Fisherprice gym

Nowaday, Mummy say that i seldom get drowsy after drinking my milk during the day thus very difficult to get me to nap. Thus, she and Daddy got me a Fisher Price play gym to keep me entertain so that Mummy can get some housework done.

Although my hands are still too short to reach the hanging toys but i enjoyed simply staring at it. Afterall, its a new things to me mah. Heehee, wonder how long this will last me before i get tired of it hor?



By the way, forgot to add, I think even Milo like the gym!!!

An eventful day!

Daddy and Mummy have been spending the whole saturday morning lazing around on the sofa deciding on where to go! Both of them are complaining that bringing me out is very 'ma-fun' as they got to prepare alot of stuff. Poor me, got no choice but have to 'guai guai' sit there and wait, later i make noise, they don't bring me out lagi worse!

So sleepy!



Sigh...after one hour, they still have not reach a conclusion yet. Ended up, they boh liao till ask me to pose for picture.



Finally.....

Mummy suggested Sizzler at Toa Payoh Central for lunch - can eat, can shop and can visit granny. One stone kill 3 birds!

Fond memories...

Just bought a tub of California Baby Calendula Cream for Kaeden to try out yesterday. After his bath this morning, i opened up and applied some onto his neck. The lavender scent of the cream on Kaeden brought me back so many fond memories of the Hokkaido Trip that i went with Walker last year.

Remembering last year at this time, we were so stress about trying for a baby that we decided to give ourselves a break and go for a trip together. We chose Hokkaido as July is the season for lavender and sunflowers. We were still joking about procreating amidst the lavender patch but to my disappointment, they were too short to hide both of our fat bodies!

Well, thanks to the trip, i was pregnant with Kaeden shortly after we came back!

"Rub-A-Dub-Dub" time

Today is a big achievement for me!!!

For the first time in weeks, Kaeden did not fuss or cry at all during my bathing session with him. Usually, he will start to scream at the top of his lungs and grab on tightly to my t-shirt whenever i try to lower him into the water. He refuse to let go of me even when he is safely in the tub. I have tried all ways to pacifiy him, from singing to talking to him but none seems to work. Thus, i was taken by surprise today when he actually smile at me when i was washing his hair!!!

Heehee...manage to take some pictures of Kaeden before he turns cranky for his milk milk.

First scratch on Kaeden's face

I never realised that my heart will ache so much just because of a small scratch on Kaeden's face. Well today, i finally experience that.

Kaeden puked out his milk while i was trying to burp him this afternoon after his feed. His mittens got wet as a result and since the laundries are still wet from washing, i decided to let him do without it for just awhile. Who knows the next moment i pick him up from the sofa, he got a super long scratch on his face starting from his forehead to below his eyes!!! Wah, i can feel my heart break that very instance!!!

The past weeks...

Kaeden has finally settled into a 3 hourly feeding schedule. That was quite a relieve for both of us as we were tired out by his initially erratic hours. It really wasn't easy taking care of a newborn, especially when both of us are first time parents. Alot of patience and preservence are required, as most of the time, we hardly understand what he wants.

Whether be it hungry, hot, poo, diaper wet etc, his only way of communicating to us is CRY. The best we could do was to try out everything we can think of and whichever method that can calm him down will be the source of irritation to him.

Being the quick-tempered one as always, i was practically in a bad mood most of the time. I think Kaeden prefers Daddy's calmness thus Walker always seem to be able to sooth his cries better than i do. . Heehee, what a bad Mummy i am!

Daddy's secret weapons:

1) Deafness (immunity to loud cry)
2) Slow reaction (by the time the crying gets to his nerves.... he is back in bed!!)
3) Fast hand fast leg (situation is controlled with speed & accuracy)
4) Creative (imagine the cry meaning, 98.45% accurate diagnosis.)

To go home or not???

I was rather surprise that Dr Ho allows me to be discharged today as its only the 3rd day after my operation. Nevertheless, its always a good thing to be able to go home, though i was rather hesistent as Kaeden will have to stay in the NICU till Monday. This means that i will have to go home without him! I felt bad leaving him alone in the hospital even though we are able to come by and visit him everyday. I kept telling myself that this is the best arrangement for us and hopefully he will understand.

Before leaving the hospital, i brought along my expressed breast milk to the NICU so that i can feed him during his next feeding session. At the same time, i have gotten a few glass bottles from the nurses so that i can store my breast milk and bring over for him. He looks like such an angel when asleep! Can't wait to bring him home on Monday!

An introduction from our STAR!!!

Hi all, my name is Kaeden Cheng Kai Yi and i am proud to announce that i have safely arrived on Planet Earth on 1st May 2006. Daddy and Mummy said that i really know how to chose the date and time as today is a Public Holiday and all the Docters are supposed to be at home sleeping... Well, that just too bad, this kind of thing, i couldn't help it also mah! Dr Terence Tan, who is the pediatrician in charge of me, say that i am suffering from pneumonia, which is commonly known as lung infection, thus have to be on antibiotic medication for a week. As the nursery does not have the facilities for the drip, i have to be move to the NICU instead.




Actually, it makes no difference where i sleep but Mummy was feeling rather sad as she couldn't get out from the bed and visit me whereas i can't come out from the NICU because of the drip. Anyway, this helps to make Mummy more motivated to get well faster as the very next morning, she is here!

A memorable 'LABOUR' day

Today marks two special occassion in my life - the end to my 9 months of pregnancy and the beginning of my motherhood journey.

I have been counting down the days to my c-section, scheduled on Wednesday, 10th May 2006 as i would be finally be seeing Kaeden after such a long time. For the past few weeks, i have been picturing how Kaeden look like and who he resembles but guess nothing beats seeing the real him. Though happy that the date was brought forward but somehow his early arrival caught me by surprise.

In the wee hours of the morning, i was awaken by a sweet dream that my Kaeden boy has arrived on Planet Earth. I couldn't help smiling even in the toilet. It was seeing the 'show' that made me realise that today could well be the day that i have been waiting for!

We dressed up, grabbed my hospital bag and quickly made our way to the hospital.

4.15 am - Reached Mt Alvernia. Felt a gush of water flowing out while on the way to the delivery suite.

4.30 am - Changed into dressing gown and pee-ed. Strapped to CTG and contractions is at 10 mins interval. Walker went to settle my admission stuff.

5.00 am - Midwife performed an abdominal scan to confirm baby is in breech position. Did 2 VEs to check whether waterbag has burst (wah, this one super painful man!!!) but cannot confirm.

5.30 am - Dr Ho arrived. Did another VE but still cannot confirm. Decided to perform the operation immediately just to be safe.

5.45 am - Midwife shaved me and after cleaning me up, got the catherdal (uncomfortable but still ok) inserted. Hubby was then ushered away to get changed into the dressing gown.

6.00 am - Shifted to the trolley bed, got the shower cap on and off to the operating theatre.

6.20 am - Got the drip and epidural inserted (surprisingly, not pain at all) in the operating theatre. Started to fall in and out of sleep.

6.30 am - Started the operation and Walker came and joined me at my side. Was shivering non-stop due to the effects of the epidural.

7.00 am - Heard his first cry!!! Kaeden is borned!!! His weight at birth was 2.842kg, length 49cm.

It was so loud and clear! At that moment, the feeling was simply indescribable! I couldn't help crying. The nurse placed a snuggly wrapped Kaeden on my chest and despite my shivering non-stop from the side effect of the epidural, i managed to touch his cheek and say 'hi' to our new family addition...

Baby No 1: Week 35 & Day 3

Another visit to Dr Ho again! I have called the clinic few days ago to check on the outcome of my V-Swab and Glucose test, really heave a sigh of relieve when I heard that everything is alright!

As expected on every visit as mentioned before by the nurse, I will be strap onto the CTG machine for 20 minutes to monitor Kaeden’s heartbeat – seems like this is a “must” for all diabetic patient but I am fine with it as long as it is not painful or uncomfortable J!

From the ultra scan, seems like Kaeden is still in breech position…urghhh!!! Dr Ho commented that he is unlikely to turn as he had been comfortably in this position all this while. Seems like no choice but will have to wait for next visit’s scan again. Guess if he still doesn’t turn, most likely Dr Ho will arrange a date to schedule me for C-Section. Mum commented that Kaeden must be as lazy as I am since I was in breech position during my time also... really is “Like mother like son” - *FAINT*
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