School holidays

Alas, it's my break in between jobs and it had to fall on a school holidays. Wanted to go somewhere for a short break before I embark on my new job but unable to find anywhere to go ... it's all fully booked! Now I have a taste of the school holiday rush even long before I need to do such planning. In future, I have to really book in advance to avoid disappointing the kid .. haha, something to remember. *Perhaps when i refer to this blog years down the road?
Well, gotta make do with some simple things to do in Singapore then.
Prob go Sentosa, Ubin(?) or perhaps just bring him to Clementi swimming pool, haha.

So free this week .... hmm, shall post more of his pics.

The old is gone, the new has come

Today is my last day with my current company. I am happy because though I am working there, doing my daily duties, I am not a happy worker. Mainly becos of colleagues, it's not the workload. Sometimes it's disheartening to see how ugly humans can become when it comes to office politics. Politics is not my cup of tea nor interest, hence, I decided to bail out - find a new job. Politics are inevitable but it's just the intensity of it. I pray that my new place will have minimal of that culture. Banking industry is one of the toughest place for survival I guess. Today, I shall put down the old past and move on to the new future.

Was at Vivo and met Per with her little Tri who is walking very well and steady. It's a pity that they din get to meet as my maid has not arrive with ZQ yet.

As I was mentioning in the forum that how fast the kid is growing.
Apart from the papa, mama, he can now utter quite alot of words like
1. Go go go
2. Bread
3. Cold, Hot
4. Ye Ye, Nai Nai
5. Ball
6. Clock
7. Moon

He can
1. Slide down from the slide on tummy
2. Show one finger when my maid ask him how old he is
3. Point to body parts
4. Stomp his feet
5. Gargle water -- playing with water and then swallow it (separate from brushing his teeth)
6. Spit water after brushing his teeth
7. Throw a basketball forward
8. Push his pram
9. Take out the shoe's Valcro
10. Bring the pair of shoe to you to put it on to him
11. Point to the bread on the table
12. Lift up his feet to wear pants,and hands when wearing/taking out his t-shirts
13. Recognise softtoys
14. understand 2-3 words spoken.
15. Wink his eyes
16. Point to the moon,tree, light, etc.

He seems to understand what we say and I think he also felt understood. Cos each time he makes some movements, sometimes other people around don't quite understand him but I think I do. He will bring this book on numbers and ask me to read it to him. However, he will make noise even when I am reading it .. until i realised that he wanted me to sing a "Bee" song as I had sung that song when I go to that number .. it has eight bees on it. He sure knows what he wants.

He is a vv happy boy, laughing at every little silly expressions. I thank God for him for being such a blessing to me and my hubby.

Brushing teeth

The art of spitting water after brushing his teeth

Slide

Walking backwards

A chip of the old block?

It's amazing that the similar pics I can find of the son to the father.
Guess which is the father?

Picture speaks a thousand words

Freedom

It's been 4 months since I've done my last posting. I hope that with my new job I can have a little more time to update the blog on my little darling. He's grown so much and changed so much since the last blog.

Now he's 11kg @80cm. He's grown so much that he's no longer a baby but to me, he's always my baby. ZQ never fail to amuse me and he really bring joy into my life. I really thank God for babies.

His recent changes, he learnt to wink wink, everybody around are happy cos he wink wink to them ...he also can wave bye bye, hi5. Recently I taught him to spit out water after I brush his teeth. Though it's an edible toothpaste, it's quite fun that he learnt quickly how to spit out the water. Of course, sometimes he still drinks the water from the cup, hence I used boiled cool water for that purpose.

In recent days, he also started to walk backwards. Haha, he is quite steady walking since 1 year old and now he is vv good at the playground. Climbing up and sliding down. In fact, at 11th month, my maid let him do it and I was rather apprehensive abt it until one day, I brough him down and he really slide down himself. Quite cool for a baby barely 1 year old .. hhee.

Today, we did another milestone. I decided to let him go diaperless at home. I read from the forum that some mommies tried and ask the toddler to inform them if they wan to go poo poo or wee wee. We told ZQ that if he wants to wee wee, he got to tell us and of course at 30mins to 1 hour interval, we bring him to wee wee. He understood and he actually went to find my maid when he wanted to wee wee. At night, when we brough him downstairs to the playground, he wet his underwear. But well, for a first timer, he is quite good oredi ;) I am looking forward to the diaperless days ahead .... can save more $$, hee.

Dunno since when, he had taken a liking to bread and he really love it. Now he knows where the bread is, he will walk to the dining table and then pull me /maid to the table and point to the bread and say bread .. bread ...

He is now like a sponge, learing vv fast. He now knows how to call papa, mama, yeye, nai nai, ball, clock .... and he can repeat after us sometimes. So I decided that it's time that I have to put in effort to teach him more.

Well, that's the joy of motherhood. Enjoying the time spent with the kid and seeing how he's learning. It's really a wonderful experience.
At this age, he is exploring alot of new things and shows a lot of pattern as well. It's not easy to teach him to understand what he cannot do and not good for him but we have to really be imaginative and think out of the box .... can be quite challenging sometimes. Sometimes methods don't work but we cannot just stop there but gotta find new ways and means to find a way that works for the kid. Discovering what makes them tick.

To teach them lovingly yet not in undiscipline manner.

ZQ can slide down from the bed

Been a while since I last updated. Too busy. No time even to read email. It's tough when the company does not allow yahoo email access. But well, it's good for them as it saves them alot of time cos employees spend a great deal of time emailing, chatting on forums (oops!) and surfing. Seriously, if I have a company, I'd ban all public mail website, chatting svcs .... only those authorised for work are allowed.

Anyway, back to my dear ZQ. He is now 10 mths and 1 week+ old. I had been training him to slide down from the bed as advised by my fren whose son is 4 mths older than ZQ. Actually ZQ looks bigger than him ...they used to share clothes with me but when ZQ was 6 mths old, he is already as big. Thanks to papa who is tall, good thing.

So last Sat at in-laws house, Father in law was so excited to tell me that baby had slide himself down from the bed. So I went ... "it was weeks of training know". My mistake, should have just leave it to them to be happy abt that they discover it first. But well, they did, he never slide down by himself at home cos my bed is rather high. He is so clever! So proud of him.

This morning, I went off to work and then when I returned in the evening, my maid told me tat baby actually slide himself down from the bed this morning and went to the kitchen to look for her. She thought it was my hubby who placed baby on the floor but papa was sleeping like a pig! Can't imagine if he has not learnt how to slide down ..... thank God!

ZQ & ZY

Paci boys
Though ZQ looks bigger than ZY, but in actual fact, ZY is bigger ba ;)
No no, it's the pram! hahha.

Laugh Shake Tap

ZeQuan's lunchtime fun

like father like son

Like Father like son (Mirror Image)

Now we know where the head circumference comes from. Left is son, right is father (with his actual picture flipped) - so this is what I call a mirror image. Son is slightly more handsome cos he has mommy's genes ... hehe.

9th month

Happy 9th month to baby ZQ

Today is ZQ's 9th month. Brought him for his hearing test and everything went well. He is now 9.9kg @ 75cm, head circumference is 49cm! Nurse says that he is off the chart, above the 97% percentile liaoz ... big head. Doc reviewed says he is alright, some babies just have bigger heads esp if someone in the family has it --> * looking at daddy ;)

Was worried abt his yellowishness but this is the 2nd time the doc says not to worry. It's prob due to the excessive papaya, pumpkin, carrot given by my maid - esp papaya. She gives 1/4 of a papaya for a meal .. din realised till I saw it one day. Already told her to stop all yellow products, hopefully ZQ will grow normal. He used to be such a fair baby, so cute but now he is a yellow baby ... *sad.

Gonna end my SAHM-hood by Sunday and starting back the corporate political struggle. Gonna miss the blogging and the chatting with the mommies from the forum.

Tooth & Drool

Tooth & Drool

Inspired by PerPer ... downloaded Picasa too and tried this too :)
Been wanting to note down his progress on his tooth chart but did not do so until now. Since i am still a SAHM until this Sunday, I should do some updates before I forget them all ;)

These are all the pics of ZQ's tooth growth. His first and second tooth came out somewhere in Aug (5th mth), 3rd-5th teeth somewhere in Oct/Nov ba. Now his 6th tooth (top right 2nd) is coming out and his 7th tooth(bottom 2nd right) is showing some whitish portion too. Of course this will track his drooling too ;)

One thing I note abt Picasa, it does not allow us to move the pictures sequence :( Wonder if there is any other softwares that can do it.

Hair

Hairdo
Kei praised ZQ for his nice hair .... hehe, this mama cut for him using at $2.90 scissors and a comb. See the 2nd pic below for his bad hairdo and u know how badly i needed to cut it.
Talking abt hair, he was botak when born and I had to keep praying for more hair. Thank God his hair now has improved. See how he's grown from 3.5 mths to 9 mths.

Chinatown

Went to chinatown for shopping today. Needed some new sitting pad for my chinese wood furniture n tot i might find it there but nay, they dun have what i needed. Not sure where exactly to purchase those square flat cushions (seat pad) for those chinese wooden chairs but have to get something before Christmas!

Tricks

ZQ woke up at 2 plus this morning to play. Gave him milk and tried to get him to sleep after that. He played for another 15 mins before Zzz ....

Daddy is now in Dolha ..... not participating but a spectator and also attend some meetings. So nice! he is on a holiday now and I am here, looking after baby. Then again, i dun mind! I would really miss ZQ if I am away.

Going 9 mths in a few days' time, he is considered quite a big boy. He can now crawl vv well, stand up on his own, hold on to things while standing up, has 5 grown teeth (2 more coming out). Loves him alot - he is such dear, he laughs all the time and makes our hearts melt looking at him.



Now he knows quite a few tricks and it's real fun watching him. I guess its the way he communicates with the adult world.
1. playing with water whether in cup or in the bottle, he will try to blow bubbles. He will even put the cup over his face and makes sounds with it. Then look at us and smile.
2. Makes sound like zak zak zak ....
3. Blink his eyes and makes a sound Eik!
4. Shake his head (his fav now)
5. sometimes Hi5 and waving (only yesterday i found out) - maid had been teaching him tat.
6. Grind his teeth (Despite mama says no, put my finger in and stop him but he laughs, thinks its funny)
Today, I am going to get some stuff to babyproof the house.

Sentosa's outing - 3 Dec 06

Mummy woke me up at 6am to join daddy for his run at Sentosa.

Love this place (drool ...)

My new stunt - blink blink!

First attempt

My first attempt to blog. Heard so much about blogging but simply have no time for it.

I guess now as a temporary SAHM, i can give it a shot. Hope I dun get hooked on it. Sometimes i wonder where on earth does others find the time to blog .... hmm, during office hours? i suspect. Who has such a job to recommend, contact me! hehe.