Claire's fave hobby is scratching.
It all stems from her eczema. Whenever her eczema flared up, she will scratch her knees, her face and her ears.
As she grows older, she has started to progress from scratching her knees, face, ears to her body, butt and now her hands!
Not only that, part of her sleeping ritual is scratching too! She will make noise (aka sing song) to tell us that she wants to sleep. Afterwards, she will scratch her bolster and the mattress, she gets a kick out of scratching due to the sound produced! I have to watch over her to ensure that she does not scratch herself.
But, she still managed to scratch her nose when i bring her to Bedok this morning!
Monday, May 12, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Fat Mama + Gong Gong Baby
Took this picture at Tangs. They will having this roadshow for a new Philips product. The product is some lamp that created different colours and selling for S$259.
I din want to take the picture, since the MC (Vivien Tan) approached me. I just gamely obliged. Looking at the pictures, I could only say that I looked fat with a capital F and my cheeky gal looked very Gong.... If u observed the picture closely, Claire was actually scratching her left knee..... (That's her favourite hobby - Scratching her knees!)
Well, Claire does looked like a boy sans her pink jacket, pink underwear and pink socks! And, she doesn't resemble me at all in this picture!
Friday, May 9, 2008
Reflections - May
Things are okay on the home front. There are still a number of things I wanna do and have not gotten it done!
Work, I m still waiting for news and the sign to come. What Sis and Mum says is true about staying put at the current job and wait for the retrenchment benefits.... However, work is giving me a real headache and the itch to switch is there.... My only concern is not being there for Claire if I do a job switch!
Was just telling Pirate King yesterday that I wanna find a job that enabled me to work half day on Fridays.
Family, Sis has accepted the job offer from London and once everything is settled, she will be there in August. For Fat Bond, he has accepted the application for the military school in Canberra, Australia. Also, once SAF has settled everything, he will be there in July. Dad is forced into early retirement, his employer has given him 3.5 months notice (in pay) and his last day will be on 15th May 08.
Mum has taken Dad's retirement well as its a matter of time that his employer asked him to leave. As for my 2 younger siblings, she is kinda unwilling to let them go even though she knew that it will do them good to have more exposure! Sis told me that at least, there is Piglet to keep Mum occupied. That is true, no matter how mischievous and cranky Piglet is, Mum loves her to the bits!
On the in laws side, things are still the same. I will still keep my distance, tell myself to be more tolerant and not to make things difficult for Pirate King. Yup, i will attempt to try.
As for myself, I told myself not to think too much in the future. Like having a 2nd child, housing etc etc..... As all these things have not materialised yet. No point in planning too far ahead!
Now, i just wanna sleep! :)
Work, I m still waiting for news and the sign to come. What Sis and Mum says is true about staying put at the current job and wait for the retrenchment benefits.... However, work is giving me a real headache and the itch to switch is there.... My only concern is not being there for Claire if I do a job switch!
Was just telling Pirate King yesterday that I wanna find a job that enabled me to work half day on Fridays.
Family, Sis has accepted the job offer from London and once everything is settled, she will be there in August. For Fat Bond, he has accepted the application for the military school in Canberra, Australia. Also, once SAF has settled everything, he will be there in July. Dad is forced into early retirement, his employer has given him 3.5 months notice (in pay) and his last day will be on 15th May 08.
Mum has taken Dad's retirement well as its a matter of time that his employer asked him to leave. As for my 2 younger siblings, she is kinda unwilling to let them go even though she knew that it will do them good to have more exposure! Sis told me that at least, there is Piglet to keep Mum occupied. That is true, no matter how mischievous and cranky Piglet is, Mum loves her to the bits!
On the in laws side, things are still the same. I will still keep my distance, tell myself to be more tolerant and not to make things difficult for Pirate King. Yup, i will attempt to try.
As for myself, I told myself not to think too much in the future. Like having a 2nd child, housing etc etc..... As all these things have not materialised yet. No point in planning too far ahead!
Now, i just wanna sleep! :)
Super Claire again!
Claire did it again, not once but twice!
In my previous post about her landing on my mattress, she did it twice in 2 days!
Yesterday, my Sis fed her in the morning so that I could catch some winks. After that, Sis patted her to sleep, thinking that Claire fell asleep. Sis left the room, after a while, Claire landed on the mattress besides me! She woke me up and was making noise coz she wanted to roll over!
This morning, I woke up and Claire as usual was wide awake. She din make any noise as Moi was sleeping or it was not the time to wake Moi yet. I observed her carefully, she actually attempted to land on my mattress once I removed the pillow that blocked her move.
This notti gal of mine! I guess the decision to move her back to Redhill was right as she will be sleeping on the floor. There is no way, she will be Super Claire unless I put her on the bed!
In my previous post about her landing on my mattress, she did it twice in 2 days!
Yesterday, my Sis fed her in the morning so that I could catch some winks. After that, Sis patted her to sleep, thinking that Claire fell asleep. Sis left the room, after a while, Claire landed on the mattress besides me! She woke me up and was making noise coz she wanted to roll over!
This morning, I woke up and Claire as usual was wide awake. She din make any noise as Moi was sleeping or it was not the time to wake Moi yet. I observed her carefully, she actually attempted to land on my mattress once I removed the pillow that blocked her move.
This notti gal of mine! I guess the decision to move her back to Redhill was right as she will be sleeping on the floor. There is no way, she will be Super Claire unless I put her on the bed!
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Books for Claire
After reading a fellow blogger Mum's post on books' recommendation, I went to Amazon.com and searched for this author, Sandra Boynton.
Her books are well illustrated and with fun content that are suitable for babies till pre-schoolers. In a whim, I bought about 9-10 board books from Amazon.com and I got them last week.
I asked Pirate King to read one of the books, "Fuzzy, Fuzzy, Fuzzy" to Claire and asked him about her reaction. As usual, he can't give me much description, thus this morning, i managed to show Claire the book. Her reaction is that of a happy one!
I guess Pirate King din really read to her properly....
Her books are well illustrated and with fun content that are suitable for babies till pre-schoolers. In a whim, I bought about 9-10 board books from Amazon.com and I got them last week.
I asked Pirate King to read one of the books, "Fuzzy, Fuzzy, Fuzzy" to Claire and asked him about her reaction. As usual, he can't give me much description, thus this morning, i managed to show Claire the book. Her reaction is that of a happy one!
I guess Pirate King din really read to her properly....
Monday, May 5, 2008
Claire is back!
After 2 weeks of missing her, Claire is back in Singapore from Hong Kong!
When we picked her up from the airport, she was fast asleep. Mum told me that she fell asleep the moment, they cleared the Singapore immigration! Claire cried when I tried to carry her at Mum's place. My heart was in pain when she refused to let me carry her and only allowed Mum & Sis to carry her!
Later on, Pirate King & I cleaned her up to prepare for bed and I sung her the "Sweetie Pie" song(lyrics adapted and sung to the tune of Barney's "I love you" song). The moment she heard this song, she "ah" me as if to tell me that, "Why did you leave me all alone in HK with Popo?" Afterwards, she smiled at me and remembered me! My Mum told me that it takes a while for her to adapt and plus, no kids will forget who her parents are!
When we picked her up from the airport, she was fast asleep. Mum told me that she fell asleep the moment, they cleared the Singapore immigration! Claire cried when I tried to carry her at Mum's place. My heart was in pain when she refused to let me carry her and only allowed Mum & Sis to carry her!
Later on, Pirate King & I cleaned her up to prepare for bed and I sung her the "Sweetie Pie" song(lyrics adapted and sung to the tune of Barney's "I love you" song). The moment she heard this song, she "ah" me as if to tell me that, "Why did you leave me all alone in HK with Popo?" Afterwards, she smiled at me and remembered me! My Mum told me that it takes a while for her to adapt and plus, no kids will forget who her parents are!
Friday, May 2, 2008
New Toy!
Yup, i bought another toy for Claire! Guess, i really spoilt her rotten! Most of her toys are from Fisher Price and they are not cheap!
This is the toy that I bought for her. It is a gumball machine and i find it very fun but I dunno about Claire. Keeping my fingers crossed that she will play with it!
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