Tired. Tired. Tired. Tired. Tired.

Dun ask me what happened... I m just tired from everything....

Work => No end to my misery... Boss attitude still the same. Colleagues still think the same. So, isit my problem?

Family => Worried sick abt Piglet. Pirate King gets on my nerves at times and sometimes unsupportive.

Myself => Just frustrated and cant do anything except to tell myself to be positive.

SOLUTION => Perhaps get a good night sleep....

Her 2nd Wedding Dinner - 11 January 2009

Claire attended her 2nd wedding dinner at M Hotel on last Sunday. The first was Pirate King's cousin one and she was around 6-7 months old.

Well, the moment i put on my blue dress. Claire demanded to be carried immediately and she kept on using her little fingers to feel my dress. Once the adults were done, we dressed her up in the birthday dress that Mum made for her.

Ms Claire is so vain, she kept on smiling after she worn the dress together with her shoes. (I bought a new pair specially for this occassion!) When we reached M hotel, she was getting friendly with the people there. She even attempted to play with a boy there.

During the dinner, we kept her entertained by giving her bits and pieces of food and letting her out to be the free range chicken occassionally. I dreaded it most when she starts to act cranky coz bedtime is approaching! Thank god for my family who are there to help me entertain her while she was acting up and letting both of us to eat in peace!

Here is a picture of Claire, Pirate King, me and the bride before the dinner starts:

Constipation Strikes Again!

Sigh, the thing i hated most happened to the little rascal again!

Last Thursday, Mum called me and told me that Claire has difficulty in pooing. She has no choice but to insert a soap into her butt to let her poo.

Claire did poo but her anus tear and there was blood, it was so painful for the little one till she cried! Mum called and assumed that it was the problem of the formula milk AGAIN! Me was so frustrated and upon advice from my fellow forum Mummies' friends, i switched her formula milk from Cow's milk to Goat's milk!

The conclusion so far is, Ms Claire is constipated as she refused to poo not because of the formula milk or diet. Anyway, we managed to clear all the hard poo over the weekend as we gave her herbal tea to drink to flush them out.

I told Mum not to force Claire to poo, just tell Claire to let us know when she wants to poo by giving us a signal. So far, it works for me but she wont give Pirate King the signal that she wants to poo leh... Sigh....

Note 2

In order to keep to my New Year resolution to treat myself better... I decided not to be lazy and take out the IPSA overnight mask to use yesterdat...

When i opened the container, the first reaction is, "Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...." The mask has gone bad.

This is the 2nd IPSA product i threw within 1 week's time and they re like 90% unused!!!!

Note to myself:

1. Dun buy such products if you dun really use it often.....

2. Another great way to save $$$ by not buying!

Her development as at 8 Jan 09

Some development cum antics cum everything as at 8 Jan 09

1. Cried buckets at the door if she saw you leaving the house without bringing her along.

2. Fave word is "Baby"

3. Loves to sway her body to songs (especially pop songs played by my brother)

4. Knows how to call my Mum, "popo"

5. Stopped playing with her feet before sleeping; replaced by banging her leg against the wall

6. Show her friendliness towards family and strangers by giving them a cheeky face.

7. More daring in exploring the house

Note

Note to myself:

1. Dun buy toys, children's clothes & stuff unnecessarily.

2. Dun over eat

3. Dun go shopping too often

4. Exercise

5. Dun spend $$ unnecessarily

Trip to IKEA Tampines - 4th January 2009

It was an impromptu decision to go there as we had never been there plus there is a free shuttle service from Bedok MRT station (Claire & me were staying at Mum's place for that night)

We were lucky coz the shuttle bus arrived like 5-10 minutes when we reached the MRT station. As usual, ppl tried to rush onto the bus. I was so worried that they might squash Claire coz i was piggy backing her with the Pikkolo! The ride took about 20-30 minutes, Ms Claire wanted to fuss but was stopped by our attempts to distract her with play or sometimes my stern face & words.

Well, the place is bigger than the one at Alexandra but I think the food served at Alexandra is better than Tampines! After dinner, we walked around the place to digest our food. Ms Claire saw this soft toy (a cat) and hugged it. We tried to entice her with other soft toy but she still wants the cat so we bought her that.

Now this cat is sitting at my Mum's place and for her to play with. We seriously hope that the cat will not be another white elephant.