Home Injury

Missy is very busy ptactising her walking at home recently. and as a result of letting her walk on her own.. she has improved quite a lot *beaming mummy*

However, i noticed that ahse always not concentrating when walking.. as if she is very good already. She will watch tv while walking.. so few times she fall and knock herself b'cos her hand miss the table while she walk and try to stop..

Again Wednesday, her b'day BIGGEST present la.. she has a very big knock on her left cheek bone.. one super big patch. cos she walk walk walk eye glued on TV.. and then slip while trying to stop in front of the coffee table.. both mum & LGG just beside but cant catch her in time.. so Poop.. very loud some more.. knock herself on the coffee table.. so so heartache.

she cry like never before.. so so painful i guess.. so mum quickly use the oil to rub for her lucky thing nothing serious jst blueblack.. like people punch like that..

Sigh.. so we shall have to do more protection againts our furniture.. even with the Emon protection gear on our tables.. she still knock..

Hopefully, she is stable soon with her walking and PLEASE NO MORE KNOCKING HERE AND THERE.. heartache ar..

Missy is ONE today

Well, sat was an early celebration for missy. Her actualy birthday is TODAY ! so daddy & mumy took one day off just to be with our sweetie pie.

Well, i planned to go picnic, but it rained in the morning. sob. so we went to visit my mum's friend instead. her daughter is interested with my playgroup idea. and she bought many toys from Leap frog , amazon online. woah.. seems like my online purchase with increase in time to come..encouragement !



Today we brought missy down for a walk in her tricycle again, i bought the bubbles from kiddy palace and we have great fun playing with bubbles. she is so excited over the floating bubbles whenever i blow it..

She is so cute in her yelow shirt and two small pony tails..she now knows how to say "shh" as in quiet..

My Weekly Gym

Today Jen tag along to Gym. Heee.. we had our workout then McD lunch set at SGD4.50 well.. sometimes, you just have to pamper yourself after a series of hard work ?

I've yet to reach my target weight (Pre-pregnancy) sigh..4.3kg more to shed.

Ganbate !

Flash -d- Card

after getting positive result from Dr. Robert Titzer's flash card. i decided to make some of my own flash card using the lift-the-flap method.It's easy to make acually and cost savinsg to make my own.

Oh yeah, im gonna make one more lap book on missy's First birthday, she now has two lap book, one is Family album and the other her own birthday. *busy mummmy*

My Leap Frog Dvds arrived in just 7 days after ordered. SUPER efficient. It's simply convenient and pleasant experience to shop in Amazon *Thumbs up* But, the two DVDs are for bigger tots.. she missy still catch no ball..she only exposed to letter "A".. heee.



Today, LGG's turn to read to missy, see how messy her hair is.. *shake head* she now refuse us to clip her hair..We bring her for a walk round pur neighbourhood this evening in her new tricycle, she seems enjoying the walk.. hee.. and now she is so happy to be on trolley instead of in her pram..

My missy is growing fast ! i hope i can cope with her progress..i'm however a first time parent.. still have lots to learn. I guess im doing fine till now huh ! hee

First scribbles

I've started letting missy play with crayons 2 months back, she actually prcatise holding with her right hand using spoons/forks..

recently, when i let her play with pen/highlighter, she manage to hold it the right way. Today, i again revisit the scribble activity. Woah.. she manage to hold the pen right and scribble on the paper.. well.. she actually scribble beyond the paper.. it's on the floor and also on hr own hand.. muahahhaa

But, hey, she can draw now. so, my art & craft may start pretty soon, i guess.i already bought sponge & mickey mouse non-toxic water colour..*kiasu mum*

I'm a creative mummy to be.. muahh.. after reading the soulemama's creative family, i get so inspired, i even done up my personalised notice board, yet to hang up la.

My Missy FIRST Birthday *O*

Yipee.. we have a very happy celebration on Saturday for my missy's very FIRST Birthday ! I really think it was one of the best home celebration i'be ever had. All the food, except the 2kg cake are home-cooked. and we have people we are close with, all at home just to celebrate and share the joy of our missy's birthday. She is such a princess that day and so pretty in her princess dress. *proud mummy*



The Night before, LGG & I are preparing thre home decoration, how can birthday without balloons right ? missy is so excited and busy together with us..



I've made the birthday slogan with recycled paper (credit card brochures/tissue boxes..) not bad huh ! environmentally friendly !*green mummy*I bakde one loaf of milk loaf. but the stupid yeast act-up again. i gues i should always use new yeast instead of old ones.. sugh, nvm la.. the bread is not the main dish anyway.



everyone sleeps well till the next morning.. i woke up as usual at 6am.. start baking my egg tarts as i feel baking and eating on the same day is the freshest. so i started preparing the dough and filling and baking for 4 rounds. Mum cooking her "gong bak" and 'red egg" and fried some chicken wings & drumsticks, i then ad one more my specialty .. salad.. hee
MIl cooking chicken curry, fried bee hoon & one vegetarian dish. and we collected the cake from Jack's place .. all just perfect. The cake is so huge, the biggest cake i ever bought ! *wink wink*



Then, my missy changed into her princess dress, she is so cute..mum let her wear her present from mum & MIL.. she is so sparkling shinny.. *muakk* Then, it all followed by never ending phot takings.. and of course, birthday songs and cake cutting.. and guess what while we are eating, door bell rang, it was a parcel for missy. from her uncle all the way from Oz.. Sooo good timing ! he bought her 2 dresses & one disney piglet. so sweet of him and even made her cranes..



So, missy gets many presents ..she now loves to be in her tricycle, which i bought for her i bought minnie pendant for her too.

I wish my little girl stay healthy and happy forever. Muak ! Happy Birthday my sweetie pie !

Coffee today

Sob. I just simply cant resist it. I drink coffee again today.

Lack of determination ! shall try again next week.

Stop Coffee Begins

Today i stop my one cup per day.. i substitute with chocolate chips..im doing fine till now..

Will record my progress.. heee

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Treadmill this week

lallaa.. i give myself a pat on my shoulder for keeping to my own exerise routine. i went treadmill today. 25 minutes of running.. which i think is good enough to keep my heart pumping healthily..

I din stay long in gym today cos i FORGOT to bring towel ! This gym (corporate) requires all gym goer to bring towel. You cant enter without one. They don't provide towels.

So, when i realised that i did not bring any towel today, i just warp up my shirt (luckily today i wear cotton shirt) into a square and pretend to squeeze it in my hand as if im bringing towel.. muahha.. *feeling smart*

but, since i cant bath (no towel to wipe) so i dun intend to workout too long.. else sweat too much, sticky not comfortable for the rest of the day

Shall exercise again next week !

Weekend activities -September #2

This saturday 13th September is missy lunar calendar's FIRST birthday.. so, mum cooked some "mian sien" for her , she is obviously spoilt with choices.one bowl of " me sua" , one durain mooncake (i brought home for mum, but just put in front of her to vary her choices.. haa, and one fatt gao, (mum made from left over sweet potatoes ).. missy is happy with so much food presented to her.. and mum feed her her very first "me sua" cutey cutey..her actual celebration will be this coming weekend ! cant wait



Then, we brought out the piggy lantern mum bought for missy one year back, before missy was born. now, she can even carry it already, it;s battery operated with songs and lights.. the photo was taken while missy carry the lantern when lights off.. but the flash make it seems like bright day.



Then, saturday, we went down to suntec, thinking of buying some Lego set (Toysrus on offer), but not much left, the one we tot may be suitable we already have. but not lego, but same concept.. so decided not to buy.. missy have a one day out with us..busy looking up and down.. then, evening, we have our moomcakes makaning at PIL's home and missy again get to carry lantern.. haaa..



Missy gets to play with balloon from Toysrus on sunday and i let her play with my pen,, as she keep disturbing em while im doing some cutting and drawing.. she seems to be able yto imitate me by holding pen and scribble on paper.. *good job*. she will come to my study room, to dig my stationary.. if i were to open cupboard, she will help me pull out files.s. play the keys.. just never once sit quietly..

Missy now loves to sit on the strolley when we go marketing, she will grab anything beside her *eyes rolling*

This afternoon,LGG made some crane for missy and hang in our study room. Missy is so happy. She always likesthe crane hung at PIL's study room. so we thought maybe we can make one here for her too. heee... nice.

This weekend, i felt tired. sat night, wanted to watch some movies.. but ended up sleeping through the whole show.. sob.

What kind of parent are you?

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If you have more 'a' answers, then you are likely an authoritarian parent.
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An authoritarian parent 'attempts to control a child's behavior and attitudes, stressing the importance of obedience to authority and discouraging discussion. Parents who use this method tend to rely upon punishment, which is often spanking or other physical measures'.

A permissive parent 'exercises minimal control. Children of permissive parents are allowed to set their own schedules and activities. Permissive parents generally do not demand the same levels of behavior as authoritarian and authoritative parents'.

An authoritative parent 'operates on the belief that both the child and the parent have certain rights and that the needs of both are important. The parent is sure that she is in control and doesn't need to assert physical force to keep the child on the right track. Rather, an authoritative parent is more likely to control her child by setting rules and explaining why these rules are important and why they must be followed'.

Flash Cards

You know, i started flash cards months back. But missy does not seem to be too enthusist with it. She can sit through the whole flash cards session but not much responds as in when i show her hands, she just look at the card and see me saying it..

This week, i noticed that whenever i flash "Fingers" she will move her fingers.. even before i flip the photo. Is that mean she recognises the word "FINGERS" i flash "face" she will touch her face.. these are the action i will do to her whenever i flash those cards.. i will move my fingers when i flash fingers and ask her "where are your fingers".. i will touch my face then touch her face when i flash "face" and ask her "touch my face, then touch your face"... she seems to understand it now...

she also know "cheeks".. now im teaching her "feet", action word like "blow" i will touch her feet when flash feet, she will follow my action by touching her own feet. and i will blow a kiss to her when i flash her "blow" she is still looking "blur' with my action..

seems like Dr. Robert's flash card works.. so i will be making more similat flash card with more organs vocab like "eye".."ear" "nose" "lips" .. she knows eyes too, as mum always teach her at home..

I tot of adding flash card to teach her "grandpa" "grandma" "father" "mother".. etc...already printed those family members photo.. it's now the matter of putting them all together..

Busy busy me..ohh.. As of the playgroup project, im already getting some contacts from mummies with baby same age as my missy (thanks to mum's social skill ) she always mingle with those nanny/grandma downstairs.. so get their daughter's contact.. haaaa

shall organise one after october.

Jokes to share

Receive this from suh.. muahh crack me up..

Do you know why New Changi Hospital (NCH) changedits name to Changi General Hospital (CGH)? Because NCH stands for 'Never Come Home'. That's why business was very bad before it changed its name. Now CGH stands for 'Can Go Home'. So business ispicking up.


Business in Singapore General Hospital (SGH)isstill going strong because SGH stands for 'Sure Go Home'!
Now National University Hospital (NUH)is alsoconsidering a name change.
It stands for 'No UseHospital'!

What about Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH). Not toogood a name, no wonder so much problem.It stands for 'Tiam Tiam Si Hospital' and now 'Tan Teo SARs Hospital'.

So, be careful of choosing which hospital to go if anyone is unwell.

No offence pls, just a joke circulating in the cyber space.. muahahah

Gym this week

I go to gym again today !.. sweat it all out ! Happy !it's the hormones ! haaa..

Today i cycled for 20 minutes + cool down 3 minutes, then do the walking with both hands swing for 12 minutes + cool down 3 minutes.. (i din do long as my target is 2km ). Din get the chance to do treadmill as two machines were down and no one seem to complete their run on those functioning machines.. talking about hogging..*eyes rolling*

Happy exercising and keep your heart pumping healthily

Missy is picking up

We noticed that little missy is picking up things fast .. i guess this is the stage she is absorbing and mimicking us.

now, she points at things she knows or like and can even call them out like herself, baby..

today, mum taught her "pa pa" as in "scared scared" and pat pat her body, she learns it immediately, in the evening when we reached home, she can do the action whenever mum says it and she can even say it together "pa pa".. OMG.. how possible !

then, mum taught her to point at eyes, nose, mouth .. she can use her finger to point at her eyes when we say eyes.. when we say mouth/nose, she still point around the same place.. her cheek area.. she knows what we ameant but not too sure where to point yet.. but already this is a great improvement.. she can comprehend our words and actiosn very well *beaming mummy*

as i always recite the rhymes of "round the garden", now, when i say round and round the garden, like a teddy bear.. she will use her own fingers to circle her palm.. how cute is that !!!! i'm just too excited to see these progress..

it's like you put in effort in some project, and finally the project's result is getting obvious each day.. coming to end of project like that.. it's fruitful !

haaa.. interesting huh!

Weekend activities -September #1

Finally, it's September. mum coming back this sunday and MIL's 2 weeks nanny's tasks will be over.




so, this weekend, we did not do much new stuff, just our normal free activities. Little missy is busy practising her walking.. she can walk on her own without aid for more than 10 steps now. but, still we worried she will fall, as usually she will speed up as she walk and fall front. so, we are ever-ready to catch her. she seems happy with her new found skill now..

Then,afternoon, we went to have our dimsum again with her gong gong + po po.. actually it's an appreciation to their assistance to look after bb.. but, we don't want to explicitly say it, later they sure reject.. haaa.. they r very nice PIL. i must say.

then, we actually spent quite some time on the road as FIL kinda lost in directions when driving in town. talking about on the road, we actually spent 3 hours plus on the road on saturday night, just to go to my sis's place to pick up things from mum and come back home.. we too, miss some turning in the expressway and went all the way to Zoo.. LGG and i were joking that we should actually stop and take a photo before we drove off. sigh.. tt's the problem of not driving often enougha nd get lost so easily .. i some more no sense of directions, i simply CANNOT read the map/road directory !!!! so, do not count on me on driving or giving directions

sigh.. so saturday missy stay with PIL while lost terrible in expressway ! lucky thing we never bring her along.

Sunday, little missy gets to sit on shopping trolley for the very first time, she is sososo excited and thrilled with the shopping trip. while i busy doing my marketing, she is busy touching on all things besides her that she can get hold of..busy busy missy

Mum finally came home in the evening and missy is such a darling that she smiles so happily when see mum. That somehow makes mum happy la.. haaa..

forgot to add in that the bear note book & the sticker card were birthday gift from national library for missy, born in the month of September ! kiasu mummy like myself quickly go and redeem for my missy for her to play in the future. heee

So, one weekend over !

Weekly Gym session

This tuesday, Jenna and i hit the gym together. We felt so good after the treadmill session.

wanted to go swimming, but it just never seem to stop raining on lunch time. sigh ! so, im just ever-ready with my swimming gear, when it's shinny and bright, i'll just dip into the pool !

Happy exercising !

Missy with lots of expressions

I find that my little missy has lost of expressions from photos i took. This reminds me of what my granma used to say abt me when i was about 5-6 years old, i pose differently in each photos.. haaa.. so, it's like mother, like daughter kinda thing huh !

Weekend activities -Ausgust #4

So, last weekend of August and also MERDEKA for Malaysia ! My nephews got 2 days holidays for merdeka.. Malaysia ia always go generous with holidays.. sob sob.. why singapore cant give more holidays.. that's why people all so stress up and cant have more babies what !

So, Sat Missy get to play with ice again (Activity revisit) she is still showing so much interest with ice and curious with why it is so slippery and melting away..

then she gets to play her flash card, she now knows how to give cards to us, she will take the cards(or toys) and pass it to us and will hand it to us willingly. She also know how to poitn at things she is interested in, like if she wants her papa, she will point at him, or if she wants apple, she will poitn at the poster..*Good job *

This week, i let her play with ribbon. she carry the ribbon from study room, to livng hall to balcony then just dragging on it ! *faint* refuse to let go .. but after awhile, she just totally forgotten abt the existence of the ribbon.. how fast they lost interest in a toy !

Sat, she get sot play fake fork/spoon/bowl at grandma's place, she really really so engross in that pretend play. Which in montessori, it is very good for her to develop imaginative mind. she really take spoon, scoop from bowl and feed herself.. we all so amuse with her action, cos when we join in, pretend to eat together, she even know how to feed us ! *beaming* this shows she is getting better in her hand-eye coordination. Montessori mentioned that pretend play/imaginative play actually will create a stress-free adult in later life !

Since her birthday coming, im trying to familiased missy with "Happy Birthday" song. so, i brought out the Mr. bear's Birthday story book and read to her, she seems happy when i started singing happy birthday to Mr. Bear, swaying front and back.. muahahha..

SO, i've got mum to get some celebrative items from home (ahem, cheaper in m'sia), shall ensure missy have an unforgettable birthday on her first year !

Another happy weekend well-spent ! Looking forward to September!