Good Appetite

My good little Boy .. I am glad that he is back to good appetite now.

I replenished the veggie and fruits for Tze How as most of them already finished, so I bought Broccoli, Lecttuce, Australia Red Apple, Quinoa, Amaranth; all of them are organic.

He started the blended porridge 2 days ago as he doesn't like the taste of the pellet porridge or grain type of feeling.
Actually we started with hulled millet and quinoa only, then blended hulled millet and quinoa; then we added blended buckwheat today, he likes it too - all the blended grain. I am glad he is used to the taste without cereal as I am worry he get use to the sweet cereal and hardly take porridge later, but I believe there are certain level of sweetness in the porridge as I put in carrots, potato, sweet potatoe, broccoli, amaranth AND SOYA MILK POWDER as he doesn't take as daily supplement, he just doesn't like the smell I guess, so we need to add in his meal.

He can take around 3 quarter to 1 bowl of porridge. We need to feed him fast as he will scream and act spoil if we are a bit slow .. he is just too impatient.

Ferrari Sports Car for HIM

Well, the Shell Malaysia is promoting the Ferrari sports car; by filling up RM40 of V-Power or SUper Economy petrol, we can purchase different model of ferrari sports car at the price of RM 3.99 or RM4.99 respectively.

Guess what, I plan to buy all 7 models for Tze How (haha .. pampering Tze How again huh !)

so far I have got 4 out of 7, still need to get another 3 before June end as I heard the promotion will be til June end.

He likes the sports car a lot although he doesnt know how to play with it, so I will play with my mom and he will see us play .. and laugh happily .. lovely boy!

Patient

Phew .. finally, Tze How consider recover from the diarrhea, his stool started to get harder now .

But just 2 days of illness and habits, he gets up even more often during night time now... really make me mad ... really tiring ... and when he wakes up, he will cry-loud, the only way is - Breastfeed. I really do not know what to do to make him sleep through the night, and be calm when wake up.

Well, everybody said I have pampered Tze How which I quite agree.

During day time:-
Whenever he asked to be carried in the arm (with funny and pity face, with scream), I will carry him.
Whenever he cried and make noise when we try to pat him sleep, I will breastfeed him (as I assume he is hungry or wanted to be hugged).
Whenever he refuses to drink water, I will keep praising him loud enough:"GOOD BOY!!! come on, drink water"
Whenever he screamed for help after rolled over, I will carry him in the arm.
Whenever he make noise even when I carry him, I will keep swinging.

During night time:-
Whenever he cries, I will breastfeed him.
Whenever he refuses to drink water, I will breastfeed him.
Whenever he wakes up, I will "fly" to his cot and let him know I always beside him.
Whenever he wakes up and wave the hand for something, I will put my face near to him and let him feels me.

Conclusion: Whenever I can't cope with him, one and the only best way (for me) for me is Direct Bursing -- BREASTFEED.

But I strongly believe baby changes from 1 stage to the other, so I am looking forward to his journey of growing and developing.

** Must find some excuses for myself to be patient all the while and especially during these stages of changes.

Measles

Tze How's fever seemed improved this morning, BUT lots of red dots appeared on his face, neck, behind the ears ... so I was wonder whether it was measles, or as simple as rashes as he sweats a lot.

When my mom helped to take shower, realised that there are rashes on his body too, and his diarrhea still continues. So I decided to bring him to the clinic again --- no joke.

Well, the paediatrician behaved quite ok today .. haha ... he confirmed that Tze How is having measles but is 假麻 coz the real one will have the symptom like high fever, coughing, vomitting, diarrhea, etc etc.

According to doctor, his sore throat improved too, I think that is why he started to drink plain water again since yesterday. Took some cereal too. But the doctor keep reminding not to take cereal but porridge instead as he said the cereal just too sweet and it will be very hard for us to change his taste in the future.

There the doctor again:" If you continue feed him cereal, you have to add sugar into your porridge in the future .."

So I spent another RM 30 this time with some medicine of course.

Dragon Boat Festival

Here comes again the Dragon Boat Festival.

My mom always want to wrap the glutinous rice dumpling especially during the festival time. In fact, my mom likes cooking, bakery --- culinary art. so whatever festival arrive, she must have done something to celebrate the festival, it is even better if she could share her end products with friends and relatives.

However, as she is helping to look after her grandson-Tze How, so she might mess up if she wrap the glutinous rice dumpling. Plus, my dad wondering and said: Aiyo, you have not enough time already, you sure you cope with it ??

After that, my mom mumbled for few days: "Ermm ... I think I can cope with it lar .. oh?" "Aiyo, if buy outside, very expensive one oh" "Eh, I feel like wrapping the Nyonya glutinous rice dumpling ler" "Eh, I think Joo (my sister) wants to eat lah" etc etc etc

Finally, the liberator appeared --- My Sister. She asked my mom to wrap and she will stay at home on Sunday to help !! Haha .. my mom said: OK, good, you just need to help to look after Tze How.

So ... these are part of the ingredient and glutinous rice dumpling that my mom has done on sunday.

p/s: that is 1 and the only 1 dumpling I helped to wrap ...

Father's Day with Lesson

We celebrated Father's Day on Saturday Night, 16th of June 2007 instead of Sunday as my mom and my sister wanted to wrap the glutinous rice dumpling.

We changed the location from Saisaki Japanese Buffet to the Pantai Seafood located at Kampung Sungai Kayu Ara, which is quite near to Tropicana Golf Club. The purpose that we changed was because everybody told me that it was expensive to have RM60 per head on the buffet, so if 3 of us (me, my sis and my bro) have to pay for head of 5, we will need to pay about RM 100. As my sister and my brother just started their work and paying their loan, so they are quite poor. so we decided tpo go for a cheaper restraurant.

Ok, we arrived around 645pm but already fully booked. We tried to get a table but we need to finish by 8 pm before the booking for another table started. We gorged, we gobbled up and eat as it has already set in our mind that we must finished before 8 pm.

The main dishes that we had :-
Germany Pork Knuckle - RM 30.00
Scollop Red Snapper - RM 63.60
Kai Lan in 2 variety - RM 18.00
Snow Beancurd - RM 15.00
Mexico Geoduck - RM167.20
Coconut - RM 4.50

Guess what?? Its more expensive than Saisaki, we have to pay total of RM339.45 including 5% tax and ONLY 3% service charge (normally 10% right?) ... haha .. such a smart choice!

My sister almost kill me .. muahaha ... because we ordered the Mexico Geoduck last min WITHOUT ASKING THE PRICE !!!! as both of us never had Geoduck before and would like to try ...and these is the consequences for being so negligent.

Another lesson for us!!

However, all the dishes are delicious !! Especially the pork knuckle!!.

If you are keen, this is the address:-
Pantai Seafood Restaurant
Lot 13575, Jalan Cempaka PJU 6A
Kg. Sg. Kayu Ara
47400 PJ
Tel: 03-77255099/1099

Just be aware of the location, its in the middle of the housing area, an unexpected location!!

(To get there, if you are coming from the LDP, heading towards the NKVE toll in Damansara, keep left and turn into Damansara Jaya/Atria Shopping Centre, go straight all the way passing one traffic light, you will pass a Projet Station on your left hand side. U turn at the traffic light after Pro Jet and take the first left and an immediate right. Drive towards this restaurant called Damansara Village which is also another seafood restaurant. Take a left and drive straight down the road. You will pass by wooden houses and factories and cross a bridge. After this, you will come to a cross-road and see the Pantai Seafood sign, take a right and then an immediate left into the restaurant. Parking is ample at the restaurant.)

Fever ...

Oh Gosh .... Tze How is sick. In fact, felt his fever on Friday night, then gave him some Uphamol which provided by the paediatric during his first vaccination. He refused to be fed as he doesn't like the sweetness and the smell I guess, so we gotta forced him by pressing his body, then open his mouth and pour into his mouth .. oh poor boy ...

BB CANNOT BE FORCED ... he vomited after that .. can see all the cereal, carrots, veggie, etc (yiak !!)

Then he was OK on Saturday ... but when it came to saturday night after he slept around 830pm, his fever turn on again which make me worry. Plus, he got no appetite at all, he didn't even want to drink water, no fruits, no cereal .. nothing. This is the first time for us, as food normally never enough for his every meal ..

So we brought him for paediatric at about 11am after we confirmed the fever did not bring down.

I was bombard by the paediatrician.
Below if the dialogue between me and the paediatrician:-

Paed: So .. 什么事？
Me : 哦！发烧。。。
Paed: 有没有上吐下泻？
Me : 没有， 不过不知道是不是发牙，他大概8个多月了，可能是发牙的症状吧？！
Paed: 哎呀，你们这些父母，不要整天听那些老人家说这个症状那个症状，是因为这样那样，发烧就是发烧，生病了就是生病了；发牙是不应该发烧的!!!
Me : 啊？！

（Then the non-uniform nurse came, asked me to hold my son's hand, and the nurse hold his head, then the paediatrician used the ice cream wooden stick to check on my son's mouth, checked the gum, the internal part of the mouth, AND ＴＨＥ THROAT)

Paed: 看，一点发牙的迹象也没有。。。
Me :　Oh !!! 啊？还没有发牙的迹象啊？
Paed: (then he was pointing at the throat) SEE !!!
Me :　Ah ...
Paed: You sure you saw it ?!!!
Me : Ah? Oh Yes .. the soreness on the throat ...oh
Paed: Ya lor ...
Me : 是不是发炎啊？
Paed: (nodded his head), 家里有没有人生病?
Me : (I was looking at my sister who was accompany me since he drove me to the clinic) Yes ...
Sis : 我啰！
Paed:　virus 传染咯！

(Then my sister was carrying my son)

Paed: 这样近的距离，当然传染啦！
Sis : 那我是不是不能抱他啊？
Paed:　都传了咯！不要紧了啦！下次注意啦！

then continue with the medicine etc etc.
Sigh ... is my fault to let Tze How closed to my sister who was sick for more than a week (cough, sore throat)

I am sorry boy ... mami apologise ya ...

Keep It On !!

My God, I have been dragging the blog for more than a week ... I am still nursing my son directly during night time and he never sleep through the night, this make me always feel tired and sleepy during day time.

So whenever I have a chance, I will take a nap BUT my little one, will sleep for around 1-1.5 hours only during day time. After he wakes up, I hardly sit in front of the computer for more than 15 min ...

Plus, our new house is renovating; as I am not working and my husband is overseas, so other than renovation, I have to do shopping for the new house, from lighting, dining table, curtain, curtain rail, table, cabinet, etc etc ... has been a busy week last week ... hope this week won't occupy too much of my time on these.

Then, its a habit that I have to chat with hsband everynight ....and both of us can chat from A - Z non stop ... haha

Well, never mind, that's life as I see it ... Keep it On !!! Just need to be more self-discipline.

Mosquito Bitesssss !!!

These are the mosquitoes bites I mentioned yesterday .. poor boy !!
From the exprience, it will at least last for a week, sayang sayang little bb ...

Hi Daddy... Bye Bye Daddy ...

Our little Tze How, he waived to his daddy today !!

Well, my husband is working in ChengDu, China. We normally skype to each other everynight, and if Tze How is awake when we chat during night time, I will bring him in front og computer and chat with his daddy through webcam, so that both of them recognise each other .. muahahaha
** Tze How started to recognise people after 6th month, so I am a bit worry that when we are in China, I am the only one can carry him .

SO .... both of us on our webcam and chat, and normally I will ask my husband to waive to Tze How so that there are some action keep Tze How's attraction .. and guess what !! when my husband said Hi and Bye Bye to Tze How by waiving his hand, Tze How followed his waiving and waved back to daddy ... Clever Boy !!

I was so happy and I didn't have a chance to capture the moment ... anyway, at least I blog it ya ...

Coo Coo Coo...

Tze How coos a lot nowadays ... and he is doing better and better.
Although we do not know what he is talking about, but we know that he is trying to coo in different word ... lovely !!

He knows the words like "Mama" "Mum Mum" "Nen Nen" .. hmm .. seldom "Papa "
He sings sometimes with different high and low tunes ... haha ... Eh ... Ehh ... Ah ... Ah .... Heh ... Heh ....

Whenever we bring him to shopping and tried to put him on the trolley with bb seat, he always reject to sit. IF he sits, the most would be 5 min ...or lesser.

Clap Clap Clap !!

Poor Tze How, he couldn't sleep well the whole night as he got 5-6 mosquito bites !! 3 on his left cheek and 2-3 behind his head ... dear dear dear .. must be very very itchy !! This caused him wake up every 2 hours sharply yesterday.
He slept at 830pm, then woke up at 1030pm, 1230am, 2am, 4 am etc etc !!

Tze How learned to clap 3 days ago, although his clapping is not precise(in the sense that both the palm may miss each other sometimes ).

When we say: Tze How, 拍拍手, then he will try to clap both hands. He likes to play with my sister, give her FIVE, Shake Hand, Clap ... haha .. all taught my his Ah Yi ... my sister.

He just learned Burung Kakak Tua on thursday 7th Jun 07, so now whenever I sing Burung Kakak Tua ... bla bla bla .. he will laugh happily.
He enjoys Music a lot, and I can see that almost all BBs enjoy music.

Keep it on !!

House Renovation

Like I mentioned before, has been busy with the house renovation at Sungai Buloh ...
These are the progress so far ...

So many things have not bought yet ... Ceiling Lamp, Curtain, Curtain Rail, Storeroom rack, Downlight, Hanger, Dining Table, Sofa, Bed ... etc etc etc ...

Accident!!

Gosh ... has been busy withthe house renovation, rushing here and there ... I almost fainted .. so tired .. my mind and my vigour just don't work, I just feel No Good .. may be didnt rest well and sleep well are part of the reason as I still need to wake up and feed Tze How during night time with average of 2-3 hours.

Guess becoz of that ... last night after I fetch my sister back, when I was doing the reverse parking, I bang into the back of a car. Can you imagine, I was driving auto and I was doing reverse parking, but end up I bang the back of that car. The owner was really mad on me, she was so so so bad luck huh ....BUT my car was much more serious than hers, as the whole light has gone !! and my dad was angry on that too :P

I end up with RM 500 for her car and around RM 1200 with our car ...what a day ...

In fact, after I bang into the car, I was so scared .. the heartbeat was extrenely fast and cant stop shaking, can't even talk properly ...sigh .. another lesson for me !!

子皓，加油！

Tze How is doing better and better on the crawling.
The creep is getting more and more obvious day by day.
YOU CAN DO IT !! But take your time .. no rush ...

He has a habit -- after he rolled over on a lie prone position, within 10 seconds, he will scream for help, guess he is too heavy to move on.
He knows how to roll over and roll back to the original position, but he doesn't like to roll back after his first roll to lie prone position..

Or, he likes to lean forward from a sitting position, but he still can catch up the skill of crawling, so he will topple over and lie prone again ... AND SCREAM AGAIN !!! So cute ...

He likes to throw, or rather, purposely drop his toys, or whatever thing he hold, on the floor nowadays .. expected!! We pick, he drops, we pick again, he drops again, and again, and again, never ending story ... Haha

He is quite impatient ON FOOD!!! haha ...whenever he knows we are feeding him, we gotta be fast, and he swallows very fast, we can't even catch up his speed sometimes .. haha ...no matter fruits puree or cereal meal ... he just swallow like drinking water.

I love to see the way he eats but I hope he can take his time when he is eating.

Good Boy !!

Went out with college friends for a small gathering before I left for Cheng Du, China; in fact, will be leaving only around beginning of July :P. Since one of the friends stays near to Ikea/Tesco/Ikano/The Curve, so we just went to IKEA for some shopping since both of the friends wanted to buy some thing from IKEA.

So ... me ... left my son with my mom at home (how hard-hearted I am ya ...), and guess what he did at home !!!
** Tze How got his bowel movement on his toilet bowl today, again .. haha .. so glad he did that. Just "Ng Ng" him and he knew that is the time he should push out his stool .. muahaha ... as this is the 3rd time he got his bowel movement on his toilet bowl, we are trying to teach him...

** THEN, he drank around 3 ounces of formulated soya milk. Although he is 8th month now, yet he loves direct nursing, he doesn't like bottles, no matter with breaskmilk or formulated soya milk (we try to let Tze How has formulated soya milk instead of others formulated milk), he loves the feeling being breastfeed. However, I am trying to cut down the direct nursing nowadays.

I must be pampering Tze How too much, whenever I am in with him,
> he hardly drink formulated soya milk, he knows I am at home with him and I will direct nursing him whenever he screams and cries for that ;
> when I carry him to have bowel movement on his toilet bowl, he hardly did it ... He will show different face expression to me, and open both arm for hug etc etc etc...

See --- !!!

8th Month

Tze How is 8 Months old now ... !!

Wow! I have been staying in Malaysia alone for almost a year (to be accurate, 11 months).
Of course Fan Tung did come back for few times in between. Well, never enough for me .. and Tze How.

Hmm ... Tze How still working hard on the crawling. He has been trying since last week, from a sitting position, try to lean forward and wanted to crawl ... Good Try !! However, may be he is a bit too heavy (as everyone has been telling me, reminding me on his size :p), so I guess he needs extra energy to carry his weight on the crawling position.

Guess what my dad-his grandpa said this afternoon:-
"Hey, Tze How eat again-ah? Aiyo ... he is either sleep, or eat .. then sleep again and eat again ... if you continue to feed him like this, he definately become a fatty..."

He bites and chews a lot, guess he is teething. Actually he started teething on the 5th months++ .. yet, still cant see any of his teeth. He bites the pillow, he bites the pants, he bites his fingers, he bites my fingers, he nites my dad fingers, he bites my mom fingers ... ... poor boy, must be very itchy!!

Gosh, he never sleep through the night, oh no .. yes, it happened 1 day before, after 8 months. One and the only one day so far ...

He normally sleeps at 8 pm ++, then he will wake up around 11pm for milk (only my milk), then will continue wake up with average of 2-3 hours... and again, ask for milk (no bot

tle milk).

Oh Boy .. mami forget to practise the flash card with you today .. I am sorry.
I promise I will do it tomorrow ...

So you think his size a bit too big for 8th month??