Midnight Bump!

My poor gal has this bump on her forehead and hopefully, it will go away fast!

This morning around 1am, Claire was howling. I immediately went to the room and checked on her. She was crying in her crawling position and in the dim bedroom light, i could not make out anything.

So Pirate King switched on the main light and we saw this big bump on her forehead and it was already blue black. I carried her and tried to soothe her but her cries still continued. Pirate King put the pacifier in her mouth and her cries kinda stopped but she continued on and off.

Using the age old remedy, I fed Claire warm water. While she was drinking, Pirate King and I were discussing how she managed to knock her head. Claire was listening to our conversation until Pirate King said this, "She must have crawled forward and onto the floor. Then, she must have slipped and knocked her head on the floor. Aiya, Claire why did you crawl instead of sleeping?"

The moment he said that, Claire gave him a look and turn her face away from him. The look was one of those, "I m already hurt and its so painful. Why do you still rub salt onto my wound?"

I really ached for her when I saw that bump on her forehead. I just wish i was the one who got it, not her! Is that the typical sentiment of a Mother?

Happy Birthday!

Happy 36th Birthday, Pirate King!

The presents that your wife, me could give you are as followed:

1. To reduce the amount of tantrums threw at you.

2. To help you more in the household chores.

3. To be more tolerant of your family.

Introducing the famous pout!

Introducing the famous pout of Ms. Claire! Does her lips have the potential to be as sexy as Angelina Jolie?

Arrival of the Pikkolo!

The Pikkolo that i ordered from Tendercargo.com last week arrived yesterday! (USPS tracking system for non express parcel sucks big time as it is not updated, the last status shown for my Pikkolo is under the "Not shipped" status!)

I got the Jet design (the picture on the left), this is the design that I like best and constantly out of stock. I had washed it and going to practise on how to use it with Claire.

This carrier allows me to carry Claire in 4 positions, "front facing out", "front facing in", "hip" and "back". Keeping my fingers crossed that it will be as easy to use as my current Babybjorn carrier!

The only thing that i dun like about Pikkolo is that the straps are a bit cumbersome!

Musical Toys!

Hehe, I m so happy!! I managed to get a wooden xylophone for Claire.

The xylophone is exactly the same one as featured on the picture! Now, the next musical toy that i wanna get for Claire is a toy piano.

Blanket Project

For the past few days, I had been cutting squares from the leftover fabrics that my Mum has.

My first intention is to make a tags blanket but feeling that it might not be useful once Claire reached the toddler stage. I decided to make a 60" x 60" patchwork blanket for her.

I still need to cut the squares and I need to check with Mum whether she has any leftover big piece of fabric for the blanket backing!

Wish me luck!

PS: I m not really a craft person!

Night Activity!

This was what Claire has done last night.

I was getting ready for bed and Claire was asleep 1 hour ago.

But, she made a bit of noise, flipped over, crawled to the other end of the mattress and sat up. She was looking around in her sitting position. So, i immediately scooped her up and placed her back to sleep!

Guess what, she was actually sleep but somehow awake to do such activity. My first thought was, "Shit, if she dun get back to sleep, i will be a panda!"