Little Mischievous

She is behaving just like us - adult. Typing and typing, scrolling the mouse and so on. So cute. See if I can add the video but adding the video requires lots and lots of time.

Claris at Lot 1 lirary busy typing . .

当我们同在一起

老朋友，我们都升级做了妈妈。我们在人生当中都经历过大
风大浪，没什么是不可能的。我会为你加油! 友谊万岁!!

Happy Bonding

Mummmy doing demonstration on how to bath newborn.

What is mummy so happy about? laugh till 见牙不见眼!

Bonding time

Visit to Yanling house @ Hougang

I decide to visit Yanling @ hougang. After claris school, I took train with Javier in sarong and Claris in stroller to Outram Mrt meet mum and go together to Yanling house. Its our 1st time travelling by train to Hougang. Mum is always worried about me when I travel with 2 kids on my own so she tends to come along with me whenever I go. But to say the truth, I can manage on my own. How can mum possibly follow me wherever I go, she won't be able to take it..

When we reach hougang, we figure our way to hougang mall then the 1st thing I looking for is Nursing room. Then Yanling came with her maid and daughter - trixi and we have our lunch at Pizza Hut, Yanling's treat. After lunch, we went NTUC to buy some groceries for dinner.

Claris and Trixi are very cute.

Claris so happy playing with this car.

Yanling friend - Lynn and her daughter Sara. Lynn sound so gentle, she seems like a sweet sweet Mummy. When she heard Javier cry, she quickly carry him and coax
him to stop him from crying - so sweet.

A word of reminder - when you hear your baby cry, don't panic, don't carry him. I'm sure that as a Mother, you surely recognise your baby cries. Remember don't carry. I know I sound rather heartless but its the truth.
1) just look at your baby, is there any tears in their eyes?
2) check their diapers, is there any poo or very wet?
3) listen to their cries, is baby crying non-stop? or cry and stop then look around? If the bb look around and no tears in their eyes, it means the bb wants your attention, they just want to be carried. (remember don't carry even though you are tempted to do so)
4) After checking your bb diapers, if they didn't poo or overflow and just making noise, just leave them alone. Its okay for bb to cry abit, no harm done.
5) If bb cry non-stop and with tears in the eyes means bb is very hungry then its milk time.

Playtime

My purpose of coming to Lot 1 shopping mall is to return magazine but in the end I have my ice_kacang at kopitam and let claris go rooftop playground. Play till she don't want to go home. Its time for dinner, I really need to rush home and cook Claris dinner so I have no choice but to drag my gal home.

Claris happy time @ Lot 1 shopping mall playground.
She don't really know how to play with this water playground.
Happy Childhood!

BBQ on 13 May

Claris showering her love for Javier.
She loves to cuddle Javier.

Random pictures

My little bbq helper

After 2yrs, I finally get to hear Claris sing 'Happy Birthday' song to me. She has done some art and craft in school, she come home and say: 'Happy Mother's Day' mummy! I'm really touched. She is really a good gal after all.

Fun rides and Explorerkid

2 free hrs @ Explorerkid. Claris loves to play with balls, mega play is too tough for her.

Happy swimming . .

When we first reach chalet, Claris was very excited and keep pestering us to bring her go swimming. She quickly change into her swimming suite and off we go to the pool, the only way to access the pool is thru the long flight of stairs. So I hold Claris hand up the flight of steps and hb carry the stroller up. While Claris swim, Javier had his usual naps. Claris has swam for about an hour, still unwilling to come out of the pool. She is having so much fun and I took some pictures this time so I can post it here. After the swim, we go back chalet to rest.

Claris looks like a grown up, she rest on the chair saying she want to suntan. eheh.. 女大十八变

Fun time in the pool

Birthday Chalet at Downtown East

Hubby booked a chalet at Downtown East from 12 - 14 May. We went there by train and bought a Tiramisu cake for my birthday from Polar. We checked in at about 3pm then i went to grab a bite and we went for a swim. I watch Claris and hubby swim, watch Javier sleep and take pictures. After the swim, we went back to chalet and rest, cook Claris dinner. Shortly after her dinner, we went to Sakura for buffet dinner and blow my candles there.

Birthday pic taken at Sakura Downtown East. This is Tiramisu cake from Polar. Celebrating my birthday with my 2 kids and hb on 12 May

Happy Birthday To Myself

Time flies, I'm celebrating my 30th birthday today with hb and 2 kids. Big Aunt, Mum and bro are coming on Thur to celebrate my belated birthday and bbq.
As a mother of 2 kids now, I can say I'm an experience mum now. I'm more independent, I can handle different situations. When I bring Javier and Claris out, I have control over Claris. But Claris is so active these days, she can run quite fast. I'm rather worried what if I have no control over her when we are outside. Well, these are obstacles that can be overcome.

Happy Belated Birthday To My Bro

7 May is my Bro 29th birthday, he celebrate with his gf on 7 May itself. On 8 May, we dine out at Pasir Panjang with mum, dad, bro and sis + bf to celebrate bro belated birthday and Mother's Day together. We just ordered some food and ate some cheese cake. It has been a long time since the last time I ate cheese cake. It really taste nice.
Happy Birthday to Bro, may all ur wish come true.

Javier is 1 month old

Time flies, Javier turn 1 month old. We didn't took much pictures of Javier. We had the 1st month celebration in advance on 28 Mar -As usual, we order buffet catering at our house and invite friends, colleagues, relatives and so on. I invited my ex-colleagues whom I work with in the past and my school friends, its a happy occasion for me as it has been a long long time since I met up with these group of friends. Time is too short and I have so much to chat with all my friends. Don't know when will I have the opportunity to meet my friends again..
Javier look so smart on tat day, Claris was asleep till event almost finish then she wake up.

Javier and my Dad

Mum, Javier, Bro and his gf

Mum, Joyce and Me smiling happily

Rahayu, Shirley, Mum, Me, Chang Chang and Joyce.
These are all my beloved friends, nice chatting with them

There are so many left over food. We ask neighbour to pack some for dinner too. We also pack alot of left over food that last us for few days.

Javier on the way . .

The experience of 1st and 2nd pregnancy is totally different. The feeling is different and how Claris and Javier came to this world is different too. Even the treatment is different.

On 28 Feb, I notice this 'bloody show' or mucous plug. I recall reading something about losing the mucous plug few weeks ago before birth. It means baby is ready to come to this world. I called my gynae and inform her, she told me to continue monitor baby movements. Then night came about 1plus I start to have abdominal cramps for 2 - 3hours but I ignore it. Then I woke up at 4plus and then I start to pack some stuffs such as my I/C, sweater, extra clothes to change for discharge. And I called up the Labour ward to check with them when should I admit to hospital? They say its still too early to admit unless I need painkillers or water bag burst. Anyway, I waited till 6plus then I took a bath coz I'm worried I won't get to bath if I really admit to hospital.

I don't really feel very painful contractions, can't really feel bb movements. He dunno if he wants to go to work, scare its false alarm. But in the end, he never go to work. I even send Claris to school at 9am on 1 Mar. I call up my gynae saying I have abdominal cramps and bb movement less, she advised me to come for CTG then see her at 12plus. Based on the CTG chart, gynae say its normal, no major contractions. Anyway, she do a check for me and say that its already dilated 4cm. Gynae say I can admit to delivery suite. So we left the clinic and walk to the Delivery Suite ourselves then halfway thru, gynae called my hb hp and ask where are we, they are waiting for us. Hb told gynae we already reach the Delivery Suite, gynae laugh...it gives others the feeling that we are rushing to give birth..hhaha..

When I reach the delivery suite, the nurse say I'm a brave mummmy. I'm not sure why she say that then she explain: " you dilated 4cm, still can walk to delivery suite yourself. " Shortly I change up and get ready to lie on the bed with the CTG on me, monitoring bb Javier movements. Gynae came in to burst my waterbag and Claris is still in the Delivery Suite with me, waiting for Mum to come and bring Claris as I wanted her to stay put at mum place when I'm in the hospital. Its already 3plus when I'm in the delivery suite, the nurse put a drip and let the contractions come faster and I slowly feel the pain coming from the back. Its so painful and the water flowing out from the waterbag is making me uncomfortable. The nurse ask me the 1st time, if I can manage the pain, do I need any painkiller? I say still manageable. 2nd time the nurse came in and ask if the pain still manageable? I'm already struggling and its so painful so I ask for the 'Entonox Gas', the nurse taught me how to use the gas properly in order to kill the pain. Even at this stage, I'm still thinking if I want epidural? I decide not to have epidural unless the labour is very long and at the meant time I try to endure the pain. Entonox Gas indeed strong and powerful, it gives me the feeling like opium. If used correctly, you don't feel the contractions pain at all. You feel like you are floating in the sky..

Shortly the gynae came and do a check, its already dilated 8cm. I was in crucial pain, gynae ask me if I feel like pushing? I'm not sure, I only know its very pain..I'm very conscious this time round, maybe its because I didn't have epidural. Gynae, midwife and nurses are on standby as they see me in so much pain, they sense that bb is coming so they ask me to push then on 1st Mar, 1752hrs, Javier came to this world. The whole labour only take 2hr plus, its pretty fast. I recalled in 2007 when I give birth to Claris, her eyes open all the way till I reach my ward to rest. But Javier is different, he closed his eyes all time till the day i discharge from hospital he start to open his eyes.

Let's welcome Javier who is just minutes to this world

Claris Jie Jie hugging Javier Di Di

I miss the feeling of being pregnant, miss my big tummy, miss the night kicks, miss the confinement soups catering, miss the wonderful time spend with Claris and so on. I feel that I'm a more experience mummmy as I experience alot when I'm taking care of Claris so I know what's gonna happen and how to handle it. Life is different with 2 kids now. As for now, children are everything to me. I wish I can be a good mummy to Claris and Javier. And I hope I have better control with my temper. Whenever Claris don's listen to me, I feel very frustrated and sad. Hope she will grow up to understand the meaning of "WHATEVER I DO, ITS ALL FOR UR OWN GOOD"