Jaiden is sick

Sigh... Something that is unavoidable. Jaiden is down with flu starting last Saturday. This makes him more cranky as compared to normal days. Where did he gets the virus from? The other kid that Ngo Jeh is taking care of la.... This boy is having flu last week. Despite how Ngo Jeh asked him not to go near Jaiden, he will go near Jaiden, kiss him, play with him, etc... Me and hubby have already predicted that Jaiden will catch flu soon.

We gave Jaiden the flu medication prescribed by paed. (from the last round he had flu) at night. Nevertheless, he had difficulty breathing and he woke up a few times in the middle of the night. Neither hug, carry nor swing can tame him down. We fed him some warm water and soon after that he fall asleep. The next day, I decided not to give him the flu medication anymore as too much "western" medication will make him very "yeok". I gave him 1/2 of "bao ying dan" in the morning after his breakfast. Jaiden had difficulty to take his morning nap as well. He only managed to sleep for an hour. I gave him the other 1/2 of "bao ying dan" at night before he go to sleep. At last, I don't see any difficulty of him breathing when I tuck him to sleep then.

Measurement & skills on the 16th Oct

Never thought of blog this out until I read my friend's blog - stating the measurement of her son on his 1st birthday. Here comes Jaiden's: -

Height: 80cm

Weight: 10.2kg

Feeding pattern during the weekdays when we have to send him to Ngo Jeh:

7:00am -7:30am : 5oz of milk (if we're lucky, he will finish it)

8:45am - 9:00am : Oat with fruits

10:00am - 10:30am : 3oz milk

1:30pm - 2:00pm : 7oz milk

5:30pm - 5:45pm : Porridge

9:00pm - 9:30pm : 7oz milk.

Feeding pattern during the weekends:

7:45am - 8:15am : 5oz milk

9:30am - 10:00am : Oat with fruits or prune

1:45pm - 2:00pm: 7oz milk

5:30pm - 6:00pm : Porridge

9:30pm - 10:00pm : 7oz milk

Communication:

- Mmm Ma = mummy (i think)

- Ba ba ba ba = daddy

- Nnnaahhh (while pointing his finger to something) = I want that

- Ish = fish

Skills:

- Bye2

- Flying kiss

- Dim chung chung

- Gong xi gong xi

- How old are you? He will response by lifting his index finger to show he is 1 year old

- Kiss daddy/ mummy

- Lift both his hands up when daddy/ mummy says "carry"

- Expert in crawling

- Stand without support for at most 3-5 seconds

- Walk with help

- Drinking water from straw

- Can I have that please? Then he will pass you whatever he is holding.

- Can you please help me to put this into the pouch? He will then put whatever he is holding or I am pointing at into the pouch.

- Cannot!!! He will then stop whatever he is doing at that point of time, look at me, and sometimes he will continue doing the same thing or he will crawl to me. Depends on his mood...

- Come. Again depends on his mood. He will crawl towards us or he will ignore us and do whatever is doing at that time.

Milk Formula

Before Jaiden reaches 1 year old, we fed him with Nestle NAN HA 1 milk formula as Dr. Koe said he has minor allergy to the normal cow's milk. Since this milk has gone through a special way of processing it's protein, so it's suitable for babies with minor allergy. However, Jaiden does not like this milk formula all along because it tastes a bit bitter. No choice... he has to bear with it since this milk suits him best at that moment.

We switched him to Pediasure Complete on the day he reached 1 year old. He likes it a lot!!! That was the 1st ever time where he finished 7oz of milk by himself (ya.. I mean, he hold the bottle by himself and finished the milk in it). Of course, we are very happy that he likes this milk so much. However, Ngo Jeh said he eats a lot too during day time. Hence, his tummy is getting bigger and bigger, and face became chubbier now. Afraid that he might turn into a fat boy, we have decided to switch him to Mamil Gold Step 3. We started him on Mamil Gold Step 3 on 2nd November. He shows signs of disliking the milk... sigh....

Finally, this morning he had a big tight slap from mummy at his thigh. He doesn't want to finish his milk and making a LOT of FUSS!!! This made mummy really angry, and gave him one tight slap on his thigh. He cried out sooo loudly. No matter how we manja him, how we play with him, he still doesn't want to drink the left over milk. He left 2.5oz out of 5oz okay... it's half of his consumption. Ended up, he won!!! I think he knew that daddy & mummy is angry at him, hence he did not make much noise in the car (on the way to Ngo Jeh's house).

Shall we stop feeding him in the morning? This kind of incident really spoils my mood of the day!

Feverish due to teething

Jaiden's temperature is going up and down since yesterday morning. According to the paediatrician, as long as the reading shows below 37.5C, then Jaiden is not having fever. For Jaiden, the reading is ranging from 36.9C - 37.4C. This is consider high for him as his normal temperature is between 36.4C - 36.9C. Since Jaiden is in his teething stage now (so far he has only 2 developing teeth - bottom center), it's not a surprise that his temperature fluctuates a bit. We can also see his 2 front teeth coming out. Hopefully he is fine and not going through much discomforts.

A note to remember :-)

Jaiden's 1st tooth is visible at his 11th months. From the front view, it would be the bottom center, towards the right ;-)

Jaiden feeds mummy

21st October 2009 marks a memorable day for mummy. Jaiden fed mummy his Baby Bite crackers. Mummy feels sooooo sweet.

It’s normal for Jaiden to make noise when we fetch him from Ngo Jeh’s house in the evening. What more when we want to place him on his car seat, he will complain and complain and complain, keep moving and it’s very difficult for us to fasten his seat belt. To tame him, we will “bribe” him with the Baby Bite crackers. Ya…. we know we shouldn’t do this (not a good teaching), but any other recommendations? Mummy who is sitting next to Jaiden will break the cracker into smaller pieces before passing it to Jaiden. To my surprise, Jaiden holds the piece of cracker and put it near to mummy’s mouth. Mummy said “No, Jaiden. This is for you… You can have it”. I push his hand towards his own mouth, and ya… he ate it. Daddy then told me, if Jaiden wants to give me, I should just eat it. Hmmmm… true also ya… let Jaiden show his gratefulness to mummy. I pass Jaiden another small piece and I asked Jaiden to give mummy. He then feed mummy with his own hand!!! I am so touched (just a small piece of cracker is enough to make mummy so touched hahaha). Oh by the way, it’s very sweet too when we ask Jaiden to “kiss mummy”, and he really did it!

Happy Birthday Jaiden

Finally... Jaiden has reached his 1st year milestone. There are a lot of changes as compared to 365 days ago. From a little infant who only knows how to cry has turned into a little toddler who can now do so many things such as crawling, yelling, waving, flying kiss, shake hand, etc etc…

A little diary on how Jaiden’s 1^st birthday was celebrated.

7:05am : Mummy woke Jaiden up as we need to get ready to go to Dr. Bux clinic for mummy’s check-up.

8:20am : Reached Dr. Bux clinic. Wow… So many patients… We need to be really patience to wait for our turn. Jaiden knowing he has turned into a toddler today being very happy exploring the clinic and making so much cutie faces. He became the central of attraction to those mummies & daddies-to-be in the clinic.

9:20am : Left Dr. Bux clinic.

9:40am : Reached Jalan Imbi market for breakfast. Daddy & mummy had Hainan coffee (the very famous coffee served in this market) and wantan mee while Jaiden had his Banana cereal + brown rice as his breakfast.

10:15am : Bought flowers for prayer in the market.

10:35am : Reached Pudu market. Jaiden is sleeping in the car while mummy went to the market to shop for things for prayer in the evening. Something sounded really funny to the experienced housewives… Ah Po asked her to buy “sang choy”. She bought “bo lei sang choy” instead of the normal “sang choy” used for prayers. Mummy don’t find this funny, but she got a bit embarrassed when people from Yulek market laughed at her. Hahaha…

11:40am : Reached Yulek market to buy “sang choy” and fruits.

12:00pm : Reached Ah Po's house to send her the items for prayers in the evening.

12:20pm : Reached Pusat Jagaan Ikhlas Bakti to visit Po Po. Met Dai Yi and Su Rei Jeh Jeh there, and later Gung Gung came too.

1:00pm : Reached home finally…… Jaiden of course crawl around the house and play with his toys.

3:30pm : Daddy finally managed to make Jaiden sleep. He has to take a longer nap because tonight will be a late night for him.

5:10pm : Daddy woke Jaiden up.

5:30pm : Daddy fed Jaiden with dried scallop pork porridge while mummy started to get ready.

6:05pm : Left house to Uncle Chew’s house (diagonally opposite neighbour) to collect Jaiden’s birthday cake.

6:30pm : Reached Ah Po’s house and immediately start the prayers.

7:20pm : Left for Tai Thong Restaurant at Cheras Plaza for dinner with family members.

9:30pm : Left Tai Thong Restaurant.

10: 15pm : Reach home finally…. Open his birthday gifts.

10:50pm : Jaiden choose his items from the tray. Items on the tray are pen, ring, money, calculator and a ruler. Refer to the photos below for the items he has chosen.

Kiasu-ness of today's parents...

More and more parents are bringing their babies/ kids for studio photo shots. Is this today's trend? Or is this purely kiasuism that we are talking about? :-) When I saw my friend posted his baby's photo on his FB account, I asked my husband "Shall we?". Of course, after browsing my friend's photos, he agreed to bring Jaiden to the same studio since the packages that they offer is quite reasonable.

Jaiden had his studio photo session on the 27th September 2009 from 2:00pm till 3:30pm. It could be longer if Jaiden can be more co-operative. Anyway, we can't blame him for being so agitated because he had a fall during the photo shooting session. He was playing happily riding a "scooter" at first. We asked him to stand for some posing. Since he still can't stand properly without aid (of course he can't walk without aid too), he had a slip together with the "scooter". Daddy who was standing at the back of course tried to rescue Jaiden, but daddy slipped too! Daddy kicked at the "scooter" and it hits Jaiden for a 2nd time (after Jaiden felt with his face facing the ground). What next??? Jaiden cried non-stop! His nose was hurt and bleed a little. We feel sooooo sad for bringing Jaiden for this photo shooting session and hence hurts him.

This is the "scooter"... photo taken before the fall.

Luckily we managed to tame Jaiden and photo session continues... I've posted all the photos we've chosen in my FB account. Below are some of the photos I love the most...