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Today, Kolby is 28 weeks old. I have started him on solid food since last week. He has tried avocado puree, hipp rice cereal and pumpkin puree so far. He doesn't seem to like rice cereal, maybe he find it too bland. He finished up his pumpkin and started to blow bubble when i still continue to feed him. I think he is full. What a way to reject me. =.='" Christmas is approaching but he is down with a flu. I hope he recovers before the party. He is getting more notti everyday and demand attention. He can smile at my smartphone and clap his hands and give me high 5. These few days he is trying to sit up but failed. It is so fun to watch him perform his stances. Life without a maid is terrible. Especially on weekends. I have my mom to help out during the the weekdays, when it comes to weekend, I feel like dying. I am getting more and more auntie look but I can't help it. I have simply no time to look glam. 有心无力。。I have my first facial appointment scheduled. Something

Going to make a passport for Kolby. As I am currently breastfeeding him, and so long he wants to latch and I have supply, I have no intention to stop. So travelling seems easier this round. Just took his photos today. Which one looks more nicer?

Going to 5 month of breastfeeding and it is really not easy. I have no problem breastfeeding my firstborn and second born, it was mainly because I was an exclusive pumping mummy. I realized it is much easier to pump on schedule. Coping between a full time demanding job and part time online shop, plus 2 older kids and a baby that latch on demand at home, I am totally exhausted every day.   To make my hard work worth, I decide to blog about my experience on exclusive pumping and latch and pump. I have exclusive pump for my 1 st 2 kids for 8 months and 22 months respectively. I find it is easier if I just pump out the milk for baby, but with 3 rd baby and no maid, I decided to try direct latching during my maternity leave. I remember when I started breastfeeding; it is very tough in the early stage when I need to pump every 2.5hr for the first month. It gets better when supply start to kick in. Facing engorgement and sore nipples from pumping which can really make me cry and cur

Brought Kolby for his 4th mth vaccine yesterday. He weighs 6.4kg and stands 59cm tall which is consider quite small build as he falls in the 25 percentile. I am alright with his small built but what make me more worried is his head circumference is a bit small. Less than 3 percentile, at 4mth old, his head only measures 38cm. There is a small growth  of 3cm from his 3th mth assessment which the nurse asked me to monitor. I did a Google about it, too small head circumference is called Microcephaly. It affects the brain development and it freaks me out. Praying hard that his head grows and he is mainly small head. Kolby looks absolutely well. Or it is too young to tell. I cannot help to think negatively. Love his smile!

It has been some times since I last blogged. Too tiring and busy to handle 3 kids, with a newborn that need attention always. This little one can only stay alone and play for 30min after which he will start to call out for us. Lately he is busy with his new discovery. The power of turning! He has been trying to flip over since 2 weeks ago and managed to do last 2 days. Still he need help to flip back to his back, but he has been doing quite well. Trying his best!

Kolby is 2 mth old on 8 Aug. We celebrated our first national day. We went to a national day carnival held in our neighbourhood. Darling Charis and Gregory have so much fun. Eat and play!!! They went to the movie event on the night before and were excited over the next day event until they could not sleep. It was a long time since they had fun. I was busy with baby kolby and without a maid and car, we could not travel far. It was so good that there were so many programmes for this year national day. Apart from this, updates on baby kolby development: At week 9, for these 2 nights, he woke up at 4 plus in the morning for milk and sleep back until 8plus. I hope this will continue. More and more baby talk from him, playing with me, rejecting his bottle and complain in his baby language. It is so much joy to watch him grow.

How fast time flies! Kolby is 8 week old now, which mean I left only another 8 weeks with him. Glad that confinement period was over, we got a confinement lady for this round and it was a good decision made. I got enough rest during this period, not so stress up with supply that I can build up my supply, not worry that my mom cannot cope with the kids. Everyone has an easy time. 4 weeks alone with baby after the confinement lady left, my mom will come over in the afternoon that 2 kids are back from school. I am glad that she is around, I am having a hard time especially during evening time when Kolby is active. It is a war fighting every minute and weekend is the worst as hubby is not helping out. Else life is beautiful. Kolby at 8 week old weighs 4.8kg, recognise me and like me to be by his side. When he is awake, he will want us to talk to him, or just stay beside him. when he wants to sleep, he need to be latch. He can sleep longer hours at night about 5-6hrs before he stir and aw

After 2 weeks of bed rest,  I was out for my Gynae checkup. Today is my induce date, the day that I will be hugging and holding my baby prince. We left the house with my hopsital bag. I told my hubby that baby prince should be coming out soon as I can feel him very low. True enough, my Gynae checked and I was 3cm dilated. She inserted the pill to induce labour and we had about 3hr to admit to the ward. Shortly after the pill was inserted, I could feel the contractions coming strong and frequent, but I did not expect it to be so soon. So hubby and I went to novena for his hair cut and we saw quan yi feng. Stunned, hubby commented that she looked more shag than me but I was not focusing as my contractions was very strong for me. Basically I could not stand up at all. We rushed back to the hospital, wanted to be admit but I need my food first. Endure and endure, we rushed to finish our meal at delifrance with me almost curl up because of the pain. I was check in around 12 noon though my

Busy been a human milk machine for Kolby.  Ever since baby is born, I have been latching and pumping to meet his demand. Milk flow start at day 5, I faced bad engorgement until I cried in front of Charis and Gregory, I have forgotten how to deal with engorgement, lucky baby clear the lumps for me. Back to every 3hr pumping and endless night care for baby, I got a confinement lady to help me out, as baby sleep with me, I am awake when he stir a little. Now Kolby is 7 weeks old and I have managed to latch him at night, he has started to choose latching over bottle feed and when taking from bottle, he prefers fresh breastmilk and chilled breastmilk over frozen breastmilk. I have oversupply now and with his new preference, I don't know what should do with the frozen breastmilk. Hopefully when I return to work, he will drink more fbm.

Officially in week 37 now! After bed rest for 2 weeks, I do not have to worry of pre term labor anymore. In fact I wish that baby come early than the induced date 8 june, which left only 1 day, 7 june. Sound sick?!?! Actually I can feel that my body is preparing for baby arrival itself. Maybe 8 june is the date that baby wants too. Let wait and see. 7 june or 8 june.

I went in Thomson Medical Centre on my own last sat, 23th May midnight. I was having diarrhoea which trigger sharp pain on right side of my tummy. Hubby has to stay at home to look after the kids, I quickly changed and took a cab to TMC. By the time I reached TMC, the pain was getting stronger. The midwife admitted me in and checked me. I was 2cm dilated and the contraction was getting stronger and frequent. Only week 35, of course I did not want baby to come out so early. I read and knew that Baby lung is not fully matured at week 35, so my gynae put me on drip to stop the contraction and injection to strengthen baby lung. From 12 am to 5am, slowly the contraction faded off and I was warded for 1 day observation. Cannot describe how I feel for that 5hours, I can only pray to tian gong and guan yin that everything will be fine for baby and me. After 1 day stay in TMC, I was given 20 hospitalisation leave to rest at home. Bed rest, since I have already dilated 2cm. Hopefully baby stay

Saw this from FB this morning. Children is truly my motivation to move on. When I saw this, my first thought is my 1st love Charis Lim. She is a wonderful darling all along when I have Gregory and baby. She is the one that always beside me, helping me, behaving herself. She is very sensible and independent that I don't have to worry for her. At times she will make me angry esp when I want peace and 2 of them are playing like they are going to tear down the house. When I know that she can do it but she is lazy or tired to think of the answer. Otherwise, she is very sweet and wonderful. I feel very blessed to have her as my daughter. so when I see this picture, my 1st in mind is Charis, my darling. Of course I cannot forget about my handsome boy Gregory. Sticky boy that never fail to make me laugh. Sensible like his sister, but more playful than his sister. Always like to tease his sister and make her angry. Kiss me so many round before I go to work every morning. Hold my hand on bu

I am officially in week 33 today. Yesterday detailed scan was not ideal. The spot in baby liver did not disappear, in fact it grew bigger to 10mm now. Something to add to my worries but it is also something that is out of my control. I can only pray that it is harmless to baby. Dr wong said that since baby is growing well, the spot should not be a problem. I hope she is 100% right. Baby is a healthy and happy boy! At week 33, his kicks are very strong and powerful. I can feel him drilling downwards as the pain around pelvic area increases and his punching and kicking are strong that I feel so painful. Dr wong compared his weight to his jiejie and korkor. At week 33, Charis was about 2kg, Gregory was about 1.8kg and baby measured yesterday is about 2.248kg. He is the bigger among all and bcos he absorb and grow well, Dr wong ensure me that the spot should be harmless. Maybe it is just a Calcium deposit (bright spot/calcification). Monitoring and detailed scan after baby is born will be

I don't feel good recently. I am quite surprised that I can hold it until now. Apart from my own work stress, one of colleague dropped a bomb that she want to quit due to work stress and my absence for 4 mth. Temp gal is inexperienced and slow in her work. A few close colleagues have tendered as well. Seriously I don't feel like going back to work after my maternity leave but I cannot. He is going out of job in june, based on the job market now and fresh graduate finding job, job seeking may take longer time. Now I am writing this page at TMC while waiting for my detailed scan. During the 20th week scan, baby had a spot in his liver, now I am waiting for my scan to check on the spot. Hopefully it has disappeared! I really need god strength to pass through this stage. 😔😔😔

Sometimes my friends still get a shock when they know that I still make porridge for my kids as lunch every weekend. No fancy meal, but packed with nutrition and love from me. Of course they will also eat what we eat when we are out for meal but porridge for lunch is something they will definitely get over the weekend. When we do not go out, I will cook for them too. I am glad that they are not picky. They simply eat what I cook. Sometimes they will request for certain food, if I have ingredients ready, I will cook for them. Sometimes when they do requests, it is very last time. I hope I can continue to cook for them even they are grown up :)

I have wanted to try korean fried chicken, now I have my wish come true. :) it is such a coincidence that my colleague and I happen to take 1 day off on work to rest. Since both of us is free, we decided to meet up for brunch. KFC for brunch sound a little bit heavy, but we decided to go ahead. No regret for it!!! The chicken is super tender and portion is big. The waitress told us  that they use fresh chicken daily, not the frozen chicken so the meat taste much tender compared to frozen chicken. We ordered 2 dishes to try. Snow chicken, chicken tender in cream sauce topped with whipped cream. Mashed sweet potato hidden under the chicken with some vegetables to complete the look. $36.90 for it, it is quite costly but it is really super yummy 😋 Another chicken dish that we order is spicy hot wing. This dish did not impress me much. I still prefer nene chicken freaking hot wings compared to this. Though it is not spicy enough, the wings are tender and juicy. Korean rice cakes and mash

Unplanned Gynae visit, I have been having spotting for 1 week. After informing my boss at work, I decide to go to the clinic.to get myself monitor. In case there is any early sign of labour. No contraction, baby is not yet engaged, cervix is closed tight. It is a false alarm. Everything is ok with baby prince growing well. Enough of fluid and space to move about, he is now about 1.6kg. Since I will be delivering before week 40, the weight will be ok for natural birth, not too big nor small. Great! The baby cot has arrived. It is preloved, I got it from my sil. It is still in good condition, with a mattress though I should be getting a new mattress, bedding set. After this, it is really complete and waiting for baby prince arrival in june.