30th July 08 Diary - Baby claps & 1st 2 steps

Zhi Ying kept saying “cho cho” lately i.e. smelly in mandarin. She’ll point at the fan when we say fan or fong san. She also knows how to clap clap. She’s having 3 meals a day and drinks lots of plain water from her cheap trainer cup. I chose a cheap one cos I didn’t know if she would like the cup. Turn out she likes the cup and she likes to hold it and bites it all over. I’ve bought the same one for Magdelene and Sue Yin last night at Sunway Jusco. I can’t get the red colour one. But I got a yellow colour one with Big Bird fr Sesame street picture on it. Zhi Ying's has the picture of Elmo and a hen. So, I always show her which is Elmo and which is chicken together with the chic chic sound. 

 

Zhi Ying still has no teeth. Sue Yin already got 2 teeth. Magdelene has 4 teeth.

 

Zhi Ying likes to stand up lately. She managed to make 2 step forward by herselft on the 24th July. Mom was very happy so she called to tell me the good news. But actually. It was just that. She doesn't really know how to walk yet. Hahaha. Mom always say she's very daring. There was once when mom left her alone in the living hall to get something from the kitchen, she climbed the stairs up to the 3^rd stair case. So scarry!!

 

This week we're staying in 33. Every morning, around 7:30, Pin will send baby and I back up the hill. Then I’ll heat up her food, mop the floor, change the sterilizer water and put the clothes to wash. Then if I’ve time, I’ll feed her and show her flash cards to get her attention. Besides that, I’ll have channel 613 on as well.

 

This morning, grandpa yeh yeh brought zhi ying to the park to play on the swing, seesaw and the toy horse. Later when daddy sent us home, granny put her in the stroller and went for a walk. What a great start of the day! So, after granny fed her (solids- that daddy made last night) and gave her some water, she fell asleep without much fuss.

 

These 2 days, she cried more than usual. She cried every time she wakes up. Yesterday mom let her cry on the floor and watched her. She crawled and cried and put her face down on the floor repeatedly. She doesn’t cry that much normally. I guess she really misses Pin & I badly. She's been with us for the last 3 days in Redang. This is the side effect of a great holiday. Hahaha. Think she’ll get use to her normal routine soon.

 

Yesterday Pin, mom, baby & I went to Sunway Jusco to replenish baby’s food. They have an organic section there. We bought potatoes, pumpkin, baby corn, Japanese sweet potatoes, and broccoli. We still have pork and fish and lots of baby carrot, so we didn’t buy those. Baby fell asleep while we were choosing the trainer cups in the childrens department and she was still sleeping when we reached home. Her sleeping time is 9:30pm. While I wiped and changed her into her sleeping clothes, Pin made prepared her food and put them in the freezer.

18th July 08 - Baby's walker toppled!! said "che", new byebye style & her poo

Zhi ying knocked her forhead, just above the right eye the other day at 33.She was in the walker and she flew into the toilet in the kitchen. The walker toppled over cos the toilet floor is a step lower than the kitchen floor. So her whole body was up side down in the walker and she fell on her right forehead. I quickly picked her up and checked if her eyes and head were alright. She cried and cried and before she cried too long, I brought her out to the car porch and immediately she stopped crying, which probably means, it wasn't that painful after all. She probably got a shocked, that's all.

Nowadays, mom helps me to feed zhi ying 3 meals a day. I don't have to feed her before I go to work. However, sometimes I still try to feed her before I go to work so that mom can relax abit. I just have to mop the floor for her to crawl about and to make sure no ants on the floor. Sometimes Pin will help to mop the floor and prepare zhi ying's food and freeze them before he goes to bed. Sometimes, mom will help us to prepare her food when she's not too tired during the day.

There was a monkey that lingered around our neighborhood last week. It was a small little monkey. I guess it came from the reserved forest nearby. Mom was very scared and worried that the monkey will make its way into the house thru our thin grill. But I think it has gone back to the forest now. Didn't hear mom talking about it already. Maybe can't find anything to eat here.

Think I heard zhi ying saying "che" = car while pointing her finger to a car last night. Hahaha. Now, she changed her bye bye style already i.e. she'll hold up her arm and just moving her wrist up and down. I shall try to take a video of her doing that when I've chance. About her potty and her poo, everytime she doesn't want to poo anymore, she'll make noise like telling mom she has done her work already and wants to get up now. But everytime, if mom is not satisfied of the amount, she'll get her to sit longer to poo. Hahaha, so funny lah. Her poo is really smelly. But quite cute. About 5cm long and thin, brown in colour.

11th July 08 Diary - Baby tripping and clumsy

Zhi Ying kept tripping and falls down these days. She's very clumsy. Hmm...luckily she still has some fats on her. She already lost a lot of fats due to lots of crawling. I'm trying to feed her more. I'm feeding her 2-3 times a day, each time half cup of mix potatos, carrot, broccoli, pork & fish. Then she'll have about 8 -10oz of milk hopefully. Sometimes if she sleeps too much during the day, then she can barely finish up the 8oz. Before I go to work, I'll try to feed her solid. Then in evening when I'm home, I'll feed her another solid. During the day, I told mom only if she's not too tired, then she can give her 1 meal of solid.

3rd July 08 Diary - Baby and a scratch on her face

Zhi Ying fell and got a scratch on her face. She hit the sharp edge in the baby cot - that part where you can pull half way down. It happened in split second. I was standing just next to the baby cot. She was standing up holding on the grill. She was very stable at first and she could even walk side way while holding onto the grill. All of a sudden her right hand slipped off while she released her left hand from the grill, then she fell on her face onto the sharp edge. I quickly picked her up and cuddled her. I was very scared at that moment cos she cried till almost loosing her voice and gripped me very tightly. That means it's extremely painful.I could see a red cut into her skin next to her left eye. Quickly, I held her head up to see her face and massaged the left side of her face which was red. I don't know where she actually hit until i saw a red cut next to her left eyes. I could see some red veins in her eyes. I was so worried that she'll loose her eye sight. Mom wasn't around, only Hwa. I monitored her few days. Mom said she seems normal and no unusual behavior. 

 

30th June 08 Diary - Baby's got flu for the 2nd time

Zhi Ying caught mom's virus on Saturday - 28June afternoon. So, for Saturday night & Sunday night, I couldn't sleep well. Poor zhi ying got a lot of cendol in her nose. But she managed to sleep abit. I hug her to sleep.

Today is Monday morning and I feel extremely sleepy.

We've moved the baby cot from my in law's house to our room. It's really useful. I can brush my teeth or take a shower peacefully.

We've been showing Zhi Ying flash cards. She knows which is car and which is bear. She will choose car when we say car and choose bear when we say bear. She knows how to wave byebye and Hi. Same actions. And she likes to do " babababababa..." by putting her fist to her mouth.

This morning, zhi ying woke up around 8am. Nowadays she likes to hit her own back side. She'll lie on her side then flap her arms and hit her thigh repeatedly. Then sometimes, I smack her everywhere like she's a roti canai. She seems to enjoy it no matter how I turn her, roll her, shake her when she's lying down on the bed. She's so funny. Last night evening, she was holding a long carrot stick, she lay on the mattress in the living room. Pin was with her while watching DVD. She just lay there and bable while chewing her carrot.

Mom changed her nappy while she's asleep just now afternoon. Brought her to the sink to wash her back side and she was still asleep while washing - mom said she seems to enjoy washing her buttock alot - very comfortable. Hahaha!!!

24th June 2008 diary - Baby loves animals

Today,24th June 08 - Wednesday morning - mom brought zhi ying to her friends house. There were dogs. She loved them and she kept kicking her legs. So funny. Mom's friend said zhi ying got very smooth skin. So Touch her abit. Haha.

This morning I woke up late cos zhi ying slept till 8am. So, I din't have time to feed her solids. Mom had to help me today to feed her. Luckily it wasn't very difficult today.