Sher's Little Lunch Box

With a recess time of just 10 minutes, I can't put too much food in Sherilyn's lunch box, else she would bring home the leftover food, which would eventually go to the dustbin. Sher takes forever to finish her food. So, I normally pack something very light and easy to eat for her - fruits, cheese (her favorite), fried egg, sandwiches (her favorite), buns and cakes.

This is what I put in Sherilyn's lunch box yesterday - green grapes and cheese cut into flower and heart shapes. She loved them and brought back an empty lunch box.

Daddy's Girl

Not only are Alycia and Sherilyn daddy's girl, Baby C is not left out too.
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Healthy Food For Little Tummies

It's quite difficut to get Alycia and Sherilyn to eat fruits at times, especially Miss Fussy Eater Sherilyn. Sher would take forever to finish eating a slice of fruit and most times, she can't even finish a slice of apple, pear or guava. Yesterday, I woke up late and only had about 5 minutes to pack some food in their lunch boxes. Since Alycia had just recovered from a throat infection, I decided to pack something healthy for her - fruits. So I hurriedly took out my My Melody bread/cookie cutter and sliced up some pears and cut out a My Melody shaped pear for Alycia and Sher each. The face did not quite appear clearly on the sliced pear and the pear had also turned brown. But never mind, the gals were happy to see a My Melody shaped pear in their little lunch boxes....for the first time. I also skewered some green grapes onto a fruit pick. I was surprised that both gals returned with an empty lunch box.... and they requested for the same menu for the next day's lunch box! See, even kids want their food to look good!

Alamak!

On the first week of attending pre-school, Sherilyn was already acting like a ‘tai kar cheh’ (big sister in Cantonese) and displaying some of her ‘leadership skills’. This is what she said to her classmate who kept crying in class :

“Hey, why you everyday cry, cry, cry? Alamak!”

As she said ‘Alamak’ (which means ‘My goodness’ in Malay), she even slapped her forehead with her palm. Her teacher found it so hilarious that she told daddy when he came to pick her up after school.

Baby C Puked On My Bed Again... Aargh!

Baby C has been REALLY fussy and cranky today. First, she's got a low grade fever resulting from the Pneumococcal jab taken yesterday. Second, her tummy must have felt bloated and uncomfortable as she wasn't able to poo poo fully today. Since birth, she poos big time at least 3-5 times a day but today, she only managed to poo a fist full of poop late in the evening. She's been whining the whole day but luckily, she napped for an hour in the afternoon, so I managed to hurriedly complete 2 assignments when she napped.

When I nursed her before she went to bed at around 10pm, she fussed a little. Whenever she fusses during nursing time, I know she feels uncomfortable. I quickly pulled her away from my teats and as I was about to bring her to the foot of the bed to burb her, she puked big time all over my bed again! I quickly yelled out to Alycia who was already in her bed in the adjoining room (but not asleep yet) to call kakak up to help me. My little keen helper took the opportunity and excuse to go downstairs to call kakak, just so she could avoid going to sleep. See how hyper this brat is. I thought she would be sleepy and tired as she had only taken a short nap in the afternoon and also attended ballet class. When she came back from ballet class at around 8:30pm, she was still bursting with energy..... and had another round of dinner!

My Obsession With Plastic Bibs

I added 1 more plastic bib to Alycia and Sher's collection of plastic bibs. I was at Mothercare on Monday and when I saw the new arrivals, I bought one more - a red ladybug bib, which cost RM22.



This blue bib, also from Mothercare is not even used yet and I bought another. I also nearly bought a Combi bib from Mothercare but on second thoughts, dropped the idea as it cost a whopping RM49! I would have bought it without batting my eyelids if I were still employed. Times are tough and I have 3 kids now.... must always remember my frugal living plan!

Super Fussy And Cranky Baby C

And that's because she's a tad feverish, resulting from the Pneumococcal jab that was given to her last night. Baby C's body started to feel hot at midnight and I sponged her body twice throughout the night. She's super fussy and cranky the whole of today and wants to latch on and be carried all the time. Poor baby, I hope she gets better later.

Teach Your Baby To Read

Last week, I dug out some VCDs on 'Your Baby Can Read' by Prof Dr Robert Titzer, which I bought for Sherilyn when she was around 1 year old. Sherilyn was very interested in the VCDs when she was younger and I would put on the VCD during dinner every single day, coz that's the only time my 2 rascals would sit still and watch the VCD. I completed the 5 series in half a year and after that, both Alycia and Sherilyn lost interest in the VCDs. But Sherilyn could recognize a few words during the time when I showed her the VCDs. I remember she would nod her head when she saw the word 'yes' or shook her head when she saw the word 'no'.

I placed Baby C on the mattress and her eyes were fixated at the TV. Sherilyn also joined in and it was like a refresher course for her.

See how intent Sher and Baby C were watching the VCD. Hopefully they will be able to recognize some words upon completion of watching the entire series.

This is the Starter Video and I am showing it to Baby C now.


The entire series of 'Your Baby Can Read' VCDs.

A Stressful Night

On Saturday night last week, Baby C puked on my bed after I had nursed her. As it was 4:30am, I did not wake my maid up to ask her to help me. I also did not bother hubby as he has been working late and lacked sleep lately. So I cleaned up the big mess myself.



My mattress with 3 pieces of plastic mats on top, to prevent wee and vomit from seeping into it.



The pile of sheets and clothes that were soaked with vomit, outside my bedroom. I wrote a note to my maid so that she could wash off the vomit and soak them before putting them into the washing machine when she wakes up.

Precious Wee Wee

I spent half the day collecting Baby C's urine today.... 2 bottles, which took me almost 4 hours! I am totally frazzled now.

Read the story here.

Pork Ribs Soup With Soya Beans

My mil cooked this simple soup for lunch the other day - pork ribs with soya beans.
She then blanched some vegetables and 'hor fun' or 'koay teow' and threw in some Hakka pork balls into the soup.

While my mil and the gals ate the hor fun with the soup, I just ate the pork ribs, pork balls, soya beans and lots of vegetables, minus the hor fun. It's a high protein, high fibre, high calcium and low carb meal, just perfect for dieters.

The smooth 'hor fun' bought all the way from Ipoh by hubby's aunt.

Disposable Toilet Seat Covers

My mil bought 2 packets of disposable toilet seat covers from Caring Pharmacy the other day... which is just the thing that I have been searching around for a long time. With this, I don't have to line the public toilet seat with heaps of toilet papers for Alycia and Sherilyn to sit on when we go out.

Your Baby Can Read Book

Baby C must have been really bored sleeping in her pink bouncinet the whole day, ever since she was a few days old. Lately, she can’t nap for long during the day and wants to be stimulated all the time. She loves to be talked to, sung to, she loves it when I dance with her, she will doze off really easily when I bring her for a walk in her stroller and she loves watching TV too. Nope, I did not let her watch the regular TV programs. Yesterday, I put on the starter VCD on “Teach Your Baby To Read” by Dr Robert Titzer for her to watch and oh my, her eyes were fixated at the TV. I bought the set of VCDs for Sherilyn when she was around 1 year old. I am thinking of getting the book on “Your Baby Can Read”, by Dr Robert Titzer too. Buy.com is offering 10% off 900,000 Amazon books now. Go check out buy.com now!

iPod For Me

Yesterday, I had a good half an hour workout on my trampoline. I had wanted to bring Baby C out jogging with me in the morning but it started to drizzle. So I did some running and jumping on my trampoline with Baby C facing me strapped in the stroller. Thank God she just sat there quietly and behaved herself without fussing and whining. But I find working out on my trampoline rather monotonous. I prefer to go out for a run and get a dose of Vitamin D from the sunlight too. Perhaps I should get myself an ipod so that I can listen to my favorite songs while I work out on the trampoline. I didn’t know that there are so many types of ipods until my group of teenage cousins showed me their ipods – which ranged from ipod Nano, ipod Touch, ipod Classic and much more. I’m really way behind when it comes to gizmos!

A Day Out At The Hospital

Yesterday, we spent over 5 hours at HUKM (Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) as we were there to bring Cassandra to see the pediatric nephrologist. When we were at the hospital, Cassandra had me running around when she poo pooed big time 3 times.... till I ran out of diapers and daddy had to buy a pack of very expensive diapers from the sundry shop at the hospital. Of course, she also wanted my teat teats to suckle and I tell you, when it rains, it really pours. The lights in the nursing and baby changing room were out! So I had to change her diaper in the stroller, which was really messy and back-breaking. I also had to scout round the hospital to look for a corner to breastfeed my little wailing princess.


The second time she cried for milk, thank God the doctor allowed me to use the bed to nurse her. I drew the curtains and quickly let her suckle for 10 minutes as I sat on the bed, then changed her pooed diaper.

Horrified

When I went to the wet kitchen to supervise my maid cooking the other day, I was horrified to see that my expensive 1-year old non-stick pan was in such a bad state. The layer of non-stick coating was peeling and there were scratches everywhere on the pan. My maid must have used a rough scouring pad to wash the pan after use, despite me telling her repeatedly that she is only to use a soft sponge to wash non-stick pots and pans. Everyday she uses this non-stick pan to cook and I read from an article that the layer of non-stick coating is carcinogenic, if ingested. OMG, I better get a new non-stick pella pan to replace this worn out pan and I better discard it before my maid uses it again.

My Japanese Name Is Aririkishi Kukuto!

This fun tag comes from Slavemom.

For the instructions, add your name on the list and simply spell out your name using the given Japanese letter- translations below.

Tag six of your friends and inform them of the tag. Have fun.

TRANSLATION:1. OSWALD - moarimeikatate (sounds like america and states. har…. har… har…)2. CHLOE - Miritamoku — Um…think I still prefer my given name, ha ha3. GENG – Jikutoji — Actually, I think its cute sounding. Arigato gozaimasu!4. CONSTANCE - Mimoto arichi katomiku — WOW! Does it sound like an authentic Japanese cuisine? YIKES! I broke it up cos it was quite a mouthful!5. DORA - Temoshika – Sounds pretty good huh?! Does it mean beautiful woman?6. Sting - Arichi Kitoji - Sounds like a guy’s name but at least it rhymes! LOL!!7. Amidrin - Karinki Teshikito (I was deciding between Karinki Teshikito or Karinkites Hikito. LOL… still the english name sounds much better.)8. Lemonjude - Takurinmoto Zudoteku (very long name, sounds like guy name also, still prefer my nick in English)9. Jacelyn - Zukamikutafuto (aiyer...like a Malay guy's name..... my English name sounds so sweet ......rite?)10. Slavemom - Aritaka Rukurin Morin (What a mouthful! Sounds quite awful too! :p) 11. Shireen (Healthfreakmommy)- Aririkishi Kukuto.... oh my, sounds awful, especially the middle name - Kukuto!

Not tagging anyone.

Cream Puffs With Black Sesame Cream

Beard Papa has a new product. My favorite cream puffs now come in a new flavor - cream filling with a generous amount of black sesame in it. Black sesame paste is also my favorite. My mil went to Mid Valley for shopping the other day and bought half a dozen of cream puffs for us. Alycia, Sher and I are absolutely crazy over cream puffs and the 3 of us walloped all the 6 cream puffs in 2 days. And that's the reason why my belly is still not getting any flatter, thanks to all these fattening stuff!

Tag : Travel To 7 Continents

I got this tag from Juliana (the creator) and LZMommy. Here's what it says...

There are lots of bloggers in this world. I am wondering in which continent most of the bloggers live. So, I am challenging all the bloggers to do this tag. Let's see how far we can get with all of bloggers in those 7 continents.

Counting start begin...............

~Begin Copy~

Rules:

1. Start Copy from "Begin Copy" until "End Copy".
2. Put your blog's name and url write in which continent you live, add the country you live in. Example: My Imaginary Travels (Netherlands)
3. Leave your url post in here and I'll add you to the Master List.
4. Please help spread this tag by tagging your friends as much as you can.
5. Don't play unfair! If you have more than 1 blog, you can participate all your blogs for this tag. BUT you will have to post this tag to all your blogs as well. So, please. Don't cheat!
6. Please come back again to copy the update of the master list, often. This process will help new participants to get the same gains as the first participants.
7. Don't forget to use the banner at your post, you can save as or you can just copy the code in here.

Master List:A. Asia: 1. Moms... Check Nyo (Philippines) 2. Aeirin's Collections (Philippines) 3. Jenny and Belle(Philippines) 4. Hailey's Beats and Bits (Philippines) 5. Appleofmyeyes(Saudi Arabia) 6. Deranged Insanity (Philippines) 7. PROJECT HEAVY TRAFFIC (Singapore) 8. Rooms of My Heart (Indonesia) 9. Blessings and Beyond (Philippines) 10. lancerlord (Singapore) 11. allinkorea (Korea) 12. kimchiland (Korea) 13. korean food (Korea) 14. idealpinkrose (Korea) 15. Pinay Mommy Online (Philippines) 16. Momhood Moments (Philippines) 17. Business Mars (Philippines) 18. Maiylah’s Snippets (Philippines) 19. Picture Clusters (Philippines) 20. My Wanderings (Philippines) 21. Hit-or-Miss (Philippines) 22. Life Quest (Philippines) 23. FunFierceFabulous (Phils) 24. and Life Goes On for... (Philippines) 25. Moments of Colours (Philippines) 26. Making sense… (somehow) (Philippines) 27. Day To Day (Philippines) 28. My Happy Place 29. Me and Mine (Japan) 30. Little Peanut (Japan) 31. Creative In Me (Japan) 32. Pea in a Pod (Japan) 33. A Slice of Life (Phils) 34. Jenny Said So (Phils) 35. Live it Up... (Philippines) 36. A Sweet Taste Of Life (Philippines) 37. Through The Rain (Philippines) 38. Sugarmagnolias (Japan) 39. ParentZine育兒好好玩 (Singapore) 40. We are Family (PH) 41. Reference Notes (Hong Kong) 42. The Sweet Life 43. A Great Pleasure (Malaysia) 44. Petty Ramblings of a Petty Queen(Malaysia) 45. Choc Mint Girl (Malaysia) 46. LZMommy 47. Your turn

B. Australia: 1. Reflexes (Australia) 2. Emcee 3. Outback-Pinay 4. Collect and Connect (Australia) 5. your turn

C. Africa: 1. your turn

D. North America: 1. Simple Life, Simply Me (USA) 2. Pinaymama's Diary (USA) 3. 3 Garnets & 2 Sapphires (United States) 4. Traipsey Turvey (USA) 5. Dabawenyako (USA) 6. Icelog (USA) 6. The Misadventures of an Ordinary Housewife (USA) 7. It Is Nap Time (US) 8.A Mother's Journal (USA) 9. Journey And Journal [USA] 10. Life is good and beautiful (USA) 11. Tasteful Voyage (USA) 12. Jenny's Wandering Thoughts (USA) 13. Mom Knows Everything (Canada) 14. Filipino love stories (USA) 15. A Mom's Note (USA) 16. Life with the Two Crazy Dogs 17. BLOGSILOG (USA) 18. Juliana’s World (New York, USA) 19. My Daily Discourse (USA) 20. My Point Of View 21. your turn

E. South America: 1. your turn

F. Europe: 1. My Imaginary Travels (Netherlands) 2. Juliana's Site (Netherlands) 3. Picturing of Life (Netherlands) 4. SuperMae (Portugal) 5. The Callalily Space (The Netherlands) 6. Portia (UK) 7. Daily Grind (Germany) 8. Amel's Realm (Finland) 9. your turn

G. Antarctica

I would like to tag :

1) Barb

2) Chin Nee (do only when you have the time. I know your hands are tied with a pair of new twins)

Reading Time

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