another episode of sickness

(19 Aug... lazy mommy again didn't update regularly)

Just thot I recovered from the very sinister cough not long ago. I started to have runny nose shortly after.. being very kiasi/kiasu parents, daddy & mommy brot me to see dr Ong again. Sigh.. think all the aunties in the clinic know me pretty well by now. See my face oredi know my serial number.. sigh.. is tat a good sign? Dr said it’s a new strain of flu bug again and gave me some flu medication and told mommy just let it run its course.

while waiting outside the clinic.

when the wait turned out to be unexpectedly long.... i was cranky and hungry.

Obviously I am not strong. Cos over the weekend, I started to have fever. So daddy and mommy brought me to see another PD I frequented at TMC. There I did a nose swab test for H1N1. luckily it was negative. After taking more medicine, I went home.

Although I still got fever on-off, I went for ma-ma’s birthday dinner at Tung Lok signature at vivocity. I really enjoyed it cos I get to eat all the nice food usually not allowed. Like the shark’s fin soup with shredded chicken.. spinach tou fu… and the spinach with eggs. Yummy… and for the first time, I ate rice with these nice dishes together.

father and son outfit

a rare family photo

my blur look when they sang the birthday song

But mommy regretted of bringing me out when I was not feeling well. Cos tat nite, my temperature shot up to 38.5. mommy had to give me a dose of nurofen to bring my temperature down and also sponge me in the midnite to keep me cool.

Since then, my fever hovered around 38 degree. Daddy and mommy decided to bring me to see doc again. And this time… I have to eat antibiotics. Sigh sigh sigh…

new pattern

For the past national day long weekend, I have developed new pattern… maybe it’s true.. every month I will do something new, my way to celebrate that I am one month older.

For 3 days consecutively, I have only taken one nap during noon time. But this nap lasted long to be 2 hours. Saturday nite, I managed to sleep around 8plus.. then Sunday nite, I was cranky and slept at 7plus.. but Monday nite.. daddy & mommy brought me out for dinner with ma – ma, ye-ye and I was overexcited.

how happy i am.. with porridge in my mouth...

At the restaurant, I attempted to walk around but obviously not as good as at home since I am not used to walk in shoes.

Then mommy let me try some crab beehoon and shark’s fin soup, I think I enjoyed it cos when there was no more, I screamed… but mommy said I cannot eat too much cos it’s very salty with strong flavorings. But I do know how to appreciate better things in life rite?

when mommy refused to let me have more crab bee hoon


Then at the end of the dinner, there is some lime in the dessert. When I saw it, I gestured that I want to eat, then daddy held one slice in his hand and let me suck. Surprisingly, I wasn’t scared of sourness and actually quite enjoyed it.

Although I looked tired, I still refused to sleep when we reached home, I attempted to push chair around home again.. when mommy tried to bring me into bedroom, I held the door frame and refused to go inside. but mommy forced me to sleep on the bed even though I was screaming loudly. Soon I was on my way to lalaland.

passport finally

mommy has been contemplating to do a passport for me for very long.. but with my often sickness as well as the current H1N1 situation globally, going overseas has never materialised. thus no immediate urgency to do a passport.

however, she did try to take a photo of me good enough for a passport at home. but with numerous attempts, including make me sit on the potty with a white board behind, on the barney dvd and make me sit in the highchair with the white board, or even asking help from wai gong using his DSLR which supposedly capture my action faster... alas.. none of the above succeeded as all the photos with me either not looking into the camera or not 100% front view with two ears showing...even the cropping failed. whenever mommy tried to load the pic for the online application, all has been rejected.

the need finally arose when mommy saw the Club Med promotion and decided we should go for a short getaway as a family. so yesterday, she and daddy brought me to a photo kiosk to take passport photo. it's definitely a hard job. daddy make me sit on his shoulders and he squatted down to make me just nicely fit in the white background. mommy stood beside the auntie and tried to catch my attention using the photo frame... the empty albums on the shelf. finally, a small mirror for customer did the trick. i looked right into the camera and the auntie was fast enough to capture tat moment....

viola! this is the final product.

i do look a bit shocked though.. don't you think so? but i like this pic too cos i was holding it all the time when i was back at home.. and even laughed at myself.

now i am positively looking forward to my new passport. or even more so, the bintan trip at club med with daddy & mommy in September!

no.. No... NO!!! DARREEN!!!

tat's prob the most said phrase at home now. the close second being "darren, CANNOT...." who says it's terrible two, the "terrible-ness" starts at 15mth... or rather starts when the little one can start move around freely.

mommy is really amazed at how much the little one has grown overnite. at the 2nd week of my 15mth, i start to walk more on my own. i can drink from straw.. (FINALLY!!!) and i understand most of mommy's instruction. ok.. sometimes i just pretend not to listen... shhh... like when i want to open drawer repeatedly even though mommy said NO.. like when i start throwing things on the coffee table even though mommy said NO... like when i still like to stand just in front of the TV even though when mommy said NO...

think the little one is really at the stage tat whereby everyday will have new surprises.

this is something mommy finally caught me on video after numerous trys. mostly cos she has to keep an eye on me and try to video at the same time. and also partly cos i was too quick for her to catch. i just start walking unexpectedly and she has no time to grab the camera.

double happiness

i turned 15mth today! and today is also the national day!

but the happiest moment got to be i am able to walk INDEPENDENTLY for abt 1o steps myself!
yippee, tat's a great achievement...

and it happened quite unexpectedly. we just came back from supermarket, and i was as usual crawling around, then i picked up a plastic stick under the table.. stood up while holding it and just WALKED... right from the coffee table to the tv consol.

mommy was overjoyed and she didn't really count properly... so she estimated ard 10 steps....

but after tat magical moment, i am back to my usual.. crawling, walking with support again...

waiting for my next magical moment... shouldn't be long though...

Naughty or timid?

Although officially I still cannot walk independently yet, I just like to roam around in the house. Just a question whether I am willing to let go of the support. I’ve been practicing long and hard by pushing chairs all around the home.

There is this yellow child chair, the push walker, the red stool and now even my own high chair. Oh I attempted to push my own stroller too. The fav place got to be the kitchen, I will either lead mommy to walk to the kitchen or push a chair and walk there myself. Then I will let go of the support and turned to the drawers and start pulling and closing it. or open and close the cupboard door.. the expression is super funnie. When I am scared of hurting my fingers or the loud banging sound, I will close my eyes and with a very careful/scared expression on my face. Hahahah

caught in action!

Sometimes when I was holding mommy’s hand to walk, mommy will suddenly let go, and I can walk one or two steps on my own before falling on the floor. Now I know mommy’s trick liao, once she let go, I will lean back on her legs cos I know she is just behind me!

teething darren = cranky & whiny darren

Its’ been quite a while for me with 8 teeth. But recently I started teething again. And this time is not one, not two.. but at least 6 or 8!

The two big molar on the upper jaw are oredi out which mommy only realized recently and suspected it’s been out for quite a while. Then over the last weekend, mommy can see the two incisor on the upper jaw going to erupt soon. Then the incisor on the bottom jaw also going to erupt soon cos the gum has become hard and can see a bit of whitish under the gum. When I finally willing to open my mouth, mommy thot she saw a bit whitish on the bottom left molar too?

Even though mommy has been brushing teeth for me using the finger brush with the first teeth toothpaste, there is still some blackish stain on my teeth. So mommy was thinking when would be an appropriate time to bring me to see a dentist. Maybe soon.. when I can understand mommy’s instruction.

my signature move during the past week, while one hand holding a spoon to bite..the other hand pushing the chair and walking around.