For one week, I will be home alone with Oliver. Boon Heng is on a weeklong break from home and serving the nation - National Service. What else? Without him around, the day seems longer and the night shorter.
My phobia of driving means I will have to take the public transport to work. Meaning I have to wake up earlier than usual. My day starts at 7.00 am. Munch the gardenia bread. Shower. Pack my bag. Get ready Oliver's day wear. By 7.30am, it is wakie time for Oliver. It is an angelic sight to look at Oliver when he is soundly asleep. Even his saliva dripping habit looks so adorable. Just too bad, you got to wake up otherwise I will be late for work. Oliver will make little noise and continue to have his eyes closed when I gently rouse him. This will usually take a while before I carried him off the bed to change his diaper. Yesterday, after changing his diaper, he dozed off again. I wish I can too. At 7.45 am, off we go to the school. Reach school, hugs and kisses for Oliver then head for work.
6.00 pm ... leave workplace, have my dinner and take a public transport to Del-Care to fetch Oliver. 7.30pm is the final hour to fetch him. What a rush and certainly quite a bit of planning to do before the start of another new day.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Oliver is 16 months old today!
Acknowledge fears
Drinking from straw
Keep his toys
Roll his tongue
Kick a ball forward
Run at a faster pace
Dislike brushing teeth
Still waking up at night
Blow kisses at Strangers
Love watching "Your Baby can Read"
Waving goodbye to invisible space at night
Like to push chair and his potty around the house
Baby sign very well - Please, Thank you, Eat, More
Friday, March 21, 2008
Digging Fetish
It is too disturbing to put up the picture of Oliver's latest digging fetish. For the sake of Oliver's future, I will keep his private moment private. His fans, girlfriends, future wife, future mother-in-law might just find it too revolting. Boon Heng even spotted Oliver trying to squeeze his thumb into his nostrils. Yucks!
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Cranes
I always thought Oliver is fearless. Well, mebbe not fearless, but definitely reckless.
Over the weekend, we realised that he's afraid of cranes. This happened when my mum and sis were with him at the lift landing, which had a good view of the Pinnacle@Duxton and the overhanging cranes were swinging atop the half-completed blocks. He was terrified when the cranes started to swing. I brought Oliver out for a walk yesterday and again he was fixated with the cranes and kept clinging onto me, even though we were at the basketball court (normally he would be distracted by the action on the court).
Perhaps Oliver has 6th sense, with the recent spate of toppling cranes in Singapore and NY, he has every reason to fear them.
Over the weekend, we realised that he's afraid of cranes. This happened when my mum and sis were with him at the lift landing, which had a good view of the Pinnacle@Duxton and the overhanging cranes were swinging atop the half-completed blocks. He was terrified when the cranes started to swing. I brought Oliver out for a walk yesterday and again he was fixated with the cranes and kept clinging onto me, even though we were at the basketball court (normally he would be distracted by the action on the court).
Perhaps Oliver has 6th sense, with the recent spate of toppling cranes in Singapore and NY, he has every reason to fear them.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Reactions to MMR vaccine
About one week after taking MMR jab at Outram Polyclinic, Oliver has a very slight fever. Last night, I felt swelling in his neck gland while massaging his neck. Swelling in neck gland is one of the MMR reactions in 1 out of 7 children.
I was so worried that night thinking that Oliver has internal bleeding when he fell from the stairs during our walk at the CC last Friday. I can still recall vividly how he rolled down the flight of stairs, about six steps before I grabbed hold of him. Although there was no bleeding, his vomitting of dinner next day worried me. Until now, I am still concern about the impact of the fall. Hope that it is really nothing serious.
MMR stands for:
Measles - a serious disease with sometime severe, potentially fatal complications
Mumps - rarely presents a serious problem in childhood, but because it can have severe consequences (such as sterility or deafness) in adulthood, early immunisation is recommended
Rubella - aka German measles is often so mild that its symptoms are missed. But because it can cause birth defects in the foetus of an infected pregnant woman, early immunisation is also receommended - both to protect the future of foetuses of girl babies and to reduce the risk of infected children exposing pregnant women, including their own mothers.
Reactions to MMR vaccine
- generally very mild
- generally occur a week or two after the jab
- 1 in 5 children will get a rash or slight fever lasting a few days from measles component
- 1 in 7 will get a rash or some swelling of the neck glands
- 1 in 100 will get achings or swelling of joints from the rubella component
- occasionally, there will be swelling of the salivary glands from the mumps component
I was so worried that night thinking that Oliver has internal bleeding when he fell from the stairs during our walk at the CC last Friday. I can still recall vividly how he rolled down the flight of stairs, about six steps before I grabbed hold of him. Although there was no bleeding, his vomitting of dinner next day worried me. Until now, I am still concern about the impact of the fall. Hope that it is really nothing serious.
MMR stands for:
Measles - a serious disease with sometime severe, potentially fatal complications
Mumps - rarely presents a serious problem in childhood, but because it can have severe consequences (such as sterility or deafness) in adulthood, early immunisation is recommended
Rubella - aka German measles is often so mild that its symptoms are missed. But because it can cause birth defects in the foetus of an infected pregnant woman, early immunisation is also receommended - both to protect the future of foetuses of girl babies and to reduce the risk of infected children exposing pregnant women, including their own mothers.
Reactions to MMR vaccine
- generally very mild
- generally occur a week or two after the jab
- 1 in 5 children will get a rash or slight fever lasting a few days from measles component
- 1 in 7 will get a rash or some swelling of the neck glands
- 1 in 100 will get achings or swelling of joints from the rubella component
- occasionally, there will be swelling of the salivary glands from the mumps component
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Diarrhea strikes again
Poor Oliver. Diarrhea strike at the wrong time. Now he has to endure twice the hunger pang. No nightfeeding and loss of water. I hope he will recover soon.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Still a Cold Turkey
Almost ten days up and Oliver still wakes up at nights crying for milk. Last night he woke up twice, 1am and 3am. Poor baby Oliver. Sebastian Chin from Del-care was also weaned off from nightfeeds recently, and Madam Lo told us it only took him two days. He would sleep from 9 pm to next morning 6am. He is much younger, probably 9 months old. Yuen Yuen, a colleague from SDS, is also weaning Nin nin off from breastfeeding. Both Nin nin and Oliver cried out for "milk". I must say that it can be really heartaching for all parents to see their baby in such a plight.
Guess I should have stopped the nightfeeds when Oliver is younger. The comforting moment comes when Oliver wakes up each morning and still flashing his cheeky smile at us as if nothing happens the night before. Is this nature's way of helping babies cope with all these changes in their life?
Saturday, March 8, 2008
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