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No Cry Sleep Solutions (Pt 1) [24 Nov 2009|06:45pm] [ mood | tired ] Thursday: I've finally come to a realisation that we cannot breastfeed David to sleep every night. Lobster suggested we let David "cry it out" and learn to go to sleep on his own. Honestly, I hate the idea of letting David cry himself to sleep in the dark. Lobster probably hates it as much as I do, but we were at a loss. Friday: After my haircut (facial was cancelled because my therapist was on MC), I went to Kinokuniya while waiting for Gwennie to knock off and meet me for dinner. Splurged more than S$50 on two books that claims to have the sure-win, no-cry solution for babies to go to sleep on their own. Hmm.. Saturday: I got around to reading one of the book, "The Baby Whisperer", while David was napping. It advocates the pickup/putdown (PU/PD) method which involves putting the baby back into sleeping position every time he stands or sit up in the crib. I tried it out that night, and it was terrible. David cried and cried in frustration. So much for the no-cry portion. In the end, I decided to do the PU/PD method with him in my bed. It wasn't as bad, and David finally went to sleep in exhaustion after an hour and 40 minutes. Throughout the night, he managed to settle himself back to sleep whenever he wakes up, which was a nice surprise. Sunday: I decided to do the PU/PD for one of his nap each day. It took me an hour to settle him down that afternoon. David was in a poor mood the entire day, probably because of this new routine. He woke up and started crying uncontrollably, and I gave in to nursing him to sleep. That night, I employed the PU/PD method again, and he went to sleep after an hour and 15 minutes. Monday: He took 45 minutes to settle for his nap, and an hour before he went to sleep at night. That night, I decided to put him in his cot, but he woke up after an hour, crying for me. I took him out and let him sleep in the bed - bad idea. In the night, he probably flipped around too much, or woke up and decided to get off the bed to play. I woke up with a shock to a loud "BANG" and David was on the floor, despite all the pillows and mattress I have laid around the bed to prevent this. He cried uncontrollably for a good 10 minutes, but I was very surprised that the moment I put him on the mattress, his sobbings died off and he went back to sleep on his own. I waited for 5 minutes so he is in deep sleep, and popped him into his cot to prevent another one of these fall-off-bed episode. This morning, he woke up in a good mood. Went for his rattler bear immediately and woke me up with the rattling. Tuesday: After the good start in the morning, I settled him to bed with the PU/PD method again in the afternoon. he went to sleep after 30 minutes, even though my mum came into the room as he was falling asleep and made some noise. I'm starting to notice that he is becoming very uncomfortable in the sarong rocker. He slept and woke up well from his nap in the cot, but he kept crying out in his sleep when he's sleeping in the sarong rocker. Perhaps in time, we will be able to wean him off the rocker too? He's been extra touchy and angry these few days, yelling whenever I don't give in to him... or is this a problem that has developed for some time at his granny's and I've never noticed it? Either way, I detect that the baby is unhappy...which makes me unhappy. I hope I don't give in...Wish his dad will come home soon for support! 1 comment|post comment

Day 1, 2, 3, 4... [19 Nov 2009|10:51am] [ mood | jubilant ] Ok, it's day 4 of my one week break. Where did all my time go?? Monday: I went back to the office, cleared my PC and had lunch. Did some grocery shopping at Giant, Vivocity, and reached home at 4.30pm, just in time to make dinner for me and Lobster. Tuesday: Woke up at 9.45am. Dressed and had brekkie while waiting for the repair guy to come look at the water heater. Was inflicted with slight shock and depression to know that the water heater is completely >GONE< and will need a replacement. Cold water for at least three days in this kind of weather??? I dragged myself out of my self-pity and called Raffles Medical - only to be informed that the health screening is only available before 12.30pm. Decided to make myself useful for the afternoon. I cleared the letter tray, washed David's toys and managed to find a little plastic box to put everything in... well, nearly everything. Looks like he will need a bigger box!! Finally, I stumbled across an article online about Fengshui and decided to stick 6 one-dollar coins above my door way. Haha! I am crossing over to the dark side of taitai-ism! Wednesday: Dragged myself out of bed at 9am to get ready and set off for my health screening at Tampines One. I dunno how I do it, but I managed to slack around with breakfast and coffee until 11.15am!! With faux courage, decided to give the bus a try. I took number 3 and got off at Pasir Ris to switch to the MRT. Took about 40 mins to get to Tampines One. Not too bad! Spent two hours at Raffles Medical, stepped out and saw a Disney theme shop. OMG.... where have you been, shop?? I have been hunting all over Singapore for you! Went in, saw cake toppers (*shakes fists*) and bought party deco for my Pooh Bear theme party next week. Also bought a nice big toy box-cum-seat for David. Then went to basement level, bought grocery and headed home on number 3. Gosh the straight trip took an hour!! Changing to an MRT is the way to go! Dinner was steamed minced meat on tofu, old cucumber soup and fried caixin. Nice. *Beams* After dinner, Lob and I sat around and showed each other what we bought for the party (he dropped by a party shop after work). We managed to source for a nice cheap rental for Helium gas. Yes! We will have floating balloons!!! Thursday Am now sitting here, breakfast-less, showerless, and listening to the repairman hit and bang around, installing my new water heater. Am going to be $220 poorer after this, but tremendously happier!! I have plans to read today and tidy up the study room a little. Tomorrow's all planned - Hair at Tony&Guy, followed by facial at Yamano Face Plus, all at Orchard Central. Weeeeee!!!! [Edit] I have hot water!!! I have hot water!!!!! *Runs to tap, feel warm water* 2 comments|post comment

One Week To Myself! [16 Nov 2009|08:16pm] [ mood | happy ] Hurray! I have one week to myself! I need to - Have my hair cut and coloured - Have my pre-employment checkup done - Plan for David's birthday - Get the water heater fixed - Hopefully get a manicure and pedicure done Hmm... looks like it's not much of a resting week.... In other news, David is walking! He can only do a few steps unassisted, but it's faster than we thought. His appetite also improved tremendously from last week when he was teething. This week, David has eight teeth - four more than last month - and he is eating tofu and salmon! ^_^ Okie, got to go pick the little fellow up now. 3 comments|post comment

Last Day and a Half [14 Nov 2009|11:12pm] [ mood | cheerful ] Technically speaking, Friday was my last day at work. I ended up saying yes to my boss for lunch on Monday, so I'll be popping by the place again. Oh well, that's not so bad, since I have tonnes to clear from my PC anyway. So it'll be two weeks before I commence at the new workplace. I have planned for one week of rest and running around for personal errands, and another week to have David with me. Another half day to go on Monday and I'll be freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.....!!!!!!!!! ^^ post comment

New Foods [01 Nov 2009|12:42pm] [ mood | frustrated ] David has been feeding on the same porridge twice a day since 6 months ago. His grandmother always blends the porridge to puree texture - when I suggested not blending the porridge so he can start chewing stuff like all his counterparts, his grandmother counter-suggested that I was trying to choke him with the food. Determined to introduce him to different food with different texture, I have been reading up and cooking like mad in the kitchen. I tried making cheesy pasta stars, fried croquettes, cheese bread etc. He hates them. He. Hates. Them. He wants nothing but porridge. Not just porridge but porridge with pork, fish, pumpkin and broccolli. Maybe he'll only eat that for the rest of his life. People will call him the porridge boy, then subsequently the porridge man. *hands to face in desperation* 3 comments|post comment

Losing Steam [23 Oct 2009|07:16pm] [ mood | bored ] Friday evening - in office with tonnes of work but no desire to do any. post comment

Crossroads [21 Oct 2009|07:27pm] [ mood | contemplative ] I am now attending a two-day course on decision-making and problem-solving for managers. It's supposed to make me a more decisive, solution-driven supervisor. But I honestly don't feel more decisive, even after spending a grilling day with the facilitator crunching numbers for imagery case-studies. As it is, I have officially come to another of those crossroads where I have to make a quick decision in the next 48 hours. All factors considered, it has come to my attention that I am now at this crossroad because I was sufficiently pissed-off. Not that I didn't know I was pissed-off. I suppose applying the "6-Whys" method may help clarify the steps I need to take, but it still does not render the decision-making easier. Someone (I have forgotten who), told me that if it doesn't feel 100% right, then it's probably not the right route to follow. Then again, I am still regretting saying no to some opportunitites which I said no to in the past few years. So maybe I will cross the road and see if the grass is indeed greener on the other side. Even if my gut feel is telling me otherwise. I shall be plucking daisy petals in the next two days. Let's see what the last petal has to say. post comment

Singapore man kills child over cigarettes: court [21 Oct 2009|07:00pm] [ mood | aggravated ] An eternity of burning in hell is too good for this bastard. And a mother who stands by while your child is being abused is just as guilty. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20091020/tap-singapore-crime-06f3cb7.html SINGAPORE (AFP) - – A Singaporean man has gone on trial charged with murdering his 23-month-old daughter in a fit of rage after he caught her playing with his cigarettes, court officials said Tuesday. Sallehan Allaudin, 26, is accused of fatally beating his daughter Nikie in January ahead of her second birthday, causing her to die of a ruptured vein. If convicted, he could face death by hanging. The High Court was told Monday that Sallehan, who had just returned home with his wife with a present for Nikie, went berserk after seeing the toddler had torn up and scattered his cigarettes, the Straits Times reported Tuesday. Sallehan has pleaded not guilty to the charge. His wife, Rozanah Mohamed Yusoff, 24, used a mannequin to show the court how Sallehan allegedly kicked and stomped on their daughter in the kitchen, the newspaper said. The couple, who have two younger daughters, called for an ambulance when Nikie started bleeding from the nose, but she died of her injuries, according to the report. "I did not go into the kitchen to stop my husband as I thought that was the way he wanted to discipline Nikie," the wife was quoted as saying by the newspaper. post comment

David's First Birthday [17 Oct 2009|08:21pm] [ mood | excited ] The plan is now set. We will have a small party for David at home, follow by a day out doing David's favourite activities. First up, the party! David's paternal grandpa, who is also a professional chef, has committed to doing a small buffet for David. We're really happy because that means we can be assured of quality tasting food, keep the quantity within our control. The party's theme is Pooh Bear and Friends, and I've busted my a$$ looking for nice Pooh bear cake toppers for his 3D cake. We finally found them online and placed our orders - so the toppers are now on their way to us. Once those are in, we can proceed to bring them to the bakery and order our cake. We haven't decided if we're going for The Pattissier or Pines Garden; we also have not decided where to get the party flavours - Allanbakes, maybe? All in all, it's going to be a rather simple party to plan. And I'm determined to let David taste his first eggs on that day. ^^ The following day's activities are not planned yet, but I don't think we will be getting a hotel or chalet in Sentosa anymore. Cost aside, logistics is a headache - I have to find a place to cook his porridge, and get a room for the maid - argh. On the other hand, I don't want to stress the baby out by bringing him all over the place. The plan is to bring him to the Underwater World at Sentosa, and also swimming because he loves it so much. Hmm... it's going to be a busy month ahead! 3 comments|post comment

The Big Birthday... Or Not [11 Oct 2009|12:27pm] [ mood | contemplative ] David's one year old birthday is coming up in about a month and a half, and I still have not decided what to do. I know a lot of the ladies in the forum are planning for the party of the year century, but I really don't know if I want to splurge for an event which David is probably not aware of happening. What I have in mind is a chalet with a private pool, because he loves pools so much. But a chalet will be too big for two small families. Mum may invite some people, but I don't want people I don't know at my son's first birthday and I don't want to stress him out with weird strangers pinching his cheeks. More importantly, I know he needs his sleep and I don't want to mess up his agenda (do we stop in the middle of the party and do the dance-like-a-clown thing so we can get him to drink his milk?) Then there's the issue of the cake. I know he's going to have his first taste of egg product on that day - I'm going to attempt to feed him cake (with the Zyrtec bottle in the other hand), but the cake shouldn't have chocolate (because it contains caffeine), honey (complex protein that should be introduced much later), alcohol (blackforest is a NO NO), raw eggs or dairy products (fresh cream is a NO GO too)... so that leaves us with very little options. I don't think a dry sponge cake will be a hit with the adult or the kiddo. Maybe I should bake my own? Wait... that's even more dangerous than purchasing one. So perhaps a small family gathering at home with a buffet laid out for the adults is the best way to go? The kid won't be stressed out, and the pockets won't get a huge hole burnt into it. But I so want to explore the chalet with a pool thing, and leave him with some nice memories. Not to mention that will make his grandmother enormously happy. Should I, should I not? 2 comments|post comment

Double Shyte [01 Oct 2009|11:52pm] [ mood | pissed off ] Ok, that previous post was supposed to be in private view. Not that I don't trust to share details with you folks, but this is an online blog and details like that shouldn't be out in the open. Idiotic blurty had a glitz and save that entry twice - once as a private and once as an open entry - I have no idea why. I am just totally pissed now. It is a very shitty day. 1 comment|post comment

Shyte [01 Oct 2009|07:10pm] [ mood | annoyed ] That's the word of the day. I think I screwed up the final assessment. I just finished breastfeeding when they called. Imagine how flustered I was. Oh well, I was wondering whether I will pick up that position if they offer it anyway. [ETA] GAH! Ok, I simply cannot get over how poorly I performed on that call. Pissed with myself. (>_ post comment

Sunday Afternoon [27 Sep 2009|01:58pm] [ mood | lonely ] David's grandma has taken David back to AMK because his grandpa misses him. In the past few months, I've thought of all the things I want to do if I have the time. Now that I have the afternoon off, all I want to do is play with David. 1 comment|post comment

Hi Folks! [19 Sep 2009|07:14pm] [ mood | lazy ] I know I know...it's been a long time since I've updated. I am sorry. I really am. *Look remorseful* Work has been busy these couple of weeks, and I've been busy trying to catch up. Whenever I'm not, I'm trying to spend time with David and Lobster, who will be departing for Brunei on a 3 week training this coming Friday. Not sure how I'll cope on my own, but I am severely regretful that I did not go get my driving license despite signing up for the package months ago. While all these are going on, several things are running in the background of my consciousness, and I know I need to make some decisions on them soon. One of which is David's upcoming one-year-old birthday. Lobster and I are debating whether to keep this to a small family affair at home and buy him something significant (like a golden rat - I'm serious - or throw him a little party at a chalet. Intellectually, I know he's probably too young to understand the significance of a elaborated party, but emotionally, I feel I NEED to do something for him because I didn't do anything for his first month milestone. Afterall, this is the first year of his life. It IS a big deal. Another thing that has been on both our discussion agenda is whether to have another child. If we want to, we should, soon. But after some disappoinments at work recently, I've been thinking of moving on, and if that happens, any plans to have another kid will be quite impossible. Then there are the other things which we have been putting off, like getting a handyman around to fix all the lightbulbs (the light fixtures I have at home are astoundingly difficult to remove); hire a contractor to have window grills up; get my hair done; get a manicure; watch a movie....you get this gist. But as you know, I have a natural talent for procrastination, so I'm usually sitting in front of the laptop typing quiet while all these little issues buzz around in my head. Well, at least I'll be catching up with Gwennie on Monday...which reminds me I have to send Ning's package and catch up with the guys on dinner. *yawns* 2 comments|post comment

Work Life Balance [05 Sep 2009|08:32pm] [ mood | tired ] [ music | ringing in my ears ] Saturday. In office doing pricing analysis. Think if I continue working like that, I may just drop dead from fatigue -- or seriously low pay:workload ratio. 2 comments|post comment

Haha.... [31 Aug 2009|09:53am] Entertaining Pringles - Keep Clicking post comment

Slacker [31 Aug 2009|09:05am] [ mood | sore ] It's 9.05am. I've been awake for the past hour and a half and still in bed in my PJs. I've thought of taking a shower, getting some breakfast and maybe get to work to settle some stuff. But the painful toe has become a deterrence to me getting out of bed. So here I am, stinky, messy and hungry in bed. This dislocated toe has made a slacker out of me. 1 comment|post comment

The one with the dislocated toe joint [30 Aug 2009|12:58am] [ mood | sore ] Accident-prone daisy made another trip to the TTSH A&E today, this time with a dislocated joint in my left second toe. I crashed into Lob this evening at the bedroom doorway, bruising my nose and dislocating the middle joint of my toe. Hurted and still hurts like hell. I remember sitting on the floor and bellowing in pain. Lobster saw the oddly twisted toe with bone jutting out and panicked. We woke poor little David who was sleeping in the bedroom. In the end, Lob called my mum to come over and left the baby in my maid's care in the interim while he rushed me to TTSH's A&E. The anaesthesia jabs actually were more painful than the dislocation, but I suppose I would have passed out from pain when the doctor put the bone back in place if I didn't have the jabs. Hmm... toe feels a little disjointed and squashy now. But it's nice having Lob fuss over me like how he is fussing now. Hee.. 1 comment|post comment

Happy Birthday Lobster Daddy! [28 Aug 2009|09:25pm] As with tradition, this post is for Lobster, aka Daddy XX. Happy Birthday!!!! Here's the birthday picture this year - Lobster at night. Very apt, since we mostly ONLY get to see you in the deep of the night these days. *Smiles* Love and Kisses, Mummy YY and Baby ZZ 3 comments|post comment

[18 Aug 2009|07:30pm] [ mood | complacent ] [ music | Nell -Tokyo ] Am feeling a little blue about everything in general. Job, home, life etc. Must be the menstral hormones coming back, now that I'm beginning to wean David off breastmilk. The one-and-half year of menses holiday was good while it lasted, anyway. 1 comment|post comment

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