Daddy is one crazy car enthusiast, so much so that mommy calls him the “tin man”. What to do, he’s always playing with his tin toys. Even the girls know that and will say daddy like racing car right?
Oh well, if he had his way he would have built himself a state of the art garage to put all his tin toys. I dunno what he would put in the garage but I am sure it would have steering rack and all sorts of goodies.
my poor baby is yelllooooow! had to go for phototheraphy for 2 days. just back today.
how we missed her! but...we also enjoyed the "break" while she went for her sun-tanning spa under the blue light.
nurses said she is such a good baby....she drinks 3oz every 3 hours, then poops after a full meal, then snoooze, then cry for more milk.
the "spa" or leaving her in the hospital wasn't the thing that worried us most, its the drawing of her pecious blood from the back of her tiny hands. and the paed need to do this every morning! after poking twice (one on each hand), the last day we decided no more pain for her. went against paed orders - can tell he wasn't happy with our decision. dun care la about his feelings, no need any lab results to prove anything - we have faith that all is well.
today she looked so fair - who wouldn't after a "spa" session...she does look so much chubbier & prettier too! mommy also need a spa session too...urut lady coming tomolo...thanks to healthfreakmommy's recommendation.
need to register her name by this week, still deciding ...
waited waited waited, finally induced baby E on 28 morning....thankfully this time with epidural. so it was painless and normal delivery (prayer answered!) eventhough i got all the annoying side effects, (headache, nausea, vomitting, shivering) i still won't trade it for the PAIIIIIINNNNNNNN!!!
baby E is 3.8 kg 49cm long, head circumfrance 33cm
born on 11:22am, 28 april 2008 (daddy very happy to see so many number 8 - cina man la)
stayed in room 288 summore (hahhahaa)
will post pic later!
last doc visit on 34wks...i weigh about 62kg
this doc visit at 36+wks...i weigh about 63.2kg
great...guess i gained about 1.2 kg in 2 wks.
then went for the scan...turns out me gained zero kg but my fei fei inside gained almost 1.4kg....alamak...means i even lost weight!! baby is around 3.4-3.8kg!!
how can? i asked the doc
she said...baby got a mind of its own now...blame it on my 'BIG' gene...
aiyoo even if i starve or eat like a pig...baby will just balloon up following her genetic map.
so i asked....can induce ah....so it won't be toooo big
doc said...big babies risky to induce...u just wait la
aiyoooo like this also cannot, like tat also cannot
but the best news i heard is she will let me go ahead with epidural for this one, if the anaesthetist is willing to do it..finally, something to look forward to.??? or not?? dare not even think about it yet...will jump that bridge when i need too...until then, just think happiii thots.
overall i still gained weight la...so need to strategise my slimming strategeeesss....what is the best diet pills ah??
so far this pregnancy has not been as smooth sailing as the 1st 2...maybe old ledi...*sob sob sob*
as usual i have my stuff ear problems (imagine you stick your fingers in both your ears and speak), the effect is i can hear myself very loud when i speak, but i dunnot if i am whispering or talking loud...you can consider me half-deaf...this is one of my preggy symtoms...and it will miraculously dissappear once baby is out. so sometimes i am so irritated with daddy when i speak to him, cos he seems to be "deaf" too...either he also suffers the same symtoms?? (which i doubt) or he genuinely can't hear me or he is into his "selective hearing" mode!
then i was hoping i won't get any leg cramps, but i spoke too soon, last nite i had my 1st attack....ooooouuuuuucccccchhhhh. daddy not here to unbend my toes (away in manila) so suffer alone la....poor me...*sob sob sob* hahahaha
being 'old' have it downside ~ had to go thru amnio test and diabetic test for this one...both also not fun or easy and waiting for results, even though i took it lightly, it still stress me up a whole lot. thankfully all turn out normal...what more can i ask for?
but being so greedy...of cos i ask for more la...like
can't wait for baby to be out...hopefully house will be all ready for this new princess.
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1. erika loves to eat: shangri-la lemon garden buffet.
2. erika hates to eat: medicine
3. erika loves to go: stay in nice hotels
4. erika hates to go: school toilet, her logic dun drink water...then no need to pee.
5. erika loves it when: she has all daddy & mommy attention on her...no ellisa to bug in.
6. erika hates it when: elli dun follow "all" her rules.
7. erika loves to see: new baby
8. erika hates to see: lion dance...scares her and she cries and scream...
9. erika loves to hear: disney songs...
10. erika hates to hear: the banging of the lion dance drums
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then off to stone forest (a world heritage site) for a half day visit....that's the only touristy place i went. another spectacular place to unwind and get lost in the stone woods.
look at the beautiful formations done by god's hands. see an elephant?
outer area of the stone forest....there's a world famous golf course just 15min drive from here...daddy would love to hit some balls here...me too la...dun care the score.
some ethnic handicrafts, didn't buy so take pic lor.
summore handicrafts at the birds & flower market...
guess where i shopped the most?? i so lazy to bargain and haggle...i ended up in wal-mart and carrefour to get all my stuff....that is until the last day when i still had lots of RMB to splurge that i went to a souvenir shop at the lake for last minute shopping. got a beautiful art piece drawn on paper...hope to decorate the house, but dunno where to hang.
now with all my goodies, need shipping boxes home.
