Visit to the Gynae's.

Phew! Finally, Adri is taking her afternoon nap and i can have a quick lunch and put up a quick entry on Baby #2.

Woke up feeling terribly excited as i had not "seen" Baby for a month. I was scheduled to take the blood and down syndrome test this morning.

Dr Chen: Wow, you've grown so big.
Me: Yes, Dr Chen, and i don't know why. My weight is more or less the same. You mentioned that it's cos the gas in me?
Before i received any scolding, I hastily clarified:
Me: I have been good. I have not been taking fizzy drinks, unlike during my first pregnancy.
Dr Chen: Are you still constipated?
Me: Nope. I've been taking bananas regularly.
Dr Chen: Have you been taking a lot of cold drinks?
Me: Erm...once in while
Dr Chen: *laughs at the absence of conviction in my reply*

Dr Chen: Baby's doing very well. A very active baby! Let's try to measure baby's neck thickness, listen to baby's heartbeat, take measurement of baby's size and...have a look at baby's gender!

Believe it or not, the whole scan took some 35 to 40 mins!
Why?
Baby's one of the most active Dr Chen had ever seen. Baby did not fail to wriggle, twist, punch and push all the while. Without being stationery, any measurement taken would have been deemed inaccurate.
While Dr Chen ran the scanner all across my tummy, i was having a good time watching my little active one on screen. =D

Factsheet of Baby #2 @ 14 weeks
Heartbeat - 146 beats per minute (Once more, i went "wow" when i heard baby's heartbeat)
Neck thickness - 1.?? (can't rem. but Dr said it was good)
Length - 8.22 cm (Baby's grown so much! Measurement taken a month ago was 2.23cm!)
Gender - remains a mystery (Baby's feet covered his/her gentials)

At the end of the scan, Dr Chen agreed that Baby was a lot more active than Adri. She added that Adri was already rather active for a girl. Oh Oh...Is baby a boy or a girl?
Hopefully, Mummy's and Daddy's curiosity will be satistified come 24 Nov, when Baby is 17 weeks. =)
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String of Words...

Before i get any more scattered-brain, i do want to pen down those memorable moments of my princess. =)

Adri has been adding lots of joy to both the Wong and Toh family lately.
She’s getting a lot more expressive, both with her varied (cheeky) facial expressions and with the amazing statements she makes.
Here’s yet another example of how amazing lil’ children can be:

Excerpt I
Mummy: Adri, Mummy has had her bath. Mummy has finished bathing. Mummy wants to go out (of the bedroom, to the living room). Do you want to go out?
Adri: No, no need. I need to stay in the room, you know?


Excerpt II
Adri: Mummy, Mummy! Look here, look at me! See Adrielle climb over.

Adri was trying to climb onto the bed from the bay-window.


Mummy was appalled because those weren’t repeated utterances of mine!
Can you just imagine the euphoria + satisfaction i felt at that moment?
My baby has learnt to string words together to express herself!


The following is an example of a repeated utterance of mine:

01.11.09

Mummy: Ok, Adri. It’s time for your milk. Mummy is going to prepare the water. Mummy is going to boil the water.

A few seconds later...

Mummy: Listen, Adri. The water is boiling, do you hear the water boiling?
Adri: *silence but listens intently*


02.11.09 (Today)

Daddy: It’s milk time! Daddy is going to boil water to make your milk.
Adri: The water is boiling! Can you hear the water boiling? (Of course, the water wasn’t boiling cos Daddy had just started the electic kettle)


My! Although the time frame wasn’t quite right, Adri sure has a good memory and was trying to apply the concept of boiling water in the milk preparation process, wasn’t she?

I AM REALLY PROUD OF MY BABY. =)
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Birthday Cake

30 October 2009

1st Try

Mummy: Adri, your birthday is around the corner. Your birthday is coming. Would you like a Barney or a Mickey Mouse birthday cake?
Adri: I want Mickey Mouse birthday cake.


2nd Try (Some 10 minutes later)

Mummy: Adri, would you like a Mickey Mouse or a Barney birthday cake?
Adri: No need, don't want...
Mummy: *shocked at her response* Then you won't get to blow out candles and cut the birthday cake.
Adr: ... *blinks*


3rd Try (later in the evening)
Mummy: Adri, would you like a Mickey Mouse or a Barney birthday cake?
Adr: I want a bear bear birthday cake!
Mummy: Huh? You don't want a Mickey Mouse birthday cake?
Adri: I want bear bear birthday cake!


4th Try (This morning, during breakfast)

Mummy: Adri, your birthday is around the corner. Your birthday is coming. Would you like a Barney, a Mickey Mouse or a bear bear birthday cake?
Adri: I want Mickey Mouse birthday cake!

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I found those short exhanges amusing.
Adri couldn't seem to decide.
So which should i get her? =D
Should a two-year-old be given a choice or will it be ultimately my choice? =)
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Adri @ 23 Months.

After some laborious few months, i finally found a way to get round (the absolutely irritating) Windows Vista and upload pics from my new labtop.

Here are some recent pics of my cheeky princess. =)

Noticed how she managed to wriggle out of the high chair?

Not too contented on her stroller.

Overjoyed when Daddy carried her.

At home. Posing for Mummy while Mummy explored with her new digi cam.

Love the pic @ the bottom right-hand corner! =D

Love her outfit,. In particular, her skirt! =D


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Weird Hairdo?

Friday, 16 October 2009

The electrician came to fix up the stove.

Mummy: Adri, can you say hello to Uncle Jimmy?"

Mummy was expecting Adri to either say "hello" or keep absoutely quiet like how she would behave whenever she was feeling shy.

Adri: Why your hair like that?

Mummy: Adri, what did you say?
Adri: Why your hair like that?

Boy, i was both amused and yet shocked!
She was amusingly rude!

Adri caught both Jimmy and I by surprise. We cracked up.
I was simply too amused to correct her.
To affirm that we weren't hearing things, Adri actually asked the same question for the third time when she didn't get an answer.

Nothing was wrong with Jimmy's hair.
It was just slightly long and standing (erm, perhaps he didn't bother to style it?).

Children are really funny. =D
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Past Vs Present Tense

Adri's been developing so well in her speech that i've kind of taken it as a given; I quit counting the number of words in the sentences that she utters or pay attention to the sentence structures. =)

However, something caught my attention late this week.

Adri was holding her set of Barney crockery.
A matter of factly, she uttered "Grandma bought for me".
I was impressed.
Adri has developed the ability to pick up past tenses!

I recall asking a colleague, who had two daughters and whose elder could speak and read really well, some months back if there was a need for me to deliberate use present tenses (largely words in their base forms) so that my little toddler who had just embarked on her journey of English Language acquistion would be able to comprehend what Mummy was trying to deliver to her .

I recall sharing with her the uneasiness i felt whenever i hear myself uttering ungrammatical sentences in my deliberate attempt to use words in their base forms. Sure, I could have restructured my sentences accordingly but at times, it just came out ungrammatical! =p

I must have dropped that conscientious effort by and by.
It was unpleasantly tough to be a bad model of the English Language to my daughter whom i've reckoned to have a flair for language, both EL and CL.

Adri used to say "Grandma buy for me one".
Now she says "Grandma bought for me".

I'm quite certain Adri is fully aware that "bought" and "buy" have a similiar sense.
Whenever she wants us to get something for her, she'll go "Daddy/Mummy, buy this."
Amazing.
I just cannot comprehend this.
While i fretted over teaching my little one tenses, she has in her own unique way, begun to comprehend and acquired the English Language in the past form! =D

Am proud of her. =)

Now, i'm looking forward to her repeated utterances of:
1) "This is mine" vs "This is my one"
2) "pass motion" vs "ngh ngh"
3) "can i do this" vs "...can or not?"

Awaiting more surprises. =)
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Second Meet-up with Baby #2

01.10.09

I couldn't wait til Saturday. I brought forward my appointment with Baby.
The sharp abdominal pains that i had experienced from Monday to Wednesday left me feeling rather disturbed and unsettled. Although colleagues affirmed me that they too had a similiar encounter and all would be well, i still wanted that assurance from Dr Chen.
Deep within me, i fear that the history of cysts developing within my womb would repeat.

Of course, i didn't mind meeting Baby earlier! =)

Result of the check - All is well. The pain was probably due to constipation. =/

Baby's factsheet as of 01.10.09
Age - 8 weeks 5 days
Length - 2.23cm

i was rather tickled during the scan.
Contrary to the little greyish dot that measured 0.37cm during my last gynae visit, Baby had taken a human form. I could see Baby's head and limbs clearly and Baby has grown to be 2.23cm! What a stark difference for a mere 3 weeks! His/Her heartbeat was a lot more distinct and Baby was moving and waving his/her limbs! Young as he/she was, Baby was that life-like. =D

Even though this is my second experience of carrying a child, i still could not help marvelling at God's creation. The novelty has definitely not worn off and i am still absoutely thankful for yet another miraculous gift.

Next meet-up with Baby - 3rd Nov 2009.
Looking forward. =)
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