A Good Laugh

Laughing gleefully ... makes me laugh too! ~

Nose Block

Ever since baby Charis came home, she seems to make this "weird" sound when she breathes. At first we did not think much about it but by her second week, the sound got louder and it looks like her nose was blocked and it created some difficulty in breathing. We suspect this causes her to be fussy at night when she sleeps.

Finally we brought her to the PD for a check. PD says her nasal passage is quite narrow, and also there might be mucus stucked up in the nose. Recommended us to use the nasal saline spray to dissolve the mucus and to clear the passage. She demostrated the spray and when she cleaned Charis' nose afterwards, she digged out big pieces of grime!! Now baby sleeps better in the night.

Baby Photos

I'm excited when i'm awake!

Can i have something to play with?

Blah! ~

Yoohoo! Finally managed to upload some photos of Charis taken in the past week. Babies are amazing creatures ... they display all kinds of faces at a young tender age! Enjoy! ~

Arrival of Charis Kuan

Smiley princess Charis arrives on 25Nov2008!

She sleeps a lot in the day ... look at the double eyelids ... hehe

Part (A) The Labor

Went to the gynae on 24Nov and baby is exactly 38 weeks. Found that the umbilical cord was around her neck from the scan so doctor advise to induce birth immediately since baby is already full term. Contractions began around 9pm at night and baby came the following day at 3pm after 18 hours!!

Song Song Herbal Bath!! Funny name ...woahaha ~~

Part (B) The Confinement

I didn't bathe for one week! Amazing that i could actually "ta-han" that long. After a week we need to bring baby back to the pediatrician so that was the best reason i gave me mom for letting me bathe (mom, i can't go out in this smelly messy state, can i?!) .. hehe ... but i was made to bathe in water brewed from Song Song Herbal ... the name itself is hilarious ... suppose to get rid of "wind" in your body. Ok, i'm a good girl so i listen to my mom ^_^

Part (C) The Recovery
I gained a total of 20 kg for the pregnancy, lost 10kg after the labor, so i have 10kg of excess baggage compared to my pre-pregnancy days!! 10kg should be ok la, hope i get to lose them soon with much exercise!!

Tracy @ 37

My new short crop ^_^

Tummy bigger than Eric now

YAY! Baby is coming soon!

Okok, just in case you thought i was referring to my age ^_^ i'm into the end of my 37 weeks now. According to the baby book, baby is well matured by now and can pop anytime!

Was at the gynae last monday and baby was 2.5kg, so i think she should be close to 3kg by next week. Her weight presses on to my ribs so it's getting tougher to sleep at night.

Had a slight disagreement (again!!) with mom yesterday on the topic of "can i wash my hair during confinement". She is adamant about not touching water through the month as there would be "wind" entering the body and is detrimental in the later years, while i am more for the doctor's advice about keeping oneself clean and even more so for breastfeeding the baby.

But anyway, I cropped my hair in preparation for the confinement. If i can bear with it, i might just go with my mom's advice ~~~

Big Foot Part 2

My foot started to swell some time ago and then it subsided just after 2 days. I was pretty thrilled and thought that was the end of the episode.

Little did i realize i was attacked by the big foot monster again last weekend, and this time was worse than the last - you would have mistaken me for a baby elephant without looking at my face. It lasted 5 days, and today the swell had gone down again without any reasonable explanation.

My mom said, if the swell comes and goes for three times, , the baby will pop. WOW she's better than the doctor. The gynae can't even tell when my labor will be but my mom can ... hehe.

Tai Tai Baking @ SengKang

The tai-tais begin their task!

Michele is our official mixer ^_^


Ta-Da! ~ Our shifu shows the final product!

Jap curry rice for lunch - super YUMMY!

Wonderful tai-tai gathering - we want more!

It's been some time since we gathered for baking. Cass gladly taught us chocolate cookies this time round and VOILA the final products tasted great!

Brought the cookies to church and they were devoured in a short time. Good indication of support and encouragement that i should bake more next time!

And i've also learnt to prepare japanese curry rice. Super easy and super tasty. Now i do see my domestic index really going up! Woahaha ~~

For more photos, visit Michele's blog http://micheletee.multiply.com/photos/album/52/52