Time really flies...

when you have a kid..
and everyday is a new start for new things!

Skyler is 8.5kg now at 7 months!
When he was 5 kg (weighed like a bag of rice), I thought that i wont be able to carry him if he is heavier but strangely enough, he is 8.5kg now and I still can carry him with ease (for like 30 mins max lah) hahahha.

I have been MIA for quite some time, so what's up lately..

- Skyler can sit upright! I guess soon he will be crawling around the house
- He can put his feet into his mouth =___= which i dont know who taught him that, obviously NOT ME
- He understands simple instructions!!! like (坐下，嘴巴开）... he will follow after we said that
- He's starting to like fruits. Initially he doesnt like banana, apple or papaya. But now he loves them! so fickle-minded~
- He started on porridge! Mummy hasnt tried cooking for him before cos granny did all the cooking. hee
- He's going to get his passport and go for his 1st road trip soon!!

Santa Skyler's photos.... still in my camera..
Anyway, I think he is so going to hate me for dressing him until so niang. hahhaha

Finally!

Updated photos of Skyler!

Skyler's santa costume is here! and he will celebrate his 1st Xmas as a Baby santa!
So tempted to take him to a studio for photos...

First, here's his swimmming photos!

Skyler went Swimming!

okay I gave in..

brought him to swimming at Hwa Xia International where they charge really high for babies to swim for 30 mins.

Mummy enjoy seeing him kicking around in water.

Such a pity that mummy accidentally deleted ALL the photos in the memory card!!!

:__(


gawd..
luckily most of the photos were developed into hard copies..
Anyway we will be going swimming again next week so stay tune for the pics!

Skyler started on semi solids today!

Yes!

Finally after 5 months plus of milk only, skyler is introduced to OTHER kinds of food.

and HE LOVES IT!

I have been holding back in introducing semi solid food to him cos of PD's recommendation and due to his cough as well. So after last week's vaccination, PD gave the green light to start on the semi solids!

Was not at home today to witness how gan chiong he is when grandma fed him this afternoon.

So looking forward to this weekend cos i will be able to feed him myself!

Skyler's 1st...

He did a mini push up today!

He didnt just lie lazily on his tummy, but he pushed himself up to take a good look at the pictures on the play mat =) hee

Mummy realizes that he loves using his feet. He likes to "giap" the ball between his feet leaving his hands free for him to suckle.





Skyler at his playmat


Granddad bought a new cap for him! and he loves it. Mummy loves it too hee.



I love his "gummy" smile!!

Skyler has new toys!

Just bought a play mat for him and he loves it!



Regretted not buying earlier.. anyway it's really useful for babies to develop their motor skills.

The next item on the list is and EXERSAUCER! Something that spins and bounce with babies every movement. But I guess Mummy only can afford to rent it so I will be renting it from December onwards.

Hee =)

Skyler is 5 months old and 1 week!

Everyday is a new experience for him and me!...

1. He loves looking and smiling at the mirror (very hiao like his mummy!)
2. He can flip without any assistance
3. He stares at us eating our food

Babies are so amazing. Once they learn a new trick or stunt, they just keep doing it!
Yes he has been flipping alot (from his back to tummy..). During diaper changes, bathing, just give him a flat surface then he will show his new stunt to you hahah!

Just bought discounted Robinsons vouchers and will get him some toys to play. Playing is a huge part of baby's development. Want to rent the exersaucer as well, it seems pretty fun, maybe when he's 7 months old.. hur hur.

But he isnt very well this days. Not drinking and sleeping well either.
Must be the cough and cold he is having now.. haizz

Hope he gets well soon!

No work today!

Hurray!

Finally can have some rest time =)
and went to Orchard Central for some shopping yesterday. It's my first time there! can you imagine, so sua gu...bought quite a number of things too over the weekend too.

We finally bought the BUMBO seat. It is lime green!



but he still prefers his good old rocker



Bought a toy car at Robinsons too. I thought it's pretty cute. He seems to adore this as he watches it zoom towards him.


Bought another set of infant pillows so that we don't need to lug so many things to our new house. It's machiam house moving every weekend. We brought his clothes, pillows, rockers toys over to make him feel "at home"


picture taken at a restaurant at Singapore Flyer. Skyler didn't go up as we were scared that we will have NOWHERE to run when he cries. He doesnt seem interested in taking pictures with mummy. Bleah


Him happily in his stroller

Tired

Skyler has been waking up twice for the past few nights..

haizz.

what's happening?

Busy Bee Part II

What are we busy with?

Moving house!

Tidying up every weekend, bringing stuff over and decorating the nursery.
And of course buying things online for Baby Skyler.

He wore something new yesterday too. A sailor romper that i bought online! love it so much lo! got it from taobao and cost about $7 including shipping.
but baby doesn't seem to like taking pics with mummy! =(


okay.. the bandanna doesn't really match the romper


So we moved yesterday! It was really tiring, didnt take any pictures of the process but my mother in law prepared oranges to throw into our house as it symbolises 黄金满地. Me and Darren had fun doing that! We took alot of pictures.. but none had me and darren in it. Every single picture is baby skyler.

At the new house on our red bean bag.


Smiley SKYLER! really had a hard time making him laugh. We got these few precious pics cos we started to jump around like a rabbit. Really a good workout


My favourite photo! I thought he looks like some korean baby hahaha =p


Had our meal there and stayed overnight.

It was our first night there with the baby. It was pretty horrible cos he was very cranky as he couldnt get used to it. It really pains me seeing him so scared and screaming his lungs out.

Held him close to my chest and reassured him. It was really traumatizing, for him and for me. He never cried so so hard before.After 30 mins of howling, he finally settled and slept till 5am the next morning. He slept well through the night but it was me and Darren who couldnt sleep!

Now it's our turn...

We couldn't get use to the new bed and pillows!!

=___=

So 2 big or bak kak and 1 swollen-eye baby decided to move back to granny's house on Sunday.


Baby skyler forgot about the horrible night he had

Ha!

Anyway we will only be staying there during Saturday nights for the time being.

PHEW~

Skyler is turning 4 months old soon!

In a few days time, our Skyler will be 4 months old!

Time really flies and it's been exactly 1 month since i went back to work.
Work has been super busy, alot of projects to complete at a urgent time frame. And now i'm still clearing my maternity leave and working only 4 days in a week so time is never enough!

I think 4 months is a pretty fun age to play with as Skyler is smiling and laughing more now and it really brightens up my day hearing his laughter. And maybe it's becos he loves playing, now he don't poo everyday! Every 2-3 days he will poo once.

AND... WE ARE MOVING TO TAMPINES IN 2 WEEKS TIME!

FINALLY, you must say.

Our new house is empty since Feb this year and most of the people have already move in. Looking forward to move in but i know i will be super busy during the weekends as there will not be anyone helping me to take care of Skyler.

Here's skyler on his tum tum!

Accepting Orders for Spree!

Spree from Mayuki and Yoco!

So, if anybody wants to join, please email me at snowflakes01@hotmail.com

I need 15 orders and each order will have a nominal handling fee of $1 per item excluding international postage. Exchange rate will be at NT21 = 1SGD and will follow the exchange rate of my credit card.

Spree from the following

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Photos of Skyler!

It's been quite some times since i do an update on him!





Throwing tantrums again


and a video of him trying to talk to us!

Busy Bee

I'm back blogging!

After recovering from fever, I have been busy with 3 things.

Skyler, Work and Shopping!

Skyler has been well, he hasn't slept longer than 5 hours at night but it's enough for me! He sort of have a routine now.

9~10pm : Bedtime
3am : Milk Feeding
6~7am : Wake up for more Milk

So during his naps and all, i will shop! ONLINE! i can't seem to find nice clothes outside. If I can find something that suits me, it's just too expensive

And recently.. i have been shopping some new sites..

which is G Market Korea and Taobao!

Bought 2 dresses from Gmarket and i must say the quality is very good! Both are Made in Korea. Of course the price is steeper as well about 50 bucks per dress.





waiting for my taobao buys.. hope that the quality will be just as good!

Sick...

Havnt been posting much cos was down with fever.

not H1N1, mind you.. i guess it's the inflammation of breasts that made me sick. Had fever for 2 days and one of my boob is so pain! Never was i so sick before. The longer stretched hours of not pumping after returning to work may be the root cause. Haiz.. so decided that after i recover, i shall stop breast feeding..

It's such a pity, i thought i would be able to pump and feed him for another month before i stop. Seems like it's not possible.

My mum said that I wont be able to take care of Skyler if I cant even take care of my own health and she's right..

Went to KK hospital yesterday to check on my problem since i had fever which did not subside for 2 days. The doctor asked the lactation nurse to massage my boob for me and BOY! it was freaking pain! Guess they have to clear the ducts in order for the boob to recover.

hope it doesnt come back again!

Back to Work Tomorrow!

11 weeks of maternity leave, 4 days of childcare leave ending officially today.
It's back to work and reality tomorrow!

Later will have to clean up my bags and schedule my pumping sessions(4am, 8.30am, 2pm, 6.30pm, 10pm).
Hopefully i will be able to breastfeed 1 more month!

Jia you!

Many Faces of Skyler

He is starting to know how to pout and make that very sad face to make people carry him. How can I not carry him right?

And he laughs too when I sing and smile at him in the morning. I have been like talking in baby language or sing in a high pitch tone until my sis ask me to "control myself" hahahah



Think I will miss his pouts and smiles when i go back to work. =(
It will be great if I can work from home!!

Ju Ju Be - Be Major!

My belated birthday pressie came!

It's from Darren but I ordered it online, he asked me to choose something that I like (so unromantic, but practical) so after surfing singaporemotherhood forum, i found this!

Ju Ju Be ~ Be Major

It's a wristlet, cum shoulder sling cum wallet cum hp pouch and cum alot of other things!!

Now i dont need to bring a bag out, just this will do.

with bright cherries on a blue background! sweet!


There's a mini mirror, 2 loops for lipgloss and a pen..


Here goes the cash..


and the cards and key holder


and a place to put your hp or camera =)


Loving it~ ^_^

Skyler looked at me...

and called me

Ah-BU (Hokkien for Mother) today.

Or am i thinking too much?

whahahhah

i think i'm thinking too much

Happy Birthday to MUMMY!!

Happy Birthday to ME
Happy Birthday to ME
Happy Birthday to Mummy

Happy Birthday to ME!

Okay, this is the day when Mummy turns 30! Mummy was once a little baby like you too.
Ordered cupcakes over last weekend to celebrate! Not really a celebration but Mummy adores cupcakes so ordered from Juzmycakes.





The cupcakes are super delicious! especially the chocolate chip ones and i love the cream cheeze frosting. Cannot get enough of them. My whole family commented that it's good. and guess what, i ate most of the cuppies cos they know I love them. Out of 16 cuppies, I ate about hmmmm 11. wahhahahah =p I need those calories HORKAY

Went out for a simple dinner at Dian Xiao Er and more shopping for Skyler.
Bought a latex infant pillow and a sarong (FINALLY CAVED IN), cannot tahan the constant carrying liao. Very siong!

Time flies when you have a kid

OH my gawd, suddenly all my spree stuff came.

So happy!

California Baby Cream, His personalised Bhubu Tee, and his socks are on the way too!
I think my spree stuff is coming soon as well from Zen's Spree. Really looking forward, i have no more clothes to wear to work and I'm starting work in 2.5 weeks time! Gosh.. time flies.

Soon, i will be an old lady attending my son's graduation ceremony or even his wedding ceremony.

Anyway, yesterday Mummy went back to work for some discussion as i haven't been working for a whopping 5 months. Initially wanted to go back 1/2 a day but end up it was a full day at work! Discussions, reports etc...

I must say working is much much easier than taking care of a baby. At least I know what my boss wants! haha sometimes it's difficult to read baby's cues, whether he's feeling uncomfy, or want a hug, or his diapers are wet, so usually will have to try everything to settle him down if he is cranky. I still have energy at the end of the day after working, but if I stayed at home to take care of Skyler, i will be so tired at the end of the day. Missed him quite badly at work, and kept thinking about him..think after i go back to work, he will forget me soon since he wont see me for the whole day :(

Skyler's new toy

We have been trying ways and means to make Skyler sleep longer whether in the day or night. He's quite a light sleeper and wants to be carried at all times. Trying not to give in to sarong as we are afraid that he may be so used to it that he wont sleep without it. It will be a headache if it happens.

We bought a rocker from Fisher Price for him and clever granny DIY-ed a head cushion using 2 diapers to make him feel like he is sitting in the car seat. =__=
He seems to like sleeping in it hee hee



From waking up every 2 hours for milk feed, to 3 hours.. now Skyler sometimes can sleep up to 5 1/2 hours at night for his feed. yay! Finally Mummy can have some decent sleep once in a while. =D

2 months old!

Each day pass with lighting speed and now Skyler is 2 months old!



And another 3 weeks time, Mummy will be back to work! There's alot of things waiting for Mummy to do as Mummy has MIA-ed from work since end March. Pumping of BM will still continue if I have the energy but will stretch a little longer.

Went for 2nd dose of Hep B vaccination yesterday. PD said Skyler is above average and feeding well so the reflux and colic is not that serious. yay! and I think he's slightly overweight as the average is 4kg and he is 5!

Mummy went for Pap Smear as well. Mummy's weight dropped another 2 kg again!
Haiz. And gynae asked me what happened? what's wrong? cos my weight is 45kg now and it's lower than my pre pregnancy weight. Nothing is wrong actually, i have been eating well, just a little tired. Hope all the weight will come back after i stop breast feeding.

Have been shopping alot these days.

Bought a Skip Hop Diaper Bag.
It's great! Organize diapers, bottles and stuff into different pockets. Attach to the stroller and Mummy can shop MORE. wahah




Bought a Pupsik Pouch size S. Size M was a little too big for me, but size S is alright, but he looks very cramp inside, wonder whether it's too small for him?



Bought cute socks to keep his happy feet warm!


Bought alot of clothes online! for myself.. not Skyler's. Darren forbids me in wearing short skirts so this time round, I bought alot of skirt-like shorts. I need a wardrobe revamp! hur hur

Smile!

Him, lying on a very retro pillow. Maybe that pillow case was used by me when i was that small too. hee

Finally caught him smiling on camera.

From all the pics I have of him, there's only 2 pics of him smiling.

It's so difficult to catch his smile!

When he's smiles, (usually in the early morning when he had a good night's sleep and full with milk) my camera is not in sight. And when my camera is in hand, he will just move alot and the picture will turn out very blur.

Although he doesnt smile much, it still brightens up my day.

Some other photos that i love..

Looking at Mummy

I love this romper! Granddad was saying what tough guy? he always cry wan nor =___=

Yah.. Tough guys dont cry k? hur hur hur

He's growing out of his clothes real fast and I have stopped buying clothes for him. Think he has enough to last till 6 months old. And everything is brand new! Most of it are from Ah Yi's company who exports Old Navy so we get it free! yay! Many from friends and a few I bought over the Internet as well.

Any mummies out there interested in Brand New Old Navy rompers or 2 piece sets for about SGD$12? All brand new and will post up pictures soon!

We the citizens of Singapore...

Stoning around...

Photos

Went to Ikea to get 4 frames!

The photos from Kelly well.. some pics were rather blur when blown up. I guess it must be due to that day's gloomy weather and lighting wasnt enough bah.. It's okay when Skyler can crawl, Mummy will bring you to studio to shoot again! Guess it will be real fun then hee



More pictures later.

Out to get a rocker for him. He sleeps really little in the day.

Skyler is 6 weeks plus

He drinks about 100ml to 120ml every 2.5 to 3 hourly, be it BM or FM.
His eyes follow PoPo around the room and responds to her calls. When I call him, he bo chup me =__=

These 2 days he has been really cranky, I guess there's alot of wind in his tummy and he looks so uncomfy and always screams in pain :(

Pictures! Really blessed that we have alot of nice and new clothes from your Yi Po in Malaysia. And it's all from Old Navy! Arn't you lucky lil one

1st mth Celebration - Part 2

Finally had time to blog!
Was so sleep deprived these few days that I couldnt come online to do some updating.
So this will be a postdated entry.

Skyler turned 1 month old officially on 22nd June and we distributed cakes to our colleagues on that day as well.

Ordered from cupcakemomma. The taste is great! Love it to bits and the design is fabulous too!! ^^

Sis dropped by with her pro camerma and took alot of shots of Skyler! Love those shots! Let photos do all the talking

Lovely Cupcakes with soccer boots!








Cupcakes for our colleagues












My sis and Skyler


The gifts! =) Thanks all for the well wishes!




Last but not least, the vainpot mummy's pic!