Anytime Now???

bro sms me abt2 days ago.
said grandpa has this respiratory bug that is resistant to antibiotics.
then today, I get another sms.
grandpa's condition is critical...
we are all guessing should be soon.
The doc had initially told us within 3 months' and it seemed that it is like what he said...

I was just telling dh y'day that I felt that all these while, grandpa is hanging on cos of grandma.
He cant let go cos he's afraid no one will look after her.
His strength/ will power to struggle on came from his love for her.
(I wish and pray that my hubby will love me this much too....)
But I wont want him to suffer cos of me...

altho' we have had some time now to prepare for this...
still - it hurts... it hurts bad.

I pray hard that grandpa's departure would be a painless one.
He has suffered enough.

Argh! Engorgement

Argh!!!! Bad Engorgement and cracked nipples...
Pain! Pain! Pain!

sigh... of late I am getting very very very little ebm...
expressing is getting more and more depressing. :(
With letdown, I am only getting about 2 ounces from both sides!

V seemed to have change the way she nurse. Thus, I am often with cracked nipples now.
*sob sob*
To compound to that, I get engorgement on/off on my right boob...
*boo hoo*

My right nipple seemed to be "blocked" I cant seem to be able to get more ebm out of it.
But when Vera nurse direct, I felt that she seemed to be able to get more??

Is there something wrong with my pump or is it just me??!!

so tired!

Am almost brain-dead now...

V recovered from her fever on Sunday but started having a cold on Wednesday.
sigh.... she kept waking up every 30mins of so... crying
I guess she can't sleep well due to her block nose.
so when she can't sleep well, mummy can't sleep well too.

Am soooo very tired now!!!
I hope her flu bug go away soon.
meanwhile, it seems that I am about to fall sick too! :(

oh! did I mentioned that dh gave a lovely lovely bouquet of lilac roses on Monday?
He sent them to my office and its sitting really prettily on my desk. :)
something to make me smile... Thanks Darling!

V is having Fever

V had fever since Friday evening.
Hovering around 38.6 degrees...

Today, it dropped to 38 degrees.
Hope it will go away soon.

This is the 2nd time she's sick so far.
On the whole, V seemed to be slightly better as a baby (in terms of no. of times falling sick) compared to K.

V wanted to nurse to sleep which is fine.
BUT she wanted to keep suckling even tho' she's asleep for comfort.
Once I removed my nipple, she'll start fussing/ crying.
My poor nipples are so abused now that both sides are cracked! :_(
And she doesn't like the pacifier so that option is out.

Please let V recover fast so that I can have my happy baby back!!!

Update on V

Vera @ 9months, 3 weeks & 2 days: 1st Step!!!

Vera is able to walk 1 tiny step all on her own w/o any support just 2 days ago.
Wow! Kids do grow fast!
Her upper teeth is now at a count of 4. Same goes for the bottom.

Vera's teeth seems to sprout in groups of 2.
Usally its 2 upper and 2 lower. :)


And on Kady - we initially had some problems with getting Kady to learn her spelling.
She just started having spelling in K2.
After 2-3 weeks of trying to set in the routine... she's doing ok.
Have been getting full score for the past 3 spellings already! :)
The next time to do would be to teach her Upper and Lower case of Alphabets as she tends to mix the 2 together.

Ushering in the year of OX

We went back to BP as usual for the CNY.

Things seemed alot calmer then usual...
usually when we went back to BP to celebrate the new year, tempers are quite high cos there will be brother-in-law/ sister-in-law who laze around and doesn't help with the spring cleaning of my in laws' place.

This year, it is still the same. Brother-in-law (1 in particular) always "escape" the spring cleaning. In my memory, of the 10 years that I am with my hubby celebrating CNY at his place, this particular bro-in-law has only spring cleaned with us once. Talk about "buey zi dong" people.
Sometimes my sis-in-law will escape by going out with her friends coming back only late at night...
Maybe its age, maybe cos its already a norm, my dh's temper seemed to be in check this time round. :)
Anyways, thats over.

Today - I made a small feast for the family.
On our menu we have:
- Shark Fin Soup
- Grilled Butter Lemon Salmon
- Stir fried baby bak choy with prawns
- Omelette
- Soy Bean Paste Pork Ribs with mushrooms

Breakfast @ PS Cafe

We had breakfast @ PS Cafe, Harding Road the other day with our good friend, Sim and his wife.

I had Coconut and Caraway waffles. The rest had scones with fresh cream and jam, Pancakes with Apples and fruits, Muffin for Kady and 2 others which I can't remembered.
All in all, we spent over $100 for 5 sets of breakfasts. We didn't even ordered coffee or tea. Just plain sky juice!

Food was great but the prices are abit ex tho' the fruits were clearly very fresh (especially the figs!) and the ambiance is good.
On average, each set of breakfast costs us abt $20+, except the muffin which was abt $4+ and the scones was abt $8.

I would rate it as follows over a scale of 5:

Food: 4 stars
Value: 3 stars
Ambiance: 4.5 stars

To find out more you can visit their website: http://www.pscafe.sg/harding.html