To the Doctor

My Dad drove my sons and I to the our family doctor this morning.. Kieron and I had a hard night sleeping, we'd been coughing whole night.

Doctor said we had bad bad bad flu. Luckily Kieron not having HFMDs which is really in peak now. He will be on MC for 2 days. That's good too.. Even if he goes to school with his current condition, his teacher will send him home. I passed the MC chit to his teacher after seeing doctor. She also said "Aiyo..." Took worksheet from her to let him do at home too.. Don't wanna let him think that "Wa, no school no homework, so good" But, it seems I worried too much. haha.. He insisted in going school, he said he wants to do art and craft. He's really my son. He loves this subject as much as I do. Doctor gave me a check too.. hehe.. MY high blood pressure had gone back to normal! Yeah!! Protein leakage from the kidney will recover when the pressure is under control too, just that it's not immediate issue.. So I still can't really overwork, rest is still crucial.. Believe me.. I'm really trying to rest more le.. hehe.. Pals.. Don't worry too much about me.. I'm doing well. Just a bit shagged..


It's a miserable afternoon for me. After cooking pork mee sua for my sick son and had our medicine. I felt so "High" and "Soft".. The effect of the medicine came in within half an hour. Feel so light headed and weak.. And really sleepy. Kieron managed to take his nap. But I can't, my sweet Kayden's so alert. His dad couldn't cope by himself. So here I am again. haha...

After he went for his nap, at first I thought of going for a nap as well.. But, this time round, Kieron woke up. hahahahha.. Went marketing at Vista Point and carried 6 large plastic bags full of groceries. Tired and shakey arms.. haha..

Almost dozed off a few times while milking Kayden, haha.. Tonight I shall SLEEP EARLY, if situation permits. haha.. Dinner for tonight will be Crab Meat Fried Rice.


Tomorrow gonna be another shagged day for me, need to finish off my 2nd round of spring cleaning before dad drove my another batch of things over on Thursday. hahaha..


Kayden's excited over his elder bro's "Ding Dong Ding Dong" song.

Kayden's new toy - bath scrub. Its clean and soft. Not harmful to baby. hehe..

Kayden's followup with his Surgeon

Brought Kayden and Kieron to KKH's Children Surgery Centre today. It's Kayden's hernia followup.


Kayden's surgeon gave him a check. It's a good news... His stuck intestine at his naval base had reduced to half centimeter. The hole should be able to close up soon. & his risk of operation will be lesser too.. hehe... His next followup on his umbilical hernia be 6mths later. Yeah! Kayden's funny boy.. He's still throwing temper while waiting for his turn, cos he wanna milk. But when the doctor laid him on the examination bed and undressed him, he gave her a Great Wide Smile.. haha.. (Se se de..)

Kieron is kinda cute too.. When he heard the doctor said Kayden is getting better, he said, " 弟弟，你乖乖就不用开刀，可以快点好咯!" He himself is unwell too, gonna excused from school for 2 days. He's on "running tap" now (runny nose). haha..

Today had a fast checkup, just 1hour of waiting and consultation time. Great. If it's normal prematurity checkup, oh my goodness, we can wait for at least 3hours including blood test. Horrible..

Now Kayden is getting better, it's my turn to have good rest. (Hopefully la) haha.. You see my panda eyes and pale face. People thought I have serious illness.. & I have been feeling giddy lately.. Sianx..

Just hope everyone around me be happy and healthy. So much viruses around us now. Flu, cough, HFMDs.

I bullyin Kayden. Dont wanna carry him. hehe..

Sickly Weekends

All 3 of us are sick, same illness, Coughing, Running nose. Sianx.. Boxes of tissues are opened every few hours. haha.. Just exaggerating, not that serious..



Though sick but still can't get rest. Busy spring cleaning on Sunday, parents moved some of things and Kieron's toys over to my own house.
I'm busy tidying, looking through which are those that can be throw away..

Kieron is busy going through the things I dug out.
Kayden is busy babbling and smiling, he's so alert today, he woke up at 8.30am all the while till 3pm then took his first nap of the day. And his nap merely lasted 1hour. hahaha..
Aiyo.... Toooo much to clear.. Today's goods are just partial, there are still more to come in mum's house. hahaha.. Headache headache..

Kayden's future room becoming playroom aka temporary storeroom. hehe..

Kieron teasing Kayden

Saturday afternoon with Ultraman

It's a cloudy day today, with thunder and strong wind but no rain..

Kayden is doing well today, still coughing but much better than past few days. He don't cough that often and that frequent. Great!! He seems better mood today.. Got back his smiles and he wants to stick to his elder brother.


They watched Ultraman VCDs together. Both are "amazed" by Ultraman's power and are totally engrossed.. It's Kayden first time watching the superhero. He seems interested to him. When I tried to put him in the swing chair, he frowned. But when I carried him onto my lap watching the show. His eyes are as if "stuck" to the TV. hehe..




Kieron as usual. He loves his Ultraman shows. He can watch it over 20times without feeling bored. Eeee... hahaha..

Playful Kieron

Kieron is just so active as usual despite his brother being sick (he's not the one sick too, haha). He still likes to jump around, trying to be funny..

Busy with coughy Kayden

Been busy carrying Kayden for the past 3days, been consoling him, talking to him, watching over his breathing pattern. His cough neither turn worse nor get well. But I can see that he's really suffering.. Every morning or every late night, he will have this 2hours of non stop coughing.. And it really goes non stop. He has problem coughing out the phelgm. Whenever the phelgm finally gather at his throat and gonna come out, he will swallow back and start wailing. He will scream and cry at the same time..

By the time he finally vomit the phelgm out, he's totally shagged out with 2 puffy, teary eyes. He will turn his head up looking at me pitifully. All I can do is only pat his chest and carry him tight to let him feel secure.


Hope he can get better soon. He slimmed down after vomitting for 2days.

Kieron and his NEW shoes - BEN 10

Yesterday after Kayden's followup at KKH, went to buy Kieron's new school shoes and track shoes with my parents at Teck Whye. Today before going to school, "lovely" Kieron said he wanna wear new shoes. I said okay, since his old school shoes are rather too big for his feet.

Who noes he wanted to wear his Ben 10 track shoes instead. hahaha.. He simply refused to take off and even argued with his dad over 1 pair of shoes.

They learn new songs and alphabets in school this week. He made progress in understanding English at the same time too. hehe.. Good good.. Good till when I scolded him at home, he's able to say "You not nice" to me when he's unhappy. haha..


Today, I had a severe headache, totally lack of energy. Kayden's cough isn't doing good, so brought him to GP near my mum house. Too bad, the doctor said there's no medicine for babies under 3months old, that's why the doctor only prescribed nose solution for relieve the blockage at KKH. & she said that cos Kayden is premature baby, his actual age is only equivalent to 8weeks old instead of 12weeks old.
I didn't sleep since last night, checking on Kayden's breathing hourly till this morning. Because of prematurity, he has weaker lungs, so doctor from KKH told me to watch out for his breathing. Premature babies tend to become breathless or even worse suffocation because of the phelgm in their nose or throat. He didn't sleep well either, been crying on and off due to the coughing.

I feel sooooooooooo sooooooooo sleepy. No mood to laugh, no mood to talk, no mood to eat. But what to do, only can tolerate!!! Hoping he will get well soon. I wonder when will it be my turn to collapse.. Haiz..

Kayden has fallen ill, for the very first time

Dear Kayden has fallen really sick this time. He had bad cough with phelgm, runny nose due to the phelgm and luckily just mild fever for the moment.


He went for his premature checkup today at KKH. He had speedy growth. hehe.. He now weighs 5kgs, height of 55cm. He's catching up real fast, doctor said it's because of the breastmilk he's having. She told me to continue. That's my plan too, if the supply is ample when he grows bigger, thought of giving him full breastmilk till age of 1.

Just that there are still some minor issues to his health. He has lesser blood in him, that's because he's premature, he don't have reserved blood in him, so he has to continue his iron drops(medication) every morning. & he has lesser white blood cells in him, just like me.. So it means he can't go to crowded places or stay too near to sick people, he will catch virus easier than anyone even if he's on breastmilk. That's the problem of being premature.. Everything will only improve as he grows older.

He's real terror today. He screamed and wailed, instead of baby crying sound when the nurse poked his sole for blood test. He cried for at least 10mins, a lady walked out from the laboratory office just to check why is he crying, she said "He is SO FIERCE!" hahahaha...

2nd wailing of the day, the doctor woke him up from his sweet nap, by pressing onto his groin to check on his hernia problem, he cried so loud till the doctor got afraid and apologised non stop. hahaha..

3rd wailing of the day, I dropped 2 drops of solution into his blocked nose, to let the phelgm come out easier and faster. He cried so badly, he was looking at me pitifully, as if trying to tell me "I feel so miserable". He's seems very sensible, he was crying and babbling at the same time, when I was carrying and consoling him everything is gonna be fine.


Hope he will get better tomorrow... Hope the vomitting he has does help to clear his phelgm, then he won't have itchy throat too.. Kieron has been a good brother too, he will go to Kayden, consoling him, assuring him that he gonna be well soon. Really sweet of him...

2 loving brothers

Some people say elder brother will be jealous of younger brother and bully them. Some say elder will become sensitive and hate the younger one. Some say elder will want to snatch attention from parents and do all sorts of things to be center of attraction.


However, till now, I'm happy with Kieron's behaviour of being an elder brother. Not only he will help me when comes to handling Kayden, he will also volunteer to look after Kayden when I busy with household chores. He will come to Kayden, talking to him, asking him how is he, want to show him his work. He is always willing to share.

As for Kayden, he likes his elder brother too. He's able to sense Kieron's presence. Whenever he hears Kieron talking to me, he will look towards Kieron's direction and starts to babble. When Kieron responds to him, they will start their baby language. haha..

I feel real warmth, consolation and happiness whenever I see them sticking together.

Coughing Trend in town

Yes, this time not flu bug, but cough bug is "IN trend". Alot of people are coughing now..

My own family of 4 people are coughing, dry coughs, including baby Kayden. My mother has a bad cough as well.. Kieron's ex-babysitter whole family of 7 members had coughing problems too.. Alot more in Kieron's school... The bug is being passed around.. Miserable.. It's so dry till the throat feels itchy most of the times.. So intake of water has to be increased too..

Poor Kayden is getting sick for the very first time. He started his cough yesterday, had a couple times of vomitting, good in a way that he's able to vomit out the phelgm. Bad that milk will be vomit out as well.. Abit "wasting".. haha.. (Breastmilk is precious)

Luckily, Kieron just recovered from his cough. & Kayden be having his followup at KKH tomorrow, he can have his cough treated at the same time too.. Poor hubby has sore eye, been tearing and it starts to swell. For me, itchy throat and I'm rather stupid, I still don't know how to get the phelgm out of my throat at this age. hehe..

Kayden is getting more talkative and alert. He will talk and smile to me halfway while drinking his milk. Then I will have to "Uh.." "Oh..." "Ha nor" "Ya lor". Trying to show that I "understand" his language to motivate him into learning. hahaha..

Photo Taken today at Mum's house while waiting for Kieron. Kayden finally starts to grow faster, Newborn diaper is abit too tight for him now. hehe.. Should be able to change Size S next week. hehe..

Kieron had his haircut

Kieron had his haircut today AGAIN. He needs a haircut almost every 2weeks. The hairstylist, Jenny, said that it showed he had good nutrients intake, thus hair grow very fast...

He still wanna his "tails". So just trimmed his back and fringe, but had his centre area's hair cut short. Rather havoc look. hehe...


Before he has his haircut. SO messy look..


Looks neater now..

Brothers enjoyed playing together

Both are truly brothers and close till they refused to sleep early.



Kayden had fun seeing his brother making silly faces, and Kieron liked to see me scolding him with a hoarse voice (had a sore throat).


Seeing the 2 of them playing together made me had some thoughts. I'm grateful to have them safe and sound, healthy and happy by my side. I'm satisfied to have 2 cheerful, adorable yet witty kids. I'm happy that Kieron is a sensible boy, he's willing to share with his brother.. I still can't believe I'm a mother of 2 now. hehe..

I wish that the 2 brothers will have strong and close bond like me with my 2 other younger brothers. Kinship is very important...

Kayden's growing speed amazed alot parents

I didn't realise it till many parents came telling me how "solid" Kayden is.


They said Kayden doesn't look like a premature baby. Not only he looks chubby and happy, but his body growth too. He's able to hold his head upright now and with a straight back. Usually, normal babies only can do so at about 3mths+ to 4months even
those fast growing babies are consider slower than him. Because he's only 2mths+ now.



He likes me to carry him tight to my chest, and he will smile and babble to me, repeating and replying to every sentence I finished, as if he can understand and trying to point out his opinion. keke..

Kieron likes to tease his brother whenever he sees his brother awake

Kieron's girlfriend - Jiamin

Don't play play ah...

My dear Kieron has a girlfriend now. They will hold hands whenever teacher gets them to queue up, either to go into class or getting off school. & this little son of mine, will ignore my presence when I'm just in front of him, and follows wherever the gal holds him to.

This gal is called Jiamin, she's the tallest in the class, 2nd eldest in the class too.. hehe.. So can say, it's a Jie Di Lian.

Earlier tis afternoon, Jiamin insisted Kieron to follow her home. Her maid and I had a big laugh. They refused to let go of each other. So I suggested taking a photo together and back home. Who knows, this time came third party, Yang Hong, the most mischievious boy in the class, teacher always has to call his name to get him quiet.

From the photo, you can see how Kieron reacted with a third party joining them for photo taking. Kids... hehe..

See how tight they held each others' hands

Kieron can't focus with a "rival" next to him, keke..

Happy Jiamin, Weird looking Kieron, Cheeky Yang Hong

Guess Who

Here's a photo of 2 babies born at different times. One is Kieron taken in 2004, one is Kayden taken in 2008..

If you didn't read my previous post and see Kayden' latest photo, then u can try guessing this photo. Which is Kieron and which is Kayden? hehe...



Did you get it right...?
The one on your left is Kayden, and right is Kieron..

Similarity 99%. haha...

Scorching Tuesday

The weather is so hot today, the heat from the sun is like eating out the skin, prickly stings.

Had a chat with a neighbour who lives next to my mum. Had been a long long time since I last met her. We talked about kids. She's a mother of 3. Eldest is 3yrs older than me if I didn't remember wrong, 2nd son is same age as me (same schools from kindergarten till secondary sch), 3rd daughter is 23. She said I should take care of my sons till they are old. Not only they will be closer to me, but better discipline too. I was saying about the financial burden, she said she could understand because she had same situation as me when she was young. Money is never enough but children only once in a lifetime. Save a little every month does make a difference years later.

We shall see... Haiz.. It's so unpredictable in the society now. Anything can happen.


Kayden grows chubbier... The one on the left is taken on 1st Apr, right side taken this morning (15Apr).


Kieron is still the same, witty and cheeky. He's always happy to have his PSP gaming session during bus ride back home after his school. hehe..

It seems to be raining soon.. The sky suddenly turns cloudy and dark.. Gonna rain soon.. Sianx...

Marriage

After numerous quarrels and misunderstandings, rainbow still appears after a rainy day. My parents are now more bonded and loving as compared than before.


In a marriage, or can say to have a lasting marriage, communication, honesty, understanding, patience, determination and trust are really really important.
1.)No communication = won't be clear of each others' needs and feelings, distance will be greater
2.)No honesty = lies and secrets will only make misunderstandings arise, thorns will be grown inside the heart, no matter how long the history of the issue had been, the grudge still be there
3.)No understanding = try to put in each others' situation, everyone has their very own mindset and feeling, being too self-centered only hurt both parties in the end
4.)No patience = everyone is a special individual, no one is alike, accepting each others' bad and good points willingly, no matter how bad the situation be, be calm, there's always a solution for every problem
5.)No determination = everything needs effort to have good results. Believe in sucession and things will have good ending eventually
6.)No trust = relationship will be drifted apart, once trust is missing, sincere communication and honesty be missing too. No matter how much effort being put in, it still be a bad ending


After seeing so many marriages failing around me, winessing the ups and downs of my parents' marriage and personally experiencing a 5yrs marriage of my own, I learnt forgive and forget, to take and give, not be greedy are crucial too. No one is perfect, nothing good can last forever, just depends how you want to accept. Take things easy, be optimist and days will pass faster and lighter no matter what serious matters come. Take everyday as a lesson to learn, there's bound to have something to ponder on at night before you sleep. Think of how to make it better and next time will be better.

I didn't realised I have been together with hubby for 9years and married for 5years for this coming June. Time really flies... haha..

Wish everyone around me to have true happiness and with good health. Do cherish everyone around you when they are still around. There's no way for regrets because it's you who choose the path.

Sticky Kayden

Now, Kayden is able to recognise people. Or I can say he is very sensitive to my presence. He will want me around him, regardless he's sleeping or playing. A little too hard for me to do chores at the same time as well.. This shows he feels insecure with the others without me by his side.

But, he can "communicate" well with outsiders/strangers. He will laugh and try to talk to them when they play with him. A good sign for his age now. Sociable and aren't afraid of strangers. hehe...



He will reply whenever u say something or ask him something. & now, his neck has stiffen, he can hold his neck upright now. He will want to walk around more, instead of lying on the bed. Can't imagine how active will he be when his back stiffen. haha..


Our lunch for today is McDonalds. The sky is so dark and cloudy before Kieron ends his school, so we took a cab home instead of usual transport-bus. & it really rained
once we reached home. hehe..

Hope I can get some nap today, been so busy over the weekends. Tending the attention seeking brothers and tidying house tired me out really alot... Haiz.. There's still protein in my urine, really must find some time out to seek medication. I just kept forgetting about booking appointment at KKH. Hope my health won't worsen..

Kayden is trying to prove to me - He's Cheerful!

Yesterday I was still saying Kayden likes to frown to me, he only smiles to the others...

Oh dear... My dear Kayden woke up at 4am for his milk this morning, it's normal. But, he became full alert after he drank to his fill, he kept talking to me and smiling to me at the same time. Whenever I said to him, "Didi, I want to sleep, why you don't want to sleep?" He smiled back even wider..

*Faint*, i held him in a sitting position in front of me, he was so excited, "Uh... Oh... Ah..." He went on and on for half an hour, smiling with his dimples so happily. At 5am, Kieron woke up, wanting for his milk too. Then he asked me why I still don't want to sleep. I told him Didi bully me, he don't want to sleep. Didi immediately smiled, as if saying "Ya, I want to show mummy I can be talkative and cheerful too" Kieron was so sleepy that he told me to sleep early and laughed that Didi wanna bully me. -__-"'

By the time Kayden got tired, it's already 6am+. The sun gonna be awake soon. haha... Today I'm so hmmz, "high", as in the brain is like floating to somewhere out there, unable to concentrate. & it's a rainy, cooling day today, sobz... It will be so great to have good naps, but I can't...

YAWNZ... ... ...

It's Friday!!

A week passed just like this, everyday seems to end within seconds.

Today Kieron's supposed to submit a photo of his favourite pet to his teacher. But, his teacher, Mdm Siti, kinda had a shock when we passed them the photo, cos it's the only photo she got. Parents of the other kids didn't read the papers on what their kids gonna be taught over term 2. The teacher told me parents hardly read what their kids bring hom, so she had to go around, telling parents about it. hehe..

Kieron learnt new songs on alphabets and pronouciation. He tried singing to me, but opps, his English... hehe.. However, he's getting better, now he likes to say "What are you talking about?" when we talked to fast to him. At least he's trying to speak English. Hope he won't forget his Mother Tongue when he get hold of English. Don't wish to see him to be other kids speaking English to their grandparents when the elders can hardly understand what they are saying.

I told his teacher about Kieron's actual name's pronouciation as well, hehe.. After hearing what his classmates been calling him over the past few days, then I realised they followed what their teacher had mistaken. They called Kieron as "Karen", which is wrong, it should be "Ki Ron" not "Ki Ren". This name came from hubby's favourite football team's player, Newcastle United's Kieron Dyer. hehe...

Went Ichiban Sushi again, it's my 3rd time there this week. haha.. Today with my sons and brother, Xiang. He seemed troubled by the gals around him, getting jealous and emotional over the things he did in school. haha.. So sweet... This shows he's got the others' attention. A chance to know more and better of the gals too.. keke.. Opps.. I started missing my days clubbing and with guys going after me in the past, and that was hmmmz, WOW, about 5years ago, before I got married. hehe.. Olden days... Memories... Sweet...

Kayden was really in happy mood today, he babbled and laughed to the parents who played with him. When we reached home, he kept laughing and smiling to me. Especially when I made different sounds trying to "scare" him. hehe.. But, he's still not that "talkative" as Kieron. When Kieron's about Kayden's age, he could babble all by his own non stop for hours.. That's why he's good at "talking back" and "adult language" now. haha..

Today's dinner is a simple one, Cheese Sausage Bolongnese Pasta. hehe.. Hubby and I even argued about it, cos he said that I cooked too little when he already had his share. Now, he had to eat double share every meal. That explained why he had a sudden change of his figure. haha..

A day at Causeway Point

After Kieron's school, we went Causeway Point for a walk.

Before we start on our window shopping, I set some rules between Kieron and I. We proceed to his toy section after Kayden finish his milk in the nursing room. We will have sushi for lunch if he don't be unreasonable when I want him to leave. He really did behave quite well, just that he threw abit temper when I wanted him to leave when he watching some kids playing XBox in Metro. He was there for about 10mins, he tried to cry n yell when he refused to go. I had enough of my scoldings, so I just walked off and told him to enjoy. He realised I'm really angry, what he can do, walk with tears beside me.
I can't stand kids stuck in front of the xbox when they r still in sch uniform. Doesn't behave like what a student should. Sounds old fashioned thinking ya? Nope.. It's quite a bad way for them to stay around playing free games, refusing to go home. There's a primary school kid did that, his mum was beside him pleadin him to go cos she's getting tired, her son simply ignored her.
In the nursing room, Kieron playing psp while I breastfeed.

We had a quick lunch at Ichiban Sushi. Kieron had a big appetite today. He had his tamago nigiri, crispy lobster roll, unagi gunkan, potato croquette, tuna mayo gunkan and cheese delight..

Luckily we had lunch at Causeway Point, by the time we wanted to leave, the rain just stopped. hehe.. Save trouble using umbrella and handling 2 kids at the same time.