10 weeks more to the finish line

I've got 10 more weeks to go before baby K arrives. But I seriously doubt I can last till then.

I am feeling the stretch in my belly. It's so taut that I can't eat at times even though I feel hungry. Nowadays I don't feel hungry actually. Maybe it's because there's no more place to store food in my stomach! But I still have to eat.

I've gained 7kg so far. And out of that 7kg, nearly 2kg was gained in the last 2 weeks. Damn. The number is going up exponentially now. I better watch what I eat. But I am so craving for sweet food. Sigh.

I cannot sit on the floor without feeling tight in the belly; I have to sit with my back upright. I can't pull myself up without grabbing onto something.

I feel tired all the time. I can sleep one whole day away. Seriously.

I am walking at a freaking slow pace. I am an old woman.

It really is a drag.

Random food thoughts

Last week, we went to various places for random food.

First stop, Kay Lee Roast Meat. I thought that the char siew was nice. The roast meat was average. The roast duck was quite tough though I lurve the skin. The best part of the meal I thought was their brewed soup! We ordered their pepper pig's stomach soup. It was divine! Can I just go back there for soup and not for their meat? Hee.

Second, Yong He Beancurd and You Tiao. I haven't been to this place since university days. And apparently, they've moved from Lorong 9 to Lorong 27A. So please take note! We actually circled around Geylang area 3 times before I searched on HungryGoWhere.com and discovered that they've moved.

Third, Koi Bubble Tea. It seems like there's been so much hype about this particular brand of bubble tea; there're always queues for this tea at the People Park's outlet. So, I decided to try this out when we headed towards Marine Parade; there's an outlet there too. We tried their Honey milk tea and Caramel milk tea. I lurve the latter. Although I won't join the long queue just to buy the tea. There was no queue at the Marine Parade outlet when we reached. Maybe because it was raining heavily!

Lastly, Hongkong dessert at Honeymoon Dessert at Vivocity. Apparently, this is a Hong Kong based chain, which established its first store in Sai Kung District of Hong Kong in 1995. As I was craving for dessert, we decided to give the place a try. I had the mango pomelo and sago sweet soup while dar has the coco mango tofu pudding. I thought both were great. But they would have tasted better if they had been more chilled. Also, the portion could have been bigger. But all in all, the standard is not bad compared to what we can get in Singapore currently.



And I am hungry now.

1st Zoo outing

We went to the Singapore Zoo on Monday.

Dar was on leave, and we decided to let Kae skip 1 day of school to bring her out for some fun. As when baby K comes along, it will be kinda tough to bring her out so often again. The main reason for bringing Kae to the zoo was because I wanted to bring her to the Rainforest Kidzworld.


The main attraction at the Rainforest Kidzworld to me is the water play area. Check out the pictures! Kae lurves to play with water. But she is quite the scardy cat. She doesn't dare to try anything new that looks intimidating. So daddy only walked around with her, played and splashed water with her, and the only thing she tried was the mini slide. Hah.







We were quite lucky on that Monday. Although it did rained for a while, we manage to not get caught in the rain and walked around the zoo. The zoo has changed so much! Erm, of course my last time to the zoo was when I was still in primary school. So go figure. Hah! I won't post any pictures of the animals here. But Kae was quite taken with the elephants. As she is now singing the elephant song constantly.

Kae's 1st official cut

Kae finally let the hairdresser cut her hair today!


The first time we asked Kae to let the hairdresser cut her hair, she wailed like mad. So, Kae's fringe had always been trimmed by my dad, as she only allowed my dad to go near her fringe. On this particular saturday, while dar had his hair cut, I persuaded Kae to have anothere go, as she was actually watching another older girl having her hair cut.

And viola! The main reason for her relenting this time round would definitely have to be the fact that she saw another girl having her hair cut. I was just awaiting with bated breath for the whole process to be over, so much so I didn't manage to get a picture of her having her fringe cut. Damn. Maybe next time.


And oh, Kae's haircut actually costs more than daddy's! Hah!

the Start of the Final leg

We went to the gynae today for my routine check up. I'm into my 27th week now and will be into my 28th week in 2 days time. Which means I'm into my 3rd trimester of the pregnancy. Baby K now weighs about 1kg.

PS: the top pic shows baby K's face, and the bottom shows her hands and feet.

I have no idea why, but this pregnancy seems to be longer than last time round. As in it seems like forever that baby K is in my stomach. Of course I do not want her to enter the world earlier; problems like jaundice and other complications (touch wood) may kick in. It just seems like I've been pregnant for the longest time.

And also, I've been experiencing Braxton Hicks like forever! The contractions always come at night when I sleep, and it can lasts for like minimum 30 minutes each time! Argh, I've never felt this uncomfortable the last time round.

People say that it's different the 2nd time round. As in you won't feel so anxious. You won't need to buy so many things for the new baby. You won't feel unprepared as you've been there and done that. But I am worried that I may be too complacent for my own good.

We still haven't settle the lack of our baby cot, if you've read my previous post on this pregnancy. And the baby room aka Kae's room is now a mess with all Kae's toys. Kae's wardrobe is already filled to the brim with Kae's clothes. And I haven't get down to washing baby K's clothes yet. Even though my edd is 26th June. I keep thinking that baby K wanna see the world earlier.

Hopefully, we will settle the baby room within the next week or so. And I do hope to clear some wardrobe space at the same time too. It's time to weed out the useless toys and clothes that my 2 K's will never wear (again)! Which means throwing of stuff! Yay! I lurve to throw junk away! Haha!

One major problem I foresee will be our sleep. Kae will be sleeping with us still while baby K will be made to sleep alone in the baby room. I wanna train baby K to be independent and not be like Kae, who needs to sleep with us. The problem is while tending to baby K's nightly feeds, Kae has to be looked after too, as she wakes nightly anytime between 3-5am for milk. Maybe I should increase her night dosage again. Sigh. I think I am in need of another super magical eye cream. And so does my dar, as I think he won't be sleeping well too, as Kae always whines for him at night when she wakes.

Also, no pacifier, no rocking of baby K. Kae is, sad to say, still looking for her pacifier every now and then, especially when she's sad. And I want baby K to fall sleep on her own without any rocking or swinging. No yao lan!