My Little Baby Boys

Growing Up...

noreply@blogger.com (shuey) — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:02:00 +0000

My little zx has grown up from a baby to a toddler.

He follows almost everything his elder brother does. Good and bad. Naughty and naughty.

Part and parcels of sibling hood.
They learn from each other.
Fight with each other and before you remember, forgive each other at the other corner of the house.

Fun... :) and it continues...... :)

Ice-Cream!!

noreply@blogger.com (shuey) — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:34:00 +0000

I Love holding your Little Tiny Hand

noreply@blogger.com (shuey) — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:00:00 +0000

Not for couples on this Valentine’s Day but it is the two brothers holding each other’s hand.

For a 5-minute walk from outside our house till out from the lift. They got along peacefully and I hope that moment lasts longer.

There are Seven Days in a Week

noreply@blogger.com (shuey) — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:00:00 +0000

That is what ZX is learning now in his nursery class. Monday, Tuesday….. Sunday. Well, I cannot remember exactly what I was ‘doing’ (Note: not learning) at the similar age while I was young. I was in kindergarten only at the age of 5, or perhaps 6.

Under the current education system in Singapore, you will likely be asked to solve the math question such as 1 + 2 + …. 100 or 4 + 7 + 10 + ________ + 31 + 34 + 37 by the time of primary 5.

By primary 1, you will be expected to know “Five is one less than Six”. Isn’t this about English? I am expecting some real numbers on Mathematics. However, this was what I learnt from my friend whose kid is attending primary 1 now since January.

Thus, by now, I feel that I should send ZX to an English language enrichment class in order for him to excel in his English as well as Mathematics in a few years time.

I once thought that having him to count from 1 to 100 was very great at his age now with also praise from his principal. It seems that I am wrong. I guess I have to make him to learn one word from the dictionary per day such that at the end of this year, he should be able to recite the word from page 1 to page 100 instead.

You can never guess what they want to do next.

noreply@blogger.com (shuey) — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:00:00 +0000

We have been encouraging little ZX to walk independently a LOTs during the weekend. What I felt is he is able to walk independently, but he is just afraid of falling down.

He was walking steadily with his walker for a month or two. He could sometimes let go of the walker and clapped his hands or to grab something from the floor.

It was the day to mark down, 12 January, 2011, when little ZX was 1 year, 2 weeks and 5 days old. He walks INDEPENDENTLY. Yes, he walks on his own starting yesterday, a few steps from right in front of you to the other person standing in front of him to receive him. He will lean backward or forward and thus fall down if he gets tooooo excited when he is walking. So, we are getting ready to go into the stage where we have to busy escorting him.

[ Walking at East Coast on 3 January, 2011 ]

On Christmas Eve

noreply@blogger.com (shuey) — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:00:00 +0000

A very late update for the last Christmas eve.

Mcdonald, east coast, cycling, birthday cakes…

Something different from our daily routine. Before I forget, these are the photos, in case, few years later, I am attacked by memory loss virus or Alzheimer’s disease.

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[ Looking at the Santa Clause who happened to be in the Mcdonald. ]

[ That’s ZX having one of his very few Mcdonald’s meal. ]

[ A very rare photo considering the number of time we go ECP and Papa riding the bicycle. ]

[ The cake-cutting moment. ]

[ Little ZX was too surprise to look at the cake? I don’t know why he was having that expression. ]

My One Year Old

noreply@blogger.com (shuey) — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:06:00 +0000

How time flies, it’s one year now since little ZX was born. We celebrated his one year old birthday at around Christmas time. Yes, he was born on Christmas eve. How nice. :) I just hope that when he grows older, he will not complain that he only receive one gift for two special days. You know what I mean. ;)

He now walks with walker steadily.

He walks a few steps ‘unwillingly’ as he is a bit afraid of falling down.

He crawls fast enough that before you walk from the living room to the kitchen, he is already out from the bedroom to his walker in the living hall.

He points to all the small things on the floor and ‘insists’ that you pick them up before he proceeds.

He eats quite a portion for his meal.

I am not quite sure if we should start worrying as he has not started to greet us ‘mama’ nor ‘’papa’, but for sure, he make noise like ‘dada’.

Every time we mention the ‘cane’ thingy, he is able to point to the exact location where we keep the thing.

He knows where the fan is when we mention it at home.

He smiles a lots since birth.

He cries and becomes cranky when he is sick.

He moves his hand with the rhythm whenever he hears music.

He can differentiate what tastes good or bad.

He likes to play with his brother.

He bites hard when his toys were being snatched away by his brother.

He puts almost everything he grabs with his hand into his mouth to taste them. I wonder if it tastes good.

He claps when you ask him to do so.

He holds my legs tightly even after I return from a long day of tiring work.

He is learning, just like what his brother was doing 3.5 years ago and the process continues…

Ball – The Forever Favorite of Baby?

noreply@blogger.com (shuey) — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:59:00 +0000

Taking Photos of the Two M*sters

noreply@blogger.com (shuey) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Do you know how difficult it is to take photo of the two kids while they are playing? Plus I am using only handphone camera currently.

Either the elder brother is not in a good mood to stay still or the younger brother is too excited to look at the camera instead.

To my best effort, the below two photos are the most recent that I have taken. The photos look blur due to lousy focus of my phone.

We bought a Play-Doh set for ZX, and he was happy playing with it, busy making ice-cream for everyone including the little one.

And guess what, little ZX turned his head away and refused to ‘eat’ it. :D He is smart enough to realize it is nothing in the spoon.

At the Exercising Corner

noreply@blogger.com (shuey) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:00:00 +0000

My dear baby, what are you looking at?

I see, you are looking at the people who are doing the exercise?

No worry, soon, you are going to join them, while mummy can sit at the corner to enjoy her books or something else.

When the kids shouts for mummy, I will answer, go and exercise with your Papa. I do not like jogging, ask me if only you want to play badminton. :D

By the way, can you imagine that I am already counting down to little ZX’s one year birthday? My little chap is now 8-month old, and soon he will stand up steadily and walk, talk, snatch toys, fight with ZX, etc.

My Little 8-Month-Old

noreply@blogger.com (shuey) — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:00:00 +0000

[ I lost my camera.

…
Don’t ask me why now, I am trying to forget that I have lost the photos of my babies since April.

The picture above was taken in July by using my hand phone. Luckily, I did not lose my hand phone. So, I still have some precious photos for baby ZX. ]

This little guy has grown, he weighs 7.9 kg during his last checkup. Perhaps he is on a smaller size if you wonder …… as long as he is healthy.

He sits unsupportedly for a minute or so, he likes to “shout” for papa and mummy whenever he sees us returning home.

He cries for me whenever he wants to sleep in the evening.
Lucky me, he sleeps from 8 pm ++ till next morning if everything goes well, waking up twice in the middle due to my engorgement sometimes.

He loves his brother, ZX, he always smiles at him without expecting a bash on his head or a poke on his face or a snatch-his-toy-away action from his naughty elder brother.

He eats a bowl of porridge now with combination of fish, pumpkin, sweet potato, carrot and lots of things are coming up on the list.

When I hold him with both my hands, he will stand up, trying to figure out what is new out there from a different eye level.

As a baby, he smiles a lots, more than his elder brother when he was younger. This tells me that he might have a different character than ZX. Be it good or bad, they are both my kids.

Recording #2

noreply@blogger.com (shuey) — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Busy, busy, June has been a busy month for me. I am back into the workforce, yes, after one year plus as a SAHM, I am finally back into the working life again. The whole family are on a more routine, or rather, baby and me are on a more routine life as compared to the past one year which I was not working.

Just to record down another conversation:

On one of the day, both ZXs are asleep since 8 pm ++, yes, it’s party time. :D

At 12:30 am++, ZX walked out from the bedroom. Looking at what we have on the table, he said:
”Papa, what are you eating?”
”Oh, it’s just some spicy chicken, very spicy, you cannot have it.”
”Papa, what aren’t you sleeping while I was sleeping?”
”Yes, yes, Papa wanna sleep soon…”

Alright, it’s hard to explain why we were having the famous fried chicken on the dining table with HBO movie showing on the TV at this late hour. Party is over. Time to sleep.

Look, Who is Who?

noreply@blogger.com (shuey) — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Mummy loves to play the guessing game. :D No prize though if you guess correctly.

[ Left: ZX @ 5th / 6th month, Right: Little ZX @ 5th month ]

Recording #1…

noreply@blogger.com (shuey) — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Mummy: Go and ride your bicycle.
ZX: Mummy, it’s tricycle, not cycle.

Mummy: ZX, you are my darling.
ZX: But mummy, Mabel is the darling, not me.

So, you think ZX is speaking good English? Wait… the recording is not ended yet.

ZX: Mummy, the motorcycle go inside the road, police will kill him.
Mummy: …My goodness…

More are coming soon… [ provided mummy can still remember them when she has time to sit on her laptop to record them down as the once-we-slow-to-start-talking baby has grown to be a rather talkative toddler. ]

Smile, Baby.

noreply@blogger.com (shuey) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:00:00 +0000

I wished only if I had a better camera with faster shutter speed to capture all his smiles, or rather, a better camera skill other than using only the pre-defined mode.

The Man, the Elder and the Youngest

noreply@blogger.com (shuey) — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:00:00 +0000

I cherish every moment that I am together with the family though I always nag on Papa on certain things. I love to see they spend time together. :)
[ ZX loves this “Sunshine Game” from Disney magazine that Papa bought, I started it off as I simply grabbed two different colour of Lego blocks as player 1 and 2 with a dice to keep him occupied. :) ]

[ Photo time! ]

Hair Cutting

noreply@blogger.com (shuey) — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:00:00 +0000

I can still remember the moment when ZX was crying whenever he went for his hair cut. From struggling on our lap till requesting hair cut on his own, I realize suddenly that my darling has grown up [ read: not shy ].

Sometimes, it is much more easier if you were to do it / involve in something that you want your kids to do as well. For this case, part of the reason why ZX wanted the hair cut desperately was because I myself was having my hair cut and ZX was sitting beside me to watch all the way. This is different from the previous cases which we simply brought him to the saloon and asked the “aunties” to cut his hair.

Having a second thought, would you expect your kids to eat healthy food while they have seen you eating the unhealthy fast food? Or would you rather hide the food and eat them only when your kids are asleep? ;)

When the King of the House Put on His Crown

noreply@blogger.com (shuey) — Sun, 23 May 2010 15:00:00 +0000

[ Lately, ZX has brought a lots of arts and craft back home from his nursery school. This is one of the most recent “product” he brought home. ]

Delay in bathing, refuse to finish his meal, refuse to sit by the table during his whole meal, etc. We have to get used to his bad temper ever since little ZX was born. Situation became better only when our patience became better.

I was very prone to threaten ZX with cane whenever I lost my patience on him. I realized that was quite bad in fact. Kids should be brought up in a peaceful and happy environment for a better immune system.

I learnt and realized from my mother that as a parent, we should always show our greatest patience to our kids from small things such as having a meal properly by the table to things that could affect their life in the future. We need to show our greatest patience in teaching them the right way in any case. After all, patience is the key ingredient to parenting as I thought at the moment.

Try recalling if you were treated the same way when you were as a kid. Hold your temper for a few seconds and recall if it were you and your parents, will they do the same thing to you?

The Alphabet Toy

noreply@blogger.com (shuey) — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:00:00 +0000

It is not a new toy, but being passed down from his cousins.

From simply pushing the buttons around the track till recognizing and knowing how to push the button accordingly, it is a satisfaction of being a mother to watch kids grow and learn things along the way.

Thought after the Mother’s Day

noreply@blogger.com (shuey) — Tue, 18 May 2010 15:00:00 +0000

I have been busy since the week before Mother’s Day. Planning of dinner, actual dinner itself, attending events, friend’s gathering, looking for jobs, interviewing, etc. Not that I have nothing to say on Mother’s Day. It is just that I do not have a good time to sit in front of my (our) laptop to type them out.

Before ZX and little ZX were born, I never thought that having two kids at home with myself alone can be of real fun or real chaotic. You either get your laundry done with the help of the elder one or you get wet by bathing them (most of the time).

Before they were born, I never thought that I could look so “aunty”.

Before they were born, I never woke up at 3, 4 or 6 in the morning just to release my engorgement and before I thought I could catch more sleep, I would need to wake up to check why baby was crying.

Before they were born, I did my own things at the time I chose and never had to stay up late just because I need to do something “behind” my kids, eg. surfing on the net.

Before they were born, I turned around and walked in the possible fastest pace away from babies whenever they poo.

Before they were born, I never knew that I could feel so helpless whenever they were sick.

Before they were born, I never noticed that watching and speaking to kids (whether they response or not) could be of that fun.

Before they were born, I never got such a happiness on watching my kid to gobble down a simple breakfast that I prepared for him.

It is my third year being a mother.

Before they were born, I did not know that I was capable to doing so much things that I could be proud of for the kids that I love. I never knew that I could be so determine when it comes to matters related to my two kids. Be it breastfeeding or anything else in future, I hope I can have the same determination whenever I feel it is something good for them.

If you ask me, the best Mother’s Day gift of this year?
The answer: A heartiest hug from ZX.

And remember that behind every successful mother......
is a basket of dirty laundry. – Quote from somewhere on the internet.

[ My first ever Mother’s Day card handmade (20% as I think) by ZX and his (80% as I believe) teacher. ]

Need a Fight?

noreply@blogger.com (shuey) — Mon, 17 May 2010 15:30:00 +0000

[ I always wonder what their little mind has whenever they are not asking for feed or change of nappy. He did look like he is asking for a fight from a certain angle, I did not manage to capture that though. ]

Little ZX has been showing his insecurity (at least to me) by grasping very tightly onto the belt around him. Not only that, he grasp my clothes whenever I want to put him down after bathing or breastfeeding.

My dear, I will not let you go before I have found you a secure place to place you down. No worry. :)

Family Photo

noreply@blogger.com (shuey) — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:00:00 +0000

[ Taken on Mother’s Day dinner @ Plaza Park Royal ]
Finally, a family photo of four of us. They are not the perfect photo, but I just cannot wait to share them here.

Start Talking

noreply@blogger.com (shuey) — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:00:00 +0000

[ Perhaps it was just my imagination, I actually thought that he was talking to me. ]

Reading Since Young

noreply@blogger.com (shuey) — Sun, 09 May 2010 17:30:00 +0000

I once mentioned that ZX liked to read books a lots. So now, I have the aim to cultivate the same habit for little ZX as well since he’s young. You may say that I am a typical Kiasu mummy. :)

[ Reading one book at a time. ]
[ Reading two books at a time. :D ]

Photo Taken by ZX

noreply@blogger.com (shuey) — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:00:00 +0000

I seldom post my own photo in the blog. But I can’t resist to post this one here. Not because of the look but it’s taken by ZX. My 3-year-old darling.

I like the angle (minus the double chin :D), the focus and the smile that we both have.