Gynae & PD Review

We brought Zq to PD's review today before we set off for Beijing this Sunday.

He weighed 11kg and 85cm tall. I voiced out my concern of Zq's slow weight increment and Dr assured me that it was normal for baby around this age to gain their weight very slowly, they grow more in height instead.

We were glad to hear that his asthma was well-controlled. He is so active nowadays that PD said it's a good thing as he exercise lots and that definately helps his lungs and build up his immunity.

As for his speech development, PD said that it is generally slower for boys. So we just have to monitor his situation till he's 2 yr old. Meanwhile, i will still keep reading story books and singing to him. Hope he will start calling Mama & Papa soon! :) He able to understand lots of things and commands, so PD said not to worry about his mental development, his speech development will improve if we keep talking to him.

I also visited my gynae today for a final review. All was well and little baobei was 606g as at my week 22+... We had a 3D scan for him but only part of his face was revealed as his right hand blocked his right side of face.. hee..

And what's more, we spent about $400 to buy all my pregnancy supplements and all Zq's basic medicines. I think it's better play safe than to be sorry, so i had a 1st aid kit box set up just for Zq. And now we are all ready for this relocation, hope it will be a happy and smooth one! :)

CNY Reunion Lunch 2009

Our family had grown from 5 to 10 (or shd i say 12 coz KC and my sis will get married this year end and my "cow-boy" will be arriving this May :p)

Anyway, this is a special year as we decide to dine-out instead of our usual steamboat reunion. The reason is because we do not want to tire out mama coz the pax is getting bigger and our dining table cant accommodate to the whole lot at once! :)

Glad that the 3 little ones are cooperative throughout the meal, i think the main reason for Zq and Tongtong to sit so obediently is because of the yummy food, esp the cod fish!

Zq: Im all ready for the yummy food! Im sure look handsome in this tang zhuang right? hee...

Practicing Gongxi Gongxi at the table wi his enchanting smile, he knows how to win ppl hearts for sure! :p

Mischievous look!

U can see how greedy both my sis are! HAA!

Papa & mama

KC and ah jing

Da jie and family (xun xun is sleeping soundly in her pram.. so cute!)

Zq busy messing around with the non-smoking sign.. So difficult to take photos of him nowadays coz he simply refuse to stay still, and dun bother to bring along his stroller nowadays coz he refuse to sit in as well! Always starts screaming and yelling loud when we start to lower him on any seats, be it high chair or stroller, he really loves to roam about and never wan to be confine even in a room, he can walk 2 hours non-stop and without wanting us to carry... He will only sit in his car seat obediently coz he knows it's gai gai time.. What a smart boy!

Our family photos:

I love this photo very much! I think everyone looks fabulous in our oriental costumes!

恭喜! 恭喜!

In his very agitated way :)


Zq's agitated Gong Xi Xi & Hongbao Yi Ge Lai :p from Carol Toh on Vimeo.

My new arrival from GAP

He moved the box from balcony and climbed in himself. I kept the box for packing my stuff into the storeroom and he decided to pack himself in! :)

Mr Picasso

His masterpiece. All by himself without any help.

The right pic looks like a crocodile right? :)

Flu Vaccine

Zq had his 1st jab of flu vaccine this morning. He weighed exactly at 11kg. Height not known coz no measurement done.

He seemed to remember the clinic, so he was rather apprehend when i brought him in. But all was done very quickly and he was back to his usual cheeky self after a short loud wail! :p

His next vaccination will be in May-09 for his 2nd dose of Hep A.

Dreambag!

My dreambags had arrived! :) So happy!!!

Glad that the quality turned out as good as what i expected. And i think it was really a good deal coz i bought a pair of it at S$50+

And i'm now contemplating to get more beautiful designs of it! :)

http://www.thedreambag.co.uk/

Thanks Esther for your help! Muacks!

Boys should be boys

Just received this book from Amazon. Hope it will be a good help on how to raising up my 2 boys! :)

Recently been very busy with all the packing and preparing for the relocation, didn't have much time to do all my readings, hopefully can catch up soon when we settle down at BJ...

Fluffy Cap

Got this for him from Beijing! Isn't it cute?! :)

Back from Beijing

I cried the 1st moment when i back home while he smiled so happily at me... Dear was teary too. He said that was a very touching moment he would never forget, me too. He opened his arms wde and wanted us to carry once he saw us, but i felt so bad that i had to reject him coz i need to bath and clean myself first before i touched him, though i wana hug him tight in my arms so so much!

A BIG thanks to my mama who take care of Zq while we were away. Mama, u really did a fantastic job! There's no one else i will entrust Zq to beside you. I know for sure that he is in good hand and he loves you so much too...

I had a feeling that mama didn't reveal some facts to me while we away at Beijing. Everytime i called home, she was always so reassuring, telling me that Zq was doing fine, and everything was in place. Finally she told me the truth when we back. Zq had turned into a crybaby these few days and situation turned bad on our last day at Beijing. He cried when he woke up from naps and cried over tiny weeny stuff which he would never bother at all at past, he would look around and seems like searching for things frantically... Papa said he must have miss us badly and mama thought so too, but they didn't want to let us know as they didn't want us to worry over there.. Mama really knows me well, literally i cried every night at hotel there, coz i missed Zq too much... Every now and then i would glance at my watch to see what's the time, what Zq should be doing now, had he napped, had he eaten, bathed already... And i kept thinking that he must be feeling sad also, coz mummy was not by his side, he was too young to tell me that he miss me but i know he did miss me badly too, from the 1st sight that he looked at me when i back...

Glad that it was all over! And im back to Zq again.. I will never leave his side again. I told hubby this over and over again. It was too painful for me and i had not cried and so sad very long time already... Whenever i wana go, Zq shall go with me. If it's not advisable to bring him along, i rather don't go anyway...

Back to our Beijing trip, other than house viewing we basically did not tour around & explore Beijing at all. The only place we went was the Yashow wholesale centre and i got lotsa and lotsa Zq's clothings over there! No time to visit The Great Wall, Zi Jing Cheng, Tian An Men all famous attractions at BJ. But it was okay coz i wana bring Zq along also, how can i miss him out on all these meaningful histories though he maybe too young to appreciate now.

Some photos taken at BJ:

Red riding hood at 0 degree celsius

The development that we gonna stay @ BJ

What a funny sight right! A man riding a horse on a busy road selling very very sweet mandarin orange. We bought from 3 jin from them at 5 RMB... Cheap!

The only photo we took during this trip and it was so blur!!! We realised that no photo of us was taken, so must die die take one on our departure :p

Our flight home! 1st in the rows! Hurray!

First 2 days at Beijing

Today is our 2nd day at Beijing. Not relocating here yet, but it's more of a trip to meet Dear's boss, deciding on Zq's school and our accommodation here.

I bet this is the 1st trip in my life that im not reall enjoying, simply because Zq is not by my side, i miss him so badly... But im glad that i didn't bring him along as it's freezing here with temperature hovering ard -3 to 3 degree celsius...

It have been quite a fruitful trip so far, we visited quite a number of apartments here at Palm Spring International Apartments and Park Avenue and the shortlisted school for Zq. We are very satisfied with the school, with its very spacious and beautiful nursery class, their montessori programmes seems very interesting and focus lots on lifeskill. However Zq has to go thru a body-checkup before enrolment and we shall bring him to one of these checkup when we here at early Feb, to prepare him for his enrolment on early March.

The apartments here are very highclass, just like 5 star hotels settings and finishings, and the amenities are good as well, so most likely we will decide on an apartment before we back to Singapore. We will find time to go to the wholesale centres here, heard items are cheap & good, i must grab some back for Zq!

When we left home for airport yesterday morning, Zq suddenly woke up at 6am and he clinged onto me and didn't wana let go, kept crying while my ma carried him away... i was very very very sad, never so sad before.. I cried all the way from home to airport, and till now i still weep on n off when i think of Zq.. I had packed one of his worn clothing in my luggage coz i wana smell his body smell when i miss him... Im teary now again.. This is the 1st time i leave his side for so long.. I have been with him for almost 24/7 since he was borned, so this parting is so so miserable for me and i never want this to happen again...

When i called back home, mama said he was generally ok, still eat & play well, but occassionally he will walk ard the house and seems like looking for someone.. I cried immediately when i heard this, i very sad and hope Zq not thinking that mummy don't want him already... I really wish i can fly home now and hug him tight...

It's a BOY!

Had my detailed scan at TMC today and it is confirmed that im having a BOY!

Xiao baobei is very cooperative today and the scan was done smoothly. The sonographer commented that baby is BIG as most of his measurement (head circumference, femur length, humerus length, abdominal circumference all exceed 95 percentile!)

And from the side view, he has high nose as Zq also :) Much more relieved now to know that baby is growing well and active in me, coz till now i have yet to feel his movements.. She told me might be the fluid that as a barrier for me to detect anything but i think more likely to be my super duper thick FAT hindering xiao baobei to "communicate" to me! So baobei, u must kick mummy harder ya! hee..

Upon seeing the report, Dr Ang decided to shift my EDD earlier by a week. So most probably i will be having a Taurus + Cow boy, doublr bullish! :)

And he also explained to me my wish to have VBAC (vagina birth after caessarian), we have to depend on baby's size also, if he's too big (>3.2kg), there's a risk of my wound rupture during delivery and baby will be very very dangerous.. So i shall not think about it first, just enjoy the rest of my 4months and wait for my big day! :)

Reunion dinner 2009

Every year we will have our reunion dinner somewhere close to Chinese New Year. This year is Zq's 2nd time joining us and what make us excited is he is able to eat & enjoy the food we prepared! Last year he was still toothless and solid foods were definately a NO NO.. :p

Next year, our little family will be growing as small baobei will be joining us as well! Definately more fun & noisier! :)

Ooh, what's that on mummy's chopstick?!

Umm....

GOOD! (his version of "good", hee :p)

I think they must have forgotten abt me.. Mama & papa, im still waiting for my share leh!

Here's the link of our last year reunion dinner. See how much Zq had grown! :)
http://ziqianbaobei.blogspot.com/2008/02/our-1st-reunion-dinner.html