Swimming at the pool

It was really a wonderful day on Good Friday. Ken Ken, Chu Chu and myself went for swim at a neaby swimming pool.

Chu Chu used to be afraid of the water at the pool, but this time, we brought along a big float to hold him in the water. With the float holding him, he can float freely on the water. He even tried to kick his legs when he saw other children kicking their legs in the water. I am so glad that he had enjoy his time in the pool and is no longer afraid of the water.


Chu Chu kicking his legs in the water.


Chu Chu splashing water.


Chu Chu splashing water over his face.


Ha ha... Chu Chu and ma ma...



"If you want to learn to swim jump into the water. On dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you." -- Bruce Lee

How about seeing the doctor TOMORROW?

Ken Ken is having diarrhoea again... Which is due to stomach flu... Sigh... He's having stomach flu so frequently ever since he had appendicitis...

He has decided to see a doctor to find out what is the real problem. However, there was a large crowd in the clinic.

This is the converstion between the clinic nurse and myself this morning:
Myself: "Is the queue very long?"
Clinic nurse: "Yes, it's going to be a long wait."
Myself: "Oh..." (I'm still wondering whether to wait or not to wait.)
Clinic nurse: "Why not your leave your name here?" (She pushed a pen and a diary in front of me.)
Clinic nurse: "And come again TOMORROW."

What a joke??!! I didn't know that seeing a doctor can wait till TOMORROW.

Anyway, we decided to see another doctor, as we don't think it is possible to wait till the next day to see the doctor while having the discomfort of diarrhoea.

After consultation with the doctor, we learnt that this frequent stomach flu could be due to IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome. A series of regulator and some other diarrhoea medicine were presribed. Ken Ken will have to observe thru the week and hopefully this regulator can help to regulate his bowel habits.



"In gastroenterology, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional bowel disorder characterized by abdominal pain and changes in bowel habits which are not associated with any abnormalities seen on routine clinical testing. It is fairly common and makes up 20-50% of visits to gastroenterologists. Lower abdominal pain, and bloating associated with alteration of bowel habits and abdominal discomfort relieved with defecation are the most frequent symptoms. The abdominal pain type is usually described in a patient as either diarrhea-predominant (IBS-D), constipation-predominant (IBS-C) or IBS with alternating stool pattern (IBS-A). In some individuals, IBS may have an acute onset and develop after an infectious illness characterised by two or more of the following: fever, vomiting, diarrhea, or positive stool culture. This post-infective syndrome has consequently been termed "post-infectious IBS" (IBS-PI) and is acute onset Rome II criteria positive. This condition is more homogeneous, being mostly IBS-D and is drawing much clinical investigation." -- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chu Chu's Chot Chot

WOW!!! It has been 4 months since I last put up a posting in my blog. As usual, I'm going to post about Chu Chu.

It's another enjoyable weekend whereby I have chu chu by my side all day long. As usual, I play my role as a responsible mother and cook his lunch and dinner, which is none other than his chot chot (porridge).

The chot chot may be simple, but its ingredients provide good nutrients to Chu Chu. And hopefully he'll grow to love veggie.

Ingredients:

French beans, carrot and potato


Fish and egg

Finishing product:




"Our children's health and well-being are dependent on our commitment to promoting food access and good eating habits at home, at school and in the community."-- Rod Blagojevich

Chu Chu's learning - Alphabets

Chu Chu has learnt alphabets for quite some time, but till now, he can only recognise upper case.
Below is to show how he pronounces the various alphabets:
1) A - 'air'
2) B - 'bee'
3) C - 'ceeeee'
(he loves to prolong when he pronounce this alphabet)
4) D - 'dee'
5) E - 'eeeeee'
(he loves to prolong when he pronounce this alphabet too)
6) F - 'argf'
7) G - 'ju'
(I really love to see how he 'duuu' his mouth when he pronounce this alphabet)
8) H - 'edge'
9) I - 'ai'
10) J - 'jay'
11) K - kay'
12) L - 'air o'
13) M - 'arm'
14) N - 'an'
15) O - 'ooo'
(I also love to see how he 'O' his mouth when he pronounce this alphabet)
16) P - 'pee'
17) Q - 'qun'
(No matter how we correct him, he still pronounce it as 'qun', I guess it's bcos we always laugh at him when he pronounce as 'qun', and he enjoys the attention which we gave him when we laugh at him)
18) R - 'ar'
19) S - 'as'
20) T - 'tee'
21) U - 'you'
(once again, his mouth is real 'duuu'ed)
22) V - 'vee'
23) W - 'dub ber you'
24) X - 'as'
25) Y - 'why'
26) Z - 'zac'
(he always pronounce this alphabets loudly to indicate the end liao)



"You learn something every day if you pay attention." -- Ray LeBlond

Planned Long Weekend + Holiday Tours

I took a day leave on 9 Nov, the day after Deepavali, therefore, got to enjoy a planned long weekend. Hahaha... This is a privilege which I can never get to enjoy from my previous job. Mmm... Another plus point for job change...

In fact, during this week, two of my colleagues went for holiday trip. One of them went to Phuket, another went to Vietnam. These are some sourvenirs given by them from Phuket and Vietnam:


Hmmm... Really envy them... So when will be my turn for a holiday trip leh? I wish to visit Bangkok... As I heard that the shopping there is... Woohoo!!!



"Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not." -- William James

Chu Chu's learning - Numbers

Chu Chu has been learning and picking up things knowingly and unknowingly.

'Knowingly' means he learnt as we teach him. Whereas 'unknowingly' means he learnt as he observes us.

Below are some numbers he is capable of counting:
1) One - 'Wan'
2) Two - 'Doo'
3) Three - 'Twee'
4) Four - 'Forr'
5) Five - 'Fai'
6) Six - 'Jek'
7) Seven - 'Sa man'
8) Eight - 'Egg'
9) Nine - 'Nine'
(Oh he can pronounce this soooooo accurately)
10) Ten - 'Den'
(Oh he can pronounce this vvveeeerrry loudly)
11) Eleven - 'A nan men'
12) Twelve - 'Towf'
13) Thirteen - 'De... Teen'
(Mmm... He always miss this number, maybe he don't like 13)
14) Fourteen - 'Forr... Teen'
15) Fifteen - 'Fit... Teen'
16) Sixteen - 'Jek... Teen'
17) Seventeen - 'Air men... Teen'
18) Eighteen - 'Egg... Teen'
19) Nineteen - 'Nine... Teen'
20) Twenty - 'Twor Tee'
(Once again, he pronounce this loudly to indicate that he had finished counting)


Oh ya... This magnetic board is a very useful tool to interact with toddlers. Real good stuff!!!



"Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves." -- Abbé Dimnet, Art of Thinking, 1928

Mid Autumn Festival Celebration

This is the first time we celebrated Mid Autumn Festival with two little ones.

Though the younger little one didn't really know what is happening, but his early arrival to the world seems to tell us that he wanted to celebrate with us.

But I think the elder little one also didn't really know what is happening. He only knew how to say 'Mumm... Mumm...' when he wanted to eat the moon cake and pomelo. Well... Besides the food, he was also quite fascinated by the lanterns which we had lighted up. We even switched off the light in order to see the lit-up lanterns more prominently, and they became so prominent that we cannot see anything except the lanterns. Hehe...












Besides the lanterns, I thought Chu Chu was even more fascinated when one of the lanterns caught fire, seeing a few of us (or maybe I'm the only one) freaked out and quickly rushed for water to put out the fire. Hahaha... :-P



“Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark.” -- Dan Millman