Garwyn's development

(Bb Gar Gar and Bb Julian at 1m old)

BB Garwyn Had a follow up checkup with Dr Watt on 26.01.2008.

His development is as follows:
weight 4.55 kg
height 56 cm
head circumference 36.5cm

As compared with Bb Julian at 1m old.....
weight 4.6 kg
height 54 cm
head circumference 39.5cm

Although Gar Gar is a 36 weeker but at 1m old he is almost on par with gor gor Julian. However, gor gor Julian is still the unbeatable BIG HEAD MONSTER!

Garwyn's 1m celebration

BB Gar Gar's 1 month celebration is held at Canton Wok by Chef Kang. The food is very nice n cheap! Most of the guests commented the dishes taste "marvellicious". Auntie Unique already said she wants the next reunion dinner to be held there. By then Gar Gar will be one yr old so we'll have a 3 in 1 celebration - po po's birthday, gar gar's birthday and reunion dinner. Ha ha .... save a lot!

(p.s.: look at how "PIG" is my Gar Gar at 1m old!)

Garwyn is 1m old

It's end of confinement for Mummy n BB Gar Gar which means "end of imprisonment" for Mummy!

Special Thanks to the following special ones that change our lives:-

Dr Kenneth Lee - This deliveryman always ensure mommy has a smooth and painless delivery. He has "delivered" so much joys into mommy's life that I'm always grateful to him.

Dr Rhonda Watt - She is a pretty and very personal PD. She is very patient and answer all my queries without imposing extra consultation charges. She even make follow-up calls to check on us.

Nanny Ya Ying- She was the nanny when BB Julian was born. Now she especially come back to help me with my confinement. She has taken good care of BB Gar Gar and me. Imagine BB Gar Gar was only 2.4kg when he was discharged and one month later, he is now 4.55kg!

Aromatherapist Pauline - She did a great job in my post-natal massage and wrap that I am able to get back to shape faster.

Auntie Lorna - While I was confined to my bed. She took care of BB Julian and housework.

The Arrival of Bb Gar Gar (Part II)

The Video of the first moment of Baby Garwyn (Gar Gar)

My little Princes

Prince Julian and Garwyn Tung at 1 day old

This is a photo taken at Mt. Alvernia Hospital when they were one day old (by Peter Pan Studio). Both have Garfield's eyes....

我的阿狗与阿猪

阿狗与阿猪

This is my Ah Kow and Ah Ti. See how big head is bb Julian! Everytime, Mummy breastfeed BB Gar Gar, Julian will sit and watch. I asked him if he wants Mummy's milk milk, he will feel so embarass and laugh. However, little did he knows that, on paediatrician and nanny's advices, Mummy actually mixed the breast milk into his bottle feed. Ha ha...

So basically, Mummy's reknown "International Airport" "Mousey" breastmilk is actually supporting both my "puppy" and "piglet".... (P.S. Nicole, do u want some too?)

Obedience Training in Progress

Obedience Training in Progress......

Trainer : Gary Tung

Dogs in training : Nicole (Schnauzer) n Julian (JRT) Tung

BB Gar Gar 命名日

Garwyn Tung Hong Yi 陈泓峄

Daddy sent BB Gar Gar birthday (生辰八字) to geomancer (游龙子) to select a name. Mummy fell in love with the name 陈泓峄 the moment I see it. Then it was selecting an English name for him. We scrolled thro all baby names books, browse internet for a suitable name that bears Daddy's initial G. We short listed Gordon, Godwyn and even Garfield...

Finally Auntie Unique suggested Garwyn. I love the name very much because Julian has been calling BB Gar Gar all the time. It has Daddy's initial G and most importantly it sounded very much like Daddy's dialect name "Kah Wee". So with this name, he will still be our BB Gar Gar forever.

My Complete Family

Baby Gar Gar N Baby Julian

Above Is Baby Gar Gar, Below Is Baby Julian. Do they look alike?

The Arrival of BB Gar Gar

BB Gar Gar has arrived after in Mummy's tummy for 36 weeks. Born 24th January 2008, 8.20am (the year of Golden PIG). Weighing 2.7kg. length 48cm. Head circumference 33cm.

Dr Lee Kenneth Edward and BB Gar Gar

23rd Jan 2008. The induction started at 10pm. By 11pm, contraction began... I'd no idea how contraction was like but now i was feeling very uncomfortable, breathing became heavy, backache tummy tighten and coughing badly that aggravate the pain. I felt so hapless and alone now.

With epidural the pain was less severe now. I managed to drift in and out of sleep. Nurses in the delivery suite were very nice. They kept helping me ease the pain like putting pillows on my back, changing my position. As time went by, pain got more intense, nurses increased the strength of epidural.

24th Jan 2008. By 6am, my cervix had opened 5cm. Dr. Lee came in soon and broke my water bag. The contraction started immediately and came fast. My back and lower abdomin were in great pain. Epidural couldn't help anymore. I was grabbing and screaming. Nurse gave me a jab on my thigh and laughing gas. The laughing gas worked and I kept sucking in till I almost concuss. Nurse took it away and I was trying to grab it back from her. Dr Lee said I should get ready to push now. I pushed very hard cos this was the only way to end my suffering. 2 nurses helped me by pushing my tummy.

By 8.20am, BB Gar Gar finally come into the world. I was so relieved, tired and concuss by then. I closed my eyes and didn't have a good look at him. For the rest of the day, I was very drowsy and drifted in and out of sleep....

Julian's Milestone @ 18m

Julian is 1.5 year old now but he is always referring himself as baby. He could do a lot of things and understand quite a lot of instructions now. Of cos, he is getting more and more mischievous but never admits it. He will always refer himself as a good boy or handsome boy!

Today Daddy and Mummy brought him for his 18m DTP vaccination in Yishun Polyclinic. His weight is now 11.46kg, height is 83cm and head circumference is 50cm. The nurse who took his measurement commented "Wow, he has a BIG HEAD!" Daddy protested: "Ain't all babies the same?" Nurse said: "But your son one is especially BIG. Never mind BIG HEAD means Intelligent!" As usual, he cried and cried during the checkup, even the doctor is afraid of him.

Mummy told BB Julian that he is going to see BB Gar Gar in 2 days time and he is going to be a gor gor soon! He would always lift up my clothes and say Hi to BB Gar Gar or even kiss my belly button. I wonder how would he react when he actually see BB Gar Gar on the 24.01.2008.

Julian has a special ritual whenever he showers with Mummy in the evening. That is, he would apply body foam on my tummy meaning he is bathing BB Gar Gar. Then he would rub foam on my nipples to shower the "milk milk". After that, he would put my nipples into his mouth pretending to suck milk milk then he starts giggling. What a silly boy he is!

Daddy commented that there are events in life where there are excitements but only last for awhile. The only one excitement that lasted till now is becoming a Dad. Julian has brought joys and excitements into our lives for 1.5 yr now.

Baby Gar Gar is 36week

Mummy has been coughing very badly since last week. Despite having seen GP 4 times, the cough still persist. Yesterday morning, I suddenly felt heaviness down the vaginal and a sharp that I couldn't even close my legs so I decided to bring forward the Gynae's appointment date. Thresa was very nice and despite Dr Lee's busy schedule, she managed to slot me in.

Dr Lee checked my cervix and told Daddy and Mummy that the cervix is opened by 2cm and BB Gar Gar is now weighing at 2.8kg, is ready to come into the world. However, BB Gar Gar is only 36 weeks old so BB Gar Gar's lung may still be wet so Dr Lee suggested I should take 2 injections to stabilise the condition. Therefore Mummy will be admitting Mt Alvernia tonight to do the injection, then induce BB Gar Gar out. If everything is smooth, our family will be expecting a new member on 24.01.2008.

(P.S: Mummy is now weighing 56.8kg)

Daddy's "cock"

Sulasmi (my in law's maid) was carrying him to prepare him for shower. He suddenly point to something and keep saying "Daddy cock, Daddy cock".

I walked in and thinking why is BB Julian so vulgar... then I looked at the direction that he was pointing. Phew! It's "Daddy Clothes". He missed out the L.

Beside Daddy's cock, he also pronounce CLOCK as COCK!

Mama's love

It's 3am. I couldn't sleep last night. Still very troubled by today incidents. Mummy is giving birth to bb Gar Gar soon but still very worry about who to take care of bb Julian during my stay in the hospital and my confinement. Who can I entrust to bring Julian to school and make sure he is safe?!



Yesterday, Julian went to his caterpillar class again and Mummy watched him for a while outside. He was doing fine and Mummy went out to have my lunch downstair. After lunch, Mummy went back and saw the maid carrying him and crying. He didn't wanna go to the class. So I walked in and carried him, consoled him and accompanied him back to the classroom again. Once I stepped into the classroom, my maid went into a disappearing act for a long time. I presumed she went to the Ladies. As Mummy's tummy is getting bigger and has trouble sitting on the floor and getting up, I could only sit there with Julian and giving him instruction. He wanna carry a bb chair to sit on it but was clumsy and fell with the chair on him. The chair hit his chin and he cried in pain. Mummy had to stand up and carried him despite the pain on my legs and tummy while getting up.



Finally our maid came back and attended to him. It was playtime, so Mummy sat on the side to watch him play (with the maid taking care of him). Guess what!? I think my maid is equally pregnant like me! She would just stand aside and tell Julian "NO, NO.." instead of hold him back. Then incident began to happen...



Incident 1.
Julian went to slide open the cabinet to take out some toys to play so I told him to come back cos he was not suppose to open the cabinet. With his hand beside the cabinet, the maid slammed the door on it. Julian cried out loud and she still didn't know what happen, carried him n tell him "Go school cannot cry" I screamed at her n told her she slammed the door on his hand and that was why he was crying. She carried Julian to me and his finger was red! Her reply was "I didn't see!"



Incident 2.
The teachers put up the swings for the children to play... Maid told me it his favourite and carried him to the swing. I watched him play. This is not the 1st time he is swinging, he has joined the class since 10m old. I was looking at some jig saw puzzle thinking which should I buy for Julian so he could play and learn at home. Guess what!? As I turned around, I saw her swinging Julian wildly as if he was a 6 - 7 yrs old kid. Look at his expression, he was so scare that his mouth was twitched and he couldn't even cry out. I was so angry that I rushed to him to stop the swing. He hang on to me tightly. I asked her can't she see he was scared and why swing him like that. He is afterall a 17m old bb!



Incident 3.
It's clean up time and the children suppose to keep the toys. Julian went to meddle with the hi-fi set instead. So my maid suppose to take care of him and carry him away and encourage him to keep the toys but instead she helped the teachers to keep the toys and leaving Julian alone to play on his own. I carried Julian away from the hi-fi set and signalled her to come over. I told her, her job is to take care of Julian not the classroom. Know what is her priorty!

I told Daddy about it but he was quite cool about it. Maybe it's a trival matter to him. Even with Mummy's around, she is so absent minded so what happen if I am not around!? How could I entrust Julian to the maid who is a dreamer and Daddy who behave like a bachelor (only concern is making money and pubbing!)! No mother could!

Julian is still sound asleep! Mummy checked on him. His hands and feet are a bit cold so Mummy turned the fan away and gave him some warm water. His diaper was heavy thro' not wet cos it's super absorbent but Mummy changed it so he could sleep in comfy. Actually who would bother to do that except a MOTHER! Daddy is still pubbing outside and he'll be very drunk by the time he comes back at dawn. I guess I can't expect much from others except a MOTHER! This is MAMA's love!





P.S.: Julian, Mummy loves u dearly!

My Daughter's Stalker

A few months ago, Princess Nicole brought a fren along.... (as mentioned in my earlier blogging). Now she is on heat (since 22.12.2007). Guess what! Her boyfriend smelt that and had been stalking her since last week. He will wait for her diligently under my block, regardless of day or night, rain or shine. So romantic! But now it has become a harrassment to the family especially to her and Daddy.

Daddy is always on the lookout whenever he carrys Nicole down for a walk. We always try to outwit him like stopping at the 2nd floor and use another staircase down but soon he realise our tricks.

What to do? When u have a beautiful daughter, Daddy will turn into a mighty PROTECTOR (like Robert De Niro in one of the movie, can't remember the name! "I AM WATCHING U!"). So how, Nicole, do u need to get a protection order from Hmmmmm.... SPCA or AVA?

Baby Gar Gar is 34 weeks

Julian's bb Gar Gar is 34 weeks now weighing 2241 gram. Mummy is a clumsy woman at 56.4kg.

Dr Lee said Gar Gar's head is lowering and is ready to come to the world as a "GOLDEN PIG" and it could be as early as by end of January 2008, ready to grab "ang bao".

Mummy is getting ready to welcome this little one however Mummy is also worry about who is going to take care of Brother Julian when Mummy is away!

Our next appointment will be 23.01.2008.

Julian First Day of School

This photo was taken when Julian was 3 months old by Winnie yiyi. Now BB Julian is 17m plus and is attending PLAYGROUP @ MYMO PLACE! How time flies!

Today is Julian first day of school, Mummy is more excited than our little Julian! Mummy brought Julian in at 11.45am and the door closed. Mummy stayed hiding behind the door and little Julian was happily playing in the class with the teachers. So Mummy went down stair to run some errands leaving the maid to watch over him. When Mummy came back about 30mins later. Julian was seen attempting to escape from the class and heading for the door crying. The teacher saw Mummy and signalled to me that she could handle. So I hided behind the door. Mummy could see 2 teachers attending to him and trying to distract him with all sort of things, camera, books, games, toys, snacks..... but as you know, like mother like son, Julian is very focus and stubborn. He continued to sob till he gets what he wants! Finally at about 12.30pm, the teacher carried him to me and said she "surrender"! She was worried he could choke himself!

Mummy took over the sobbing and shaken bb Julian and fed him with water and gave him biscuits. He kept holding on to me refusing to let go. His hands and feet were cold and I need to give him a sweater. Mummy needs to accompany him into the classroom again and he refused to play with the rest. Mummy stayed with him till 1.15pm (the class ending time) then he was warm up again and started playing and even kiss the teachers goodbye.

Now the teachers have given Mummy's special permission to accompany him into the classroom for the next few days......

Baby Gar Gar

The long awaited video edited by Auntie Unique.

Princess Shanice

Mummy's buddy has given birth to a Princess Shanice on 9.12.2007. BB Julian was suppose to visit Princess Shanice but he has fallen asleep so was sent home instead. So BB Julian has more choice now! Ke ke...

2007 Christmas Gathering

This is Julian's 2nd Christmas gathering! This year is a special one cos' all the uncles and aunties attended. Of cos' most importantly our VIP (Very Important PIG - Daddy) has attended too! Too bad our Princess Nicole couldn't attend cos NO DOG IN SHOPPING CENTRE!

This year celebration was held in Causeway Pt - Swenson! The bill was over S$200+ and paid by Auntie Jannet.

Baby Julian had received the following presents:
1. A GYM ball from Mummy
2. A kepboard from Uncle and Auntie Nick
3. A S$60.00 Metro Voucher from Uncle and Auntie George
4. A SoFa bed (his favourite) from Godma
5. A musical teddy bear and cap (his favourite) from Uncle and Aunite Jason
(P.S. : Julian had lost the teddy bear in a taxi while travelling to gong gong's house. And this morning he knocked his head twice trying to pick up the cap on the floor. My maid's explanation was his head is big and heavy so he lost his balance not once and but twice!)
6. 2 pieces of Giordano CNY clothings from Godma.

Baby G is 32 weeks

Baby G is 32 weeks old! G is weighing at approximately 1737g now. Mummy is a fat woman at 54.8kg. Baby G (or Julian's bb Gar Gar) is very active in Mummy's tummy and is always on the move 24-7. G has cause Mummy's so much pain that Mummy cannot even walk properly now. Mummy is having an inflammation and swollen vaginal. Now Mummy is peeing almost at 2 hours interval every night so Mummy couldn't sleep well.

Auntie Jessie is very concern with the sex of BB G and she keeps asking. She keep mentioning that she couldn't buy clothes for Gar Gar if she doesn't know the sex! Re-assured! Regardless of what gender it is, BB G is going to wear BB Julian's clothes cos it's gonna be Mummy last product and Mummy is not willing to spend anymore. However, Mummy has gone United Square to get a white and green bunny romper for BB G for G's big day!

There are more things u can give to BB Gar Gar such as:

1. Avent Feeding Bottles - 3 x 260ml

2. Play Pen

3. A light weight stroller at S$109.00 (Available at Kiddy Palace)

and last but not least Mint is preferred!

Our next appointment is 09.01.2008.

(P.S. : We were in a taxi on the way home from ah ma's house. Mummy told Julian that BB Gar Gar is very naughty, always kicking Mummy's tummy! U know what! Julian beat Mummy's tummy! What a fierce brother he is! Then later he stroke Mummy's tummy again!)

We are on Magazine!

Jie Jie and I are on COHESION Magazine! Daddy had a candid shot of us while we were waiting for Mummy. It is so artistly taken that Mummy decided to send for contest. Horray! We have won ourselves a $50.00 shopping voucher!

Nicole's on heat

Princess Nicole is on heat on 22.12.2007. So Mummy and Daddy are keeping her away from all the male dogs!

Daddy is thinking of mating her but how can! Mummy's due date is in Feb 2008. And if she is pregnant, her due date will be almost the same as Mummy! So Mummy must book her for Mt Pleasant and get a confinement nanny for her!

Dear Nicole, Mummy is in no hurry to marry you off. U must find a good husband!

Julian's Milestone @ 17m

These are some of the photos taken @ 17m! (Clockwise: (1) Julian has learnt a new word - HAT! and he wanna wear BB Gar Gar bonnet. (2) Julian and his buddy - Daffy Duck, can't leave home without it! Does this pose look like it. Both eyes closed! (3) Julian's grocery shopping trip after MY GYM!))

BB Julian is now 17 months old. He is now very talkative and is learning new words all the time! He is also very interested in reading books. Mummy is glad that he is able to identify most of the pictures in the books and can even pronounce some.

Now that Mummy's tummy is getting bigger, he is getting more sticky to Mummy and always calling out "mummy mummy......" Mummy is trying very hard to bring him out as often as I can (even now that I am having difficulty walking) and treasure the time with him before Mummy is grounded after the birth of BB G. I hope he can understand.

BTW, Mummy is looking forward to his first day of school on the 4/1/2008 (Fri).

Our Christmas Wishlist

Dearest Aunties and Uncles, as you know Christmas is approaching and our daddy is a scrooge so no "gai gai" and presents for the 2 of us! If Mummy is to buy for us, Daddy will nag and nag at her for weeks... So u know what to do.... we'll arrange for Mummy to pick it up...Kekeke... (love from Kai Kai and Nicole)

My christmas wish list are:

1. SOFA from TOYS R US

2. Toilet seat from Mini Toon
3. Lots of cardboard story books

4. Lots of toys...

My christmas wish list are:

1. A new scarf

2. Lots of wang wang and wang wang....

Happy Poo'ing

Julian is still 2 days short of 17 month old and he looks like he is already 2 yr old in the pic. "Chow lao" like his daddy! He has upgraded his "business class seat". No more potty! Mummy has thought him to flush water and wash his hand after his "business trip". So now Baby Julian is doing his morning business just like Daddy minus the newspaper.

As for my darling Nicole... What can I said! As didi has made his upgrading and jie jie is back to her puppy time. After she returned from Auntie Unique's home, she will pee on the rug rather on her tray. Why? Bad influence from Auntie Unique's 3 grandchildren lor. She had been watching the 3 little whitish furkids doing it on the rug during her stay with them so she does the same thing when she comes home.

(Dear Nicole, they are in the progress of been toilet trained and they are been confined by Auntie Unique. Can't you notice that? So u wanna be toilet trained all over again? Ok, Mummy shall confine u to the toilet seat from now on till boxing day...)

BB G is 30 weeks

BB G is in Mummy's tummy for 30 weeks already. So most likely another 10 more weeks to go and G will be due on 18.02.2008.

G is now very active in Mummy's tummy. Always kicking and rumbling in my tummy like a 7-11. So Mummy didn't sleep well at night nowadays.

Today Mummy went to Dr Lee for an utlrasound and G is weighing 1624g. Mummy has ballooned to 54.4kg now, so clumsy and fat! Mummy also paid a deposit of S$600.00 for G's delivery.

G, our next appointment shall be on BOXING DAY!

Our Genting Holiday (30/11-2/12/2007)

Daddy had finally willing to move his bum and bring us for a short holiday! So Genting Highland was Julian 1st oversea holiday! He behaved quite well and never roll off the bed at nites. Except that on our way back to Singapore, he went cranky cos he didn't have enough sleep.

He had enjoyed his 3 days with his favourite gong gong and godma!

(P.S.: Dear Julian, after this trip u will be grounded cos BB G is due soon!)

On the other hand, poor jie jie Nicole was left in the care of Auntie Unique. Though Auntie Unique loves and care for her very much but she was still homesick. She would wait on the sofa watching the door waiting for Daddy and Mummy to come back for her.

When Auntie Unique sent me an MMS of her and her updates, Mummy was so heartache. If travelling is easy for her, she would long being a globe-trotter dog.

Julian's vaccination - MMR

This is a long awaited video clip. Auntie Unique supposed to help Mummy encode the video but she is very busy with her 3 grandchildren so no time to do so. Finally, she passed the software to me to DIY. Now enjoy yourself!

Julian is 15 months now so he will need to take his MMR (Measles, Mumps & Rubella) vaccination. Today he behaved much better than before cos Daddy is around and he knew he was on camera. Enjoy the clip! He next vaccination will be at 18m. He weighs 11kg now.

Flying Baby

Julian's flying fox stunt at My GYM

Julian's haircut

It's almost time to get Julian a haircut so Mummy teases Julian yesterday if he wants to go for a hair cut. He kept imitating the sound of the shaver on his head "zzzzzzzzzzzzz" and kept shaking his head indicating he doesn't want a hair cut. He used his hand to pat his chest indicating scare scare...

Dear Julian, u still need to go for a haircut, by latest in Jan 2008.

Mummy's good boy

Darling Julian is a very helpful and responsible 16m old baby. See what he was doing? Mummy had gone to NTUC to do some grocery shopping while piggy daddy is of course "zzzzzzzzz" at home. He helped Mummy dragged that bag of Kitchen Towel home and still not forgetting to hold on tight to his new toy.

Unlike other babies, he dropped his slipper while Daddy ws walking with him. He actually dragged Daddy back to retrieve his slipper. What a responsible baby he is!

Mummy! Mummy!

My sister in law once told me that babies starts calling their parents at 10m so I've been longing for Julian to call me. He seem to but I was not sure he was calling me exactly until quite recently when he was 14 plus months. He started calling Dad then Daddy... then ma ma... and he was very "teh" when he did that. It melt my heart! Now he can pronounce it clearly - Mummy! Thereafter, he will call me whenever he wants help! He will call me so many times a day and sometimes I am beginning to "tak boleh tahan" (can't stand) him liao..

Julian is very clingy to me especially now that my tummy is getting bigger and he is like a indian or maybe i should say he has my family genes - he likes to hold my hand even from bedroom to toilet, living room to kitchen...

Julian horror X'mas shopping

Godma, Auntie Lorna (our maid) & Mummy brought Julian for pre-christmas shopping yesterday. He enjoyed himself but Godma had done something silly and scared the wit out of everybody in the MRT station. Only Julian remained happily blessed without knowing what had happened.

On our way home, we needed to make a big detour from Wisma to Orchard MRT station and it was quite crowded cos it was a weekend. Godma walked in front carrying her precious godson, Mummy was in the middle cos my 7m tummy is so heavy and I had to walk slow. Lorna was behind us cos she needed to push the stroller with our shopping bags (Our shopping trip with Prince Julian is always an entourage one). Then Godma suddenly put Julian on the platform next to the escalator to search for her MRT farecard. Mummy saw that and wanted to reach for that mischievious boy immediately but he started walking on the platform. The passer-by saw it and was shock but never did anything to stop it just blocking my way to grab him. Godma saw that and realised her mistake and immediately dash for him. He was reachng the end of the platform and luckily he stopped and look down at the platform. Luckily he didn't think it is a slide and plunge otherwise the consequence is going to be serious. Godma and I were scared out of wit, she grabbed him and hugged him so tightly refusing to let go.

Godma went home forgetting about her shopping bag and the shock was not over for us. We kept sms'ing each other about the horror and she kept apologising to me.

I am normally calm but there were 2 times that I was really scared of losing him. First time was when he had a seizure and this was the 2nd time.

I woke up in the middle of the night at 4am, could not sleep and just watch this little boy soundly aslseep and recalling the incident. Dear Julian, u know how much Mummy and Godma love u, we can't lose u.

My dog name "MANJA"

I should have called her "MANJA" and not Nicole but since I'd adopted her so the name "NICOLE" comes with it!

I dunno what kinda of Mummy am I! My children are all fussy about food and they all need to be fed and coaxed for meals. For Nicole, my maid has resorted to feeding her and kana scolding from me a few times. She is the most health conscious dog in the world I believe. She will never forget her after dinner dessert - FRUIT! Regardless of what time she finishes her food, even in the middle of the night, she will come to me and scratch my hand till I wake up then lead me to the kitchen to see her empty bowl. Since she is my darling and she will look at me with her pair of beautiful and pitiful eyes, I GIVE IN LOR! I'll cut the fruit for her. (OK! Blame me! I spoilt her!) She will not eat her dry food dutifully! My maid said it's too hard for her. We have to mix carrots or salmon or beef.... into her dry food and coax her to eat. However, when I bring her down to feed stray dogs, she will compete with the strays and eat the dry food! With nothing OK! Just dry food! Sometimes, I feel like kicking her ass for that!

There's a chinese saying "好狗不挡路" and she is definitly a "坏狗". She always block the way especially when I am in a hurry and she dare to walk in front of a 7m pregnant woman whose tummy is so big and can't see her toes. She will walk so slowly and sometimes I just accidentally kick her. She will turn around and look at me before she decided to stay away from my path.

She has poor eye sight too! There was once I brought down for her usual stroll while waiting for Daddy to come down. Suddenly she saw a man wearing bermuda, she was so happy that she ran, jump and hop towards that fellow. She went to the guy and look up then smelt his hairy leg before she confirmed that's not her Daddy then ran back to me! (Dear Nicole, not all men wear bermuda is your father OK?! Even Mummy's short sighted oso can tell that was definitly not my husband) So during her last visitation to the Vet, I asked him to check her eye sight for short sightedness or cataracts. Vet said her eye sight is perfect!

She loves massages! Whoever massages her, she will call him or her godfather or mother! She will just shiok till she turn over and let u do it. If u stop, she will either use her paw or her nose to scratch your hands and ask u to continue....

Baby G is 27weeks

Today we went to my Gynae's clinic to catch a glimpse of BB G with the ultra-sound. BB G is now at 27 weeks old and weighing 1,050gram. G looks perfectly healthy and is ready to come to the world on 18.02.2008. Mummy hopes to deliver on the Valentine's Day and Daddy hopes G will be delivered on the New Year Day so he can receive some ang bao money and hamper from the hospital and Govt. Then it will be showed on TV News and the next morning newspaper... Yee yee......:<

Mummy is a fat woman now weighing 52.4kg.

Julian's Preschool Enrolment

Mummy has finally enrolled him for a Preschool - 2008 Intake after much research and consideration. His first day of class shall be Jan 4, 2008 (Fri). It's where he is attending MY GYM lesson currently. They also do preschool which combines fitness exercise with literacy and numeracy. It also incoporate plays, art & craft lessons in it but the disadvantage is that it doesn't have Chinese lesson. The teacher to students ratio is 1:3 so the teacher can give more attention to the children. He will be in the caterpillar class and the duration of the class is 1.5hour.

Course Fees is S$360.00 a month with one month deposit. So far Daddy has not commented on the fee so I hope Julian will enjoy his class and learn.

P.S.: Julian study hard, OK!? Popo has got you a haversack and u can carry a lot of rubbish to school just like Mummy did when she was a kid. Ha Ha....

Julian's "big business"

Julian was playing in the room and he farted. Yee.... so smelly. Then he suddenly made a dash to the toilet. At the entrance of the toilet, he looked so panic cos he has forgotten to hold Mummy's hand (which he would usually do) and he didn't know how to pull down his training pant. Luckily the observant Mummy saw his urgency and followed him earlier. With Mummy's help, he was able to sit on the potty in time to do his "BIG BUSINESS". I could see his facial expression after that, "WHAT A RELIEF!"

Too bad! I dun have a camera with me.

About Honey

Old folks always tell me to feed baby with honey no matter how I explain to them NO NO! So now I'm putting it down once and for all.

Extracts from The Sunday Times dtd Nov 18, 2007.

"Infants under one year old, however, should not be given honey.
Honey contains a temperature resistant bacteria known as clostridium botulinum. It produces toxins that causes food poisoning.
In adults, the stomach acids remove toxins, but infants have insufficient acidic gastric juices or gut bacteria to remove them. In serious cases, the toxins may cause nerve paralysis and breathing porblems."

The story of Fillial Piety

I remember my primary school Chinese teacher used to tell me this story that leaves a deep impression in me. Now I'm going to write this story down for my children and those reading the blog.

Long long time ago, there was this son who treated his old age father badly. He refused to let him eat with his family on the table every meal time. He would give his father his meal contain in a coconut husk and made him sit at the doorstep to eat it.

One day, he saw his precious only son trying to carve something out of a coconut husk. He asked him what he was doing. His son replied that he was now making a bowl out of the coconut so that when his father was old like grandpa, he could do the same to him!

So I guess u know the moral of the story!

Julian's New Bag

PoPo went to Taiwan and bought an Ultraman haversack for Julian. He insisted on carrying the bag as he likes it very much. He insisted on carrying it around the house the moment he woke up. What a vain pot he is!

My loving Julian

Yesterday, we were preparing to go back to my in-laws place. I took out a pair of shoes for Julian to wear. Then I walked away to do my thing.

I heard Julian calling "Mummy....Mummy..." so I walked to him. He was trying to open the shoes cabinet door but was very tight. The door slammed on his face and yet he was still trying hard. I tried to figure out what he was doing. He actually tried to pull out a pair of shoes which I normally wear during my outing for me. Actually I was wearing shorts and intended to just wear my CROCS but since he was making so much effort to take out a pair of shoes for me so I have to wear the shoes.

So imagine how Mummy look that day!? Shorts with a pair of canvass. Never mind, it's a lovely gesture from my loving Julian.

Nicole's sick

Nicole is down with a skin allergy again. Seeing her body itches so much, it really pains Mummy. Her ear has an inflammation after she was back from usual grooming. Mummy and Daddy brought her to the vet on Wednesday evening.

She was so itchy that the Vet decided to give her a steroid jab to ease her itch. Baby was watching his sister receiving the jab and the micro-chip injection (O yes! now my daughter has an micro-chipped implant finally!) but he was not crying at all. This smart boy knew it was not for him. He hugged his sister tightly when Mummy told him jie jie was going for a jab.

The Vet prescribed her with anti-biotic for 2 weeks, some anti-histamine for her itch and a bottle of lotion for her to apply. So now Mummy is diligently feeding her with medicine and taking care of her wound. From now on, Mummy will make sure that I will bathe Nicole twice a week till she recovers and to bring her own towel and shampoo during her grooming. Poor Nicole! Mummy and Di Di love you....

Julian's Insecurity

Julian has not been sleeping well lately. Part of it was due to he was not feeling well. The other reason - I dunno but old folk said he could sense that baby G is arriving so he is jealous.

Julian has been waking up very often in his sleep. Mummy is now very sleep deprived cos of him. Besides that, he refuses to leave Mummy for even a minute. He refuses to let the maid carry, bathe him.... Daddy is still ok but preference will be Mummy. Worst, Daddy will always threaten to slap him if he crys due to insecurity or that Daddy said - for no reason!

Dear Julian, Mummy is into my seventh month pregnancy and needs a lot of rest now. Please dun torture Mummy anymore. Mummy would like to carry you as often as I can but do u know u are 10.6kg now and Mummy's tummy is getting bigger and bigger..... Mummy always love u! Be assured!

Scooby Doo - Monster Unleashed 2

Baby Julian watched Scooby Doo on Ch 5 last night. He was so engrossed with it that he was reluctant to take his shower. So Mummy had to coax him by telling him that the frog in the toilet was calling him to shower it (he will always pretend to shower the frog in the toilet while Mummy shower him). So he gave me a "Haii" sigh and walked to the toilet for his shower.

We continued watching the show for a while after the shower. Mummy asked if he likes Monsters. He kept shaking his heads and then fell asleep.

(This is the frog that he will shower every nights....)

Baby G - 24 weeks

Baby G is 24 weeks old now. Yesterday Mummy went for a follow up. BB G is very active and G moves non-stop in mummy's tummy. The moment Dr Lee tried utlra-scanning G, G started to move the head, waved hands.... No wonder Mummy is beginning to feel aches all over the body.

Now Mummy's appetite has improved. Even after dinner, Mummy will feel hungry again by 10pm and starts looking for SUPPER. Yesterday, Daddy bought a spring chicken back. Yummy! Now Mummy weighs 52.2kg and BB G is a mere 704g baby. Mummy's next appointment to see BB G again is 23 Nov 2007. CYA! BB G..\: )

The Many Faces of Julian

Finally Mummy has some spare time to put together Julian's photographs from the day he was born till one year old. See how much he has changed - from Angel to Monster...