& Junyu turns 1 month old

We attended little Junyu's 1st month bash on sunday evening.

The little fighter looks more like the mummy. He didn't cry or whine the whole time we were there. So well-behaved! Hah! I tried to carry him, and felt so weird carrying a baby all over again. Nope, I will only have the 2nd kid earliest in year 2011. Hah!


We are now in the phase of our lives whereby we are attending more and more baby showers and kids' parties. Kids are everywhere. Gone are the days when we would go drinking to celebrate birthdays, celebrate impending unions of friends, and just gather to drink to catch up with one another.

Potty Training!

I've been thinking of starting potty training for Kae for the longest time. But till now, I've not even come close to starting on this.

But now, I've got to. Because I've just bought Kae her new potty chair! Yay! We bought her the Baby Bjorn Potty Chair.


"With its high back support and comfortable armrests, the Baby Bjorn Potty Chair is a comfy “armchair” for your child and a good place to start a life without diapers. Its ergonomic design offers lots of legroom. The inner potty has a high splashguard and is easy to remove, empty and clean. The Baby Bjorn Potty Chair has soft shapes, because sitting on the potty should be a comfortable experience." Well, I certainly hope so, since we've paid a sum of money for this pretty little thing. Oh, we bought it just today during the Baby Fair at Takashimaya. 15% discount!

We initially decided on buying the Safety 1st's Comfy Cushy™ 3-in-1 Potty. It is a 3-in-1 design which features the potty, trainer seat, and step stool. Most importantly, it comes with a soft cushioned seat. But when we took the potty to try, it is actually very very flimsy, as there are like 3-4 individual parts to the potty, which doesn't stay rigidly together. So, dar agreed with my obsession with the Baby Bjorn potty chair. Hah!


I am not looking forward to the potty training at all. Well, read more in the posts to come (I hope)!

Craving at 2am

As you all know, the three of us have been sick this past week, these past 6 days. I can't wait to get out of my estate and breathe in some fresh air. Being grounded is not fun. Hah. I was washing Kae's clothes today and realised that there ain't much to wash as she hasn't been out this whole week!

And now I am craving for food food food! Argh. Days of plain porridge with salted egg, or mee sua with soy sauce are just plain torture. Plus the fact that I cannot take any coffee! That nearly killed me! Hah. And now I am thinking of the Fatty Weng food I had at Ion last Sunday just before Kae got sick. Sigh. Hungry! Not that they are super nice, just that I am super starved for "tasty" food!

& I finally surrendered

I finally surrendered to the viral infection that was plaguing my Kae on sunday night and my dar on monday night. I threw in the towel and declared myself sick on wednesday night.

I puked lots and the diarrhoea was ewwwwwwwww. But it could have been worse. I could have caught the infection when both Kae and my dar did, and that would have been hell, coz I don't think I can care for then when I am that sick.

Luckily for me, dar was feeling slightly better, and while I rested and slept peacefully in another room wednesday night, he offered to look after Kae the whole night till he wakes to go to work. Whew! Thanks dar!

I am now feeling slightly better. I think this is the 1st time the 3 of us feel so sick as a family. Hah. Now I am just waiting for Kae to recover soonest. Sigh. She's still a bit weak, and still having diarrhoea.

Curse you bloody infection! Be gone for good!

The 3rd night

I am praying and wishing and hoping that Kae will not puke anymore after tonight. This is the 3rd night she's sick and I am keeping vigil by her side myself 2nd night in a row. Dar has been sleeping in the next room as he is also sick and needs his rest to go back to work tomorrow from his medical leave.

It all started on Sunday night when Kae puked in her sleep. You can only imagine how freaked out we were. That night was really crazy as we had to pacify her, clean up her mess, and try to make her sleep. I never knew a toddler can puke out more in terms of quantity compared to that of an adult. It was that scary.

We brought her to the pediatrician Monday morning; dar took the morning off. She informed us that Kae most probably got the bug from the mil on Thursday when we went back for our weekly dinner; we only knew the mil vomitted and had diarrhoea that few days when we went back for a short while on Sunday evening. Apparantly, Kae's 2 cousins also fell sick but theirs is less serious as they did not vomit. It could have been caught from anyone really.

I would think that this is Kae's most serious sickness ever. She don't have any appetite at all. She doesn't want to take her medication; she puked when we tried to force her to take the diarrhoea medication with a syringe. She is still puking and having diarrhoea the 2nd day. Sigh.

And it doesn't help that dar also fell sick on monday night. Father and daughter always seem to fall sick together, which makes my already tough time taking care of 1 sick toddler even worse. But dar has been doing his best to help out with Kae even though he's sick.

And now here i am, into my 3rd night of caring for a sick toddler. I am praying she will get well really soon, even if it means sleepless nights for me. You can't imagine how hard it is to watch your baby puke and not able to help stop her suffering.

Oh, and moral of the story, don't come near Kae when you are sick, ever.

Typed on the iPhone. My eyes are going crazy now.