Mummy’s entry – updates on the daycare

It’s been week 3 at the daycare and how has this girl been coping?! Well, much better although she still doesn’t sleep much there. I’m guessing it has got to do with the noise around her, she is one busybody baby. This works well for me as once she hits home in the car, she sleeps. And also she sleeps longer in the nights, as long as 4-6 hours at times. But still wakes up 3-4 times for milk (I’m still a zombie).

And since she doesn’t have me during the day, once I breastfeed her in the evenings, she totally latches on for a long time. She even sleeps while latching but she’s definitely drinking so I can’t do much but sit down and wait for her to let go! When I got back to work last week, hubby was the one sending and picking the girls from the daycare as he wasn’t travelling. So when Haye Li heard my voice when I got back home from work, she smiled! She’s really happy hearing my voice and when I didn’t go to her, she will cry. This girl wants her milk fresh! LOL.

By the way, this girl has started laughing over the weekend. But I can’t get her to laugh for her papa. Haha, will try and get it recorded.

At the daycare lately, she doesn’t cry as much it seems which I find it hard to believe coz she cries a lot at home when we leave her be in her cot or the rocking chair. Even the maid said she doesn’t cry when she is left at the rocking chair at the daycare. Guess she just know who she can bullies at home.

2 months old

I'm already 2 months. Time really flies eh...I've been getting comments how chubby I've become as my cheeks has grown (among other parts on my body) and my double chin is really obvious. Mummy tells all that the double chin came with papa as I already had it from Day 1.

Merry Christmas everybody!

As you all know, I'm a very smiley baby when you play with me. And below are some pics to show you.

My neck is so strong that I have been doing this a while now. I was doing this in my first month but not as stable as now which is why I get to sleep on my front. And because I move so much (while I struggle and cry to get carried from the cot), I will move all over the cot and at times will knock my head against it too which makes me cry louder!

7 weeks updates and more photos

As of last Thursday, I was 7 weeks old and we went to see the doctor for my vaccination. I was already 4.6kg and 55cm in length (I was 2.75kg and 52cm at birth). Mummy says I'm growing at a faster speed compared to my sister. She's complaining her left arm is aching from all that carrying.

I can lift my head up easily now when I'm put on my front. I was already lifting my head up and turning from left to right in the first month but I'm better at it now so I sleep on my front most of the time since I can sleep longer in that position. But I have frightened Mummy a few times when I could also sleep with my face down, not for long though before I turn sideways to breathe better.

Since Mummy has been saying a lot of stuff about me...I'll let you enjoy some pictures of me instead. :)

a picture of me dolled up before i followed mummy and papa to send off my full moon goodies

a picture of me with my paternal grandparents (ah kong & ah por) before they left for penang

me sleeping snuggly in the rocking chair, mind you, mummy had to rock me and let me cry for a while before i actually slept on it, but it wasn't for long though. ;)

please carry me!

with my nana (my grandma's sister) on my fullmoon, see how long i look here

sleeping peacefully while my grandma carried me

why am i not being carried?!

a random shot, so random that my middle finger happened to stick out with my "do-not-disturb-me look"

Below pictures were from Camerons, my first holiday! I slept better there but will scream like mad when it's time to change diapers or clothes. We didn't go out much but stayed indoors most of the time since it was raining everyday.

slept through for about half an hour when we started the journey to camerons

a family shot of us four, the only good picture we have of cameron's scenery

close-up pictures

Below pictures were from our day-trip to Port Dickson for my Uncle Ivan's (mummy's cousin) wedding. You will see how many people carried me. I was highly in demand there. Too bad I didn't get to take a picture with the beautiful bride, she was really beautiful!

the first part of the journey where i slept and all dolled up

didn't sleep for long though before I screamed to be carried

with nana (the groom's mom) and her friend

with my uncle chun son (mummy's brother)


with my a-yee (mummy's sister)




with the groom, uncle ivan




with my papa

with uncle ryan

Mummy’s entry – Off to the daycare

It was Haye Li’s first time to the daycare yesterday. She is so different from Rye Li and I guess I knew this from the time she was in my tummy with the way she moves. And the last 7 weeks has proved me right with her feisty character. She is one demanding baby this one.

This girl doesn’t like to sit in her car seat. And the thing is, she has been trained since she was born. Those times during my confinement when I had to take Rye Li to and fro from the daycare, Haye Li was already tagging along. In the first week, she was alright, sleeping most of the time. But after that, she became restless and will be crying (more like screaming) throughout the journey. It is as if she is being tortured sitting down in the car seat. Because of this, when we’re out and if hubby is driving, she gets to sit on me most of the times unless she’s dead asleep in which I would put her back into the car seat. But the most she can sleep for (and this is the same at home) is for half an hour before she wakes up crying, wanting to be carried.

So yesterday morning (and the same for this morning), she was already crying halfway throughout the journey there. The maid was sitting behind with her while I was driving. I would not allow the maid to bring her out but the maid was entertaining her with her toys which at times it worked.

When we reached the daycare, I passed her to one of the caretakers who brought her into the baby’s room. And I was talking to Aunty Ng on how to handle Haye Li’s bottles (since it’s our first time using Dr. Brown’s) and so on when I could hear Haye Li wailing at the background already. I knew that she was already put into the baby cot which she would protest since she wants attention all the time. When I was walking out to my car which was parked outside the gate, I could still hear her cries! I only felt sorry for the other babies. LOL.

Her first day is so different from Rye Li’s. Rye Li slept most of the time in the car seat. We love taking Rye Li out since she was easy to handle and didn’t have to be carried most of the time. She only cries when she’s hungry or during that few months at nights when she was colicky. Rye Li slept throughout the journey to Aunty Ng’s. Only at times in the evenings, on the way back, she would cry. And I remember putting Rye Li in her cot at the daycare and she didn’t cry at all.

And when I dropped off Rye Li for the first time, I was really heartsick and wanted to cry after leaving the daycare. At that time, I didn’t really know Aunty Ng, she was only recommended by a friend. But this time with Haye Li, I didn’t have this feeling since we have known Aunty Ng pretty well now and I was looking forward to my 5 days off before I go back to office. Of course, I do miss her but my short break from being a full time mom outweighs that for sure. LOL. But I was worried whether the caretakers could handle this difficult baby or not.

Hubby and I went to pick the girls up in the evening. I was eager to know how Haye Li was the whole day. Weeks before sending Haye Li in, I already warned Aunty Ng about her but Aunty Ng said that we told her the same for Rye Li but Rye Li was easy to handle. This Aunty Ng is one amazing woman, nothing can be too difficult for her to handle. With nearly 40 kids to manage at the daycare, she even finds the time to cook, bake, read, teach and make her jelly cakes. She also ferries some of the kids to and fro from schools, extra classes and tuitions.

So when we got there and asked how was the baby, she said “Ok, not too bad” and then she said she knows why Haye Li cries a lot. It seems every times Haye Li cries, it’s either she has poo-ed or peed. And that she has some rashes at her bottom. I wasn’t too sure of this but we said that we will see how it goes the next few days. Haye Li didn’t sleep much there and I don’t blame her coz she is also one busybody baby. She wakes up to loud noises (which Rye Li can sleep through) even though we have trained her to sleep to the radio or tv on. Something we did with Rye Li and it proved to us that it worked. But Haye Li is just so curious with her surroundings.

I’m lucky that at nights, she can sleep on her own even with noises around her. She only cries for milk. And because she doesn’t sleep much throughout the day, the first time she sleeps at nights, she can sleep for a longer time, the longest so far, for 4 hours or so. She still wakes up 3-5 times through the nights but after milk, she will go back to sleep so it’s not too bad on me. During the daytime, she will only sleep half an hour the most on her own and more when she is being carried.

I will be posting up some pics of her after this…this girl has been going places at such a young age, earlier than her sister! And I was bold enough to bring her out on my own, something I didn’t dare do with Rye Li till she was much older and easier to handle. I’m so immune to her cries already in the car which is why I dare to bring her out alone. :)

Mummy's entry - Hmmmph!

My girls bully me big time! Sob sob!

In-laws left on Sunday and I wanted to stock up on food for the house so I left the baby at home with hubby while taking Rye Li and the maid to the hypermarket. The thing with Haye Li lately is that she’s really demanding and difficult baby to handle, wanting to be carried most of the times and she cries a lot. Even MIL could not handle her for that 3 hours I was away when I went for my facial last week. She will only sleep like half an hour the most and starts crying when she realized she is in her cot.

Anyway, before we left the house, I made sure she was fed and that she fell asleep in her cot and told hubby what to do if she gets hungry, etc. In that few hours before I left the house, she was already difficult with me.

So imagine this, I really hasten my shopping time because of her and I was thinking of her all that time. We were out for less than 2 hours in total and when we got back, this girl was still sound asleep. And in total, she slept about 3 hours or so!

Hubby bragged that the girl behaves well with him and I gladly replied that he is welcome to look after her anytime!

I wonder what will happen to her when she goes to the daycare in 2 weeks as she won't have the luxury of having someone carrying her there the whole day!

About me and more pics

a) Ms. Noisy – I sure cry a lot and way louder than my sister, Rye Li was when she was a baby (but mummy is thankful that I don’t have the loud pitch although she has said numerous times that our neighbours would think I’m being tortured at home with the way I cried)

I also grunt and make funny noises when I’m asleep and awake. Let’s put it this way, it’s definitely not dainty. I can defend myself for this, it’s all those gas!

b) Ms. Cant-be-left-alone – I want to be carried most of the times! If you put me down, even when I’m asleep, I will cry. Mummy has left me be to cry many times till my voice become all husky and I have no more energy left to cry (but I will still attempt at crying).

I don’t fall asleep on my own easily (unlike my sister) so mummy has a hard time to make me sleep as she mostly need to carry me first till I’m dead asleep to put me down.

c) Ms. Stretchy – I sure stretched a lot. I can stretch while sleeping, awake, on the dressing table (which makes it difficult for mummy to change or clean me), while I’m being carried. My Ah Por (maternal grandmother) thinks I will be taller than my sister because of this. Anyway, with the way I’ve been sucking off mummy, everyone thinks I will definitely be bigger than my sister in size eventually.

d) Ms. Sweaty – Mummy can’t believe that I sweat so much from the first week itself since I was born! Apparently, my sister didn’t sweat at her head till much later on. But this trait is definitely from papa’s side again as mummy doesn’t sweat much (other than her hands and feet).

e) Ms. Squirt-a-lot – I should have been born a boy with the way I pee and poo when I’m diaper-less. Whoever (mostly it is mummy) changes me has to be careful and alert as without any warning, I will ‘ squirt’ and them and boy, can I ‘shoot’ far! Mummy has changed her clothes numerous times already from being a victim of this.

I know, all the above makes me sound so bad eh?! Especially when Mummy keeps telling people that my sister was such a good baby and had none of the above. Well, if you ask me, she’s either a good girl (big sucker) or that I’m really naughty huh?!

Ok, now some good points about me. Not fair to me if all the bad points are highlighted isn’t it?!

a) I drink quite a lot compared to my sister and thus, I’m growing faster than her too. I’ve put on nearly a kg (900 gms) as at last Friday and my weight then was 3.65kg. I should put on over 1 kg by the time I hit 30 days which is tomorrow.

The fat are building up on my cheeks, hands and thighs. At least I don't have the wrinkly, dried skin anymore.

b) Ms. Smile-a-lot – I sure smile a lot, not just when I’m sleeping but when I’m awake too! Something my sister never did (only in her sleep) till she was about 3 months old! Sorry, it’s tough to get me smiling for the camera, so no pics yet.

c) Ms. Full-of-expressions – When you watch me sleep, you will come across many, many expressions from me which will entertain you. I seemed to have entertained everyone in the house, including my big sister! On top of that, I can also entertain you with all the gas noises that come out from me. :D

Don’t be fooled by my negative traits yet…it’s mummy’s lack of memory these days (she complaints it is from the lack of sleep). I’m sure when her memory gets back to the good old days, she will have more nice things to say about me.

At the mean time, enjoy some more pictures of me… by the way, some shots you’ll see was where Mummy tried to be like a professional photographer except that she failed tremendously. She got influenced by some Mummy blogs which real pros did those shots with proper cameras! She said she wants to attempt it one more time but I doubt she will be successful ever, she should just let the proper pros do it yea?! ;)

i like making funny poses with my hands

when papa carries me, my sister will insist that he carries her too, he doesn't mind since he's strong!

this is the so-called 'pro' shot, notice the fat building up on my face?!
and this is where mummy failed!

i like doing this pose too with my lips, something mummy dreads when it's time for my food!

More pictures of me

As the old adage goes ... a picture says a thousand words (mummy's excuse for not writing) so enjoy the following pictures. :)

one eye jack - a lot of my pics are like this

mummy says must have a crying one too, for the record

My Birth Story

If you want to know how I came out into this world "you can click on this".

Haye Li's in da house!

I'm finally here! Came out on 23rd October 2008 at 8-50am, weighing at 2.75 kgs (6 pounds). More details later when my mummy has the time... here's some pics first....

fresh from the 'oven'

all nice and cuddled up

Getting ready to go home