Tick tock tick tock...

Lilypie Third Birthday tickers

Monday, August 24, 2009

Naughty emre updates..

A quick update on emre's milestones/mischevious acts :

-walking on his own before he turned 1 yr old.
-clapped his hands on his own (nobody teaches him to do that..haha..guess he copied it somewhere gua)
-go down the bed/platform/stairs by turning his bum and let his feet touch the floor or go by the front with bum wriggling till both feet touches the floor.
-noes how to pass things
-throw things all over
-understand word "naughty" and cries/throw tantrum when mommy scold him naughty..but dun do that when grandma calls him naughty (cos he noes grandma dun mean it, but mommy meant it)
-babbles "paapaapaaa" sounds like papa..not sure if it is (none of my biz), "muuumumm mum" as in food.
-squats and stand , mumbles "hmmmm" try to startle pple with this up down action.. wonder where he learnt this too..
-rather walk than to be carried when bring him downstairs/shopping/at home.
-loves snatching tissues out of the box and tearing them into pieces.
-love to eat whatever/whenever he sees us eating.
-likes to blink his eyes on purpose.
-look at mommy and wait for her to say "bless u" each time he sneezes.
-laugh when mommy sneezes.
-noes how to reach for his ears and show them when asked "where is ur ear"
-noes how to pick up horse/carrot/piggy from the pile of toys at grandma house.
-loves to "ka jiao" stray cats/dogs...
- loves to scream at mommy for story telling/open box of toys.
- scream for every of his requests.
-hate having his finger/toe nails cut.
-understands 1,2,3 or raindrops keep falling on my head means pouring water over his head, looks up and wait for water to be poured on his hair during bathtime.
-love to blow bubbles with his salivia/make all kinds of sounds with his lips/sucking his thumb and make sounds...dunnoe where he learn this too .. :(
-when blanket thrown on him, noes how to pull it up/down and play peek a boo with mommy/daddy repeatively.

tat's abt all i can recall for now...stay tuned for more soon.. :)

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Happy 1st Birthday!!

We took Emre over to LKW for his 1st birthday celebration,yes, just the 3 of us, no guests list, no pressies, no hassle for this lazy mommy.

We flew to LKW on the 5th August 2009, is the first flight experience for Emre, am so glad he fell asleep before the flight took off and only woke up after we land. (good boy!)

Once we reached LKW, we rented a car from the airport and drove our way to Berjaya hotel.
It was a pretty crowded hotel, after checking in, we realized that the chalets was located a good distance away form the hotel lobby and we need to take the shuttle service.

The shuttle service looks abit like those we took in zoo, open spaced and windy when the vehicle moves, emre enjoyed the shuttle rides as he keep very still during the ride to our chalet, looking at the trees and pple around.

Since he still look abit sluggish and tired, i stayed indoor with him while he sleep.
His daddy went out to tabao food for lunch, we pretty much stayed indoor during the first day, only drove out for dinner at the town area in the evening, walking through the pasar malam and tabao some food for dinner.
Back at the resort,we bought Emre his slice of cake from the hotel cafe, sang him birthday song while he cries along (he was sleepy and cranky). Fed him abit of the cheese cake and he doze off almost immediately without having sips of water!

2nd day at LKW, we went for the cable car ride early in the morning, the ride up was abit stuffy and hot due to the morning sun, we alight half way up, and took shots of the scenary. ( it was really windy, we did not anticipate the big wind, and i hugged emre tightly for fear he might fall sick again) We continue the ride up the hill/mountain,took more shots before riding all the way down.It was fun and beautiful having to see the whole of LKW & beyond up at the hill/mountain.Headed back to our chalet since emre still need to rest and he still look tired and sluggish despite having recovered from the fever.
Headed out for dinner at the another area of LKW, had a pretty nice dinner with rice and dishes this 2nd nite, instead of tabaoing, we decided not to bring any more food back to the chalet. Reason being, the first nite whatever we threw in the rubbish bin invited many guests aka red/black big ants!

3rd day was basically just driving ard LKW, we ventured out to tanjong rhu beach, but it was raining, thus we did not actually get to step on the beach, we passed by black sand beach, without stepping on it either cos it was still raining.
We drove to "The Datai" checked out this super expensive and highly rated hotel's lobby/pool. It was pretty secluded and quiet, many of the hotel guests are couples, did not see any kids/babies ard. (since was raved for being a honey moon hotel) It looked and smelled like a SGD800-1k+ per nite kind of hotel.
Next up the list was a hotel called "The Andaman" , we saw kids/babies in this hotel, it was not as crowded/busy like berjaya. We walked to the pool and to the beach, the waves and wind was incrediblely strong.... took some pictures and headed back to our car. If we were to return to LKW, we will like to stay at "The Andaman".
It is definately less crowded than berjaya, the beach are clearer and the pool looks bigger and more fun for kiddos. The staff are dressed in white and the lobby is huge and nice. :)

We are back in SG on the 8th August 2009, Emre still got rashes all over his body till now.
Doctor did mention before, when the fever goes away, rashes will break out. The rashes came on the 6th aug and it still lingering behind till today.
Emre appetite dropped tremedously over the last 2days, not sure if is due to the rashes or his teething, YES he is teething again! two side teeth, not sure what they are called, they will be his 9th and 10th teeth. Just hope he will regained his appetite soon, he is very skinny already, weighing only 7.62kg during the doctor's visit on 3rd august. Definately not meeting the 3x birth weight guidelines!

Wonder if he kenna H1N1 since the symptoms are similiar : H1N1 for babies, fever followed by rashes...hmm...mmmm...

Fever fever go away...

3rd August 2009-4th August 2009

Just 2 days before Emre turns 1yr old, he fell sick.
On the 3rd August morning ard 6+am, i woke him up gently to change his diapers and to drop him off at my mom's place before i head for work. I felt his feverish body and think he might be having a fever, since he do not normally feel so hot in the early morning.

Measured his temperature, 38.5degree was shown on the thermometer, i tot i got it wrongly, thus i measured 3 more times..with readings of 38.5-38.8 degree.
Feeling panicky, i called hubby (who went to fetch the car and to wait for us downstairs) and told him emre is burning a fever.

He came up quickly and showed him the thermometor, took two more measurements and decided to bring him to the doctor. We notified our work place and took cl for the day.
Brought him to the clinic near our place, got to wait till 10+am before his turn (the clinic was really packed with apptmts even on a monday morning)
Doctor say it is a viral fever may persists from 3days-1 wk time,seek for her advice on travelling in 2days time, she adviced no problem to travel due to the short flight, however, should keep him indoor if travelling and that will probably spoilt our holidays. oh well, i told hubby we shall see how his condition goes for the next 2 days.

During the day, emre fever susided with each feed of medicine, controlled his temperature ard 37.5-38 degree.
The very night, emre burns up to 40degree, whole nite i couldnt sleep, as i keep to the 4hourly feeding of his medicine as well as sponging his body wherever i can, this little one is not a fan of sponging.
Every part of his body feels so hot, i woke his dad up ard 5+am to ask if we should send him to KKH. We decided to go, thus we changed and was about to leave when i told hubby, maybe we should monitor further, since if we go KKH, they might just give the same medicine and sponge him. (fickle minded mommy here)

Sms some mommies for their advice and decided to stay home and took another day of CL to take care of my boy. Mom came over to help out as i did not sleep the nite before, i catch a short nap when mom came over. Emre's fever was abit better, as he did not hit the 40 degree, i called back to the same clinic and asked if i should bring him back since he is burning up and down. The nurse was very kind to check with the doc and return call to say normally when baby got fever, it is normal for them to burn up and down, just got to make sure he take his medicine timely to keep his temperature near 37.4degree.
Asked hubby to call and cancel the trip as am afraid emre will burn high up again in the night and i do not want to be out of sg if that happens.
Hubby checked and say can cancel but must pay all flight & hotel in full, since he was not able to make the trip any other time in mth of august. Thus, we decided to see how our little boy's condition is before making the decision, we were prepared to pay in full should we not be able to go anyway.

5th August 2009

Emre went through the night with no spike in his temperature, in fact he was free of fever in the early morning at about 5+am..thus we decided to go ahead with the trip.