Birthday Parties

March is a month full of birthday celebrations. This is especially so for the March 07 motherhood forum thread. As Chloe is born in the month of March, hence we have a few invitations from friends from the March 07 thread.

On Saturday, we went to Reyden & Reye's birthday celebrations at the NSRCC. The theme was Mickey clubhouse. The venue was decorated with mickey clubhouse theme & colour co-ordinated latex ballloons.

Chloe enjoyed herself especially when she caught sight of the slide that irin has brought along. Gradually, she even went up bravely to get an elmo painted on her face by the painter.

This morning was another party at Edelweiss Park Condo. It's to celebrate Tian Tian's birthday. The party venue was also decked in a pastel hue of sweet pink & pearl white coloured balloons. The turnout was also big comprising mainly of kids from the march thread as well. Chloe mingled with her friends & had a great time these 2 days. She is also aware her birthday is nearing the corner as she kept telling me that her's will be next.

@ NSRCC (Reyden & Reye's Birthday)The Birthday Boy & Girl






@ Edelweiss Park (Tian Tian's Birthday)

Pregnancy Update

28 week: At this stage, I am beginning to feel the onslaught of more miserable things to come. This pregnancy is different from my first. From what I can recall, I am still pretty active during this time. Recently, I have been feeling discomfort in my tummy due to the possible braxton hicks contraction. This can happen anytime, when I am at work, or after work. Worst, with the humid & extreme heat these days, I have developed unsightly rash or red bumps on my tummy. They could itch intensely and caused me to scratch incesssantly. Prickly heat powder could help at most for a short 5 mins, after this I am in agony again.

I refrained from perspiring especially at home when my aircon is not on. All I could do are really light chores that dun work up a sweat. The only relief is having the aircon on or the fan blowing at me at full blast.

Sleep was no better. I can wake up in the middle of the night unable to fall asleep again.

Hopefully, when I see Doc Wong in a few days, she could update me on my symptoms n help me alleviate my sufferings!

Do I Resemble.....

Pete took this pic of Chloe after school one day.. he asked me if Chloe resembles a particular TCS artiste. I took a long look & made a wild guess. Bingo! both of us had the same thinking that this pic looks like a mini version of....

Guess which artiste we are referring to?

My New Bed

It will be 3 more months till I am due with #2. We have thought of putting Chloe to her room to sleep on her own for some time. It would be ideal if this is done in stages.

Recently, Chloe has been waking up in the middle of the night. She would normally sleep through. Perhaps, this is due to her ezcema which gave her problems. We hope she would be able to adjust to the transition when the maid comes in during March.

While shopping for extra chairs at Ikea yesterday, we managed to get a good deal for her bed. As we were near the AS-IS section which sells items rejected by buyers or display stuff, I spotted a sales stuff pushing in a bed that we initially wanted to get for Chloe. Due to the higher price tag, we decided not to. On checking with the staff, we got to know that the bed is going at half price as it is a display piece from their showroom. We were delighted to get this chance as the bed can be extended if Chloe outgrows at a later stage.

As of now, we hope to get Chloe adjusted to sleeping in her own room so that there is space for #2's playpen when the time comes.

Surprise From Aunty Anne

Chloe is celebrating CNY in school today. We got her to wear the present that Aunty Anne got her - a sexy bare back cheong sam top with pants. Aunty Anne is the 'cooking aunty' in Chloe's cc. She dotes on Chloe alot & ever got her a pooh bear before she left the school. Chloe sleeps with the bear at night. Now, Aunty Anne is back to work at Happy Family, again she never fail to surprise Chloe. We were so touched by her gesture & got her a box of chocolates to thank her.

Hello my IDOL!

Pete got a pair of entry tickets to the live telecast of the Lunar New Year Carlsberg variety show at Mediacorp. So we set off at 5.30pm to Caldecott Hill.

This trip is kind of disappointing as I did not know that we are going for a show that is filmed LIVE. No big deal if it's only me & Pete going. I felt so guilty after the trip that till now, I am still blaming myself. I was thinking from Pete's description that we are only going for some 'open hse' at Mediacorp. Hence, I did not prepare food or milk for Chloe.

The live show started at about 7pm with the host 'teaching' us when to clap, when to cheer. This is an eye opener for me as I have not been to a live show at all. It's really entertaining intially, there are many breaks in between for props & stuff. Hence a typical 2 hour variety show can last twice as long! This was the time I got worried. Chloe did not have anything to eat before the trip, I had a pathetic 2-3 candies in my bag & her water bottle. By about 8, she is starting to get impatient & cranky.

Chloe however got to see her Idol in the channel 8 drama TOGETHER. She kept asking for 'xiao bei', Dai Yang Tian's name in the drama series. She saw him sing & kept asking for him after the song. It's quite funny I thought, cos i kept telling her excitedly see XIAO BEI? to engage her in the show for fear of her being bored. It seems mummy is the one more excited than her haha!

We ended the night earlier before the actual show finishes & rushed back home in a cab. Never will I miss to pack any food in Chloe's bag again. This is the first time she did not have her milk/ dinner till 11.30pm!!!










*ps anyone notice my short hair now? :P

Happy Birthday Pete

Monthly Check Up

I am in my 24th week now. How time flies. I've gained about 2.5kg since my last visit one month ago. Baby is of average weight now at 700g. He is an active boy. During the ultrasound scan yesterday, we can see him moving & making sucking movements with his mouth :)

Doctor Wong compared my current weight gain with Chloe's time. I started 3kg heavier. However I've gained less compared to the same period then. Boy I am kinda happy to hear that. I definitely do not want to weigh more than I should before I reach my last trimester!

At this moment, I am beginning to feel the strain especially when I walk too fast or up hill. At times when I am stressed out, I experienced braxton hicks as well. My tummy would get so tight & uncomfortable that I can literally lie down (if i can find a place) & stroked on my tummy nonstop. Only then, would I feel better & relaxed. If not, I would be seen walking with my legs slightly open (yes i think its quite unsightly!) & hugging my bump like holding a heavy watermelon.

Hopefully, I wouldn't experience more of these discomforts that soon.

Choosing A Name ..

It's never easy to select a name for our children. It's surprisingly easy during Chloe's time. I just chose Chloe cos I like it. We borrowed books on baby names but have not really shortlisted any name for #2.

I contemplated with the idea of using 'C' as well but did not really like the ones that are available.

So far, I've got 2 names in my mind namely Colin & Ethan. No special reason just like the name. I've asked Chloe a number of times & each time she giggled & said ETHAN & she even told me she does not like other names. I am not sure if I should get the cue from her or continue searching for more names.

Well..the search continues.. any nice names dun forget to buzz me!

UPDATES:
1) Ethan
2) Caleb

Colin is out :P

Chloe's CNY Song

I was just thinking if I should teach Chloe a song or 2 during this festive season. I am not very good in Chinese songs, let alone teach her how to sing the new year songs. What came to my mind was only one song, but after I sang to Chloe did I realised that she already knew it from school.

I learnt from Teacher Cao that Chloe's class had just begun to learn CNY songs & only a handful of children were able to sing along. Just on Sunday Chloe only knew the 1st sentence..today she graduated to learn the other 4 phrases & she loves to do the actions of gong xi gong xi while singing.

Hopefully by CNY she is able to sing to gong gong? Hhaha...

Ezcema

Blame it on me. Chloe inherited my genes & got bad skin. First it's her bout of chicken pox after she turned 2. Then it graduated to almost non-stop problems with her skin. Mysterious rashes which healed gradually, then bouts of ezcema ranging from mild to the now raw & painful skin.

Chloe will scream in pain in the bath most times. She will insist not to have her right hand cleaned. This is because her skin is raw & painful from scratching. Sometimes, we succeed in distracting her with toys while we bath her. Sometimes, she will let out a high pitch scream from pain n discomfort when all we wanted is to give her a bath.

It pains us to see her suffer yet we can't share her agony except diligently bringing her to the doc & consistently applying medication & moisturising for her.

Warning: The images below might not be very pleasant. These are the worst parts of Chloe's skin.