he said... just a little bit of TV...

yesterday, I was scolding him... ya, these few days, ever since chinese new year, all of us are down with flu, luckily, the kids are getting better, in fact, the one with the best condition is she...

then, the little one,

then, both of us, BAD! The backflow is really bad, the mucus... gosh!!!

anyway,

so, I was in super bad mood, and I scolded him,

telling them, besides TV, ipad, and food and drink, nothing else he can do... (I know I know, some of you experts out there, will tell me this is the last thing you should say to your kids!)

but then, that's kinda true...

cos, in the normal days, he'll switch on the TV on his own, sits down on the sofa and watch... (ya, no ipad)

then, while watching, when he gets bored, he'll start looking for drinks, or food...

non-stop...

I told him, he's going to be FAT FAT FAT!

He sensed my anger...

so, while I was in the washroom...

he came and asked me humbly..

“mama, can I watch the TV, just a little bit??”,

ok... I have to say, the way he asked, sooooooo innocently...

I've no choice, but to say, “ok!”

~_~

Two is Good

First thing first...
if I'm younger... the more the merrier, not just “two is good”, hahaha!
Of course, I'm not sure about other people, and I won't say this, to be applied to other people, everybody's different...
but to me, yes, two is good,
and of course, 1 girl and 1 boy, is good, it's not because of the social background that I have, but generally, it's because, by having a girl and a boy, then, I know how each kid, different sexes, behave differently... ^_^


and what I'll say is, I'm in fact, a little bit regret that, I(or we) were a little bit too strict on our girl... -_-


why?
Let me share with you...
on the no.2,
he's slightly more “brave”, though, for some reason, he hates moving objects that makes sound... irregardless if it's in front of him, or in the TV,
else, he's more brave... cos, he couldn't care less of what we think, or what we may say about him, worse is, he'll just throw things, or throw a tantrum, the way he does it, he'll just stretch himself, if you're trying to put him down, or carry him, or, he'll just throw himself to the ground, and pretend that he's angry... ya, half of the time, he's just putting it into an act, to show you that, he's unhappy...
my girl, as a girl, she'll normally try to force herself to be obedient...
note it, force herself...


my boy,
he's more “origin', cos, overall, we don't really have much time for him, ie. He's more of the free-and-easy kid, cos, papa & mama pay more attention to the sister, and anyway, the sister also demands it...
so, overall, he's pretty free and less watched... therefore, he's more origin,
just for example,
just now, I was playing words with him, ie. I say “eye”, he'll point at his eyes, supposedly,
that time, he's holding a jello, small little one, and what he did was, he use the jello to do the pointing job, yo!!! cute man!!!
so, eye, ears, nose, mouth, all he used the jello to do the pointing job...
THIS, is very origin of him, none of us in the house have really done this before, ie. He's not been shown such act before, maybe a little bit of modification from the sis, but well, kinda original...
then, I said “buttock”, he took a while to think, cos, that's not the part that we normally show to him,
when I showed him, poking his little bum bum, he laughed...
the last one I said, “nen nen”, ie. Breasts...
actually he knows where it is, on himself, I mean... cos, usually I like to tell him, “mama bite nennen”, he'll laugh... I don't really bite, but then, I was tickling him with my mouth on his tummy... and he'll laugh laugh laugh...
so, when I said “nennen”, he paused, and thought for a while,
guess what he did next???
very cute yo~~~~
he used the jello, pointed at mine, hahahahahahaha!!! I thought that's so cute!
^_^


and these two days, I don't know why, he insisted me putting on a pair of socks for him,
again, usually we use socks on him, when we go out, when he's supposed to wear his shoes, cos, he's sweaty feet, so, I thought it's more hygienic for him to put on a pair of socks... but he insisted it not to be taken off... @_@


most of the other things, or acts that he does, were to copy the sis'...
else, he's pretty original...
whereas my dear darling girl,
she's more obedient, ie. Most of the things she does, (unless she's playing) or actions that she puts on, are something that we condone...
I then, try to discourage her...
but then, we started her with being strict, that's why I said, I'm feeling a little bit regretful... -_-


well... I kept telling him then,
as a girl, which I read somewhere,
usually, a girl, she cares for relationship more, rather than her own intention, that's the difference between a girl and a boy,
my boy? Typical boy, as if he cares what we think, or what we want off him...
though, to the older people, they think, this is absolute disobedient, but then, I told him, that, I'll rather my kids to have their own mind, a strong one, doesn't matter, than, being an over-obedient person, ie. Imagine, next time in work, they'll be just they typical “mr. yes-man”!


And yes, therefore, normally for domestic violence, it's most of the time, the girl's who's the victim, or you call it, the woman...
cos, for the relationship between you and me, the “you” can be father, mother, boyfriend, husband, or anybody that you care, and you love, I don't mind letting go of my ambition, my dream, my intention, my own thinking... yes, that's what a girl will do, and that's what I don't want my girl to be...
but then, having said so... we do struggle with disciplining sometimes, cos, we ourselves, do not not, and are not sure of where to draw the line exactly...
and yes, my girl's very strong-willed, and she does insist her way sometimes, and yes, sometimes, we ourselves even call it, a disobedient... anyway, dilemma dilemma all the time, ha~


of course, there're still many things for her to learn, and I do hope, she'll learn, or she'll just learn to get the message sometimes,
again, I think, we watched her too much, till she's kinda dependent on us...
unlike my boy...
though, she's slowly learning how to be on her own...
slowly...


what did want want to say?
Oh yes, having 2, is just nice...
yes, having my no.2, then, I learn that, I gotta let go,
then, I learn that, really, a lot of things, character wise, or behaviour wise, you may not believe it, but a lot of these, are already hardwired in a kid...
yes, you may still disagree with me, and still think that, a kid is trainable, then, it's your luck, or, then, shall I say you're lucky?? well, I'll not, cos, again, a kid that's trainable, I do not know if that's good, or bad...
seriously, I don't know, maybe to some kids/parents, that's good,
but then, I never know how to train a kid,
to get my girl to do a thing, and to do a thing consistently, ie. Every day, at that hour, ask me,
it's damn tough, and I still don't know how...
and till this day, I still struggle with her eating, her sleeping... and luckily, one thing down, ie. Pooping...
eating, sleeping, yes, still struggling...


and yes, all are hardwired,
that, is clearly told, by my boy...
the way he deals with his toys, the way he behaves, is simply, hardwired, inborn in him, cos, we clearly know that, we did not really teach him all that, but he initiated it himself...
and that's why I said, I am a little bit regretful, as we kinda “taught” our girl too much, till I don't know what her true colour is...
or, rather... we taught her too much, till even when she's showing her true colour, we refused to accept it???
^_^ maybe...


that's why I said, 2 is good,
cos, what we learn from our boy, and that, we learn to kinda let go, let go, let go, a little bit on our girl, and believe that, and have faith that, she can take care of herself pretty well...
TWO, is good,
if I'm still younger...
I'll think, the more, the merrier!


Cheers...

copier, or fast learner… or whatever, that's good...

Baby's fast learner, sometimes that's what I told her,

Baby's fast… in copying,

While little one, is fast, in observing…

Ok, it maybe slow in your term, but in my eyes, they're always fast, ^_^

Cos, whatever a small kid can learn, and overcome, I regard it as miracle…

She's fast in words, particularly…

At this moment, I mention it,

The next moment, it comes out from her mouth…

Can you visualize that?

Ie. just last night, when we're in a relative's house, and I was busy eating crackers with her,

I said something like "let's explore what we have here!"

The next moment, she was using that word, and those who missed our little conversation there and then, thought her vocab's fabulous…

And I explained to them,

Yes, in a way,

No, in a way…

You get it??

Just like, the other day, (yep, I mentioned that in my chinese blog)

I was saying, "pop a tablet into your mouth",

The next day, she was saying, "I pop a rice into my mouth"…

See?

Somehow, scary, I'm worried she'll use the wrong word, but then… even if she uses it, most of the kids she hangs out with, may not get it…

Cos, she likes to use those big words now…

For eg. Everything, everybody, forever, anything…

Ooh! That's so dangerous, if you ask me…

As of little one…

Yep, he's fast, in a way, by action, imitating,

Nope, he's not speaking yet, only sometimes a "mama", or "papa", and some other blaberring… which we won't understand…

But of course, he's just so cute! ^_^

However, he imitates fast, as opposed to the sister,

Action,

Just the other day, he crawled over to the tv cabinet,

Took the wireless phone,

Pressed some buttons, and put that phone next to the side of his head,

I didn't see him getting to the phone,

But when I saw him, he's putting the phone next to his head, but upside down,

Haha!! Cute, so, I corrected him, by words,

He kinda understood…

Then, he somehow manipulated the phone, to the right position…

You ask me? The action's just plain CUTE!

Haha!

And he still looks so blur…

He's cute as in,

He always does something "evil" (or we parents regard as "bad" things…)

But then, he'll give you that super duper innocent look, as if he doesn't know what he's just done…

And of course, he doesn't know… these are all kids' nature…

Anyway,

Just some short and impromptu update for the two of them, as of now…

my fault...

I'm not sure if this will backfire eventually, or, it'll have a long term "damage",

however, I'm actually more relaxed, by thinking as such...

see...

if the 2 of them are not behaving as per my expectation,

I know, and I finally acknowledge that, it's my own fault...

and that, actually make me feel better, and more relaxed... with them...

for eg. last night, when baby vomitted... yes, I'm pretty frustrated with the cleaning up part, especially I've to handle the small one, plus all the cleaning, by myself, it just had to happen when he's away...

but then, yes, it just had to happen when he's away, at night, week night,

I used to think like that, and that I got frustrated, and agitated and angry,

now, I know, it's my fault... so, I'm pretty laidback...

thus relaxed...

cos, really, it's my fault...

I bought too many doughnuts for her, and I let her eat when she's tired...

I frequently forget that, whenever she's tired, she won't be eating properly, and all difficult-to-digest type of food should be avoided,

first time being McD,

then, swissroll,

then, last night, doughnut!

and tonight...

my son, the naughty boy! he couldn't sleep...

my fault, you know why?

I was trying trying trying my best to contain him, to be awake, till bedtime, ie. 9pm...

however, after dinner, straight after dinner, he's too tired, and he asked for my booby, and shortly, he fell asleep...

for around half an hour...

I tried to wake him up,

that time, baby was watching her shows on TV,

around ten to 9, he got up...

and of course, you can't expect him to sleep immediately right?

so, just now, he fell asleep at around 2330...

~_~ yep, that's when I sneaked out here, and surfing online... kekekekekeke...

while I looked at him crawling around in bed,

in fact he's tired,
just that... again, my kids, bad in sleep training, cos, I myself am not a good example, since N years ago...

he's tired, and he's sooooooooooooooooo touchy!!!!

even if he rest his hands on my body, and even if I move his hands away, gently, he could burst out with loud cry...

luckily!! luckily!!!! baby was soooooooooooooo tired too, that she fell asleep without being disturbed by his constant crying...

it's like that, the cry's not continuous, just... frequent,

1 move he cried,

move right, he cried, lied down he cried, move left he cried, lied down, somehow knocked his head on the bedrail, he cried,

he crawled away, I pulled his leg, he cried, he tried to stand up, ON THE BED, I made sure he sits down, he cried!!!

see~~~~~~

but with all these events...

baby could sleep soundly...

I know it's kinda tiring for her to skip her nap, but then, it's to both our favour...

so... I'm kinda pleased with this new schedule...

especially at night,

she sure sleeps soundly... ^_^

girl vs. boy

hm... last time when baby couldn't sleep,

her style is "toss and turn", ie. flip flip...

my son?

hm~!

he'll technically sits up, crawls here and there, stands up, climbs somewhere...

~_~

that's why, for the past three years, just pillows, and piles of pillows, would be sufficient to stop baby from falling down the bed,

but now? with my son...

I just have to make sure that, I don't fall asleep before he does...

NO MATTER WHAT~

In and out, and out and In...

Yep… my schedule's been "rescheduled"…

As baby's attending school now….

For the past 3 years and 10 months, I've been able to sleep, till the sun shine on top of your head, and both of us would only get out of bed…

Then, gabu joined our boat…

Previously, he's his biological clock, and got up like 9am,

Later, he grows up, and he becomes playful,

Big sis doesn't want to sleep, he doesn't want to doze off either, and the result is,

He ends up going to bed as late as baby…

So, he get up, as late as baby too…

^_^

Anyway…

So, now, I've to get up at 7am,

Class starts at half 8…

The other day, just the other day,

When both are sick,

So, up,

Out of the house,

Back to the house with no.2,

Out of the house again to pick up no.1,

Then, back ot the house, to have lunch, and make them rest for a while,

Waiting for doctor to reopen the clinic,

Out of the house again to clinic, ended up around half 5 only we're done,

So, in and out the car too,

I told him, I'll pack dinner,

In and out and out and in, and in and out…

Then, we're home,

Eat dinner…

Rest,

Too tired,

Then, no.2 somehow gets sicker, (in fact, it's no.1 who needs doctor's attention)

After no.1 slept,

He cried, got up, I took him out of the room,

Yuek!!!!!!!! Vomited!

Ooh…

What a night…

Cleaned up,

Put him to sleep again, he's too tired, yep, forgot to mention, he's fever too…

Then, he slept, I came out to clean the floor again,

My head's spinning…

Ooh… something's not right…

Next day, ie. this morning,

Out and in,

After back in to the house with no.2,

I held him on my lap, nurse,

Both fell asleep…

Soundly!!!

I'd a good rest…

And yes,

It's the time of that monthly thing…

Ghee...

gabu

Ya, my son…

Well… cos, I called my daughter baby,

So, I called my son gabu, to me, baby = gabu, gabu = baby… haha!

Anyway,

First of all, I gotta thank God for giving me 2 kids, 2 lovely kids…

If I'm younger… yes, I'll have three, or four… whatever…

See, with 1 kid, that time you know, she's the whole of your world…

Now, with 2?

Not, not world split to 2,

It's 2 whole world, differently…

With 1 kid, you think, having kids, being parents is just like this,

Yes, just like this,

While, having a second one, if you can afford, you'll know that, 2 kids, they're not the same,

They're just not the same…

My gabu…

I like to call him, the survivor… (well, one day, maybe, you'll know what it means, however… we're all survivor, isn't it? That's how we're formed in our mother's tummy, and came out to see this world…)

And I regard him as being pretty professional in doing things, things that I don't expect him to pick up, just like that…

Ya, just like that,

He's really… different from my baby, ya, baby no. 1,

Different, they're just different, and again, I thank God for showing me a totally different world, and a totally different joy, (+ a totally different challenge!)

(whatever I'm going to list, it didn't happen with baby…)

First, when I was in the hospital the first few days, after his arrival, I'd no problem nursin ghim, he's such a good suckler… didn't give me any single problem… and he slept well…

Second, when we brought him swimming, for the first time, I somehow slipped, ya, I was carrying him, so, you guess? He's with me, underwater for a second, if not more… we didn't give him a float, cos, the float that we bought for him, seemed to be too big for him, so, I carried him…

Ya, he didn't cry, and the next moment, I put him in water, he started to kick, and kick… he didn't fuss, or cried, or showed that he's scared, or cold, or whatever… he just kick, kick, kick… I was amazed… cos, with baby, at this age, just before this, she still fuss about us letting go of her hand, but the other day, out of sudden, she requested to swim with the float, on her own, and she enjoyed so much, again, I gotta say "thank you! Lord!"

Third, gabu had a reflux history, I remembered the first month, I gotta carried him upright, to sleep, after nursing him, so, usually, I nursed him, then, I held him to my chest, while I sat on bed, leaning against the headpiece, and slept, that's my first month (confinement month) survival story… so, yes, the other day, I shared with the paed, on his style of taking medicine (oh yes, he, got infected by the same flu bug from the sis, and both of them frequent the clinic, for 2 weeks just less than a month ago!), ie. he sure threw out!

Like how? It's not that he could manage to refuse the medication we gave him, we made our way for the medicine to go in,

He'll either "blow" it out, with his saliva bubble (yes, he was good at it, he does it, whenever he asks for me, and I didn't bother if I still gotta finish the housework, then, he'll just "ma", at the same time, with bubble forming in his half-opened mouth, if he continues… there'll be "foam" around his mouth, and the floor will be wet!) OR,

After 1/2 min, he'll just "yuek!" all vomitted out!

It was a nightmare for me, feeding him medicine, I'd to use so much strength, so did he, it's like war, for both of us… tiring~

And just to add to it,

These few days, baby started coughing and fever again,

I strictly prohibited 2 of them to get close to each other, whenever I can… but yet, gabu started to have runny nose,

So, to avoid medicine for him (cos, I really hate "war") I make sure I give him nasal spray on a frequent basis…

Again, baby's no problem with taking medicine, (just that 2 weeks, she'd to take 5 types of medicines, and she just took that, drank that, just like that… ) as well as taking the nasal spray…

But then, again, for gabu… you guess? It's like we're torturing him,

He could move his head as much as he's able to,

And fight with his hands, as much as he's able to,

Therefore, giving him nasal spray, I can't do it alone!

So, we managed to give him one dose of spray…

Guess what? With his super duper reflux skill…

Hey!! The thing went in, through his nose, ok??

He VOMITTED IT OUT!

Thumb's up! Son!

Fourth, he loves crawling around in the house,

This baby, my son, gabu!!! I tell you, if you don't keep an eye on him, he'll be anywhere, he's out of control of mine, serious, baby was not like that, she was much more obedient, I told her "no", she seemed to understand,

Again, with gabu, that's not the case, I told him "no", many many many time,

When you don't see him, quietly… he'll do it!

For eg. Putting things in his mouth,

Ya… tell me about it,

This morning, I just dozed off, and he's his sis' barbie's heel in his mouth!! Goodness!!!!!!

I know, babies like putting things in their mouth, but then… with baby, she'd much more control on herself at that age…

I didn't have much problem,

And, she'd be contented with whatever we gave her to play with, those things, she put in the mouth, favourite object is TAG, cloth tag… for eg.

But mu son????

No no no, he's not contented, definitely not contented with whatever we give him,

We give him item A, he takes, put it aside, he'll want whatever we're holding,

And he'll come after it,

If we take back item A, he'll then, want to take item A from us…

He just doesn't want anything we PASS TO HIM!

And, whatever's in his hand? He sure, have to put it in the mouth!!!!! Or at least give it a good lick! (arrgh!!!!!)

Fifth, therefore, he crawled to the bookcase, pulled out all the books, he'll start with those few books, ya, those few particular books…

Then, he crawled to the easel, and took one of the marker from the tub, hanged beneath the easel, I particurly checked, if those caps are "secured"…

Ya, they were…

But the next minute, the cap was removed…

I thought, baby couldn't remove the cap on her own, till lately…

Ya, speaking of which,

One fine weekend, he got up, I still wanted to sleep…

So, I gave him a few objects to fiddle with,

A vicks (small tub, with screwed cap), a nasal spray (don't think he'll be able to press the spray) and a bottle of mozzie…

Just on our bedside table, anyway, they're for kids, not too poisonous, mm… not to say, they're edible though…

So, I dozed off again…

The next moment was,

I smelled a strong scent of vicks…

I opened my eyes, goodness, the cap was opened, and goodness again, his mouth looked "shiny", something's spread on it…

He must have tasted the vicks…

(well, my mother told me, when I was small, I tasted mopiko too!! ^_^ like mother like son!)

The funny thing is,

He didn't cry, haha, just like me, (my mother told me, I was just "hissing" at the side, and at first, she was wondering why I made that sound, cos, mopiko's err… "spicy", is that how you describe it?)

THAT! Is my son, Gabriel!

being "kiap'ed"! ^_^

Ya… as my tweet, sandwiched!

See…

The story goes…

This morning, he got up first, he's always the first one to get up, in the morning, his biological clock's pretty strong in that sense…

So, he played played played, scratched me, scratched bed, scratched bedrail netting, scratched pillow, scratched bolster and whatever…

Till baby and I got up…

After baby got up, I gotta do the first thing first, for her,

Ie. make milk…

So, I went up, I told baby#2, that, "mama's going out to make milk for jiejie, you guaiguai ah!" ("jiejie" - big sis in chinese, "guaiguai" - behave in chinese)

When I left the room,

He's still happily "talking" in bed… (but well, I can't remember if he's sitting down, or if he's lying down, can't remember what position I left him in, but he was at the 1/3 side of the bed, ie. close to the middle, but not that close!)

Anyway,

I heard him happily talking, cutely, "da da da da da da da!", yes, his "dada" song's damn cute! Damn cute, I mind you!

Then, while I was stirring up the milk,

His "dadada" became "wa~", "ah~", "ha~"…

Baby asked me, "what's wrong with gabu?"

"I don't know, as usual, he's complaining, maybe!?"

Slumberly… I passed baby her milk, and went into the room,

Upon entering our bedroom, I set my eyes on our bed,

Ooi? Where's he? Where's my son? My cute baby?

I could hear his cry! Gosh!! Don't tell me he's on the floor now!!!!!!!!

I went to the side of the bed, ya, he was on the "inside" of the bed, rather than near the bedroom's entrance…

Poor thing~~~~~~~~~~

First time I saw in my life,

A baby sandwiched between the bedrail and the mattress…

Our bedrail's the cheapo type, ie. soft netting, ie. he's not that badly hurt, but he's just being sandwiched, and caught in between, facing the mattress…

No wonder he cried soooooooooooooo pitifully!!!

But since this is the first time I saw such a scene, a cute  baby "kiap'ed" like this, still crying… I was a little bit amused! (damn! Should have taken a video, but then, THAT'd be too cruel for me! Kakaka~)

Without hesitation, thought I was on the quite "relaxing" side…

I laughed a little bit, knowing that he's not badly hurt, maybe he's just shocked!

Then, I picked him up and out, un-sandwiched him!!!

Still crying, sooooooooooo pitifully…

Usually, when he cries, tears will come flying out of his eyes, trapped on the cheek, cuteness#1,

He'll then continue to cry and cry, like sooooooooo pitiful, and his face suddenly like turned smaller, cuteness#2,

Then, he'll close his eyes, continue to cry and cry and cry!!! Cuteness#3…

Anyway!!

Lucky for the bedrail, THAT serves its purpose…

My baby#2 didn't fall out of the bed, our bed's quite high…

But maybe a boy IS a boy,

While with baby, (baby#1) she did not have such problem,

She's like those very good "robot", I just put a pillow, a normal pillow, sometimes, I stacked 2 of them maybe, but just a pillow will do,

Even when she's asleep,

Or when she's awake,

At this age, ie. 8 months old,

She wouldn't try to crosss the border…

While, with my son, I know… I've tried putting a pillow next to him, to stop him from flipping while he's asleep… (somehow, during those growth spurt period, seemed like both my babies' bodies were out of their control, when they gotta flip, they'd flip!) but somehow… he'd squeeze his way, and still, just flip!

See!!! Luckily, we've got the bedrail!

But, it's quite an event… ^_^

stinging nettle stings?

Breastfeeding symbol (Photo credit: Topinambour)

Ok… all breastfeeding moms know that, during "those" days…

The breastmilk supply will drop…

And therefore, I was desperately trying to increase the breastmilk supply over the weekend…

And that, I'd a botttle of stinging nettle, which I got from the local drug store,

Which, they ran out of fenugreek, and they told me, this, will do the same trick too…

I used it when I was still breastfeeding baby,

And now, I gotta use it, for gabriel…

For some reason, I wanted to get away with the rubber/plastic capsule,

So, I opened up the capsule and put it into my herbal tea…

For the past 3 nights…

And THAT…

Well… well…

Of course, as of now, I still can't confirm,

Till my next "test", but then…

Those nights (later, I recalled, I kept thinking thinking thinking of any changes lately, or any food that I've taken) that I've been taking stinging nettle,

Gabriel wasn't sleeping soundly,

He cried, cried hard, cried loud!

I blamed it on the teething… (again, maybe it's because of teething…) and it was bad,

See! if it's teething…

He didn't even allow me to massage his gum,

He didn't let me pat him, or console him,

He was irritable, and he would push my hand away, whenever I was trying to touch him…

He was so tired, and yet, he couldn't fall asleep…

During the days, we could see his dark eye rings, or red-eyes…

I was very bothered because of that,

And that, I thought about the supplement I was taking…

On the other hand,

My milk supply seemed to get back to normal, and that's why, as of last night, I stopped the supplement,

Surprisingly,

He slept soundly…

Again, as of now, today, second day without stinging nettle,

He's sleeping soundly again now,

So, teething?

Stinging nettle?

Hm…

See… I was trying to "research" regarding this, online!

And I couldn't find any clue,

All breastfeeding related sites mentioned, THIS is something to help boost the breastmilk supply,

But then, I came across something that's a little bit bothering me,

Ie. from webmd, it did mention, THIS, shouldn't be taken, if you're pregnant, or if you're breastfeeding…

Huh???

Now what?

sleeping soundly now… ╮(╯▽╰)╭

Ya… 3 nights! I tell you, 3 nights in a row…

Please see here, oops, it's in chinese!

Anyway, last night was 3rd night,

Tonight?? Unknown… tomorrow I'll tell you ya!!! ^_~

Read this!

From BabyCenter,

What teething symptoms will my baby experience?

Experts disagree about whether teething actually causes symptoms — like fussiness, diarrhea, and fever — or whether these common symptoms are not related to teething at all and just coincidentally appear at the same time as emerging teeth. Regardless, many parents maintain that their teething babies do experience discomfort (though some babies get through the process with no problems at all). The symptoms most likely to trouble a teether include:

• Drooling (which can lead to a facial rash)
• Gum swelling and sensitivity
• Irritability or fussiness
• Biting behavior
• Refusing food
• Sleep problems

All symptoms, I see them on gabriel!

Gosh!

Ok, except one, ie. "Gum swelling and sensitivity",

I can't check, and yes, we didn't take him to pediatrician…

Cos, in the end, what we're going to get, maybe it's just some ointment,

He looks fine and act fine in the day, in fact, he's a good boy!

Praise to Lord, that He's given me a sweet girl and a sweet/good boy!

But for the past 3 nights,

We suspect it's because he's feeling irritated due to his erupting teeth! *ooh! Better let me see 1 tooth, at least, coming out, at the end of the day man!

I hope this won't last forever man!

Night time,

Whenever he's awake, or even slightly awake,

He'e crying,

Whatever I do, except carrying him,

Will not ease him, or comfort him,

I sang,

I patted him,

He pushed my hand away,

I thought, maybe he needed some massage on his gum,

So, I massaged, but if only comforted him for a short while,

Then, he started crying again,

Poor thing!

Most of the time, I've no choice, but to stay beside him, and let him cry till he's tired, and doze off..

HOWEVER! My boy's another stubborn kid (yes, as well as my girl), inheritted from the cow-cow me, I guess!

His cry pattern is… cried loudly, slowly diminished, when I thought he's going to fall asleep, he kinda "wakes up" and starts to cry again…

I guess, I can give him some ointment on his gum, to num the feeling, (if it's teething, and yes, all symptoms above, except the swelling part, I can't confirm)

But then again, they're all chemical…

I don't want my babies to grow up in a drug environment!

So, I guess, it's just some pain that he's to go through…

Poor baby!

As of now, at least, he's sleeping soundly for 2 hours…

God! Please grant him peaceful sleep at night!

wa! My son, I don't know if it's growth spurt, or teething… it's a damn wakeful night for him man!!!!!!!!! ~_~

sophie

I saw that she needed some comfort, and all these while she's not been carrying or extensively using her pillows, or bolster, or plush toys..

so, I suggested her to pick one and make it the special one,

as... she sometimes, just wanted me to give her my hand, ie. when I'm asleep or when I'm carrying Gabriel,

yes, she even requested Gabriel's hand...

she just wanted to hold onto something...

some kids suck their thumbs,

some kids carry along a plush toy,

some kids, do don't know what... anyway...

so, I suggested her to pick 1 special toy...

from among all her toys...

she's many plush toys, mainly gifts from my friends, ie. her aunties, (sweet huh?)

among all,

she like that fat blue bear the most,

that's the one, auntie aileen gave her, when Gabriel was born, when I was still lying in the hospital... recovering after the c-sec...

ooh, she likes that, the most...

I then told her,

she needed to take care of the bear, treats her (ya, I asked, if it's a she, or a he, she said, that's a girl) better, ie. don't just throw her with her pile of toys, at the end of the day,

I told her,

she can take the bear on trip, to bed, she can read to the bear, talk to the bear, or hug the bear, whenever mama, or papa are not there immediately to give her a big big hug...

if she needs one... whenever she needs one...

cos, I told her, if she has to wait for people (even us) to hug her, or pay attention to her (as much as we do our best, sometimes, there're time that, we just cannot attend to her immediately, especially I'm taking care of 2, the little 8-month-old...) then, she'll feel disappointed half of the time,

as I've learned, all these while,

from my favourite jap dramas... 自己的幸福，自己的快樂，要靠自己，如果，你的快樂是靠別人給你的，ie. 等着人家弄你笑，給你禮物開心，還是什麼的，那你的快樂的基礎，是非常的脆弱的。。。

that's how I explained to her...

so, as most of the other kids, who know how to comfort, pacify themselves, (like I mentioned, thumb sucking...)

I want her to find a way, a channel too...

after 1 day,

I asked her, what's the name of the blue bear,

since it's going to be more special, right?

she couldn't think of one,

at first, I thought, Madeline, ya... that's the "origin" of her name, ie. my baby's name...

at first, I thought, Madeleine and Madeline, kinda cute, and kinda cool...

but then, after 1 day,

I suddenly recalled...

when I was pregnant with the second baby...

before we know of its gender...

I thought to myself, during those days,

if it's going to be another girl,

I like this name...

sophie (ya, like the one in "sophie's world"),

so, I asked her, if it's ok, to give the bear a name, ie. sophie...

she nodded...

and this morning,

while I was still in bed...

she was spending time with him,

and he told me,

when she opened her eyes, in the morning,

she suddenly said to him,

"papa, finally blue bear has a name, and her name is sophie!"

my baby...

sweet, ain't she?? ^_^