Super, Sticky Glue

Do babies have extremely sensitive nose? Hmm...i really dunno, but i do know that my precious baby is sticking to me like a super duper sticky glue even when she's sleeping....

Recently, whenever i've put her to sleep on the bed, she would get up after an hour or so and cry. The funny thing is...the moment i went near her and pat her, she would doze back to sleep. What's more, she would grab hold of my shirt and wouldn't let go unless she had fallen into deep sleep. Yesterday...i was practically storming in and out of the bedroom like every 30 mins just to coax her back to sleep. *sweat*

Yet...it is hard not to feel touched somehow. Why so? Won't you feel happy if your baby calms down or show you her happy expression whenever you approach or go near him/her? Won't you feel like hugging and cuddle him/her if he/she sleeps with the sound of your breath and your body warmth? To me, the answer is YES! Although this will definitely cut down my personal time, i do feel that it's worth it. Bonding is very important to me and i really emphasise on it very much. A pity that daddy is not really into bonding...Whenever i told him that he needs to bond with Amelia more often, he will just tell him 'no need one lar'.

Not only that, since last week, she had been so sticky to me that even leaving her out of my sight for a brief sec will also make her scream. Gosh! Daddy was so upset whenever he carried her and she wouldn't stop crying or fussing. Even now, daddy still cannot handle her and seems like daddy's bond with her isn't still good enough. I guess daddy's really gotta spend more time with her.....

Even as i am blogging now, she just can't let me blog in peace. A blog post which requires less than 15 mins time to finish writing can take me close to 1hr to finish....splendid indeed. *faint*

Teething Rusk + "Batbaby"

During my off on Tuesday, i bought a box of teething rusks for Amelia. Wondering what that is? Well, it's a biscuit meant for babies to learn to chew and also to curb their teething itch. And guess what? Amelia held the biscuit steadily and chew it as if it's her teether! The funniest thing...she turned her biscuit back and forth machiam it will taste better......

3rd November 2009, Tuesday

Look at what she's holding on her right hand..	A happy Amelia chewing on her teething rusk

Unfortunately, babies are still babies. Their interest really last that "long" only. After holding on to her teething rusk for like 20 mins (only top part was kinda melted), she didn't want to chew on it anymore. This much alone can proves something....'If you wanna earn, earn it by selling baby stuff'. So true indeed...

Since my mum was around that day, she played with Amelia too. Here comes the ridiculous incident. I have NO idea my mum is so playful when she is 50+ years apart from my baby girl, her grand-daughter! Amelia has a play-toy that can be twisted to train her development but my mum went to put it on her face and made it like a "batwoman" mask! What's more, Amelia just let my mum put that on her and dun even move at all, LOL!!!

How do I look, Mummy? Cool ya! ^^

This shot of her is just.......speechless.

Finally...A Whole Meal...

After a hectic week due to work, I've decided to take an off today to accompany my precious Amelia. Not only that, i also need to replenish her cereal to put at my MIL place as well as her bath lotion. Since my mum didn't work today (it's Tuesday!), she came over to my place to check on her grandchild.

Today also marked the day where Amelia took a whole meal of cereal as breakfast to herself! Afraid of overfeeding her, i only gave her 2 tbsps of rice cereal. She really took it happily but when i finished giving her the last spoonful of her rice cereal, she was kinda disappointed...

In the afternoon, the 3 of us went to CP's Cold Storage to buy her cereal. Since she is already 6mth+, it's time to change from rice cereal to oatmeal cereal. Other than that, I also bought 2 jar food to keep so that i can train her into accepting the taste of them, just in case for future travels or whatever, hehe...In addition, i've also bought carrots, apples to make puree. ^^

Actually, making puree is kinda fun. I took out 2 apples, cooked it, took away the skin and used manual method (fork smash) to blend the puree. Dun ask me why i wasn't using the blender....maybe cos i haven't unwrap it? lol.....in a way, it is quite troublesome to use it if i am alone, so squashing manually kinda made the process easier since i can do it beside my girl...I really enjoyed making it and i even think of buying potatoes to make puree for her porridge!

So for now, i have 5 days worth of apple puree for Amelia to eat it at my MIL's place. Since i told her that i will not start lunch for Amelia till next week, i will be telling her to add these apple purees into her cereal for breakfast instead. My only concern....will she not feed my Amelia with my EBM anymore? I am actually very scared that she will stopped giving her my EBM then one day, my girl will stop demanding milk and in the end, she dun want me anymore....Ok, some of you are gonna say i think too much again...But, i am really skeptical on this.

Even though i am giving my MIL instructions on when to feed her, what to feed her and how much to feed her, i can't help to think that she may not heed my instructions. What if she really feeds her lunch when i tell her not to? What if she gives her something as puree in her meal when i tell her not to? I know i worry too much, and i should just let things go naturally, but being a mother of my precious Amelia, i really can't stop thinking this way.

Although i am tired, although i am mentally tired...i really dun wish things to go wrongly to my baby. Oh well, guess i just gotta wait and see if my MIL will really heed my instructions...

Amelia can TURN herself!!!

YES!!! Amelia can finally turn herself over! But that's when she was sleeping...

Just now, when i came out of my bath, i saw Amelia with her body turned till her face was almost facing downwards. In addition, she was sleeping on her tummy. I dunno if this is consider as she can turn already but at least, that is one little achievement she got herself into!

Perhaps i will let her try when she was awake to make sure she really can turn already ^^

And yes, i do know that it is not necessary a good thing when she is able to turn already, but every baby needs to learn how to turn sooner or later, and that includes my precious Amelia. :D

Busy Week....

This week is a hectic week, and is really chaotic till no end...at least for me.

From last weekend, I've already been so busy with weddings. This week, my korean developers came to SG, along with my product launch. Tomorrow, i gotta go back work. WTH is wrong with my life for the past 2 weeks!? I am already lacking sleep like nothing and i am starting to wonder how far i can stretch myself already. I am now mentally and physically tired (I am still bringing Amelia home every night, ok..).

Thanks to my "wonderful" events i've got myself into + the workload i am currently withstanding, I practically have no time for my precious Amelia! For the whole of this week, she was practically staying with my MIL during the day, as well as part of the night (I could only fetch her home earliest at 8+, latest 10+) as i gotta entertain my developers...bringing them to dinner and etc...This morning, i suddenly started to ponder..if Amelia will not be close to me anymore when i keep putting her at my MIL's place. Ok, i may have think too much, but that's how a mummy will feel, isn't it? I really dun wish my child to drift apart from me, so of cos i will worry, right?

To think i still can blog...i am already feeling my eyes closing as i type now. Somehow, i seriously begin to think if i can still hold on to the load i am taking now, both in career as well as in family...

2 Weddings on 1 weekend....

Yes...2 weddings in a row, on the same weekend is FREAKING TIRING!!!

Not to mention my poor darling, precious Amelia was also being dragged down to attend those weddings along with Mummy & Daddy. This morning when i want to wake her up, she just plainly ignore me! No matter how daddy & mummy try to get her to open her eyes, she just wouldn't budge....only until i brought her downstairs to the carpark then she willing to open her eyes. Can you imagine how tired my baby was?

Anyway, i had a fruitful sentimental collection for the 2 weddings days. Lots of photos were taken and although tiring it had been, it was worth it. The wedding gatecrashing was fun, the dinner with the bride-to-be & going down to MK after so many months later really made feel that i am back to my old self. This feeling is really hard to get by and i know i gotta cherish it truly, deeply and greatly.

Too many photos have been snapped so it is terribly hard to post it one by one, so...I made it simple by putting into 1 jpeg! LOL....although smaller but at least i can choose to have some of the best pics i took to post in my blog. ^^

November i am gonna be attending more weddings....this year is really so good and auspicious for wedding ya? *sweat*

A Tired Mummy...

Oh gosh, i am just so tired and sleepy!

After a day of wedding gatecrashing in the morning and a wedding dinner at night, I just can't believe i am already so worn out. Oh yes, not to mention that I was celebrating "Hands" night with the bride-to-be >.<

There were a lot of photos taken but i am just too god damn tired now to upload and post about it. I think i just do it tomorrow...hmm..oh wait...I have another wedding dinner to attend tomorrow! Geez, well, i guess i will just do it on Monday then....

During these few days, i came to realise that i am too freaking forgetful. During the preparation of the wedding gatecrashing, i kept forgetting things which i just did. I really dunno if this forgetfulness has something to do with the huge dosage of epidural i've taken previously when i gave birth to Amelia, or it's just plainly due to the huge load of work i have in my mind along with Amelia's well-being and family. People says women who had given birth tends to be forgetful. I know that's true, and is there actually anyone so forgetful like i am now? Due to this, poor Michelle gotta keep answering me with yes and no, or "u just..." which i felt so paiseh about it...I think i need a planner and keep it with me before i really keep forgetting stuff until it starts to irritate people who are around me.

Or maybe perhaps i am simply too mentally tired that my brain switch me off time and again....

~Dinner at T3 + A Few Milestones~

I know babies development rate is fast, but somehow, i did not expect it to be so fast...and so sudden too. These 2 days' encounters have made me feel very proud of Amelia with what she showed me.

Now that she is approaching 6 months of age, i feel that it's time to let her have a little taste of home-cooked porridge, thus on Saturday late morning, i decided to cook the porridge using my newly bought baby porridge cooking pot. It was more of an experiment though, since there is a special way of using the cooking pot instead of the traditional way of cooking the porridge. The porridge turned out to be more dry than watery, not very smooth but at least edible. I guess the choice of rice really matters, so perhaps i shall really get the pearl rice Lilian recommended next time.

17th October 2009, Saturday afternoon

Home-cooked porridge Not very smooth but at least can grind b4 feeding her	She just can't wait to get the food into her mouth...

18th October 2009, Sunday morning

Self-made "Apple" Puree 1st try...fun!	Rice cereal with Apple puree...

Overall, it was a nice experience! Although it wasn't a perfect result (porridge not very smooth, puree not very smashed also) but at least i tried! Practice makes perfect ya! I will try harder next time for sure!

Ok, now..i've not finished with Saturday's journey. Other than the porridge tryout, we also went Ikea to get Amelia's highchair & dinner at T3 with Kitlyn 姐姐 & her daddy mummy. They were late, as usual (hahaha) but throughout the wait, we realised that Amelia can finally sit on the baby chair in public now, all thanks to my curiosity! LOL!!! It's a pity i forgot to snap it down due to hunger and excitement...Oh oh...and Aunty Lilian gave some clothes to Amelia which are pretty nice! Thanks Aunty Lilian! ^^

Whoopie! Mummy, see, i show you i can sit upright on stroller now!	Little "White" Riding Hood... Where is she looking at?

Stroller handle fun to play meh?	This angle of her is really sweet & natural :D

Daddy pushing Amelia... see how she sat..like a 小霸王	One happy family :) Kitlyn 姐姐 & her parents

Kitlyn 姐姐 vs Amelia 妹妹

And lastly, her encounter with her new toy, Ikea Highchair!

My new Highchair!	Darling, the hanky is for you to wipe yr face, not the tray...

OMG...that's really a lot of pics i've posted...but really, these 2 days seemed full of fun for me and my Amelia, except for daddy since he is still sick...