OUCH!!!

To get to Amadeus' school, we had to either take the lift or the stairs at the Anchorvale CC. While walking towards the lift, Amadeus was pointing to the stairs as I believed tat was his usual routine to school (Normally it was his daddy who brought him there). So thinking tat it shouldn't pose too much problem for me, I used my right hand to hold Amadeus while I was carrying Andre and holding on to his sch bag wif my left hand.


As I was telling Amadeus not to put his hand on the side railing, I missed a footing and fell down a couple of steps together wif Amadeus. I landed hard on my bum and in the process, sprained my left ankle and brusied my right calf. Luckily I hold on tight to Andre and he was not hurt. Tink Amadeus hurt his calf as he kept saying , pain pain. But I didn't see any bruise or bleeding (he did suffered a cut and a bruise on his right calf upon closer examination) luckily he didn't roll down the stairs. A kind auntie walked passed and offered to carry Amadeus down the flights of steps for me :)


Till now both my legs still hurt. Guess I need to go and see the sinseh liao...If not, how to go to Malacca in a week' s time...

Did we make the correct decision???

Hb and I decided to put Amadeus into another childcare centre (CC) which doesn't has aircon and had a better curriculum - using the concept of the 8 Multiple Intelligence.

The reasons y we wanna change are firstly, the place are air-conditioned. As Amadeus had sensitive airways, he is not suited to be in aircon place for too long. Secondly, the quality of the teachers is a main concern too.

We had already registered and paid the deposit for the new CC and Amadeus will be starting school on 15 Dec.

But today, when I brought Amadeus to sch, his principal, who is also his form teacher, spoke to me. She was sad to see Amadeus go as she can see the transformation in him. She even said tat the assistant teacher who has been taking care of Amadeus since Day 1 felt tat it was a pity to see him leave. Somemore, Amadeus gets along very well wif all his teachers, friends and even the cleaning aunties. Everybody knows his name including those children in other classes. Even some parents know Amadeus too as he will greet everybody tat comes into the centre every morning. The principal says that she will always welcome Amadeus back even if there is no vacancy. She will try to squeeze him in...haha...

After talking to her, I had been thinking whether did I make the correct decision in removing him from a familar environment and putting him into a strange place and has to make him adapt all over again...What should I do???

But everything is already in place - paid reg fees, deposit and the sch uniforms. So we can't possibly back out now. Just have to hope tat Amadeus will also be equally happy in his new school. Worse come to worse, we just put him back to his current CC if he really has problem adapting the new environment.

The 5th Mth

Andre is 5 mths old today :)

He is getting more n more playful and curious abt his surroundings. His grasp is also getting much better. He basically can grasp anything tat we give him and he will automatically put in into his mouth *faint*.

He also started to flip sometimes ago and so, whenever I put him down, he will flip and hence we have to keep a close eye on him as in a matter of seconds, he will roll out of the bumper mat and onto the cold hard floor (scared tat he will bump his head on the floor).

His love of sucking his fist/fingers bothers me alot and even after introducing pacifer to him also doesn't improve the situation. He can literally suck his fist the whole day...*my gawd*. Just hope tat he will outgrow this habit when he is older.

He is also starting to recognise the ppl ard him. He is very attached to me and even when someone else is carrying him, he will still keep looking at me and smile widely towards me. And when he cannot find me for quite a while, he will wail loudly. And whenever he sees me or hb, he will smile widely and kick his legs and move his hands excitedly. So cute!

Anyway, we just want our cutie-pie to grow up to be a healthy and happy toddler.

This video captures Andre who learned how to flip a few weeks ago...

Andre's 2nd 6-in-1 & Rotarix

Yesterday afternoon, hb came back home during lunch to bring Andre for his jab as I need to be at home taking care of Amadeus.

Same as the pevious time, Andre didn't cry or scream when being jabbed on the butt. Dr Lillian also commented tat his development was quite good :)

Glad tat Andre didn't had any fever but he had diarrhea due to the Rotarix.

His stats:
Weight: 6.4 kg (75 percentile)
Height: 63 cm (75 percentile)

Gastric Flu or Food Poisoning???

The doc also not sure...anyway, he said tat now got a lot of viruses flying ard and last nite alone he already saw alot of kiddos wif similar symptoms like Amadeus...

anyway, this is the story....

Amadeus coughed very badly in his sleep and ard 3pm am, he vomitted big time, out came his dinner and hb changed the bedsheet. Amadeus felt nausea n vomitted some phelgm out again n I bathe him after tat. We thought tat this is the end but who knows, within minutes upon hitting the sack, he vomitted again...luckily hb reacted fast n quickly carried him to the bin to let him carry on his vomitting hence no need to change bedsheet. After tat, I cleaned him up and I slept wif him while hb went to sleep wif Andre. Who knows, jus when I was falling asleep, Amadeus stirred in his sleep and vomitted out alot of yellow juices and phelgm. I quickly on the light n to my horror, I saw him lying face up on the bed wif vomit all over his face and on the bed.

I quickly woke hb up and told him tat something was not rite cos normally Amadeus only vomitted once if it was due to coughing. This time round, he would vomit whenever he drinks water (luckily we didn't give him any milk). And his 'want to vomit but nothing to vomit' expression is so pitiful cos I knew how terrible tat feeling was. I was feaked out and decided to bring him to KKH at 6am while hb stayed at home wif Andre and went to work after my mom came over.

Luckily there were not much patients at the A&E when we reached there at abt 6.30am. So we managed to see the doc relatively fast (he vomitted one more time). He need to stay there to take some anti-vomitting med and glucose water to see whether his vomitting continues. Luckily, no more vomit and after examining by the doc and collecting his medication, we went to the food court for some porridge and the exhausted Amadeus fell asleep on the way home.

Not again...

Just when Andre is going to take his 2nd 6-in-1, he started coughing quite badly and even merlion his milk this morning...how many times must I postpone his jab? had been 2 times liao and if I postpone again, don't know when he will be able to take the jab considering the ridiculous amt of kids visiting the clinic and the crazy waiting time. He was recovering and so I reduced his medication frequency from 4 times to 3 times per day and sometimes 2 times. And, his cough came back. My gawd! Does this means tat he has to keep taking medication to keep the cough at bay?

Amadeus also...He was recovering too and the moment he went back to CC, his cough started to come back. I'm really getting very frustrated wif all their sickness! Please, please let them get well soon and I mean real soon....Amadeus had been deprived of his swimming and it had been ages since we brought him to have some fun at fidgets or eXplorer.

Andre is 4th Mths Old

I'm so happy tat I managed to survive these 4 mths. It was not easy taking care of Andre cos he cries alot in the daytime and always wanted me to be around to play or accompany him. He doesn't like to be left alone in the bouncer. And when he cried, it is non-stop till I carried him and the moment I carried him, his crying immediately stop! I felt really frustrated at times as I couldn't do anything and I would scold and beat him on his thigh. I would felt guilty after tat as he was still so young and the only thing he can do is cry but instead of pacifying him, I screamed & beat him. And instead of being angry wif me, he would still smile at me after his crying. Really felt very bad. So I resolved to be more patient wif him and to be more tolerant of his crying. Hope I can achieve this.

Anyway, Happy 4th Mths to my little baby :)

Do you know what he is trying to do? Look at the next pic...

He is lifting his head...had been doing this repeatedly recently...

Lastly, wanna share this pic of the brothers - I really loved this photo of them :)

Mixed up Andre's Lunar date

hahaha....I posted b4 tat we helped Andre performed the 'stop drooling' ritual during his lunar 4th mth...but today, I realised tat I actually mixed up the day. Amadeus is 初十 and Andre is 初二十..so by rite, Andre's 4th mth shld be tomolo...thus shall perform the ritual again...as for the shaving, what's done cannot be undone..blur me...