His best friend - MICKEY!

I bought quite a variety of soft toys for Ziqian before and he showed no interest for all.

Till recently, Dear noticed that baby seems to fancy for Mickey as he will smile at it everytime he see it... So, we bought him a Mickey and now it has become his best friend :)

He will stroke the Mickey, hugs and kisses it. Whenever i ask him "Where is your mickey?" He will crawl very fast towards it and grab it. Nowadays when he wakes up from his nap, he will not make a noise at all, he will sit up and sayang the Mickey which sleeps beside him... So sweet :)

Here are some of his photos with his best friend. And he is really getting more and more expressive! :p

Egg Allergy

He vomitted after his dinner, which i included 1/4 of an organic eggyolk in his porridge... :(

This is the 2nd time i tried him on egg yolk, the 1st time was 17th Aug. He had the same reaction: vomit in "merlion" style.

I am rather sad that he had such adverse impact on egg yolk, coz eggs are both ben and my favourite. I reckon he is really allergy to it as he shows the 3 signs of allergy:

1) vomit
2) bee-hive rashes
3) wheezing

Here are some egg allergy info i found on net:

About Egg Allergy
Eggs in themselves aren't bad, but when someone is allergic to them, the body thinks they are. When a person is allergic to eggs, the body's immune system overreacts to proteins in the egg. So every time something made with eggs enters the digestive system, the body thinks that these proteins are harmful invaders.

The immune system responds by creating specific antibodies to that food, which are designed to fight off the "invader." These antibodies — called immunoglobulin E (IgE) — trigger the release of certain chemicals into the body, one of which is histamine.

So when a child with an egg allergy eats a food that contains eggs, the immune system unleashes an army of chemicals to protect the body. The release of these chemicals can affect the respiratory system, gastrointestinal tract, skin, and the cardiovascular system — causing allergy symptoms like wheezing, nausea, headache, stomachache, and itchy hives.

Most people who are allergic react to the proteins in egg whites, but some can't tolerate proteins in the yolk. Egg allergy usually first appears when kids are very young, and most kids outgrow it by the time they're 5 years old.

Egg allergy is like most food allergy reactions: It usually happens within minutes to hours after eating eggs. Most reactions last less than a day and may affect these three body systems:
the skin: in the form of red, bumpy rashes (hives), eczema, or redness and swelling around the mouth
the gastrointestinal tract: in the form of belly cramps, diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting
the respiratory tract: symptoms can range from a runny nose, itchy, watery eyes, and sneezing to the triggering of asthma with coughing and wheezing

Most kids with egg allergy have some of the reactions listed above, but a few may have a very strong reaction called anaphylaxis. This severe allergic reaction causes swelling of the mouth, throat, and airways leading to the lungs, resulting in breathing difficulty. In addition, there is a dangerous drop in blood pressure, which can make a child dizzy or pass out, and may quickly lead to shock.
For kids who are especially sensitive to eggs, even egg fumes or getting egg on the skin can cause an anaphylactic reaction, so eggs should be kept out of the house completely.

Diagnosing an Egg Allergy
If your doctor suspects your child might have an egg allergy, he or she will probably refer you to an allergist or allergy specialist for further testing. The allergy specialist will ask things like how often your child has the reaction, the time it takes between eating a particular food and the start of the symptoms, and whether any other family members have allergies or conditions like eczema and asthma.

The allergy specialist may perform a skin test. This test involves placing liquid extracts of egg protein on a child's forearm or back, pricking the skin a tiny bit, and waiting to see if a reddish, raised spot forms, indicating an allergic reaction.

Your child may need to stop taking anti-allergy medications (such as over-the-counter antihistamines) 2 to 3 days before the skin test because they can interfere with the results. Most cold medications as well as some antidepressants may also affect skin testing. Check with the allergist's office if you're unsure about what medications need to be stopped and for how long.
Some doctors may also take a blood sample and send it to a lab where it will be mixed with some of the suspected allergen and checked for IgE antibodies.
In some cases, however, positive results of skin and blood tests aren't enough to prove that symptoms are definitely being caused by eggs. So doctors may use what's called a food challenge to help diagnose the allergy.

With a food challenge, the person is told to not eat eggs or anything made with egg proteins for a certain period of time — usually a few weeks. After that, the person will eat foods that contain eggs only under close supervision from a doctor. If symptoms come back after eating egg products, it's likely the person has an egg allergy.

Treatment
Treating egg allergy might seem simple — just make sure your child doesn't eat eggs. But so many foods are made with eggs and egg products that it can be really hard to know what's OK and not OK to eat. Consider working with a registered dietitian to develop an eating plan that provides all the nutrients your child needs while avoiding things made with eggs.
If your child has a severe egg allergy — or any kind of serious allergy — your doctor may want you to carry a shot of epinephrine with you in case of an emergency. Epinephrine comes in an easy-to-carry container about the size of a large marker. It's easy to use — the doctor will show you how to give a shot to your child should you ever need to.

If your child accidentally eats something with egg in it and starts having serious allergic symptoms, like swelling inside the mouth, chest pain, or difficulty breathing, give the shot right away to counteract the reaction while you wait for medical help. Always call for emergency help (911) if your child has needed to use epinephrine. Besides keeping epinephrine in your home, briefcase or purse, also be sure it's at relatives' homes and your child's day care or school.

We will bring him to visit his PD when we back to Singapore. I seriously hope he will outgrow this allergy soon...

170ml

this is the amount of Gain Eye-Q milk he just drank!

It was really rewarding compared to his recent 40-50ml of bottle-fed milk. I really hope this is not just pure luck!!!

*Keep my fingers and toes crossed* *Mummies who read this post, pls keep your fingers and toes crossed for me too!* Thanks! :)

His "milk stock-market" updates

Have been really desperate with his milk feed recently eversince he was sick. His milk intake is heading South over the past 2 weeks. And i do not think his coming milk market movement any better... sigh...

Before sick (early Sep): average 750ml
During sick (mis Sep): average 400ml
Upon recovery (as to date): average 500ml

Actually i am fine with his intake of 500ml, but out of this amount, he only managed to drink abt 150ml from bottle! The rest i have to "bluff" him to finish it with cereal, potato, bread etc... Am really tiring coming out all these new tricks... :(

Tried all sorts of method including changing teats, dreamfeed him, adjust the temperature of the milk, change the environment of feeding etc.. But all to no avails...

I am a DESPERATE MUMMY now! So Dear and me decided to change his milk powder for a try, we just bought Gain Eye-Q, hope it will helps abit.. I sincerely hope so...
*Fingers & toes crossed!"

"Swim"

Ziqian was back to school today! :)

Everyone showing concerns and i was really touched... And the activity today was fun as they had a "swimming" (or rather 'water-playing' session) haa!

Viral infection again...

Zq was attacked by this and hospitalised at Mt Alvernia again...

It's was his wheezing sound that made us so worried, and his total rejection of milk (lucky he still took some porridge & cereal). I noticed his slight cough on Tuesday night and his cough get worsen on Wednesday, so we brought him to Pantai Medical Centre @ KL for PD visit. Though this hospital is considered the more specialised one here, but both Dear and me were not that confident with the PD we visited, we thought that his facilities were rather run down and my biggest concern is the way they store the med, and how the nurse handled & dispensed the medicine turned me off and i doubt i will ever visit this clinic again...

We did not want to take this lightly, so we set off to Singapore on Thursday morning as we wanted to visit Dr Terence Tan, baby's usual PD. The journey back home seemed longer than ever to me, i was rather panic and worried as Zq still rejected milk and water throughout the journey... We reached Dr Tan's clinic about 3pm, he commented that baby was gasping for breathe as his breathway was congested, so we immediately put him on nebuliser. Condition improved abit upon this, so Dr asked us to go home and monitor him for the night, if things turned worse, we shall admit him tomorrow morning.

Things not getting any better, he still rejected all the milk & water. So we brought him to Mt A. early on the morning and Dr noticed early signs of dehydration. Baby was admitted and put on drip. Actually i was more relieved now, at least i knew that the drip helped to keep him hydrate though the poking of needles onto his little hand was painful...

He was back to his usual cheeky and active self again! Crusing on the bed, pulling every tubes he can reach, jumping on the bed, smiling at all the nurses and even played peekaboo with them... He was so popular here, the nurses would just popped by to see and play with him, many of them commented on his charming smile... This little boy did not look sick at all! :p

Dear bought him a tricycle from Kiddy Palace to make his hospital stays happier! And we let him ride on this while mummy pushing the tricycle handle and daddy pushing the drip stand! Haa, what a sight :p

Thanks to Aunty Alice for the visit and the super BIG MICKEY! It definately cheered him up! I was so touched with your visit... Really lucky to have a super nice and sincere friend like you, you made my day too :)

Zq was discharged after 2 days stay as his wheezing had subsided, though he still drank very little milk... We wondered where his energy came from since he ate so little but yet still so active! Anyway, we were so glad that he discharged and back to home again...

* Zq, mama hope that you will get stronger after all these ordeals... You are a little warrior i know, just like what Aunty Alice said... Mama will do my best to protect you and give you the best in life... And that's my forever love...

Mr Photogenic

I sent in 2 different photos of Ziqian to Mother & Baby and Young Parents Magazine, and both were selected and published in their September issues :)

And he had won himself a Takara Tomy Pop To The Rescue Toy from Young Parents! This present is very appropriate for him coz there are 3 cars and he LOVES cars & wheels! :)

I will keep the magazines and show it to him when he knows how to appreciate this... I think it's a wonderful keepsake for him as part of his growing up... Meanwhile, enjoy the toy my dear!

* Thanks & muacks muacks muacks to Aunty Cherie for the magazines! :)

Haircut @ Junior League

His fringe was getting longer and the sides of his hair are getting too messy to manage as well... I didn't dare to trim his hair myself again judging from my lousy skill last time round. Dear and my mum had also urged me to bring him to a "professional" for a trim so we headed to Junior League @ United Sq after the Oct babies birthday bash.

He was still blur blur initially and observed his surrounding curiously. Not long after, he seemed to now that we were going to cut his beautiful hair and started to fuss around. The Hi-Five screen in front of him, the toys, my funny faces and "consolations" all failed to please him.

I told the lady that i only wanted to trim his fringe shorter and not cut it SHORT. But too late, he looked like "ah wang" again... I really hope his fringe will grow longer sooner, so he will be as handsome on his birthday party!

* Evidences showing him getting impatient to upset :p

October Babies Birthday Bash

* Thanks Alice for the photos! They are absolutely lovely & well-taken! :)

Thanks all mummies for making this party a possible one! Especially thanks to Serene, Alice and Cherie for organising, photographing and emceeing!

And thanks to Dear for all the patience and taking care of babies throughout the event without a word of grumble though i know you don't really enjoy stuff like this :p

Time flies! Just a year ago, we still chatted on SMH forum on all the pregnancy thingy, all the discomfort and inconvenience of pregnancy, all the buying of stuff to prepare for the arrival of our little ones, all the gender guessing and naming etc... And now, our babies are reaching their 1 year old milestone in no time! Though i will still grumble about the naughty act of Zq on and off, but the joy and happiness he bring along in the past year is so so so much! And our loves towards each other just getting more and more intense! I love you Ziqian! Mama loves you forever! Muacks! :)

Flying... Just baby and me

Back home today for the weekend! (after a 2 weeks stay at KL)


Dear drove back as we need the car in Singapore, so baby and me took the flight home. I had been looking forward to this for long, though rather nervous and kind of worried i couldn't handle baby myself on plane initially...


So happy that everything turned out very smooth & fine! Dear drove us to the LCC of KL, and we had our breakfast there. Baby not having his usual cereal breakfast coz it was rather tedious to prepare it there, so he had a slice of bread & half a banana, hope it was enough for his stomach till we reach Singapore for his proper lunch! :)


With baby put in my Bjorn carrier, we said byebye to Dear and i walked into the Gate. This was when i started to feel nervous again coz now only left baby and me and the KL LCC was not really that clean/ safe compared to Singapore Budget Terminal. Baby and me waited about 30mins before we boarded the plane. And we certainly caught lots of attention and i thought it was unavoidable - a woman alone with her baby in a carrier and a heavy diaper bag.


We were lucky to have the whole stretch (3 seats) for us. So i put my diaper bag on left and my carrier on right. Haa!

It was baby's morning nap time (10am), so he dozed off even before the flight took off! And slept till the flight touched down. I had to wake him up coz he was still in deep sleep and he was very annoyed and cried out loud! Again, we caught everyone attention.


It was rather difficult for me to put on my carrier, as i could not let baby sit by himself beside me, he started to climb up the chair, touch here and there and it was too dangerous. So i approached an air stewardess and she helped me to carry baby for a while. This little boy really cheeky, he flashed his brightest smile to her once she carried him! :p

A very "stone" look coz just woke up from nap :p

Fed his porridge (which i cooked 6am in the morning and kept it in his thermal jar ... yawn...) at the Burger King of T1 . He was in very good mood, kept smiling at the lady next table, her boyfriend was so amused by him and asked baby "You wana snatch my girlfriend away from me huh?" Haa! Coz baby only smiled at the lady and not the guy! :p

Playing with receipt... Only was to keep him occupied while i have a quick bite of my lunch! :p

After our lunch, we took a taxi home and i started to miss Dear... Sms him and surprised to know that he reached JB already. Yeah! We can "reunite" at our home sweet home soon... :)

Nursery Rhymes

Ziqian starts to get sick of the only few nursery rhymes that i know... His favourites list change again and im now trying hard to memorize all these lyrics...

Here the list & lyrics go... :

1) Itsy Bitsy Spider
Itsy Bitsy spider climbing up the spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
Now Itsy Bitsy spider went up the spout again!

(The easiest! :p)

2) Six Little Ducks
Six little ducks that I once knew
Fat ones, skinny ones, fair ones too
But the one little duck with the feather on her back
She led the others with a quack, quack, quack
Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack
She led the others with a quack, quack, quack
Well down to the river they did go
Wibble wobble, wibble wobble, ho ho ho
But the one little duck with the feather on her back
She led the others with a quack, quack, quack
Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack
She led the others with a quack, quack, quack
Well home from the river they did come
Wibble wobble, wibble wobble, ho hum hum
But the one little duck with the feather on his back
He led the others with a quack, quack, quack
Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack
He led the others with a quack, quack, quack
Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack
He led the others with a quack, quack, quack

(The most action-packed!)

3) The farmer in the Dell
The farmer in the dell
The farmer in the dell
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The farmer in the dell

The farmer takes a wife
The farmer takes a wife
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The farmer takes a wife

The wife takes a child
The wife takes a child
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The wife takes a child

The child takes a nurse
The child takes a nurse
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The child takes a nurse

The nurse takes a cow
The nurse takes a cow
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The nurse takes a cow

The cow takes a dog
The cow takes a dog
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The cow takes a dog

The dog takes a cat
The dog takes a cat
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The dog takes a cat

The cat takes a rat
The cat takes a rat
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The cat takes a rat

The rat takes the cheese
The rat takes the cheese
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The rat takes the cheese

The cheese stands alone
The cheese stands alone
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The cheese stands alone

(The longeeeest...)

4) Skidamarink
Skidamarink a dink a dink,Skidamarink a doo,I love you.
Skidamarink a dink a dink,Skidamarink a doo,I love you.
I love you in the morning and in the afternoon, I love you in the evening and underneath the moon;
Oh, Skidamarink a dink a dink,Skidamarink a doo,I love you!

(The most tongue-twitching...)

His 1st class at Julia Gabriel- Kuala Lumpur

This is the 1st lesson of a new term (Term 4) and this is the longest term of the year as it consists 12 weeks rather than the normal 10 weeks.

Dear took half day leave today to bring us there and support Ziqian! :)

The class size is relatively small as there are only 6 babies/ toddlers in the class (ranging from 8month old to 14month old) which is a good age range.

Ziqian was very friendly to other babies, he crawled towards them and played together, passing toys to others. And he was also very participative, he was so funny during the "music box" time as he pulled to stand and supported himself on the box and didn't allow others to open it! Haa..

We enjoyed ourself tremendously. The teachers are good & very attentive, the environment is nice especially the outdoor garden, it is so spacious & beautiful. I believe Ziqian had a good time also coz he was always flashing his cheerful beaming smile! Due to a smaller class size, we had more interaction with the teachers compared to our class @ JG - Forum.

I really look forward to all the coming classes!

* Now gonna find a reliable taxi driver and book his service so he can ferry us to and fro the class.

Playing Peekaboo with Papa & Teacher Lizzie

This roller coaster is fun! :)