photo taking

realised i havent been taking many photos of emma. now i know why i couldnt find any photos of when i was baby (i was the 4th kiddo in the family u see). it really does get increasingly difficult with each kid!

endless washing!

we had to change our bedsheets yesterday cos it was poo/pee/milk stained by... yeah, u guessed it. EMMA. not that i'm complaining, cos i know this is part n parcel of having a newborn in the household.

what i'm complaining about though, is that we have to change it AGAIN today! cos she's gone n had her "explosive" bowel movement this morning again. sigh... i cant understand why poo from newborns comes out with such a strong jet-like force, sometimes even shooting out from the back of her diaper. i swear, if she were any lighter, she'd probably be able to propel herself backwards each time she poos :|

we're fast running out of bedsheets as the weather these fews days has been ridiculously cold n wet for a summer...

year of the rat

chinese new year here just isnt as fun as it is back home. no angpaos, no pineapple tarts, no "bak kwa" (boo hoo hoo!!) - no nothing! and if i were still working, it would be just a normal boring work day :(

anyway we still tried to celebrate in a really small way - had reunion dinner at a chinese restaurant on the eve of CNY, and yesterday, which was "chu1 yi1", all we did was drive to chadstone for shopping. how exciting huh :|

the highlight of this new yr for me tho was buying new clothes for both emma n ethan. here's emma in her new outfit :) the thing with newborns is, u just cant make them wake up for the camera when u want! of course, they have no trouble staying awake at 3am in the morning.. *yawn*

D-day minus 4 mths

that's what emma looked like when i was about 5 mths pregs (i think?!)

i didnt use to be able to make out where the head or buttock was, but after a couple of scans, u kinda get it! its like those 3D image thingys - u just keep staring at it and it suddenly hits u hee hee

(for those who still cant make it out, the head's on the right side of the photo lah)

anyway i decided to upload this here in case i lose the printed copy - at least i still have some memories of her fetal days :)

actually it was more because we just bought a new scanner n i wanted to test it out - heh heh

thanks girls :)

4 of my lovely ex-colleagues from UOB sent emma a beautiful baby gift set - all the way from singapore! i especially love the little pink shoes :D


a million thanks girls :) cant wait for you gals to meet emma!

anyway we just came back from visiting the maternal/child health nurse. emma is 4.3kg so her weight gain is on track! i'm so relieved cos this means that she's latching on well n getting enough milk ;)

can't wait for this saturday. cos it means emma wil be exactly 1 mth old, plus... my confinement will finally be over! woo hoo!!!

back to basics

i feel like i've travelled back in time.. to the year 2006 and the mth september. its not so much the interrupted sleep, but guessing what the baby wants. when emma cries, the check list is pretty much the same as what we went thro with ethan:

1. is she hungry?
2. is her diaper dirty?
3. does she have wind in her tummy?
4. is she too cold? too hot?
5. does she just want to be cuddled?
6. is she having a fever?

if none of the above pacifies the baby, then we hv to run thro the list right from the top again. somewhere along the way, something will click and then it's peace again...aaaaaah.....

i really cant stand this guessing game. why cant babies just come with a lcd display on their forehead that tells us what it is they need?!? i miss my tamagotchi :(

"gor gor" n "mei mei"

i just HAD to go look thro the old photos and search for one where ethan's the same age as emma currently is.

do u see any similarities? apart from the nose (which is obviously mine *sigh*) and head full of hair, i can't see anything else that's similar!