b careful, i BITE!

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...

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??

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"

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"

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"

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"

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!!!