Thursday, December 1, 2011

Heartbeat

Visited Dr Woody 2 weeks back, the first visit. The wait wasn't too bad but the consultation is super chop chop. I did not even manage to plant my butt on the chair! Ultrasound showed sac only with gestation of around 5 weeks 6 days. Was rather worried dat no foetus can be seen yet especially so after comparing with Zethan's ultrasound (yes, all kept in the dry cabinet)!

The past 2 weeks were accompanied with nausea, bloatedness, heartburn. More so in the last week thus feeling very lethargic and spent a few afternoons taking naps with Zethan.

The wait at Woody today is madness. Zethan isn't helping much and add on to my impatience. Not a single minute he is quiet, mummy this, mummy that, climbing here, climbing there, woody here, woody there. Got on my nerve big time! Walked into his room and Zethan refuse to leave me alone thus Woody told him to come along for the scan. He is so funny, trying to tilt the monitor for Zethan and describe the heartbeat as "can you see the train engine blinking away?!!" (he even notice the Percy Z is holding and ask is dat Thomas or who is that?)

A rare surprise was asking me to sit on the chair and asking "any questions?" shoot some questions about nausea and heartburn but unfortunately not much remedy for both. Billy asked about the size of the foetus expressing my concern the last visit. Woody said of a normal size and if we are concern, will change the next appointment from the intended 3 weeks to 2 weeks later. On my end, asked about Oscar assessment appointment, as nearer to date might be bad timeslot and limited dates just like Zethan's time. He said if we would like to, we can fix an appointment now and was given the period of 2nd to 6th Jan 2012 when we are in our 12th week. We chose a Wednesday afternoon which is 4th Jan, details to be confirmed after the nurse called for an appointment.

Next appointment to pay balance package amount. Duphaston reduced to twice a day. Had the 1st urine test.

We are just so happy to be able to see the heartbeat today!


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Sunday, November 20, 2011

Gift

A great gift we received!

Instinctively, I had a strong feel that we have had the gift few days before it is due. as the saying goes, the higher the expectation, the greater the disappointment. Whatever is meant to be is meant to be. Harboring this thought, made the decision not to confirm too early!

The days past, no sign of AF but other symptoms instead, getting really excited yet trying hard to curb the escalating excitement. Set myself a date for a Yes or No, make it 13 Nov 2011, Sunday. Nothing auspicious about this date, just that it is a Sunday and will be 4 days overdue. A Sunday so that if there is good news, the hub can share the joy immediately.

Without the hub's knowledge, quietly test with a cheapo HPT. Pretending that the dipstick never exist, continue to wash up, sneaking a peek or two in the direction of the stick. Within minutes, 2 lines showed! Double checked with the instruction, YES! Brought the stick out, walked to the hub, exclaimed in a uber cool tone. "this is for not believing my instinct!" the hub smiled.

Clearly both of us happy like a bird, our gift finally!

Just so difficult to contain our excitement and the urge to share with everybody the presence of our gift!

p/s pardon us our dear friends from keeping mum about it & not share our joy much earlier.


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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Sep 2011 Part II


Wow, today marked the one month-sary of our stay in Bishan. Unpacking still happening very randomly at whim and fancy, slow snail pace, sound bad huh?!!

Anyway, amid the crazy packing, on-going supervision of renovation, shopping for the house, we adventurously booked ourselves tickets for Mickey 'Live' Music Festival. What to do, the show is only for that few days and due to hesistating, we did not managed to get good seats (Dress circle 2nd row). Knowing how a big fan of Mickey Zethan is, we just had to adjust some time allowance to make the show happen.

So off we go for the 8 Sep 2011 3pm show at Marina Bay Sands - Grand Theatre. Expecting heavy traffic in the area, we set off early from home but yet with bad signages, bad traffic, full carparks, we went into a mad rush in time for the show. As usual, Zethan refused to be in his own seat almost throughout the show. The distance to the stage was far but views are considerably okay.


It was a show worth paying for as Zethan was glued to the stage through the whole show and even decide to dance along at some point.

Little did we know that just recently they have decided to return for more shows in Nov, geez!

Sep 2011 Part I





H...E..L..L....O....ooooooo (echo)......

Pardon me but september is really madness for me with tons of to dos on the agenda with limited help and time. Would have to break the sep updates in different parts too.

A quick recap...

2 Sep, fri - went for our completion for Bishan, chop chop, all done in a matter of minutes only! The house is officially ours!


Cheong there to meet up with our contractor and sub contractors all waiting in line for decisions. Settled the window grilles, indecisive with the kitchen cabinets and kitchen door. Had to leave before nightfall as the ex-owner had terminated the utilities and thankfully PUB is able to appoint us a slot to switch them on the next day's morning. Otherwise we would most probably turned into roasted pigs!

The following one week is filled with lots of coordination works be it deliveries of fittings (though not that many), selection of materials, color scheme performed all alone with Z in tow in the absence of the hub who was away for 2 days; the most crucial 2 days in fact! well...

back at home (CCK that is) packing, packing and more packing. The last few nights are like 2am, 3am, 4a, 5am kinda of thing and yet it seem like there are still tons lying around waiting for its fate of being thrown or migrate with us. It certainly is a very tall order for us to be packing with Z around, he simply unpack what we have packed. The only possible time to pack would be after his bedtime which meant we only have a few valuable hours daily to do so. this is also not quite possible untill a few days before the big move when the hub took leave (that when the 2am thingy step in).

Over the weekend or on days when we are expecting deliveries, we brought along a 3 fold mattress for Z to sit on, play on, nap on. Not to forget his toys, Ipad and snacks to keep him entertained, well prepared.

With a very tight timeline, most of the renovations are completed in time for the big move in except for some minor areas which supposedly will be tolerable. On the eve of the move, we packed till 5am in the morning! As scheduled, we moved in on 11 Sep 2011 (sun).

So...so....so...tiring.....

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Boring

Realised that my blog is getting very boring with tons of words and hardly a photo in sight.

Please bear with me as lots of adjustments are taking place from changing of laptop to lack of downloading from iphone and cammy. Iphone is so very user friendly that my PNS (point and shoot) is collecting dust in a corner. the laptop just got a replacement power adaptor when the previous one died on me close to 6 months back. The need to transfer and consolidate photos from ex company laptop to personal laptop, yawnz!

Shall make a mental note to upload more photos! oh and of course to update the blog conscientiously which I should have more time on hand to do so for now **crossing fingers and toes, whistling**

Home

Some updates on our new home.

Confirmed / purchased


Samsung RT63WBPN
L shaped leather couch
Dining set with 4 chairs
Slumberland Tempsmart 3600 King
Slumberland Signature Super Single
Customised King size Platform storage bedframe
Ariston Oven FZ62C.1 IX

To be confirmed


Samsung 46" LED smart TV 6400
Fujioh FX 900 (Hood)
Hob (induction)??

Need not be purchasing too many fittings and furnishing since it is pratically move-in and most of the furnishing are built in. What a great relieve! Phews

House shopping appear to be very exiciting and interesting but not for my case. Probably it is our 2nd home thus the excitement and creativity juice ran out and shopping with a 2.5 year old toddler is not very funny after all. Imagine testing 10 beds with a toddler jumping and rolling on the 20 bed with you, not a very funny sight I tell you.

To add on to the headache of the kitchen. Besides the decision of hacking the L box and downlights to make way for top hung cabinets or established a new set of cabinets opposite the existing but would have to make do with a narrower kitchen, my greatest nightmare was to discover that citygas is not available in the new home! Another set of balancing between the use of induction stove or LPG. I am pretty sure could not survive with full induction while on the other hand, the thought of fiddling with LPG freaked me out big time.

Argh.....decisions....decisions.....

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Major

Can somebody kick me from behind please? I can't believe it, my last post was in June and it's nearing end august already!

2011 entail a few major changes in our life. As mentioned, we are selling
our nest and found new nest. The next major change in my life; I have officially been pronounced as SAHM (stay at home mum) as of 19 August 2011. Well, it will be a short term thingy as I wish to spend more time with Zethan before enrolling him in a child care centre come Jan 2012 when he turn 3 years old. Seriously speaking, I am guilty of not spending sufficient time with him since birth and I do put the blame on myself for his slow development.

Thus for the next few months, my goals will be to coach him and prepare him for school in the aspects of academic as well as general development. Crossing my fingers but I certainly hope that by then he will be toilet trained and to wean him off co-sleeping with us. Sound like a tall order and major challenge since in the department of toilet training, he is no way near any. He does tell only after he poop quite randomly and he is confused over wet diaper and poo. Perhaps not quite confused but at least associate wet diaper to poo. So you can see that it is going to be a tough fight and please wish me success.

I have been trying to encourage Zethan to speak more freely as he appear to be reserved and 'lazy' in his speech. I am proud and relieved to say that for the last few weeks, he had shown tremendous improvements. Knowing jolly well that it is unfair to compare and he is relatively slower than his peers but if I may say so, I am still quite satisfied with his current progress. I have learnt to ask him questions or providing him with the answers in order to communicate with him. When he try to express himself which could not be comprehend, I will try my very best to ask if he is saying so and so of which he will reply yes or no.

For the next few months or so, intense activities are to be expected. In
order not to get too uptight and overwhelmed with the tons of task to perform, would have to efficiently and effectively prioritise the events especially so for the month of September. The plan shall be:

- shopping for house fittings / furnishing

- Renovation for Bishan

- Packing and preparation for the move

- The Big Move on 11 Sep 2011 (not that it is a good date)

- Settled in Bishan and unpacking (dreading that big time)

- Hong Kong vacation (much anticipated, so very looking forward to!)

Shall blog separately.



Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Conversation


Our conversation few days back...

In Daddy's car....was trying to teach him number, rote counting..

Mummy ~ what is your name?

Zethan ~ Z-tan

Mummy ~ well done, good job **applause dramatically**

Zethan ~ tan-ju, tan-ju (thank you, thank you)

Both the daddy and myself roar....whahahaaa

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Progress

Procrastination is my middle name, I am very sure of that, admit and pronounced guilty! LOL

As mentioned previously, badly in need of an update of Zethan's progress but since the last is eons ago, it can be quite a challenge.

In all honesty, toddlers of their age progress and developed so rapidly that there will be lots missed out if updating is not done on a regular basis. To say the least, Zethan belong to the category of the 'slowest' in development as opposed to his peers. Having said that, children develop at different pace and there should be no comparison or minimum comparison. Easier said than done right, naturally we can't help but compared and can act hysterical over the slow development.

A classic example is speech development. Zethan is extremely slow in this department although I am relieved and proud to share that he caught up quite significantly over the last few months. His vocabulary expanded tremendously (at least I felt it is tremendous improvement). The list goes: -

School Bus - Sgool Bus (with a funny slang, love it)
Uncle - On goh
Auntie - Ah T
Robot - Ah Bah!!!
Floor - Four
Wet - Weet
Mickey Mouse - Mimi mouse
Mr Bean - Bee
Push - Push
Milk Milk - milk milk
Rubbish - Barbish
No touch - no touch
Mei Mei - Mei Mei
Di Di - Di Di
Blue - Boo
Red - reat
Juice - Juice (pronounced very accurately)
Daddy - Daddy
Mummy - Mummy
Grandma - Ma
Wait - wait
Poo - Poo
Apple - Apt ple
Yoghurt - Ah good
Bread - Bao

Zethan finally hit 13kg last weighed at home so it's a plus minus thingy. Height have yet to be established since he don't wished to be measured when we are at PD. He is much more cheery these days though still appear shy when people looked at him. All it take is abit of warm up and he will be all good.

He is accepting varieties of food much better than before perhaps attributed by better ability to chew. What is lacking badly is fruits intake as besides apple, he is rejecting most if not all other fruits.One observation which is yet to be confirmed, his body can't take oily food and rejected by throwing up subsequently.

Zethan is super addicted to TV. Once he woke, immediately requested for the TV to be on. Grandma become his TV menu by switching to his favourite cartoon shows at the respective timeslot. Not very encouraging but too late for intervene. He love to pack his toys in bags, lined toys in a row repeatedly (got me in a mad suspicsion of autism), particular in sorting of toys e.g. single unit of mega blocks must be sorted together, same color grouping, recently developed love for dog stuff toys over Mickey Mouse. He will insist on bringing his stuffed toy dog along when we are out, kissed him goodbye / goodnight including the stuffed dogs, hugged goodbye with him then stuffed dogs too.

Definitely a very fun and interesting stage Zethan is in currently and I am enjoying every bit of it to the extent feeling time spent with him is insufficient. Of course there are days when he drive me up the wall but that's what motherhood is all about especially that of toddler's behaviour. One moment all pleased and happy and the very next whiny, feisty. When we are out, he cling on to me like a koala bear, refuse to walk, rejected the daddy, refuse the stroller or if he ever goes into the stroller, he must make sure he is holding on to my hand or even one finger. Once back home, a total different situation, directly opposite. Rejected me big time, the daddy had to bath him, never be out of sight, put him to bed etc.

A long post indeed, once got started, everything start spilling without any full stops and commas apparently. Till the next post, hopefully not very long..

Thursday, June 2, 2011

May 2011

I don't even know how to get myself started after missing in action for eons, 1.5 months to be precise. Let me try my very best to reorganise my thoughts, had better give all the excuses of not blogging a skip in this instance.

May is a very 'hectic' month with the numerous acitivities with the mummies, public holidays, the dramatic General Election (with close to 2 weeks worth of free shows), my very first major dental treatment in donkey years and the housing matters. Phews the list could go on and on but in a nutshell, that's about all.

We had so many gatherings this month with excuses that mummy Ophe will be leaving for the states end of the month (she is having some fun in the states at this moment as I typed, catching up with mummy Sue Lin). So it's almost like gathering every week so much so that the daddy at home raised his eyebrow. We did the various cuisine that Ophe will crave for after she leave for the states, Thai food, Jap food, BKT steamboat etc. We will miss you loads, Ang family!

Not gonna rave too much about the GE but what is notable is being my 1st time voting in 3X years, coupled with the peers' interest in politics, I grew some interest in keeping what with the whats is and whats not. We attended the very 1st rally by NSP at Choa Chu Kang stadium and was fascinated by the crowd despite the continuous rain for the whole evening. The whole area's traffic was almost paralysed, traffic jam everywhere, all carparks closed and so on. Well, all the hoohas and dramas had since settled down and forgottten as usual. So case closed.

Next on the list, my major dental treatment in donkey years. I have had very bad and serious phobia about going to the dentist and of course it is understandable for skipping any dental treatments for ages. No exaggeration here but it is a serious childhood phobia. But the pain is so unbearable that I am very firm in going for a wisdom tooth extraction / surgery. Can you imagine how bad the pain is for me to be so decisive despite the nagging phobia? Checked around for recommendation, surf the net for more information, ring a few clinics but earliest appointment is a day after. Such mixed feeling when I walked into the dental clinic at Mount Elizabeth, trying very hard not to resist the temptation to walk away. And so after the x-ray, consultation by the dentist, made the decision to do the surgery immediately lest I changed my mind again. Throughout the surgery, my eyes are shut real tight and even under local anaesthesia, could still feel the strong tugging at my nerve perhaps which spark off some tinge of pain still! It was all over in about 20 minutes or so, was shown the tooth (out nicely as a whole), rejected the invitation to keep the tooth, half mouth numb, payment and walked out of the clinic. So damn proud of myself for such a great achievement. Sound weird isn't it. Okay thats the saga of my dental treatment. Hopefully at this point, you will not be rolling on the floor, laughing away.

Housing. As mentioned in earlier post, we exercise the OTP for Bishan on May Day with a deposit of $4K and looked forward to the various appointments with HDB lined up for the next few months. Attended the 1st appointment for selling of CCKC which is really very early and nothing major for us as the sellers as the crucial documentation are with the buyers. Officially we should have sold our flat by 6 July 2011. Having said that, we are only due to be the official owners for Bishan in Sept if everything goes well. No major renovation necessary for Bishan except for the kitchen which might require a good 2 weeks. Anyhow as this post is being posted, we are experiencing some issues with our property agent and the buyers for selling of CCKC. Not going to be a spoilsport, don't wish to even go there so no elaboration. I have been on my toes trying to sneak in abit of time here and there to start the packing terror.

Shall dedicate the next post on the developments of Zethan which have been lacking badly ever since don't know when. I am so very glad to have started off this blog then and it is such a emotional experience reading back the blog, the emotions so overwhelming and real it seem just like yesterday! I will make it a point to maintain this blog, promise!