- I don't eat celery. It's the only vegetable that I do not eat.
- I need a minimum of 8 hours of beauty sleep daily.
- I'm afraid of heights. Cannot look down the balcony of 3rd floor and above. My legs will turn jelly.
- I was a shopaholic. I don't find it enjoyable anymore but I do go out once in a while lar. Can motherhood be the reason behind it?
- I clean the house to de-stress, sometimes. I guess my hubby knows it and take it for granted. When I complain he never help with the house chores, he will say 'You like to clean the house mar'.
- I cannot sing but I do sing to Ethan when I tuck him to bed. Luckily, he cannot differentiate what is good and what is bad.
- I love to move around the furniture at home. It gives me that kind of refreshing feeling.
- Last but not least, I hate ironing. I only iron clothes when I need to wear them but usually I don't wear clothes that need ironing. Hubby irons his own clothes..hehehe.
Jensen's age
Ethan's age
31 July 2007
Tag: 8 Random Facts About Me
This is a long overdue post. The tag came from Mommibee and Judy. Sorry girls. Ethan has been sick on and off and I wasn't in the mood to do it. He's ok now. So, here they are:
24 July 2007
Why Must They Suffer?
14 months & 2 days old.....
They….I mean the children. Children getting sick are very common, as we all know it. Flu, fever, ear infection, chicken pox, measles, HFMD and what not. But when they get sick back to back, it’s really heart breaking and frustrating. I’m only talking about the minor sickness, not some chronic diseases. Those are unbearable, to me.
Barely one week after recovering from HFMD, Ethan was down again with viral fever and was hospitalised for two nights. He started to have fever on Thursday (19 July 2007) evening. Given him medication before sleep and a suppository at around 6 a.m. He was ok on Friday but when I picked him up in the evening, his body was quite warm. His temperature was between 38.3 and 38.5 C. I continued to give him medication. On Saturday afternoon, his temperature rose up to 38.7 and I quickly gave him another supp.
Thinking and hoping that it was due to teething, we just monitored his condition. But things took a bad turn on Sunday. The day he supposed to be celebrating his 14 months. He started to have diarrhea and the fever came back. Another supp went in at 6.30 p.m. and we decided to bring him to the hospital. We reached there around 9.30 p.m. The nurse at the registration counter took down some details and she made a remark “4 days of fever and you never bring him to any doctor?” Yeah, well…..I just swallowed the comment. The doctor suggested a blood test and admission for monitoring. It was something which I have expected. Even if we go home, we will send him back in the midnight should the fever come back. What worried me most was that he just recovered from HFMD.
We waited for the paed. to check on him and do the blood test at the A&E ward before we were brought to the paediatric ward. When Ethan first saw the paed., he was smiling at him but once the doctor put the stethoscope on his chest, he started to cry and wail. The paed. left us for a while and prepared for a blood test. The moment Ethan saw him again, he started to wail and cried “AH NEHHH! AH NEHHH! AH NEHHH!” non-stop. I think the old man on the next bed, who was having breathing difficulty could have been brought back to life by Ethan's cry. His heavy breathing went back to normal after that. His cry was so loud that the whole A&E ward could hear him. He was tied down with a blanket and I was holding him down when the doctor took the 5ml blood. After the admission procedure, we were brought to the ward at around 11.30 p.m. and Ethan finally fell asleep at pass midnight.
I slept with him on a bed while hubby went home. Ethan was put on drip and the nurses came in to check his temperature every 2 hours. So, I practically woke up every 2 hours, plus a few times in between because the bed was so small and Ethan is so used to his queen-size mattress. Every time he turned I will wake up and the tube for the drip is also very disturbing. It leaked a few times and finally came off in the morning. He had fever again around 5 a.m. and was given another supp. I decided to wake up at 5.30 a.m. and sms hubby asking him to take the day off. Before long, Ethan poop again. I changed him and called up hubby. He decided to take the day off.
We switched him to lactose free milk and the diarrhea stop. But then, after taking the milk for a few times, Ethan refused to take it anymore. So, we gave him his normal milk but the diarrhea came back. We have no choice but to mix the milk powder. I know we are not supposed to mix different milk formula in one feed but what choice do we have? Thank goodness, he’s ok with it so far.
To cut the long story short, the paed. allowed Ethan to be discharged on Tuesday after he was cleared of fever and his condition was stable. It was very uncomfortable in the hospital. We cannot put Ethan down to play or crawl. Not even in the play room because he still like to put things into his mouth. We had to carry him all the time walking up and down aimlessly at the ward. By the way, the bill came up to more than RM 2K. Luckily, it was covered by the insurance.
They….I mean the children. Children getting sick are very common, as we all know it. Flu, fever, ear infection, chicken pox, measles, HFMD and what not. But when they get sick back to back, it’s really heart breaking and frustrating. I’m only talking about the minor sickness, not some chronic diseases. Those are unbearable, to me.
Barely one week after recovering from HFMD, Ethan was down again with viral fever and was hospitalised for two nights. He started to have fever on Thursday (19 July 2007) evening. Given him medication before sleep and a suppository at around 6 a.m. He was ok on Friday but when I picked him up in the evening, his body was quite warm. His temperature was between 38.3 and 38.5 C. I continued to give him medication. On Saturday afternoon, his temperature rose up to 38.7 and I quickly gave him another supp.
Thinking and hoping that it was due to teething, we just monitored his condition. But things took a bad turn on Sunday. The day he supposed to be celebrating his 14 months. He started to have diarrhea and the fever came back. Another supp went in at 6.30 p.m. and we decided to bring him to the hospital. We reached there around 9.30 p.m. The nurse at the registration counter took down some details and she made a remark “4 days of fever and you never bring him to any doctor?” Yeah, well…..I just swallowed the comment. The doctor suggested a blood test and admission for monitoring. It was something which I have expected. Even if we go home, we will send him back in the midnight should the fever come back. What worried me most was that he just recovered from HFMD.
We waited for the paed. to check on him and do the blood test at the A&E ward before we were brought to the paediatric ward. When Ethan first saw the paed., he was smiling at him but once the doctor put the stethoscope on his chest, he started to cry and wail. The paed. left us for a while and prepared for a blood test. The moment Ethan saw him again, he started to wail and cried “AH NEHHH! AH NEHHH! AH NEHHH!” non-stop. I think the old man on the next bed, who was having breathing difficulty could have been brought back to life by Ethan's cry. His heavy breathing went back to normal after that. His cry was so loud that the whole A&E ward could hear him. He was tied down with a blanket and I was holding him down when the doctor took the 5ml blood. After the admission procedure, we were brought to the ward at around 11.30 p.m. and Ethan finally fell asleep at pass midnight.
I slept with him on a bed while hubby went home. Ethan was put on drip and the nurses came in to check his temperature every 2 hours. So, I practically woke up every 2 hours, plus a few times in between because the bed was so small and Ethan is so used to his queen-size mattress. Every time he turned I will wake up and the tube for the drip is also very disturbing. It leaked a few times and finally came off in the morning. He had fever again around 5 a.m. and was given another supp. I decided to wake up at 5.30 a.m. and sms hubby asking him to take the day off. Before long, Ethan poop again. I changed him and called up hubby. He decided to take the day off.
We switched him to lactose free milk and the diarrhea stop. But then, after taking the milk for a few times, Ethan refused to take it anymore. So, we gave him his normal milk but the diarrhea came back. We have no choice but to mix the milk powder. I know we are not supposed to mix different milk formula in one feed but what choice do we have? Thank goodness, he’s ok with it so far.
To cut the long story short, the paed. allowed Ethan to be discharged on Tuesday after he was cleared of fever and his condition was stable. It was very uncomfortable in the hospital. We cannot put Ethan down to play or crawl. Not even in the play room because he still like to put things into his mouth. We had to carry him all the time walking up and down aimlessly at the ward. By the way, the bill came up to more than RM 2K. Luckily, it was covered by the insurance.
19 July 2007
A Scary Thought
13 months, 3 weeks & 6 days old....
Yesterday, hubby went to our apartment's management office to complain about the Astro reception and he heard a lady was complaining about something, which the management office can't do much but was rather scary. We met this lady a few times. She has a son, I think, who is same age as Ethan. So, what she complained was about her maid, who ran away leaving her SON ALONE at home! What a scary thought! I just couldn't imagine Ethan being left alone at home and cry for hours. The thought of it made me shiver and stop breathing. She said her maid could have fall in love with one of the guards there and ran away with him because she didn't take a single thing with her, not even the passport. Anyway, that's not the point lar. I will never ever leave my son with a maid alone at home. Even if you don't give her keys, she can still escape in many other ways if she wants to, right? And what about fire and other emergency? My my my...........
I'm not saying that she shouldn't do this to her baby (I don't know what happened in between also coz hubby also didn't 'kepoh' with her) but I'm just so scared thinking of what happened to her son. It's very traumatising. I know it's a very tough decision for working parents when it comes to child care. I believe whatever the decision is, we as parents have considered every pros and cons and do what we feel is the best for the baby and for us.
Yesterday, hubby went to our apartment's management office to complain about the Astro reception and he heard a lady was complaining about something, which the management office can't do much but was rather scary. We met this lady a few times. She has a son, I think, who is same age as Ethan. So, what she complained was about her maid, who ran away leaving her SON ALONE at home! What a scary thought! I just couldn't imagine Ethan being left alone at home and cry for hours. The thought of it made me shiver and stop breathing. She said her maid could have fall in love with one of the guards there and ran away with him because she didn't take a single thing with her, not even the passport. Anyway, that's not the point lar. I will never ever leave my son with a maid alone at home. Even if you don't give her keys, she can still escape in many other ways if she wants to, right? And what about fire and other emergency? My my my...........
I'm not saying that she shouldn't do this to her baby (I don't know what happened in between also coz hubby also didn't 'kepoh' with her) but I'm just so scared thinking of what happened to her son. It's very traumatising. I know it's a very tough decision for working parents when it comes to child care. I believe whatever the decision is, we as parents have considered every pros and cons and do what we feel is the best for the baby and for us.
16 July 2007
HFMD Again!
13 months 3 weeks & 3 days old.....
The first time Ethan had it, it was very light and we didn't noticed it until he almost fully recovered. This time, he was not so lucky. Until now, we have no idea where he got it. Nobody at the day care got it and he did not spread it to other kids, thank goodness. It started with a fever on Sunday (8 July). The fever refused to go away even after medication twice and I began to worry when the temperature was still at 38 oc at 10 p.m. We brought him to the hospital and the doctor said he got throat infection. (I will never go to that hospital again!) Ethan was given suppository and the fever went down until it returned again early in the morning. So, I've decided to take half day off and went to my mother's house so that he can stay there when I go to work. At that time, the fever was under control.
Then, at around 11.30 a.m. I started to notice some red spots on Ethan's hand and leg. My heart beat shot up immediately! When I checked his mouth, I saw two ulcers on his tongue. That's it! Heart beat gone haywire! Call up hubby immediately and we went back to see Ethan's paed. The paed. confirmed it. Took some medication and went home. No need hospitalisation, just monitor him at home. The paed. said the ulcers on the mouth will recover in 3 days time and advised us to feed him more water. True enough, we went back for check-up on Wednesday and the ulcers were gone but the spots on his body were pretty bad. Some spots were like rashes and some like chicken pox. The spots were on his hands, legs, buttock and neck area. Some scars are still visible today.
....and mouth
I took the whole week off to take care of him at home. I tell you, it can be very stressful taking care of a sick child. He was extremely clingy and cranky. When he's in a good mood, he will play on his own while watching barney/ other cds. At other times, he just want me to carry him and walk around the house and refused to let me sit down! Refused to let daddy carry too. Even when he's very sleepy, he will not sleep without kicking up a fuss.
Ok, the bad thing is over. Something good also happened last week. We saw Ethan pulled himself up to a stand for the first time. He also made a few wobbly steps. We always encourage him to stand and walk but he was not keen. Sometimes, when we hold his hands, he will just pull our hands and bend his knees or even wrap his legs around our leg (like a koala bear). See the video below. (You have to tilt your head a bit because I cannot rotate it....hehehe)
The first time Ethan had it, it was very light and we didn't noticed it until he almost fully recovered. This time, he was not so lucky. Until now, we have no idea where he got it. Nobody at the day care got it and he did not spread it to other kids, thank goodness. It started with a fever on Sunday (8 July). The fever refused to go away even after medication twice and I began to worry when the temperature was still at 38 oc at 10 p.m. We brought him to the hospital and the doctor said he got throat infection. (I will never go to that hospital again!) Ethan was given suppository and the fever went down until it returned again early in the morning. So, I've decided to take half day off and went to my mother's house so that he can stay there when I go to work. At that time, the fever was under control.
Then, at around 11.30 a.m. I started to notice some red spots on Ethan's hand and leg. My heart beat shot up immediately! When I checked his mouth, I saw two ulcers on his tongue. That's it! Heart beat gone haywire! Call up hubby immediately and we went back to see Ethan's paed. The paed. confirmed it. Took some medication and went home. No need hospitalisation, just monitor him at home. The paed. said the ulcers on the mouth will recover in 3 days time and advised us to feed him more water. True enough, we went back for check-up on Wednesday and the ulcers were gone but the spots on his body were pretty bad. Some spots were like rashes and some like chicken pox. The spots were on his hands, legs, buttock and neck area. Some scars are still visible today.
The red spots on his thigh
....and mouth
I took the whole week off to take care of him at home. I tell you, it can be very stressful taking care of a sick child. He was extremely clingy and cranky. When he's in a good mood, he will play on his own while watching barney/ other cds. At other times, he just want me to carry him and walk around the house and refused to let me sit down! Refused to let daddy carry too. Even when he's very sleepy, he will not sleep without kicking up a fuss.
Ok, the bad thing is over. Something good also happened last week. We saw Ethan pulled himself up to a stand for the first time. He also made a few wobbly steps. We always encourage him to stand and walk but he was not keen. Sometimes, when we hold his hands, he will just pull our hands and bend his knees or even wrap his legs around our leg (like a koala bear). See the video below. (You have to tilt your head a bit because I cannot rotate it....hehehe)
02 July 2007
Rice & Soup
13 months, 1 week & 3 days old.....
Ethan had rice and soup yesterday for lunch and dinner. I've tried to feed him that a couple of times in small quantity. He seems to like it. So, I've decided to upgrade him to rice from porridge. The soup (the ABC soup) has tomato, carrot, tofu, potato, salted vege, chicken and onion. He took two bowls of rice with soup for lunch and a bowl for dinner. Pretty good result.
The little one was having flu for the past 2-3days and vomited twice due to coughing and phlegm. The coughing turned pretty bad at night. The first time he vomited was on Saturday morning after eating porridge and the second time was last night. After he vomited, at around 11p.m., he couldn't go back to sleep. Toss and turn, made some noise and screamed too! So, I was patting him on and off for almost 2 hours. I didn't loose my temper at all and wasn't angry a bit with him. Just in case you were wondering where is the daddy dearest, well, he was sound asleep. His snore was louder than Ethan's noise. Normally, in this kind of situation, I will be cranky too. But last night, I didn't. In fact, I was worried when he vomited. I fed him Chinese medicine for his flu and phlegm. And, I fed him rice also. I was scared that his tummy was upset due to one the things.
This morning, he woke up to his usual self and I was relief. But, I woke up late and reached the office late by 45 minutes. The alarm went off for don't know how many times and I kept switching it off, until it gave up and stop by itself...hehe. I almost take emergency leave until I remember that I have to submit something to the CEO. Dang!
Ethan had rice and soup yesterday for lunch and dinner. I've tried to feed him that a couple of times in small quantity. He seems to like it. So, I've decided to upgrade him to rice from porridge. The soup (the ABC soup) has tomato, carrot, tofu, potato, salted vege, chicken and onion. He took two bowls of rice with soup for lunch and a bowl for dinner. Pretty good result.
The balance. The rice is from Sarawak. It's a bit darker, softer and more fragrant. Cannot be found in the market.
The little one was having flu for the past 2-3days and vomited twice due to coughing and phlegm. The coughing turned pretty bad at night. The first time he vomited was on Saturday morning after eating porridge and the second time was last night. After he vomited, at around 11p.m., he couldn't go back to sleep. Toss and turn, made some noise and screamed too! So, I was patting him on and off for almost 2 hours. I didn't loose my temper at all and wasn't angry a bit with him. Just in case you were wondering where is the daddy dearest, well, he was sound asleep. His snore was louder than Ethan's noise. Normally, in this kind of situation, I will be cranky too. But last night, I didn't. In fact, I was worried when he vomited. I fed him Chinese medicine for his flu and phlegm. And, I fed him rice also. I was scared that his tummy was upset due to one the things.
This morning, he woke up to his usual self and I was relief. But, I woke up late and reached the office late by 45 minutes. The alarm went off for don't know how many times and I kept switching it off, until it gave up and stop by itself...hehe. I almost take emergency leave until I remember that I have to submit something to the CEO. Dang!
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