Update number 5...

   Been 2  months since the last update. Been busy the entire 2 months waiting for Momma Bear to finally settle down. Went for 3 check ups so far. Everything looks to be in goo dorder. Junior is looking fine and dandy. Phoebe has finally gotten over her fear of doctors. After seeing Junior on Dr Soh's monitor. She finally learned that doctors are not to be afraid of.
   Phoebe even went for her meet up with Doc Chew for an lymph node infection. She actually sat down on the hair and started explaining to Dr Chew her pain and symptoms. Much like and old aunty would sound. We all couldnt help but laugh.

   2 weeks back she learnt to give thumbs up. Took her quite a while to control her little finger but managed after a few attempts. She was mighty proud of herself. Took her all but 3 minutes later to not remember how to do it. We had to start all over again. Cheeky monkey....

   Me and Momma Bear went off to the book sale and i got her a shirt with a cape at the back. Took quite a bit of convincing to get her in to it. After that , it was another 3 days of trying to get her out of it. She enjoyed wearing it so much she refuses to take it off. Long story short. She insist on wearing that caped shirt every time she finishes her shower. Gramma had no choice but to cut up 2 other shirt and sew on the capes for another 2 other shirt so we are actually able to wash the first shirt. Now it just superman shirt of no shirt. Hahahaha...
   If you think that is bad. 2 days later she made another new stunt that nearly gave me a heart attack. After dinner, she was having a gala time playing sticker with Momma Bear. Came running to me (in her Superman Shirt of course), she had a sticker on her forehead and another small sticker on her tiny nose.
  "Look Daddy... I'm and Indian..."
Cute. Off she went running to show her Granpa. Not 2 minutes later she came running back to me.

  "Daddy, Nose pain pain..."

 Pointing at her nose. Made me wonder what she meant. Took a little peek into her nose and saw the sticker straight up inside her nose. I almost fainted. Told myself not to panic. Pinched her nose and made her blow through it. The sticker came flying out on the 3rd attempt. My heart started beating again.

   I couldnt help but get reminded on how my own little brother ended up in the hospital as a kid. With a peanut stuck up his nose. Watching Phoebe with the sticker up her nose. I did not know whether to laugh or cry...

   History does repeats itself huh......

   Momma Bear is much better now. Only problem is we are running on a diet of Nasi Lemak, Bak Kut Teh and Chinese Pao for 2 weeks in a row already. My stomach turns each time i see these laid up on the table. Looks like Junior is only agreeable on these 3 diet. Any other bit, Momma Bear will throw up. This is gonna be a long 6 months.
   We had so much pao for supper , even Dad started to walk away. I dont have a choice now do it?....

Little Toe Amputation Attempt

   What else can a little baby do besides getting her finger stuck in weird and unthinkable places? Well... not sure if this is something to be proud of.
   Everything was fine and dandy as i got home from work today. Momma Bear was her usual self. Still in hibernation. Gramma went off to do her thing. Leaving the rest home to do their thing. So i ended reading to little Kutu for a bout an hour before dinner started. The usual banter and Kutu pestering everyone for her share of food. Then we left her with Gramma to get her to shower. Not 10 minutes passed and i heard the door being opened with Kutu crying. Came in on Gramma's arm swinging her leg at me.

   "Daddy!!! It's bleeding... Look!! My toe is bleeding!!"
   And it really was bleeding. Saw a half inch cut on her tiny little toe. With some blood coming out. Gramma was just grinning and shaking her head.
   "What happened this time?"
   Seems our little friend her was her usual playful self again. Gramma told her not to pull things off while bathing and typical her. Turn a deaf ear. According to Gramma. She pulled the bucket filled with water off the shelf. And the bucket landed smack right on top of her toe. Hence the cut and the drama. I couldn't decide if i should be scolding her or just laugh at her dramatic look.
   Shrugging it off as a minor cut. We went off in search of a band aid for her toe. And our little friend being a drama princess was showing her cut toe to everyone. I mean literally everyone. She was showing it to Gogo and Gigi. Tearing up of course. Then the moment she sees her Grandpa. More tears came pouring out. It looked more like she lost a limb. With tears streaming down sitting on her Grampa's leg. Telling him how it all happen in her own baby language was really scene to smile over.
   Finally Gramma produced a little band aid for her toe. Stuck it on and with Grandpa blowing air on to her badly cut toe. She finally got all her attention and stopped crying. Now it's going over to Tuti to show her bandaged toe.
   All the while limping. Like she was in a cast. We had a gala time laughing at her dramatic walk and limp. Tuti couldn't stop laughing watching her limp up and down the hall showing everyone her bandaged toe.

Kutu's attempt at self photography

   The things a little baby will do to get attention. Sigh....

   Om a separate note.We are all in good health. Something of which is i am most thankful for. My back doesn't hurt much now. Holding Kutu is not as painful. Even with her 13kg weight. Gramma is fine. Grampa is also in good health. Only Momma Bear is suffering from her morning sickness. Throws up quite a bit these few days. She was in the doc's today for her weekly check up. Seems the little fella is still not firm on Momma's belly. Doc gave her some pills to encourage the little fella. Fingers crossed that the little fella hangs on. I wouldn't want to lose that little fella.

Scooby Doo...

   Last weekend was spent in Sepang Bagan Lalang. Its a beach about 50km from where we are. Momma Bear booked the room months ago not knowing she will be with another kutu. The original plan was to take little Kutu there. But with Momma Bear and Phoebe both turning into monsters, we thought it was best that Gramma tagged along to monitor Phoebe.
   The hotel is located very deep inside a malay village. Service from the hotel staffs is excellent. There is a holding hall provided for waiting guest till the rooms are ready. Some food, fruits and drinks provided free flow till your room is ready. They even have throw cushions and toys for the little ones to play with. Gramma was mighty impressed with the service. She is more than adamant that we come back during CNY. Gramma wants the entire clan to come spend CNY here. This is the first time we see her having so much fun in one hotel.
   Room is quite a distance away. However the hotel provides buggy service to send guest to their respective rooms. To say the least, everyone was having a good time.

   After checking in, we took Phoebe for her sand playing by the beach. Gramma had a gala time watching her little monster play on the beach the first time. We couldn't stop laughing till it was dinner time. Sent the pack off to the room while i went off to buy food. Turns out, Momma Bear suddenly lost all her morning sickness. She finished her dinner for the first time in weeks without throwing up. Phoebe had all her rice. Gramma just couldn't stop smiling.




   Even after we came home on Saturday, Gramma was still talking about spending CNY there. Told Momma Bear to search and book it. Since Gramma wants to go there so much.
   Now Momma Bear calls herself Scooby Doo. Her nose is really quite amazing. Walking in to the house, she can tell there is durian present. Even before reaching the kitchen. That's how sensitive it has become. Without any hesitation, she insist that i remove it from the house before she went to the toilet to off load all her lunch. It was once her favorite food. Not anymore. This time around, the much requested food has become burgers and thai fried rice. No more Wan Tan Mee or BKT. What are we expecting from the little fella ya? Strange choice for food.
   Of course, the shampoo and body lotion has also been banned. Momma Bear showers with only plain water now. No scents allowed. Even me with perfume throws her off track.
   How many months more do we have to go on?

Transformation begins..

   It's been a week since Momma Bear started morphing into a bloodhound. Painful for me to say the least. Everything smells sweet to her now. From body lotion to shampoos to baby powder. She refuses to even hold the Kutu now. Seems the little one smells too sweet from all the baby powder she has on her.
   Of course the vomiting has started. It's nonstop hearing the toilet flush going off. Today its been the same but Momma Bear is not discharging through the mouth. Her bottom is leaking now. Everything is going south.
   Watching her hibernate in the room, i cant help but wonder. How is it that pregnancy changes a woman that drastically? From a normal person to this creature with nose like a bloodhound and appetite like a princess. today we had a plate of Nasi Lemak on the table. Half eaten. Then i brought home Chicken Rice. Unopen as of now. Then a friend sent in a bag of Fried Bananas. Also left uneaten as of now. She is totally confused on what she wants to eat. Changes her mind every 2 minutes. I will soon lose my mind.

  We were in 1 Utama yesterday for lunch with a friend. Got her a plate of Sizzling Noodles which was her favorite before pregnancy. The moment she saw the egg floating in it. All appetite for it flew out the window. So got her a plate of Fried Phat Thai. Ate like a quarter of it. And that's it. No more can go in. I am gonna end up fat like a pig i tell you. With me finishing up after all her leftover food. Yikeess...
   Had s little scare from Momma Bear on Monday. She had a bit of bleeding. So off to the doc's we went. Just to be sure. Took a scan to look at the little fella.

  Voila!!!  Heart beat can be seen now. It looks like a little blinking LED within a little balloon. Have to look real hard to be able to see it. The blink comes and goes. Which raises the question. With all sorts of advances in medical tech. Why is it that the bloody ultra sound images still looks like something from World War 1? Is there no way we can have it view in HD?

2nd day of 9 Emperor God Laksa

   Yesterday was the 2nd night of Laksa festival at 9 Emperor God's. The whole clan turned up for it. Dad. Mum , me . Phoebe for her first festival and Miki of course. Even Tuti decided she wanted to come attend and see the fun bit.


   Seems Phoebe came first in the afternoon with Gramma for a sneak peek. Of course anywhere that she goes. Drama follows. Phoebe insisted she wanted to wave to Thomas each time a train passes by, so she sat at the steps with Tuti waiting for Thomas to come along. After awhile, she became too quiet that Tuti was suspicious. Phoebe got so excited that she did a number 1 right there on the steps. Tuti had to call Gramma for help because Phoebe refuses to budge. Somehow managed to clean her and got her home.
   Later that night we all came over to help out. Was busy and crazy like the war zone it has always been for the past 3 years we came to help. Phoebe came with her other Gramma and uncles. Gala time she had. It was up and down looking at dragons and balloons. She ended up getting herself a Donald Duck balloon to go home with. Poor thing was all wet from sweat and running around. No drama there till we got home later that night.
   Both Momma Bear and Phoebe was already asleep when we got home at 1 am. Saw all the bed sheet being hung up. Suspected something amiss.
   Phoebe was so happy from her outing she decided she needed to throw up on the bed.
   Then pee on the bed for good measure.
   Momma Bear nearly strangled her for good. Thank goodness they were asleep when i walked in. Thinking this was the last of it. How wrong i was.
   I think i slept like 40 minutes last night. Phoebe came up every other hour asking for Ribena . Milk and Godknoswhat... She even decided she wanted to do a Number 1 at 4 am. Which she actually did. Me and Momma Bear nearly fainted form exhaustion... Finally managed to get her to sleep at 5 am.
   Turns out Phoebe was not just excited about her outing. She caught a fever and cough. Woke up at 11am. The latest she has done in a long long time. Checked her and her temperature was 39.0 C. Not a good sign. Group discussion done with Momma Bear and Gramma. Decided its best to give her one up the butt....
   I wont be surprised if she hates me in the future. Its always me pushing up that pill into her ass when she gets sick. I am always the bad cop.
   Another week of playing waiter to go...
   No update so far from the little fellow inside Momma Bear. Other than the occasional mamak supper and salted orange peel. It's been smooth sailing for now. Fingers crossed. We are due at the doc's next week. This time to look for the blinking LED- that will be the little fella's heart beat.

Confirmation Round 1

   It was off to Doctor Soh for a scan to make sure the little is still hanging around. Surprisingly, the doc actually remembers us from 2 years back. Without asking, he confirms that Momma Bear is actually fat and pregnant. Then he offers to scan us for confirmation.
   Bed found. Momma Bear lay herself down. KY Jelly smeared. Here we go...
   Moments of suspense is correct. We saw nothing. Momma Bear was turning green. Could it really be just a undigested chicken wing stuck inside instead of a little kutu?
   More searching and Doc starts to shake his head saying " It's ok. I will need you to come in again in a weeks time. It's still early. Maybe kutu is shy and hiding. Who knows...WAIT."

   " There you go." He pointed at a smear in the screen. Looks more like a blotch to me.
   " That's the baby's sac. That's where baby will be cocooned inside for the next 9 months"
   Aaahhh.. that makes more sense. Doc is happy. Momma Bear is also happy. And off we go after grinning like new parents. Pheww.. No chicken wing scare this time around. We are due back there in 2 weeks time to search for the blinking LED. That's the baby's heart beat.
   It was Tom Yam soup for supper last night... Momma came home full and knocked off within 2 minutes. Could hear her snore contently.

Chapter 2. A new beginning.

   Things will get interesting for the next few weeks. Momma Bear just came to me with her Clear Blue Test result. Seems we might be having another round of 9 months midnight feeding all over again.

   2 lines on the test kit. I don't know if i should be jumping with joy or weeping in fear. Thoughts of her midnight feeding and request for supper flashed through. The change in shampoo and toothpaste. Body lotion and hair shampoo... Sigh. Scary indeed. Did the test twice in 2 days. Both showing 2 lines. Gramma was super happy to hear about it. Smiling patiently. Dad is totally clueless. Best to keep things like this for the moment i suppose. Vincent Wong and Mr Eng was grinning like proud uncles when we told them over lunch of fried spagetti in Kepong. Beats me why they were so happy.
   Went to the temple to get confirmation from the medium. Medium says we need to wait for a couple more days for the kiddo to settle down. Not sure if that is a good sign or he just did not want to commit.
   Personally, i am somewhat in a dilemma. On one hand i am happy for a new friend. On the other hand. The thought of the 9 months and following 2 years of potty training scares me a bit. Not saying it is no fun. It is fun actually. I do enjoy it but i suppose looking at Kutupus now. In all her glory, i forget what it was like having a little one as my own.
   So we started off with 1 Ramli burger last night for Momma Bear. More to come i guess....

I City

Trip to I City.

Gramma hd this bright idea of going for a night drive to I City . Out of the blue, she decided this would be fun. so off we went. I must admit, the lights are realy quite overwhelming. Baby had tons of fun on the Merry Go Round. Went up once with Grampa and another with Gramma.

Beats me why she did this face for the camera...

Poo Poo on the dot.

Chinese Year... This is the first time Baby is all dressed for her new year. Last year she was still in her diapers. This year she gets her full chinese Cheong Sam. And hair clips as well. Took her back to Our little village in Puchong. Turns out baby is nto so gutsy after all. Too many kids scares her. She clung on to Momma Bear like a koala bear most of the time. This was actually her only time on the ground playing with a tricycle. The previous day was spent celebrating new year eve dinner at 4th Aunty's place. It was the same there. She had trouble settling down. Too many kids around. It was much better after her cousin Wen Xing came along. She got to ride in a electric car for the first time...
The title... Now that another funny thing she did today. Last week it was getting her finger in the tap.Today. she managed to do her poo poo for the first time on the toilet bowl. Momma Bear took quite a bit to convince her to sit there.
Then it came...3 continous drip... Baby herself was confused at the beginning. After wiping her , she insist on looking inside the toilet. Flushed it and she was mighty proud. Even came to me, pull me and insist i follow her to the toilet . "Look Daddy...!" What else can i do? Clap lor... :P
When Gramma came. She did the same... dragged her to the toilet. Let's see if we are able to achieve this tomorrow ... Well Done!!

Water tap and sinks

Baby managed to set up another bench mark today.
Yesterday it was blowing up like a geyser during dinner. We were having dinner in Pelamar Restaurant celebrating Momma Bear's Younger brother birthday. Baby insisted om showing off how much she is able to drink at one go. So it was 7 ounce at one gulp. All this done right after having a bowl of porridge. Took her less than 3 minutes to know she is not that smart. She threw up right in front of everyone. 5 times continuously. Momma Bear and me were both covered in her talent. Her other Gramma nearly died from laughing out so much. It was super hilarious. Had to get her and me changed. Thank god for having a spare shirt in the car.



Today...even funnier. Momma Bear was laughing her head out when she reported to us. Momma Bear heard baby calling out for her from the toilet in the room.... "MI MI !!!!...MI MI...!!" That's strange.What's going on?

Baby had her finger stucked on the tap.

God knows what she was trying to do. Momma Bear didn't know whether to laugh or panic. She was staring at Momma Bear. No tears. I suspect she was more confused than afraid. This is a sign of worst things to come. It wont be long before we will have to call in the Fireman to free her. God knows what else she is gonna get herself stuck in.

Mini Donuts..

Another trip to Jusco.This time around...it was mini donuts.Momma Bear said baby was so proud she got to hold her own donut today. albeit a mini donut. Well in her case. i suppose any donut would count. Baby finished off 4 donuts today. Then did the most amazing thing. She actually told Momma Bear..."Drinks pls"....Momma Bear nearly fainted. Yesterday , she managed to rip up 2 packets of Nasi Lemak in Gramma's car...Today she decides to ask for drinks. Thats quite a leap in terms of learning things... Her rashes are better now. There is improvement today. Fingers crossed. Let's hope she gets better.

Doctor's visit

Following up from baby's rashes.
It has not gotten any better... drove around searching for a doctor. no one could refer or give any sound advice on where to head to or who see..
ended up back in Doctor Tan's clinic again.
This time around, we waited 55minutes. Bloody hell... if it was for something else. i would have burned it down to the ground. but baby had her revenge..she pee pee on the floor twice..hehehhe
Clever clever...
Her turn came. To say she is still a baby is actually very difficult to digest.
the moment she heard her name being called out. She panicked.
To say she made a scene is a huge understatment.
She actually grabbed the door sills as we walk in.
Everyone present had a gala time laughing watching her.
She was actually horizontal for a few seconds.
aiyooo.... embarassing to say the least.
She has some sort of skin disease. Doc gave a different type of cream.

It has been 2 days, there is improvement,
Rashed has not spread. its drying out.
Fingers crossed.
But her nose and breath still smells funny though.
Due to her getting bloody nose , we thought it might be congealed blood in her nasal. cavity that is giving off this smell..
will need to monitor it closely. it reminds me of how lilttle sis smelled like.
sigh....

she is still bullying her grandpa. now she knos who to ask for help when eveyrone else refuses.
at gramps. she actually bugged dad to take her out for lantern viewing.
then bug him again to push her around in gramp's wheelchair.
cheeky monkey.

she can sing 2 verse from twinkle twinkle little star now.
one up on momma bear.

Rashes and more rashes

Had dinner tonight with the family for cousin's farewell. They are leaving back to Aussie this Sat.

Dinner was as usual. Food was so so...

Had a lot on me mind. Kutu has bad rash on her wee wee area.

This rash seems to not yield to any sort of medication.

Its gotten worst now ... Tried numerous creams and meds.

Nothing seems to work.

Sigh....
Momma Bear suggested visiting another dermatologist tomorrow. Let's hope this fella would be able to help..

I am losing sleep over this.

We have put her off diapers the entire day and even that doesnt help.

At my wits end now.

Kutu 4 weeks old archive.

18 months jab

Yesterday marked another milestone for baby.

She had her 18 month jab at the local clinic. Momma Bear and Gramma took her there at 9am. Me, i was stuck in bed with a pinched back. I have been limping and unable to drive for a couple of days already.

Waited at home for the party to return. And return in style they did.

Momma Bear came down the car carrying Baby. Both had vomit on them. Baby was grinning like a cheeky monkey she is. After being jab on the butt. Seems she screamed her head off and decided to top it off by vomitting all over Momma Bear.

Both came home covered in her vomit.

Gramma just stood and smiled. " She is your daughter after all you know?"

Yikess....

At the clinic, Momma Bear confirmed the fact that Baby is not that brave after all. She frozed after another kid tried to pull her by the shirt to go play... Not so gutsy on the outside after all.

Heheheh...

Puppy..!! i can sing...

Baby has been going on and on. She learnt her first phrase of a song yesterday.

Grandma and Momma Bear has been coaching her for months.

Now she actually goes " papa puh chai chiaa..."

Its a Mandarin song. She just repeats it continuosly..

cute...

And i am now officially called Puppy... Seems Daddy is not cute enough when spoken.

she just decided to call me Puppy .
comes up runing and screams " Puppy...!!"

Cant ask for more i suppose.

Nose bleed again. She seems to get this quite often as well.

This is the hero post nose bleed and fever .

Happy New Year

Merry Christmas.. My first Christmas.

Momma Bear dressed her up in her new school dress for her photo shoot in Jusco. I never would have thought she looked like a pre-schooler. At 16 months, she could have fooled many people. Quite uneventful... we will celebrate it properly next year when you are bigger. Baby is drooling quite a bit today. Teething again. Rear molar is peeking out. I was wondering why her hand smells like a fish lately. Turns out it because she sticks her hands in her mouth half the time. Go figure. I suppose that goes with teething... Fishly smell...eyyw...