Grandpa's studio

I decided to expose her to the sound of music...

So out comes who else but her musician Grandpa... the drums seems like a great start... grandpa says no to touching his beloved guitars .... haha

hold your drumsticks like this

V: like this grandpa?

cling clang chang

this is awesome!!

i think i like...

my grandpa's guitar collection....

my daddy... he is the drummer...

Must learn to be a musician, Victoria.... its in your blood

Zoom Zoom like F1

watching F1 was boring... think watching her zoomz was more fun

Seriously!!

dreamy, steamy = sizzling

I totally about the series I was chasing since BB [V] came out... since I was not working since she was 4 months, I watched alot of shows online and totally forgot that I didn't complete them....

Till that day I watch entertainment news and remembered that I was watching my Grey's Anatomy 1/2 way!!! I didn't watch them get married .. dammit!!!

So I have been chasing season 5 and managed to finish in just in time for my season 6 starting 24 sept (US time).. *grinz* it is downloading now as I'm writing this post.... *rubs hands*

Never was I a fan of medical series, but I was in States that one faithfully night when they had the show's debut. It was those flights which I had major jetlag, so I slept through the afternoon was too awake at nigh. It was a 2 episode debut...Man man was I hooked on to the drama! Of course I never looked backed then.

I wonder what it entails.. totally heart this show .. the lot of peeps F-ing around ... so twisted, so cool...

Its back

what else rite?

The last time it visited was like April 2008... so it has been like *counts* 16 months... well, basically I'm fertile now...

I think its great that it is self cleaning itself inside, for the colour is ermm dark manz... not a down pour which is great, but there is still a slight discomfort...

Though I'm not enjoying the idea of the side effects it brings, the extra stuff I have to bring out, the precaution I have to take like not wearing light coloured clothes or how I sit...

Well, lets see if it will be on a regular cycle or not? for I don't like the idea of mystery...

Teething

migraine...

Just when you think all is well with her sleeping, waking only once or at the most twice a nite... things take change for the worse.. so its always calm before the storm...

(note: sleeping through to me is 12 hours, any else is crap)... mainly because we wake up about 11-12pm everyday, so if you calculate the timings... she sleeps at 10-11 pm, wakes up sometimes 2,4,8 am ... "eh eh eh" so I latch her back everytime... she will wake up at 2am everytime cause I sleep at that time and I think she smells me... sometimes she misses the 4am's and stirs at 8 am, latch and sleeps till 11am...

But the last 1-2 weeks !!!!! its "eh eh eh" almost every hour! So I latch her but the next morning my boobs are heavy still which means she is not hungry... then it occurred to be its time for her new tooth, for this was how it was when she cut her 1st two tooth... torture!! Think its her 2 upper tooth now... I resisted on the idea on putting gel or cream cause there is small percentage of steriods so I bought herbal liquid drops the last time... but somehow feel that it wasn't very effective... so after talks with her PD she recommended DENTINOX...

Wow, magic you know this gel... scream, apply, scream, carry, sleep.... best!

She was apprenhensive the 1st few times but then got the hang of it and opens her mouth willingly now... best is no more "eh eh eh"

I LIKE!

She seems to be weaning off my boob to sleep... for she prefers to be carried and pat to sleep by me (for the sleep lasts longer like that), it has been like that last 5 days... so will see how long this lasts, good to know she doesn't need my boob to fall asleep any more. It has always be easy for DD T and the grands to put her to sleep since young, like DD T puts her to sleep every night since 3 months or so (yes, I train the husband.. he does her last feed and pats her to sleep.. now he is on auto gear) but to me she prefers to suckle than pat... but I guess its over...

Can't wait for the teething period to end.. coz she like got 18 more to go!!!!!!

Choke

She had her 1st choking incident yesterday... silly princess was playing with grandmom Clara's remote control... GM C has all her remotes wrapped up nicely in a clear plastic, of course with scotch tape...

Then BB [V], of course as usual puts everything in her mouth and guess what? swallowed a tiny piece of tape...

We were on the bed with her and she suddenly vomited little milk and started coughing... so we gave her some water, after a few moment she started coughing more.. her eyes area turned red... I opened her mouth and put my finger inside and felt a little tape floating above her osephegus... pulled it out and all was well..

After all the drama... She looked up and me and smiled.... that lil rascal!

Separation anxiety

Bad...

1st she started screaming about everything... now she refused to let me go out of her sight.. not even 1 m away... I have to sit down next to her when she has her bath, sit with her while playing, watch TV, everything manz!!!

Reminds me of when she was newborn.. argggghhh

Can't poo in peace when she is there sitting in front of me, screaming... Yes, she refused being in her playpen alone... I have to carry her everywhere I go, out comes the balboa sling I used when she was a little babs and she absolutely love it... besides the fact she is stuck to me, she can see what I'm doing... So I will take the magic cleaner and sweep the floor to entertain her, let her feel the rice I'm washing,... all except drying clothes, cooking by the stove.. no no!

I can't be within her sight without her wanting me to carry her... I hope is just a 7 mths thingy and will pass. Every month has something new, this being very taxing. Actually ALL is taxing.. flipping, sitting, teething, crawling... wonder what entails next month *shivers*

Daddy Trev hates it when it is time for him to take over as it is 100% attention, as she demands that attention... no longer can she sit there to play with her toys, she wants you to play with her too.. he will sneak away sometimes and do his things but is ALWAYS treated by her screams and tear-full cries. Just today he commented that if our second one is like that he will go mad, but I think it will definitely be the same for he has the naughty genes... (he was a damn bloody naughty boy; setting off the school fire alarm on his 1st day of school, few boys walked out of school thinking it was time to go home.. his parents had a ear-ful from the other parents.)

So can you sense what I will have to go through in years to come????? As of now, I have a 7th month old with a hellavu tantrum... its going to be a rough road ahead...

Did I mention they have the same cheekiness.. don't you see that same twinkle in her eye?!

My Shopping

Think Im getting quite horrible...

Now that I'm getting used to looking after her, I have started wanting to shop.. not good cause I some how don't really know how to stop..

Bought clothes, shoes, stock up some nice easy drinking wines....

BB [V] online shopping....

Went clubbing, Hi Teas...

Our wine and dine,

My camera,

Our holiday tickets, was dying for a holiday and I was going mad, like 11 years of flying about and now stuck in sin for about 1 year already... cannot make it... threw abit of tantrum and DD T okied on our hoilday... *smiles* we decided to go Sydney in dec, as he will close office then... and I want to go my wineries, eat my cheese and drink merry... and of course shop happy...

The credit card came and its a whopping 6k...

Then 4 days ago, I got my new Iphone... (I lost my favourite phone 3 weeks ago, left it in the toilet on top of the toilet paper dispenser) Was so down cause my life was inside..sadz... DD T was so sad for me too... cause we bought it in New York before I got preggie...

Pity my hubby and our bills *oops HIS bills*... please stop me from shopping!!!

Things my husband do to make me happy...

September will be a slow month... stay at home and watch TV...

Its Daddy's turn to buy something big... since he put it off since I got preggie.. *psstt*.... its his new ride.... he is starting to think so I wonder what is MY new ride.. keke

7 Months

she is 68cm and 7.5kg

Solids: I have started her on solids the minute she reached 6 months with 1 feed of formula milk at 11pm but stopped all foods after her serious bout of poo problem. Apparently rice cereal, banana, sweet potatoes, squash causes constipation. So sad you know, to see her so constipated, to see her cry so much, to see her "gek" but nothing comes out, to smell her smelly gas, to feel her tummy so hard... many remedies were used, she drank pear juice, ate fruits, I drank prune juice (I had the runs MASSIVE ones but nil for her), every night we massage her tum tums, cycle her legs, many things lar... the poo problem lasted for about 9 days or so...

After few days of hard marble poos, bad cries, no appetite and sleepless nights came her volcanic eruption... honest, we have never been so happy! After that horrible experience, I latch her exclusively again, no solids, no FM, just me... I didn't go out during that time as I latched her very often to supplement her lack of nutrients or lack of love.. I felt guilty to have cause her so much pain you know... Even till today she eats a measly 1 teaspoon of cereal for lunch... my milk is still the best... I think... at least she will not get constipated...

I make sure she drinks LOADS of water now... Took her a while to get used to it since she didn't drink any for the 1st 6 months...

Formula milk: After much consideration, I chose NAN HA 2 for her follow up milk... I decided to start her on her 1 feed of FM daily to ensure that she gets her iron and other nutrients (what ever I'm lacking in) I chose this because Hypo Allergenic milk is good for babies who have high risk of allergies, DD T has eczema and I have allergic rhinitis. This is one of the main reason why I'm insisting of BF-ing her for so long coz Bf milk has all the things that prevent allergies. It was a tough choice between the brands that offers the AAA (wat DHA EFA.. aiyo I don't know what As) to make her damn smart one or one that provides her with wealth of health.. I chose the latter as a healthy body provides a wealthy mind. Even though it doesn't seem that she has any allergies now but kaisu... better safe than sorry. But I did buy DHA liquid drops to give her keke, hey I didn't eat any fish during my 9 months of pregnancy so I better give her.

drinking her FM at night, I had to punch bigger hole as she is such a bad sucker

Check out her face!!! she likes to pull her bottle in and out, like how she does to my nips.. so the pressure is so great it sprays on her face... how naughty?

then as days progress, she wants to drink milk like that.. now the latest being sitting up..

Motor Skills: The princess have started standing with support

her 1st time.. at 6 mths 1 wk

look how inquisitive... damn daredevil!

Besides her standing, we realized that she hates to wear clothes especially those that have to pass through her head.. she will grumbled damn freaking loud...

So I will just let her be... oh pls before you start saying cold, got wind blah blah blah.. we are not that type of parents: cover head , wear socks, wear long sleeves, long pants... spare me!

Teething: After few nights of screaming.. yes she has learn how to scream! damn irritating, can't stand it, hope she will stop once she gets sick of it... but since she was in pain, we took the brunt of her pain.. (our ears)

her last gummy grin.. am so missing it.. she is all grown up .. sobz sobz

Breast-feeding 2

crap! this blog looks funny on my macbook...doing my 7th post but cant upload photos..

so I will continue about breast feeding issues...

YOU know sometimes I think why am I am getting into this shits... I could be

1) drinking my wines,
2) clubbing,
3) going on diets to look chio,
4) dress nice to look chio,
5) go out and park baby somewhere for the whole day...

but instead: till date

1) I had 1 glass of wine after her 8 pm feed about 3 times, (since i started from 6 mths; her 11pm feed is formula milk)
2) went clubbing once
3) need to diet that stubborn 3 kg away
4) dress nice nice but am stuck with 2 piece clothes and nursing bra for convenience
5) can park her at mum or ils; feed her then rush out, jalan for 3-4 hours

Funny despite how forward we think we are, we have to deal with the "why are you breast feeding still" questions. If I'm not in the SMH forum, I honestly feel alienated. Why oh why??

CRIES: baby hungry, u never feed her enough...FM will not have this problem

CRIES: baby hungry, ur bm not power

LIGHT WEIGHT: u bf thats y

NOT SLEEPING THROUGH: u should train her to sleep through, 7 mths oredi... aiya y u bf, y u co-sleep? so troublesome.. how to train like tat...

ACTIVE: wat u eat? ur bm lar... too much sugar

NOT SLEEPING: wat u eat? ur bm lar... too much caffeine

WANTS TO BE CARRIED: ur smell lar.. she wans ur nips

WANTS TO SUCKLE: aiyo now u become human pacifier

Hey, I mean all these comments didn't only come from the elders but people of our generation okie!!! Now I write now I angry. You see how much I have suffered for the last 7 months. Both emotionally and physically...*punches finger in the air"

Honest, my inspiration for this post wasn't so negative, but since I wrote I will leave it.. keke

Now for the reasons why I wrote this.... for my new mummies friends struggling... alot more inspirational...

Newborn: bad sucklers.. cant decide what they want to do?? sleep or drink milk? cry, sleep, cry, drink, cry, sleep, sleep sleep... Latch baby they fall asleep, put down they eh eh eh?
If you are a mummy with overwhelming supply, pump... if you are one will measly one, pump.. if not latch n latch n latch... stuff the nip there and wait... wait till the baby feel like waking up to drink..

1-3 months: wild period!!! I hated this time... cry, sleep, cry ,drink, cry, cry ,cry...exasperating!!!!! still bad sucklers but this time they don't sleep... wants more milk but cant get it... so this is the time we help them. I know there are a lot of webbie that explains BF but then ... cannot comprehend some!! Honestly, i think these writers wrote the info AFTER they stop BF-ing.. cause the freaking timeline don't match!

Feed full breast 1st: what lar full breast? feel the same right? I felt a full breast about 3rd month or so... never understood what is that... what I did was, feed both breasts.. I always make sure I start on the same breast each time Left then Right..

Empty breast: piang, if can't feel full how to feel empty?? took me damn long to understand this... basicallly what you do is twirl the nip and if there is milk then got some more inside lor... but some babies are damn impatient like BB [V] , so I will squeeze breast (like squeeze toothpaste lar) while she drinks so the milk flow is faster... then after I will change breasts...

Meal on demand: really as what it means = no life... I latch her when ever I'm free...pls don't count 2 hrs or 3 hrs.. pointless

Fore milk, hind milk: fore milk; watery, hind milk; thicker.. the density of the milk is the thickest in the morning aka lasts the longest... mainly because you are well rested or mayb had your miserable 2 hrs sleep... *trust me I remembered* so must make sure bb drinks the hind milk... can last longer

Masssage/hot drink

: makes alot of differnce if you do that.. milk comes down alot faster.. but damn tiring... I didn't like the idea of bullying my boobies... I mean they are like so virgin then gotta abuse it but no choice... but hot drink works!

Fever(me): I remembered there was 1 night that I had fever, damn uncomfortable manz.... was in the middle of the night and I was so lost, had to look after baby and was sick... googled the problem and realized it could be due to the breast lump that couldn't go away... popped panadol and got paranoid... but after a few hours it was okie... then got DD T to massage my lump... the fever never came back, though the lumps at different place always did for the 1st 3 months

Eat/drink: Must eat, eat ,eat... no eat no milk... drink ,drink, drink.. no drink no milk... fat never mind.. for the 1st few months that is...

Aiyo I can't remember what I wanna write.... see how maybe got part 3... this blog layout is killing me.... think something is wrong with the javascript...