Something big...
Well, till now Keziah still don't show much interest in self feeding crackers and finger food. However, today it surprised us at the dinner table when we gave her an apple to play with while we have our dinner. She actually took the whole big apple with skin on and chewed on it. She did manage to bite some off. So Mommy decided to just peel the skin and let her have some fun exercising her jaws and teeth. Just look at her...
Strength in numbers...
Monday was really Monday blues...As the week went on, Mommy has been feeling better. Somehow talking and sharing on forum and other mommies really helped to make one realise that she is not alone. There are so many common problems that Mommies face, be it Stay at Home Moms or Full Time Working Moms. Each has her set of worries, pains and joys. Guess it is only at this point that we realise it's not easy being a Mom after all. So can you think what more you could do to express your love for your own Moms? All said, nothing is more rewarding to see your little one being loved and getting the best of the world that you could give to her amidst the contraints. Make the best of it! Why bring the stress and sadness of being a FTWM home? Mommy is learning to leave behind work in office and come home to rest and play with little Keziah!
Depressive mood...
While Keziah is growing well and actively moving around, I has a sudden set in with depressive mood today when I came to work. Not sure what is the cause today, but seriously I felt super low and down. Not sure how I feel so lonely and appear to have lost many of my friends. Even when I try to get some Mommy support from the Forum, hardly are there any responses as I guess I have fell out of the circle due to haven't been quite in touch and missing out on the outings. Hmmm...somehow can't seem to kick up a decent conversation with people....arghhh...Mommy's feeling lonely...
I need to get out of this mood, otherwise today is a real wasted at work where things will pile up. Monday bluez...I am seriously feeling it....
I need to get out of this mood, otherwise today is a real wasted at work where things will pile up. Monday bluez...I am seriously feeling it....
A new discovery.....
Saturday morning, Daddy and Mommy brought Keziah to MacRitchie Reservoir Park for a morning walk. This time we started off earlier so as to avoid clashing with my nap time...Whew...it is nice to breathe some nice fresh air and take a walk in the park. Just look at Keziah trampling around without the help of Daddy and Mommy. Well, nice to be able to be on her own but somehow she was a little apprehensive taking the first few steps and wanted Mommy and Daddy to carry. Guess it might the different ground feel that made her rather unsure if it was safe to go ahead...Nonetheless, she still did..
Ooooo...just look at Keziah in wonderment as she looked on at the earthworm on the floor...due to Mommy's poor camera technique, the earthworm wasn't captured. Heehee...Mommy was too engrossed looking at how Keziah and Daddy was examining the little thing..
Sunday after church we went to Forum just hoping to get a nice spongy ball for Keziah to do some gym exercise and bounce around with. The search was a failure but guess what! We stumbled upon a play area in Forum that was very much like the gym. All thanks to the downpour the moment we wanted to leave. They even had a pool of softballs for the little kids to dive into like those in MacDonald's durind Daddy and Mommy's younger days. However, to get in, you have gotta sign for a membership card for $10 for 2 years. It's so cheap compared to the gymboree classes. Not to mention, Mommy signed up for it and took Keziah for a joy ride. There were slides, tunnels, even bicycles and a modified mini road within the area. The downside was that there were many older kids who could be rather rowdy, especially the boys. Daddy and Mommy had to watch Keziah as she made herself so comfortable in the area. This was definitely a good place for some indoor fun which was free and easy...
Ooooo...just look at Keziah in wonderment as she looked on at the earthworm on the floor...due to Mommy's poor camera technique, the earthworm wasn't captured. Heehee...Mommy was too engrossed looking at how Keziah and Daddy was examining the little thing..
Sunday after church we went to Forum just hoping to get a nice spongy ball for Keziah to do some gym exercise and bounce around with. The search was a failure but guess what! We stumbled upon a play area in Forum that was very much like the gym. All thanks to the downpour the moment we wanted to leave. They even had a pool of softballs for the little kids to dive into like those in MacDonald's durind Daddy and Mommy's younger days. However, to get in, you have gotta sign for a membership card for $10 for 2 years. It's so cheap compared to the gymboree classes. Not to mention, Mommy signed up for it and took Keziah for a joy ride. There were slides, tunnels, even bicycles and a modified mini road within the area. The downside was that there were many older kids who could be rather rowdy, especially the boys. Daddy and Mommy had to watch Keziah as she made herself so comfortable in the area. This was definitely a good place for some indoor fun which was free and easy...
Blue black on the cheeks
Boo hoo....Keziah woke up in the morning chirpy and happy and started walking around in the room in her sleep suit, with her little telephone. While she was approaching daddy, she somehow lost her balance and fell. Not knowingly, she hit the platform bedside. She was seemed so in pain that she hardly cry out loud like usual. Mommy thought she hit her head and just cuddled her. Only later did she realised she hit her right left cheek coz it was red. Some rubbing on the cheeks but still the red mark became blue black mark and didn't go off...The accident prone toddler...
I am ONE!
Yes, we celebrated Keziah's 1 year old birthday today. It was definitely a good time catching up with friends and seeing how our little ones have grown. With a child, time seemed to pass so very quickly. I was talking with Mommy Christina whose child was born a month or so after Keziah and it seemed just like yesterday that we met during prenatal classes with our big round tummies. The celebration actually started rather quiet as it rained rather heavily in the late afternoon just before the celebration. We were wondering if our guests would be turning up as a few started to call to say they couldn't make it at last minute. Thankfully, still a number of guests streamed in slowly but surely as the rain dwindled. We really didn't think that we would have so many little ones roaming around. Though there were actually not that many - about 8 - 10 toddlers and kids - somehow they really made themselves comfortable and had great fun (I hoped) while making their presence felt! It was really good that Keziah had the company of her fellow playmates even though she's still not at that stage of knowing playing together with others.
Some snapshots of the evening of celebration....
While waiting for the guests to come....
Action starts....
Baby Minnie cake.....OOoooooo.......
Finally Keziah got her first bite into the cake....it's her birthday cake, how can Mommy not let her have a taste of it...
Little ones in action...
Opening up all the gifts....A BIG THANK YOU to everyone for your lovely thoughts...
Some snapshots of the evening of celebration....
While waiting for the guests to come....
Action starts....
Baby Minnie cake.....OOoooooo.......
Finally Keziah got her first bite into the cake....it's her birthday cake, how can Mommy not let her have a taste of it...
Little ones in action...
Opening up all the gifts....A BIG THANK YOU to everyone for your lovely thoughts...
OOoo....what are classes like???
It's a nice long Good Friday weekend. As a prelude to Keziah's birthday celebration, Daddy and Mommy took her out for some classes. Mommy had been contemplating on that for some time but work was just too busy for her to arrange for this. Guess Keziah also wondered how classes would be like.
We started the day out at Kindermusik as we did some routines with music. It was pretty fun drumming away, singing and clapping along and jostling around with other little toddlers. That being said, Mommy seemed to be the one doing most of the work of swinging the little one along as the teacher sang long. It was a good bonding session, but really wondered how much Keziah enjoyed the music and how much value there was aside from the very good bonding. Pit stop home for a nice little lunch before we are off again to Vivo City to shop around and a gymboree class in the late afternoon. Oh yes, the watermelon did certainly interest Keziah or draw some puzzled look from her as we place it right in front of her on her high chair.
Daddy and Mommy really thought Keziah enjoyed the space and activities at gymboree alot more given that she is such a tactile baby. One thing we noticed, she was very attentive to the teacher, paying attention to what the teacher said. She was also very amazed with the bubbles that came as part of the activity. Here she also met up with Baby Yan Yan, another April baby....Look at her in action and all the smiles...
We started the day out at Kindermusik as we did some routines with music. It was pretty fun drumming away, singing and clapping along and jostling around with other little toddlers. That being said, Mommy seemed to be the one doing most of the work of swinging the little one along as the teacher sang long. It was a good bonding session, but really wondered how much Keziah enjoyed the music and how much value there was aside from the very good bonding. Pit stop home for a nice little lunch before we are off again to Vivo City to shop around and a gymboree class in the late afternoon. Oh yes, the watermelon did certainly interest Keziah or draw some puzzled look from her as we place it right in front of her on her high chair.
Daddy and Mommy really thought Keziah enjoyed the space and activities at gymboree alot more given that she is such a tactile baby. One thing we noticed, she was very attentive to the teacher, paying attention to what the teacher said. She was also very amazed with the bubbles that came as part of the activity. Here she also met up with Baby Yan Yan, another April baby....Look at her in action and all the smiles...
My own Swimming Pool!
We bought Keziah her own swimming pool one or two months ago... but the weather has not been very good and just last month, Keziah was down with fever and flu.. thus the offcial opening of the pool was postponed... until last weekend...
Saturday was a sunny day... bright and sunny and it was a good day to test out the new pool... Daddy pumped up the swimming pool while Keziah was busying "helping" out... touching the pump... and looking excited. The pool was bigger than we thought and we filled the pool with five large pails of water, just enough for Keziah to paddle in.
My new pool.... cool?
The many faces of Keziah.....
Including one out of the pool!
Keziah has always enjoyed Watersports... be it in the tub or in the swimming pool. It took a lot of coaxing to get her out of the water.
We brought Keziah to Thomson Plaza for her afternoon walk. Daddy and Mummy wanted to bring Keziah to somewhere new where she can explore and see more things instead of the usual United Square.
She was busy playing and figuring out the new rides she saw at Thomson Plaza.
Walking around Thomson Plaza with Ta Ta and Mummy beside me... err where's Daddy? Well someone got to take the camera to take pictures right? heehee...
Saturday was a sunny day... bright and sunny and it was a good day to test out the new pool... Daddy pumped up the swimming pool while Keziah was busying "helping" out... touching the pump... and looking excited. The pool was bigger than we thought and we filled the pool with five large pails of water, just enough for Keziah to paddle in.
Keziah has always enjoyed Watersports... be it in the tub or in the swimming pool. It took a lot of coaxing to get her out of the water.
We brought Keziah to Thomson Plaza for her afternoon walk. Daddy and Mummy wanted to bring Keziah to somewhere new where she can explore and see more things instead of the usual United Square.
She was busy playing and figuring out the new rides she saw at Thomson Plaza.
Toddling on her twos....
Managed to catch this shot over the weekend. Just haven't got the time to put in some music but guess it's still as entertaining watching the little one though...
Learning fast
Keziah is really picking up her motor skills rather quickly. She is now able to throttle around on her feet on her own. She would respond to our calls to stand up and come over to us. Quickly she will be up on her feet, taking careful steps towards us. Sometimes she would be ambitious and quicken her pace as well as broaden her steps. It's just so interesting to see her walk towards us. Sometimes she would get so excited and raise both her hands wide open as she comes forth to us.
She is articulating more these days, raising her voice to make sure she's heard. She would scream with joy when excited and start to jump and climb on you when you are carrying her. She gets so exhilarated playing peekaboo by hiding behind Mommy's skirt and popping her head left and right to see where you are. She's also learnt to hide behind you, grabbing you from the back as if surprising you. She is such a playful gal!
She waves to say hi to you, point to things that she wants, turning her head away from the food she doesn't want.
But mind you, she bites! Mommy is still figuring out how to stop her from doing that.
She is articulating more these days, raising her voice to make sure she's heard. She would scream with joy when excited and start to jump and climb on you when you are carrying her. She gets so exhilarated playing peekaboo by hiding behind Mommy's skirt and popping her head left and right to see where you are. She's also learnt to hide behind you, grabbing you from the back as if surprising you. She is such a playful gal!
She waves to say hi to you, point to things that she wants, turning her head away from the food she doesn't want.
But mind you, she bites! Mommy is still figuring out how to stop her from doing that.
Lazy Keziah...
Keziah has progressed to learning to climb down the steps the right way, i.e. legs first follow by lowering her butts before the rest of the body rather than the usual head first manner when she is on her fours. Looks like she is conscious of playing safe before taking a step. Much to the development of Keziah's motor skills, she is simply reluctant to hold her mag mag cup or feed herself. Tried giving her biscuits for her to mess around and hold, hoping that she would self-feed. Nonetheless, she did it once or twice, with some difficulty in getting the food into her mouth probably due to the fact that she can't seem to release her grib eventhough her hand is already at her mouth. Hmm...she isn't very interested in holding her straw cup for a drink either. She would rather Mommy just feed her...
Just over the weekend, she was calling 'Da da' so loud and clear. Even before her bedtime and when Daddy wasn't back yet, she would resoundingly call out that. We are still figuring out if she was really calling that out discriminately, knowing that 'Da da' meant 'Daddy'.
Her first birthday is also just round the corner. Mommy and Daddy have just sent out e-invites to some relatives and friends. We are not planning to making it big, just some immediate family and some friends. Still looking out for her birthday cake and waiting for replies. We are holding it on Good Friday weekend since coincidentally, her birthday falls on the Saturday as well! Hope people are not getting away for a long weekend ya! Hee hee...
Just over the weekend, she was calling 'Da da' so loud and clear. Even before her bedtime and when Daddy wasn't back yet, she would resoundingly call out that. We are still figuring out if she was really calling that out discriminately, knowing that 'Da da' meant 'Daddy'.
Her first birthday is also just round the corner. Mommy and Daddy have just sent out e-invites to some relatives and friends. We are not planning to making it big, just some immediate family and some friends. Still looking out for her birthday cake and waiting for replies. We are holding it on Good Friday weekend since coincidentally, her birthday falls on the Saturday as well! Hope people are not getting away for a long weekend ya! Hee hee...
Whew! It's cleared...
Thank God. Keziah's nose is more or less cleared up today. The medication must be really effective but then again it could also be really strong for such speedy recovery. Her cough is also much better, with less phelgmy coughing. Heard from my mum she only coughed 2-3 times. Given her a dose of medication for the night and guess tomorrow I could cut the medication off already! =)
ARghh....medication
Today, Keziah was still sick and Mommy had to leave the house with heavy heart, leaving her to the care of Daddy and Nei Nei as there's a meeting on. The trip to the doctor was quite an arduous journey. The wait itself took 2hrs in the queue! Never see a doctor on Monday unless there is a definite need. Keziah's memory seemed to have improved and could even recall the past visit to the doctor. You know why I said that? She went into the consultation room in high mood, playing with toys and standing up on the examination table bouncing around. However, once the doctor unbuttoned her in an attempt to examine her with his scope, she yelled and wailed in great tears that no toys could comfort her, even the most attractive talking Barney. Ironically or not, the Barney was in raincoat and wellies as if anticipating her 'downpour'.
Just look at the amount of medication that Keziah got! Feeding her the medication was a big battle. Practically half of the medication went to waste during the struggle.
Looking at my friends' blog just reminded me of the little things that Keziah had already learnt. She is now an amateur walker, very keen to take risk to attempt to venture one stop to another on her feet without much support. Some time ago, she has also learnt to play peekaboo with us. She would take a cloth and raise it up and down and laugh with great excitement. She too has learnt to acknowledge when asked if she would like to do certain things, an indication to us with 'Umm' if she wants us to do something and if we got her request right. She knows how to put things into something for example, putting the toys into the toy basket when told. She also knows that a key opens a door and when you say the door is locked, she'll crawl to the end of the piano and hoist herself up to attempt to get the keys which are usually placed there.
Just look at the amount of medication that Keziah got! Feeding her the medication was a big battle. Practically half of the medication went to waste during the struggle.
Looking at my friends' blog just reminded me of the little things that Keziah had already learnt. She is now an amateur walker, very keen to take risk to attempt to venture one stop to another on her feet without much support. Some time ago, she has also learnt to play peekaboo with us. She would take a cloth and raise it up and down and laugh with great excitement. She too has learnt to acknowledge when asked if she would like to do certain things, an indication to us with 'Umm' if she wants us to do something and if we got her request right. She knows how to put things into something for example, putting the toys into the toy basket when told. She also knows that a key opens a door and when you say the door is locked, she'll crawl to the end of the piano and hoist herself up to attempt to get the keys which are usually placed there.
Walking on her own
Keziah's beginning to walk on her own without support. She would just raise herself up on her feet and take some careful steps. If you were to offer your hand to assist her, she would be practically dashing forward with all great excitement of this new found mode of movement.
Sadly, this weekend was quite uneventful with Keziah down with flu. This time she seemed to have really caught a bad bug. Despite the medication from the previous visit to the doctor, she didn't seem to make much good progress. On Saturday night, she was practically tossing around in bed, trying to get a comfortable position to breathe. Tonight, she seemed a little better. Still she was coughing quite badly to the extent of throwing out some milk. She must have really gotten alot of phelgm in her throat. She didn't really have much appetite either, taking less than the usual. Somehow I wonder if her condition gets worse in the air conditioned room as I noticed she was actually quite alright in the day. Well, guess it's to the doctor's again tomorrow.
Sadly, this weekend was quite uneventful with Keziah down with flu. This time she seemed to have really caught a bad bug. Despite the medication from the previous visit to the doctor, she didn't seem to make much good progress. On Saturday night, she was practically tossing around in bed, trying to get a comfortable position to breathe. Tonight, she seemed a little better. Still she was coughing quite badly to the extent of throwing out some milk. She must have really gotten alot of phelgm in her throat. She didn't really have much appetite either, taking less than the usual. Somehow I wonder if her condition gets worse in the air conditioned room as I noticed she was actually quite alright in the day. Well, guess it's to the doctor's again tomorrow.
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