As Jayden Grows...

Pedal pedal!

2010-09-23T00:50:00.000-07:00

3 weeks of practicing and finally Jayden can pedal on his own. He learned tat once he started pushing the bicycle forward a little, it'll be easier for him to start pedalling then. Since he is strong enough, it wasn't tat difficult for him to master the pedalling skill i guess!

Shake Ur Butt!

2010-07-30T02:17:00.000-07:00

Taken on 10th July 2010 - before bedtime!

BIG achievement!

2010-07-29T08:30:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- "I forgot to mention in my last two posts about one of the greatest skills my son had accomplished during his holiday in Kuching this time. I was deeply amazed and felt really proud of him. He finally wanted to use the toilet bowl to pass motion wilingly. It happened on 25th June, a Friday afternoon after he woke up from his afternoon nap. As usual, we were having tea in the kitchen and all of a sudden he told me that he wanted to 'ng-ng' (baby language for wanting to poop!).

So i got ready to bring him upstairs to the bathroom in our room because the potty was there. But he showed signs of hesitating, as if not wanting to go upstairs. Then i asked him again if he wanna pass motion and his answer was definate, so i told him if he wanna poop, we'll have to go upstairs so tat he can use the potty. As if not hearing what i told him, he went to the bathroom downstairs. Then he pointed to the toilet bowl, indicating tat he wanna poop using the toilet bowl. I didn't put any high hopes at first, because my son has a tendency to ask for certain things and when he can have it his way, he'll then resist it!

When i carried him to sit on the toilet bowl, he showed less sign of fear. Perhaps the toilet bowl was lower or nearer to the floor, so he felt more secure. I held on to him all the same, and asked him to try if he can manage to poop. I didn't push or nag at him. Instead i juz squatted down on the floor while holding onto him, and waited patiently. Finally I heard the 'plop' sound! I was amazed and praised Jayden for making a big achievement. The 'plop' sound seemed to attract him as well! He was beaming... proud of himself as well. Immediately i sent an sms to hubby telling him our boy had really grown up. Even daddy felt so happy to hear that.

Since that day, i tried my best to let him use the toilet bowl whenever he had to poop. This will make things easier especially when we are away from home. Even his phobia of pooping seems to be past-tense finally.

I juz wanna tell all the other parents out there that milestones are really different in each and every child. It's useless to force and push your child into accomplishing a task which he or she isn't ready to face yet. I remembered the times when i had to undergo so much pain and stress everytime my child was constipated. Hopefully this will be a meaningful lesson to me, that i have to be less demanding in future."

new Bike!

2010-07-24T08:44:00.001-07:00

ahDen really loves his new bike. You can see how happily he smiles while riding it, and he purposely pose for me to take photos of him with his new bike!

Hahaha... these are additional photos to show his cheekiness. I was using my laptop and he kept calling to me while standing beside me. When i turned around to look at him, i burst out laughing at this silly boy. He took the pot i used to cover his plate of unfinished chocolate cookies which he had for breakfast, and wear it like a hat! You can still see how dirty his mouth was from eating the chocolate cookies!

June 2010 Trip Back to KCH!

2010-07-15T00:10:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- "On 23rd June 2010, i brought Jayden back to Kuching by Airasia all by myself. I must be a very lucky woman for every trip on the plane with Jayden, i'll sure to be accompanied by hubby. I finally told myself that Jayden is really a big boy now (nearing 3 years old) and I must learn to be more independent too. So, we flew back to Kuching by ourselves in order to attend baby Jairo's 'mua guek' (full month) party and to help around.

Before that day, we had tried to brainwash ahDen. Whenever we asked him if he wants to go back to Kuching, he'll answer with a definite "NO!". He really loves his 'happy house' so much now, and the idea of leaving it kind of make him feel uncomfortable. Even when i told him tat mummy will be in Kuching and if he wants to come along, still the answer was a definite "NO!". That morning when he woke up, again daddy asked him and he started to cry while answering with a "No! No! No! No!". I told hubby to quit asking him first, for he juz woke up and since it was around 5+am, his mood must be terrible. Wait until we reach the airport, then we can start to brainwash him again.

Thank God when we reached the airport, he started to be excited. It must had been quite sometime since he last flew. He couldn't wait for me to finish scanning our luggage, and he was desperate in the queue. After we checked in, we still had some time so daddy was busy chasing ahDen while i took my rest first. He told me i'll need my energy for later! =)) Daddy bought ahDen a small toy train with jellybeans inside, and told him he had to be a good boy on board. Ohh... so tis is daddy's trick to brainwash ahDen, or should i say daddy's bribe! That morning on the plane, we had sandwiches for our breakfast. Overall he was a good boy on the plane. He even told me he had to pee, so i brought him to the lavatory. When we landed at Kuching airport, he started to get excited. I had to keep on reminding him to wait for mummy when we were at the immigration counter and while waiting for our luggage at the conveyors.

We had lots of fun at Kuching this time, although it was partly fun because i have my mum, sis & frens helping me to babysit everytime i went out. Without their help, i'll be terribly exhausted. My son juz has too much energy most of the time!

I bought him this Foogo water bottle from Parkson, The Spring. I'd tried searching for it in KK but it must have sold out since i couldn't find any. I saw my fren using this bottle for her son, and she told me that you can store warm water for longer period of time. Since Jayden is always having running nose & cough, i thought i might as well get one for him. The price was RM80 before the 20% discount. After hesitating for quite awhile due to it being quite pricy, i finally bought it for him since i had been hunting for it from KK until Kuching. Hope it'll be useful!

We flew back to KK on 30th June, using the 1155 flight. Luckily mum and ahNi ee-ee helped to look after Jayden while i queued to check in my luggage at the very packed counters. This time on the plane, ahDen was being even more cooperative. I bought him for some light snacks at the airport's McD before we departed. Thankfully i did, for he napped most of the time on plane tat day! He sat all by himself tat afternoon and even insisted to buckled his safety belt by himself.

While waiting for the plane to take off, he started to get weary and when the plane finally took off, he too had dozed off to sleep! He woke up slightly before the stewardess announced our arrival. He told me he wanna pee, so again i brought him to the lavatory. When we got back to our seats, the stewardess announced tat the lavatory could no longer be in use. Phew!!! I was greatly relieved.

Hubby bought ahDen a bicycle from Signature a few days ago. I told hubby to get the bicycle for him, since we'd made up our mind to get him a bicycle, it might as well be a surprise for him when he gets back home. When he saw the bicycle, he was happy. However, he didn't immediately play with it... maybe still being a little unfamiliar with its existence. After a while, he started to push it around. And during those few days when we brought him out, he'll ask to go back home to play with his bicycle! Ooo... the bicycle costs RM150 and we used part of his angpow money to get it for him. And the toy tiger is the bike's honk and there's a small white button on the side which you can press to play a cute song. I juz hope my son will treasure his new very costly toy! "

Mattress change!

2010-07-10T09:25:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- "We bought this new super single mattress for ahDen after daddy came back from his China trip. The time 'nye-ma' (grandma) was here, she was complaining tat ahDen is way too long for his baby mattress now. We must get him a new one ASAP. So somewhere early June, we got tis mattress from Karamunsing for him. It costs us RM200 bcox this mattress has double function - one side was made of coconut husks, and the other side foam. So you can choose which side you wanna sleep on. In order to prevent ahDen from missing his old mattress, i decided to pick him a really cute bedsheet. This is the Akemi bedsheet i got for him. He loves car and transport so i thought a cute schoolbus will make him fall in love with his new sleeping tool. He loves his new mattress, and the first nite he slept on it, he was rolling on it!

Today, 10th July 2010, ahDen was 98.5cm tall. How fast my son is growing up. No wonder he badly needs a new mattress. =)) "

Pomelo Pranks!

2010-07-10T01:44:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- "These photos were taken after our church service one Sunday morning. We bought a pomelo at a charity sell that morning. I love pomelos and Sabah's pomelos are really very sweet and juicy. AhDen doesn't really like to eat pomelo. He only loves to play with them. He'll throw and kick it like a ball if he can get his hands on one. I still remember the other time when mum came over to KK and bought some pomelos to bring back to Kuching, we had to hide them in the storeroom to prevent ahDen from finding them! Some cute shots i managed to get that Sunday morning..."

2010-06-08T00:05:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- "It'd been months since i updated Jayden's blog. We are living in Graceville now, officially moved in on 31st March 2010. Jayden is really happy living here, obviously he has more space for himself now and more place to play with his toys. Once in awhile, we'll oso bring him swimming. After all, the idea of moving out of Room102 was to provide him with more space to enable him to grow up normally. He loves our new unit and he labeled it as 'Happy House'. It's so sweet to hear him saying 'house' or 'happy house' so often cox it obviously shows how comfortable my boy is living in a proper house now. Although at times i really feel he's bored cox he doesn't have any playmates other than me.

These are some photos hubby shot the nite before we move in to Graceville. He took out our luggage bag so tat we can pack some of our things inside it to bring over here. The very next minute, ahDen was so busy packing himself into it and asking us "Jayden le???"... then when we paid no attention to him, he'll popped himself out of the bag and say "neh...." (meaning here). Getting cheekier n cheekier!"

"Do Not Feed The ANIMALS!"

2010-03-28T02:04:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- "This afternoon we went to Joseph's daughter full moon party at SuperTanker. In order to make ahDen sit down quietly at the table before the food was served, i gave him a packet of Mamee to eat. He sat there in his high chair happily chewing on his Mamee. Then i asked him to share some with Yumi & NaiChen. He reluctantly pinched a bit of the Mamee and handed it over to Yumi jie-jie while saying "Do Not Feed The ANIMALS!" Hahahaha... this one i really laughed out loud after hearing him saying tat.

The other guests at the table oso started laughing and their next question was "You brought him to the zoo often is it?".... Actually he got tat verse from watching Popcorn Panic - The Penguins of Madagascar cartoon. Bad ahDen... still need to practice sharing wid friends! "

KFC supper-Time!

2010-03-20T02:02:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- "20th March 2010 : Last nite after a walk at Suria Sabah, we decided to buy one set of KFC Dinner Plate home for supper. Hubby had been working really hard lately, and food owest cheers him up! I always wonder why kids love KFC or McD, and even adults love them too!

Well, for ahDen he really is not the veggie-eater type, but for KFC coleslaw he can finish them all by himself! We purposely ordered one Original Recipe Drumstick for ahDen and the other 2 pieces of chicken were Hot & Spicy. Can really see how ahDen is enjoying his supper last nite. He must be wondering why we had such good supper tonite... hehe.... so i immediately took out the camera and snapped a few shots of him showing signs of fulfillment on his face!"

Cheeky-ness!

2010-03-20T00:58:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- "This post is going to be about ahDen's mischief in pee-ing. Now tat he really masters his pee-ing skills, sometimes he juz finds so many different ways to amuse himself whenever he pee-pee. It does not only amuse him, it even made his parents laugh at wat he is doing, although we don't encourage it. Sometimes u juz find it hard to withhold your laughter at all his silly ideas of turning his pee session into fun.

Oh, by the way, we bought him a toilet stool so tat he can stand on it and pee straight into the toilet bowl. A church fren told me to get one if you are training a boy, so tat they'll know tat they are suppose to pee into the toilet bowl next time. Before tis, the toilet was scary to my boy but now, he's pretty use to it. The stool costs us RM25 but it was worth an investment.

Incident 1 :- He had learnt how to hold his urine and 'shooting' them out again into the toilet bowl/potty. So sometimes when he pees, he'll start to count how many time he can 'shoot' his urine into the toilet or his potty. He'll pee then stop and count "one", pee again then stop & count "two", and continuosly until all he finished urinating! Once he successfully count until "eleven" and when he's done, he'll end it with a "YEAH!" Hahaha... honestly, we didn't teach him this kind of trick!

Incident 2 :- Sometime during last week, he told his dad he wanted to pee during dinner time. Since his dad was lazy to bring him to the toilet, daddy juz brought him outside to pee by the roadside. So tis cheeky boy aimed his little birdie to the right side first and pee-ed... then he stop, and aim again to his left side and shoot! When he's done, he pointed and said "Wow.... heart shape!" at the pattern he created on the ground. Daddy looked down and couldn't help laughing cox it does kinda look like a heart shape! Can u imagine how cheeky he is?!?!

Incident 3 :- Okie, another funny incident is when ahDen pees, he'll imitate the sound of a motorcar, going 'vrooomm....' according to the speed he's peeing! Hahahaha...."

yummy GRAPES!

2010-03-20T00:38:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- "Before i had kids, i owest tell myself tat i'll never peel grapes or even de-seed them for my children cox it juz spoils them. Hmm... but i'm doing it now, i peeled all those grapes and took out each and every seeds in it... WHY? the reason is because he wanted to eat those grapes, juz tat when he chews on the skin and if he can't swallow them, he'll spit everything out again, including the grapes and wasting his food. In the end, mummy had to peel them so tat Jayden can enjoy eating his grapes! And from the video u can see how obvious it is tat he IS enjoying them!"

snapshots update!

2010-03-18T23:13:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- "Can definately see how obvious mummy is slacking in updating ahDen's blog, and even checking wat photos i have inside my camera! Before tis ahDen was ill, and after tat it was CNY and finally now i have some time to update wat i'd wanted to do for so long."

31st Jan 2010 - in Marudi granduncle KingChing's house! We were there for my cousin Teck Ong's wedding, so tat's where all those balloons came from!

1st Feb 2010 - Marudi airport, will board the Twin Otter plane to Miri for transit back to Kota Kinabalu!

7th Feb 2010 - We got a CNY hamper from ahDen's Uncle PangHee. ahDen was delighted... he juz wanted to open the hamper immediately. Didn't even have any mood to pose for pictures!

10th Feb 2010 - First time boarding airplane through KK's new Terminal 1. Yippee... we are going back Kuching to celebrate CNY!

Mamil Gold!

2010-03-02T22:57:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- " On day3 of CNY (16th Feb 2010) after visiting aiwei's house, we came back with a can of free Mamex Gold milk powder. I'd been sharing wid aiwei how ahDen's constipation problem had really made me so stressed and pressured everyday... i'll be keeping count of when's the last time he poop-ed, and wondering everyday if I should give him the Duphalac (stool softener) or not! Aiwei had told me before maybe i should tried changing milk powder, but Mamil Gold is really not cheap. Juz incase i bought the whole can and ahDen doesn't want to drink it, then tat'll really be a waste.

Since then, honestly ahDen's poop problem really does seems to be better. Perhaps the Oligosaccharide in Mamil Gold really is working, or it could be because of the Bio-Life Probiotix which he had been taking since before CNY.... no matter what I juz hope they'll continue to help!

This can of 1.6kg of Mamil Gold really costs a lot more compare to Anmum Essential.... i forgot how much we bought it for, should be about RM80. For the same weight, Anmum Essential will have costs us around RM54. So currently ahDen is drinking Anmum Essential + Mamil Gold, since i still have 2 big cans of Anmum Essential. "

mastering the pee-pee skills!

2010-02-19T21:54:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "As a mum, I truly enjoy every moment with my son. Even though there are times when u get angry and frustrated; or sad and down with your child; eventually the pro will still even out the con!

Before this, i rem putting in my Windows Messenger that it was 'So hard training a child' and friends were like asking wat sort of training am i trying on my child!

I tried to toilet-train ahDen somewhere in the 3rd week of December. I really felt so suffocated that time. I was merely trying to teach him to pee into the potty, so he need not wear any diapers during daytime. I was totally pissed off and on the verge of giving up during the 3rd day of the training. I didn't scold him or beat him when he wetted his pants. What made me felt guilty was that he would rather juz stay inside the toilet when he realised he doesn't have his diaper on! He'd go naked from the waist down and juz wait inside the toilet, and i really felt i'm being so cruel to him. I kept on pondering "Is it time yet to toilet train him???" But this is a question that no one else will know the answer better than myself!

I really shed tears of anger and frustration during that few days, and thankfully hubby was ever so supportive and reasoning with me. The funny statement tat hubby made was (I really wan to share this here) 'Try to understand tat he has his diapers on since the day he was born until now, which was 2+years, and suddenly he doesn't have it on now... how will he feel! Imagine you not wearing your underpants!!!'

This really made me laughed and laughed so hard! It's very reasonable, so i juz keep repeating hubby's statement whenever i saw ahDen's fear of not having his diaper on! Actually i know tat my son is a very strong-willed person, tat is the better way of phrasing it; or better known to everyone else is the word STUBBORN! If he doesn't like sth, you really can't force him to do it your way! That is why a lot of ppl will comment tat Jayden has very bad discipline!

Thankfully in less than a week's time, he kind of accept the fact that he need not wear his diaper all the time. During tat first few weeks of training, we let him wear his diaper during his nap and bed time, or when we go out shopping or to places where we need to be for at least more than an hour. Now (in Feb), he definitely has improve his 'peeing' skills and he'll tell us if he wanna go 'pee-pee'! That's wat he'll say -- pee-pee!

Now he only wears his diapers during nap & bed time still, but when we go out shopping we can forget about his diaper! Some pretty funny things to jot down here during this period of trying to help him to get rid of his diaper habit :-

(1) There was once when we were at sunday school, and ahDen insisted of going back home because he wanted to pee. Without the potty, he juz cant pee. He's afraid of wetting the floor. He had his diaper on then, but he didn't wan to wet his diaper either. So in the end, thankfully there were buckets around! and so he pee-ed into one of the plastic hand scoop!

(2) Another time was when he pee-ed into the potty in our bathroom, then he point to his stream of urine while peeing, saying "Wao.... fountain!" =)) It really made me chuckled and laughed... while telling him, "no... tat's not a fountain!"

(3) ...seeing him trying to aim at the potty which was on the bathroom floor. He was half squatting down and making sure his 'little birdie' gets as close to the potty as possible! His facial reaction was really cute!

Of cuz there are still more stories to share, but at this point i can't really think of anything else cause ahDen had finished wid his afternoon nap. Time to pen off! "

Happy CNY 2010!

2010-02-19T21:25:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "We went back to Kuching for CNY on 10th Feb this year. This time we'll be flying wid Malaysia airlines and first time boarding through Terminal 1 KK.

Honestly i felt so lazy to update ahDen's blog and my own blog lately, due to ahDen being sick for so long and not really getting any better. When we went back to Kch, on 11th we brought him to see a Chinese physician. He was given some medicine considered as tonic to improve his lungs. On the 12th, hubby said to bring him to Kuching Specialist Hospital to see a paediatrician called Dr. Siew Hueh Fen. Not really putting on high hope, we went early tat morning, as early as 8+am!

Dr. Siew is a very nice doctor... no tension really as like meeting your 'discipline teacher'! I showed her my little booklet of ahDen's previous record of all the medicine he took. It's really a very good habit of jotting down all the medicine names and dosage, so to all mothers-to-be, if you happen to be reading my blog, do make it a practice to jot down all your child's medication record even if it's juz merely flu & cough!

Her first comment was 1st week of taking antibiotics and since it showed no improvement in the child, we should stop the antibiotics cause it means tat it have no effect on the child. But ahDen was taking the same antibiotics for 2weeks! Juz to cut things short, he was 'neb' 2 times tat morning.... with a difference of 5minutes in between. He was wailing and kicking and struggling, and it was really terrible but thankfully after being nebulized, he was so much better. The wheezing sound lightens, and he was breathing much easier then.

The most surprising thing was the BILL! With all the medicines given PLUS using the nebulizer twice, it costs us RM131.80. It was really so much more reasonable. When i realised tat the Flixotide and Ventolin evohaler wasn't prescribed, i went back to the doctor and asked for her prescription. It was totally different from Dr.Chan where she juz prescribed me with all the medicine, not considering or asking even if i still have any left. Totally a waste of money, and now i have tonnes of unfinished inhalers stacking up in my room here!

Another surprising thing is the charges for both the inhalers. Back at Dr.Chan's clinic, i remembered the Flixotide evohaler alone costs RM89. But tat day, for both the Flixotide and Ventolin evohaler it only costs me RM76.45! So much more extras for the overcharging doctor and yet my son didn't get any better!

We went back for a follow up on the 17th Feb, and truthfully the antibiotics prescribed this time really does work on Jayden. It's pretty obvious he is feeling so much better now. I dunno how relieved i felt, and hubby too.

From medical aspects, Kuching really do have better doctors than KK. No offence, but we have more medical centres and specialists in Kuching than in KK. Perhaps tat's why you'll meet some ridiculous paediatrics here. Of cuz, i don't mean all the paediatrics in KK are like that. I still like Dr. Terry and Dr. Liaw who are always more reasonable and to me, it's more professional!

Sigh! I juz hope ahDen will be healthy always and growing up fine in this year of the Tiger. "

ahDen's Don-ner-ner!

2010-02-02T17:41:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "Felt so lazy to update on how much we had spent on ahDen's medical bill at Dr. Chan. The last visit costs us another RM319. So in 3 weeks time, we had spent more than RM1k for his flu and cough only at Dr. Chan's clinic alone. Sigh!

Last nite we went for a walk at Wawasan Plaza since there's Parkson warehouse sale going on. When we reach Api-api Centre and after hubby parked the car, i heard ahDen talking. He was seated at the back seat and he said sth like 'I wanna go...' continued by 'Over there...' and finally he said 'Don-ner-ner'.

The final phrase of 'Don-ner-ner' made me realised wat his whole sentence meant. He was actually telling us tat he wanted to go to McDonald's! This naughty boy seems to start recognising some familiar places in KK. The funny thing was McDonald's was actually at the other end of our parking lot, totally not within our view but ahDen knew tat there's a McDonald's there alright.

When i told hubby tat he was telling us to bring him to McD, hubby asked him 'Where do you want to go?' Then again he replied 'Don-ner-ner' and he pointed to the direction of McD saying 'Over there...'
We both couldn't help laughing at him. Smart boy... knowing tat he can eat and play at McD. Hmmm... but we told him no, and tat we are going shopping and not to 'Don-ner-ner'! "

RM414!

2010-01-20T23:22:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "Today we went back for a follow-up session with Dr. Chan and the medical bill costs even more today. I thought after the week long of tight medication schedule, we could at least have a few days of proper rest finally.

The same medicine were given to Jayden again this week including the Ventolin evohaler and Flixotide evohaler since he is still wheezing. Poor boy! He still have to go on with his antibiotics. The probiotics Lacto GG were given to him too, and i finally saw the price today. It is sold at the price of RM4 per capsule. *_*"'

Today's additional medicine mainly focus on his constipation problem - the familiar Duphalac, Dulcolax & an additional nose spray called Nasonex. Let's just hope he'll be better before CNY. The poor parents are getting pretty tired and very much lack of rest! "

RM379!

2010-01-14T00:04:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "Today we finally decided to bring ahDen to see another child specialist since his cough and flu had gotten from bad to worse. After more than 6weeks, he hadn't got better and when the wheezing sound was even clearer now, we were really worried. Finally we went to Dr. Chan Yue Sun clinic. We heard from friends tat she's a very good child specialist.... and so we went this morning at 10am.

When we reached, the nurse told us the doctor was not there yet, and asked if we made any appointment. We said no, so she put us on appointment at 2pm. Around noon time, the nurse called me back and asked if we can go to the clinic then since the doctor is free then, and they planned to close early. *_* "'

Luckily hubby is free, so off we went. My first impression of the paediatrics is she's more like a stern school teacher than a child specialist. ;)) She told us to answer her question with a direct 'yes' or 'no' and no maybe. Very nervous parents but for the sake of our child, we must tolerate. Another time she gave us some options of which type of medication we wanted, and before we think it over she was saying 'Faster.. give me an answer and don't waste time!" Hahahaha.... really like school teacher!

The final thing was the bill. RM 379!!! Wah lau.... luckily we brought enough money. Really hope ahDen can get well soon. He is quite serious now cox of his prolonged sickness and the doc said he's likely to have asthma. Besides the costly bill, there's a tight schedule of medication tat we have to follow... even waking up at 3am! Sigh! Really get well soon please, my darling son!"

ahDen's jargon!

2010-01-10T23:02:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "Lately ahDen have his chain of very weird but really funny vocab. Hubby & I juz couldn't help giggling when we listen to him talking.... although we understand sometimes, but it juz sounded so funny! This is call ahDen's jargons.... at times when he wanna say a sentence, he juz purposely roll his tongue a few times making some funny noises then he'll insert one understandable word like 'car' to end his sentence!

He might be slow for speech at his age, but we juz never stop teaching and encouraging him. This is ahDen lists of ahDen-talk :-

(1) Tomato = Mo-ta-to
(2) Bellybutton = But-ton-ton
(3) Donald (as in donald duck) = Don-ner-ner
(4) vitamin = Vit-ta-ten

Still some of the wordings but i cant remember now. Partly cox i keep on giggling... will add it in when i can recall!"

Belated Xmas Present!

2009-12-29T23:17:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "Hubby got ahDen this box of Thomas train set a day after Christmas so i labeled it as belated xmas gift for him. Jayden loves train.... and he loves Thomas. The day before when we went to Uncle Pau's place, he wanted to bring Nathan's train back home. When we said no, he really broke down into tears. Since hubby had been promising to get him a train set long time ago, we finally bought one for him at Little Me Suria Sabah tat nite.

He was thrilled with it and wanted to carry the big box by himself at the shopping complex. We didn't let him play wid the train set when we got home, for he had been a naughty boy while we were shopping. So we waited til the next day and assembled the train set for him. He was thrilled and excited, juz looking at the train making circles on its tracks. Hopefully he'll love his new toy! "

ahDen looking fierce! Can't wait to open the box!

mummy : Haf to pose nicely... else take again ar!

piggy face! Really cant wait to open his present!

Some photos of the assembled tracks... the cow doesn't come wid it, i placed it there in the wagon!

Christmas 2009

2009-12-29T23:15:00.001-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "25th December 2009 - On this date, Jayden has officially been in Kota Kinabalu for 2years. Wow... how fast 2years had gone by juz like tat. We had agreed to have him baptized today. He's 2+ years old now, and perhaps we should had brought him to be baptized earlier, but there were too many things tat kept us wondering if it is the 'right' time yet! Thank God, we finally overcame all our doubts and pick this special baptism date for him.

It was really a very hard job to keep him still on the stage before the pastor baptized him. He was struggling as usual, and when the pastor placed her hand on his forehead, he was trying to move away from her. ;))

So on this special christmas, ahDen was baptized - 25th December 2009 at Inanam Methodist Church. A memorable date to be remembered by us and we hope that Jayden will continue to grow in Christ! "

another new song!

2009-12-21T23:27:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "21st Dec 2009 - Tonite while we are on our way to Karamunsing, ahDen amazingly sung 'Amazing Grace'! He is brilliant.... at least hubby & I think he is!

Well, not the whole song but honestly i didn't teach him this song. I do sing it out loud sometimes. Actually hubby found this great song mixture of 'Amazing Grace & Jesus Loves Me' on Youtube and he let ahDen watch it quite often, but none of us actually taught him how to sing the song.

He was sitting at the back passenger seat and i was starting to sing 'Amazing Grace' at a very slow pace. Then i purposely left out some of the wordings and he filled up all the wordings correctly! Both hubby & I exchanged glances when he got one after another of the words correctly!

Hubby & I love 'Amazing Grace'. This song just calm our hearts and it is so soothing. Now, ahDen loves this song too! It's all God's Grace!

The wonderful site to share :- Amazing Grace/Jesus Loves Me "

xmas gift from 'nye-ma'!

2009-12-21T22:56:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "This 'nye-ma' the older she gets, the more 'pattern' she has! hahaha... My sister-in-law whole family came to KK last 2weeks, and 'nye-ma' immediately bought a xmas present for ah Den and asked my SIL to bring it over for him!

I've grown so old but never got any xmas present from my mum yet... hahaha... ahDen is juz so fortunate, getting so much love and attention from ppl around!

When ahDen saw the present, he juz can't wait to open it. We let him do so, and when he saw tat it was a box of puzzles, he was very happy. He even wanted to hug tat box of puzzles to bed! "

so 'show-off ' de face!

mummy : "Quickly pose & take photo. After tat, then u can open ur present!"
ahDen : ~so troublesome...~

a box of educational puzzle from 'nye-ma'

Whose baby is this??!!??!Anyone want me??

xmas09 round d corner!

2009-12-21T22:22:00.000-08:00

Wonderful christmas deco at 1Borneo this year. Last year the deco was magnificent, and this year it's as wonderful too. You'll feel like you've stepped right inside the magical xmas land. It's so pretty... with the giant xmas tree decorated wid teddies, and giant nutcrackers & giant bears & reindeers & ornaments...!

ahDen smiling cheerfully... he juz cant wait to play wid the toys at the kid's corner there!

ahDen wid Cheryl 'jie-jie' on Santa's giant chair!

wid the rest of the 'jie-jie's!

'little monk!'

2009-12-08T22:26:00.000-08:00

Jayden’s mummy :- “ 8th December 2009 - I was totally speechless after the haircut. It was an accident... a mistake! My boy struggled so much during his haircut, even when he was held down by three men. Can u imagine how strong ahDen is? At first we decided to shave his hair like little army boy (the previous cut) but halfway through he banged his head on the shaver and the clip came off. The shaver went right through his hair and touching his scalp, leaving a big hole in his hair. *_* "'

OMG!!! I was speechless and i juz stared at him, sighing deeply in my heart. OMG! OMG! The chant went on in my heart.... This time is really little monk! Jayden is bald! After we came back, i was still kind of shock. But after a night’s rest, today i’m more used to his new hairstyle. Bald or not... still we love him as much! This i really have to remember. Mummy is going to show you all these photos one day, ahDen! ”

5th & Final Day @ Glory Kids CC

2009-12-03T22:15:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "Today was pretty bad. Sigh! Jayden was crying so hard when we left him at the school. When hubby carried him inside the classroom, he was reluctant to let go of daddy's hand. And when daddy said goodbye to him, he was clinging onto hubby's hand even harder. Finally when daddy went out, he was wailing.

Sigh! Both of us felt terrible. We stood outside the classroom, listening to him. He didn't stop crying yet when we left. Hubby said we'll come back to get him earlier today.

Around 11.30am, we were there at the school again. This is most probably the last time i'll ever step into Taska Glory again. The most important thing is Jayden doesn't like it there. When he saw his daddy, he was so excited and happy, pulling daddy's hand and waving goodbye to everybody! The principal juz asked me if he was on medication today, i said 'yes! He was on medication for the whole week okie!" He had runny nose & cough and i'd said tat to her the first day we brought him there. She juz told me Jayden was extremely grumpy today and cox they were celebrating someone's bday today and he couldn't wait for the cake!

Tis afternoon we'll bring ahDen for his assessment. Hubby discussed with me last nite and told me tat even if ahDen is fine, we'll let him go to playschool later and we'll look for another school. I can sensed tat he was really unhappy. He said the principal kept on saying tat other ppl paid to have holiday fun at the school and it wasn't fair tat ahDen was ruining it! Money! Money! Money! So hubby said it's pretty clear tat they find ahDen a nuisance. Even if we were to let him go back to the school, the teachers will most probably treat him differently.

Sigh! I just hope my son is okie. Even if he doesn't go to playschool and i will have to take care of him, I really don't mind. I juz pray tat he's fine.... "

4th Day @ Glory Kids Child Care Ctr

2009-12-02T22:05:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "Today when we reached the school, Jayden again showed some signs of reluctance of going into the class. So hubby handed him over to me and i hugged him inside the classroom. All the other kids were playing wid toys and he didn't show any signs of interest but to continue clinging onto me.

The principal was there and she greeted Jayden. He just ignored her and pretend to look elsewhere. Aunt Joan tell us tat he owest pretend not to see her. Hahaha.... Then Jayden was looking at the toy cars on the floor, so Aunt Joan asked another kid if he's wiling to share the cars with ahDen. The kid nodded okie and ahDen was looking at the toy cars. He seemed alright so i told him tat mummy gotta go now, but i'll be back to pick him up later. He didn't respond to my statement although i tried to tell him tat again. So i assumed tat it's okie for me to leave.

When i left the room, he turned and saw tat i wasn't there, Jayden started crying. Tis is the first time he cried when it's time to part wid his parents. Hubby & I juz walked off and hid outside the classroom. We saw tat Aunt Joan was talking to him but still he dashed outside of the class. Later a male teacher was entertaining ahDen wid some kind of toys on his hands, and ahDen juz stood there looking at him. He had stopped crying and I dare not let him sees me juz in case he started crying again. When i saw tat he was okie, i left. Hubby said tat we shall return to the school earlier today to check on him.

We reached the school pretty early today, before 11.30am. We stood outside, not wanting to disturb the other kids. We were chatting wid an auntie there, who was waiting for her boss's daughter. She told us ahDen was very happy there, keep on running around the school like it is his house and he loves to play hide and seek. Then she told us tat we can ask the principal if they'll recruit our kid today. So in we went, to spy on little Jayden. Hubby was hiding outside the classroom again and peeping inside. One of the teacher saw hubby and she called Jayden and tell him tat his daddy is here. Then we saw Jayden came out of the classroom and he came running. He was delighted when he found us hiding in the corner. Hahaha.... he's so cute!

When i ask Aunt Joan about whether ahDen's being recruited, she told me tat she need to discuss further wid me. Sigh! Bad sign. So hubby took the desperate ahDen to the car first, and i went in the office wid the principal. Aunt Joan say from wat she observed these few days, Jayden got a bit of 'autism'. She said tat he'll scream, not really socialising wid the other kids, then it's either no-focus or too-focus onto sth. Besides tat he's always running around, and being hyperactive. She said from wat she would say is he's categorise into the 'special children' group. I was really holding back tears. I wasn't worried if the school doesn't want him, juz tat i was worried for ahDen.

Aunt Joan recommended us to bring ahDen for an assessment first before they consider if they'll take him in. Sigh! She gave me a number of another member of the church whose running this centre for special children. I've made an appointment. Tmr afternoon we'll bring ahDen there for an assessment. We all do pray hard tat he's fine. No matter wat, we still love Jayden very much! "

3rd Day @ Glory Kids Child Care Ctr

2009-12-01T22:23:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "Jayden woke up about an hour earlier than usual today. He juz wouldn't want to go back to sleep. We were worried tat he might be fussy at school later if he's sleepy. At breakfast, he doesn't eat much either. I was worried tat he'll starving if he doesn't want to eat anything at the school later.

When we reached the school, he wasn't tat excited to get into the class like he was the day before. The kids are playing with blocks today and hubby carried ahDen in his arms into the class when he saw tat he was kind of reluctant to go in. I waited outside cause the principal forbides too many parents into the class with the reason tat we'll scare the other newcomers. Hubby took his time with Jayden inside, talking to him and 2 other kids.... a boy and a gal. When hubby waved goodbye to ahDen, the other 2 kids waved back at him. Hahaha.... so funny. The cute gal keep on looking at hubby and wave at him while ahDen was barely paying attention to his dad.

Then hubby came out of the classroom. We peeped secretly into the class on our way out to the carpark. AhDen was trying to get out of the classroom when he saw his daddy was no longer there. But the principal was standing at the doorway, blocking him from running out and when he saw tat he couldn't run past her, he immediately turned and went back inside to play. ;))

Today hubby was extremely busy so i went by myself to pick ahDen up. When i reached, i was already running late. It was around 11.50am and the usual classroom where we pick up our kids was empty. I must be pretty late today and i started to worry if ahDen is alright. Will he be crying when he saw tat no one was picking him up??? I went on in towards the other classrooms trying to find Jayden but he was no where to be found. One of the teacher asked who was i looking for, and suddenly there's my son, coming out from another corner around the coridor. Hmmm... wat was he doing there?

There was a teacher behind him, was he playing wid her? When he saw me, he pretend to run past me and ignoring me. After awhile, he came back and pulled me by my hand towards the carpark. Then i told him we had to go and get ur bag and basket. So off he lead me back inside to get his stuffs. I asked the principal how was he today and she said everyone was good today. She said ahDen sat down & ate with the others. Phew! Thank goodness he does have some progress and then ahDen waved goodbye at the principal.

When he was in the car, i noticed again tat he didn't drank much water today. I told him to sit nicely since mummy had to drive today, and he sat down well and I fasten the safety belt around him. Helped to wipe off some of his sweat and when i gave him his bottle, he juz drank and drank from the bottle non-stop. I chatted with him on the way home but he was totally quiet compared to his usual self. He seems to be more calm down and a little more disciplined than before, and i really wonder if he's happy at school or not.

He didn't really look at me much during the whole trip home. He was just sucking on his bottle and looking outside the car. I really wonder if my son is angry with me for sending him to school. Well, if he can learn to be more discipline at school it is really good. But if he really doesn't want to go to school yet, i wont force him either. Let's juz see how will the outcome be by the end of this week!"

2nd Day @ Glory Kids Child Care Ctr

2009-11-30T22:12:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "We told Jayden over & over again tat he'll be going to school, and after a few hours at school, daddy & mummy will go pick him up. We did tat since yesterday afternoon, since sis said we should let him know and be mentally prepared. Which we did, and amazingly today he went to school without any hassle!

We assumed it'll be a harder day today, since he know tat we'll leave him there for a few hours. But no, when we reached the school compound, he juz let go of his daddy's hand and marched himself in the direction of the classroom. Then he juz went in and played wid the toys on the floor juz like the day before.

I gave his bottle to one of the teacher there, reminding him to give ahDen some water from time to time cox he's having flu & cough. After tat, we went to look for the principal. I asked her if i should stay cox i fear tat ahDen will be angry like the day before when he realised tat we were gone, but the principal strongly disagreed. So off we went, but before we go, i went in to tell ahDen tat mummy & daddy will be leaving then but we'll be back for him later. He showed no response to wat i was saying and continued playing, so hubby & I juz left.

Around 11.30am, we were there at the school once more. Some of the children were still crying and wailing, and when i peeped inside the room, I saw Jayden sitting on the floor together wid the principal and some other kids. Thank God he wasn't the one tat was crying. I didn't went in to get him yet, juz observing him for a while longer. He was sitting with his back to me so i don't know wat he was doing there. He paid totally no attention to those crying kids. When more n more parents came to get their kids, i went to the classroom door as well. No wonder the room was kind of dark, there wasn't any electricity then. So I called to Jayden and when he turned and saw me, he smiled and walked towards me while holding his hanky in one hand. =)) He looked so cute!

One of the teacher told me tat he did cried for awhile in the morning, but after tat he was okie. I asked the principal if he ate today, she said he still doesn't want to sit down wid the rest to eat. When the principal asked if he wants milk, Jayden replied her 'no' so she didn't make any milk for him. I juz hope he'll behave himself at school these few days, and after i thought over last nite, I really don't mind if he's not being recruited to the school this time. Perhaps he's still too young and not ready yet. If so, we'll juz wait til the next semester to give him a try again. Let's juz see for the next few coming days.

When we were in the car, ahDen was starving. He saw some apples in the car and insisted on eating it then. But i said no and let him finished my half cup of yogurt, and after tat he was chomping on the chic floss bun which he didn't finish during breakfast. When he saw the box of rice which daddy went to buy for ahDen's lunch, he wanted to eat rice then. We told him to wait til we reach home. He must be really, really hungry. ;))

Praying hard again tat tomorrow he'll be better at school and sit down to eat wid the others so he wouldn't haf to starve himself! But he did drink alot of water at school today, Thank God!"

1st Day @ Glory Kids Child Care Ctr

2009-11-29T23:53:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "Today the trial class began at Glory Kids Child Care Centre. It's a one week class especially for preschoolers, where the teachers will grade and observe the kids, and if they'll recruit them. Classes starts at 8.30am and ends at 12pm.

When we reached the church at 8.30am tis morning, Jayden was pointing excitedly at the playground and saying sth tat sounds like 'playground'. Then we took him to the classroom areas and saw tat at one of the playarea a big group of kids are already there busily playing wid toys on the floor. Jayden immediately rushed in to join them.

The teachers told me to leave ahDen's things and if our kid wasn't crying and starting to play around, it'll be better for the parents to leave immediately. After telling the teacher where his bottle and hanky and other stuffs are, we sneaked away from the school. Sigh! Maybe we should haf said goodbye to ahDen and tell him we'll be coming back to get him later.

When we went back for him around 11.45am, we saw a lot of parents are already leaving with their child. We walked into the classroom area and when Jayden spotted us, he immediately rushed out and grab hold of his daddy by the arm. Then i went to talk to the principal and got some really bad comments about Jayden.

The principal said that he didn't want to sit down and eat wid the others. He juz ran around. She said she's not sure what we normally gave him at home, but he was juz not interested in eating. Then he threw things around, and was shouting and rolling on the floor when they told him not to. Sigh! She said he was a really bad influence to all the other kids.

I was awfully disappointed. Then hubby figured it out when we came home. He said maybe ahDen was angry when he couldn't find us. That was most probably why he threw his tantrum and was shouting and throwing things around. So when the teachers stopped him, he was unhappy and started rolling on the floor. For goodness sake of cuz he wasn't allow to behave like tat at home, but when i told him not to, he'll juz shout n cry everytime. Hard hard....

When the principal said they really need to observe him for a few more days, and if they find tat he really wasn't suitable for school yet, then we'll haf to take him home and enrol him later. Sigh! Part of the reason i wanted school for him was because i knew he was a hard child to teach, very bad-tempered and always want to get everything his way. I thought at least by sending him to school, he learn to mingle wid others and learn some basic things like being toilet-trained, eating wid spoon, and other stuffs. Anyway, tat's wat schools are for right? I've tried teaching him all tat i can at home, not to say i totally ignore teaching him all this things. It was juz tat he didn't wan to listen to me and then i thought of other solution tat is to send him to school.

Juz hope tmr he'll behave better at school. Let's juz pray hard!"

2009-11-23T19:59:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "This was a gift from AhKai 'qiu-qiu' frens who came over to KK last week. When ahDen saw the nicely wrapped up gift, he was so excited and pestered us to open it immediately. We did, in order to calm him down, and in it we found tis wonderful box of jigsaw puzzles. He simply adores all the different types of transport tat he sees... pointing to the planes and helicopter and train.

Thanks alot to all the 'yee-yee's & 'suk-suk's or maybe shud call 'jie-jie's & 'ko-ko's. Hope you all did had a wonderful time here in KK!"

Piggy eating Pork Bun

2009-11-23T19:00:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "Last Friday, 20th Nov, hubby bought some famous pork bun from Mengatal for us. Tis ahDen can finish 1 & a half bun by himself! I played his favourite Madagascar dvd for him, and he was off chewing the bun while watching his favourite show on tv. He juz went chomp, chomp & chomp non-stop, until he couldn't eat no more! Wat a little pig!"

'poo' phobia

2009-11-19T22:10:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "Today i feel so bad about myself... actually i had been feeling so for the whole week. Sigh! I wonder if i am really pushing ahDen too hard. I tried all i can to teach him how to pass motion everyday and yet he is so afraid of passing motion. He must have really bad 'poo' phobia.

Since last month i had been spending time with him everyday in the toilet, hoping tat my encouragement and patience of squatting together with him in the toilet will eventually make him a habit of having to poop everyday. In the end, my effort still goes to waste.
I don't expect him to use the potty yet, all i want is him not being constipated. Last month the incident of poor ahDen being badly constipated was really a heartache to both hubby & me. He didn't go poo-poo at all for 7 continous days, and when he finally had to poop, he was screaming, crying and straining so hard for nearly 2 hours... and all tat came out was a small round poo as hard as pebble!

As a mother, i felt like i'm a failure. I tried all i can to make him pass motion as frequent as he can. I tried giving him prebiotics, yogurt, vitagen, prune juice, fruits, make sure he drinks enough water.... everything tat i can think of, as long as he doesn't haf to depend on medication to pass motion. At first it started off well, he did poop at least once a day. But i dunno why after 2weeks of such practice, he finally goes back to not wanting to try at all. He'll juz sit at the potty or squatting down at times and not focusing at all.

I told piang & nb about how bad i feel, and they just tell me i can't make him poop if he doesn't want to. I know it sounds crazy but 3days of not poo-ing, he'll start to be constipated again. So what should I do? I am really at the verge of giving up. We had juz had a bad toilet session for 2hours juz now, and not only ahDen feel exhausted, i am feeling very suffocated as well now! Sigh! At times, i'll ask myself why do I haf such a hard-to-train child?

Starting on Sunday noon, I stopped giving him his pacifier when he naps or when he goes to bed. I told him it is as a punishment for him not wanting to poop. Sigh! I dunno if it's a fair action or not, but he'll haf to quit his pacifier one day too. Might as well start training him now... and now he can goes to sleep without sucking on his pacifier for 5 continous nights. I'll still give it to him if he wakes up in the middle of the nite so tat i too can get more sleep. I can juz comfort myself tat tis is some sort of an achievement as well.

The purpose i blog tis down was to remind myself of all the hard time i had to go thru, bringing up my child. I understand tat it's different for every child, and I shouldn't compare him to other children. All I can tell myself is tat i still need to continue trying, with more patience and more love. I juz hope i can do it, and ahDen too can learn how to 'poop' without so much trouble one day!"

Hooray for ANMUM!

2009-11-13T22:38:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "14th November 2009 :- This was what came in through the post today afternoon. Hooray! Support ANMUM! Hahaha... 5 boxes of 650g free milk powder for Jayden.

At first i wondered if the redemption was for real cause I sent in the redemption forms together wid the end portion of the scoops i collected during the final week of October, and the free milk powder hadn't arrived until today. I didn't win the 32" Phillip LCD TV though but these free milk powder was good enough. Hahaha... hubby was so happy too and he told me must be more 'housewife' next time so tat can save more money!"

Ikea Lack coffeetable!

2009-11-13T22:16:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "Lately we had been table hunting. What a pity there's no Ikea in Kuching or KK, and we couldn't find any suitable table for Jayden. There wasn't any proper table in our room and lately ahDen had been lining up his toys on any proper surface tat he can find. At times he'll try to squeeze all his toys on my laptop table, right in front of my laptop; or he'll play at the small table where we place the milk powder, cereal, milk bottles and flask. Sigh! Poor boy! There's still no proper home for him until now!

Finally we found this Ikea Lack coffeetable at Asia City. We remembered seeing the same table at Karamunsing but when we went there last week, it was totally sold out. I know tat the Lack coffeetable was selling for RM39 now in Ikea, and the one we got was RM80 after discount. Considering the trouble of having anyone helping us carrying this bulky table all the way from KL, we bought the table eventhough it wasn't the best bargain. My brother did say he can help me get a table from Ikea and bring it all the way to KK from KL, but hubby consider it too much a hassle.

Too bad there's no longer any Mammut table from Ikea (why would they stopped the production of such a nice kid's table?!?!).... so we'll haf to settle for tis coffeetable as a study & play table for ahDen. Such a pity tat choices of proper kids tables are so few nowadays. "

Lil' Copter

2009-11-13T21:59:00.001-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "8th November 2009 - Since i have some Parkson vouchers tat i need to use by today, off we went to shop at Parkson Grand Wawasan Plaza tis Sunday after noon. Although hubby asked me to shop around and use the vouchers buying some new garments for myself, i really don't know wat i wanted to buy for myself nowadays. It'll always be buying things tat Jayden needed rather than for myself.

He was having so much fun over at the toys section. He was lining up the Mega Bloks Dump Truck, Helicopter, Fire Engine & Boat which he got off from one of the shelves. Seeing him having such a good time there really made me wanna get him one of the Mega Bloks toys.

Finally we picked the Helicopter or known as Mega Bloks Lil' Copter. It was priced RM69.90 before discount. After the discount and the vouchers, it only costs RM25.90. Such an expensive toy, and without the vouchers I'm sure both hubby & I wouldn't have bought tat for him. I tot of uploading the pic of the helicopter here, before it got spoiled by Jayden in future. He still haf a tendency of throwing his toys about... as in really 'throwing' them. Sigh! Might as well take a photo of it when it's still in one good piece."

@ CoffeeBean Damai

2009-11-13T21:44:00.000-08:00

31st October 2009 - My first time having tea at CoffeeBean. Thanks to Auntie Piang & Uncle NgeeBang's Coffeebean voucher, mummy & daddy brought me to coffeebean tat afternoon. We had Belgian Choc Ice Blended, Mocha Ice Blended & also a slice of chocolate cheese cake. However, i still intended to run around the shop more than enjoying my slice of cake. Finally mummy couldn't stand it no longer, and home we went after finishing the cake!

'Shoe shoe mei mei!'

2009-11-01T20:47:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- " Last Thurs, i got a missed call from Glory Church Day Care. Thank God i actually saved the principal's hp no in my SIM. I returned her call and found out tat she actually called to inform me tat i can bring Jayden for their trial class which will start end of tis month, on the 30th Nov til 4th Dec.

Honestly i felt blurred after the call and my mind was racing. OMG... ahDen's going to school soon, and it felt unbelievable. ;)) Time really flies, and it's nearly the end of 2009. But Jayden seems to be so young still.... "will he be able to get use to the school environment? will he be bullied there? will he cry non-stop juz because mummy's not wid him?" .... Frankly, i freaked out! When i told hubby about the news, he was as nervous as me!

Daddy said tat ahDen's feet are growing out of his old shoes, so it's time to get him a new pair. One which he can put on by himself, and take it off on his own as well. When he goes to school, we couldn't be there to help him wid tis simple task of putting on his shoes for him. It's time for him to learn.

So last nite, off we went to Crocs 1Borneo and daddy got him tis lovely pair of Crocs Electro. It certainly was a blast to our pocket, and after picking and trying on pairs of Crocs, we finally settled for tis pair of citrus/navy Crocs (size C10) for RM129. I decided to get him 2 cute Jibbitz, each for one of the shoes, cox i think it's pretty adorable seeing these cute pins on a kid's crocs! Finally we settled for the pair of Mickey ears (RM6) & and a brown monkey (RM8.90). Total damage was RM143.90.

Mickey' ear Jibbitz on left croc!

Brown monkey Jibbitz on right croc!

When we got home, we actually felt a bit of a heartache at the money we spent on his new shoes. But daddy said to take tat as an investment, and hopefully it'll remain in good shape for later siblings! Jayden love his new Crocs, and tis time it is ahDen's turn to 'shoe shoe mei mei!'

Trust me, he really said 'shoe shoe mei mei' by himself!"

Gotcha! Can see the little hand behind tat's playing
wid the Mickey ear's Jibbitz?

Twinkle, twinkle little star!

2009-11-01T20:36:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "Just as a simple note for reminding myself of ahDen's latest achieved nursery rhyme. Other than his favourite 'Row, row, row your boat', he can now sing 'Twinkle, twinkle little star'.
The 'twinkle, twinkle' part is quite clear... then '...how I...' & 'Up a...' was clear enough too. It's funny when u hear kids singing, missing out alot of words in between... but u'll still feel tat they are doing a pretty good job. ;))
He can sing part of 'Baa, baa black sheep' as well. Guess tis little angel just adores music. SiewHung's aunt made a comment about Jayden last week. She said 'he's trying to learn how to sing even before he can master his speech!' Hahaha... "

baa, baa... yellow Goat!

2009-11-01T20:07:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- " Tis adorable yellow goat came all the way from Kuching to Kota Kinabalu! Can u imagine tat?!?!? It was a gift from Auntie Ming to darling Jayden, and since ahDen really like the goat so much... daddy & mummy will haf to bring it onboard the plane and fly together with our family by crook or by hook!

Kids are just awesome. I need not teach ahDen how to play wid his goat, he knew exactly how to play wid it by riding on its back the instant he saw it! Now the yellow goat sits in our bedroom, in ahDen's tiny play area! Thanks sis for buying him the goat. I guess poor Esther must be missing this yellow goat-goat alot! Baa!"

another MINOR achievement

2009-09-28T21:27:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- " Since the time we were back from the Langkawi-Penang trip, Jayden can finally take his afternoon nap without using a cradle net. Perhaps during the trip and while we were away from home, he had to nap by juz sleeping on the bed. It was a really good practice for him and when we were back from our trip, he started showing signs tat he can nap without using a cradle net at Kuching home.

Well, he's really old enough to not be using the cradle anymore. Some kids totally don't sleep in cradle net at all. So when we came back to KK, i let him take his afternoon nap by juz sleeping either on our bed or on his own mattress, and it went pretty well for the first few days. So finally the day came when daddy disassemble the metal cradle frame in our room and we kept it in the storeroom for future use, hopefully. Finally there is more space in the room and now we placed each of ah Den's Mammut chair and stool there, and it became a small play area for him.

Honestly this isn't such a big achievement for him. I'd consider quitting his midnite feed, giving up his pacifier and also potty training as truly MAJOR achievement for a 2 year-old, but sorry to say ah Den seems to be still pretty far away from any of those.

Sigh! One step at a time... every kid is different, I truly understand tat. So no pressure towards my little toddler.... juz pray tat he'll quit midnite feeding soon. I had forgotten wat it felt like to haf a full nite sleep without waking up to make milk! Wat to do... parents are the greatest beings on earth! Right now, seeing him being able to do without his cradle, i'm oledi feeling really proud of him. Jayden is growing up! "

Langkawi & Penang Trip

2009-09-18T23:43:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- "These are some of the photos taken from our camera during our trip to Langkawi on the 5th - 7th September 2009 and also in Penang from 7th -10th September 2009.

We stayed at Hotel Helang while in Langkawi. The place is very near to the Langkawi Airport, somewhere in Padang Maksirat. We rented and traveled in 2cars at RM200 for almost 3days - (reaching around 12pm on 5th and departing around 5pm on 7th) - we thought it was a pretty good bargain! We went for the boat trip to several places on the 2nd day, namely Cave of Bats, Crocodile Cave, Fish Feeding Farm, and also Eagle Feeding which was really awesome as u see the sky filled with soaring eagles. The eagles were truly a magnificient scenery - and we get our chance to be captain and drive the boat too, with all the terrified passengers on board!

At Penang, we didn't go to many places juz the Bukit Bendera and some shopping malls. Bukit Bendera truly wasn't such an attractive tourist area with the terrible management and rude passengers... well, i guessed tat'll be my first and final time going up the super slow cable car. The management truly needed some improvement if Penang wan to remain the Bukit Bendera as one of its tourist attraction! The best thing about the Bukit Bendera was its ABC (Ais Batu Campur) and the view of Penang... tat's it... totally fullstop after these! =))

Penang food was great, and truly very, very cheap. Well, the portion was kinda quite small-sized so maybe tat's why it's cheaper than elsewhere. I guess tat's wat i miss most about Penang... it's food... the assam laksa, char kuey tiaw, hockien noodles.... ;)) "

More photos from sis's camera which she posted in Facebook. She has more better photos than i do! Enjoy viewing!
Trip Part I & Trip Part II

Happy 2nd Birthday!

2009-09-18T22:01:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- "

4th September 2009 - Tonite we'll be departing for Penang from Kuching. Jayden's grandma & aunties planned to help him celebrate his birthday earlier as we'll be in Penang on his coming birthday. So my mother-in-law cooked her tasty Foochow Chicken Soup MeeSua with hard-boiled egg, and my sisters-in-law got ahDen a big cheese cake! This was the ordinary but homely birthday celebration we had for Jayden on his 2nd birthday. The meesua grandma cooked was as usual very yummy and ahDen managed to finish his bowl of meesua. As a pure Foochow boy, tis little guy juz loves to eat Chicken Soup Meesua. ;))

After dinner, we rushed to take bath and clean up before departing for the airport to catch our flight. Phew! Wat a rush...

Birthday Gift from Daddy tis year :-
Disney Deluxe Book Gift Set

There's a music player & a movie projector in there!
Birthday Gift from Mummy tis year :-
Nike Sandals size 10C (sigh... i got the size wrongly... the previous pair was juz a size smaller... blur mummy :p )

And thanks for all the angpows given by 'nye-ma' and all the 'yee-yee's. I'll deposit tat into ahDen's account one day...

On the 6th September, we planned to treat my family members to the Ramadhan Buffet Dinner at Hotel Helang as a bday celebration for Jayden, but we had to cancel the plan cox Jayden was down wid fever tat day. So ended up he went to bed before 7pm in Langkawi tat nite, and daddy even had to stay in the hotel taking care of him. Sigh! No point of us still feasting on the buffet, when the poor birthday boy was sick. I guessed he played too much and was too tired during the Langkawi trip. We juz hope he gets better soon.

The next day, 7th September was Jayden's birthday and we departed from Langkawi around 5pm. When we reached Penang, it was oledi 8pm+... we went to haf dinner at some place and it was hubby treat as a simple birthday celebration for Jayden. The meal was very, very cheap and thank God ahDen was feeling better then. As long as he's healthy and happy, no birthday celebration oso nevermind! "

ahDen's bday dinner in Penang on 070909

little army boy!

2009-08-27T22:51:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- "This haircut session was really such a torture for Jayden now. I remembered he only cut his hair without crying twice, and after tat he still cried during each haircut session. It got worse n worse, and he'll struggle wid all his might to prevent the barber from cutting his hair. Sigh!

Yesterday we went for his haircut again, and since he was owest making such a big fuss over his haircut, we decided to cut his hair real short tis time to make the visit to the barber shop lesser for him. But it was something new for all of us, having his hair tat short was kinda weird. He look cute, juz tat his head look extremely big. I bet he felt much cooler now wid his shorter hair and he definately sweat lesser. But juz tat i still need some time to get use to my son's new look. I admit both daddy n mummy kept on giggling when they see how little ahDen look now. Little army boy in the house! "

ahDen singing...

2009-08-18T21:09:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- "

Last nite as usual we went out to shop for restaurant's goods. As we reached Servay Putatan and searching for a parking space, ahDen was playing wid my handbag. He was baby-talking to himself while playing, then suddenly he shouted "may... may... may..." in a really loud voice. Then daddy asked him "why u 'may' so loudly??"

Then i continued listening to him and i finally figured out wat he was doing. He was singing "Row Row Row Your Boat!" Wahahaha... he sounded so cute. Although it was still far away from tat but i could still catch the tune and the words he was trying to pronounce. He goes "ow...ow...ow....." then followed by loud "MAY...MAY...MAY.."! He wanted to sing "row row row" & "merrily merrily merrily"! Then i told daddy, u listened to ahDen carefully. He was trying to sing the nursery rhyme. So cute!! and he was really focused while singing his song. Wish i could have recorded tat down! "

achieved VoCab

2009-08-03T22:56:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy:- "Nearing 2years old, ahDen's vocab is still quite limited. Lately he can say sth really cute and tat is the word 'Okie'! It must be his daddy who taught him how to say 'Okie'. It happened about 2 weeks ago on a normal afternoon after he woke up from his nap, and i asked him the usual question of "ahDen, do you want milk-milk?"

Then the sleepy boy nods his head while still lazing on our bed and replied "Okie" in a steady and relaxed behaviour. I thought i heard wrongly so i ignored him and tat nite, before his bedtime i asked the 'milk' question again. And tis time, i was positive he said 'Okie' to me. It was really cute for we expected a usual 'Yes' from him, but instead this cheeky boy said 'Okie' while nodding his head like a 'tauke'!

So juz to jot down his achieved vocab so far...
(1) O-pi = for "Open"
(2) Cra-ki = for "Cracker"
(3) Bai-bai = for "Bye bye"
(4) Aer...pan = for "Aeroplane" (tis was the clearest word at a time)
(5) A-mas-ken-ken = for "Thomas & Friends" (tis one really still baby talk)
(6) O-nyo = for "Oh no!"
(7) Bot - for "Boat"
(8) Ball - for "Ball"

maybe still some more but i couldn't think of it now...
"

1st KL Trip

2009-07-30T22:33:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy:- "

8th-13th July 2009: This was Jayden's first trip to Kuala Lumpur, but it was first time for all of us to actually be flying from Kota Kinabalu to Kuala Lumpur. Before this, we always flew from Kuching to KL which only takes about 1hr45minutess and tis time flying from KK it actually took us 2hr30minutes. All those long hour in the plane made us kinda uncomfortable and little Jayden juz didn't wan to put on his face mask. Before this we were all wondering if we should juz canceled this family trip, but with all the payments made for the hotels and oso our flight tickets, we juz got on wid our plan.

Hubby always insists tat it's really good to bring kids traveling more often because it's a chance they'll learn more things. Honestly wid each trip we had, we really noticed tat Jayden will learned sth new. Like tis KL trip for example, it was his first time to board so many different types of transportation.... namely LRT, cable car, taxi & buses! He was thrilled when we brought him on the cable cars on the way up to Genting, although he seemed to be terrified in the first place but he got over it real soon when daddy taught him to wave at he passing-by cable cars. He started waving and saying 'bye bye' to all the cable cars tat went pass and it was really cute. Even when he saw picture of the cable car on a banner days after, he will still wave and say 'bye bye' at it!

Jayden's first time on the LRT and monorail was really cute as well. He was amazed at the moving train, and it reminds him so much of his favourite cartoon 'Thomas & Friends' and he will start to say 'wheeeeee....' whenever the train starts moving. Although it was terribly tiring for all the adults especially daddy, for we need to carry heavy Jayden along all the way to catch LRT, catch buses, all the public transport; but we were truly happy seeing Jayden being so excited.

At Genting, Jayden was still too young to play most of the rides so we only brought him on the Busy Bug Monorail. We paid RM8 per adult juz for this ride alone, and we ended up being stuck up there for 40minutes cox sth went wrong wid the monorail. So it was worth our money after all for we actually paid RM1 for 5minutes! =) The worst thing was ahDen actually poo-ed in his diaper before we board the bug, but the queue was way too long for us to re-queue again, so we insisted riding it before giving him a diaper change. It was embarassing for the poor lady and her son in the same cabin with us had to suffer with ahDen's shit smell for tat long! We didn't predict tat sth will went wrong wid the bug... rotten luck for them i guess!

We stayed at Genting Theme Park Hotel, and our rooms were so far away from its lobby. It was situated at the other wing of the building and it was terribly far! For tis trip we really WALKED alot, and WALKED so far! It it was walking alone, it'd still be fine for all of us but it was including carrying loads like our backpacks & our kids! Phew!

We went to Ikea on tat Saturday and spent more than RM500 there. Ikea was amazing but not the ride we took there. It was our first time there, and all the stuff there seems wonderful and we wanted to get alot of things for our future house. We ended up spending the most on Jayden, for daddy said he didn't spend any money on the rides at Genting so we used tat money to buy his favourite toy for him. We spent RM110 on 2 different types of wooden toys for him, and nearly RM200 on the Mammut stools and chairs for the kid's room we plan to haf in our house next time.

The most comforting encounter was actually finding a toy tat Jayden can focus on for so long. Before this we had friends commenting about Jayden being a little to the hyperactive type and the risk of him being attention deficit. Tat really worries both daddy & mummy. We spent more time then bringing him to the beach and playground, hoping he can use up his excess energy daily. Finally tat day at Ikea, he found tis wonderful toy. Although it was such a simple toy, it managed to keep ahDen focus for the whole afternoon while we shopped in peace. We put both Jayden and the 'Mϋla Bead Roller Coaster' toy inside our shopping cart, and he stayed in there playing with it until we were done wid our shopping. Both daddy & mummy felt so much comforted and happy wid ahDen's progress tat afternoon, so ended up daddy really don't mind spending so much on him! The other toy tat we got for him was the 'Mϋla Crane with Blocks'. We really wished we could get him all the MULA toys but they were quite costly.

'Mϋla Bead Roller Coaster'
'Mϋla Crane with Blocks'

Another new encounter for Jayden was he finally had his first taste of strawberries. Auntie Ming bought a box of strawberries and okie, it was kinda sour but still greedy Jayden ate one after another! Tis trip to KL we noticed tat Jayden starts to show interest in toys, and he will insist holding on to a toy tat he likes in the departmental store. But we know tat we mustn't spoil him and buying him everything tat he likes. Since Jayden can understand more now, we had better start educating him. "

Jayden's Fun Time with his Ikea Bead Roller Coaster :-

shopping cart!

2009-07-15T21:41:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- " These are some cute photos we took at Tong Hing here in Kota Kinabalu, back on 2nd June 09. Jayden was playing with the kid's shopping cart, and he was particularly amazed at the size of the shopping cart which is juz the right size for him. He must be imagining tat little Jayden too can shop like an adult, pushing the shopping cart around all by himself. It's really very hard to get some still photos of him, for he was far too excited to be able to keep still for a second. These are some of the best shots that i have."

Double Pacifiers!

2009-06-05T01:33:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- " Whenever i saw ah Den doing this wid his pacifier, it juz reminds me so much of my younger brother who used to do so when he was about tis age too. I haf a strong memory of this cox i remembered my dad took a photo of my bro sucking 2 or 3 of his rubber pacifier all at the same time! And now, ah Den is playing the same trick! Just like his 'qiu qiu' (uncle)... as naughty and as cheeky and they both have big head!

Normally when ahDen got hold of both his pacifiers, (i usually only give him one... the other acts as a back-up) he'll hold one in each hand. Alternately he'll put the pacifier on one hand into his mouth, then pull it out and put the other one in his other hand into his mouth again. He'll be doing tis repeatedly, and it owest makes me wonder if it is really so fun to play like tat."

Amen...

2009-06-03T22:32:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- "
At the age of 20 months, one of the most wonderful two-syllable word tat Jayden can utter, other than 'mummy' & 'daddy', is no other than 'Amen'. It happened somewhere after 18th May, after we came back from Kuching this time.

That time he was sitting in his daddy's car and we were on our way home. While listening to the Kid's Prayer CD, which we had finally taken the initiative to place into one of the CD changer slot in the car, he surprisingly uttered 'Amen'. He was looking at me as he said 'Amen' while i was craddling him in my arms cox he was feeling sleepy then.

It sounded so wonderful and touching. I was feeling down then, and when he said that amazing word to me, i felt like crying. I was very happy hearing him saying 'Amen', and it instantly made me feel so much stronger. I kissed my adorable son on his forehead and replied 'Amen' to him as well.

He must haf realised how his newly achieved vocab thrilled both his parents, for he kept on saying 'Amen' non-stop after tat until we reached home! =))"

going Round & Round...

2009-06-01T21:56:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- "
Lately Jayden just have this funny habit of turning himself around in circles. He really enjoys playing like this... even if he gets dizzy after his spin, he still enjoys going round and round in circles. Sometimes when he couldn't spin any longer, he'll just dropped himself on the bed and lie there giggling to himself. I guess he must be wondering why the world around him was spinning. Hahaha.... kids are just so curious.

Oh ya, and there's this funny act of playing with his shadow as well. I don't think i can record tis as the room will be quite dark when we dim the lights at nite. Whenever it's bedtime, we usually don't switched off all the lights. We'll leave one of the light on, the one on the way to the bathroom. So little Den den will be walking to and fro from the light. At first both of us were wondering wat he was doing marching to and fro in front of our bed, and then we finally come to realise tat he was noticing his shadow.

He tried moving away further from the light and saw the little shadow in front of him grew and grew. Then he tried moving towards the light, and even looking behind him to see if his shadow was tagging along. Then he'll sway his body from left to right, and giggled when he saw his shadow moving from side to side as well. Sigh... juz how cute kids can be!"

multi-purpose latch

2009-03-18T00:31:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- "
Recently ahDen had learnt something new, and he keeps on polishing his new accomplished skill - tat is opening the fridge! >:P

Even when it's under our watchful eye, and when we said 'No Jayden, close the fridge now!'.... it was totally useless. He juz ignored us completely and continued playing wid the stuff inside the fridge. I remembered how my niece Esther used to do the same thing wid the fridges at my mum's house - opening & closing the fridge door non-stop. So it's supposed to be a stage for the toddlers, and sth tat they'll maneuver sooner or later.... and finally it is Jayden's turn.

Monday morning i played ahDen's nursery rhymes vcd for him on the TV, hoping i can steal some time to brush my teeth. Normally he'll be knocking at the bathroom asking for me but strangely not tat morn. So i took a peek outside to check on him and there he was removing the stuffs from the fridge - Bovril, margerine, condensed milk! No wonder he was being such a quiet & 'good' boy! All tat's bcox he had found a new 'toy'!

Finally both hubby & I could stand it no longer. We both knew it's time to get a latch for the fridge. Sigh! I used to hear my ex-colleagues complaining about their kids opening the fridge non-stop and a latch like tis solved all their problem. ;)) Who knows i'll be looking for tis latch too one day?!?! I cracked my head thinking where i'd seen this type of multi-purpose latch before.... and we decided to hunt for it at Anakku Karamunsing.

First stop at Anakku, I found the latch but it came wid a whole set of other safety items which i don't think i need. So we went to Guardian next, looking for only the multi-purpose latch. I found it alright but the latch alone costs RM8+, whereas the HomeSafety Gift Set costs RM20 and there are 14 items in it - Corner Cushions Round Type x4, Socket/Outlet Plug x4, Multi-purpose Latch x2, Anti Slam Doorstopper x2, Safety Scissors x1, & Cabinet Slide Latch x1. So definately getting the whole set seems to worth more, moreover there are actually 2 of the latches i wanted.

Ahhhh.... now finally the fridge is safe, and finally all the items inside the fridge are safe too. Phew.... save both mummy & daddy the trouble of looking out for DenDen's Fridge Mischief! Thank God someone actually invented these latches. =))"

SunDay School

2009-03-17T19:17:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- "
15th March 2009 - A church friend suggested to me a few weeks ago to let Jayden goes to sunday school. Til now he owest attended church service together with us and we still didn't expose him to sunday school for children on the 1st floor of our church yet cox we both assume he isn't old enough for tat.

However today, we finally brought him upstairs to haf a look at wat all the other kids are doing there. When we entered the assembly hall where all the children gathered, we saw tat there were many other parents who are there too, accompanying their kids as they attend sunday school. The teachers taught the children to say prayers, to sing hymns, and other activities.

After tat, all the kids were divided into their age group and attended classes according to their age group. Jayden went to the class for the youngest kids and there were many other mums and dads there too, attending the class as well... ;)) The teacher took the kids' attendance and later told them all a bible story. After tat there were activities like colouring, playing wid toys, and the teacher even gave all the children some snacks as a reward for being good gals n boys.

All thru the class, Jayden didn't concentrate at all. I understand it was his first time being around so many other kids, and as usual he juz played by his own. He doesn't really mix wid other kids of his age, and all thru the class he was doing other stuff by himself. ;))

Well, it was a good opportunity to let him try to be more familiar wid sunday school cox he'll most probably be going to kindy next year. If he can learn to pay attention when the teacher is talking and also to befriend all the other kids, it'll be so much easier sending him for school.

He didn't finish attending the whole class tat day. After spending like about 15minutes in class, when the classroom door opened, he rushed out into the hall and went to the piano there. He wanted to play the piano, banging on its keys & trying to make all kinds of sound. So ended up both of us sat there, playing the piano!

Hopefully in a few more weeks to come Jayden will be more familiar wid sunday school. I'm not rushing him into trying to socialise wid other kids, so juz let him take his sweet time and enjoy himself there at sunday school every Sunday. May this practice eventually teach him the need to attend church every Sunday in future. Amen."

during nye-ma's trip to KK

2009-03-03T19:49:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "
Mum & my youngest sister ahNi came to KK to visit us last week. So fast this one week had passed and now tat the continuous days of having fun, going places, eating good food, going shopping had past; suddenly everything seemed to be back to our usual pace... boring & ordinary. Time to get some rest for jayden and oso his parents!

26th February 2009 - On this cloudy morning we decided to go to Manukan Island. Jayden's 'nye-ma' (mum's side grandma - mummy's mummy) and ahNi 'yee-yee' (auntie) just arrived late last nite, reaching almost midnite, and today we r off to the island. ahDen's first time riding on a speedboat, and first time going to the island.

I was wondering if the sound of the speedboat's motor will scare him, but thank God he wasn't afraid. Just tat it was past his nap time, and he was kinda drowsy while on the boat on tat drizzling morn. It was a good thing too tat it was actually drizzling, else we'll all be scorched and maybe it'll make us feel even more tired, especially when u haf kids around and u need to chase them... it makes u feel worse than working out for u can't stop even when u r tired! When we were waiting for the boat to arrive at Jesselton Point, ahDen was oledi roaming here & there & everywhere! RM25pax for the boat ride and RM3 for the entrance fee to Taman Tunku Abdul Rahman - Manukan Island. When we were on the boat, ahDen managed to catch a short nap with his daddy hugging him tightly. This boy was really tired but still didn't want to rest for everything seemed to be so exciting.

When we reached Manukan Island, ahDen was impressed with the feel of soft white sand beneath his tiny feet. We let him walked around barefoot, giving him the opportunity to feel the difference threading on the beach. He was delighted and very impressed, chuckled as his daddy tried to bury his feet beneath the white sand.

This clip was taken at Manukan, showing how frantic ahDen was when his feet got buried underneath the sand. He was kicking his foot frantically, really made me laugh out loud seeing his expression, so pardon me if u keep on hearing my laughters all thru the clip!

28th February 2009 - Around 11am on this Saturday morn, we started driving to Kundasang. Again we'll be overniting at Mount Kinabalu Heritage Resort & Spa. Mum had never been up to Kundasang before and the last time we went with Uncle KingChing, I'd promised her tat i'll bring her there next time to overnite. The trip was tiring and the road tat day was kinda full wid big trucks and buses, which initially slowed down our journey. Around 12+pm, we stopped at Fairy Garden to haf our lunch.

After we checked in, we went out for a ride to Temperate Garden to buy fresh mushroom. Really cheap if we buy it here than at the market in KK. We went to Desa Farm and tis time we were lucky for we saw all the black & white cows on the other side of the fence by the roadside. Shud be it was their feeding time then and ahDen was saying 'moo moo' when he saw all the cows there.

Later we drove on to Mesilau Resort but since they charged fees per entrance, we didn't get to go inside. Just tat my sis took lots of photos, stopping by the roadside whenever we saw nice view while ahDen took his nap in the car. Then we went to the Kundasang market to look at all the fresh veggies and oso fruits.

When it started to rain at 5pm, we rushed back to our resort and prepared the ingredients for our steamboat session tat nite. We planned to haf a simple steamboat there tat nite rather than driving out for dinner again. The temperature started to drop as nite falls, and it was starting to be cold. We bathed ahDen once we got back, and this time in the shower he wailed like hell. He was afraid of the humming from the water heater! =))

2nd March 2009 - Today hubby said to bring all of us to Lok Kawi Wildlife Park to see animals. My first impression on hearing tat we will be going to the zoo was -_-"' . I didn't expect much from the Lok Kawi zoo but it turned out to be far better than i expected. Hubby had promised ahDen quite a number of times about bringing him to the zoo to show him all the animals there, (for he seemed to be showing interests in animals lately!) and finally today wid 'nye-ma' and 'ahNi yee' around, we can all go together.

Even my mum said the zoo was nice for they had quite a lot of animals, even tiger, elephants, orang utans, rhino, sun bears... It was a good walk for all of us, exercising in the midst of green nature and thankfully hubby thought of bringing ahDen's stroller along, else we'll really faint from exhaustion! The had an animal show at 1115am and for a new zoo like Lok Kawi, it was really good enough. They are still upgrading and hopefully in a few more months to come, they'll be more to see there."

new toys!

2009-02-20T18:57:00.000-08:00

Mummy & daddy brought me to Signature, Karamunsing last Sunday. We went there to look for baby walker for Uncle Pau's baby Nathan actually. Ended up mummy & daddy didn't see any preferable walker for the new baby, but instead they bought me some toys.

Mummy told daddy before tat she'd been searching for some animal toys for me, cox she wanna me to learn the words for these animals. The store was full of so many wonderful toys. I was so excited to see all those toys, especially those tat can make wonderful sound and music. My little hands were so busy too, as i kept on touching everything tat was within my reach.

Finally daddy found some animal toys. It was a pack of 6 cute rubber animals, but mummy said 'no' cox the animals doesn't look real enuf. They were more like bath toys, like my rubber duckie type. Then off mummy went to look at some stacking cups for me. She said i'd been learning to stack things up lately, and she wanted to buy me some toys which i can stack. (Ahem... it started during CNY when i was busy stacking up Tupperwares at ppl's house whenever i go visiting!)

Tis time daddy showed mummy a pack of farm animals and finally mummy nodded her head saying "Yes! I can haf tat pack of toys for they seem real enuf!". Hooray.... I was so happy and immediately i held on to my pack of toy animals tightly, else mummy changes her mind... hehe.... As for the stacking cups, mummy was comparing between the one wid 5cups or 7cups; as one was priced at RM13.90 and the other RM17.90. In the end she chose the one wid 7cups for me, so tat i can stack higher she said. My pack of farm animals costs RM11.90. I was so happy tat i haf so many new toys tat nite.

The following day, mum recycled one of my Anmum milk powder box into a 'home' for the animals. ;)) She doesn't want me to start throwing all the animals around. She even made some word cards for me, writing down the wording for each and every animal... Cow, Sheep, Horse, Goat, Donkey & Bull. Wow... i hope i can recognise all these words for each animal one day, hmm... i wonder when... :))

The 'farm' which mummy recycled from one of my old storage box.

The 6 farm animals - Horse, Goat, Cow, Sheep, Bull & Donkey

Some of the word cards mummy made for me, and the animal to go wid it.

My colourful stacking cups, wid a teddy head on top!

ahDen's SkinCare Regime

2009-02-20T18:19:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "
21st February 2009 - Two nights ago, as i was cleaning Jayden preparing him to go to bed, he did something really funny. As usual, the bedtime cleaning-up routine will be cleaning his face with a piece of wet warm cloth, then his hands and body, followed by his legs and feet. After I wiped him dry, I'll lay him down on my bed then wipe his butt wid a piece of baby wipe, then change him into his MamyPoko diaper. Not forgetting too to rub some oil on his tummy in order to prevent 'wind'. After powdering him, I'll change him into a clean set of pyjamas.

Okie... tat nite i noticed some rashes on his butt. So i tot i better start applying some baby lotion on his butt to prevent the rashes from getting worse. After i applied the lotion on his butt, i gave the bottel of baby lotion to him so tat he'll play wid it and keep still for a moment, while i put on his diaper for him.

Then he did this funny action. He tilted the bottle of baby lotion over, and pretended as if he is pouring some lotion onto his fingers and hand. Tat's not the funniest part yet, cox lately i did noticed him trying to pour things out from any bottles he sees. As i glanced at him further, he started to rub his cheek with his finger as if he was applying lotion to his face! Then he tilted the bottle over again, pretending to pour out more lotion then rub it on his other cheek! I bursted out in laughters..... "apalah tis baby, since when i teach him to apply lotion to his face?!?!?! Where did he learn tat from??"

I really haf no idea where he pick up tis gesture from.... wait a minute, oh yes.... now i remember, i did apply cream on his face before to treat his eczema problem. Sometimes when his immune system is low, he'll start to haf red rashes over his face. Maybe tat's where he learned to do tat. I am still thinking if he's mimicking me cox i put on my skincare daily, and he might caught me doing it sometimes. Really funny seeing him doing some weird gestures from time to time. This really mean my boy is growing up, and he's starting to understand more & more. Getting naughtier with each growing day!"

new discoveries!

2009-02-04T23:51:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "
5th February 2009 - I have this practice of writing a certain word on a small whiteboard which i purposely bought for Jayden. At times i'd changed the word, and if i'm not being lazy, i'll take a moment to teach him the word i wrote on the board. Two days ago, amazingly Jayden pointed to the word 'mouth' which i wrote on the board weeks ago, and said aloud "mouth". It took me a moment to realise tat he was actually reading the word on the board. He was looking at the board, and wid his right hand he swayed it in a motion from right to left then saying "mouth". He even pointed to his own mouth to show me tat's his mouth.

I was laughing out loud when i finally realised tat he is starting to read. The only thing he didn't do quite accurately was his motion of swaying his hand, for it shud actually be from left to right, and he was doing it the other way round. But it was already good enuf for me. I started Jayden on Dr. Titzer's Your Baby Can Read videoCDs when he was 9months old, to be precise i started it on 26th June 2008. I read about this program from a parent magazine, and figured out better than juz letting him watch cartoons on the tv, i rather if he watch this sort of educational program. I started searching everywhere for these CDs, even asking KC to help me search for it in Spore and also Hiewming to help me search in KL. In the end i found the CDs at Poppies The Spring back in Kuching.

I did noticed Jayden being able to recognize some simple words like 'clap', 'dog', 'cat' and a few times i heard him said 'duck' and also 'ball' when these words appeared on the tv screen. But whenever this happened, i owest wonder if it was juz merely a coincidence. And at times he did simply point to any parts of his body incorrectly though... juz mimicking the children in the tv i guess. =))

After the incident of him reading the word "mouth" from the board, i changed the word "mouth" to "yes". He did nod his head when i say tat's the word 'yes'. He responded too by nodding his head whenever he sees the word "yes" there. I think i'll juz let the word "yes" there for a few more days, and after tat sees if he still recognise the word "mouth" if i put it back there.

Another funny thing he started doing yesterday was learning to walk backwards. Hubby told me tat Jayden was learning to walk backwards when i got back from class last nite. I find it pretty funny for i wasn't sure if tat is suppose to be counted as a particular gross skill, and juz tis afternoon i saw ahDen really walking backwards by himself. He was practically juz playing around and giggling to himself as he was doing so and it was pretty cute. Too bad i didn't haf my camera here, else i'll start to video it.

Tis time back to Kuching for CNY, we all saw how much ahDen learned from his cousin sisters & brothers. It's really true tat children pick up the fastest around other kids. He'll try to mimic his elder brothers & sisters, and he had learnt to tap his mouth while making the sound "waaa..", like a little red Indian, in less than 5minutes once he saw his cousins doing so!

When we went to Aiwei's house tis year, ahDen oso took the initiative to shake hands wid MingZhe when i told him to. But apart from the being sociable part, i haf to really make sure tat he doesn't start bullying MingZhe for ahDen can be quite rough at times. Perhaps he really doesn't intended to be so, as for his age now, he still doesn't understand tat he'll hurt others if he's being too rough. Somemore ahDen is so big-sized and oso he's very impatient. Sigh! So mummy still haf lots to teach him and really must train his patience. Most important of all is to teach him to be gentle towards other kids, and oso learning to share and to take care of others especially those younger ones. Wah.... sounds like such a BIG BIG TASK for Jayden but it is really time to start training him and i hope God will bless me with the wisdom and patience to do so. Amen. "

d BEST hairCut

2009-01-15T20:49:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "
15th January 2009 - Today i'm extremely proud of little Jayden. CNY is coming, and ahDen's hair was pretty long so he must have a haircut before CNY. Tis was his 4th time having a haircut, and for all the previous experiences, they were all terrible. Everytime we brought him to Jenne's saloon back in Kuching, he'd be wailing and screaming as if the haircut hurt him. Sigh! And it owest ended up, his haircut was uneven.

Today, daddy said he wanted to go for his haircut. Daddy keep on telling me tat it is juz an ordinary barber shop, the old-fashioned type and not the saloon type. It was okie wid me, as long as ahDen doesn't cry during his haircut. When we entered the barber shop, i told hubby to haf his haircut first and let ahDen look at him having his haircut. I carried ahDen in my arms and keep on telling him, "U see, daddy didn't cry when he has his haircut, so ahDen oso cannot cry, okie."

Thankfully the small barber shop was decorated wid big pineapples deco and fake firecrackers made from red packets. All these red & yellow decos attracted ahDen as well. And the best was the aquarium of fishes. Although the water badly needed a change, ahDen was amazed seeing all the fishes swimming around.

When it was ahDen's turn, he sat in hubby's lap. I wrapped him up in my own piece of cloth tat i brought along & gave him a packet of biscuit. Honestly i brought along alot of stuff, a set of clean clothes, powder, snacks... normally he'll be covered wid hair after his haircut, so i was thinking he might need to change his clothes later.

While the barber was cutting his hair, i tried my best to distract him... acting like a clown, turning the pineapple round & round, and jingling the firecrackers! I even sang nursery rhymes to distract him, sprinkling water on his hands... i don't mind being silly, as long as my baby doesn't cry. Thankfully ahDen didn't cry, though he did tried to avoid the ticklish shaver a few times.

It was the BEST HAIRCUT he ever had. He looked so handsome, with neat & short hair. Both daddy & mummy were so proud of Jayden. He didn't make a big fuss over his haircut, and it was really the BEST, BEST, BEST-EST haircut session for all of us! Phew! Really heaved a big sigh of relief... now both daddy & son looked extremely handsome, getting ready for CNY! ;)) "

UltraMan!?!?

2009-01-15T20:24:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "
13th January 2009 - As usual on this Tuesday evening i was bathing ahDen. He was playing in the big bathtub, and i'm proud to say since 18thDec08, i had been using the shower to bathe him and i needn't used the old 'scoop & pour' method anymore. ('Scoop' by scooping up the water and 'pour' by pouring the water over his little body). We figured out tat he's old enuf to use a shower to bathe him, and if we happened to travel elsewhere, it'll be easier for Jayden to take his bath using the shower. Else, we'll need to find a place tat provides bucket so tat the baby can take his bath... which is really quite troublesome.

Around 5.40pm, ahDen's daddy came back from work. We heard the door opened and closed, and i continued shampoo-ing Den Den's hair and body. When he was all full wid suds and bubbles, the daddy came into the bathroom. Seeing ahDen's hair full of foam, daddy suddenly had a nasty idea. Daddy clasped both his hands together, holding Den's hair in the midst of his palms, and started pulling them upwards!

Den's hair was quite long then, and it started standing up with the foam holding it in place. The naughty daddy juz kept on laughing and laughing at his poor son, and ahDen juz stared at his daddy, laughing too to entertain his daddy. He must be wondering why daddy was so happy to see him in tat state then... After tat, daddy said he must snapped ahDen's photo.

It was pretty funny too, seeing tis new hairstyle on ahDen. Haha... okie... i may be mean, but i find it rather cute and hoping to share wid all ahDen's aunties, i had to post it here. I kinda think he looks like ultraman, except tat he doesn't haf the egg-shell eyes on him and he was naked! Don't worry, both the parents oledi make sure private part not seen at all in the photos posted. "

Welcome 2009!

2009-01-05T19:26:00.001-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "Time certainly flies and it's another new year. Christmas 2008 is over now, and tat mean Jayden had been in Kota Kinabalu for a year now. On 30th, the day before new year eve, Jayden suddenly developed fever. It was during noon time tat i felt him being really warm, and i wondered if he was having a fever. I juz kept in mind to monitor him closely and sis told me tat a temperature above 37.5 celcius indicates a fever. I had tot of attending yoga class tat evening, but i changed my mind instead. To me, monitoring my bb means so much more than anything else.

When he woke up from his afternoon nap, he felt extremely hot. I measured his temperature and it was nearing 38 celcius. Perhaps he juz woke up so he felt warmer than usual, but just to be on the safe side, i gaf him his Paracetamol syrup anyway. He was different from his usual self, lying on the bed as he watches tv and being extremely quiet. It wasn't like the naughty ah Den mummy knew at all. Normally he'll be toddling about, pulling out everything and throwing them on the floor, but today he can be labeled as a good boy. Hmm... something is definately not right.

Tat evening, hubby & I decided to eat in. Knowing ah Den wasn't feeling well, so we let him had plain porridge and during dinner time, he was being super fussy and he seems to be really tired. So we came upstairs at 7pm, cleaned him up and let him changed into his pyjamas. Then we gave him his Paracetamol syrup again and after tat we juz let him watched his favourite nursery rhymes. It was 7.30pm tat time and he was still watching, while lying on the bed. Hubby was on the fon then and i was as usual surfing the web. When i turned around to check on ahDen, he'd fallen asleep. His first record of ever falling asleep while watching tv, and his first record of going to bed so early. It wasn't even 8pm yet, but assuming he wasn't feeling well, hubby & I juz let him sleep.

Tat nite, he couldn't sleep well. We let him sleep in the sarong when he cried somewhere around 10pm to continue his sleep. At 1am he was crying for his milk as usual, and i tot of giving him his medicine before letting him continue his sleep. I carried him out of his sarong, and he wetted part of his pyjamas. So i changed his diaper and his pyjamas, and tat time he was really feverish. He called out to me when he saw me, in a high and weak voice.... saying "Ma!". It was really weird for normally he'll cry if he wakes up in the middle of the nite, asking for milk and after his milk, he'll get back to sleep. Tonite he seems so awake and yet with this blurry expression. Also he was pointing to his socks tat time. Okie... maybe he felt weird why he was wearing socks, cox we put his socks on when he was asleep earlier and normally we don't let him wear socks to bed. It was an exception tat nite cox his feet were terribly cold. Then i gaf him his medicine and wiped his body using a wet cloth to bring down his temperature. "Poor baby being so sick on new year eve"... i was thinking in my mind. Luckily he was still able to go back to sleep after being awake for sometime, but he was tossing and turning around on our bed. Sigh!

The next day, new year eve, hubby said must bring him to go see doc cox the following day will be a public holiday. Tat time around 10am when hubby came back after settling some stuff, he was so surprised to see ah Den with both eyes swollen. His eyes were practically half of their usual size, and he was still watching his nursery rhyme. Tat seems to be the only thing tat soothed him, so i juz let him watch rather than having him fussing around for no reason at all. So we brought him to the clinic and tat time he had a temperature of 38.9 celcius, considering a high fever. The paediatrician immediately inserted Paracetamol 250mg - better known as Arfen - into ahDen's anus, and then she taught me how to monitor his temperature and wat medicine to gif in case his temperature doesn't reduce.

(Juz for additional info, an hour after Paracetamol - either Arfen or Dhamol, to measure his temp. Dhamol is the liquid Paracetamol which is to be consumed orally, where as Arfen is to be inserted into the anus. If his temp still high, over 39.0 celcius, then i shud use Voren, another stronger Paracetamol, and oso by insertion into the anus. Besides tat if bb was having high fever, immediately use Voren and can forget about Arfen or Dhamol. Phew.... the paediatrician still tested me to see if i rem correctly)

Tat evening we still went out for dinner at Daniel's house. Daniel & Meiching had purposely prepared dinner for us, so we decided to go for a short while and ahDen seems to be okie but once the effect of the medicine was over, his fever immediately return. Tat's how we celebrated new year eve, wid a sick bb and tat had been for 2years now in a row, cox i suddenly remembered tat on 2007 new year eve, we oso brought ahDen to the clinic and tat time he had to used a nebulizer to open up his passageway and help him breathe properly. Sigh!

Jayden's fever lasted til 2nd, so tat was about 3days of high fever. Strangely just after his fever breaks, his whole body was covered wid red spots. I remembered myself having this condition before, when i was studying in F6, so i know tat it's harmless but juz to play safe, we brought him to the paediatrician again on the following day, 3rd of Jan. The doc told us tat it's a condition known as roseola infantum (rose rash) and normally happened to young children. It looked like measles, and they called it fake measles. Sounds funny why i still haf it when i was almost 20yrs old! No medication needed, and the spots will start to fade after 3days when it first appeared.

Tat was how it really turned out to be, and during this period ahDen was sick, he was really being very, very fussy and very irritable. Everything displeases him, and he was very short-tempered and even at times asking for the impossibles. Sigh! What to do... i haf to be patient and though i'm pretty frustrated as well, i haf to try my best to not take my temper out on the sick child. Til today, he's still being pretty fussy. Luckily his rash had gone though not completely yet but can see tat it's fading. Jayden definately is feeling better and the room starts being super messy again. "

my new Black Nike sandals

2008-12-08T19:27:00.000-08:00

4th December 2008 - Yippee! Today daddy bought me another pair of sandals. ;)) The last pair i had really worn out quite fast, with the strap almost coming off. So tis time daddy decided to get me a new pair wid better quality so we went to City Mall tonite to hunt for my sandals. Finally, mummy & daddy agreed to buy me a pair of Nike sandals. Daddy said some things really need to depend on its quality and if it's worthy of ur money, especially footwear. Luckily Lea Sports Centre had its year-end sales going on, so my pair of sandals was on 20% discount. The actual price was RM80+, (mummy couldn't remember the exact price!) but hopefully my new black Nike sandals will last tis time.

Short Trip to Labuan & Kundasang

2008-12-08T00:13:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "
29-30th November 2008 - On tis Saturday morning, we headed off for Labuan. Jayden's first time there, and mine too... and together wid ahDen's granduncle & grandaunt whole family. Honestly, ahDen was quite a good boy all thru the trip. At first i feared he couldn't stand sitting in the car for so long and after tat the ferry trip to Labuan somemore, but he gaved a pretty impressing progress tis time, so next time can consider going elsewhere liao. Hee hee....

2hrs drive from Tanjung Aru, KotaKinabalu to the Menumbok Jetty, then another 2hrs ferry trip to Labuan. Really tiring but luckily in the very packed ferry, we bought seats in the VIP Lounge and before tat although we had to squeeze in the car but we traveled in hubby's Ninja King, so honestly Jayden had quite a comfortable ride. We stayed in Hotel Pantai View in Labuan, and thanks to Uncle NgeeBang for helping us to book rooms beforehand, else we might ended up sleeping on the streets. We went to the Marine Museum in Labuan, and Jayden was amused wid all the fishes. He was pointing to all the colourful fishes swimming around and making his usual "uuu... uu... uuuu..." sound. Tat was during the speed visiting we had on the following day, Sunday, before we needed to board the ferry back to Menumbok. We went to the War Memorial too, and also another place called The Chimney Peace Park. Dunno wat's so attractive there really, juz a tall chimney standing there.

Some photos of ahDen during the Labuan trip :-

1st-2nd December 2008 - Monday noon, 2.30pm, after lunch we made our way up the path to Mt. Kinabalu. My first time overnite there and of cuz, Jayden's too. I owest worried if it'll be too cold for him up there so we never bring him overnite there until now, when we assume he's old enuf. We made room reservation at Ko-Perkasa Hotel, and when we reached there we only realised they'd changed their name to Mount Kinabalu Heritage. It was a nice place, way up a steep hill at Kundasang. We asked for connecting chalets, for my uncle and his family and us.

After we checked in, we walked around taking photos of the beautiful scenery. After tat, we drove down to the Kundasang market where fresh veggies and fruits are abundant for sale. I bought some mangosteens and 'langsat'... The weather was chilly and really nice. I helped ahDen put on his jacket and he seems to be enjoying himself very much at this new place. When we reached our chalets after dinner, it was oledi 7pm. I started to worry cox it was getting dark and cold and ahDen had not taken his bath for the whole day yet. No matter wat, must gif him his bath cox i feared he might feel heaty.

So we switched on the water heater, needing 20minutes at least for the water to be heated, then in the bathroom Jayden went wid mummy & daddy following behind. We tried to bathe him as fast as possible, using the shower there. Luckily he wasn't terrified to bathe using the shower cox til now i still bathe him using the scoop and pour method, where i'll pour water over his body using a small mug. Then ahDen's granduncle suddenly opened the bathroom door and snapped photos of ahDen bathing! =))

Tat nite, ahDen slept really soundly. Partly bcox he was tired and the air there felt so refreshing and chilly, like natural air-cond. It drizzled tat nite and the next morning when everyone was awake, little Jayden still slept so soundly like a little piglet. ;)) Must be really tiring. After we checked out, we went to Ranau for breakfast and then made our way to Poring Hot Spring. Little Jayden had so much fun at the hot spring, even went naked into the big bath tub and peed there! Haha.... really a nice experience for him. Around noon time we made our way back to KotaKinabalu, stopping at Tuaran around 2.30pm for our lunch. Although tired, Jayden really enjoyed the company he got from uncle KingChing and his family.

Some more photos of ahDen at Kundasang :- "

dancing ahDen

2008-11-27T00:10:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- " My little baby loves to dance. He'll moves his butt, shake his head, and wave his arms when he hears a tune he likes. Actually we started noticing him being attracted to music when he was pretty young, a few months old, but the dancing part... haha... i never knew he loves dancing juz like me.

The song he loves most, tat makes him shakes his butt and lately he started to improve his dancing skills by adding the 'finger-pointing' part, is the famous Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love. His daddy bought tis song when ahDen was about 3mths old, and we have the CD playing in the car most of the time so he became quite familiar wid tis song.

On another occasion, i was driving ahDen n 2 of my sisters to my eldest sis's house in 8thMile, back in Kuching. Tat time ahDen was sitting in his car seat, looking drowsy. Then my sister PeiFang, started to sing Bleeding Love. Haha.... tis is one of the usual sister-thing we'll do, we juz sing out loud together, if dunno the lyrics part we juz hum along. Then slowly ahDen raised his hands and started waving them in a slow motion. He looked drowsy, but still he enjoyed our singing. Haha... then my youngest sis, Grace saw ahDen moving his hands and asked me wat is Den doing. I told her, he's dancing. Tat really amused them. Later he even started clapping his hands!

Okie... i know for sure my darling frens will say tat it's inheritence. I finally got to record tis clip successfully. On tis afternoon, ahDen juz woke up from his afternoon nap, and i was playing the song Bleeding Love on my laptop. And there goes ahDen starting to dance. It's really, really funny!"

mani & pedi...cure!

2008-11-17T23:55:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "

18th November 2008 - All this while i never cut ahDen's fingernails & toenails for him before. I daren't do so, assuming i haf really slow reflex. So normally, tis is ahDen daddy's job. Even my mum and my sister, ahMing had helped to cut ahDen's nails before, for they couldn't stand to see it being so long, and yet i didn't cut it for him. Okie.... honestly i really wanted to do so, but i'm really very scared, afraid tat i'll be too clumsy and hurt him instead.

Today i finally helped him to cut his fingernails and toenails for the very first time! Hahaha..... not such a great mum right! ;)) Yes, i really haf to confess, my reflex can be real slow at time, and now tat ahDen is a bigger boy, i can gif him toys tat amused him while i held on really tight at his tiny fingers and start clipping away! Phew! First time and ahDen is oledi past 1year old... thankfully i didn't hurt my baby at all and did quite a nice job ;)) "

toddling jayden!

2008-11-17T22:20:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "

Last Sunday evening, 16/11/08, i finally succeeded in recording clips of Jayden walking. I really wanted to do this for quite some time now, but for some reasons i wasn't able to. First reason is tat in our small room, there isn't much space for him to walk around. So the best place to film his walking achievement will be down at the lobby. Second reason, i couldn't do it on my own meaning to say by myself alone. At this point wid ahDen's walking skill, he still haf lots of room for improvement. He can managed short distance by himself but preferably wid adult's supervision. He juz might loses his balance anytime, so i couldn't hold the camera and be guarding him at the same time. Hmm.... so it's time to call for daddy's help.

Tat Sunday evening, our original plan was to take a stroll at Bukit Padang together wid other frens. But then, it seems like it was going to rain at tat time so we canceled the jogging plan. Then hubby suggested to bring ahDen for a walk at the nearby Tanjung Aru Beach. Before we went out, we managed to haf a short time filming ahDen's walking process in the lobby downstairs. It's juz amazing at how fast kids learn. Before this, he needed ppl to hold his tiny hands for extra support before he dares to take his first steps. Now, he wanted to try walking by himself, and eventually when u hold his hands to provide him support, he'll yank them away... as if telling you, he can do it on his own!

Before this he was holding onto furniture and walls to start cruising along. He'll be moving sideways most of the time, like a baby crab ;)). Then we start to notice he dares to cross over from a piece of furniture to another within a short range. Everytime before ahDen starts walking on his own, he'll brace himself and gain his strength, confidence as well as stability. Having accumulated all these, he puts one foot in front of another, one at a time, ...sssslowly. Once in a while, he'll stop if he finds tat he starts to wobble, and when he regain his balance, he'll rush off to the "finishing line" (ermm.. his targeted piece of furniture!)

It's funny watching him learning to walk. At 14mths, tis will be ahDen's toddling progress. Enjoy viewing!

After successfully recording the above clips, hubby & I brought Jayden for a stroll at the beach. As usual, the beach was packed wid ppl on weekend, and especially now during school holidays. AhDen finds it amusing to be stepping on the soft sand, and he was chuckling to himself. Both daddy & mummy held each of his hands of cuz. He could take a few steps by himself, but not to the extend of being able to stroll by himself yet. He saw kids running around and was as excited as them. Then he pointed to the beautiful blue sea, and babbling to us at the same time.

Photos of ahDen & daddy at Tanjung Aru Beach!

Finally, we bought him a toy windmill. I told hubby before tat i was hunting for a toy windmill for ahDen but i haven't come across any in KK so far. I juz haf tis urge to buy him a toy windmill, for i know ahDen love looking at moving things, especially those going round & round. At the nearby stalls, we chose and bought a suitable one for him, not too big and not too small, for RM2. He was delighted when he held the windmill in his little hands. When he noticed the colourful fans turning round & round, again he was babbling and pointing to the fans! =))

Photos of ahDen & daddy with ahDen's new toy windmill!

It's embarassing to say, tis was only the 2nd time we brought ahDen to the beach. The beach is so near to us, juz a 5minutes walk, and yet, we are forever tat lazy to bring him there. It was a nicely spent weekend, with a valuable happy family time together. "

Finally, snapshots of ahDen & mummy!

temper tantrums

2008-11-05T20:38:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "

4th November 2008 - I purposely recorded this clip and posted it here so tat i can show it to ahDen next time when he grows up. This is his way of throwing his tantrum, a mild one (pls take note!) and in this clip he was asking for the papaya on top of the table.

We'd juz came back from breakfast, and i'm pretty sure the little guy was still feeling full for he ate a small bowl of noodles. However, he juz had this irresistable temptation whenever he sees papayas or bananas. I guessed most toddlers are the same, remembering the way Esther will ask for bananas whenever she sees them and oso Piang's nephew, Aiden for his devoted love towards bananas! I tried hiding the papaya from Jayden's sight, however there wasn't any more place i can hide the fruit from his view in our little room.

When he saw the papaya on top of the table, he was pointing at it and saying "mum-mum mum-mum" continuosly, while looking at me. I tried telling him after he wakes up from his nap, mummy will let him haf some papaya. It didn't work, and in the end he started to cry and was rolling on the floor. Lately he has tis habit of throwing himself on the floor and rolling around when sth tat he wanted was unmet. Tis is the story of ahDen and papaya.... ;)) enjoy viewing! "

new Sandals!

2008-11-04T22:31:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :-

"Last Sunday, 2nd of November, we went shopping at Servay Hypermarket at Putatan. Hubby mentioned tat he had some groceries he needed to get for the restaurant, so we went there after our dinner at home. Well, we had been hunting for a pair of sandals for ahDen for quite a long time. After we bought him his 1st pair of shoes, we realised tat we shud get him a pair of sandals as well. Cox at times when i washed his shoes, then he'll haf another pair of footwear to wear if we go out. But then hunting footwear for my little one is really quite a difficult task. His feets are so big and finding footwear with the perfect, or near to perfect cut for him, is definately a headache.

Tonite we went to the department store on the 1st floor, and decided to haf a walk around before going to the ground floor to get our groceries. Lucky for us tonite we actually found 2 pairs of sandals suitable for ahDen's feet. But we only chose to buy a pair for him, although the other pair - a pair of Disney Babies sandals - was really cheap after discount, but he really only need a pair. Moreover, toddlers feet grows so fast.

His pair of Royale Babies sandals are pretty cute, with a giraffe head on each of the shoes. When we tried a size 4 for him, it was juz the right size but tat oso mean there wouldn't be anymore space for his growing feet. So we opted to get him a size 5 instead. For additional info, printed on the box size 4 are for 18mths babies, and size 5 for 24mths babies! Wow... another thing was tat tis pair of sandals will make 'pip pip' sound when the baby tread on it! Jayden immediately realised his sandals will make this cute noise when he stomp his feet, so he started to stomp one of his foot hard on the ground! Naughty little Jayden... "

tv addict!

2008-11-04T22:13:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :-

31st October 2008 - Like most toddlers, Jayden has this habit of glueing himself to the tv once it's advertisements time. He'll watch the ads big-eyed, and at times he'll laugh and chuckle if he finds it funny. It is kinda funny bcox i'm pretty sure he inherited this habit of being addicted to the tv from his daddy! Yes! I'm very, very honest about this.

From the early days when i first know hubby, i oledi realised he has this habit of being addicted to the tv. If he's watching a show he likes, try talking and telling him sth, ninety-percent of the time he ended up not hearing wat u are telling him! Yes, i was really pissed off at the beginning, but now i'm oledi getting more used to it! Hahaha... and now, our son turns out to be like his daddy. Watch the way ahDen reacts whenever advertisements play on the tv. He'll stop watever he was doing, and immediately turned his head to the tv set and stayed affix staring at the tv! Sigh!

Lately there's tis Digi Ad with the cute rubber duckie quacking in front of a loudspeaker. Guess wat.... tis amused ahDen so much tat he imitates the rubber duck, dragging his quacks... but he can't pronounce 'quack' tat well yet, and ended up he'll say 'argggghhhh.......' dragging on til he's out of breath! Who says tv wont be a bad influence to ur child?!?!?!

Tis clip was taken on last Fri nite, and as usual i was at my aerobics class. So tis is the way hubby babysits when i'm not around, hmm... or was it the tv tat was babysitting??? Hahaha... ;)) "

cute noises...

2008-11-03T23:50:00.000-08:00

Jayden's mummy :- "

29th October 2008 - Today i successfully recorded these clips of naughty ahDen babbling to himself... hmm.. or maybe he was trying to talk to me. ;)) He wanted to get inside his walker, and lately he owest wanted to get into his walker so tat he can pretend he is driving. I noticed tat he owest observes daddy whenever daddy is driving. He'll look at the way daddy steers the steering wheel, then the way daddy pushes in the gear.

AhDen's walker, being the model of an aeroplane, has a steering wheel and a tiny horn tat can makes 'beep beep' sound. So i owest showed him how to turn the steering wheel to his left and then to his right as if he is driving. So tat's wat really attracts him to his walker! He thinks he can drive! Once in a while he'll persuade us to place him inside his walker (else he'll tries to climb in himself!), and then his driving fantasy will begin. U can see him steering the wheel left and right, then pushes the horn, and also he'll push the lever on his left to & fro as if pushing in a car's gear!

Lately too ahDen will make the 'vrooomm' sound whenever he tries to associate sth to an automobile, mostly cars & aeroplanes! He'll say 'vroomm' whenever daddy's car move forward after halting, and when he sees aeroplanes flying by from our room's window, he'll point to the aeroplane and say 'vrooomm' as well. Then he creatively changes his way of saying 'vrooomm' to 'brrr brrr brrr' at times. I guessed the funny noise attracts the little guy much, and watching him making all these noises attracts his mummy even more. =)) "

Getting Smart!

2008-10-24T07:13:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- "

24th October 2008 - Tonite was a rainy and cold nite. As usual on tis Friday evening, i went off for aerobics class. Although the weather was cool tonite, i still sweat like crazy and was terribly exhausted. My stamina had worsen so much compared to previously when i was so devoted to modern dance at PowerMoves. Wow... i felt so lack of oxygen during my workout, and after tat i felt terribly sleepy when i climbed in hubby's LandCruiser to drive myself back home. Moreover the weather was rainy and cool and wid the pitter-patter on my windscreen, i felt even drowsier. So on the way home, i took out my handphone and called ngeebang. As usual, ngeebang will make some silly jokes, and wid his laughters accompanying me, i can at least keep myself awake.

When i reached home, i dragged myself to 102. Then i greeted my hubby and my darling son. Jayden was so happy to see me, and as usual he'll crawl over to my legs to greet me. Luckily he didn't insist me to pick him up and give him a hug today, for i was terribly wet from all my sweat. Then i went over to another corner to place my bag and my stuff. When i looked at Jayden, he was standing facing our shelf, and his cute little finger pointing to my bottle of Apple Cider Vinegar while smiling mischieviously at me. Hahahaha... i couldn't help but burst out laughing. I understand immediately wat he was trying to tell me.

I bought this bottle of Apple Cider Vinegar some way back a few months ago to make seakelp pickles. I only needed a little amount of vinegar though, but apple cider are quite expensive and getting the bigger bottle was a better deal. So i bought the bigger bottle of the vinegar and ended up, I have to start drinking it before it's expiry date. I read tat consuming apple cider vinegar can oso help our health in alot of ways such as lowering blood sugar, cholesterol perhaps, maintain weight, and alot more which i couldn't really remember. So I make it a habit to drink a glass of Apple Cider Vinegar mixed with Amway's Acerola Cherry everytime after my workout when i reach home. Moreover, my throat owest feel so dry for i must be quite dehyrdrated from all the exercise, and a glass of tangling and refreshing drink definately helps me to cool down before i go and take my bath.

I guess ahDen must be monitoring me for quite some time now, without me realising. He was pointing to my bottle of Apple Cider Vinegar to ask me to start making my usual drink! He is really so, so, so cute! Somemore he was chuckling and giggling at the same time. When i told hubby wat ahDen was trying to tell me, hubby seemed a little unconvinced. So he asked Jayden, "What is ahDen trying to tell mummy?". In response, Jayden point again to the bottle of vinegar and both hubby and I bursted into laughters. Sigh... he is really starting to understand our speech more & more. Besides tat, he oso starts to pick up our daily practices and beginning to understands more.

Another cute encounter happened yesterday. I washed his shoes on Wed noon for it was very dirty now. Then yesterday morning, i brought them out to dry on our balcony, right under the hot sun. When ahDen saw his shoes outside on the balcony, he seemed confused. He must be wondering wat are his shoes doing out there on the balcony. He must had felt funny at the same time, for he was chuckling to himself while looking wide-eyed at his pair of shoes out there under the sun. After a while he went off to play wid his toys. Then i took the opportunity to ask him, trying to test if he understood wat i was saying, "ahDen, WHERE are your SHOES?"

I observed him for awhile, and then he pointed his little finger in the direction of the balcony and point to his shoes on the ground! Hahaha.... so cute! I told hubby wat ahDen juz did, and again hubby asked him the same thing and again he gave us the same response, pointing to his shoes trying to tell us his shoes were out there on the balcony. =))

Tat time i was beaming all over. Deep in my heart, not only did i feel happy bcox my baby is getting smarter day by day, ironically I oso felt a tiny pang of sadness. Knowing tat my baby is growing up day by day, I kinda miss the time when he was juz a little helpless baby, relying so much on me. Those days are bound to be over pretty soon... as a matter of fact, REAL SOON! ;( But of cuz, i need to view all these from the positive aspect. Jayden is growing up fine day by day and yes, although he's venturing into toddlerhood now, he'll forever be my little baby in my eyes! ;)) "

'monkey' in 102

2008-10-17T22:08:00.001-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- "

13th October 2008 - Looking after ah Den is really like looking after a monkey. He never stops moving around, never stops playing, never stops to rest once he is awake and the only time he rests is when he is sleeping. Today tis little monkey even learnt how to climb up the chair. First attempt, he didn't succeed. Tat was around noon time, and i'd bathed him so i juz let him play around before giving him his nap. When i saw tat he tried to climb up the chair, i juz let him be, knowing tat he'll never give up trying unless he realised tat it's impossible for him to achieve.

However, tonite amazingly he succeeded in climbing up the chair by his own. His daddy saw it and tot how clever his son is because he can climb up the chair by himself. I told hubby tat ah Den had been trying to do so the whole day, and he oledi had lots of practices until tonite, he finally got wat he wanted, tat was to stand on top of the chair by himself. Wat really attracted him was this very laptop, seated on top of the table, as well as the mouse and the rest of the stuffs we placed on top of the table. He's bored playing wid the rest of the things in the room and now he's aiming for the stuff on top of the table - his 'unreachable' toys!
Wat a 'monkey' my son is! How come my baby is so naughty and so active? Really becoming more & more like monkey! Enjoy watching him demonstrate his climbing skills. "

1st Clip : Jayden polishing his climbing skills around noon time!

2nd Clip : Approximately 9hrs later, he finally succeeded in climbing up the very same chair!

Oct upDates

2008-10-14T05:34:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- "

3rd October 2008 – Today we’ll be flying bek to Kch again. Tmr wil be CheeYong’s big day and we’d promised to be back for his wedding dinner. I oso lost track of count how many times ah Den had flown by air til now. Today ahDen and mummy have Express Boarding so we are among the first to board the AirAsia plane. Knowing tat it’s festive season ~ Raya ~ and the plane wil definitely be packed, we’d spent additional and paid for express boarding so we can save ahDen from the inconsiderate ppl pushing around even though there’s supposed to be a queue. Sigh!

Every time I know tat it’s time to go bek home using AirAsia, my heart starts to worry. Sigh! I really don’t understand why the airline don’t give priority to pregnant ladies and oso mummies carrying babies or toddlers. Sigh! I wonder if it’d ever come across their mind tat carrying a 10kg++ object, and yet ‘fighting’ wid the crowd to get a place in the queue, is really very tiring. Sigh! Why I say ‘fighting’… educated and civilized ppl are abundant nowadays, but whenever u r in the queue to board an AirAsia plane, u suddenly realized there are no longer any educated and civilized Malaysians! Sigh! Really very pathetic!!

Of cuz we got pretty good seats on board today - cox we paid extra. AhDen is really becoming more n more familiar flying by air. He’ll pull out all the magazines and snack menus from the seat pockets in front of him, and today amazingly he tried to turn the lock tat holds the table in place. Hubby and I both think tat he finally realized there’s a table that can be stored when not in used there. Luckily his fingers are still not tat strong yet, or else there’ll be more jobs for daddy and mummy! We bought a packet of Milo for ahDen - RM6, and daddy keep on 'bising'... hahaha - and I gave him a packet of baby rice crackers. Wow… he was really having a good time flying!

Jayden trying to take out a piece of his Baby Bite!

Hmm... Having a nice slurp of Milo!

Putting a piece of rice cracker into his mouth.

Chomp! Chomp! So Yummy!

Feeling full. Burp!

When we reached Kch tat nite, we had light dinner at home before going out to haf dinner wid my mum and sisters. It’s my mum’s birthday today, and luckily we can still make it in time to celebrate with her. My sis ahFang made reservation at Ah Tou Seafood the day before and after dinner we went back to mum’s place to cut her bday cake. Happy Birthday ‘Nye-Ma’!

ahDen's Nye-Ma's bday cake!

Nye-ma wid her granddaughter and grandson!
Look at cute Esther sticking out her tongue!

My mummy wid all of us!

5th October 2008 – On this Sunday nite hubby came back real late for dinner. He was very, very busy til we had dinner at 8.30pm but of cuz I let ahDen had his dinner first. After dinner, we didn’t plan to go out anymore. In the afternoon around 2.30pm, we went over to my sister’s new house at 8th Mile. AhDen had such an enjoyable time there… me too… sis ahMing purposely kept some mooncakes for me to eat when I come back to Kch. Hee! She oso made fruit salads and a nice pot of hot tea for us tat afternoon. Luckily I had a nice & full meal for teatime tat afternoon, or else I definitely wouldn’t be able to wait til 8.30pm for dinner tonite.

While resting at home tonite, ahDen made some really funny sounds. He kept on saying ‘ka ka ka ka ka… “ continuosly and it sounded really cute. So I quickly took out our camera to record it. So cute! Really wonder wat he’s saying. “Ka ka ka ka …”

Take a look at Jayden's "kakaka" video clip.

7th October 2008 – A normal and real bored Tuesday afternoon. Hubby was terribly busy rushing to get his work done b4 we haf to fly bek to KK again, so ahDen and I had no choice but to stay at home. The best place to put ahDen when babysitting him is in our room. Tis is bcox with the closed door, he’ll have limited accessible space. Sigh! As usual I let him played around before giving him his afternoon nap, and seeing him playing by himself can be pretty amusing. In this first clip, he laughed when he saw me pointing the camera towards him, then he got down on the floor, clapped his hands and moved over to look for new things to play with. Hear how he chuckled… really a naughty boy!

1st Clip - ahDen's Mischievous Laughter

Tis 2nd clip ahDen is even cuter. I was watching my normal afternoon video series on tv, so i let ahDen played around by himself. Suddenly he crawled hastily over to the place where the sunlight shone on the floor. With the curtains tied back, the afternoon sun shone right into our room, and it amazed ahDen to see a big yellow patch of sunlight on the floor! He banged on the floor, and tried catching the yellow patch on the floor. I immediately got our camera to record this but when I got back, he wasn’t playing wid the sunlight anymore but he was trying to catch floating tiny dusts in the air. At first I had no idea wat he was doing, but when I sat down beside him and with the sunlight shining in thru the window, you can actually see tiny particles flying around. Hahaha…. ahDen was trying to catch dust in the air! So funny!"

2nd Clip - ah Den playing dust-catching!

Kids are really kids! So naive lor... 'hen tian chen' lor... ;))

TryinG 2 StanD

2008-09-30T23:18:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- "
1st October 2008 - Today is the first day of Hari Raya. On tis public holiday morning, we went out for breakfast wid hubby's fren, ah Pau & his wife. We planned to go visit another fren after our morning breakfast, ShouMing & his wife. His wife had juz underwent in vitro fertilisation, and she needs plenty of rest and cant move around much yet.

These are the bunch of frens we normally mix around here. Today another couple, Daniel & his wife, and of cuz not forgetting their 3mth old baby boy are unable to join us. Ah Pau & his wife will haf a baby boy son soon early Jan next year. So among all of us, hubby & I are still the youngest but our son is the eldest. Seeing ShouMing's wife having to go thru so much in order to haf their own baby, really makes me feel i'm so much more fortunate, although i feel i really underwent alot of sufferings during my pregnancy.

Today at ShouMing's house, Jayden was so happy. I guess most probably it was because he finally has a much spacier and new place to explore. When we placed him down on uncle ShouMing's wooden floor, he was so happy and started chuckling. I kinda like his living room with wooden floor, because it's really a much better place for babies to crawl around. Tiles will be a much colder surface to crawl on, and it owest makes babies hands and feet so cold and chilly.

Jayden held on to the furnitures there and started going around the living room. Then he'll get down on the floor, and crawled beneath the dining table and chairs. Oh My God... wat a little monster. He'll stayed underneath the dining table once in awhile, and chuckled to himself as he sits there looking at the bottom of the table.

We found tat ah Den tried to stand on his own today. When i sat down on the floor, he stood up while holding on to my shoulders for support. Then he slowly let go his hands, and when he found tat he can stand on his own legs without holding onto anything for a few seconds, he was amazed. You can practically see his eyes lit up and a big smile forming across his face, as he laughed loudly at his achievement. We noticed he tried letting go his hands a few times and trying to stand on his own. Hmm... i guess ah Den most probably will start to walk around pretty soon. I wonder if it'll be before 2009. ;)) "

crawling on 4 limbs!

2008-09-24T23:21:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- "
22nd September 2008 - I hadn't realised cox ah Den had been cruising around lately wid his 2 little legs while holding on furniture for support, and he seldom gets down on the floor to crawl like he used to wid his on his tummy on the floor.

Tonite as usual i went for my aerobics class. When i got home, i straightaway went to shower. Jayden as usual will come looking for me, wanting me to carry and to hug him. I was all wet and sweaty and really don't feel like picking him up. So instead i went straight to take my bath. Tat time, hubby said he saw ah Den crawling really fast, on 4 limbs towards the bathroom door in order to look for me! haha....

Tat nite we had Western meal for dinner. Hubby asked our restaurant chef to prepare lamb chops wid mint sauce, chicken chop wid mushroom sauce, creamy mushroom soup, and we still have half a bottle of red wine which we opened the day before, just perfect to go wid our lovely dinner. How wonderful... the bottle of red wine was a gift from a friend and the wine was really so heavenly... i really enjoy drinking wine so much! Yummy...

I fed ah Den wid his dinner and when he's full, he wanted to get down from his baby chair so tat he can walk around by himself. Since it's our own restaurant at Casuarina, we put him down so tat he can venture around by himself. He was holding onto the chairs there and starts to cruise around. I was enjoying my dinner, and cutting my lamb chops slowly wid my fork & knife, when ah Den suddenly squat down on the floor, and wid his hands and knees on the floor, he crawled as fast as he could, as if making an escape from the restaurant, crawling wid all his might towards the entrance of the restaurant, heading towards our hotel lobby! Tat time it didn't come across my mind tat he was crawling on 4 limbs... no wonder he can crawl so fast in his attempt to escape from us. All i had in my mind then was to chase him back and to finish my lovely dinner. =)

I guess now tat he knows he can crawl faster on 4 limbs, he definately will not crawl wid his tummy on the floor again like previously. Now he can crawls faster than he used to, tat mean i'll haf to chase him faster next time! "

My New Shoes!

2008-09-19T23:23:00.000-07:00

18th September 2008 - Yippee! Today i finally got a pair of shoes. Mummy & daddy had been hunting for a suitable pair of shoes for me since a long time ago. I have really BIG feet for my age, and it's tremendously hard to find suitable shoes for me. Since i'm juz learning how to walk, mummy said i should wear shoes with soft soles meant for younger babies. It's because my feet are still growing and if i put on hard soles shoes when i'm still learning to walk, it's not good for my growing bones.

Mummy & daddy really took so much time to find the perfect pairs of shoes for me. However, all the local made shoes are so tiny in size, and those soft soles shoes normally are juz of size 1 or 2. But i need size 3 shoes and most the size 3 shoes are hard-soles! I guess i'm juz way bigger in size than most other babies... haha...

Once mummy & daddy found a pair of shoes of the right size for me at Poppies, The Spring Kuching. But tat shoes costs RM89.90 and it was way too expensive for a pair of baby shoes. The reason it is so expensive was because it was made in New Zealand. Mummy said they'll haf to find shoes made in western countries for me because i'm an 'ang mo' size baby, so i will need to wear 'ang mo' size baby shoes!

Tonite mummy & daddy brought me to City Mall, Kota Kinabalu. It'd been so long since we came shopping at City Mall and also i miss riding in my stroller so much. After mummy & daddy had dinner at KFC, they immediately went to hunt for my shoes at the baby stores there. They found the perfect shoes for me at the first shop we went to - Peekaboo!

I was amazed when i saw the very big teddy bear sitting on the floor of the shop and i kept on chuckling at the big bear. When mummy asked the sales attendant for baby shoes, the 'tau-ke-nio' of the shop immediately brought mummy a pair of 'Next' baby shoes. Daddy says 'Next' is a popular brand in United Kingdom. Haha... 'ang mo' size again. Once i tried it on, it's juz of the right size; not too big and not too small. There's still some room for my growing little feet, so when the lady said the price was RM45.90, mummy & daddy immediately agreed to get it for me.

Daddy said to juz let me wear the shoes immediately, and no need to pack my new shoes back into the box again. So after tat i went shopping around in my stroller, wearing my nice pair of new shoes!

My First Pair of Shoes!

20th September 2008 - Jayden with his new shoes on!
20th September 2008 - Jayden walking around Casuarina's lobby.

Happy 1st Birthday Jayden!

2008-09-18T19:50:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :-

"Partly the reason we stayed in Kuching so long tis trip back was to celebrate ah Den's 1st bday. Jayden's bday falls on 7th September 2008 and tis year it falls on a Sunday. We planned to hold a bday party cum dinner for him at The Banquet, and hubby says according to Foochow custom we should at least treat a few tables and invite relatives and close friends.

At first we thought of celebrating his bday on the actual day itself, but when we think over, most of the kids (ah Den's cousins) wil haf to go to school early on Monday morning. Moreover, our relatives from Sibu most likely wont be able to join if it's on Sunday. Likewise, if we celebrate a day earlier, great-grandma and also hubby's brother and his whole family will be able to come. So finally we confirmed wid my sis-in-law (hubby's 2nd sis) tat we'll hold ah Den's bday celebration on the 6th September, Saturday. Hubby's sis works with SanChin Realty - owner of The Banquet - and she really helped us a lot in preparing for ah Den's bday celebration.

Snapshots of The Banquet and MUS Grill & Lounge
Instead of holding the dinner at the main hall, sis said she helped us to book the 1st floor of the lounge cum Western restaurant - better known as MUS Grill & Lounge. It's a smaller hall and definately more private. Besides that, she oso helped to arrange for the 2main tables to seats 15 person, and the 3 other tables to seats 12 guests. She said although we don't haf tat many ppl, don't worry so tat all our guests will haf a much spacier place and needn't squeeze. She purposely ordered another small table to be placed at the end of the room for kids to eat there, or to play there if they want to. On tat day itself, some of ah Den's cousin even bring their colour pencils and do their colouring there! (How thoughtful my sis-in-law is!)

Actually there wasn't really tat much to do, bcoz most of the things were oledi settled before tat day. I ordered ah Den's bday cake from Taka King Centre. The 'taukeh' is my sis's fren so she can get discount for me. I ordered a big cake - 3.5kg - of vanilla fruit cake. All my family members love the vanilla fruit topping cake from Taka because it's not too sweet, and my sis normally request for the 'taukeh' to make the cake on the very day itself, so tat the cake wil be so-very-very soft and FRESH! Another request is to gif us more fruits, but i think wid the design i chose for ah Den's cake tat day, he couldn't put too much fruit on it or else it won't be tat pretty. The 'taukeh' was supposed to send the cake over to Banquet on the day itself, but somehow he forgot, and i was oso careless too cox i din call to remind him, but luckily the cake still reach in time! Phew!!! The 3.5kg cake costs us RM 171.50 wid the wordings "Happy 1st Birthday Jayden" nicely written on it. Tat was the price before discount... hehe... i purposely post it here so tat next time ah Den can pay me back! =))

ah den's 1st bday cake!

Backdrop deco tat nite with the theme colour purple & white!

For the dinner that nite, I went thru the menu months ago and cracked my head to come up with the perfect list of dishes to be served to our guests. Sounded very "kua-cheong" rite, haha.... Actually we always have dinner at The Banquet, so i kinda haf a rough idea wat dishes might be nice. Of cuz besides from the dishes being presentable, the prices of the dishes also haf to be within our budget. Tat nite we had a 10 course meal - and for a total of 5 tables the bill was RM2095 with free flow of soft drinks and chinese tea.

Everyone was so full and it was a relief tat all our guests had more than enough to eat. =)) Besides that, a lot of our guests oso commented tat the dishes were very tasty and unique. There were some very new and unique dishes, like the prawns wid wasabi on the Cold Plate, and oso the Hot & Sour Midin which they only blanched the midin in hot water without 'stir-fry'ing the veggie beforehand. The list of dishes for that nite was :-

5 Variety Dishes Combination
Fried Longevity Noodles with Shredded Chicken
Braised Shark's Fin with Seafood Soup
Hot & Sour Midin
Deep Fried Fish Fillet with Butter
Braised Mushroom & Vegetable
Deep Fried Boneless Chicken with BBQ Sauce
Baked Fresh Prawns
Crispy Beancurd with Salad Cream
Sweetened Yam Paste & Sweet Corn in Coconut Milk

I dressed ah Den up in his new Poney T-shirt & Khakis which all the 'da jie-jie' from KL, namely yunnyi, hiewming, karhooi & seelee got for him. I purposely keep tat set of new clothes for him so tat he can wear it on his 1st bday celebration. There were the lovely gift packets tat we made for all the guests who attended the dinner tat nite, as a token of appreciation.

Another big THANK YOU to my mum and my big sis Ah Ming, for the trouble helping me wrapped all the gift packets. Ah Ming sis even helped me to print 'thank you' cards wid the cute cartoon 'Pocoyo & friends' on it and placed it in each of the gift packets. The contents of the thank you gifts are chocolates and wafers which i asked nb to help me to buy from Labuan, egg muffins or better known as 'kay neng ko' in hokkien which we purposely import from Sibu, and oso red egg. All the children were thrilled with the chocolates, and kids are really so cute... they immediately noticed the different types of chocolates and wafers in each packets. =))

Below are photos of ah Den's gift packets which his auntie ah Ming helped to make:-

Tat nite, ah Den received a lot of gifts and angpows from friends and relatives. When we got home after the dinner, we brought home some of the balloons used for deco. He was thrilled wid the metallic white & purple balloons. Haha... U can actually see how his eyes lit up when he saw the balloons. When we helped him to unwrap his presents, his excitements grew even more. He was busy playing wid everything. =))

Jayden was so happy tat nite and he went to bed really late... almost midnite at 11.30pm. He still wan to play wid all his toys and the new stuffs he got. Great-grandma from Sibu couldn't make it tat day, but she purposely asked hubby's bro to bring along ah Den's gift from Sibu. She bought ah Den a gold necklace - pure 999 gold which costs almost RM700. Sigh... her health wasn't tat good lately and she owest saved up her money and at times even feel heartache to use her own money to pay for her medical bills, but if it's to buy a gift for Jayden, she never hesitated. So hubby & I thought over and we agreed to gif grandma an angpow in return. Hopefully we can find some time to travel back to Sibu to visit her next time. She'll be very happy to see ah Den being a big boy now!

Our family photo on ah Den's 1st Bday!
My baby is finally 1 year old. How fast time seems to zoom past by... previously the tiny & fragile bb lying besides me during my confinement period, is now so big and so active, owest trying to climb here & there & everywhere!"

"tis time bek to Kuching..."

2008-09-14T21:02:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- "We had a long stay in Kuching tis trip back. It was for nearly a month. We went back to Kch on the 14th of Aug and came bek to Kota Kinabalu again on the 11th of Sept. A few days after we were bek to Kch, SH traveled to China for more than a week. When he came bek from China, he departed for Kota Kinabalu again 2days later and flew back to Kch again on the 4th of Sept. Instead of having ah Den traveling here n there, we opted for him to stay in Kch and spent some time in his grandparent's home.... of cuz, wid me by his side and being together wid him.

Tis round back to Kuching, we all can witnessed how naughty ah Den really is. Provided the space and attention he can get in Kuching, he had learnt and accomplished so many new tasks. On the 1st nite in our bedroom, he had successfully climbed up our bed on his own. Besides that, he had oso learnt how to slide down from the top of the bed - feets first - and stood up firmly when both his feet successfully touched the ground. While still holding to our bed, he'll laughed and chuckled happily at his own accomplishment. =))

Besides that, he oso had a spacier place to perform his crawling skill. Unlike the carpeted floor in Casuarina, our parquet floor back in Kuching provides him extra mobility as he can half crawl n half glide around. That time, he still crawl on his belly and all limbs on the floor. He was amazed when he used all his strength to crawl on the floor and found tat he actually moved further than expected on the new 'slippery' floor; and continued doing so going around our bedroom, exploring his new "wonderland".

The next day when we placed him downstairs in the living room in a walker, he was even more amazed at the speed he can go. With so much space plus the slippery marble floor, u can see him glide across the room at full speed. At first his little feet will be busily running - (frantically kicking backwards) - as he picked up speed, then he'll put both his feet down on the floor slightly and dragged his feet along as the walker starts to glide until his walker bangs on some furniture. When his walker came to a halt, he'll stood up slightly and turned his walker back in the direction he came, and once again he'll start to run and then glide freely and then 'BANG' and stop! He chuckled when his walker actually banged on sth hard, and watching him gliding around in the living room is like witnessing him riding in a bumper car!

Whenever we go out for breakfast, my MIL wil be sure to feed ah Den wid kolo mee. He loves to eat noodles, and finally he learnt how to say "mum-mum" when he wanted to eat sth. And oso, he learnt how to call "ma-ma" for grandma and most touching of all, he'd learnt how to call out for "mummy"! He'd accomplished so much tis trip back to Kuching, and besides feeling proud of him, i start to feel tat my baby is turning into a little naughty "monkey"! Haha... finally he learnt how to say words wid 'M' syllable - and it all happened one evening (18.08.08) when i suddenly heard him called out to me. Tat time SH was in China, and as usual around 8.30pm plus, i carried ah Den upstairs to clean him and let him changed into his pyjamas and get ready to go to bed. He was clinging onto me, and when i placed him down on his mattress, he still wanted me to carry him so he started crying. When he cried, he was actually calling out "MUM-MY" between his cries. I tot i heard wrongly, but guessed not, cox it was quite clearly pronounced. My heart melted when i heard his cute voice calling for me, so i asked him to call me again, but he stopped. Hmm... maybe he doesn't wan to please me so much!

Almost a month bek in Kuching, ah Den had grown up so fast. He can cling onto some furniture, and pulled himself up. Then he'll lower his butt, and 'thud' he'll be sitting on the floor, clapping his little hands as an applause for himself. Other than that, sometimes when he managed to pull himself up, he'll walk while holding onto that piece of furniture and going around it. He'd also learnt how to climb up the staircase, but only one way up, and still doesn't know how to climb down yet! When u say "No More", he'll shake both his little hands in a small gesture to show a sign tat some particular food had been finished. And oso he can clasps his hands together now, and shakes them up and down as a sign to congratulate "Gong xi, gong xi". Hee... We had been teaching him how to nod his head to say 'Yes' (previously he can only shakes his head to say 'No'), but his way of nodding his head is moving his body to and fro continuosly! Haha... i guess he thinks tat he's nodding his head but actually he's juz shaking his chubby little body!

Last but not least, his TEETH! He has 6 new teeth! All popping out at once, and his teeth were all so uneven. Sigh! I hope when his milk teeth drop in future, he'll grow nice and new straight teeth. Or else he'll haf to wear braces in future!"

like Father, Like son!

2008-07-12T22:13:00.000-07:00

9th July 2008 :- Today is the first time i get my haircut at a saloon. Since i was born, daddy & mummy didn't want to shave off my hair bcox they prefer a 'baldless' bb! Haha... okie... so i get to keep my hair, but after a few mths later, all my baby hair started to drop by themselves and after tat, i'd gone quite bald all the same.

Luckily all my hair started to grow back and some had even grown so long. Mummy gave me my first haircut when i was about 5mths old... well, it was oso mummy's first time to cut someone else's hair besides her own fringe, so it wasn't tat perfect.

Tis time bek to Kch, mummy & daddy decided to bring me for a haircut at a saloon. They brought me to Jenne Saloon at Hui Sing Garden. It's the saloon mummy owest goes to and she's more familiar wid the hairstylists there. Moreover, cousin sister Esther oso has her haircut there. When we were there, all the stylists were busy attending to their customers so we waited. When it was our turn, a young guy approached mummy and told her tat it was our turn, and mummy nervously asked if he's going to be the one cutting my hair! Hahaa.... then the guy asked if we haf any prefered stylists and mummy immediately answered "yes"! My mummy doesn't trust young stylist and especially guys, to handle bb's haircut. Why??!!?? Bcox she said, only women who are others mum will be more caring and careful when cutting bb's hair. Only mummies or those who'd taken care of babies before know tat they can't expect a bb to sit really still when getting their haircut.

I was nervous when the pretty auntie cut my hair. She used a shaver to shave the side and back of my head. The shaver was so ticklish and i juz couldn't keep still! Though mummy was holding me in her arms, i was still frantically moving and squirming around. The pretty auntie told mummy tat most of my hair is still baby hair, and i need to cut off those before my hair can grow longer. Okie... so she cut off most of my hair. I was crying and crying. I admit i was making a real fuss, but i was quite nervous. My haircut costs daddy RM8, and daddy said it was even more expensive than his haircut! Haha... but the most funny thing is tat i look so much more like my daddy after my haircut. We had the same hair style, and even daddy couldn't help but keep on laughing once in a while when he turned back and look at me, seated in the backseat while he was driving us back home. All the while mummy owest say i had my daddy's head, and now wid the same hairstyle, i look so much more like Siew Hung Jr. ! Wahahaha.....

09/07/08 - @ Kuching International Airport.
Ah Den in his pyjamas, getting ready to board our flight from Kch to KK.

proud of my bb!

2008-07-11T08:59:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy: "

5th July 08 – We came bek to Kuching again on the 3rd. It was an unplanned trip, and definitely out of our budget. Though it did burned a huge hole in our pockets, but hubby’s health is above anything else. As long as he’ll alright, everything else is secondary.

Today baby Jayden made another great achievement. Both daddy & mummy had to go to Kuching Specialist Hosp tat morning and hospitals are definitely not a place for babies. We tot of leaving ah Den back at home wid my mum-in-law, since he’s closest wid her here, but the day before, my mum-in-law hurt her fingers. She had her wound bandaged, and we really don’t want her to haf to carry ah Den around and it’ll juz cause her fingers to bleed some more. In the end we decided to leave ah Den wid ‘nye-ma’ (my mummy) instead. Tat morn, we placed ah Den in Esther’s baby carseat, which I borrowed from my sis the day before. It’s his first time to sit in a baby carseat, and he was chuckling when we buckled him up. He looked so cute sitting there and giggling to himself. I drove to mum’s place tat morn while ah Den’s daddy sat in the back seat. Looking once in awhile to my baby seated beside me while I was driving, I really felt tat my baby is a big boy now. He can seat by himself now, and he was being a good boy not making any fuss while seated there. He enjoyed looking at all the traffic and the view he was getting.

When we reached mum’s place, we quickly carried ah Den inside and I made some milk for him. While he was drinking his milk, both daddy & mummy quickly sneaked out while ‘nye-ma’ looked after him. We were running late for daddy’s appointment at the hospital, and I really hope my baby will be fine under the care of his other grandma tis morn.
At the hospital while waiting for hubby, I kept on calling bek home to check on my baby. My sis told me tat ah Den’s fine, and he was playing wid them. Wat a relief when I heard tat. After a while, I called bek again. I juz couldn’t help feeling so worried about my baby. Sis told me tat they are planning to go out and bringing ah Den along for a car ride. Sounds like Jayden was doing fine and I heaved another sigh of relief. Some time later, I called bek again (My mind was so troubled tat I lost track of time) to check on my bb. Tis time mum answered and told me tat they were still in the car but on their way bek home. Jayden fell asleep in the car and was sleeping soundly in her arms at tat time. Okie… another sigh of relief from me when I heard tat.

When hubby’s checkup was done, we quickly go to haf our breakfast. It was already almost noon, and I felt like I hadn’t seen my baby for such a long time. =)) After breakfast at Foody Goody, we walked over to Sweet Babies to buy a baby gift hamper for hubby’s fren’s newborn. There, my sis called me. I asked her how is Jayden doing, and she said he was fine. My mum had helped to bathe him, and now he was playing wid them. I felt so relief tat my baby was being such a good boy. Really felt so proud of him. When we reached mum’s place to pick up Jayden, he was all smiling when ‘nye-ma’ carried him in her arms and when he saw us. He didn’t cry but instead kept on smiling at daddy & mummy as if greeting us. I really felt so proud of my little baby… ah Den is really growing up now. I really hope I can train my baby to be more familiar wid his relatives, and not too clingy to daddy & mummy. We had such little time spent wid our families here in Kuching, I really hope he can develop close bonding wid them whenever we haf the chance. "

finally CRAWLiNG???

2008-07-11T08:49:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy: "

1st July 08 – My 9m+ baby is finally learning to cruise around by crawling…. or is tat considered as crawling, I’m wondering. Last 2 days I noticed tat ah Den can moved a few inches in front of him by kicking his feet and pulling himself forward wid his little arms. He was trying to grab hold of any object in front of him within his reach. When I placed him in a sitting position between my thighs, he’ll slowly lower himself on the mattress by placing his arms slightly further away from his body in front of him. Then he’ll make himself fall gently on the mattress and ‘thud’ he’ll be laying on his tummy and face!

After tat he’ll start to grab at the bedsheet covering our mattress wid both his hands and he’ll pull at it real hard while kicking his legs to make himself move forward. He looks as if he’s swimming! Whenever he’s near the edge of the mattress, tat’s even better. He’ll juz grabbed and hangs on to the edge of the mattress, and since it’s a firmer hold than juz a piece of cloth; he can pulled himself forward much further. Soon half his body was oledi out of the mattress! Way to go my little baby!!! 'Jia you, jia you!' "

bek to KCH again!

2008-07-11T08:39:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy: "
19th June 08 – Coming back to Kuching this time, my little baby had shown some improvements. He’s more familiar wid his Kch home and oso closer to his grandparents now, especially wid his grandma. Seeing him being able to adapt to the different ‘home’ and lifestyle here, I really felt tat my baby is growing up.

On tat Saturday noon, I’d promised to go to a supposed-facial session wid my sister. I had hesitated to go at first, wondering if ah Den would be okie without me here in grandpa’s house. My hubby insisted me to go and willingly offered to baby sit ah Den.

However, at the very last minute, he’d to go to settle some stuff and he told me to leave ah Den wid his mum if I really had to go out before he’s bek. It was oledi past 1pm and our appointment was timed at 2pm. After I bathed and fed ah Den, I told my mum-in-law tat I really had to go out then cox I was running late. My mum-in-law carried ah Den in her arms and brought him outside to wave goodbye at me. I was so worried tat he’ll cry if he saw me driving away so I told my in-law to carry him inside and not let him see tat I was going out. But my mum-in-law insisted tat it was okie and asked ah Den to wave goodbye at me. Luckily when I drove away, ah Den juz stared surprisingly at me. (Maybe he had never seen me drive before.. haha)

When I reached my mum’s place to pick up my sis, I quickly grabbed my handphone to call hubby. He said he had reached home and ah Den was doing fine. He was playing wid his grandparents and moving around in his walker. =)) I felt so relieved. It was a big step for me, leaving my baby behind in the care of others and to go out to pamper myself. ;)) It was a big achievement for me as well as for Jayden. I guess it’s time tat I start to do tis more often and not to let myself being tied down tat much wid my baby. Although I din get to do my facial tat Sat afternoon cox my sis messed up wid the appointment, I felt happy all the same to being able to take the first step out and to learn to ease my grasp on my baby a little. "

recent Updates

2008-06-16T06:35:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy :- "

15th June 2008 - Sunday nite, as usual i was lying beside ah Den waiting for him to fall into slumber. Today it's the 1st Father's Day our small family celebrated together. It's juz like any other day for us, and there wasn't any special celebration juz tat i made some sushi for hubby the other day, telling him to accept tat as a gift from little Jayden... :D

Jayden did sth really sweet tonite. It really melted my heart and i felt so, so, so loved by him. =)) While both daddy n mummy were waiting for little ah Den to venture into dreamland, daddy went over n hugged ah Den, but ah Den didn't pay any attention to him and kept on playing wid his toys. Then daddy pretended to be hurt cox ah Den neglected him, so daddy came over and hugged me instead. This finally caught ah Den's attention, and he turned around and looked at us. When he saw his daddy hugging his mummy tightly, he seems to start to feel left out by us. So he slowly reached out his tiny hand, and grabbed my hand. Then he pulled my hand towards his cheeks and placed my hand on his cheeks while hugging tightly on my hand, as if telling his daddy not to take his mummy away. We both laughed seeing him being so 'manja'. Our baby is really learning a lot of new habit lately, and seeing him being so possesive over me really make me feel so special. I juz had tis unexplainable fortunate feeling. Mummy loves u alot too ah Den!

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8th June 2008 - Today is the soft opening of 1Borneo, the largest hypermarket in East Msia. Since hubby's mum, grandma and also his aunt were here in Kota Kinabalu, he decided to bring them over to 1Borneo to haf a look. Moreover, hubby's cousin is renting a small stall there, selling name stickers so we decided to pay him a visit. Ah Den's great grandma, grandma & grandaunt followed us back from Miri on the 4th. All the grandmas really love him alot, and they were so happy to be around Jayden.

At 1Borneo, hubby told me tat he noticed tat ah Den keep on eyeing other kids' balloons. Not only 1Borneo but alot of other shops were giving out balloons in celebration of their grand opening, so almost every kid has at least one balloon. Ah Den really seems to be attracted to the floating balloons, and seeing him glaring at other ppl's balloons really make both me & hubby wanting to get one for him. So we walk around trying to hunt for free balloons but it was kinda hard cox the place was packed wid ppl.

Finally, we gave up and decided to go home because we fear all the grandmas would be exhausted if we walked too long. When we neared the exit, I turned back n saw one of 1Borneo's staff carrying a big bunch of balloons. So I immediately rushed over to him, carrying ah Den in my arms and asked if i can haf one balloon. The man gladly gave me one beautiful apple green balloon, then ah Den's daddy and grandma and even great-grandma rushed over and asked the guy for some more balloons. Haha... ah Den ended up having 4 balloons instead of none. Everyone really 'sayang' him lor...

From left to right: ah Den's grandaunt, great-grandma & grandma

8th June 2008 - ah Den wid great-grandma @ 1Borneo

8th June 2008 - ah Den wid grandma @ 1Borneo

~ Photos of Jayden wid his balloons ~

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3rd June 2008 – Pictures of ah Den wid ‘chat (7) chai’. We went to Miri on 31st May to attend SH’s cousin brother’s wedding dinner on the 2nd June. We stayed at Park City Everly Hotel, a 4-star hotel, and since it was Gawai during tat period, the hotel was packed. The first few days there at Miri we were really tired out, and meeting a lot of his other relatives whom little Jayden hadn’t seen b4.

However, on the 1st, which was hubby’s bday, his aunts & relatives purposely held a simple bday celebration for him. It was simply unforgettable. We were supposed to dine at Eastwood Valley Golf & Country Club where the wedding dinner will be held the next day. SH’s uncle purposely invited all the relatives to dine there to show them the venue for the wedding dinner and also to let everyone comment on the dishes. Before the dinner started, hubby’s 3rd aunt brought out a cake and lit 28 candles for him. Then they all gathered around us and we all sang bday song. It’d been a really long time since so many ppl celebrated hubby’s bday for him. Since his b’day is on Gawai Day, almost every year it’s either we r not at home or he’d to work at hotel to replace the Iban staffs on leave. It’s his 1st bday celebrated wid ah Den around tis year. Jayden keep on looking at his daddy’s cake, and he was smiling when he saw all the lit up candles. After hubby cut his b’day cake, his aunts had another surprise for him. They gave him a big soft toy – CJ7, and it was really such a funny gift for a grown-up man like him. Everyone had such a good laugh, and ah Den again keep on staring at CJ7 (‘chat chai’) and of cuz tat belongs to him now. =))

After dinner tat nite, we stopped by SH’s cousin’s new house and after tat both of us, together wid ah Den of cuz, sneaked down to town to Coffee Bean to buy 2 pieces of yummy cake and an ice-blended Caramel back to our hotel for another b’day celebration of our own. So tat’s how ah Den got his new ‘chat chai’ lor… and luckily he’s not afraid of it. Juz tat he’ll feel quite ticklish of his furry head, and sometimes he’ll shudder when we stroke him wid CJ7’s fur! "

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These are the name stickers we bought for Jayden and my niece, Esther, from hubby's cousin brother. It's really cute & nice. Now i can stick these stickers on ah Den's belongings. I chose the Disney cartoons for ah Den and Pooh & Friends for Esther. I really dunno if she likes Pooh or Mickey Mouse better, cox she loves them all. She can even name each & everyone of the Disney cartoon character and even Pooh & Friends as well. She's really smart! I tried before telling her tat it's Mickey Mouse while pointing to Goofy. She'll look at u wid her cute adorable eyes and tell u "no... tat's Goofy!". Haha... who sez u can fool a kid. I hope ah Den will turn out to be as smart as her!

Some new tricks

2008-06-06T08:29:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy: "My baby had learnt some new tricks in these past few months. About 2 weeks ago, when I woke up one morning, as usual ah Den was playing by himself on his mattress beside me. He woke up before I did, and it’s quite funny to see him entertaining himself while waiting for me to wake up. I rolled over to watch him, and in order to see him clearly, I had to put my face really near to his (cox of my short-sightedness). Then I start to blink at him. I wonder if he’ll give me any response, and then I blinked my eyes again slowly thrice. He gazed back at me, and slowly he start to blink his eyes too… very clearly and slowly. I chuckled seeing him trying to imitate me. I keep on doing it, and he responded to my action by blinking back at me. However, a few days later when I played this same trick wid him, he seems to have forgotten how to do so… or maybe he find tis trick ‘stupid’! Ha ha…

At the age of 6mths plus, ah Den had learnt how to shake his head. And yes, he had also learnt to recognize his name. If u called out ‘Jay-den’ or ‘ah-Den’, he’ll turn and look at you. He can sit up by himself now, although still not tat stable and he’ll tumble over once in a while. He loves to watch his nursery rhymes video CDs and whenever I played it for him, he’ll keep on shouting at the tv once in awhile whenever he sees a familiar picture… or perhaps he’s trying to sing together wid them… I have no idea!

Another funny thing is how he sucks his pacifier. Lately he has tis habit of sticking his finger into the hole in his silicone pacifier. It’s like he can suck both his pacifier and his finger at the same time, and he really enjoys it. One more wonderful gesture he had learnt is to wave. When we say ‘bye-bye’ to him and start to wave at him, he’ll respond by trying to wave his arm as well. Haha… maybe bcox when we go out for breakfast every morning, the ladies at the reception counter downstairs will wave and greet him ‘bye-bye’. So slowly ah Den had also learnt to wave back at them. Babies do learn really fast… way to go!"

Some recent snapshots :-

22nd May 2008 - ah Den playing wid his pacifier, see the way he sucks his pacifier now! Really creative!

4th May 2008 - ah Den chewing his Patrick the Red Dog!

Stranger Anxiety

2008-05-11T00:02:00.000-07:00

Today is the first Mother's Day i celebrated wid my mummy. =)) It's 11th May 2008, and on tis normal Sunday morning we went to the church. As usual at church i get to see lots of other children, toddlers and babies. Mummy said i had started to develop a stage called 'stranger anxiety'. Few weeks ago when we went back to Kuching, mummy had start to notice tat i'm uncomfortable being around strangers.... the worst part of this stranger anxiety for me was tat i'm even afraid of my own grandparents and relatives.

Then tis morning when mummy let another fren carried me, I started to cry. At first when tis auntie carried me in her arms, I was still okie. But when i saw my daddy, then i started crying. Probably because i finally realised it was someone else carrying me at that moment. So after awhile when tis auntie picked me up again, she quickly carried me outdoor. Hmm... maybe if i din see my mummy or daddy, i'll be quite okie. But it doesn't work. I started wailing a few moments later, and she rushed back in to look for mummy or daddy. ;))

How naughty I was! I juz don't want to be separated from mummy or daddy. ;))

Jayden's mummy: "Maybe because my baby is with me almost every single moment, and whenever i'm absent or no where to be seen within his sight, he starts to panic. I've read tat it's normal for babies to develop stranger anxiety. Tis is because at this stage, they realised tat there is only ONE mummy and oso only ONE daddy in the whole wide world. How sweet it sounds!

Well, it's kinda sweet tat's my baby is clingy to me, but at times it can be quite difficult as well. Like for example, our last visit back to Kuching, things were really so hard. Ah Den juz didn't want to be left alone. When i put him in his cradle or Esther's cradle, he'll start to notice if i'd leave him. If i simply took one step away from the cradle, he'll start to whimper. Experts say to try to tolerate with tis sensitive reaction from babies. Don't force ur babies to 'get used to' strangers. In fact, learn to protect ur baby from too much exposure.

Another wonderful thing he had learnt about 3 weeks ago back in Kuching (7mths old) was to start babbling. He would say "ta-ta-ta-ta" repeatedly, and no more "ang koo" now. Haha... even when he cries for 'milk-milk', he'll follow his cries wid "ta-ta-ta-ta te-te-te" and it really sounded as if he's complaining! ;)) So funny to listen to him doing tis."

my Little Toes..

2008-04-15T23:15:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy: 15th March 2008 – Today I noticed Jayden accomplished another hand skill. He had been grabbing at his feet n toes lately, and finally today I saw him grabbing his left foot and slowly put his foot into his mouth to taste his toes. =)) Yucks!! Yes, you might think it’s gross, but I find it funny and amusing while watching him, cox I know my baby had finally accomplished another hand skill.

My little toes & me : "Look at me making a grab at my feet!" (15.04.2008)

Jayden is 7mths old now. Last week we brought him to see his pediatrician again. In less than a month, he had been sick twice and again it’s cough, flu, runny nose and wheezing. It’s the wheezing tat really terrifies me, cox he sounded as if he’s having difficulty breathing and u can actually hear him wheeze from the very end of a hall! Wheezing is one of the symptoms for asthma.

In 3 mths time he oledi had tis wheezing episodes 3 times. When we went to see Dr. Liaw, he explained tat it’s very likely Jayden has “viral-induced asthma”. If a baby had tis attacks for more than 3 times in a period of less than 6 mths, then he’ll be diagnosed wid viral-induced asthma, meaning to say if anyone around haf cold or flu, then he’ll most likely catch it easily and start to wheeze. Sigh!!

Dr. Liaw said tat there’s a medication for tis type of asthma and baby will need to take a medicine called ‘Singulair’ for a period of 2mths and after tat we won’t haf to worry if he’ll catch a cold easily in future. Ah Den took tis medication before for a period of 7days when he was only 3mth old, and oso he had to use a nebulizer then. I took a friend’s helpful advice of recording baby’s entire medication intake in a handy notebook; the consumption period, dosage, etc. It’s really a very good practice cox u’ll be able to monitor if your child is allergic to any specific medication and also if u happen to change his current pediatrician, then it’ll really help to haf all his previous medication record. So when the doc mentioned ‘Singulair’, I immediately remembered Jayden took tis medicine before. Though the doc said the only side effect of tis medicine is its cost, I still hope my baby doesn’t haf to consume medicine daily for such a long period so I opted to juz stay to his normal medicine for cough n runny nose for the time being.

Tis ah Den is really getting naughtier n naughtier. He’s owest so happy when he see Dr. Liaw, even though he’s sick. Most probably because the doc has a very friendly face and he’ll keep smiling and looking at him. Now he even starts to pull at the doc’s stethoscope when the doc carried him around, =)) til Dr. Liaw commented tat he’s one ‘Happy Wheezer’! Ha ha…

After 1 week Jayden is getting better. After he finished his ‘Ventolin’ and ‘Cetirizine’ syrup, I tot of bringing him bek to see his doc to get some more medicine because he still doesn’t get any better. Luckily we consulted a church friend who is also an experienced mum after service last Sun, and she suggested not giving ah Den too much medication, instead bring him to see a chinese physician or juz let him drink more water. So we brought ah Den to see a chinese physician straight after church.

Well, the chinese physician here is kinda different from wat we normally haf in Kuching. I don’t quite trust him actually. He told me to go home tat nite and smashed a shallot, then add some sesame oil, and rubbed tis mixture on ah Den’s back in the motion of left hand side up, and right hand side down. It’s like rubbing in a circular motion on his back. I followed his advice since it’s not harmful so it’s worth a try. Once again my ah Den became “Orang Bawang” cox he smelled of onions whole nite long!

Besides tis, the chinese physician oso prescribed us with a packet of herbal tea called “7 Star Tea” and oso another small bottle of powder which can be bought over the shelf in almost any Chinese medicine store. Tat small bottle of powder is really expensive, it costs RM18.80. It is common tat these chinese medical powder are expensive, probably bcox of its herbs content. Just like the small bottle of “Jing Feng Shan” we bought for ah Den last time, one small bottle costs RM19.90.

When I opened the packet of herbal tea, I was so shocked. One of it’s content was some kind of dried insects. It looks like wasps to me. So we threw the whole packet of “7 Star Tea” (‘chi xing cha’) away. I don’t even dare to drink it myself, what more to give to ah Den. Yucks!! Luckily the powder is effective, and very fortunately ah Den seems to like it. The Chinese physician said ah Den might throw up if we feed him wid the bitter powder so he suggested us to rub it on his gum and tongue. Ha ha… but when I rubbed it on the inside of his mouth, he was sucking and smiling at the same time. I wonder if he finds the powder tasty or he juz like the feeling of my finger inside his mouth. ;)) I did taste the powder myself; it’s a bit salty and bitter at the same time. After a few consumption, it seems to reduce the phlegm in his throat. Perhaps Chinese medication suits him more… but anyway, I juz hope he gets really, really fine soon.

m rolling over & over!

2008-03-26T01:56:00.000-07:00

Jayden's mummy : "26th March 2008 - It's amazing how fast babies learn. Before this, i was so worried when Jayden seems to yet show any signs of him knowing how to roll over, but now he's oledi so good at it. Though his 10kg body shud be quite heavy for a baby, he still managed to roll himself over. Just early of this month he had learnt how to roll from his back to his side and finally to lie flat on his tummy. Today amazingly he can roll from his tummy to his back again. I didn't quite realised when he first successfully did it. He was making a fuss as usual when he rolled from his side to his tummy and was trying to keep himself in tat position as long as he can hold. It must be quite tiring for him cox he'll start wailing when he's tired. As i was standing by the bed watching him when he started to cry for help, before i rolled him over to lie on his back, he rolled over by himself.

I stared at him, thinking maybe it's juz a coincidence tat he suddenly know how to do it. Then for safety measure i placed him on the far left end of the bed when i went to prepare his bath water. When i get back, he was lying in the middle of the bed on his back. Hmm... tat seems to be quite far from where i'd placed him. So i carried him back to the end of the bed once again and stood aside watching him. First he rolled from his back to his left side then successfully landed on his tummy. After tat, he start to tilt his head back towards his right and TA-DA, he managed to land on his back again! I started laughing when i saw him doing tat. I was so proud of him. He is finally rolling over and over... but tat oso mean i must be extra careful when i leave him alone on the bed right now. Hooray! Today ah den finally mastered another skill! "

my 1st yummy 'mum-mum'

2008-03-25T05:16:00.001-07:00

Jayden's mummy: "Introducing solid food to babies is a major stage in a baby’s development. Jayden is 6m+ now, and still he hasn’t tasted any solid food. This is because he’s overweight for his age and normally babies can start on solid food at the age of 4-6mth. Pediatrician advised to start feeding him later because of his weight.

Well, lately his appetite seems to grow and he starts to be curious at wat we eat. He’ll be eyeing our plates at the dinner table every time we carry him in our laps during our meal and sometimes he’ll even reach out to make a grab at our plates. Before this, I did try to give ahDen Rusks biscuits (which is considered as semi solid food) to chew on bcox my sis told me tat it helps babies teething process. He likes the biscuits, and it seems to soothe his gums when we rubbed the biscuit on his gum and he was giggling while trying to chew on it. Ha ha… My mum told me to try give him a grain of rice to see if he’ll swallow it. But everytime I try, ahDen wil juz either leave the rice on his tongue while staring blankly at us or push it out wid his tongue. I read tat tis is called the “extrusion reflex”, and when babies had learnt to keep the solids in their mouth and swallow it, meaning to lose tis reflex of theirs, then they are ready for solid food. Welcome to the world of the grown ups then!

When we brought ahDen to his pediatrician here in Kota Kinabalu a week ago because he wasn’t feeling well, Dr. Liaw advised tat we can start giving him solids. So I planned to start introducing ahDen to solid food after he gets well. Finally today, he had his first taste on solid food and tis is how the experience went for him."

25th March 2008 - Today i haf my first taste of solid food. Mummy cooked some porridge from the Bario fragrant rice which she bought for Rm5.70 per kg. She dunno what rice is the best to cook porridge with, so she juz get the best rice for
me. After the porridge was cooked, she mashed it somemore by filtering it thru a sieve to make my baby food really 'gooey' and sticky for me.
Mummy placed me in my walker around 3pm and fed me. After tat around 7pm, mummy reheated the porridge and fed me some more. Mummy said i did quite well today cox i finished about 2 tablespoon of my 'gooey' porridge. Haha... sometimes when mummy fed me, i blew the porridge on my spoon making bits of my food flying around. I know i'm being naughty, but i juz couldn't help myself by trying to blow my food on the spoon. It makes such a wonderful sound! Hee... and some of the porridge will be splattered on mummy's face!

b careful, i BITE!

2008-03-25T03:48:00.000-07:00

15th March 2008 - Mummy felt my first tooth on this date. She was cleaning my mouth, like wat she did every nite, with wetted facial cotton. As she was rubbing my lower gums, she felt a jagged feeling on my gum. Then she quickly unwrapped the cotton around her finger, and ran her bare finger once again thru my gum. Tis time she really felt my tooth, even the shape of my tooth! Mummy was so excited, and keep on telling me tat i'm teething and finally my first tooth had popped out. When mummy called and tell 'nye-ma' (grandma or 'wai po') tat i finally have my first tooth, 'nye-ma' told mummy to watch out for my 2nd tooth cox normally when baby start teething, they'll haf a PAIR of tooth. The very next day when mummy was feeling for my teeth again, she really did feel my 2nd tooth. So now i haf my first PAIR of front teeth on my lower gums. Be careful, don put ur finger in my mouth... cox i'll bite!

rrrroll-ing over...

2008-03-02T22:07:00.000-08:00

21st Feb 08 – Today I can finally roll from my back to my sides easily. Before this I could roll to my sides but not much and I totally couldn’t roll over yet, and sometimes I needed mummy or daddy to help me wid this. However, if I rolled completely over I could manage to hold my head up.
For a baby to be able to roll from his back to his sides is consider as one of the gross motor skills to be achieved from 3mths onwards. Mummy said ‘Minzhe koko’ is able to roll completely over at the age of 2 and half months. Tat’s incredible…. I guess I’m just too big and too heavy to be able to do so. Moreover I haf a BIG head, and when I roll from my back to my sides, I still couldn’t lift my head up. If I am able to lift my head up, I’m sure I’ll be able to roll completely over very soon.

27th Feb 08 – Yippee! Today I had finally managed to roll completely over. It was around 6pm and I had juz reached home after daddy & mummy brought me shopping at City Mall. When we reached home, mummy placed me on the bed. I was sleeping in mummy’s arm when daddy was driving us home, but I woke up once daddy’s car stopped. Once mummy put me on the bed, I was smiling at her and then I started to roll to my sides. Then with a little more effort, I finally rolled completely over. I wonder if the place where mummy placed me on the bed was uneven so it made me easier to roll over. Mummy was so excited and when she rolled me back to lie on my back, then I once again rolled completely over. This time daddy saw me rolling completely over by myself. Both my parents were so excited… today I can rolled over by myself twice!

tis is a clip showing me trying my hardest to roll myself over. Hooray! I finally did it!

Ain’t I smart??

2008-03-02T21:40:00.000-08:00

Jayden’s mummy: My little baby is growing up real fast. I’d written the following post especially for him and included his pics when he was dressed up smartly. How fortunate kids nowadays seems to be, with all these nice clothes made for them and Jayden is even luckier to have these beautiful clothes as gifts from others. Well, he’ll outgrown all this clothing in a few months time, and sometimes I just feel it’s kind of a waste to buy him nice clothing cox he won’t be wearing them for long. But from another point of view, it juz mean tat my little baby is growing up day by day and tat’ll matter more than anything else. =)

am I smart no.1

Mummy & daddy bought me this funky shirt, and I got this pair of jeans from my auntie Annie (daddy’s 3rd sis) as my xmas gift. Well, luckily she bought a bigger sized jean for me, cox I’m growing real fast and even my shirt is actually meant for a 1 year old kid. Mummy said she had to get bigger sized clothes for me or else I’d outgrown them real fast and although I’m only 5mths old now, I’m wearing clothes made for a 1 year old kid!
FYI, I was wearing clothes labeled 6-12mths at the age of 2mths! Wahahahaaaa….. part of the reason is because I got a real big head, and normally for slip in clothes, the hardest part would be to get the clothes over my head.

am I smart no.2

this brown overall is a gift from my auntie ah ming. She bought it for me as one of my full-month present. She’s an experienced mom, so she bought it a few sizes bigger so tat I can wear tis when I’m old enuf. I think I look like a ranger, but mummy owest say tat overalls are cute for babies!

am I smart no.3

haha…. Tis time I’m really smart! These are my new polo shirts and pants which my granduncle (mummy’s 3rd uncle) bought for me from Marks & Spencer UK. My granduncle and grandaunt bought it especially for me from UK and luckily they bought bigger size for me cox mummy told them I’m big for my age. The polo shirts are for baby at 9mth age and they costs £19.99pounds each! They oso got me 5 pieces of baby suits and a Thomas & Friends fisher hat for me. The other flowery fisher hat is for my cousin sister – esther ‘che-che’.

"funny moments in my cradle net"

2008-02-22T18:31:00.000-08:00

After I had my fall from the ‘sarong’, mummy had phobia of cradling me in the cradle ever again. However, I couldn’t sleep well without using the cradle, and another problem is the shape of my flat head. I lied on my back too much while sleeping on the bed and when the back of my head became flat, mummy had no choice but to allow me to sleep in the cradle once again. I don’t like to sleep on my sides, and although mummy and daddy owest propped me wid lots of pillows and bolsters to make me sleep on my sides, I owest managed to roll back and lie flat on my back once again. This is the sleep position tat I preferred most.

When at last mummy allow me to sleep in the cradle net, (after making sure to take all the needed safety precaution), I can finally sleep longer. When I stirred at the slightest sound I heard while sleeping, my parents can easily rock me back to sleep once more! And the shape of my head was better too after they finally allow me to sleep in my cradle, tho it’s still kinda flat. However, there are some funny moments when they peep inside my cradle net and found the state I’m in. Here’s some funny snapshots to share wid my frens and relatives…. ta da…..

Scene 1

P/S: my ‘nye-ma’ or ‘wai po’(grandma – mummy’s mum) made me this small bolster. Mummy called it my ‘ah nau’ or ‘nau-nau’. (pillow is refered to as ‘jing nau’ in foochow) I owest haf it wid me whenever I sleep. Once when mummy look at me when I was inside my cradle net, tis is wat she found. I oso had no idea how my ‘ah nau’ ends up on my forehead.

Scene 2

Tis is how i sometimes look like when i sleep. Daddy say i look like batman! Ain't i cute? =)

Scene 3

and sometimes my pacifier ends up in funny way on top of my forehead too.... hee... ta da....

"my preSenTs & GIftS"

2008-02-17T18:12:00.000-08:00

mummy owest tells me how lucky i am. I haf so many ppl who luv me and owest care for me. From the day i was born, and even before i was born, family and frens had showered me wid gifts. According to mummy, a baby doesn't owest have to haf new toys. Tis is because bb grows up real fast, and watever new toys tat might attract them tis very minute wil be easily forgotten the very next minute. So mummy doesn't really spend on new toys for me. My daddy however owest seems to haf the urge to buy me new toys. Whenever we go shopping, he'll be drawn to cute & nice toys tat we see and thinking of getting those toys for me. Mummy owest stopped him and tell him i oledi haf alot of toys, or tat some of the toys are only suitable for me when i'm older.

Jayden's mummy: "Tis is a page specially posted by mummy to remind ah den-den of the gifts and toys others had bought for him. When he's older and can read wat i wrote here, it'll be important to teach him to appreciate other's love for him and to be thankful for everything tat he has. These are only 'some' of his gifts... not all, coz i only took snapshots of some of it. If i am to snap all his gifts, which includes new clothes and his stuffs, tis is gonna be a real long post! And i intend to update tis post from time to time..."

name: Chicky Rattle
from: my daddy
info: tis is a gift tat daddy had bought me when i was only 1m+. It's a rattle from Anakku, and besides making rattling sound when it's being shake, it can oso squeak when it's being squeezed. It owest amused me wid all the different sounds tat it makes.

name: pinky piggie
from: mummy
info: tis cute piggie actually belongs to mummy. It was a farewell gift from auntie cass for mummy when she left her job as an IT exec. Mummy & auntie cass are very good frens, and auntie cass miss her alot when she wanted to leave her job. Maybe because i'm born in the year of the Pig, so daddy owest commented tat the pinky piggie and me are 'abang & adik'... or perhaps there are some slight resemblance..!!??.. hee...

name: Little Dino
from: auntie piang ('ah piang yee')
info: tis gift is from mummy's close fren, auntie piang. she bought it for me from spore, and dino has a spring attached to it's head, so it can 'boink-boink' when it's being pulled. When mummy first saw it, she still tot tat it's a rooster... wahahahaa....

name: my ferrari...ssssssss
from: uncle ngeebang ('ah bang chek')
info: when mummy 1st told uncle bang tat she was pregnant, he was so happy. =) he kept on telling mummy to haf a bb boy, bcoz he likes bb boy more. finally he promised mummy tat if she gave birth to a bb boy, he'll collect all the ferrari toy car models for me, and gif it to me when i'm born. However, i can only play wid my toy cars when i'm 3yrs old, as these toys are considered hazardous for children below 3. =p

name: teddy
from: auntie peishan ('peishan yee')
info: tis is a Nici bear which auntie peishan purposely brought back from spore as my christmas gift. Mummy luv bear bear alot, and tis teddy of mine is especially cute wid it's scarf tightly wrapped around it's neck to show tat it's winter time. One more thing special about a Nici toy is tat most of its toys will haf a miniature red heart and a small pocket where u can put its heart back into the pocket. Perhaps it's a special sign from the teddy telling me tat he's giving all his heart his owner.

name: ellie (elephant rattle)
from: auntie ah ming
info: tis is another xmas gift which is from auntie ah ming, mummy's sis. it's a foot rattle actually, and auntie ah ming gave it to me when i was about to board the flight from kuching to kota kinabalu on 25th Dec 2008. auntie ah ming said she's gonna miss me very much. Well, a foot rattle is a rattle tat you can wrapped around bb's foot, and when bb kicks his foot, it'll make an attractive rattling sound. And my ellie's ear makes a funny crackling sound when it's pinched. It owest attracts me. Mummy seldom wrapped my ellie around my foot, but she owest wrapped it around my wrist so tat i can see wat i'm holding and sometimes chew on my ellie's long nose!

name: sesame street teether
from: auntie ah ming
info: tis is a water-filled teether. Auntie ah ming bought it for me even before i was born. Mummy says i can chew on the teether when i start teething. I start to use tis teether when i am about 5m old. Mummy's fren told her tat she can put tis teether in the fridge n cold it b4 giving me to chew on it. It'll be more soothing cox it's cooling. =)

name: Patrick the Red Doggie
from: mummy & daddy
info: Patrick actually belongs to daddy. Mummy gave it to daddy long time ago when daddy is still studying in UK. When i first saw Patrick, he was hanging on top of the dressing table in daddy & mummy's room. I was only 1m+ and i could hardly make out wat Patrick look like. I juz know tat he's RED. The colour red owest attracts bb cox bb can spot things in red better. Bcox it attracts me alot, so mummy took it down from the dressing table, washed it and gave it to me as my toy.

name: car car rattle teether
from: auntie ah ming
info: tis is a gift from auntie ah ming. She gave it to me on the 3rd day of CNY. Auntie ah ming owest buy me new toys. She said she got it from a new departmental store in kch. Tis car car is actually a rattle cum a teether. It has 3 key-shaped teethers, and mummy says i can hang this car car rattle teether in my stroller. When the car car is shook, it gave a nice sound like a windchime chiming.

name: smiley face teether
from: mummy & daddy
info: tis is another teether of mine. actually mummy and daddy got tis from one of my full-month hamper. Tis is a much lighter teether, compared to the water-filled teether. It's made of non-toxic plastic and in the shape of a flower. I can chew on each and every one of it's colourful petal. =)

"my name"

2008-02-01T20:24:00.000-08:00

My name is JAYDEN HII CHING WUN. Hmm... well, mummy and daddy had a long list of names to select months before i was born. It was quite a headache for them, especially when picking my chinese name. Both mummy and daddy don't read chinese character, and they keep on referring to a chinese dictionary to pick my chinese name.

For my christian name, actually auntie Ah Ming suggested it. She purposely emailed a list of names to mummy for her to choose. Some of the christian names tat attracted mummy and daddy most were Ethan, Dylan, Nathan... Besides making sure tat the names goes well with my surname which is 'Hii', mummy and daddy oso hope to pick a rare name so tat it'll be special and unique only for me. ;)) At first, mummy and daddy agreed on Dylan but when auntie Ah Ming suggested Jayden, it seems to go quite well wid my surname as well. Since mummy and daddy wanted a unique name, they finally agreed on Jayden. I can be called as 'Jay' for short or even simpler juz 'J'. haha... Back at home, my family members normally call me as 'ah den', 'den-den' or 'ah no' (meaning 'little one' in foochow).

Well, my name Jayden is actually a modern name derived from the name 'Jay' or 'Jai'. In Sanskrit, Jay means 'VICTORY' whereas in Old English Jay carries the meaning of 'a bird'. Other form of spelling for my name can be found as 'Jaedon', 'Jaiden', 'Jaden', and 'Jaidon'. Mummy and daddy prefered the spelling J-A-Y-D-E-N the most for my name. According to Baby Name Network, the name 'Jayden' holds the meaning 'God has heard'. (Pls refer to http://www.babynamenetwork.com/ if interested.)

As for my chinese name, it's actually pronounce as 'jin4 wen2'. For my generation in the Hii family, my chinese name is supposed to start wid the word 'jin4'. Because my cousins' names were all spelled as 'Ching' in English, so tat's how my name is supposed to be spelled as too. 'jin4' holds the meaning of -- advance, promote, increase.
Mummy and daddy listed a few of their prefered name and gave it to grandpa to choose. Grandpa said he like the word 'wen2' the most as it means culture and literature.

In Msia, parents will need to register their babies birth within 2 weeks from the bb's DOB to prevent a fine. Since the word 'wen2' can actually be used for both sexes, mummy and daddy keep on thinking about my chinese name and whether if it's too girlish to me. At last they agreed to respect my grandpa's decision, so daddy only went to register my birth 2 days before the last date. At first my chinese name was supposed to be spelled as 'Ching Wen'. As mummy was thinking over and over, she finally called auntie Ah Ming to ask for her opinion. Auntie Ming suggested to change the spelling 'Wen' to 'Wun' since it sounds better for a boy.

Without hesitating, mummy immediately called daddy and luckily daddy had not submitted the registration form yet. Daddy was about to submit the form and the registration officer was right in front of him then, and phew... mummy had called just in the nick of time.

So finally my name turned out to be 'Jayden Hii Ching Wun'.

taken on 10th Sept 2007. Wat a big mouth i have!
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taken on 11th Sept 2007.
these were some of the very early pics when i first opened my eyes.

"my first cry"

2008-02-01T00:37:00.002-08:00

I first came to this world on 7th September 2007 (Fri) at 11.26pm. My mum gave birth to me at Kuching Specialist Hospital through caesarean-birth. My daddy said he heard me cry in the OT just a few minutes after they wheeled my mummy in.

After tat the pediatrician and nurses wheeled me to the baby room, which was down the hallway. The doctor and nurses were wheeling me hastily then, and silently without any explaination as if in an emergency state. My daddy said it made him and oso my grandma and aunties worried tat there was sth wrong wid me.

When they reached the bb room, the nurses put some kind of a hose into my throat to suck out mucous. Daddy said he oso saw the doctor putting an oxygen mask to my face and oso the nurses there keep on spanking my bottom hard to make me cry out loud. My auntie ah ming commented tat my mouth was very big when i started wailing then. After tat, the nurses bathed me. Only then my pediatrician went out to explain to my family tat there was too much mucous in my throat tat i could hardly breathe. But i'll be alrite. My aunt said she saw the nurses combed my hair after they bathed me so u can imagine how much hair i had when i was born!

After they bathed and cleaned me, i was dressed up and wrapped with a warm blanket. Then they left me in the baby room together wid other babies there, to be seen by others through the big glass window.

some of my first snapshots after i was born.
it was taken on 8th sept 2007 00.23am and 00.25am.
I was sleeping snugly in my warm blanket.

I weighed 3.39kg and am 55cm long. I had lots of hair on my head, and back then i juz slept and slept. I was sooooo tired tat i rarely opened my eyes.

taken 00.36am and 00.38am (8th Sept).

taken 00.39am and 01.28am (8th Sept).

can u see tat i'm slowly sneaking my hands out? my hands were all wrapped out tightly in the blanket and i couldn't move. i was slowly sneaking my hands out of the blanket til the nurses spotted me. Then they wrapped me up tightly again and put a hanky under my chin cox i vomit a little after they feed me.

When i was first born, i drank 2 ounce of 'nen-nen' (milk). Mummy and daddy chose Enfalac A+ for me, and nurses there commented tat i'm very nice to feed cox i drink my 'nen-nen' without needing to stop and to be burped in order to drink more. I can finish my 'nen-nen' in ONE GO! Hooray!!!