Runny Poo Incident

Dear Baby,

There was one episode where mommy, daddy and you were sick. It was the first weekend of puasa, we went out with a kindermusik family who’s baby was in the same class as you for dinner. We went to a place we never ate at before, it was also the first time for them.

The next day, mommy had a bad tummy, thought it was just mommy. Apparently daddy had it too. And you had a runny poo. But we all didn’t think much about it until the day after, when one early morning you woke up and threw up! Fortunately your pediatrician was open on Sunday and we got some medicine for you.

That day we changed your diapers what seemed like every half hour and every time we tired to give you your medication you instantly threw up. You were still playing and eating as normal apart from stuff coming out at both ends. Nappy liners and sudocrem was always ready in hand. All your flat diapers were at nenek that time, and mommy used what few there was at home. The next few days were more throwing up and runny poo. We switched you to using flats for easier changing and washing until everything was all clear. With all the frequent pooing you developed a rash, a rarity.

We encouraged you to drink water and nursed a lot to make sure you were hydrated. It wasn’t until your throwing up episode lessen were you able to keep your medication down was when we started seeing the runny poo diminishing. Ten days it took before we had the all clear. You had to miss out one of your kindermusik class, we don’t want to infect anybody and have accidents happening.

Well, that was an interesting episode, and we're never going to that restaurant again.


Love,
Mommy

Words and More Words

Dear Baby,

Past few days, mommy noticed three words sentences / syllables coming out from you. The first one mommy noticed was 'I like it' and today was 'Door open'. Oooohhh...

You can already say and count 1 to 10, every time we go up and down the stairs, mommy take the opportunity to do counting with you, now mommy teaching you 11 to 20. Maybe mommy should try simple plus and minus as well....

We do the alphabet a lot, and we sign it as well. So it's really cute to see you saying the alphabets and moving your fingers at the same time to do the signs. On a good day you can say all 26 letters. We make it a game too, mommy say the first letter and you say the next letter in order and we'd take turns saying it. Sometimes we make it until the end, other times we stop half way because you lost interest. But it's all good.

Lots of single words, you know all the cats by name. You named your Cookie Monster doll as 'C', hmmm, we haven't sang 'C is for cookie' in a while.

Daddy do a lot of books reading with you, especially before bed, gives mommy a little bit of break before I put you to sleep. When daddy isn't home, mommy would spend some time with you as well for reading and playing. You like the finger puppets theater only mommy seem to get stuck making up stories for that one. We lost one of the wheel from your Postman Pat book and daddy had to get a replacement copy, and he managed to get the very last one.

You really like pop up books, still very rough with them though so some of the books needed supervision if you were going through them.

Right now, mommy is looking for ways to arrange your books, so that they'll be easy access for you and you can see what books you have without taking them all off the shelf.

Love,
Mommy

The Tea Party

Dear Baby,

When you were already in bed and mommy was tidying up your play area, turns out Cookie Monster, Darth Vader and Florrie the Fimble are having a tea party while you are sleeping....

Love,
Mommy

Mommy Upset...

Dear Baby,

Mommy really upset this morning. As mommy and daddy was getting ready for work, mommy got a call from your nenek. She said all the milk mommy had sent over last week had melted because somebody had unplugged the fridge!! And from the looks and smell of things it had been over several days already. The last time nenek had been to the fridge was when you were there last four days ago.

14 cups worth.

Spoilt.

Just like that, because somebody was careless.  (Nenek: Siapa lagi kesana and using the power outlet? Cubatah makai yang lain. Kalau bukan kedia, siapa lagi? Antu tah nganya tu. Translate: Who else would go to the room where the fridge was and using the power outlet for the vacuum cleaner. She could've used another outlet. If not her, who else can it be? A ghost? <--- refering to her amah. When confronted by Atok, she wouldn't admit to it)

It was very upsetting. Especially how nowadays mommy is only averaging 2 cups a day production on weekdays... Seeing the space available in the freezer and trying to catch up on filling it... Shed a couple of tears when mommy saw the empty cups when I came to see you at lunch time.

Sigh...

Love,

Mommy

Missing In Action

Dear Baby,

Here is the following list of the letters mommy need to write out...

• The One Year Check Up
• The First Sickie (if I can remember the details...)
• The Day When Everybody Came Down With An Upset Stomach
• The Baby Sign Language Update
• One Day At Breakfast
• The Words Update
• The Yoga Classes
• The Miri Road Trip
• What You're Into
• The Birthday Kitty

Ooooh, that's a lot...

Love,
Mommy

Rabong!

Dear Baby,

Yesterday was the first day of the fasting month and a public holiday and you got to be with mommy and daddy all day. Mommy also decided to try and fast and hopefully it won't affect your milk supply as much. You were nursing all day yesterday, mommy noticed didn't leak at all. I don't know if that's a good thing. And you had a very long nap of almost 4 hours, it helped with mommy next to you to nurse you back to sleep.

In the evening, we walked over to atok and nenek's house as there is a family function. We all wore red just for the heck of it. You were running around playing with your cousins and various family members belonging, mainly keys and mobile phones. Mommy gave you a slice of watermelon which you ate while playing. When it was time to break fast, there were catered food and mommy took for you a spoonful each of the two different rice that was available, some chicken off the bone, and bamboo shoots (rabong). Needless to say for the relatives that hadn't seen you eat before were surprised to see you eating them. They were just generally surprised that you ate by yourself anyway. All mommy did was put the food on the plate and placed it on the coffee table for you, and you would pick on your food as you toddle along doing all the various things you seem to do.

It was the first time you ate bamboo shoots. The first time was at Nini Noi's place when she cooked it for dinner, you just woke up from a nap and didn't want to be with anybody and sat on mommy's lap, and mommy was eating rabong and you had your plate of food too but you decided you wanted to eat off mommy's plate and took the rabong and kept on taking more as you finished the ones in your hand. Nini Noi and Nini Boy had a good time telling the relatives what you have been eating during one of the many family functions we've attended past month or so.

It was during one of those family functions that one of the relatives saw you eating a slice of cucumber, and she went all huffy and said oh it's not good for you and suggested for you to be given a slice of jelly desert instead because it is 'soft'. I think between the cucumber and the jelly, cucumber wins hands down. And that's when that particular relative got a list of all the food and vegetables especially, that you have been eating. They were surprised. Babies don't eat such thing they say. Well, this baby does.

In a few days we're going to have dinner with a friend of mommy's who's daughter is your classmate in your Kindermusik class, we'll go straight after class ends. I wonder how dinner will be like for all of us...

Love,
Mommy

The Sneaky Chocolate

Dear Baby,

We celebrated Auntie Lin's birthday with a family dinner at one of the baby friendly restaurants we like to frequent, Emperor's Court, near home. As soon as we came in the restaurant staff were very happy to see you, and even some of the kitchen staff was at the door to wave at you, and they were all delighted you can walk now.

We ordered a small dish of asparagus cooked with garlic and no seasoning especially for you. So for dinner you had the asparagus, rice, half a buttermilk prawn and corn with crab meat soup. Mommy spoon fed you the soup and when the rest of the food arrived you abandoned the soup and helped yourself to what was on your plate. You ate half of the prawn, most of the rice and lots of the asparagus and you insisted on having two spoons on your plate too.

Mommy also packed you some cucumber sticks as your pre dinner snack and you decided to put some of the asparagus into the same container and put on the lid. Hey, your first take away! Hahaha...

One of the conversation was maybe it'll be easier for you to call daddy's parents as Kong Kong and Po Po, instead of Nini Boy and Nini Noi. Mommy vote yes to that, not sure about the others, after all, Nini Boy is chinese and you are more than half chinese by blood. The ones I don't particularly like is the use of Nini Daddy and Nini Mommy, there are just too many syllables and it's confusing for baby.

After dinner was over out came the surprised birthday cake, and of course the obligatory photo taking of the cake.

The cake was nice, daddy had to order it last minute as your Nini Boy only told him to get one a few hours before dinner. The table near us which had another family sitting there also had a share of the cake.

By then you were sitting opposite mommy playing with Auntie Maricel next to Nini Noi. There was a piece of chocolate lying on the plate on the table. Mommy watched this whole thing happened, Nini Noi's hand moved to the plate, snapped off a piece of chocolate and was bringing it up towards your mouth! I told her stop, and her hand paused mid air. She said, "Oh, I thought she can have chocolate." She knew very well you are not allowed chocolate or any sweet stuff, not until you know how to brush your teeth properly or rather allow us to brush your teeth properly. Mommy seen too many young kids with bad teeth, and I rather we try to avoid that happening to you.

All in all, it was a nice dinner and lots of photo taking of baby. We stopped by the book store and daddy was showing you all the books and mommy picked up a potty training book, and off home we went.

Love,

Mommy