RaeAnne's new car seat

Bought a new car seat for RaeAnne at Baby Hyperstore, the Maxi Cosi Priori SPS which was $238 offer price no more so bought the Priori XP, newer model at $373 instead. Nearly wanted to go for the Tobi model cos the seat belt system is more user friendly. But it's $438, $65 more, seems too extravagant for something that can only use for a few years. Also, Tobi's seat height is higher, afraid RaeAnne will cry if she can't see me. Tried putting her in it but she cried both times cos we took a long time to figure out how to secure the seat belts. Really regretted not getting the Tobi model then. :P

Just saw a BP thread selling Priori XP pre orders for only $250, hope it's not true. :(

RaeAnne's starting to recognise faces

Brought RaeAnne to my second aunt's place for dinner, cos one of my cousins just came back from China for a short trip. Realise she's starting to recognise faces because she'll scream when someone she doesn't know carries her and will cry pitifully until hubby or me carries her. My second aunt tried to bathe her, she also cry. :P

She's sleeping late these two nights, last night also slept at 11+pm, but because she slept so late, she only woke up at close to 6am which was good for me cos I stayed up to watch the Beijing olympics opening ceremony highlights until 2am. :)

Since yesterday, we noticed that she mastered the art of booing with her tongue sticking out, so chor loh.

EYS brown rice

MIL let RaeAnne try Eu Yan Seng Brown Rice today, she said BB enjoys it more than Heinz rice cereal. May be heaty though so asked MIl to give her more water and scrapped apple. RaeAnne refused to sleep early today, only slept at 10+pm. Don't know when she's going to get up. Sigh.

First times

Was telling hubby that I missed so many RaeAnne's first times that his parents mentioned and he told me he'll only believe it when he sees it for himself because RaeAnne's proud grandparents tend to exaggerate on her accomplishments. Maybe true since I tried making RaeAnne pull on the cot sides to stand up and she can't. Feeling more comforted now. :)

Booing

Since last Friday, MIL has been telling us that RaeAnne has been booing and spraying her saliva all over, finally experienced for ourselves on Sat. Up till now, she's still booing away, sometimes even when I'm latching her on. Sounds rude but she looks so 'de yi' when she boo very loud so we'll leave it be. Anyway, other mummies said it's normal and their babies went through it too. :)

This morning, RaeAnne peeed on herself when I tried to change her diapers at 4+am, shouldn't have bothered, it was not as heavy as I thought. Ended up rinsing her shirt and my pyjamas after bf her. So tired that I didn't pump this morning before going to work.

ILs said she is able to pull herself to upright position so hubby and I lowered the cot side tonight. Tried to put her hands on the cot, she can hold and stand but did not pull herself upright leh. Ils also fed RaeAnne her first taste of scraped apple today but we were having dinner so didn't see it. MIL said her reaction was quite ok, better than avocado and sweet potato. So sad that I always miss her first times because I'm a FTWM. :(

Happy National Day!!!

Today is our first National Day with RaeAnne, after a leisurely morning, we went to nai nai house. Mummy went crazy with the camera today and took lots of photos. Too tired to describe everthing so we'll let the photos and captions tell the stories. Remember to mouse over the photos to see the captions. :)

WangWang!

Since I'm on leave today, spent the morning with RaeAnne, she woke up early before 7am. Called my mum at 730am to come and help me. She arrived at 8.15am when I was feeding RaeAnne and nodding off. My dear gal had already slept but she woke up when we tried putting her to sleep on her cot. Had some green bean soup brought by my mum and leftover cake for breakfast. Then showered her at 9+am, RaeAnne had fun playing with Waipo though she was reluctant to be carried by her initially. Need to warm up.

Around 12 noon, brought RaeAnne to ILs place with my mum. I let her try the Want Want Baby Rice cracker today and she loves it. Chomp down the thing so fast, we scared she'll choke so keep taking the bigger pieces out of her mouth though it actually dissolves quite fast. Then she'll keep grabbing our fingers for the cracker and the loose bits, quite funny to see her so enthusiastic about a food, wish I had brought my handycam to MIL's house to capture this. There are 2 other flavours, chicken and vegetables, I think. Next time must buy more. :)

Birthday day off

It's my birthday today, took leave to rest. Baby RaeAnne was 'picked up' by Nai Nai at usual 7am so got the chance to sleep in after that. Woke up when hubby surprised me with a cake and a birthday song. He also got me a present. We had the oreo cake from Angie the Choice. We polished half the cake between both of us.

Went to Rustic Nirvana and tried out their jamu massage, wrap and rose quartz facial for only $96. The jamu massage was good but the masseur was a bit forceful, the wrap was good, a herbal paste was applied on my body before I got wrapped and steamed. But the heat was too much towards the end and I felt my legs were being cooked so had to lift the canopy to let some steam out. Brought my pump but forgot to bring the bottle caps so had to quickly go to robinsons to buy the caps, luckily they were having 20% off so the NUK caps were only $3.20 for a pair. :)

Hubby met up with me and we had dinner at Tatsuya, Park Hotel. Walked past the place many times but never tried it. Hubby and I had the Sushi for 2 and Sashimi set for 2. The sashimi set was very good, fish was very fresh. The sushi set was big and comes with chawanmushi, miso soup, cold tofu and spinach salad. We were stuffed towards the end but it was a satisfying meal. :)

RaeAnne's first taste of sweet potato

Let RaeAnne try japanese sweet potato puree using braun blender today, had to add a bit of water to make it more creamy and less pasty. Hubby and I thought she will love it cos it's sweet but she didn't but at least reaction not as bad as the avocado. haha. :)

Grouchy RaeAnne slept at 10+pm today though I fed her once at 8+pm and another time close to 10pm. Wonder why it's so difficult for her to sleep nowadays and if it's because she's hungry cos she's still taking only 2 teaspoons or less of Heinz rice cereal, think must change cereal for her soon. :P

BB RaeAnne's Last 6-in-1 Jab

Hello!

This is BB RaeAnne's last 6-in-1 jab!
The day started off rather uneventfully with Piggy BB waking up so early (as usual) and Mummy piggy and Daddy piggy tired (as usual). Daddy piggy had to repeatedly pat and cajole BB to sleep. Mummy piggy was not spared either, having to lose sleep to feed BB. In the end, the Piggy family had to rush off to the clinic at 11 plus.

It was a long wait at the clinic. Mummy piggy was feeling hungry because there wasn't time for breakfast and decided to go grab some food after waiting for a while. When she was away, it was BB RaeAnne's turn. Blur block Daddy Piggy didn't wait for Mummy piggy to come back and brought BB to see the doc. As a result, poor Mummy piggy missed BB's final jab. (sorry, Mummy, it's daddy's fault:( )

BB RaeAnne was very brave and didn't cry at all. The nurse was very skilful and finished the procedure very quickly so BB didn't feel much pain actually. :)

At the end of the day, the progress report states that BB RaeAnne is now 7.285 kg, 65cm tall (long?) and head circumference 41.5cm. Jia you jia you!!

Having experienced the trauma of BB having a fever, Mummy and Daddy piggy didn't want to take any chances and fed her the fever medicine. And BB RaeAnne obviously didn't like it with the way she screamed and cried... (poor thing)

It's now past mid-night and BB is now sleeping soundly.
Hope she gets a good night sleep so that Mummy and Daddy piggy can have one too. :)