Let me introduce you to Sticker Books that I got from Times Bookstore in Changi Airport. It is great for children at the age of 2 and above. Basically it teaches children to find the right shape and paste the sticker there plus lots of information about a certain topic. It also have free pasting. The book comes with over 200 reusable stickers. What I like about this book is that the pages are glossy, stickers can be reused. You can pull out the sticker again and stick on a different page, while the glue lasts.

The one I got for Tim have more information on military technology. It has information on fire trucks, police operations, military air planes and rescue team info. Great for learning! The book costs SGD12.90

Another book that I got, this one is from MPH with discount of 30% for members, it is called paper doll books. The books come with 6 paper dolls and many type of paper clothing plus accessories. You can dress the dolls with each different style like wedding style, princess style, dancing clothes, ballerina etc etc.. It will be more fun for the gals.

I remembered when I was young, I used to draw the dolls and clothes for the dolls to play. Now it comes in a book. However with the book, it can never stop you from designing more clothes for the paper dolls. The book cost RM16.90.

P/S The photo shots are not very good because it is taken from a camera phone. Hubby is busy now a days and I accidentally broke his lens. Thank God, he got that fix for free. :doh:

Last blood test show my red blood cells low, so I had to do further testing. Oh well, since it is free, I go ahead with it. The result came back, saying my iron is very low.

Doc: Your result shows you have to take more iron. I will prescribe some iron tablet.
Me: Does the tablet cause constipation?
Doc: I will give you iron syrup instead.
Me: Ok
Doc: Take it for 5 weeks and come back for further blood test.

Darn, I had to open my big mouth. I really regret asking for the syrup, it taste yeaky and it leave an after taste, like licking steel. I went to my in house clinic and ask for iron tablet instead. Now I have 2 giant bottle of iron syrup in my fridge.

Another doc said that I can get iron from seafood and it is my favorite. First time ever, maybe I am the unique one, have permission from doctor to take seafood. Usually doc will always advice patients to cut down on this and that. :giggles:

OK, I booked a Japanese Buffet this weekend for my family. That is enough iron in the buffet to last for a week. I hope. :clap:

Mummy: Where is choot choot? (aka Packifer)
Emily: Spoil already.
Mummy: You still want choot choot?
Emily: No
Mummy: If you can sleep with no choot choot, mummy will buy (reward) you with a present.
Emily: I want a red present.

She was in a very good mood yesterday. I think her teacher Jenny returned to school from her holidays. Teacher Jenny likes her very much. Emily always tells me about teacher Jenny. Anyway, since hubby started the weaning and she was in a good mood, I thought of continuing it.

Yesterday night, she slept without her pacifier. She did woke up 4-5 times, crying for no more than 5 minutes each time. I tried to sooth her but the more I soothed her, the louder she cried. I just left her to sooth herself back to sleep. She also has her security blanket. I did raise my voice once, she did stop crying and went back to sleep. At one point, I think she was exhausted, she cry a little and went back to sleep.

In the morning, daddy and I gave her an encouragement. As she was carried down the stairs, daddy shouted, “Yeah Emily so clever, no need to sleep with choot choot.” She looks happy and proud of herself. Daddy gave her a nicely wrap biscuit pack and she thought it was her present. :clap:

Let’s see how tonight goes.

Talk about bad timing, my hubby decided to cut Emily’s pacifier yesterday. She was not in a good mood and mummy had a 12 midnight conference call. When my hubby gave her the cut pacifier, she threw it away. She cried and ask mummy to take another one for her. When we do something like this, we will anticipate some crying. However she really beat the record, she cried from 9pm – 11:30pm, interval of 15-20 minutes of sleep. So much for getting a nap before my meeting. :doh:

As I was leaving the bedroom, she wailed even louder. I could hear her from my study room. Oh well, this is not really a good time to wean her. I took her spare pacifier and gave it to her. Everyone had a good night sleep while I attend my meeting.

Yawn, so today at least a few cups of caffeinated tea to keep me awake in work. I guess I have to try this again in Dec.

Tim’s story here: http://www.mybabybay.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66

Timothy likes to draw. Whatever he sees, he draws. Not sure where he develop the love for drawing but he can sit for an hour drawing and drawing. He has been using up my A4 printing paper. I got him a huge roll of paper from Ikea, cost RM15 for him to draw.

When we were at Ikea, he saw the chair testing machinery display. He took a free pencil and paper and drew that. Sigh, I misplaced that paper.

I told my hubby, when he is 5-6 years old, maybe will let him taking proper drawing class. That will be another option to his future career. As for Emily, I haven’t detected her talent yet. I think she probably love music.

Mummy, Daddy, Tim & Em out in the rain, with a rainbow:

Adult: RM25 *expensive*
Child: RM15 (above 3)
UOB CC member – 15% discount

We went on train ride, truck ride, merry go round and playground. There were other ship ride, bumper bee, bumper car and bus ride that go up high. For the ship rides, only children allowed, no adult. It was fun for the children. We couldn’t stay long as Emily wasn’t feeling well. 🙁

More Info here: http://www.timessquarekl.com/themepark.html

Pan Mee

I love a pan mee stall in KL. It is in Chow Kit Lorong Haji Taib 4 Road. That is where I grew up. The flat that I used to stay, now become a Tiong Nam Union (aka Persatuan Penjaja Tiong Nam). It has a lot of “lieu” as in mushroom strips, minced pork and vege. Pan Mee is a self-made flour noodle. It taste better when you add chilli and lime in it. Simply delicious!!!

On Saturday, Deepavali day, I went to MidValley. At first, I thought many should have left KL and not many people around. I saw from a far that not much traffic into MidValley. However when I got there, all the parking bays were closed, cars were bumper to bumper, some lanes, not moving at all. I was there at 3:30pm. There were sure a whole lot of cars there. Surprisingly about 5pm, all cars were gone. Do they go there in batches?

I was about to turn around and leave. I was heading to zone C parking lot and suddenly the attendant directed us to enter the new apartment car park. Some more it was FREE. How fortunate. :clap:

Reason to go there, Tim wanted to ride on the trolley car. Oh well, this will be the last for him to sit as he won’t be able to fit in there due to long legs. By the way, Berjaya Times Square also has trolley cars too. It will be fun for the children but you cannot go to any shop with it especially small shops. You also cannot use the elevators so have to find a lift.

I had to rush back from our vacation in KL one day early. Yesterday, Emily had a seizure fit in Sushi King at Berjaya Times Square. She wasn’t having any fever when we left the house. We spent 1 hour at the Children Theme Park, later we head to Sushi King for lunch. At that moment, she had mild fever. Half way through the lunch, she felt uneasy and wanted to sleep. I let her lie down on the bench.

At the same time, I asked hubby to look for a pharmacy to get cool fever. I should have asked him to get fever medicine. Anyway, we put the cool fever on her forehead but that wasn’t good enough. After 5 minutes, I saw her go unconscious and had a less than 1 minute fit. I had to put her by her side and make sure nothing is blocking her airway. I wasn’t afraid when she had the fit but it was afterwards when I didn’t know she was out of the fit or she was sleepy. She did response to me which was a good sign after the fit but she was very tired. (According to the doctor, it is normal that she will be tired and would let her sleep).

We paid the bill and rushed her to a nearby clinic. However, first time in the mall, didn’t know where it was or was it open. Anyway, my hubby (good thinking) approached the security officer. He made way and brought us to the emergency room at the theme park. The assistant (not sure his qualification, probably he had some certified training in emergency management) examined her heartbeat and gave her some oxygen. That’s when my gal cried and I felt relief. At least I know she was conscious. However she still had a high fever, worried she might have a second attack of fit. The assistant officer called an ambulance. I am really impressed that he acted fast. However, the ambulance took 30 minutes to arrive, sent her to Pantai Cheras for further care. Hubby and Emily went on the ambulance, while I drove Tim there.

At Pantai, I am really upset with the MO, he took 30 minutes to try to put the IV into Emily’s hand. My hubby said that he already had it in but then removed it again. Of coz, Emily was screaming. He gave Emily the suppository to bring the fever down. When I reached there, the IV wasn’t in. He tried the other hand, still failed. According to my hubby, he wanted to admit Emily that is a must. However, I saw Emily recovered and alert, because of the fear of having her hand poked again, she wanted to get out of the hospital. I discussed with my hubby that we will monitor her and we drove back to Penang. At Penang, it is easier for us if she is admitted.

Thank God, throughout the day, I was praying to him :pray: and he really did help us. At home, I gave Emily Paracetamol as she still have a slight fever. She slept and her fever was gone. She woke up hungry. I fed her and she slept some more. This morning she was fine, active and back to normal. I took her to her paed and have her checked. She is fine now, fever is off but I still have to monitor her closely.

Weird act my children do…

Have A Great Depa Raya!!

During our nap time, my son was moving around and not sleeping. Usually he is not like that, he will just go and sleep. I scolded him and he was still doing it. Anyway I was too tired and felt asleep. When I woke up, he didn’t sleep at all. He wanted to go out and play, I told him to get back to bed and sleep.

Later, he made so much noise that Emily woke up. There is no point getting him to sleep now. Both of them were playing. At one point, Emily wanted to take the box of toys, he tried to snatch it away. Both were not letting the toy go. I walked up to Tim and grabbed him by his arms and make him let go of the toys. Emily ran away with the toy. Suddenly Tim silently let out his tears. Tears just flow out like a broken pipe. There wasn’t any sound in his cry. He must be really sad. It was an unusual cry. It cut through my heart to see him cry this way. I grab him and gave him a hug. He stopped and later Emily came to sayang him. Everything went back to normal.