my pillowcase and then buying lots of chinese reading materials and charts from Popular bookstore.

All in the effort to let me get used to this important 2nd language from young so that i would not dread it when i go to school.

Daddy is all for the idea! Daddy even wanted me to enrol for the Julia Gabriel lessons in Mandarin.

And im proud to start off my little dictionary of vocab in chinese!

Balloon : Qi Qiu ( i read as dee duioo )

Rainbow : Cai Hong (dai hooorng)

Aeroplane : Fei Ji (bey dee)

I also started using a cup and can finish off about 2 cm depth of water/juice in a cup without spilling all over! i could very well follow Mommy's instruction to put down whatever that is in my hand (biscuit eg) and then use both my hands to hold onto the cup.

I also graduated from PlayNest at Julia Gabriels and is moving onto PlayClub meant for babies 18mths and above! Now i can play with the big brother and sisters and hopefully learn lots from them by observation! (only the good things please!)

My little brother is due in Febuary and Mommy felt that she could not commit to send me to school twice a week on wednesday and fridays anymore for the new term (Jan 2010 - Mid March). Daddy and Mommy tried to look for alternatives for half day playgroups to keep me entertained while Mommy would engaged her new role of being a cow to DiDi next year.

However, it pains Daddy's heart to see the little children napping on the floor with thin mattresses on the floor, and even were even sleeping on pathetic yoga mats! The little tikes outdoor play toys have seen better days and were all in bad state because of the frequent exposure of rain and shine.

After much consideration (really long and serious considerations) Mommy decided to keep me at Julia Gabriels, attending once a week on weekends.

She would revert me back to twice a week after Little DiDi settles into our home and she would take this 2 hours time and accompany me to school so that we could have quality time together with all attention on me. My Mommy is awesome!

Daddy and Mommy took me on trips to the beach and zoo, spending many family bonding hours together before Mommy had to hibernate at home doing tortoise-moving activies as she waits for the birth of my little brother. We have decided on a name already, but i would still call Mommy's belly "stammack" , "ball" , "DiDi".

... and teething continues!

Ive my stage 1 and 2 teeth (8 of them) for the longest time. Finally, here is the 8 others! ( indicated in yellow )

Now ive 16 teeth!

Mommy is also more lenient with my food varieties, and let me have my share of a normal childhood without being paranoid.

I get to have diluted ribena, Yakult, koko crunch cereal, waffles, apple sauce and chocolate ice cream too!

ive yellow egg noodles and rice for my meals and loves having a try at whatever Daddy and Mommy is eating. Daddy is definately more relaxed with diet rules. I can drink lots and lots of coke from his cup till Mommy realises and says "Hey! Enough hor!"

Gwenneth was hospitalised. After eating french fries.

Well, not that Gwenneth is allergic to McDonald's french fries, it just happen to be the case of coincidence each time she gets to try junk food. Even if its just a few licks of chocolate ice cream.

Mommy brought Gwen Gwen to McDonalds one late afternoon for a treat for plain vanilla soft ice cream. But Gwenneth was not even interested to even try.

So Mommy gave her ONE french fry and subsequently let her hold the packet of fries with about 20 of them in it, and went on snapping pictures happily.

In a flash, Gwenneth ate ALL OF IT!

Plain Vanilla ice cream. How boring.

Look at that castle of golden fries!

Ok! i will try one. Just one Mommy.

Hmmmmm...... :)

Savour it. It might just be the very only piece Mommy will give me.

Give Mommy a smile. Might have more.

Awww....its good stuff.

I will never see potato in the same light ever again!

Heavenly.

Now you see it, now you don't!

And.... i ended up in hospital the very evening.

I came home and felt a little feverish. I drank my late afternoon neh neh and was watching cartoon on TV.

Suddenly, i took out my tu tu from my mouth and threw out all the milk and fries i ate just now. Then my fever went up to about 38 degrees odd.

Mommy called Daddy who was at work and Daddy said that we must send her to the doctor if the high fever seems persistant.

It was the first time ever i have fever since birth and Mommy was extra careful about burning my little Einstein brain.

Mommy decided to send me to A&E and called Daddy to inform him to meet us at the hospital. Daddy suggested to see a new padaetrician, Dr Lee from Mt Elizabeth.

We took a cab to Mt E and my fever was measured at 39.4 degrees! Prob because Mommy was hugging me in the cab and the temperature was slightly higher because of the body heat.

And so, i was admitted after a dosage of suppository.

My fever came down a little and i was no longer throwing up. I could take my diluted feeds of milk as instructed by Dr Lee.

Daddy and Mommy stayed over with me for the night. Mommy snuggled next to me on the bed while Daddy slept on the couch bed.

Mommy woke up every hour to take my temperature and recorded it down, so that the nurses would not come into the room every now and then and disturb my sleep by opening and closing the door. Mommy also had to make sure that the fever does not go higher than 38.5 degrees, so that extra dosage of medication would not necessary. Mommy felt that too much medication to my little body is not a good thing either.

I remained cheerful and active even though i was running a temperature. I somehow enjoyed the plain porridge from the hospital menu too.

Mommy was glad that my appetite was normal and doesnt seem to be in a ditzy state.

Happy!

No, we never bought 4D thereafter.

I can run fast!

peek a boo!

Disturbing Daddy from reading the newspaper in the morning

I also want to read.

I read to Elmo.

So whats up today?

Please do not disturb, Mommy!

Choosing my menu for the day.

Plain porridge please!

My temperature was below 38 degrees, and Daddy and Mommy felt that i can rest better in the comfort of my own home.

Mommy and Daddy sneaked me out to Paragon and we had lunch at Ding Tai Fung! We got discharged in the early evening and Mommy gave me tender loving care at home. My fever was gone for good for the whole night and i went back for a review 2 days later.