Friends

mummy is clearing her maternity leave on fridays as scheduled and it will take her till early november to fully utilized the balance.

last friday mummy brought Zethan to Auntie Sue Lin and BB Caleb's house for a gathering. Initially Zethan was really sticky and clinging on to mummy, fussed when mummy put him on the playmat, he pout and cry and it took repeated tries and quite a while for him to warm up. Is that what they called stranger anxiety thingy?

Caleb and Zethan share the same hatchday!

okie, what is the agenda for today's meeting?

Ko-ed after a whole afternoon of fun

Test

mummy have been worrying sick with Zethan's feedings dipping further south day by day for like close to 4 weeks or more. She is trying to check around from experienced lactation consultant to senior neonatalogist to peadiatrician etc.

Just last week she brought Zethan to see Mrs Wong @ TMCas she remarked during a conversation with mummy that it's way too long to have this loss of appetite and urged mummy to bring Zethan in for a training session on bottle feeding. Mummy did just that and conclusion being Zethan is rather well grown and should drink when he's hungry. To play safe, make a trip to pd for UTI test for peace of mind and if situation dun improve after 2-3 weeks, get a full body checkup done by pd.
The collection of urine was a frustrating process. Went to the pd on a sat only to realised that they can't collect urine on sat after 1.5hrs wait. No ear infection, lungs sound okay though a mouth rinse was given because of some redness on Zethan's gums to prevent a probable gingivitis.
2nd trip to pd returned empty handed as well. apparently Zethan's penis wasn't clean properly thus there are dirt / dead skin observed when his foreskin is being pulled back. So was sent back once again with a potassium based antiseptic wash. However instructions were not furbished properly by the nurse mentioning that just splahing of dilution on the penis with skin pulled back. Mummy checked if cleaning is necessary and was told not to touch the penis as it is going to be sensitive.
After 4 days of washing thrice daily, mummy and grandma happily brought Zethan back to the pd but again as dirt is still observed even after skin preps, pd advised to continue with the wash till no dirt is seen. Mummy was really angry as she was mis-informed on how to clear the dirt / dead skin thus wasting another trip! This time round the pd said to cleanse away the dead skin with gauge / cotton balls. Mummy was pissed not just over the time and trips wasted but largely the discomfort for Zethan having to go through this ordeal for so many days and more to come. duhs!

From mummy's observation, it appear to be cleared of the dirt as of now so hopefully the next trip for urine collection will be fruitful!

Botak!

Zethan had his hair shaved on 6 Jun 09 and bid goodbye to his beautiful hair.

Feeling the wind in my hair!

why Zethan had to have his hair shaved

shower before hair shave

aiyo mummy, im shy to be pictured naked!

have you had enough?

heard of the saying ~ hair standing on ends?

okie, give up, smile more radiantly for more shots

beads of perspiration

I'm all ready, get on it before I change my mind

no turning back now ~ oh my precious hair

hmm....sure it's done?

officially declared botak!

my new image - still handsome?

yeah, mummy say no doubts!

mummy's handsome botak head!

Baby Gal

did mummy make a mistake or was there a gender confusion?

work of grandma, the masterpieces!

Right Flip

Zethan flip from back to tummy on his right today but mummy suspect it's a one off thingy. No photo / video though, nope the above photo is taken previously.

So far most if not all the time Zethan will flip from back to tummy on his left which he is an expert now.

Imagine he can be realli persistent and try to attempt countless times when mummy try to stop him from doing so. Zethan can't stop flipping be it dressing up time or diapering time thus it is indeed challenging to perform these task without flipping him back constantly.

The thing is he can flip from back to tummy but have forgotten the ability to flip back thus after a while will definitely call out for help!