Dinner at Pizza Hut (25/06/06)

Well for starters, I think my relationship with hb is back on track, n I am very happy that both of us are putting efforts in making this marriage work out. Last nite, hb brought meia n myself out to Pizza Hut at Thomson Plaza for dinner. It was our very first time out as a family, juz the 3 of us, n also little Meia's first on a baby chair =) She was rather well behave at first, for abt 1/2 hr before she started to fidget... guess I can understand y... PIZZA was here n although I had already given her her milk, n also was feeding her baby biscuits while wolfing down my pizza, she kept leaning over tugging my arms. I turned towards her n caught her eyeing my pizza, drooling!!!!!!!! hahahaha okie, so I gave her the 'insides' of the pizza topped with a tiny winy cheese... garbage bin wofled it down n asked for more!!!!

After dinner, we went to ah soh paradise, on the way, there was this store called Lifestyle Merchandising, I've brought Meia there before n when she saw the balloons outside, she got all excited, face lit up, legs stiffen.... the same thing happened last nite, n hb was so amused!!! We had to drag her away from the balloons.

When we were abt to go, hb asked if I wanted to go over Osim take a looksee, told him this : -

hb : u wanna go osim?
me : better not... dangerous place to be
hb : (looking confused) y?
me : look at what's beside Osim..........
hb : (sees, n caught sight of GIGANTIC MINNIE MOUSE BALLOON).... oh ok let's walk this way.....

haha so fun!!! was telling hb we should do outings more often... n I am also looking forward to zoo trips, underwater world trips, bird park trips etc etc..... think hb feeling the pinch liao... MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Treasure ur kids

Its always very sad n disturbing to hear of someone's / friend's kid passing away. I remember two yrs back, hb told me one of his uni mate's son who was only 4, had passed away due to asthma. My reaction back then was more of shock than sadness. Now 1 yr later as a Mother, my heartaches when I hear or read such things. One can only imagine the pain the parents felt upon witnessing the passing of their beloved child.

At this point, (sorry, I know its not good to question God on this) I often wonder why children, who are gifts from God, are either stricken with illness or taken away suddenly. Why give n then take back? These thoughts are always in my head. Why can't he grant ppl with healthy children? Well, I guess there are profound anwers way too deep for my understanding.

I can only pray hard everyday that little Meia will be in good health till her last days. Ok, I am a 'kiasee' mommy, n eversince Meia's last bout of fever, I tend to freak out when I feel she's slightly warmer than usual n will whip out my thermo to take her temp. U can say I'm kiasu, or kiasee, but I am not taking any chances. For those who know me, Meia IS A GIFT and the greatest one indeed, juz when I was giving up, She came juz in time.

I treasure every moment with her... ok, another stupid thought (yes, I do think far, maybe this is a bit ridiculous, I think too much) I can't bear to leave my baby at the end of my days!!! Oh gosh... the thought of it brings tears to my eyes!!! Silly right? Well, at least now I know being a Mother isn't easy.

Happy 10 months Darling

Meia is officially 10 months today!! Yeah! finally a double digit =) and how are we spending her 10 months? We are heading for hb's company's gathering at Sentosa!!! Yippee. Was thinking of letting her visit Underwater World, but then again, I think she's still young to know how to appreciate, so I'll save my $19.50 till next yr, we'll bring her there again. So moms, we'll most prob be doing a Sentosa Outing for those who are interested.

Meia is starting to cruise around, notice she started doing it very late at 9+mths, most in her cot where she thinks its the safest. Other then that, she's crawling n at a very fast pace, so much so I have to keep up with her lest she loses her balance n hits the marble floor. She surprised me the other day when she knew how to lift her little legs up simultaneously when I supported her up the stairs!! Wow! I think she has been observing us. But the stairs is a dangerous place to be and I will not allow her to play anyway near there. Even if MIL insists on letting her learn how to climb, I will tell her not to do it unless I am around n I am the one supporting her. I'm younger n my reflexes are faster should anything go wrong.

No porridge for Meia today, I'm letting her try Gerber's baby food... hmmm wonder if she'll like it...

Okie folks, gotta go. I'll get my hb to DL pix.

Happy 10 months Sweetie!!!

My loot at J8

Spending more time in Bishan means my pocket hole juz got bigger... that means more trips to J8, town, or anywhere else. N this is what I got yesterday : -

From Hock Hua Medical

1) Packet of cuttlefish
2) Box of Red dates
3) A bottle of Oligisaccharide (I've read abt the goodness of it http://www.chitopower.com/nl/2005-0708.pdf#search=
4) A packet of cane sugar

From Kiddy Palace

1) A dress for Meia
2) Training pants

From Seiyu

1) Avent sunblock for meia
2) TJ washing detergent ($6.90)

Think I've overspent this month... bad girl!!!!n I haven't included foodstuff from Crystal Jade Kitchen!!!!!!

Was tempted to get my walking pet balloon for meia (she was shouting out real loud n swinging her legs in excitement when she saw the Penguin) but I thought paying 10.90 for a balloon that lasts only for 2 weeks ain't worth it... n I think gotta pay if I go back for helium refills... n they are only there until tomoro http://www.harvestwell.com.sg/

Father's Day

Today's Father's Day n Big M is spending the day as one. As MIL is away on a short trip, I decided to cook. This is what I made for lunch : -

1) Hawaiian Pizza
2) Cheese Bread
3) Pulut Hitam (Black Glutinous Rice Dessert), which also happens to be Big M's Fav.

Instead of 'tabaoing' dinner for the 3 of us, this is the dinner spread

1) Corn with carrot n chestnut soup (I used pork ribs as stock)
2) Stir Fry Cabbage
3) Grilled honey lime chicken wings
4) Fried Egg with Onions

Since MIL won't be back till tomoro nite, I've decided on Radish with cuttlefish soup, using chicken stock. No idea on the rest of the dishes yet....

Meia's first taste of home made pasta

Meia has been eating porridge for quite some time, I feel rather 'tired' seeing the porridge, I guess Meia feels bored eating the same thing everyday too. Hey she's after all a little human being. We adults get sick of the same food if we eat it daily. So I decided to cook pasta for her. I was at my mom's and I saw that mom has a packet of ABC mini pasta in the fridge. So I told my grandma that I am bringing it home to cook for meia.

Yesterday Meia had her first taste of pasta, n I am proud to announce : - She LOVES it!!! the first spoon of pasta was rather funny, she has this expression 'ehhh this is not porridge?' after that she kept wanting more, usually for her porridge, I always have to coax her to open her mouth, chew n swallow, but yesterday, she wolfed it down :) Here's how I prepared it : -

I used chicken drumstick to make the stock

Ingredients
1 chicken drumstick (complete with skin)
3 cups of water (for stock)
3 cups of ABC pasta (approx)
1 mini chicken egg yolk (home grown chicken) for ppl who don't know, I have 3 hens as pets in the house

Method

1. Bring water to boil, add chicken drumstick in n simmer for 1 min, this is to get rid of the 'dirt'
2. Pour 'dirty' water away n add abt 3 cups of water. Dump the chicken in n cook for 20 mins
3. Put the abc pasta in the slow cooker, add water n cook for 2 hrs till soft... for toddlers with more teeth, don't have to cook till so soft
4. Scoop out some of the stock, leftover can be kept in the fridge for use the next day. Peel chicken meat into small tiny pieces, beat an egg n cook it thoroughly, lastly, add in the pasta n bring to a boil.

I did step 4 half an hr before meia's lunchtime.

Grandpa

My dad, who works in Penang came back to have his passport renewed 2 days ago and he being the 'love the little girl man' requested that I bring Meia back to let him see. The last time he saw her was a good 5 months back during CNY. Meia was botak then, now she has hair n so much more girly looking.

She didn't cry when she saw her grandpa, or when he carried her... my gal is normally very wary of ppl whom she hasn't seen b4 or seldom sees... maybe my dad's handsome face charmed her? haha...

Follow on milk (stage 3)

In another 2 mths or so, Meia will turn One... still deciding which follow on milk to give her... initially I had thought of sticking on to the Enfa family, but upon seeing http://www.friso.com.sg/friso3.html and http://www.abbott.com.sg/family/products/prod_gain.html I can't decide. Hmm... Friso seems to be good, Gain IQ too, I like it for being free of palm oil... but I also read somewhere that the palm oil used in FMs are good...

Any comments from mommies who have used the above 2 products?

My little wish

If I had a genie, I would ask him to grant me 3 wishes... or more haha... my wishlist would be : -

1) To have a house I would call my own (where I call the shots in the kitchen)...have the furniture I fancy, little meia gets her own room decorated with lilac walls n butterfly motifs, a less cluttered house, but this is highly impossible now :( I know hb wants to stay with his mom... so I guess when my time comes, I'll be hafway to my grave... say in 20yrs time, I'll be 53 already.

2) To have the freedom to voice my opinions, well, to rant out verbally at times, to complain, to cry, show my darn black face, killer looks/ stare, to say things without incurring the wrath of people... I wish I could do that, but I can't. N this somehow is driving me silently insane. Its a good thing to have blogs, but then again I have to be careful of what I write lest someone sees it n becomes upset... guess I'm stuck here again... I'll probably die an unhappy woman...

3) To let my love ones have a happy n healthy life!!! especially my little meia.

Okie, I've finally spat out what I've wanted to say...

Okie, Fess up!

Okie folks, confession time... or is it juz the mad neurotic cow in me.... I have to admit that having a bottle of med that makes the baby drowsy sends a lil 'excitement' down me spine... well not really excitement, but knowing that the lil one will be 'knocked out' faster does make my world a little brighter... juz to make it clear that I'm not a sadist... when u have a sick baby on hand, that little bottle works wonders. First, the little one gets the rest to recover, second, I get some free time to myself... either to blog or TV.

On countless nites, or days, when little screamer gets naughty n fussy, the DEVIL in me wished that Milk came in the form or Brandy or Beer... heard from my granny that a friend of hers, well, donkey years back, fed her 3 sons a little amt of Brandy to knock them out, juz to enjoy her daily majong sessions... how true it is, I do not know... but whenever I hear that story, Ialways picture all 3 kids neatly decked out on the bed, foam trickling down their mouths, like some cover to a horror book... oh well, lucky for me, that's juz in my thoughts, n screamer won't have her first taste of alcholol till many many yrs later.....

Or feeding her a pill that will make her grow up in double fast time???? *Tink* n she's 5!!!!! hahaha... wishful thinking on my part...

Fussy, naughty, clingy, difficult etc... I love my little screamer all the same.. I have to constantly remind myself to enjoy my child n not look upon taking care of her as a chore... afterall she only gets to be mine, all mine for a very short period of time... enjoy them before they start school, before puberty sets in... boyfriends / girlfriends, husbands, wives all get into the picture.

So folks, enjoy ur children!!!!!

I Broke Down!!

Having a sick baby ain't easy, and being all alone to manage one for the past few nites really took its toll on me. This morning at 2.30am, I BROKE DOWNN!!! Yes!!! Meia was waking up at every 2 hr interval n sleep deprive me really got UPSET!! Big M heard her cries n rushed into the bedroom, n helped carry Meia who was whinning BIG TIME!!!!!! I took the pillow n CRIED my lungs OUT!!! Funny thing is Meia stopped crying when she saw me bawling!!!

Yes, I am so happy that her fever has gone down, but her waking up so often (waking up is ok to me) plus her BIG TIME WHINNING really got to me!!!!! Already coupled with knee probs, a soon to be sick, sleep deprived, stressed out me gave in to TEARS!!!!!!!

Big M took Meia downstairs to comfort her. I took a half hr rest, before going down to collect her. Meia was wide awake. Hb told me that she really liked Twinkle Twinkle little star, coz when he was singing it to her, our dear friend was opening n closing her fists... haha so cute... hb only discovered that early this morn... well it was a mad OT week for him. I'm glad he woke up n helped, otherwise I would have resorted to beating Meia.... which I really DREAD, n won't do it unless NECESSARY....

I NEED A BREAK!!!!!!!!! hb offered to send me back to my mom's tomoro, which I gladly accepted.......