I'm Pregnant Again

I just found out about 10mins ago that's I'm pregnant again!!! My Best 30th Birthday Gift!!! hehehe~

No wonder I've been feeling carsick and nausea past 2 weeks! Not to mention the nightly 10pm Ice-cream and supper!!

I'm happy that the results on the self-test kit is +Positive because we are looking forward to expanding our lil' family. I screamed "YES!"(inside my head) when I saw the +sign. At the same time, I thought through the process of pregnancy all over again, the control of diet, activities and so on, I heaved a BIG sigh~ hahahaha~

I'm thinking that Tyler will not be as special as he was to us before. But I suppose as He as the first in the family is still very special and our love for him will stay strong~ Plus, he's SOoooo CUTE!!! haha

I'm hoping that lil' bud will be a girl this time! hehe... Tiki is hoping for another boy! Reason being he wants more babies!! Whatever the gender of our baby, we pray for health. Jia you Bud! (Shall name you Bud for the time being~)

Gonna wait another week before making an appointment with the Gynae!

Time to study and dig out my Pregnancy Mantra again!! Can't wait!! =)

Tyler is 10 Months Old~

Milestones:

• Has a total of 8 teeth (4 Upper and 4 Lower)
• He is crawling and chasing us all over the house
• Able to stand up by himself with support and cruise a little
• He can Hi-Five and Wave Hello/ Bye bye 
• Tyler can imitate sounds that we make such as clicking his tongue, or copying my cough or words I say.
• Loves to bounce his Green Ball and chase after.
• He starts to bounce other "non-bouncable" stuffs too. i.e. TV controller, rubber duckie, books, etc.
• Able to chew bigger pieces of food we give him from our table.
• He can feed himself snacks with pincer grip expertly now!

Mealtime:

• Feeding formula about 3 times a day.
• About 8oz in the morning when he wakes up (Holds his own bottle then sarong for the balance 2 oz or so)
• Tea time about 5 to 7oz depending on his mood
• Bedtime milk around 5 to 6oz
• Daily intake of up to 20oz.
• Takes semi solids everyday for lunch at 11am and 5pm dinner.
• 10 tbsp of porridge -One small rice bowl.
• 1oz of fruits after each meal to aid his poo poo
• Sits in high chair for meals.
• Takes about 15 to 30minutes each meal. Because he has learnt his Mommy's childhood trait of keeping food in mouth! SIGH!!
• Still refuse to drink much water~ ( I spoon feed, syringe feed or cup feed) except when it's very HOT and in a milk bottle. And ya, I have to carry him while feeding water too! -_-"

Sleep:

• Takes 2 naps a day. At 12am for an hour half and 3pm for an hour half to 2 hours
• Sleeping time is before 9pm.
• Sleeps in his cot for naps.
• Halfway thru night time sleep, he will cry to be carried into the room with us.
• He's able to last longer at night in his cot now!! I'm very happy... He now makes noise between 4 to 6am instead of 12 to 1am. I'm hoping he's getting independent with his sleep soon!
• Still he will stir and whine a couple a night wants to pat pat.
• Still needs soother and Mr Bunny during all sleep.

At 9 Month:

He still has problems with hard poo poo. But it's getting better after I start giving him fruits.

Tyler is even more chatty than ever before!! Once he's awake he can talk talk talk talk talk until his sleeping time.

I love it when he copies what I say. The other day, he actually said FLOWER after me! hahaha... My dad's teaching him some words like DUCK and he says it well...

He can associate words with things or actions too. He cries when I called his name Sternly. Understands the word "NO". Names of some of his toys, etc.

He gets very bored with his walker and does his initial cries of objection each time we place him inside. He can run and manuveur it very well though! hehe!

He can crawl very expertly on different types of flooring now and trying to stand on his own. He bounce his Green ball and then crawls after it, and start bouncing again. Very cute! haha

He's pulling himself up to stand. Likes to play with the "Stirring Soup" toy while standing but he starts to cry sometimes because he doesn't know how to sit back down.

Needs to be accompanied most times. Doesn't want to be alone.

Went to Underwater World today with 阿嬤, Yan Yan 姨姨 and Mommy!

I visited the PD regarding his poo poo. He advised me to give him less green leafy vegetables, carrot, banana, etc. I think Ty's condition is slightly better, be he still needs me to help him if his poo poo is very hard. Other than that, Ty is healthy and happy!! =)

Weight: 9.3kg

Tyler is 9 Months Old~

Milestones:

• Has a total of 5 teeth (2 front teeth, 2 lower front teeth and 1 on the lower right.)
• Able to crawl rather steadily
• Able to stand up by himself with support
• He can Hi-Five
• Tyler can ROAR when Roared at during playtime
• Very interested in the food we eat and will lick or smack his lips when he sees us eating something.
• If we're feeding him snacks, he'll tug at our hands to say he wants more
• He can feed himself snacks with pincer grip sometimes too... But most times he'll just open his mouth!

Mealtime:

• Feeding formula about 3 times a day.
• About 8oz in the morning when he wakes up
• Tea time about 5 to 7oz depending on his mood
• Bedtime milk around 5 to 6oz
• Daily intake of up to 20oz.
• Takes semi solids everyday for lunch at 11am and 5pm dinner.
• 10 tbsp of porridge -One small rice bowl.
• 1oz of fruits after each meal to aid his poo poo
• Sits in high chair for meals.
• Takes about 5 to 15minutes each meal.
• Still refuse to drink much water~

Sleep:

• Takes 2 naps a day. At 10am for an hour and 2 or 3pm for 2 hours
• Sleeping time is before 9pm.
• Sleeps in his cot for naps.
• Halfway thru night time sleep, he will cry to be carried into the room with us.
• Sometimes he will stir and whine up to 4 times a night wants to pat pat.
• Getting very restless during sleep. Once he whines, we will go into his room to pat him, but when we try to put him back in his cot, he will open his eyes to check if we're still standing there, in the dark! If we're not, he will wail!!!
• Still needs soother during all sleep.

At 9 Month:

He still has problems with hard poo poo. But it's getting better after I start giving him fruits.

Tyler is very chatty and can go on and on and on... Almost as if he's complaining to me... Enjoys splashing water in the bath getting me all wet while he laughs!

He walks in his walker all around the house, pulling and tugging things... His favourite is the laundry! He can maneuver, follow and chase us too~

His crawling still needs a bit more polishing as we're afraid that he'll slip cos the flooring is abit slippery. So most times he'll only crawl around his gym area.

He's pulling himself up to stand. Likes to play with the "Stirring Soup" toy while standing. He falls sometimes, bumping his head! Oops! hehe~

Very very playful boy... He wants attention all the time. If you play with him, he's so much fun. But if you so much as leave him alone for a minute, he'll scream and cry... He'll chase after me in his walker!

Tiki plays hide and seek on the bed with him almost daily... Tiki will hide behind a pillow and Tyler will actually crawl over and pull down the pillow, looking for Daddy! Then they'll both laugh! Tiki will chase him by roaring then catching and tickling him... He'll crawl away very quickly! That's where he learnt how to roar at people! hahaha~

Weight: 8.9kg

Tyler is 8 Months Old~

Milestones:

• Tyler is now able to stand up with support.
• Can clap on command
• Make more sounds and multi syllabus such as "Dada, Mama, Papa..."
• Still making his "Ang Goo" sounds sometimes, as well as "This This..."
• Seems like he could be teething again, topside, this time.

Mealtime:

• Feeding formula milk 3 times a day.
• About 8 to 9oz in the morning when he wakes up
• Tea time about 5 to 7oz depending on his mood
• He is still learning to take the milk before bedtime. Currently, taking about 4 to 5oz.
• Daily intake of up to 22oz.
• Takes semi solids everyday for lunch at 11am and 5pm dinner.
• 10 tbsp of porridge -One small rice bowl. (usually 1oz of protein, 1oz to 2 oz of veges, and 1oz of rice with sprinkles of ikan bilis, cheese)
• Sits in high chair for meals.
• Takes about 30minutes each feeding.

Sleep:

• In the process of cutting down to 2 naps a day.
• He's sleeping by 8.30pm almost every night unless we're out. 
• He will wake up around 8am in the morning.
• Still needs soother during all sleep.
• Sleeps in his cot for all naps and sleep.
• Wakes up in the middle of the night or early dawn demanding to be transferred to our bed where he will snooze till morning.

8 Month Check:

We went to visit Dr Ngiam just for a check since we've been back from Bangkok.

He says he's happy with Tyler's growth and that there it is not neccessary to see him until Tyler is 1 year old, due for his next vaccination.

I asked Dr N's advise about the amount of milk infant at Tyler's age require, Dr N's reply was, "ZERO!" His arguement is Milk is purely food! Infants drink milk because they are unable to digest or swallow any solids. But once your child has started on solids, it is not neccessary to feed him milk. Intense marketing of formula milk makes us believe that we HAVE to give it to our children. Only feed him if he wants. I was shocked... Well, my opinion is, as long as I can, I will try to let Tyler continue drinking milk for easy calcium and other nutrients. Then again, I won't be so stress about it though~ ;)

Weight: 8.56kg

Height: 72cm

Farewell, Bangkok~

We left with a very heavy heart... I had to try very hard to hold back the tears in my eyes.

Us with Driver, Uncle Chu Sin and Help, Auntie Lakshmi

We're going to Miss so many things that we loved in Bangkok.
We've made so many precious memories.

But we'll bring them with us wherever we go!

I'd like to shout out~

I ♥ Bangkok!!!
Going back to where we came from, where we belong... 落葉歸根...

Tyler is 7 Months Old~

Milestones:

• 2 lower front teeth emerged
• Able to sit without support
• Able to be on all fours (push UP position) trying to crawl but so far only backwards.
• I'm not sure if this is considered as a milestone. Tyler is beginning to show signs of separation anxiety. Each time he sees me walk away he starts to whine and cry. Even when someone else is holding him. He prefers me or Tiki to sooth him to sleep.

Mealtime:

• Feeding formula about 3 to 4 times a day. 4oz to 8oz depending on his mood~ ;)
• Daily intake of 15 to 20oz.
• 2tbsp of Fruits & yogurt or baby rice for brunch.
• 1/2 cup of porridge (usually 1oz of protein, 1oz to 2 oz of veges, and 1oz of rice with sprinkles of ikan bilis, cheese)
• He's able to sit in the high chair during mealtimes now... But he gets distracted easily...

Sleep:

• Able to nap a longer period without waking every 30 to 40mins. Can nap up to 1 and half hour without stirring. Requires 3 naps a day still... He gets cranky or hyperactive when being deprived of nap.
• Sleep time is being gradually extended to about 7 to 7.30pm to prep him for changes in lifestyle.
• Still needs soother during all sleep. Sometimes wakes up for it.

7 Month Check:

Dr T. advises on the amount of solids to introduce to Tyler. Tyler's weight still lies within the 50 percentile so there's nothing much to worry about. Plus he's always jumping and playing happily. He seems to meet most of the milestones at his age. He took his 3rd shot of Pnuemococcal vaccine. Screamed for about 3seconds until I hold him up. =)
This is the last time we visit Dr T... We're all pretty sad because she's fantastic and I don't think we can ever find someone as good or nice as her in Singapore... We're definitely going to miss the service of BNH hospital cos it's definite that we won't be getting anything close back home...

Weight: 8.39kg

Height: 69.5cm

Happy Meal Day!

I'm SO happy today!

Yes! I'm lovin' it~

Although milk intake wasn't THAT good... At least he had 18oz today... Very minimum~

BUT!

Tyler did a FANTASTIC job with solids today! *clap clap*

He had at least 3tbsp of Banana Pear Yogurt for lunch after 2oz of milk.
(1tbsp of plain Yogurt, 1 cube of Pear puree and 1 small Banana)
This is the 2nd day I've given him yogurt and he seems to love it!! I had to feed him in lightning speed cos he gulp down so fast! It took me about 10 mins to finish feeding him... =)

For dinner tonight, he had 1/2 of a rice bowl of pureed Pumpkin Porridge after 5oz of milk!
(1 cube Pumpkin puree, 1 tsp white rice, 1 tbsp brown rice mix, ikan bilis/soybean stock)
I know he loves porridge and I sure hope he will keep loving the dish!

I don't even know how to describe my joy when I see Tyler polish off the food I've prepared for him... Hopefully he'll establish solids real soon and start to love and appreciate food like Mummy & Daddy do~ Then I can practice and improve my culinary skills!