When Elijah meets Isaac

Mummy and auntie Mei Yin have thought about letting us meet during their maternity leave since their pregnancy days. Finally, the day has come for me to see baby Isaac.

Mummy introduced me to di di Isaac but I remembered her telling me when I was in her womb that I will meet gor gor Isaac. gor gor becomes di di is making me confused. Mummy later explained to me that I was too eager to see the world and thus turned out to be older than Isaac by one day instead of being younger than him by a month.

Looking at Isaac


We basically 'see' each other everyday when we were still in our mummies' wombs


Sayang, Isaac

T3

I overheard daddy and mummy's conversation about bringing me to T3. I thought I hear T three or tea tree and I was really confused. I was wondering where on earth this place is. The answer was revealed to me when we reached Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3 and I knew I was not going to some tea tree plantation. Heehee..

In fact, mummy told me this was not the first time I went. I had been there when I was still in mummy's womb in november last year. Here is the evidence mummy showed me. I was snuggled comfortably inside mummy then.



Daddy and mummy had their dinner first followed by me. Then we went around T3 leisurely taking lots of picture along the way.





I really enjoyed myself in such a cool, quiet and spacious environment and soon fell asleep.

Fearless for the needles

I took my 5 in 1 vaccination and rotarix with Dr Ong on the same day as my 3 months assessment. Mummy had initially wanted me to take 6 in 1 but Dr Ong advised not to as it is too lethal for small babies and the tendency to develop a fever is very high.

Dr Ong was so skillful and swift while giving me the injection that I did not cry at all. I still smile at Mummy when she picked me up. Mummy and po po praised me for being a brave boy. However, when the nurse administered the oral dose of rotarix using the syringe, I fussed and shook my head.

I was prescribed a bottle of antidote for fever and mummy had to monitor my temperature for the next 24 hours. The trigger temperature for fever is 38 degree celsius when taken with a ear thermometer or 37.5 degree celsius when taken at the arm pit.

Mummy conscientiously took my temperature and thought that I might not have a fever after all since 20 hours had passed. She had a shock of her life when she stared at the digital display. It read 38.4!

She reacted very fast by feeding me the medicine, sponging me and putting the cooling pad on my forehead. My temperature dipped to 37.6 half and hour later and mummy was so relieved. I could play and smile at mummy. All thanks to mummy for taking care of me.

Feeding stress

Mummy brought me for my vaccination and 3 months assessment on 19 May 2009. She has been looking forward to this day as she needs to get some assurance from my paediatrician regarding my feeding habits and growth. She is very concerned about me drinking lesser than when I was one month old. I used to drink about 120ml of breast milk/formula 7 to 8 times a day. But right now, I am only consuming 150ml 5 times a day. I also do not really like to drink milk and will cry and refuse to suckle. Mummy will need to spend about an hour to feed me most of the time.

Dr Ong said it is normal for 3 months old babies to drink lesser than before and reassured mummy that different babies have different feeding habits. He said some babies need to be half asleep or suckle on the pacifier on and off while feeding. It is still considered normal and should not be a cause of concern. Mummy was so relieved to hear that and tears were welling up in her eyes as she recalled the stress and worries she experiences everyday when she feeds me.

In fact, he mentioned babies' weight gain will slow down at this stage and should double their birth weight when they reached 4 months. I have already doubled and Dr Ong told mummy not to feel stressed or compare my weight with other babies who were born heavier. Mummy hopes that this is just a passing phase and I will soon be drinking well.

I weighed 6kg at 3 months 2 days old.

Babies, babies and more babies

15/5/2009 was the first time I heard so many babies cooing and babbling at the same time. Could you believe it? More than twenty babies were gathered together at the same time. Mummy thought it was good for me to meet up with other babies of my age. It is a pity that we are all too young to interact or play with one another, so mummy is looking forward to such gathering in near future when we are all able to sit and crawl around. It will be real fun!

Listening and looking around


Calling mummy


So many babies

Happy mothers' day

Mothers' day this year has become more meaningful to mummy as I am here to celebrate with her. After becoming a mother, mummy can relate all the love, joy, tears, sacrifices, hardship and patience my po po has experienced bringing her up. Mummy hopes that one day I will appreciate and understand that her love for me is always unconditional. We celebrated mothers' day with po po earlier. We took the train directly from our place to Harbourfront station. It was so convenient. This was not my first ride on the train (I took the MRT to Kovan, Hougang and Sengkang with mummy before) but definitely the longest. I was very excited and was interacting with po po and mummy.

Happy mothers' day to my dear po po Then we celebrated mothers' day for mummy on another day. Mummy likes the catchy lines of this T-shirt and thus could not resist to get it for me. However, she thought I should have worn something with a slogan like "Mummy is my idol" etc. which is more appropriate for this occasion. The day started off with daddy driving us to Raffles City to get mummy's present from KS. Mummy says she will treasure this gift because daddy rarely gets her a present. However, mummy says the best gift she has ever received is ME! As usual, I can easily fall asleep when there is motion. So naturally, I slept throughout the shopping trip and coincidentally flashed a smile while mummy took this picture of daddy and I. We left Raffles City in the evening and paid a visit to my paternal grandparents' place. What a long but eventful day!

Chin chin - one of the best eating place

Whenever daddy and mummy ordered sambal kangkong, cereal prawns and prawn rolls from any stalls or restaurants, they always have this comment - nothing beats those at Chin Chin. Chin Chin has always been their favourite dining place for chinese food since their dating days. Chin Chin wins hand down with their taste, price, variety and not forgetting the serving size.

On the way for dinner at Purvis Street. I will always sleep in the car because I like the motion and the air-con.


Huge servings for two but daddy and mummy could finish. They must be gluttons.


I can't stand up to pose so mummy had to take a photo of me at the five foot way in my stroller.

The old turf club aka turf city

On 1/5/2009, Labour Day, daddy suddenly craved for steamboat and BBQ buffet so we made our way to Turf City for the first time. It brought back some nostalgia memories for po po as she worked there before the Turf Club shifted to its new home at Kranji. As daddy and jiu jiu were busy eating, po po and mummy finished their food as quickly as they could so that they could take turns to take care of me. Mummy always says she is my servant and I am her master.

At the beginning, I was soundly asleep oblivious to the smoky and stuffy surrounding as my mini fan was switched on.


Then I woke up for milk and was obviously uncomfortable even though I was full.



Finally we went for some groceries shopping at the supermarket and I felt better. I was so busy looking around at the lightings as well as the shelves of products.

The sale worth waiting for

It was the Robinson private sale last Wednesday. How could daddy, mummy, gong gong, po po and I miss it!

Getting ready to go. I was in my new Babybjorn carrier for the first time.


I just finished my milk. Got to have enough energy for shopping.


Daddy bought this Fisher-Price play gym for me.

Cot mobile

All thanks to Uncle Sebas, Auntie Rynn and Auntie Shuhua for the Fisher-Price Rainforest cot mobile. I begin to enjoy looking at it more and more these days. I will gurgle, squeal and smile when I see my animal friends turning round and round. Mummy says this is my way of communicating with them.

my view


mummy's view


in good mood

Setting a good example

Daddy and mummy would like me to pick up the habit of reading. Thus, mummy has been showing me some cloth as well as picture books while daddy would like me to see him reading. Here's an evidence of it..

Journey to the west

My ah ma (paternal grandma) had a minor operation and thus daddy and mummy decided to bring me to visit her at her place. This was the longest journey I have travelled so far and as usual, I was asleep throughout the journey.


I was asleep and so well-behaved at ah gong and ah ma's place. Daddy always says I am like him when he was young. Naughty at home or familiar places like gong gong and po po's house, and extremely well-behaved outside.

After the visit, we went to Vivo City. Mummy was so thrilled as she has been deprived of shopping ever since I was born. However, this was the shortest ever shopping experience for her. We merely went to Marks & Spencer and I cried for milk. We headed to the outdoors for milk but due to colic, I fussed and cried and refused to drink. Daddy and mummy thought it was a bad idea to stay and thus mummy fed me in the car on the way home.


I didn't want to drink milk although I was hungry. Daddy was trying to coax me.


See, I was so moody..

After manicure

Ever since mummy weaned me off my mittens after I turned 1 month old, she has been pampering me with manicure service weekly. Check out my fingers and what I can do with them.
Manicured hands I can grab and hold my handkerchief, my milk bottle, mummy's hair, po po's necklace.. I can hit my toys, daddy's stubbled chin, mummy's face..
I can also taste my hand..yummy..

Wind, wind, go away

wind, wind, go away
don't ever come back to Elijah again

wind, wind, go away
don't ever come back to Elijah again

This is what mummy will sing to me when I cry between feeds or during feeding.
It is really a challenging task looking after me as I will fuss and cry, lately accompany with screams, everyday since I was about 5 to 6 weeks old. Mummy has tried many ways to get rid of my wind. Ru Yi oil, rid wind baby drops, Gripe water, burping me in different positions etc..

Colic has disrupted my feeding so much that I will cry after every few suckles and I am drinking lesser. Daddy and mummy feel very heart aching seeing me suffer. Mummy says colic is a vicious cycle and the more I cry, the more air I will take in.

On 17/4/2009, Mummy brought me to a paediatrician even though my condition has improved slightly. She was told to continue giving me rid wind 3 times daily and Gripe water once a day. The paediatrician merely prescribed a bottle of probiotic drops for me to boost the good bacteria and strengthen my gut. He assured mummy not to be too concerned over me drinking much lesser as my weight gain was satisfactory, 1 kg gained since I last weighed 3 weeks ago.



I was prescribed the last product shown in the picture

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