Jan10 gathering at Yee Lin's new place

Asked MIL to bring RaeAnne home after PG today and brought Raelynn for a gathering. Luckily her fever subsided after yesterday morning. Yee Lin invited us and her new place is at Bedok South Ave 3, it is on the 21st floor with a lovely seaview. Her corner neighbour had an even better view and I even took a photo from the lift landing.

The babies had fun interacting with one another. Ayden and Mattias even had a wrestle. Raelynn was quite guai and had a 1.5 hrs nap after her porridge lunch on the bumper mat. hahaha. :)

The spread of the fever 'bug'?

Mei Mei also developed a fever this afternoon. She has been napping a lot today and after her nap, her temperature was 37.8 so we had to give panadol to her too. Poor Mei Mei, hope she gets well soon. Sigh...

On Fri, I called TMC LC cos Raelynn has not been very interested whenever I tried to BF her. Spoke to Liqin, the LC whom I liked. She said that since Raelynn is already 9 months old, I only need to BF her 2-3 times a day instead of BFing her every 3-4 hours.

My usual schedule for Raelynn is:
6am - Milk
830-9am - Milk
930am - Cereal
12-1pm - Milk
2pm - Cereal
5-6pm - Milk
730pm - Porridge
930-10pm- Milk

That's a total of 5 milk feeds, no wonder she is not interested. The LC suggests that I only feed morning, afternoon and night. Told her that after I try to BF her and unsuccessful, she will take 8 scoops of cereals (before cooking). Liqin said this means that the baby is more interested in solids than milk. She asked me to try and express and put the milk in bottle and see if she is more keen. If not, then put the EBM into the cereal which I have been doing.

So I think I will try to revise my schedule to:
630-7am - Milk
930am - Cereal
10am - Shower
Morning nap (1 hr)
1230-1pm - Cereal/fruit or porridge
Afternoon nap (2 hrs)
5pm - Shower
5-530pm - Milk
730pm - Porridge
930-10pm - Milk

Fever started again

Got a call from Raeanne's teacher this morning and she said RaeAnne got fever of 37.7. Thought it was strange but asked maid to bring her back. Checked our own thermometer and it was 37.2. My own temperature is 36.8 so she is just a bit warm. Maybe cos we tried to prick and squeeze out the remaining pus yesterday but failed cos inside harden already. :P Anyway, MIL was supposed to bring her home after school cos I'm going to Natas. So, I personally deposited her after feeding fever med and antibiotics. ;P

Went to natas fair, booked F&E package to Taiwan, had quick lunch at new Texas chicken. Came home, put down things, try to BF Mei Mei but she is not interested. So, I went to visit RaeAnne and bring the cream and thermometer cos I forgot to bring there this morning. Luckily I went cos her fever spiked up to 38.7, helped to feed med cos FIL couldn't seem to be able to do it.

Rushed back to feed Raelynn milk. Sigh, there goes my hopes of a relaxing Friday night. Was hoping to catch Inception with hubby before they take it down. :P Of course, we couldn't do that now cos we have to bring RaeAnne back. Hubby had 7 missed calls from FIL when we were having dinner. He rushed back to feed fever med while I finished my pre booked massage. Raeanne slept close to 11pm after hubby fed ibufen at 8+pm.

Mei Mei was wide awake after I fed her milk at 1130pm. But I still needed to pump milk. Hubby couldn't keep his eyes open so he was not in the mood to watch over her when she was exploring our bed. The maid had already gone to sleep when I was BF Mei Mei. But at 1am, I also 'buay tahan' and passed her back to the maid cos she refused to nurse nor to sleep in my room. :P

Finally had some time to check in on my FB games and to post. :P

RaeAnne's infected mosquito bite.... :(

Was surprised when raeanne fell asleep on her own this afternoon at 2pm. Something is fishy cos she is usually so hard to put to sleep. When I hugged her and kissed her good night, she felt a bit hot, not just the arm that had an infected mosquito bite but even her neck. Decided to use the infrared thermoter on her forehead. And it was 38.7 deg, Mei Mei who was the control was only 36.7 so the thermometer is working fine.

Yesterday afternoon, noticed that she had a swelling on the underside of her right forearm. I only noticed it yesterday but the mosquito bite mark has been a few days according to hubby n maid. Ya, Think it started from a mosquito bite but somehow got infected n inflamed slowly. She didn't complain of pain n no sudden onset of fever, that's why we were not vigilant. :p Told hubby there is pus inside, that's why it is hot and red. Maid said she applied Desowen but it was no use. Asked hubby to apply 'qing cao you' when she sleeps cos she refuse to let us apply anything on her nowadays.

Today, her swelling is one dollar coin size, red n hard with a yellowish 'head'. Got pus inside Liao, I think the fever should be due to that cos she has no other symptoms. Brought RaeAnne to GP after she woke up twice from her nap. Gave her panadol syrup before we left, ear temperature was 39.5 when taken by GP. Asked MIL to accompany us cos it was enroute to GP. Good decision cos end up I had to prick the head with a sterile needle given by GP while MIL helped to press out the pus. The blood was blackish in colour. Still got some pus left but she is complaining about the pain. So we left it. Anyway, GP gave antibiotics plus cream so that should do the job to clear the remaining pus. :P Squeezed out at least 1 teaspoon of pus. Yucks! Should have asked GP to do it when we were in the clinic. FIL hid in the room, don't dare to watch.


The swelling is still quite hard. In hindsight, maybe should have squeezed out all the pus. Cos I can't possible prick her again to squeeze cos a scab has already formed over the 'head' :P Fever is almost down but hubby is worried so feed one more time panadol before she sleeps. She is super 'manja' tonight, keep saying 'pain pain. Mummy sayang'. Want me to hug her to sleep too. I tried to sleep with her and she fell asleep. I felt guilty that all of us missed out on her sore mosquito until it got so big and swollen. Poor gal. :(

An afternoon outing... :)

For once, Raeanne napped at 1pm today without fussing and with air con. Mei Mei woke up when I was trying to put RaeAnne to sleep so I left the room with mei Mei. By the time, I have finished BF Mei Mei, about 5-10 mins later, she was already sound asleep. How I wish everyday wil be like that. She slept till 3pm. I was in such a good mood that i brought her, Raelynn and the maid out. The maid of course is overjoyed lar cos she gets to go shopping and have afternoon tea. See the beaming photo. :P

Let RaeAnne choose between cake, bread or fries and she chose cake. So, we went to have some cakes at Delifrance. Mei mei looked so sad when we are all eating in front of her that I let her try a warm soft bread roll. At least it is fresh right? She loves it and kept jumping up and down. :)

RaeAnne enjoyed herself sitting in the yellow van, turning the driver's wheel left and right. She asked me 'Mummy, which one left? which one right? :) Then went to popular where I bought a 'kiddy white board' for the fridge for $1.50 so that I can write down the food in the fridge and plan the daily menu better. A lot of times, I forgot what is in the fridge and they end up rotting. :P

Switch on the air con again just now but the magic was lost. She took more than 1 hour to fall asleep only slightly before 11pm and kept biting her nails. Don't know why she is not tired since she woke up at 3pm, more than 6 hours ago when I tried to make her sleep at 930pm. Anyway, time to apply 'Nailbite' solution again. :P

Forgot to upload this photo of Raelynn's bottom incisors taken last week - 14 Aug. She looks funny in this photo hor? Like being tortured. Guilty guilty... Bo bian cos it is not easy to make her laugh unlike Cheh Cheh. :P I think her top teeth may be sprouting soon cos she is sucking her gums like an old lady again. :P

RaeAnne's booster seat

RaeAnne turned 31 months yesterday and it was time to get her a booster car seat cos Mei Mei is getting too big for her Maxi cosi capsule seat. Wanna move Mei Mei to Cheh Cheh's forward facing car seat so bought a Evenflo Flower Power Big kid High back booster seat for RaeAnne on the last day of Taka baby fair. Used my vouchers and got free delivery too. The car seat costs $139, $10 more than Maxi Cosi Rodi XPS but the Rodi is more bulky and our car is really too small for 2 Maxi Cosi. :P Hope RaeAnne likes her new car seat cos the colours are really sweet to me. :)

Gathering with Jan10 mummies

MIL offered to bring RaeAnne back from school today and RaeAnne said she wants to go Nai Nai house so I'm suddenly free. Decided to join the gathering with the Jan10 mummies at Earle Swensons, T3. Caught up with Yee Lin and cute smiley Ayden who allowed me to carry him to the buffet table without crying. :)

Little Ms bossy

Somehow, RaeAnne has this 'phobia' of sneezing and insist she is 'cold cold' if the fan is on or if it is windy. She will even switch off the power switch and tell us proudly that 'me off power'. It's frustrating for me cos I can't stand the heat esp when I'm BFing Raelynn.

Yesterday, she closed the balcony door in the living room cos it was going to rain and windy. I escaped to my room and switched on the fan. She came to look for me and wanted me to go to the living room.

I said, 'No, hot hot, just now you closed the balcony door. Mummy don't like hot hot. Mummy don't want to go. You go and open the balcony door first, then Mummy go over.'
Her reply: 'Mummy big girl. Mummy open the door yourself'. Always tell her she is a big girl. Must wear her own shoes, sleep on her own, hold her own milk bottle etc and she used it against me. Faint! :P

Ba ba ba...

Raelynn has been saying ba ba ba recently. Not sure if she's calling 爸爸 or just babbling. She's been standing quite steady sometimes with her legs wide open. I let her play with RaeAnne's wooden piano today and surprisingly she can sit there quite long and bang on the notes. Told hubby that she can concentrate longer on the piano than Cheh Cheh. Hope she inherits Daddy's creative genes and there is some pmusical talent in this one. ;P

Last night, both hubby and me refuse to carry RaeAnne nor pat her to sleep so she asked for Aunty. Even the maid was surprised. But yes, it was the maid who put her to sleept last night. This afternoon, after I finished reading her a few stories, she said she wanted Aunty (maid) to bao bao her and pat her to sleep. It was funny to hear the maid singing 睡吧，睡吧，你是我们的宝贝。睡吧睡吧，我们都爱你。Her Mandarin pronunication wasn't clear but I give her top marks for making an effort. RaeAnne slept from 2pm to 330pm today.

Tonight, we went to the nearby CC NTUC to get some last minute groceries and as I predicted, she started yawning at 9pm, 5.5 hours after she woke up at 330pm. Realised the window when she gets sleepy is always between 5.5 - 6 hrs after her last nap. But she needs everything to be right before she will fall asleep. She insisted on eating the cake we bought from Prima deli when she came back so she hardly touched her milk, only drank 40ml. And it was late, so she fell asleep without brushing her teeth nor emptying her bladder and without the fan since she insisted. Just woke up 5 mins ago and I had sit with her till she fell asleep again. Hope she doesn't wet her bed nor woke up again. :P

Sleepy, grouchy RaeAnne

RaeAnne refused to nap though I tried from 1pm to 330pm. Gave up and decided not to force her to nap since she was crying and refused to lie down nor stay in her room as usual. Kept saying she wants to go to Ye ye, Nai Nai house. Got to keep bluffing her that both of them went out.

At 4pm, brought her out with the maid and baby to Tampines interchange by bus cos Filamie wanted to TT $ to her husband. Hubby and I are not free to bring her to post office tom. All was well but can tell that she was a bit sleepy at Macdonalds where I sat to wait for the maid. But by 8pm when I was taking my shower, she was having a major meltdown and was inconsolable.

She refused to pee though she kept clutching her panties. Hubby couldn't calm her down nor could I. Had to force her to pee on my shower cubicle cos she was holding in her pee, crying and screaming and could not 'tahan' anymore. Luckily after I washed and changed her and hugged her, she calmed down. Brought her back to her room and she KO without milk and without brushing her teeth nor go to potty. She woke up at 10pm to cry but I managed to settle her down again. Hope she can rest well tonight. Cos both hubby and me are busy tomorrow.

One of the Jan08 mummies gave me a freelance translation contact. I contacted him in early Aug and he just gave me some assignments so I have been busy for the past few nights. The first one on Wed night, spent 11pm-130am to translate, tonight, got another assignment and took me another 2.5 hrs from 9pm - 12midnight (minus 30mins when I had to settle down at 10pm). Earned only $60, hubby said he give tuition faster. True, the rates are pretty low for Eng-Chinese. Too bad I am not proficient in any foreign language eg. Japanese. Got to sacrifice on sleep cos I can do the translation at night after RaeAnne sleeps. But hey, at least I've got an interest in translation and can make some '奶粉钱', $60 can buy 1.5 tins of Friso3? hahaha.

Sigh, only pumped once yesterday and this morning, kenna blocked duct on left side liao. Ouch, ouch. Tried to hand massage twice plus latch RaeAnne on the painful part twice still like that. Really sian, why 4d not so 'zun', blocked duct always so 'zun'. :(