wormy is here to say hello agaiN!

*sobz* mummy treats me like a toy. im NOT a bunny!
okie, i dun mind being an astronaut though!

i dont want the "du-du". so i use my tongue to push it out. clever, hor?

smiley, smiley!

what?

hmm, staring into space again. prelude to me drifting into dreamland.

some random pixs

1) this is me having lunchie with hubby at the korean crystal jade @ centrepoint. must say the lunch set is really not bad costing around $10++ & you got many side dishes to go along with your main dish.
me chose BBQ sliced beef as usual! *yummy*

2) brought baby out to marina sq to get his CNY clothes last last sat. he sat quietly in his pram for like a good half hour before he decided to start wailing. lol.


3) per last post, lunchie with hubby @ the jap restaurant @ cuppage area there.

4)wormy playing in his baby bouncer!

5) wormy taking one of his 3 naps for the day now.

guess what! im now sitting in my cubicle!
yups, maternity leave ended and im back to work!
talk about having a surreal feeling. bah!

forward to happy stuff bah. yesterday was my last day of "jobless" time so i went to look for the husband for lunch @ orchard.
he brought me to this quaint authentic jap restaurant @ cuppage there. the set meal is really nice + delicious! costing ard 14-16 bucks per set, we both feel the food is value-for-money.

afterwhich, i went shopping (what else?!) alone while he went back to work.
carefully steering clear of certain shops, i managed to buy nothing for myself! well almost nothing, i did get myself a novel. but hey, reading is good habit. :)

but i had fun shopping for wormy hehe. got him some baby stuff + a new set of PJs for 年三十晚. im very olf-fashioned. feel that should start CNY with totally new clothes for a great year ahead!
so wormy got new clothings for CNY eve, CNY day 1 + 2! *grinz*

oh, and i get him a book from Lamaze too. its filled with different textures + interactive parts.
i shall start reading to him once he's able to sit up with minimal support. :) sooo fun.
unless he turns out to be like his dad who doesnt like reading. :(
baby, pls be like mummy. love to read and i have many many enid blytons/secret seven back at gramps' home for you!


but its really high time for me to assess my finances!! yawn.
give me luck to HUAT at this CNY!

falala

multi-tasking
i realised i sure can multi-task. in fact, i find it nice to have a whole lot of to-do things (non-work related, of course) waiting for me to accomplish.
i think i like the idea of stretching my available time to do a host of stuff.
so the next time i tell you that i cant multi-task, im lying.

logic
why is it that logic is so not instilled in some people?
and normally, such people are equipped with that awful brand of stubborness that fails to let them see beyond their own beliefs.
i admit that i may have problems seeing from people's perspectives at times too, but no matter what, seeing is believing. so i will be persuaded/convinced if i see for myself what they meant.
BUT, some people cant see logic for what it is. despite witnessing 1st hand the true scenario, they still insist their way.
if they go further this way, i shant be bothered with them, lest my feelings got affected.
so im gonna speak my mind. and believe me, speaking one's mind DOES get better with age.

going back to work
hello everyone! im going back to work this friday!
how GROSS! maternity leave is over like in a flash.
now i really start to miss my wormy. hence, for the past 2 days, i requested my mother-in-law not to come, giving me precious ALONE time with my wormy! *heez*

blog for the sake of blogging

just feel like rambling on. at least for tonight.


missing the baby
been awhile since im home alone in redhill...
the last time that i can recall was when ah long was @ south afica for work & i was ard 5 mths preggy.
i was afraid of being alone back then.
being a mum changed me now. taking care of baby is surely worse than home alone! lolz.
this is a good time for me to recharged myself without worrying when's the next feed or when wormy will become fussy.
but... im missing him now. :(

looking back
been awhile since i last developed photos. so was looking through my photos to see which are up for developing.
i really look VERY different when preggy leh. lolz.
sooo F-A-T.
in case you guys forget, pls see.

still fat now.and after the fattening dinner @ paulaner just now.
CONFIRMED fat. pui.
i dun even dare to step on the digital scale just now. ha.


like fuck pissed
i really cant stand people who cant understand reasoning.
really hate it when despite numerous explaning still fail to make them see the light.
i still stand by the rational that you are free to do/think whatever shit you deem right so long it only concern yourself.
but when other people are involved, other than yourself, pls stop and rationalize.
been losing sleep over the above recently. damn.
my top is gonna be blown anytime soon.
if people are insisting to do MY things THEIR way. wtf.
dont take me for nothing just because im generally easy-going with most of the things you said.
for all you know, the wake-up call is coming.


dont freaking threaten me
threats just dont work for me. period.

shopping for CNY or shopping in general
anyhow shop like AGAIN on thursday. i think i cant be on leave for too long.
all i do is SHOP SHOP SHOP with very limited money.
resulting in just more n more credit card bills! *gulp*

anyway i bought:
1) a dress from MNG
2) a top & tights from Topshop
3) Ear rings from accessorize
4) shoes from Robinsons
5) 2 bras
think the above n my previous mad shopping spree kinda sum up my CNY shopping bah.

oh, we went to marina with wormy today to get him some CNY clothes as well.
got him a jeans+cute t-shirt from mothercare.
and i bought him a nice top + pair of shoe sfrom robinson previously too. :)
cant wait to see him in those outfits!
lucky wormy got himself a very nice playmat too. wormy, quick quick learn to roll over then we can put you on it leh!! heh.

want to get him some interactive stuff to put on his pram as well. but guess that got to wait till he can sit up more upright before he can appreciate these.

cute?

movies
time to catch up on shows again!
who want to watch the following, can let me know!!
1) american gangsters
2) dan in real life (not to be confused with the dan in my life)
3) sweeney todd (johnny depp!!)

hmm, so far these are the ones i can recall.

yawn. very sianz. going to hit the sack now.
very happy to see wormy tomorrow! *wee*
not too happy to see the father though. bleh.

wormy, jacky + me

im very tired now but just feel like blogging this out before i K.O. myself out.
just came back from jacky cheung's concert & i can only say im a very happy woman! :))
i've treated ah long to the concert as his bday's prezzie (though its more of me wanting to go for the concert, lolz).
anyway, the concert was GOOD! it lasted a good 3 hours+ which jacky belted out songs after songs in his superd voice!
its amazing i didnt lose my voice singing along. but i didnt get to sing along much for really not familiar with his new songs. :P

all i can say is his voice is damn good! i almost teared when he sang my favs - feng shou zhong yao zai yu tian & zi xiang yi sheng geng ni zou.
really, almost teared. i think got teared lah, just that the tears stay in my eyes. hiaks. so much emotions!!
anyway, suddenly remember the show "perhaps, love" when he sang some of the songs from the musical movie. suddenly got an overwhelming desire to re-watch it. dont know why.
remember my last post on the movie was only so- so:
http://junlong-wenhui.blogspot.com/2005/12/perhaps-love.html
but somehow i feel the show maybe better than what i comprehend. hmm...

okie, here are some photos!!

ah long + me getting ready to leave the house for my mum's place..

why? to deposit wormy lor! okie, im a bad mummy but jacky's concert is really hard to miss!

moi in new outfit. top is miss selfridge from ah long + new knitted checkered shorts from Topshop! and yah, my foyer is in a massive mess. rest assured that these are all tidied up by now. :P

some camwhoring with my beloved wormy!

cant see him. carried him too flat.

okie, better after propping him up.

one with pappy!

he's actually poo-pooing in this photo but we didnt know till we put him down n smell it. smelly smelly!

after depositing baby @ mum's place for the night, we headed to parkway parade for dinner, i treated ah long to dinner @ Dome.

he's a happy man with his peach sundae. he has the sweetest tooth for a man that i know of so far. really!

then its to the national indoor stadium for our date with jacky. jacky jacky jackY!

p/s: anyway, ah long developed a headache after the concert. the concert is too long & nosiy for him. i CANNOT believe this man. its JACKY! jacky, jacky, jackY!

pp/s: im still a disgusting 57kg (ONE kg down from my previous weight of 58kg 2 weeks ago NIA.). pui! when will i return to my pre-preggy weight of 53kg. okie, maybe i should be realistic & aim for 55kg. since i was only 53kg for awhile back then. hiaks. whatever. im getting bored with watching my diet & want to stuff myself silly with chips! jack & jill, anyone??

the shopaholic in me surfaces!!

in a short span of like 2 weeks, i managed to get myself:
1) a cardigan from GG<5
2) a top & skirt from Isetan
3) a top, a cardigan, a shorts & 2 undies from Topshop
4) a skirt from MNG
5) a top from Ms Selfridge (this is from ah long though)
6) a shorts & a denim skirt from Fox
7) 2 bras from Wacoal
8) Pressed + Loose powder refills from Paul & Joe

which rendered me utterly + completely BROKE.

still, a very happy birthday + happy new year to MOI! *wee*
for i so deserve the above. hiaks.

capricious

one moment: "虫虫吖！"
& he smiled.

the next moment (note, 2 seconds apart): "虫虫吖！"


宝贝，你在想什麽？

call me slow or what..

but im absolutely HOOKED onto this song by 苏打绿 now !

无以伦比的美丽
天上风筝在天上飞
地上人儿在地上追
你若担心你不能飞
你有我的蝴蝶

天上风筝在天上飞
地上人儿在地上追
我若担心我不能飞
我有你的草原

嘿 嘿 你形容我是这个世界上无与伦比的美丽
嘿 嘿 我知道你才是这世界上无与伦比的美丽
嘿 嘿 你知道当你需要个夏天我会拼了命努力
嘿 嘿 我知道你会做我的掩护 当我是个逃兵

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7vM2lAI5k0

好甜， 好美的一首歌。
我若担心我不能飞
我有他的草原。 ：）

xmas dinner with the gang & hubbi!

its been a long weekend for me. met up with the gang for early xmas dinner + gift exchange yesterday. it was a blast! simply love spending time with them. *heez*

met up with jx + candice for "the warlords" at marina sq at 4+ 1st. the movie is VERY NICE. pls go catch it if you havent. all 3 male leads acted superdly! esp. takeshi! love the innocence in his eyes. *woohhhh* heh.
the show is really very sad, as claimed by GB.

after which, we made our way to the Zenden hotel @ the Gallery hotel for our xmas set dinner. though the appetiser & dessert is alrighty, the seafood soup+main course (beef tenderloin) is delicious! i was sooo full that i cant finish the dessert (which is so-so by the way, ha). they even have complimentary birthday cake for those whose december is their bday month (which is MOI by the way!).

after dinner, we crossed over to the winehut opposite gallery hotel for our annual gift xchange + some nice wine. drank the sweetest white wine i ever came acrossed in my life & i cant remember its name for nuts now. damn.
GB, whats the name huh?

it was really nice just chatting with them & being rubbishy as usual. :)
but still, must say that 一年一年过的太快了！our last xmas meet up @ the KTV @ chinatown seems like few months ago! lolz.

okie some photos!

(clockwise) me, GB, jx, zm

me + my complimentary bday cake

tanny + ah D not yet here... so missing the 2 of 'em

our gifts!

today is hubbi+me couple time-out! we made our way to town to catch "national treasure 2". the show aint bad but i distinctly remember 1 to be better. still, its an entertaining enough movie to catch.

after which, we had a simple early dinner @ a restaurant @ cineleisure to avoid the rain. think its a restaurant under Billy Bombers.

the food aint bad. serving billy bombers' style food like burgers, milk shake etc.

after which we went shop shop for my xmas prezzie. yes! lazy ah long never surprise me with any gifts!

anyway, i got him a braun baffel belt + key pouch which i gladly say he likes them very much. :)

as for me, i got him to get me a miss selfridge top in the end. but im sooo sad when he commented the top sorta look tight on me though ITS MY SIZE.

darn. i know i am FAT lah. pui!

but i dont care. you guys just have to be contented with a 58kg wenhui till i decided to launch my exercise plan (which is so not going to happen soon, heh.)!

falala.

mindless ramblings (like for the nth time)

golden compass
just want to say golden compass is part of a trilogy, or so i read somewhere. the show just stopped halfway. BUT, i dont feel the desire to follow through.
UNLIKE LOTR.
LIKE eragon (in case all of you forgot this show. but you should anyway. strongly believe there wont be an eargon 2.).

paint the town red
is this phrase hard to understand? ah long seems to think so.
informal explanation will be to go out and enjoy in the evening, mainly involving dancing+drinking.
and THATS what im going to do tonight! *wee*

AWS
AWS is in for YESH, this is december month.
no one-special item to reward myself like previous years. but rather splurging here + there, with no tangible evidence on where my $$ goes. this is silly.
still, i swears by retail therapy!
oh, im very pleased with my personal savings now. i've come a longgggg way, babY!

i sound mad
yup, that always happen when im high.
2007 is really coming to an end. i hope there's a better way to end it (for its my BIRTHDAY) but i know its gonna end like how its gonna end everytime.
with the arrival of the NEW YEAR, duh!

bee bee wormy once again!

小小的微笑for you!

享受着。

im a sailor... byee...

smiley baby!

what are you looking at? *拽*

the milk comes so slow. *gives you the finger*

catching up on movies!

this week is movie week! *yippee*

went to watch "the golden compass" with the husband on thursday. TM on a public holiday is MAD! packed full with shitload of people! bah!
anyway, golden compass is only so-so. disappointing.
the concept of parallel universes sound intriguing but somehow the movie cant pull it off leh. and i dun like the lead character - the little girl whose name i cant remember. she sorta lack the innocence the role required.
a little too adult for me. sorta scheming even.
i miss the little harry potter! sooo cute!

tonight going to catch "the warloads" with grace, candice + jx before meeting the rest @ gallery hotel for a xmas dinner feast! *yummy*
been so long since i last met up with the gang! definitely looking forward to that!

and tomorrow is couple time with ah long. wormy will be taken care by my MIL while we hit town for some shopping + of cos a show - national treasure 2- !

i want to catch all the good shows! anyone interested in watching "I am legend" with moi?? let me know soon!! its hitting the cinema like next week!

oh, or "Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium" also can! :)

recap of 2007 (as inspired by ayu)

as usual, will recap 2007 in point forms for my own viewing pleasure. heh.

jan: nothing much. dropped my motorola V3 @ a colleague's wedding and brought myself the very-the-good SEK800i (which im still using now). celebrated ah long's bday in a low-key way (since when not like that?) with lunch @ his parents' house & dinner @ vivo. oh, went to penang & phuket for the 1st time in a 4D3N cruise with ah long & his parents. remember being upset with my skin condition back then. took the least no. of photos ever in a trip. umm, no, think that will be the cruise in may (but that's another story altogether).
feb: celebrated CNY for the 1st time as MRS NG. but nothing special really. CNY celebration @ gramps was still the best. blackjack & all! HUAT! won $$ net net at the end of the day for me lah. heh. the gang popped over to my house and we were LOUD! FUN FUN FUN! oh, & spring cleaning kills by the way.
mar: my pregnancy was confirmed! tested positive twice using home pregnancy kits before ah long + me were sold that im really pregnant. but my world crashed when we were told during our 1st visit at the gynae that the baby cant be seen. after a excruciating 2 weeks of waiting, our 2nd visit finally confirmed wormy's existence. *phwee*
apr: spent most of it having morning sickness. cant tell anyone abt wormy's for im bandang. lolz. nelly left for NYC. cried when sending her off at the airport. had skin problems due to pregnancy - eczema ard my tummy area got really bag and lips become sore & puffy. quite an unhappy time for me. good thing was i got my bonus and rewarded myself a LV wallet. *sweet*
may: worst mth. down with all kinds of illness - asthma, flu, fever, hacking cough. all the time super worried the effect medicine has on baby. didnt enjoy my 3D2N trip to malacca/KL with hubbi AT ALL. was down with asthma ALL the time on board. thought i was dying when we were at KL. and after recovering, received some bad news on routine blood test done during baby's 16th weeks. it was the longest 2 weeks for us when we waited news for the re-test. remember being very depressed and sad back then for if there's really something wrong, it'll be too late for us to do anything abt wormy and the horrible choice of exterminating the pregnancy will have to be made. *sobz* i really dread the time when i think back. our jazzy finally arrived on 18th may by the way.
jun: good mth. perhaps the best mth. received good news abt blood re-test results. big load off my chest. morning sickness is history. and best mobility for the whole pregnancy. weekends were fluff+fun going out with ah long catching movies, having nice dinners & all. *wee*
july: more or less like jun. just that im getting heavier and mobility not as good. start of my 3rd trimester. getting busy for budget period back at work. oh, i got myself the orange CD bag.
aug: getting tired more easily. very busy at work. hated boss + some colleagues. went on a mad make-up shopping spree. but really, nothing much for me to spend on.
sept: getting very tired by now. remember hating to be pregnant and cant wait for due date to arrive soon. 1 year wedding anniversary for us! spent a nice quiet weekend at pan pac for the occasion. :)
oct: crawled to work for almost the whole month. commuting sucks the energy out of me. the waiting game begins. got pregnancy0-induced rash all over hands. very depressing. got myself 2 new bags - a coach & a LV. yup, im a spendthrift but i so deserve them. *stares hard*
WORMY ARRIVED on 26th OCT finally, weighing a healthy 3.515kg! :)
nov: confinement sucks. and i was on the brink of post-natal depression like at least 5 times during the mth. not sure how to take care of a newborn. he fell sick and was admitted to hospital for 3 nights. beastfeeding really take the toll on me. told myself fiercely that i must dish out sound advice on breastfeeding to my friends next time. its not a easy task. i plunged into it doing too little research and paid by becoming depressed + resentful. bah!
dec: still feeling lost at times over how to take care of wormy but trying to learn + cope day by day. looking forward to this weekend where i will be having xmas dinner with the gang + ah long. some time off parenting is welcoming at times, really. question: what should ah long get for me for my bday? hmm.
oh, my weight is still so undesireable still @ 58kg. damn.

okie, that sums up my emo roller coaster 2007. hope 2008 will be a smooth + peaceful one. really, 我已无所求。:)

retail therapy = shiok!

just came back from a short-lived mad shopping spree in town! *wee*
and i can only conclude retail therapy is really good!
and so i became the santa once again come this time of the year. of cos, playing the biggest santa to myself, no doubt. :P

things i bought during a short duration of 2 hours+ at scotts isetan alone:
1) a belt for daddy - a goldlion one to be exact... his one and only existing one is really pathetic..
2) a mickey mouse 2008 calendar for the brother - yesh, my bro is a mickey mouse fanatic!
3) xmas prezzie for mad D - yuppie, doing the annual gifte xchange with the gang this sat and im supposed to buy prezzie for him.
hope he likes them! yup, i bought giftS for him. actually they are just chocolates, peanuts & bodyshop body lotion (the most cliche xmas prezzie choice of all) as predicted by him. hiaks.
4) xmas prezzie for the husband! i doubt he've bought any gifts for me yet. he needs immense prompting every year. ha.
anyway, i think he 'll like what i got for him. cant disclose here for he does read this blog (but think nowadays he sooooo sleep-deprived he dun do that as often..)
5) origins moisturiser + mask for moi-self. my supply running low lah.
6) new shoes from itti+otto (like again!). i love shoes! *wee*
7) a toy set for wormy! though he can only really play it at 3M+. but whatever! in the spirit of giving!

lalalala. im a happy woman.

kudos to the most 伟大woman of the world! my MOMMY for taking care of wormy ALONE (she is so capable of doing that!) while i did the above shopping.
so why no pressie for the mommy? for greedy her wants an ANG BAO instead.
ha. and so that she'll get soon.

okie. "me" time almost over. im beginning to miss the wormy too.
byeeeeee....

movies i want to watch!

why is it that all the good movies come out when you are least able to make it to the theatres!?
pui!

movies i really want to catch!:
1) Hero
2) Enchanted
3) Stardust
4) The Golden Compass
5) Lions for Lamb
6) The Warlords
7) Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium
8) i am legend

i miss the big screen! *wail*

the weight falls & falls &

then it got stuck.

bah!

pre-pregnancy: 53kg. pregnancy: 71.5kg (yap, no kidding. last weighed on the morning of delivery day itself).
so i gained a good 18.5kg for the whole pregnancy.
the biggest loss comes straight after the delivery itself of cos.
with wormy, the placenta & some water out of me during the very process.
i remember weighing around 62kg during my first post-natal check up (ard 1 week after delivery).

and then i got busy with taking care of wormy and didnt take much notice of my weight though i did weigh myself on-off using a not so reliable scale. think by 1st mth, my weight was ard 59-60kg. when i moved back to redhill 2 weeks ago, i feel i got thinner for taking care of baby alone more often surely taken some toil on me?
so finally, hubbi and i got a digital scale on sunday and the weight of me now officially stands at 58kg!

darn. the weight loss rate really slows down alot for the last few kg huh?
currently, i still cant wear my watch on my right wrist.
i still cant wear my wedding band my left ring finger.
i still cant wear most of my fitting tops + bottoms from last time.

:( wish me luck for the remaining 5kgs! when my appetite remains more or less the same as pregnancy period at times!

wormy is entering an extremely fussy period!
he will cry n cry n cry from midnight onwards till 3+ before falling asleep.
so this meant only 4 hours or less sleep for me during the night!
lucky i can catch up on sleep during the day when he naps. but not for poor hubbi.

hope things will look up soon. on a more positive note, its easier to let go and get others to help take care of wormy for short periods while hubbi and i go out to run errands or just have some nice couple time.
its been so long since we've some quality time together.
as we were doing up the laundry in the kitchen (while little wormy is fast asleep of cos), we lamented how we miss "us" time.
hmm. so its a good thing that my mother-in-law offered to take care of wormy on xmas day so we can go dating? :)
hee, so sweet of her hor.

wormy went out today again!

today is to my grandma place to let wormy visit his great-grandma! heez.
for the 1 hour plus we were there, he's fast asleep. heh.
okie, some pixs!

all ready to go! wormy in his cute little romper!

pappy sneaked in some sleep together with wormy @ gramp's place
do they look alike?

back home - about to fall asleep..

random ramblings

next time, when a decision has been made for the baby.
remember, stick to it and dont let anyone make you feel guilty about it.
i mean it.


for mothers know best.


okie, its just that i had enough of people from here n there telling me what to do for my baby.
heck, they dont even have to tell me in the face.
just a raised eyebrow or whispered questioning behind my back is enough to irk me.
sigh. i shall be strong and stick to my decision.


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who said the 1st month is the most difficult?
the second month is toO!
the little devil is now soundly asleep but when he's awake, 我有的忙了！：）
little wormy is extremely insecure and demanded to be held every now and then.
not sure if this is the case for most babies or the hospital ordeal has made him so.
whatever the case, im trying my best to sooth him and let him gain confidence in his caretakers, which include me! :)


waiting for him to turn 3 months old so he can start playing with me. heez.
but by then, i ll be back at work. how annoying!


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im pretty amazed at myself.
i've been having interupted sleep (less than 6 hours a night) for the past 5 weeks!
of cos, i made it up by sneaking naps here n there during the day.
but still!


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i love wormy to bits but sometimes im really puzzled by his crying.
what exactly does he want!
and sometimes, i just want to get away from all the taking care business and have some me-time again.
that is really quite hard for the time being.
even if someone volunteered to take care of wormy, im not sure i'll bear to do so.
for long at least.


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my little angel/devil having some rare quiet time by himself.

wormy's first day out!

okie, technically wormy has get out and about more than once. those visits to PD, shuffle between houses for my confinement period etc. but today is wormy FIRST day out to town. what a pity that he cant really see the xmas decor for what they are. this year's one is simply fantastic - purple & silver - my fav!

anyway, hubbi & i wanted to get some thermal flasks for the house & when we are out on the road. as isetan is having a TIGER sale now, we decided to go n take a look. so how to go out with a time-bomb (one who will wail anytime anywhere anyhow)? we satisfied all his needs in advance! heh. so we bathe wormy, clothed him in nice clothings, feed him till full full then rock him to dreamland before leaving the house. :)


me, hubbi + a soundly asleep wormy!

its also wormy's 1st time sitting in his baby car seat. apparantly, he hated it initially. guess lying in my arms is so much more comfortable than the seat. heez. see how his tiny face scrunged up.

how can someone so young look so old? lolz. hubbi & i like to laugh at him when he makes this face. like a tiny frog with the eyelids popping out!

but before long, the rocking of the travelling car started to sooth him & he fell back to deep slumber again.

frown due to my flash. i know, im a bad mum. :P

all set to go shop shop!

so far, the mini trip has only 2 minor hiccups when wormy decided to wail when we doing the shopping. luckily, he was quickly soothed before putting back to the pram. and when we shift him from the pram to the car seat at the end of the trip, i realised his urine has somehow leaked to part of his back!! so poor wormy has to be partly drenched in his own pee on the way back.

in all, our little mini trip only lasted all of an hour plus. lolz. we were scared that the air-con outside is too cold for him and he'll fall sick again.

oh well, wormy, we'll go out more often when you get bigger and stronger, ya?

poor little wormy... fell sick last week (long post ahead)

it all started on last tuesday night when i was breastfeeding wormy. suddenly i felt that he feels hot to my touch, esp the part where the nape of his neck resting on the inside of my elbow.
using the pigeon themometer we bought last time, i proceeded to measure baby's temperature. *anyway, i hate pigeon themometer! it takes like FOREVER to measure the temperature! not helping at all! bah!*

imagine my horror when the reading said 37.67 degree celcius! still, the instructions behind the pigeon box states that a fever exists only if temperature hits above 37.8. so, a flustered me went to look for hubbi for advise. he's sleeping in another room for he's recovering from a flu+fever (yesh, he's most likely to be the main culprit for passing the virus to wormy!! grr...!). as usual, nonchalent him stated there is no basis for alarm for it didnt exceed the stated temperature of 37.8 & my MIL (mother-in-law) assured me that baby's body temperature is naturally higher than that of adults. ignorant me went with their comments as i didnt want to be a drama queen and rush wormy to the clinic late at night. what a mistake. :( i should have trusted my mummy's instinct. :( no way am i gonna let people dissuade me from what i think best for my baby next time. :(

ANYWAY, come next day and i didnt follow up much as baby seems to be his usual self. fussy for milk and all. but that evening when i was holding wormy, i distinctly felt that he was really hot and so i measured his temperature again even though the rest kept on assuring me that he cant be having fever.. and horrors of all horrors, the reading said 38.2 this time!!
hubbi and i quickly brought him to a GP for consultation which the GP prescribed some fever medicine and advised that if the fever didnt subsided by night, we should bring him to hospital for further check up given that he's still under 1 mth.

so we gave the 1st dose at 6pm and the fever seemed to go down ard 10+ but comes midnight for the second dose, the fever went up again. so we waited no more and rushed wormy to thomson medical for further check up. everything happened in a blur from then on. we were told that he has to be admitted based on the advice of my PD (who's rushing down to the hospital then to check on wormy). and worse, there's no wards available except for 4 bedded room for baby. PD came and checked on wormy and said there's no conclusive diagnosis and that they've to take blood & urine tests of wormy to see what's the cause of the fever.

and they took him to a room and asked us to wait outside while they take the blood sample. i was so upset when i started hearing wormy's screaming in the room and the whole thing continued for a good ten minutes. by the time i was allowed into the room, wormy had gone all quiet and had a daze look. i was so sad seeing him like this. :( apparantly, they had drew the blood amount they required from his feet and taped this plastic thingy round his privates to collect his next urine. i was instructed to check every hour urine output and call for nurse when that happen. and they actually had wormy hand on driP!! for antibiotics purpose. sobz, im so sad he had to go through this at so young an age! and dripping antibiotics hurt like hell!!
then hubbi & my in-laws left as only 1 parent is allowed to stay and there;s no point in hubbi staying for he's down with illness too. :(

so, imagine my lonliness in the 4 bedded ward, cold and with my sick wormy who was lerthagic from all the pain & medication. :( luckily we changed to a 2 bedded ward the very next day which is the same as a single since the other bed is not occupied.

wormy actually stayed 2 more nights (thursday + friday) as the fever comes n go and we need to monitor it. luckily, the blood + urine tests came back okie & PD concluded he just got throat infection which leads to the fever. so poor little wormy has to consume cold, cough + fever oral medicine, nasal drops 3 times a day + put on antibiotics drip once a day for the whole hospitalisation duration.

the whole time, i was totally tired out, esp at night. he was irritable and refused to sleep and i've to feed him at approx. every 2 hours interval & change his nappies for him etc. i thought i was going to fall sick as well! and the darn hospital is so godamn cold!

on fri, his fever seemed to subside so PD said to stop his fever medicine to see if the fever comes back so we gave the last dose of medicine at 4pm. and he was well untill midnight when the fever shoots to 37.7 again. :( so he gave him one more dose at 1am. sat morn comes and PD checked and informed that he seems okie (no fever) and we just got to continue with the cold+cough medicine will do. so i requested for discharge even though PD advised one more night for observation. but i thought the cold air-con was actually making it worse for wormy so i stuck to my decision.

when back home, i was like on tenterhooks! i took wormy's temperature like every 2 hours intervals to check if the fever is coming back. alas, the fever came back on sat evening ard 7pm (18 hours after his last fever medication dose). i panicked and immediately administered fever medication to him as per PD's advice. and inwardly, i started to regret my decision to discharge so fast. :(

but there's nothing i can do but continue to monoitor. LUCKILY, till the next check up at the PD's clinic yest morn (mon), wormy's fever didnt come back and PD gave him the clearance too. :)))

the whole episode has been a terrible ordeal for me. now i hope for nothing but the best for his well-being.

anyway, we are now back in redhill but we wont be receiving guests so soon given wormy's just recovered state. hope you guys understand!

okie, got to go catch up on some rest before he wakey up for his next feed!

more pixs of wormy!

not sure of the chronological order of the above pictures taken. it seems like wormy looks change alot over the course of 4 weeks and sometimes not that cute. lolz.
but to me, still v cute lah. heh.

i just hope this ordeal will be over soon. :(