like Father, Like son!

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!

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???

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!

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

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

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

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."