Juggles are never easy and i really envied those who can juggle between family and career well!
Piglet - The child who has been with me for 9mths (before birth) and now is 4mths++ old. She has quite a personality since Day 1. I will say she takes after Pirate King & me in certain aspects! It is a challenge looking after her especially she has this skin problem, Eczema!
Pirate King & I - Ever since Piglet is born, both of us did not have US time to ourselves. Everything is all Piglet focused. But still, Pirate King is as important to me as Piglet. I really wish I have some private time for him.
Family - Tough to accomodate to mine & Pirate King's family. Even though, i realised half the time we have to accomodate to Pirate King's family as they don't see the need to accomodate to us.
I m really very tired but there is nothing i can do to get out of this situation! I just prayed that everything will resolve by itself naturally!
Friday, February 29, 2008
Lazy bum!
Claire is a lazy bum and knows how to enjoy life!
She refuses to learn how to roll over by herself and she will scream when we put on her tummy!
Her head is still wobbly and she can raise her head high up on her tummy. She should be able to do all this based on her age development. What i can do is to encourage her more!
And her fave hobby is watching TV! That's what Pirate King dun like! But its such an irony, Pirate King likes to watch animations on his PC monitor. Mabbe, Claire takes after him on this aspect.
Claire likes to talk and interact with people. She will have this wide grin when you call her name and she will attempt to have a conversation with you!
She refuses to learn how to roll over by herself and she will scream when we put on her tummy!
Her head is still wobbly and she can raise her head high up on her tummy. She should be able to do all this based on her age development. What i can do is to encourage her more!
And her fave hobby is watching TV! That's what Pirate King dun like! But its such an irony, Pirate King likes to watch animations on his PC monitor. Mabbe, Claire takes after him on this aspect.
Claire likes to talk and interact with people. She will have this wide grin when you call her name and she will attempt to have a conversation with you!
Eczema - Part 3
Ever since Claire has been diagnosed with Eczema, it has been a constant worry for me.
Last night, her eczema flared up again and it was so itchy that she can't sleep. She woke up at 11pm, 1am and 3am. My Mum and I ended up being Panda eyed!
Mum told me to send Claire's for a blood test to check for any allergies that triggered off her eczema. The best way is to go to the polyclinic and get referred to KKH 's specialists.
I really dunno what I can do about her eczema except to pray that she will grow out of it as she gets older.
Last night, her eczema flared up again and it was so itchy that she can't sleep. She woke up at 11pm, 1am and 3am. My Mum and I ended up being Panda eyed!
Mum told me to send Claire's for a blood test to check for any allergies that triggered off her eczema. The best way is to go to the polyclinic and get referred to KKH 's specialists.
I really dunno what I can do about her eczema except to pray that she will grow out of it as she gets older.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Who is going to take care of this little brat?
Well, as mentioned in the earlier post about hiring a maid to assist Mum in looking after Claire. This plan has been dropped as Mum is uncomfortable about having another person in the household even though the temporary maid is pretty good in doing her tasks.
Now, the headache is here again. Who is going to take care of Claire? Claire has became a cheeky rascal. She can wail till her throat is sore in order to get our attention!
Here are my alternatives:
1. Find a nanny
2. Put her into the infant care centre
Mum admitted to me that even though she can't bear to leave Claire in the hands of another nanny or at the infant care centre but she has no choice. So, Mum has managed to find an alternative solution, let Claire be taken care by our neighbour in the afternoon. This way, Mum won't be so stressed up on cooking dinner for us.
I did tell Mum that when everything fails. I will put Claire in the infant care centre near to Pirate King's work place.
Now, the headache is here again. Who is going to take care of Claire? Claire has became a cheeky rascal. She can wail till her throat is sore in order to get our attention!
Here are my alternatives:
1. Find a nanny
2. Put her into the infant care centre
Mum admitted to me that even though she can't bear to leave Claire in the hands of another nanny or at the infant care centre but she has no choice. So, Mum has managed to find an alternative solution, let Claire be taken care by our neighbour in the afternoon. This way, Mum won't be so stressed up on cooking dinner for us.
I did tell Mum that when everything fails. I will put Claire in the infant care centre near to Pirate King's work place.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Headache!
Its such a headache! Claire has started to recognise faces and places!
Due to Mum's health problem, we found a babysitter near Mum's place. When Mum bought Claire over to the babysitter's place, Claire wailed continously for 30 mins before she stopped. The babysitter got frightened by Claire's cries and told Mum that she won't look after Claire.
So, we had no choice but to get a maid. Getting a maid is no joke, I even have to do an online test in order to be eligible to get a maid. Cousin Pauline's friend is a maid agent, she loaned us a maid for the time being to tide over this period. Claire cried when the maid tried to carry her. When the maid played with her, she smiled but after a while, she starts to cry!
Basically, her reaction in recognition of face and places will really frightened people away. That's just my Claire. Sigh! :(
Due to Mum's health problem, we found a babysitter near Mum's place. When Mum bought Claire over to the babysitter's place, Claire wailed continously for 30 mins before she stopped. The babysitter got frightened by Claire's cries and told Mum that she won't look after Claire.
So, we had no choice but to get a maid. Getting a maid is no joke, I even have to do an online test in order to be eligible to get a maid. Cousin Pauline's friend is a maid agent, she loaned us a maid for the time being to tide over this period. Claire cried when the maid tried to carry her. When the maid played with her, she smiled but after a while, she starts to cry!
Basically, her reaction in recognition of face and places will really frightened people away. That's just my Claire. Sigh! :(
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
My fault
Everything is my fault when it comes to Piglet.
When Piglet has eczema, its my fault due to whatever food i had eaten during my pregnancy
When Piglet's eczema flared up, its my fault that I did not stay at home with her.
When Piglet's pacifier got lost in transit, its my fault for keeping the spare pacifiers at Redhill.
When i mentioned that Piglet's effective moisturiser is at Redhill, i m being labelled mad for using the current moisturisers at Bedok.
When i buy a Bumbo seat for Piglet, it is deemed useless.
In conclusion, its my fault that Piglet has eczema, its my fault that I have to subject Piglet to extra immunisations, I m good at buying useless items for Piglet and crazy for not letting Piglet use the effective moisturisers at Bedok. WTF!
When Piglet has eczema, its my fault due to whatever food i had eaten during my pregnancy
When Piglet's eczema flared up, its my fault that I did not stay at home with her.
When Piglet's pacifier got lost in transit, its my fault for keeping the spare pacifiers at Redhill.
When i mentioned that Piglet's effective moisturiser is at Redhill, i m being labelled mad for using the current moisturisers at Bedok.
When i buy a Bumbo seat for Piglet, it is deemed useless.
In conclusion, its my fault that Piglet has eczema, its my fault that I have to subject Piglet to extra immunisations, I m good at buying useless items for Piglet and crazy for not letting Piglet use the effective moisturisers at Bedok. WTF!
Monday, February 11, 2008
Bumbo Seat
I got this yellow Bumbo seat for Claire. This seat is highly recommended by Chee Wee, a colleague of mine. Pirate King and I had let Claire sat in it twice before buying it!
We got the seat plus a tray so that we can feed her in this seat. This seat allows Claire to sit upright and develop her neck muscles so that we can play with her at eye level.
This seat is useful for me as I can bring her to any parts of the house while i do my stuff. However, Mum nagged at me for getting this seat as she finds that it is useless and does not serve any purpose. She rather I get a walker for Claire. Mum has her valid points for quoting that this seat is useless but at least, this seat can allow Claire to sit in her favourite position and observe her surroundings.
Mother & Daughter in sync?
Chinese New Year is never easy for me when i got married and its more difficult with the arrival of Claire.
Why difficult? Well, I have to go to my in laws place on the 1st day of Chinese New Year and not to mention Chinese New Year's eve. On Chinese New Year's eve, I managed to have dinner at Mum's place before going to the in laws. Reunion dinner has lost its meaning at my in laws' place, the dinner is supposed to take place with everyone instead, it has became buffet style. Whoever is there first, gets to eat first.......
Like i mentioned in my earlier post on Claire's performance on the 1st day of Chinese New Year at my in laws' place, she repeated it again when we visit Pirate King's RICH* cousin's place last Saturday.
I was pissed off with Pirate King and my in laws for telling me that we have to go to his RICH cousin's place on Saturday at the very last minute as I had told Pirate King that I wanted to get some shopping done on Saturday! Going to his cousin's place will eat into my shopping time!
Guess what, my little rascal seems to know that I dun want to go to the RICH cousin's place. The minute we are there, she fuss and wail. Not to mention, pooing and doing her merlion stunt, i think she dirtied the sofa with her puke. So, we have no choice but to leave early. The minute we pushed her Benz (her pram) out of the apartment, she was smiling! How can i dun dote on her? She seems to know what her Mama likes and dislikes.....
*RICH => Emphasis on this RICH word as Pirate King's cousin lived in a condomium that cost SG$2million plus. My in laws looks up to him in a way and sorta insisted that we must go whenever this cousin organised something......
Why difficult? Well, I have to go to my in laws place on the 1st day of Chinese New Year and not to mention Chinese New Year's eve. On Chinese New Year's eve, I managed to have dinner at Mum's place before going to the in laws. Reunion dinner has lost its meaning at my in laws' place, the dinner is supposed to take place with everyone instead, it has became buffet style. Whoever is there first, gets to eat first.......
Like i mentioned in my earlier post on Claire's performance on the 1st day of Chinese New Year at my in laws' place, she repeated it again when we visit Pirate King's RICH* cousin's place last Saturday.
I was pissed off with Pirate King and my in laws for telling me that we have to go to his RICH cousin's place on Saturday at the very last minute as I had told Pirate King that I wanted to get some shopping done on Saturday! Going to his cousin's place will eat into my shopping time!
Guess what, my little rascal seems to know that I dun want to go to the RICH cousin's place. The minute we are there, she fuss and wail. Not to mention, pooing and doing her merlion stunt, i think she dirtied the sofa with her puke. So, we have no choice but to leave early. The minute we pushed her Benz (her pram) out of the apartment, she was smiling! How can i dun dote on her? She seems to know what her Mama likes and dislikes.....
*RICH => Emphasis on this RICH word as Pirate King's cousin lived in a condomium that cost SG$2million plus. My in laws looks up to him in a way and sorta insisted that we must go whenever this cousin organised something......
Chinese New Year
Happy New Year!
I dun feel any mood for this Chinese New Year due to work commitments and not to mention Piglet. The current living arrangement is weird and doesn't allow me or Pirate King to clean our home, not to mention helping my Mum out.
In fact, this is the lousiest new year that I ever had! Mum just told me that Auntie Zhu has "fired" me due to her gout problem. I m worried that Mum might not be able to cope with taking care of Piglet alone, guess the worst case scenario is me resigning to look after Piglet.
No wonder, they said, the year of Rat ain't the year for Horses!
I dun feel any mood for this Chinese New Year due to work commitments and not to mention Piglet. The current living arrangement is weird and doesn't allow me or Pirate King to clean our home, not to mention helping my Mum out.
In fact, this is the lousiest new year that I ever had! Mum just told me that Auntie Zhu has "fired" me due to her gout problem. I m worried that Mum might not be able to cope with taking care of Piglet alone, guess the worst case scenario is me resigning to look after Piglet.
No wonder, they said, the year of Rat ain't the year for Horses!
Friday, February 8, 2008
Eczema - Part 2
Claire's eczema flared up today! We suspect its due to the rice water that we used for her sponge bath. One of my aunties told my Mum that we can also use dried bitter gourd to bath her if we can't find bitter gourd vines.
Virginia 's family dropped by Mum's place and she told me that it takes time for her to heal. She told me not to be too worried and suggested loads of remedies. The most interesting one is to bath Claire in Stout. Yup, Stout as in the Guiness Stout!
For me, I was quite pissed off by Pirate King's younger Sis. When she saw Claire's rough skin and we told her that it's eczema, she immediately asked me, "Did you eat alot of mangoes during your pregnancy?" I was like, WTF! Come on, everytime Claire has a problem, it is due to what i ate during my pregnancy! Sheesh, it sounds so stupid! Eczema is inherited, Pirate King & I both have sensitive skin.... So, what has it got to do on what i ate during my pregnancy?
My MIL kept on telling us to bring Claire to see a skin specialist either at KKH or one at Bt Batok that is reputed to be good. I gave up telling her N times that its a waste of $$ to see the doctors. They can at most prescribe steriod creams, moisturisers and advice only!
Now, i only know that i just got to keep Claire's flare ups under control and hopefully, she will outgrow the eczema fast!
Virginia 's family dropped by Mum's place and she told me that it takes time for her to heal. She told me not to be too worried and suggested loads of remedies. The most interesting one is to bath Claire in Stout. Yup, Stout as in the Guiness Stout!
For me, I was quite pissed off by Pirate King's younger Sis. When she saw Claire's rough skin and we told her that it's eczema, she immediately asked me, "Did you eat alot of mangoes during your pregnancy?" I was like, WTF! Come on, everytime Claire has a problem, it is due to what i ate during my pregnancy! Sheesh, it sounds so stupid! Eczema is inherited, Pirate King & I both have sensitive skin.... So, what has it got to do on what i ate during my pregnancy?
My MIL kept on telling us to bring Claire to see a skin specialist either at KKH or one at Bt Batok that is reputed to be good. I gave up telling her N times that its a waste of $$ to see the doctors. They can at most prescribe steriod creams, moisturisers and advice only!
Now, i only know that i just got to keep Claire's flare ups under control and hopefully, she will outgrow the eczema fast!
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Recognition
Today is the 1st day of Chinese New Year and I m so tired from bringing Claire out to visiting!
Claire has started to recognise faces and places. For the past few days since 1st February, I had been working late and she refused to sleep till I m back home, if not she will fall asleep and be awake to see whether I m back by side. Once, I had called her name and tell her to sleep... Then she is willing to drift back to sleep!
I had asked my in laws to assist me in looking after her yesterday... It seems that Claire will fuss and fuss till I m back at the in laws place. She seemed to tell me, "Mama, i miss you... Where have you gone?"
As for today, her recognition of faces and places has became obvious! She screamed and wailed when my in laws carried her. She will only calm down either Pirate King or I carried her! Her recognition consoled me that no matter how long i am away from her, the bond between the 2 of us is still strong. As for my in laws, it served as a reminder to them that taking care of Claire is not as easy as it seems!
Claire has started to recognise faces and places. For the past few days since 1st February, I had been working late and she refused to sleep till I m back home, if not she will fall asleep and be awake to see whether I m back by side. Once, I had called her name and tell her to sleep... Then she is willing to drift back to sleep!
I had asked my in laws to assist me in looking after her yesterday... It seems that Claire will fuss and fuss till I m back at the in laws place. She seemed to tell me, "Mama, i miss you... Where have you gone?"
As for today, her recognition of faces and places has became obvious! She screamed and wailed when my in laws carried her. She will only calm down either Pirate King or I carried her! Her recognition consoled me that no matter how long i am away from her, the bond between the 2 of us is still strong. As for my in laws, it served as a reminder to them that taking care of Claire is not as easy as it seems!
Friday, February 1, 2008
Drumsticks!
Drumsticks - Not the food that Claire can eat now, its rather her hands!
The pacifier used to be the one that can soothe her when she is hungry or sleepy. Now, she has discovered her hands and she will suck on it happily whenever she feels like it. Being the Mum that i am, i will take away her hand and beat it lightly whenever i saw her sucking on it!
Not only, she has discovered her hands.... She has became a princess! That is really a headache for my Mum and Auntie Zhu (Both her caretakers while i m at work.) She refused to play by herself, she wants them to rock her to sleep or carry her!
Furthermore, she will only sleep when Pirate King or I am around.... By a certain timing, if she doesn't see us... She will fuss and fuss.... I dunno what to make of her.... I just knew that i m really tired.....
The pacifier used to be the one that can soothe her when she is hungry or sleepy. Now, she has discovered her hands and she will suck on it happily whenever she feels like it. Being the Mum that i am, i will take away her hand and beat it lightly whenever i saw her sucking on it!
Not only, she has discovered her hands.... She has became a princess! That is really a headache for my Mum and Auntie Zhu (Both her caretakers while i m at work.) She refused to play by herself, she wants them to rock her to sleep or carry her!
Furthermore, she will only sleep when Pirate King or I am around.... By a certain timing, if she doesn't see us... She will fuss and fuss.... I dunno what to make of her.... I just knew that i m really tired.....
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