30 October 2008
tateh to ibu..
tateh to ibu..
dearest dahlia,
was it just last week that we had that private conversation about taking time growing up so fast?
home alone three days ago, we were tumbling in bed and when i had to have a pee break you held on to my leg and let out the softest mews unwilling me to leave you alone just for a bit. so i tied an imaginary knot in my bladder and continued tumbling around with you, playing peekaboo and tickledoodledoo. not 5 minutes later i REALLY had to go so we held hands and i placed you in the bathtub while you watch heh. then we held hands again out to the living room just in time for your favourite mickey mouse show on 34.
i sat on the floor while you stood, still holding my hand. when the hotdog song came along i slowly let go of your little finger and you amazingly stood still the entire hotdog song! so i inched backwards and let you stand by yourself till you realised, and you shot me the "ibu i'm falling!" look. and that's when i pointed both my index fingers up and said "ok dahlia.. wait.. wait..."
and you waited! you pointed your own index fingers, then took a few steps in front.. your very first confident steps! three days later, a few minutes ago ayah beamed with price looking at you toddling all over the room at Lola's :)
and ibu? ibu had to take a moment and wipe her own tears coz she can't believe her baby's all grown up. we love you Baby D :)
check out her professional u-turning lol. dont mind my ghastly outlook, i had my Peserta-peserta Mencari Teman dari Variapop 1993 garb on for the night heh.
06 October 2008was it just last week that we had that private conversation about taking time growing up so fast?
home alone three days ago, we were tumbling in bed and when i had to have a pee break you held on to my leg and let out the softest mews unwilling me to leave you alone just for a bit. so i tied an imaginary knot in my bladder and continued tumbling around with you, playing peekaboo and tickledoodledoo. not 5 minutes later i REALLY had to go so we held hands and i placed you in the bathtub while you watch heh. then we held hands again out to the living room just in time for your favourite mickey mouse show on 34.
i sat on the floor while you stood, still holding my hand. when the hotdog song came along i slowly let go of your little finger and you amazingly stood still the entire hotdog song! so i inched backwards and let you stand by yourself till you realised, and you shot me the "ibu i'm falling!" look. and that's when i pointed both my index fingers up and said "ok dahlia.. wait.. wait..."
and you waited! you pointed your own index fingers, then took a few steps in front.. your very first confident steps! three days later, a few minutes ago ayah beamed with price looking at you toddling all over the room at Lola's :)
and ibu? ibu had to take a moment and wipe her own tears coz she can't believe her baby's all grown up. we love you Baby D :)
check out her professional u-turning lol. dont mind my ghastly outlook, i had my Peserta-peserta Mencari Teman dari Variapop 1993 garb on for the night heh.
Labels: 1-2yrs, baby d, milestones, mommyzine, theBoy
mumma vs iBu
over the week i saw her 1) taking any random remote control and point it to the aircon/fan/tv/radio like how we adults do and 2) take her stacking cups and feed her elmo and barney plushies! i have to get them on video coz it's just uber-cute!
we've been sayng ayah and ibu ever since she was born and even with her limited vocabulary, i can tell which 'aaaaaah!' means ayah, but i can never tell which 'aaaaahhhh!!' is ibu. howeverrrr, a few days ago she started saying mama without anyone ever teaching her.. so i guess mama is kinda natural for babies lah eh? i'm sitting on the ibu vs mama fence now, i really want her to call me ibu but her soft mama mews are very tempting!
Labels: 1-2yr, baby d, milestones, siquebaby, videokilledtheradiostar
toddling steps; now with video!
i have a whole load of backlog posts in draft but this has got to be published first. it's not big news.. but today she's started to tateh with just one hand! i've got to get her on video! UPLOADED! tomorrow.. she's toddling already, too fast!
10 more days, baby! what do you want for your birthday? (no sayang, she doesnt want an ADIK for her bday, k)
31 July 200810 more days, baby! what do you want for your birthday? (no sayang, she doesnt want an ADIK for her bday, k)
Labels: 9-12mths, baby d, milestones
rambut, kepala, telinga!
18 June 2008
quek mambo
she now geleks on cue. and holds her arms up when i say 'uuuuuuupppppp'!
Labels: 6-9mths, baby d, milestones
she turns yeight!
i long for long-er weekends please. they should have like 4 days of vesak day or something la seriously.
we lounged at home on saturday morning, the boy left for his shoot at noon and we rolled in and out of bed. i started streaming friends when i was on maternity leave, and finished off the last episode of season 10 with d last saturday. took a nice 4 hr nap with her on our bed, woke up with a jolt at 6 and immediately roused her from sleep and got ready to leave for Pameran. spent about an hour at Pameran chingchong a bit, and then to wati & meraj's chalet at changi cottage, where while crawling on the wooden floor upstairs, she rolled to her side and konked her head for a bit.
sunday morning woke up to news that mummy is warded for a blood clot on her right leg. the boy left for his shoot again at noon and as soon as d woke up from her nap and lunched, i hauled her in the bjorn, met lipglossy and sarah @ yishun mrt and led ourselves to marina sq. main aim was to test drive a lightweight stroller that i can fold and open with one hand. and that's the combi well comfort. the damage? $450. the boy will kill me la. hate late lunch/early dinner at secret recipe, walked around a bit, mimi showed me the way to hip carry using the hotsling (i still fail, i need a bigger size!!) and then the boy picked us up and headed to the hospital to visit mummy. met up with The Noons there and then supper at bedok corner. damnit i'm craving for a good oyster ommelette now :(
monday morning after her first feed i brought her out for a nice sunny walk and checked out the temporary cold storage tentage in front of y10, and it sucked. only managed to get pumpkin and sweet potato for d's consumption. thought of heading to k.palace but looking at the time it was only 9.30am. took a cab back to our place, YES cab coz it was so freaking hot. got back, fed her breakfast and as she just plonked her head for her nap i received smses about a last minute gathering at one of the sept07 mummies' place! So while most of the others were already making their way to blue's place, I was waiting eagerly for d to wake up from her nap. at 12.30 i realised if i ever wanted to make it to blue's place i needed to make some noise so she'll wake up heh. and so i did, we got ready as fast as we could and zoomed off to bishan.
these are from darmae :)
the girls, minus shy Yan. d was busy clapping.
the boys with half a zac who was sleeping on his dad's lap
twas nice meeting up with these ladies who i've been talking online with for a year plus, at least. the babies got along very well! we should have another meetup soon :)
left for nurul's at 3ish, nurul made maggi goreng, huda the VERY capable ANAK DARA made crabstick and cheese wantan and fruit salad and me, brownies with chocolate ganache. after the feast we sprawled on the floor with d, the weather was just too hot to handle lah! drilled huda 'da princess' a bit heh heh.
happy 8th month, my darling. i love it when you clap on cue, or when you see us clapping. 8mth old and clapping, masyaAllah!
last night i lay beside you and watched you sleep with your pursed lips like your ayah, your eyes half closed even though you're deep in sleep, just like me. i ruffle your sweaty head of curls and place my finger in your hand and realised the three days spent with you were priceless. i wanna do it all over again :)
12 May 2008we lounged at home on saturday morning, the boy left for his shoot at noon and we rolled in and out of bed. i started streaming friends when i was on maternity leave, and finished off the last episode of season 10 with d last saturday. took a nice 4 hr nap with her on our bed, woke up with a jolt at 6 and immediately roused her from sleep and got ready to leave for Pameran. spent about an hour at Pameran chingchong a bit, and then to wati & meraj's chalet at changi cottage, where while crawling on the wooden floor upstairs, she rolled to her side and konked her head for a bit.
sunday morning woke up to news that mummy is warded for a blood clot on her right leg. the boy left for his shoot again at noon and as soon as d woke up from her nap and lunched, i hauled her in the bjorn, met lipglossy and sarah @ yishun mrt and led ourselves to marina sq. main aim was to test drive a lightweight stroller that i can fold and open with one hand. and that's the combi well comfort. the damage? $450. the boy will kill me la. hate late lunch/early dinner at secret recipe, walked around a bit, mimi showed me the way to hip carry using the hotsling (i still fail, i need a bigger size!!) and then the boy picked us up and headed to the hospital to visit mummy. met up with The Noons there and then supper at bedok corner. damnit i'm craving for a good oyster ommelette now :(
monday morning after her first feed i brought her out for a nice sunny walk and checked out the temporary cold storage tentage in front of y10, and it sucked. only managed to get pumpkin and sweet potato for d's consumption. thought of heading to k.palace but looking at the time it was only 9.30am. took a cab back to our place, YES cab coz it was so freaking hot. got back, fed her breakfast and as she just plonked her head for her nap i received smses about a last minute gathering at one of the sept07 mummies' place! So while most of the others were already making their way to blue's place, I was waiting eagerly for d to wake up from her nap. at 12.30 i realised if i ever wanted to make it to blue's place i needed to make some noise so she'll wake up heh. and so i did, we got ready as fast as we could and zoomed off to bishan.
these are from darmae :)
the girls, minus shy Yan. d was busy clapping.
the boys with half a zac who was sleeping on his dad's lap
twas nice meeting up with these ladies who i've been talking online with for a year plus, at least. the babies got along very well! we should have another meetup soon :)
left for nurul's at 3ish, nurul made maggi goreng, huda the VERY capable ANAK DARA made crabstick and cheese wantan and fruit salad and me, brownies with chocolate ganache. after the feast we sprawled on the floor with d, the weather was just too hot to handle lah! drilled huda 'da princess' a bit heh heh.
happy 8th month, my darling. i love it when you clap on cue, or when you see us clapping. 8mth old and clapping, masyaAllah!
last night i lay beside you and watched you sleep with your pursed lips like your ayah, your eyes half closed even though you're deep in sleep, just like me. i ruffle your sweaty head of curls and place my finger in your hand and realised the three days spent with you were priceless. i wanna do it all over again :)
Labels: 6-9mths, baby d, babyfriends, milestones, mommyzine
clappity clap
08 May 2008
and then there's more..
speaking of milestones..
d has been doing these for a few months.
- opening and closing of fingers when we sing twinkle-twinkle little stars
- same opening and closing of fingers when we sing malay nursery 'cekur genggamit'
- twists her wrists (like a 'finished/no more' action) when we sing malay nursery 'neng nang neng pong'
- turns to look at her ayah when asked where's ayah
- takes a peep when we play peekaboo with her
- acknowledges the word 'mimik' (home word for milk) when she's thirsty and we ask her 'd nak mimik?' she'll cry or goes 'mimimimi' heh
06 May 2008d has been doing these for a few months.
- opening and closing of fingers when we sing twinkle-twinkle little stars
- same opening and closing of fingers when we sing malay nursery 'cekur genggamit'
- twists her wrists (like a 'finished/no more' action) when we sing malay nursery 'neng nang neng pong'
- turns to look at her ayah when asked where's ayah
- takes a peep when we play peekaboo with her
- acknowledges the word 'mimik' (home word for milk) when she's thirsty and we ask her 'd nak mimik?' she'll cry or goes 'mimimimi' heh
Labels: 6-9mths, baby d, milestones, mommyzine
clap your hands!
d's not sleeping well tonight. the fever she got on sunday is gone, highest was thismorning at 38.4. i left for work with the heaviest heart, felt like shit and wished i could stay with her. but fever's gone now. it's the nose that's acting up at this moment. she's been whining and whimpering in her sleep, wants to be carried and lulled to sleep, give and take 10mins after you settle her in the cot she'll stir again to cry and asked to be carried. and even though you know it's just a runny nose you can't help but feel like shit (again) when you see your baby helplessly trying to get comfy with the hingus meleleh and all.
-_-
work's a rotten tomato, that's an entry for another day. runny nose aside, this weekend she made me proud by clapping her hands on cue when i belt out If You're Happy And You Know It Clap Your Hands!! so her clap doesnt really generate a piak!piak! sound effect, but the fact that she puts both palms together to do the clapping action means.. she gets what i mean!! *beams happily*
-_-
work's a rotten tomato, that's an entry for another day. runny nose aside, this weekend she made me proud by clapping her hands on cue when i belt out If You're Happy And You Know It Clap Your Hands!! so her clap doesnt really generate a piak!piak! sound effect, but the fact that she puts both palms together to do the clapping action means.. she gets what i mean!! *beams happily*
Labels: 6-9mths, baby d, milestones, mommyzine, siquebaby
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a wife to the boy, an ibu to the girl :: addicted to the droning scapes and pink sunsets, misses her snaphappy days, writes sporadically and speaks in spurts :: reads your jokes submissions with a cringe, bakes when the mood arises
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