My first birthday as a mummy

I just remembered i have not blog about my birthday!!!!!

On 24 Jan, I'm 31 years old. :)


This year is different, get to celebrate my birthday with my 3 months old baby.

Hubby: Dear, what do you want for your birthday?
Me: I don't want anything, having baby Xavier is our best gift ever & is priceless!!!!

My birthday wish - Good Health & Happiness!!!!

First Trip to Resort World Sentosa

Three days of Chinese New Year isn't enough for us! So Hubby & I took another 2 days leave to spent more time with our little Xavier.

Visiting the yearly River Ang Bao / 春到河畔 and Chinatown is always a must in our family activities but this year is so different. To avoid the huge huge crowd, we plan a night stay at Resort World Sentosa- Michael's Hotel. Thanks, sis for the arrangment! I guess we can only start visiting those events when Xavier is older.

My Holiday has come to an end.... Tomorrow have to go back to work again..... :((

Happy Lunar New Year 2012

Happy Lunar New Year!
祝大家：身体建康，万事如意，龙年行大运。HUAT AH!!!!!!

Baby Damien's shower

Getting ready for baby Damien's shower
Planning Xavier's outfit is always a headache
Too many clothings, too many choices, don't know which one to wear first :)
After rounds of modelling, finally decided on Oshkosh b' gosh jumper suit....
Xavier looks so cute! Love him to bits.....

Advance reunion dinner

This year, we had our family reunion dinner a week earlier
To save all the washing and cleaning, mum decided to have it outside at:
Uncle Leong Seafood Restaurant
9 Tebing Lane
#01-03 Ponggol East

Gong Gong & Ah ma

Ah ma & Xavier meaty tights

In the stroller playing with his fav sophie while papa & mama enjoying dinner

Happy family of 3

First Family outing for 2012

Well today, we had quite a few things planned out. The first on the list was to bring Baby Xavier to Boon Keng for his 2nd hair cut for this coming Chinese New Year.....his hair is really growing out of control.

Next on the list was to satisfy our craving for Cupcakes for our tea time while baby took his nap. Not just any Cupcakes but Twelve Cupcakes at UE Square #B1-60 by Jamie & Daniel. My sis ordered 6nos for $17 bucks... what is there to love about this? The cupcakes are so delicious, so moist and the topping are so special. Will definitely go back for more!

Ok, with that done, we headed to Great World City for Espirit Sales with staff purchase. With additional 40% on top off already 50% clearance stocks... Amazing right! Bought 2 pair of jeans, 1 Crop pants and 1 slipper for office wear :)

After our happy purchase, we had our dinner at food junction but before that we bought xavier to the nursery room to get his diaper change. The room is so spacious and it comes with 2 partition room for breast feeding and express mums.... it also comes with hot water as well....

Ended our day late at 10pm....

Xavier waiting for papa & mama before setting off

Happy Family of 3

Family Morning 7am Adventure

First weekend after going back to work, how i wish I can woke up late on a Saturday morning

Guess what, Xavier woke up at 6am for milk and started playing with papa & mama

He has started to laugh out loud too and this definitely bring a smile to our face :)

Our morning 7am adventure ..... Tummy time!!!!

Hooray, Xavier neck muscle is getting stronger each day and he is able to lift his head 90 degrees for quite sometime.... Good job, Xavier!!!!

12 weeks of bliss

Well, now that it's Tuesday evening, my maternity leave is officially over.

I can't believe how fast this 12 weeks has flown by and that I am already facing the reality of going back to work tomorrow.

Luckily for me that I only have three days of work this week and then only 5 more work days after that until a one week break for Chinese New Year.

With those breaks in mind, I honestly am not dreading going back to work.

I am going to miss Xavier like crazy during the day, but on the other hand, I'm ready to resume a bit of a life outside of the house. But for now, here's a cute picture.....

Xavier Loves Mirror

Baby Loves gazing at Mirror... He is so amaze finding papa & mama's reflection.... :)

My Brave boy

Xavier went for his 3rd month vaccination. Instead of having his usual 6-in-1, Dr Ong recommended pneumococcal vaccine. This vaccine is to fight against Streptococcus pneumonia which is also known as pneumococcus. There are more than 90 subtypes of this bacterium. Pneumococcus can attack different parts of the body leading to serious infection of the following systems:

Lungs (pneumonia)
Blood (bacteraemia)
Coverings of the brain and spinal cord (meningitis)
Middle ear (acute otitis media)prevent pneumonia and it can be deadly if infected.

Patients with pneumococcal pneumonia may develop lung abscess and pericarditis (inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart). Pneumococcal meningitis may cause significant learning disabilities, speech delays, paralysis and even death. Hearing impairment can occur from recurrent otitis media.

The best way to protect against PD is through vaccination and is highly recommended by Health Promotion Board (HPB).

This vaccine consist of 2 dosages, decided to split up the jabs instead of letting Xavier have 2 jabs at a time......... hence, will have to inject alternate months with his 6-in-1 which means 4th month (6-in-1, 2nd dose), 5th (pneumococcal 2nd dose), 6th month (6-in-1, 3rd dose)... All the vaccines will then be completed by 6 months. OMG, the thought of it is so painfully lor.... my poor little boy still has to go through 3 more injections. No choice, I know is good for him................

My sweetie pie has grown so much... he is much braver than before... he cry lesser and babble more.. even Dr Ong commented that he is talkative... LOL!

p.s. At 11 weeks, weighs 6.225kg height 61cm......:) Irritated look after the jab... LOL!

Playtime with Baby

Playtime with papa & mama, right after feed... Xavier in his most relax and alert mode.

In the first month or 2, baby still won't appreciate toys that much so I would think that parents are his first toys. We strongly believe that skills necessary in development, both physical and emotional, can be nurtured through play. So, we make it a point to include at least half hour to an hour of playtime right after feed depending on his mood.

p.s. Increase milk intake to 160ml to 4.5-5 hourly. Next to train - to sleep through the night, not sure whether it is too early, have to check with PD.

Tomorrow, Xavier will have his 2nd dose of 6-in-1 injection. Hope everything will be well.

Hello 2012, goodbye maternity leave

Counting down to 11 Jan 2012.... just another 8 more days, I will be back to work :(
Wow, where did those 3 months go?
The thought of going back to work at the end of my maternity leave can be quite heart breaking. But I know that somethings are inevitable.
There are so much things to do/prepare/arrange just to make sure that the transition is easier for us and baby:

1. Mentally prepare myself - the thought of it make me feel sad & guilt to part with baby almost the whole day, definitely will miss his smiles & squeals


2. Care taker - my mom will be taking care baby while I'm at work... feeling more at ease knowing that baby will be in the hands of someone I trust instead of sending him to infant care


3. Decided to continue with breast-feeding - need a space in the office to express every 3 hourly (office design is open concept, the only place i can think of is the store room... but i think it will be super stuffy so i will need a fan :))... other than that also need to prepare the breast feeding essentials -sterilize pumps, bottles, storage milk bag, ice pack & cooling bag etc - all these have to be readily pack the night before.


4. Baby's feeding schedule - now baby is fed 140ml every 4 hourly: 9am,1pm,5pm, 9pm,1am,5am - still able to feed him when i am back from work, bonding is something not to be miss.


5. Stocking up express breast milk - for the past weeks, I have been exclusively pumping... freezing all the excess BM... heard from some mummies that the supply will be affected after returning to work, probably due to stress ba... and some find it too troublesome and give up along the way... What I need is determination.... do not use the ruse of work not to breast feed my baby!!!!

Personally, i feel that balancing work and baby is no mean task. Successful working mum must have the ability to manage time and prioritize. Hope that I can handle it well.