Self Training - Walking

JJ has been doing this activity (self discovery) for the passed few weeks.. And today he demonstrates to me that he can do more that going one way, which he normally does.

Today he shows me how he can navigate his vehicle (the chair!!). :P
I have attached a short video clip of how he navigates his "pushing cart" and self-train himself to walk better. :P

Love it love it!! So cute!!! :P

Gimme Gimme!

JJ took my hand, opened it up, and put a toy on my hand! Wow!! I can't believe it's happening! I feel so great when he did that to me.. Hehehe.. :P

I wish I had a videocam ready and video all these precious beautiful moments.. capturing new exploration and skills.. Well, I am just not ready to be on standby mode all the time.. :P

JJ also starts to understand sentence, or relation between words.. Whenever I said "give me", he will hand me whatever on his hand.. But now, instead of saying "give me", I add a few words.. I'd say "give me the ball", and JJ will look at the ball, reach out his hand to take the ball, and then pass it to me. It works not all the time, but almost everytime! :)

Fever & Diarrhea

These few days have been really tough for JJ. He is having fever and diarrhea, and it's getting more and more intensive I think. Fever is controlable whenever I give him paracetamol. But the diarrhea seems to get a little more frequent as time goes by. Today he has about 7-8times of poo poo.. I lost count on the exact times.. which is very different from his normal routine, which is consistently 1 time, or maximum 2-3times a day.. :(

I have a strong feeling that this could be a sign of teething, I am not sure. But I am further convinced by his behavior. Normally when he is unwell, he will look rather tired especially after taking medicine, though he will still be as active as normal time. This time around, even after he took medicine, he didn't look tired at all and he is just as active as who he is. This is point one.

Point two is, he starts biting me, not really hard bite but more like teasing and being cheeky. I think that's his way of telling me that his gums are itchy.. yes?? no?? Well, it's more than being cheeky today, there are couples of times that he bit harder. Ouch!! :'( I can feel that he is throwing a little tantrum due to his uncomfort. :(

Especially when I was feeding him just now, he bit me a lil' harder than before but he knew he did something wrong, he showed me a guilty face! But I was too shocked and it did hurt me a bit so I screamed a lil' and told him firmly not to bite me. As sensitive as he is, he felt hurt and cried. Well, then I'm further reconfirmed that he should be having sore gums and it must be painful for him.

Why am I so sure? Because if he wasn't feeling uncomfortable, he would give me his cheeky look whenever I "so-called" scolded him, and he would then try his best to cheer me up by pretending nothing happened. :P Hmmm.. I miss my cheeky lil' boy.. :'(

I still have point three.. Point three is, he bites all his soft toys!! It's definitely different from the times he mouth everything.. It's really totally different!

Point four is he was complaining to me just now.. Yes, whenever he feels unwell, unhappy, uncomfortable or dislikes, he will tell me. Before he dozed off just now, he was telling me that he is not comfortable.. How can I understand him? Don't ask, that's by experience! :P Well, simply because he took BLUEY, his fav plush that he is dearly attached to now, and bites BLUEY so many times so show me that his gums are painful and sore. :*( Well, I am glad that he finally dozed off now, of course with his sleeping partner BLUEY. :)

So... Teething?? I seriously think so.. I really hope JJ will get his teeth soon so it's all will be over asap. It's such a torturing experience for both of us. :'(

In Love with Plush from Unca Nic, Aunty Su and Xavier GorGor

JJ fell in love with the plush toy present from Uncle Nicholas, Aunty Sumana and Xavier GorGor. Since the day we showed it to him, he has been hugging the plush to sleep whenever he goes to bed or nap. It is soooo cute!! :)

Oh by the way, we have the plush named BLUEY.. as it is BLUE in color! :) Check out "their" nap time picture! :P

Pro Drummer

Just in a few days time, Jayden has already became an expert drummer.. of course playing the musical spinning drum that bought for him as his birthday present. LOL!!

Jayden not only master the skill of beating the drum, but also spinning the drum as well as pushing the buttons to skip or switch to another song etc. Not just that, he can also play the drum upside down!!! Muahaha!! :P

Attached is a video that I just recorded.. too bad can't really see him pushing the switch buttons, but you definitely can hear the switching of musics, that means he just pushed the button!! :P

Baby Massage

Three weeks ago, we were invited by a friend to go for a baby massage class in Shah Alam. It is an opening of a new branch of a daycare center and we just go there to show support as well as to have some fun.

The moment we reached the center, Jayden was observing every corner of the place. Once we put him on the floor, he started with a little shyness, not long after that, he started crawling all over the place. I cornered him to a small cubicles with lots of toys on the low rise racks.

He started standing up and exploring the toys. Yup, he enjoyed himself very very much with the variety of toys and he refused to go when we wanna carry him upstairs for the baby massage session. :P

During the baby massage session, Jayden was too busy exploring the place as well as the people around thus we missed the massage session with Jayden. But it is OK, Jayden has lots of fun! :)

I've taken some pictures of Jayden exploring the room! :P

Jayden's 1st Birthday Cake

First of all, I would like to thank Faith for baking such a nice yummy eggless milkless butterless moist chocolate cake with fondant. Nevertheless, I love the cute design.. Not just that, at Jayden's birthday party, adults admired it, kids loved it!

Everyone was taking picture of the cake and the photo session took about an hour to finish. Hehe. Even my MIL who doesn't like to eat cake had a few servings of the cake and said she really likes to eat the cake! Wow!

Another more amazing discovery about the cake, I just found out that having this cake frozen is really really good!!! It tastes almost like cookies and cream ice cream, the texture is surprisingly soft enough to spoon - a little harder than normal ice cream but definitely softer than scooping Ben&Jerry and so on.. Hehehe.. I think it should taste better if it has fresh cream to go with! :P

I attached a picture of the cake.. as it is REALLY CUTE, REALLY COOL AND REALLY GOOD!! :)

Present Time

Finally.. finally.. finally.. we had our long waited Presents Time!!! We were sooooooooo excited!!! And had lotsa fun unwrapping the presents one by one.. I was having loads of fun!! Opps..

Well.. there are about 20presents if I am not mistaken. And I am glad that each of them are different from one another. Thus, there isn't any repeating toys like we used to receive during Jayden's fullmoon party. Hehe..

And the second happiest person is me (after Jayden :P ) because all the presents received are of those that I planned to buy for Jayden. It is surprisingly matching what I had in mind seriously, so I don't have to buy any of them now. It's saving me lots of bucks!!! Hehehe.. :P

Lemme show a picture of Jayden's presents.. :-)
Jayden with his presies :-)

Jayden's 1st Bday Presies :-)

Bathroom Visits

Lately JJ always crawls into the bathroom!!! Not because he wanna pee or poo, but simply because he wanna play with water and his bathing buddies!!

Obviously, JJ has developed a massive interest in water "playing" and so I am super excited too.. how much I wish he loves water so we can swim together. I am yet to bring JJ to swim together with me, and I wonder how long it's gonna take for him to be easy with water.. I really can't wait to throw him into the pool, with or without the floats and swim gears.. :P

I'm planning to start bringing him to the pool once he masters the art of walking.. A couples of months to go??? Perhaps just a month or two.. Hehehe.. :P

Morning After

This morning, I let JJ play with the remaining of his birthday cake.. I know he has been eyeing on the figurines for long.. Hehehe

Well.. You can imagine everything that he can do to the figurines.. touch, pinch, squeeze, lick, mouth, tear, throw, yes and many more actions.. Hehe.. You are right!! Our friend Stitch ended being torn into pieces by our little boss Jayden. :P

JJ also wanna know what presents he received! Thus, he started with the present from mommy and daddy. Well, he picked! Not me!! I'm glad!!! Hehehe. :P And since daddy said he wanna join in the "Presie Time" too, we didn't go on further, only uncovered the birthday gift from Daddy and Mommy. :)

We postponed the presents sessions to the evening session when Daddy got back from work. However, Daddy didn't turn up as he has to work OT again!!! We will just have to wait another day.. Haihz..

Frankly, I really can't wait to open all the presents.. Well, I have never received so many presents before in my entire life!! And I mean added together!!! That's why I am so excited to have the Presents Time!! LOLs!! Fingers crossed we will be able to uncover what's beneath all the wrapping papers tomorrow!! I can't wait!! Opps.. I think JJ too.. Heheheh.. :P

The Birthday Boy

Jayden is officially 1 year today! :) Am so happy about it. We had a blessed morning and blessed party!! We've a blessed cake too!! :)

JJ recognized Stitch the moment I took our the cake.. And he smiled!! He also wanted to grab and lick the cake.. Hehehe.. :P Meanwhile, all our guests love the cake so much.. especially the kids!! There were a few adults and a few kids sticking to the cake for more than an hour..

The adults were busy taking pictures and the kids were busy talking about the features of the cake and how cute it was.. Then, there was one kid came to me and asked "Is the birthday baby called Jayden?" Cuz Jayden's name is largely patched in the cake.. :P

JJ also received a lot of presents from a lot of friends.. and some angpows too.. We had a friend taking pictures for us.. I am gonna upload the pictures in FB.. so STAY TUNE!! :P

We had lots of fun.. We'd a rather small crowd today.. a lot of friends showed up and a lot of friends didn't show up too.. I really don't like it when there are quite a bit of food leftover.. it's wasted.. I wouldn't mind if they just inform that they are not coming earlier so we wouldn't have to waste so much food.

Just wanna put it here, I am very disappointed with the food prepared by the cafe, it is lousy. Well, I wish not elaborate more because this is supposed to be a happy thingy.. but I will never go back again. :P

Well, it was a fun bash and it is so meaningful to us.. Thanks all friends for coming.. Love you all. :)

The Last Countdown

Finally, it is the last day of counting down to Jayden's birthday.. The BIG BOY day is tomorrow!! I can't tell how excited I am but I am anxious to see everyone celebrating with JJ. Not sure if JJ is looking forward to it.. It sounds more like my birthday.. :P

The cafe is yet to get back to me. I am worried what kind of menu they are giving me.. Anyway.. that's the cafe's worry not me.. Oh, I've collected Jayden's cake today.. it looks awesome.. I gonna post it in FB after the party.. Keep it a little surprise for everyone.. Hehehe.. :P

Games

A few more days JJ will turn one. I am very excited about it. Hehehe..

At this stage, JJ enjoys to push, throw, and knock everything down. He enjoys seeing things fall and I guess he thinks it's fun! Hehe.. Recently, he took my handphone and.. well, he still put it into his mouth most of the time but he do babbles at the phone.. I think he knows that he can speak thru (or to???) it. :p

As reckon by a friend, I tried using some sign language with JJ. Whenever I said "give me, give me", I will reach out my hand and surprisingly after a few times, he gives me the toy!! Yay!! And vice versa, but everytime before I even blurted out "nah, give you" he already reached his hand for the toy.. Hahaha

JJ also likes games where he can put smaller things into the bigger things (containers/bags). So, he enjoys putting his toys in the toys bag, and then dump them out. He loves to dump everything out from the bag especially the diapers!!! He will throw them everywhere and make sure he scatters them on the floor!!

Gymboree

I am very happy today. We had a very fun, fruitful and completely satisfying afternoon.

I have been very excited about today for the passed one week.. because I have arranged for Jayden to attend a trial class at Gymboree! It was a great experience! :)

As a new mommy, I know nothing about raising up a child. But I totally agree and believe in early education especially the first few years of childhood including infancy. Thus, I have been doing a lot of researches and findings about early childhood education.

As far as a true believer of early education, since JJ turned 6months, I have been wanting to enrol him to play and learn classes so he can explore more about the new world he has been "brought" into. However, there were times that I hold back and think twice, partially due to financial incompetence as I am no longer having a consistent income.

Not just that, I also believe that I would be able to learn more especially in how to educate JJ as well as how I should behave and what I should do in controlling my EQ so not to have any negative or wrong input that may affect JJ's upbringing.

A visit to Gymboree let me experienced and learned, though it was just a short 45 minutes session. And the most amazing thing is, JJ learned a lot! It has been months I was trying to get him to wave goodbye and he just refused to do so. By this one visit to 'play and learn' session, JJ surprised me by waving goodbye happily and excitedly to the participating "teachers"!!

When I bathed him just now, I sang him songs that I have been singing to him for months (which were so happened also being sang in the class just now). This time, JJ responded very differently from normal times. He smiled and laughed as if he remembered the fun he was having in the center!

I am very happy with my decision to sign up for the membership at Gymboree and I am committed to bring JJ there as I know this is definitely a means for me to learn together with him.

Not just that, I really do not wish to waste his first few years, well, I did not utilized his first year wisely and I know I cannot rewind time and do it again. I really do not want to waste more time and regret more.

I seriously think that I am in the right frame of mind and clear about my decision after having a deep thought about it for the passed 6 months!! When I tried to share this happiness with hubby just now (Yes, I was too excited!), I am shocked I was being discouraged.

First, I was discouraged that I would not be committed to it. Second, I was discouraged that it might not be suitable for JJ. (I thought it's not tuitions and all, just play and learn???). Third, I was discouraged that I am doing this because I compare with other mommies.. What does it mean? Yup, that's exactly what I asked. And the answer is.. I am being KIASU.. Huh??? What??? Did I hear it clearly??

I never want compare my son with other's but I do share with other mommies about raising child and learn from them what and how I can do better (as I feel I am a pretty dummy mommy esp on my EQ). I never thought of comparing my son but I rather compare myself with other mommies and feel that I am incompetent to educate, thus I need to learn so I can do the right thing at home! I do not want to teach my son the way I was being brought up.. is this all wrong??

Is my determination and dedication considered KIASU? I never ever thought I would be labelled that way.. esp by my own husband, who I thought will fully support me in my decision. I feel very disappointed and kinda devastated. Now that I know that only I share this excitement with myself, but again, I have no regret in signing up for the classes. I will find more money to continue giving this to Jayden, my little precious.

Mommy loves you Jayden. :)

Table Food

Today is the second day since JJ has been taking table food continuously. Since he refused to take porridge all the time, MIL has decided not to cook porridge for JJ anymore. Hence, I have been trying to give JJ rice, vege, meat (very little), fish and anything that is served to us in the family and suitable to be eaten by JJ.

There are some food that I need to mash or make into small pieces before feeding him as he has no teeth!! :P Since I started feeding him rice and other adult food, I have also been monitoring him closely. Thank god, he is still having normal bowel movement, and he seems happier with his new menu!!!

I think its probably time for JJ to move from baby food to adult food now, just need to be careful on the amount of sugar and sodium intake. :)

Cheer Me Up

This is something that I must record down.. It's been happening for a while and I thought I have written it in blog.. Just found out I did not!!! Well, it always makes my day whenever I think of his smiles and his efforts in doing this.. Heheh.. :P

For the passed 1-2weeks, whenever I showed JJ an angry look, he would do all sort of things to cheer me up. Guess what he did?? Heheh.. :P

Well, I always show him an angry look whenever he repeatedly doing something not right even though I keep on explaining to him that it is not right to do it. It's only when I give him such a face that he will stop being naughty.. and then, he will keep smiling at me, laughing at me and showing me his favorite move - GongXi GongXi - because he knows I like it when he did it. :P

However, at some point that I don't smile or laugh back, he will laugh harder with a little bit of scream.. If I do not change my expression, he will then pause for a while, brainstorming for ideas to make me laugh. Well, he might not notice the pause but for adults like us, it appears too obvious for us. Hahaha.. Then, he will smile and laugh again, and then climb towards me, tilt up his head and laugh hard again!! LOL!!

Well, I think I shouldn't be too harsh to a baby like him so normally I will smile back and laugh with him, give him a hug and tell him not to repeat it in the future.

Afterall, I just want him to learn a lesson rather than fear him or punish him. And I think he has learned it, thought he might repeat it in the future, and we just need to remind and remind till it's imprinted in his mind. :)

Biscuit JJ

Just now, JJ and I have friend MeeHoon (rice noodle) for breakfast. JJ didn't eat a lot therefore, I gave him some biscuits after the breakfast.


He enjoyed his first biscuit so much that I thought he was still hungry. Thus, I gave him another biscuit. Then, I found out that he enjoyed the second biscuit more.. He bit (yes, teethless bites) the second biscuit like he was so hungry too. Later did I find out that for every bite he took, he pushed the biscuits out of his mouth with his tongue. It was such a mess!!!


After finished "Playing" with the biscuit, I wiped him clean. There is some biscuits stains on his clothes but I thought it might be better to just leave it because I will have to feed him porridge later. Yup, never clean during feeding time since he learned to push out food with his tongue. :P


And now, he smells great... he smells like biscuits.. and I feel like eating him up! Muahaha.. :P

JJ loves Books

Lately, Jayden also shows an interest in books. He always in search for his books and enjoys looking at books and leafing through the pages, though turning those pages one by one doesn't always happen yet..

Whenever he finished flipping thru the pages, he will give a big smile, tilt up his head and laugh. Also, many times, he would look at me and snap his hand on the book cover and smile happily..

I think that's his gestures and sign language perhaps.. He looked at me for recognition and that he is very happy and satisfied that he had finished reading a book!!! :P

Wordlike Sounds

Moving in from 11months to 12 months, JJ starts to spill out wordlike sounds.. Yup.. the babbles start to sound like words.. :)


And the most amazing thing is that he starts to be able to associate them or able to use some of them meaningfully. As a way to encourage him to speak, I always respond to his sounds. He likes it whenever I show interests in what he has to say. :)


For the passed many days (since I stop blogging), JJ managed to babbles "words" that sounds like this: "ka ka"as in "car car", "ummm" means food, "dark dark" as for "duck duck"..

Well, the accuracy of the word choice is yet to be achieved because he got it right few times, and sometimes when I asked him he just pretended not to hear it or he was just too busy to entertain me. :P

Oh lately JJ also makes lots of "M" sounds.. Does that indicate he shall call Mommy soon!?!? Hahaha.. :P

One funny thing that happened "right from the oven".. Just now he tried to follow me to say the word "finished" and all he managed to voice out is "ish... kirr... ichhh" Anywhere close?? But it is so funny to see him trying.. So cute!! :)

In and Out of Cot

Jayden enjoys climbing in and out between his cot and my bed now. It is sometimes very dangerous as the other side of the cot is totally unguarded! I am so worried that he may trip to the other side especially now he likes to lean forward to grab things.

Will get hubby to lower the cot so JJ will not climb in. Afterall, it might be a good idea to put him inside the cot so he can't climb out and wander around. Muahaha.. I am a wicked mommy.. :P

Where is Stitch??

I figure out that I have forgotten to post a blog about Stitch. Thus am doing it now.

Do you still remember when I introduced Stitch as the new addition to JJ's toys family?? Well, initially JJ was so afraid of Stitch that he always cried whenever we showed Stitch to him.. However, after the second day Stitch survived in our family (hehe), Stitch became JJ's favorite toy of all!!!

JJ is now so engrossed with Stitch that he knows at once when we talk about Stitch. Whenever we asked him "Where is Stitch??", he will quickly stop everything he is doing at the moment and look for this.. He will look here look there, flip there flip there and sit here sit there (keep changing his sitting position) to look for Stitch.

When he spotted Stitch, he will crawl over and grab Stitch, grab it and toss it (trying to get Stitch to make noise). :P

It's super cute to see him looking for Stitch. :-) How much I wish JJ will do the same when I ask him "Where is mommy!!??" Well, he is yet to learn.. Hmmm.....

Photo Photo Photo

Am uploading some of the pictures from Hafiz's Studio.. :)

A friend said this pix for a LOVE shape! :P

JJ lying lovingly at mommy's lap. :-)

JJ loves Daddy throwing him in the air! :P

Family Fun Time.. ;)

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White Studio Shooting

On Monday, we went to Hafiz's studio for a white studio session. It's been long delayed since almost 2 months ago, finally we made it. :)

We had loads and loads of fun taking the pictures, though it was super exhausting after the shooting session. Reason being that JJ just woke up when we went for the shooting, and he was still in his dreamland -----> BLUR BLUR.................

Thus, JJ wasn't being very friendly and didn't smile!! We had to tickle him so much in order to get some 'fake' smiles, which doesn't last long!! :S

However, guess it was too much tickling that after the shooting, JJ became so friendly and back to his normal self!! OMG!!! I was like... if only you were like this an hour earlier.... Haiz....

Detour

Today I found another new skill acquire by Jayden...

Jayden wanted to go to a location that has many things (not toys!!) that he was very interested to play with. I purposely blocked and sat in between so he couldn't cross over. Normally, he would do his best to climb over me to get to the things!! But today, he did it differently!

Instead of climbing over me and struggling with me, he made a detour!!! He climbed to a different direction, passed thru me and the things that were blocking him, went around the blockage, and got to the things he wanted. Yes! He did it so professionally and he knew his directions!!

I'd say.. Babies are REALLY SMART!!

New Addition to the Toys Family

I've got a few new members to JJ's toys family. May I present to you Stitch and Doggy (I don't know what's his name but it's a cute toy doggy of a German brand). and uhh.. I also bought a big clapper for JJ too.. All the new toys make sounds in their own ways.. :P

Personally, I have never like Stitch and I wonder why I would buy it.. Hehe.. Well, I thought JJ might like it even though I don't. But I was wrong, Stitch doesn't appear to be friendly to JJ.

From the moment I got Stitch inside my car, till the minute we went to bed last night, JJ was frightened and scared whenever I showed him Stitch. This is especially serious when Stitch made sounds, JJ will cry. :(

Towards the end of the day yesterday, JJ attempted to befriend with Stitch, however, I could tell that JJ still had a confused and worrisome expression on his face. Worse, we didn't have good sleep for the whole night. I bt JJ was having a bad dream!! A Nightmare with Stitch!! :'(

Not just that, this morning when I had JJ sleeping in the cradle, he kept crying every few minutes or so. Not long after, I realized that he was having a bad dream again!! He started to talked in his sleep!! In a language that I still yet to understand!! :-(

I have a Dream!!

I had a dream last nite!! It was my first dream about JJ.... WALKING!!

I guess I must be all too excited about JJ walking independently for 2 steps. Thus, I brought this piece of excitement to my dream too.. The dream started like this.....

We were playing in the living room, where I had JJ crawling on the floor, playing with his toys. :) As usual, JJ would climb and hold on me to stand up, then he let go of his hands and started walking clumsily but slowly.. one.. two.. three.. four... five.... six... seven.... Wow!! 7 steps!! I shouted in joy!

I thought he was gonna fall on his bum, but instead, he moved forward again.. and made it to 9steps.. after that, all the sudden.. he walked clumsily but fast.. furthering his counts to 20 steps and then it became faster and faster that he was almost running and it turned so fast that he was drifting!!!

OMG! That's madness.. I woke up laughing at my own dream.. What a SILLY but FUN dream!! :P

2 Baby-Steps

I'm shouting in amazement today!!

Jayden walked independently for 2 steps!!! Well after 2 steps, he fell on the bed.. Hahaha.. :P

JJ has been showing off his skills to stand independently for 5-7seconds since a few days ago. And today is a greater achievement.. he started with 1 step, and then 2 steps - all happened in today. So far, the best he can do is 2 steps forward which is I think is already excellent! :)

Not just that, towards the evening today (which was just now), he climbed from my bed to the baby cot! And I didn't know how he did that!!! :P

Response to Hand!

The day started as usual today. JJ woke up at 7am something and I tried to put him back to bed, which he did. But in less than an hour, he woke up again and this time he refused to go back to sleep. I could tell he's still sleepy but I also knew he was on a very playful mode.

I let him played for a while and bathed him after he pooped! Tried several attempts to get him back to sleep and now is almost 11.45am, he still doesn't wanna settle. I am so tired and have not started any of my chores, not even taking a shower!! :-(

For the first time, JJ responded when I use my hand and fingers to point at something.. Hmm.. I think this is a new stage for us to learn on showing and exposing JJ to the World of Wonders!! :-)

Feeling Imitation

Today Vicky (JJ's cousin sister) came to me and said.. "JJ's ears looks like Mickey from the back!!" Hmmmm.. How cute!! Hahaha... :P

However, today JJ display a new reaction. Bryan (JJ's cousin brother) was being beaten by his mom today due to his mischief. When JJ saw Bryan's mommy (sister in law) beating him, he screamed and cried a bit.. Maybe JJ was scolding my sister in law so she won't beat him.

And when Bryan was crying, JJ cried too.. I soothed JJ not to cry and then carried him and brought him to Bryan. This innocent little baby reached his hand on Bryan's head and stroke his hair.. Then, JJ reached his hand to Bryan's shoulder and stroke his back..

Awwww... such a cute little sweetie pie.. :)

Smart Little Brainy

These two days, Jayden starts to potray further reaction to NO. Previously, he will pause for a while and then continue doing whatever he was doing or intended to do.

Now, whenever I said NO, he will give me either one of two expression. It's either he will cry.. Hahaha.. Or he will............ listen!! :)

Yet the one thing that I found the funniest is this...

Whenever he wanna put something into his mouth, he will first peep at me, to see if I am watching him!!! If I am not watching him (I pretended to find out what's his reaction!), he will put the object into his mouth!!!! >.<

However, if he found out that I am watching him, he will smile at me and pretend nothing happens. If this going on for two to three times, he will start to lose his patience. What he will do next is..... turn position!! He will turn his sitting position facing another side (any other side) and then try to peep on me again. And this goes on and on.. >_<

Boy, I can't believe it.. for such a small young tiny little baby, JJ can show such a smart brainy little idea!!!! I am speechless.. it's really sooooo amazing!! Guess I can never underestimate what this little brainy knows.. he knows stuffs that I don't know... Hehehe.. :P

Drowning

I am feeling so guilty now!

Just now while preparing JJ to bathe, I forgot to take the towel to my side. So I placed JJ on the floor (as usual) to play for a while. Meanwhile, I went to grab the towel (it's just few steps away).

By the time I am stepped back to where JJ was, he was already standing holding on the tub. When I was hanging up the towel, JJ tumbled with his head and upper body fell into the water. He was drowning!!!!!!!!! I was screaming inside!

Quickly, I bent down and carried him up holding him tight to soothe him. He was crying in shocked. :(

I hope he will get over with it soon and forget it fast so he won't bring it to his sleep. It's indeed a nightmare! :(

Swinging Legs

There is always one thing that JJ will do whenever he feels "Shiok" (feel good, or in Cantonese it's called feel "song"), that is to swing his legs!! :)

It is indeed very cute whenever he does that. Normally, he will do that when someone is calling his name and playing with him (while he is sitting on a high chair, being carried, etc).

You can tell that his feeling is on happy mood. :)

Baby Talk

This video was taken on September 29 with my mobile phone. However, the resolution and quality was really bad. I wish I have taken it with a camera instead. :(

Well, the good thing is.. I can upload it easily as the file is quite small! :P

Crawling Up Staircase

Today, JJ went out with Mommy! :)
We went to Maxis center to get my SIM card change. The old one was spoilt!! Thank God I can get a new one like immediately. We also went to collect a good from a customer (on behalf of Daddy!). And JJ had been a good boy while travelling. Hehehe.. :)

Not only that, JJ potrayed a new skill. He climbed up the staircase!!! Umm.. I mean by crawling of course. Hehehe.. Not just that, JJ also ransacked my room today.. He crawled to everywhere he can crawl, pull on everything he can pull, swept everything he can sweep (with his hands to the floor).. I was sooooo busy keeping up with him!

I think the nightmare of keeping up with him fulltime is approaching soon!!! :P

Talking in Sentence

It's been 3 days JJ is talking (babbling) in sentence! I strongly believe he is trying to convey his 'long' message to me! And this is just the initial stage.. it is definitely a new milestone for JJ! :)

JJ can also pronounce his own name. He normally starts his so-called sentence with the word "Jhey jhey (JJ)". He will also called himself Jayden.. though it is not exactly like the way we pronounce it, he still sounds like a baby.. from his intonation, you can tell he is saying Jayden (Yes! His intonation is exactly the same as the way we pronounce Jayden!! That's why we can tell...). It's amazing!!! :)

Not just that, JJ even can communicate with me now. Like today JJ was trying to leap (almost) off the bed to get something that he wanted. However, he drewback knowing that he might fall. Hehe.. I leaned to him and ask him.. "Hey JJ, do you think you can fly to get those things?" And to my utmost surprise, he answered "Yea." I was laughing my heart out!! :P

And the funniest incident of all.. which surprised all of us in the family. Yesterday JJ was playing with Aunty Lily and Bryan (JJ's cousin) suddenly disturbed JJ. Aunty Lily shooed Bryan off by saying 'Zhao Zhao Zhao' (in Hokkien). And the most stunning thing that ever happened was.. in less than 3 seconds, JJ was saying "Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao" (with the exact intonation as Aunty Lily's and the pronounciation is surprisingly accurate!). We were so shocked that Aunty Lily was looking at me and I was looking at her too.. Hahaha.. :P

Speaking as a mommy, I am super happy with JJ's milestone and achievement. He is putting his foot on the next stage I believe. :)

Tissue and Leaflet

Today I have been very reckless.. In the afternoon, I was so busy with my work (though only for a good hour or so) that I did not notice that Jayden got some tissue papers from God knows where it was and put them into his mouth.. Well, I did manage to dig out (the remaining??) the tissues from his mouth. I hope that's all he chunked into his mouth (not the remaining only!!!).

As terrible as I felt, the history repeated again in the evening!!! Just now, he was playing with a piece of leaflet. I saw him grabbing it and I thought just give him a minute to smash the leaflet while I get my things done first. Who know he was real fast.. By the time I turned my head around he was chewing and swallowing something yummy!! For Godsake I immediately took away the leaflet and found a fraction of it was gone.. it was nowhere to be found so I am very sure the balance is in Jayden's tummy.. that was barely less than a minute!! :(

I feel so terrible now.. I need to be extra careful and cautious about what goes into Jayden's hands will ultimately go into his mouth!

Drink from a Beaker

Until now, Jayden still refuses to use bottle with a teat. Therefore, we have no choice but to keep on feeding him with a spoon or let him drink from a cup (his favorite method to drink water!). Unfortunately, sometimes things tend to be too messy especially feeding him with water while we are travelling in a car! :(

On the other hand, he still likes his beaker.. but we hardly let him drink water from the beaker because the flow is quite strong and he tends to choke.. Fortunately, J has been having no problem drinking from his beaker.. I am very happy because we are waving bye-bye to mess-in-the-car! :)

NO!

Guess what happened today? Jayden begins to like the water!! He was enjoying the bathing time so much that he refused to leave the baby tub this morning! When I lifted him up, he will quick as lightning grab any toys that he can get from the water. Then, he will twist and turn so hard and reach his feet into the water and try to sit inside the tub of water again! Heheh..

It's quite a surprise to me that in fact Jayden understands the big word NO. A lot of people told me that baby still doesn't understand what it means when you say "no" to them but well.. Whether I say the word "NO" in English or Cantonese, he still understands it. Thus, everytime I said NO he will pause for a while, look at me and continue doing what he supposed to be doing again. Haha.. Therefore, normally after saying NO, I will ask him to "Come to Mommy", again, whether it's English or Cantonese, he understands well! Hence, he will crawl to me. It works almost everytime! I'm glad! :))

Cheeky & Naughty

My little Jayden is getting cheekier and naughtier these days! There isn't a minute that he will sit still.. even when I am carrying him, he will twist and turn till my hands sore!! Ouch!! :(

On the other hand, my little precious is also growing smarter! Things start to make sense to him, mentally and physically. It's indeed an amazing experience seeing him exploring and learning new things everyday, from stages to stages. :)

On Sunday, we were doing groceries when we came across a huge baby playgym.. We didn't put much thought into it before we decided that we wanna buy one for Jayden!

However, Jayden refused to be put inside the playgym.. seperation enxiety I think.. since he is all alone inside the playgym! Guess he needs some time to get used to it.. :)

Growing Up Learning Fast

I am trying to recall things that I wanna put down here before my memories faded off! I've got so much to write that I really don't know where to start...

Jayden has been enjoying his bathing time far more than before.. it happened since few 2-3 weeks ago if I am not mistaken. Now, during bathing time, he enjoys splashing the water, playing with the soap and watching it slipping from his hands, playing with ducky and his 'bear bear' sponge.. and yes, he starts to want more companion at bath!! :P

Jayden has also became so mobile that he now can stand and cruise so much better while holding on furniture.. He learned how to bend his knees and how to sit while standing and holding on furniture; he will also tip-toe when he wanna reach for something that's far from his reach i.e. outside the baby cot, and vice versa.

When I give him his basket of toys, he will search for his favorite toys from the basket by himself. I am trying to teach him to put the toys back into the basket after every play session. Hehe :)

Water Bed

I haven't been writing down anything due to.. LAZINESS! :(
Thus, there are so many things that I missed out for the passed....... 2 weeks???

We have bought J a new "water bed" which is cooling when sleep on it. It is very effective and comes in really handy to counter high fever. Well, that's the reason why we bought it, and you know that it's been weeks Jayden recovered from high fever, so you can imagine how long I haven't been blogging.. Hehehe

I like it when Jayden shows us how much he likes the bed.. At night, he will purposely crawl to the water bed and sleeps on it to show that he wanna go to bed! Not just that, he will then crawl to me and sweep his face gently on on face few times (you can imagine how a little kitten sweeps its face against you and that's exactly how Jayden will do it!). It's so sweet that it melts my heart each time he does that. :)

Then, he will sleep on me! Yes, on me! He will pull me at the same time and then roll back to the water bed.. Hmmm.. how can I not understand!!? :P That's his sign language that he wanna go to bed! :)

Cruising While Holding On

Recently, J has been showing a lot of improvements on his skills.. His interest is maily on his newly acquired skills - cruising while holding onto a certain object.. i.e. furniture. :)

Not long ago J started to pull himself to standing position. And recently, he has been continuously showing us that he can cruise while holding on to something! That practically means he is very near to walking! WooHoo~~

Indeed, I am surprised that J can cruise at his speed.. looking at the way he crawl.. Well, he hardly crawl, I think partly due to his laziness. Hahaha.. :P

One funny thing that I found is, J refused to crawl on tummy.. Since day 1 he started crawling, he crawled with his belly off the ground.. Even until now, he has never crawled with his belly sweeping the floor.. I heard from a friend that this is called clean-freak baby. LOL!

J also starts displaying his milestone of banging the toys on each other to make some noise.. after investing a lot of hardwork to show him how to bang them together. Hehehe..

Other than his newly acquired skills, J is still very much enjoying his favourite game: peek-a-boo! I am running out of ideas on what other games to play with J to stimulate his brain development.. other than get him to play with his toys.

He starts to get really bored with all his toys now.. He will hold a toy for a minute or so before picking another one and it goes on and on and after a few toys, he will moved away or start shouting for attention.

Happy Happy

Yay! FInally the fever is gone! I am so happy that my Mr Happy Little Boy is back again with all his smiles and laughters.. :)

Lately, he has been showing us a lot of imitating actions.. especially those that he really enjoys. For example, he will come to me, cup his mouth on my skin, and then blow air out to tickle me and of course, to make that brrrr brrrr sound too! :P

Not just that, few days ago while in the midst of playing, suddenly Daddy scratched his legs. Guess what happened? JJ leaned forward and placed his hand on Daddy's leg and then... SCRATCHED!!!

How lovely looking at our little boy growing up from stages to stages.. It's such a wonderful thing for parents like us... :)

High Fever

It's been 2 days J had high fever.. I really can't wait for the fever to go away soon..

J has been grumpy and moody since then. He has been showing discomfort and I believe it is due to the severe teething.

Since he was just 4 months old, he has started drooling with his saliva all over his hands, shirts, toys, etc. We thought he should be having a tooth pretty soon but we were wrong.. It takes a long time for the tooth to surface.

Now that he is already 9 months, he didn't drool as much as the passed few months, but it is pretty obvious that the discomfort from the gums is nothing less..

All I hope is the fever to go off soon so my Happy Baby will smile to me again as he usually does..

9 Months!!!

Today, my little J oficially turns 9 months!! Oh my God.. time flies so quickly..

There are so many little achievements and skills J has mastered by now and I just don't have the time to put them down recently due to busy schedule..

This morning I came across an article highligted that drinking water from a cup is an advanced skill that a baby will master when they turn 11-12 months old. I am very proud of little J that he is already drinking water from the cup by now, in fact, he started drinking of the cup since was 6-7months (it was a smaller cup back then).

Other obvious skills that J mastered when he was 7-8 months was responding to his own name and pull himself to standing position. Wow.. mommy is so proud of you little J. :)

Pumpkin Porridge

Today is the first time I cook pumpkin porridge for little J. I was planning to make just enough for J and me, perhaps a little extra so Daddy can have it too (not sure if Daddy likes to eat pumpkin porridge though).

Like I said, it is the first time I am cooking this so.. as expected, nothing went wrong, just a something unexpected happened. :P Guess what it is? Well.. it's not a big deal.. just a BIG POT!! I followed my mom's instruction, however, I just don't understand why the longer I cook, the bigger pot it becomes.. That's really like a good deal.. Hahaha.. :P

The BIG pot aside, the most important thing that I wanna point out in here is that.. J LOVES IT!! YAY!!! I am of course very very happieeeee.. :))

On The Floor

I tried putting J on the floor in the living, since it is finally wiped clean by the maid. (Ya, I know, but what to do since th emaid only come once a week!)

He was sitting happily trying the texture of the floor - he touched it, hit it and basically anything you can think of. :P

I tried to lure him into crawling position however he refused. I think he can sense danger - he knows the floor is really hard and it is no fun falling onto it. :P

So, I tried putting him into crawling position and guess what happened? He pushed himself up, and he didn't wanna move at all! Then, he lifted up one of his hand and cried!!! I think he feels the floor is dirty. :P

Then, I tried to put him on sleepign position on the floor.. Gosh, he cried again!! Not until I put him onto sitting position (just like me), he stopped crying and then turned to me and hugged me. LOL

Cooperation :-)

About one to two months ago, whenever I help J to wipe his neck, he will turn his face to one side to let me wipe it clean. When I am done, he will automatically turn to the other side so I can wipe the other side. How amazing!??!! :))

Now, he learned something new. For the passed two weeks, when I help J to change clothes, he will give me his left hand, followed by the right hand. If he was holding something at that time, he will quickly pass the object to one hand and give me the other, and vice versa. :-)

The only things that he still doesn't wanna cooperate with me are:-

1. He always turn around during diaper changing, I tried giving him his toys while doing so, it WORKED!! and yes, it's -ed (past tense), it no longer works now. The only thing that still can tame him is my cellphone, but my phone always gets flooded with his saliva.. :-(
2. He still doesn't like to let me wipe his face, most of the time he will turn away and if I insist, he will cry.
3. He always cry whenever I feed him solid. He will entertain me for a while, after like 3-7spoons, he will turn away. Next, he will be crying on his highest pitch until I gave up and carry him. I really don't enjoy his feeding time.. :-(

J's New Fav Food

Recently, I bought a pack of Sunsweet Pitted Prunes for snack. Since it was not too sweet, I let J taste it and J just fell in love with it.

Everytime I open the cap of the can, he will give me the kind of look that he wants it too.. yes, with no mercy, he will slightly open his mouth and climb to me and hmmm.. you know what he wants!! :P

It is a surprise to me that he can finished one prune at a time.. and I think prunes are quite good for health (in moderation), I give him a prune a day to supplement to his daily nutrition.. ;)

A Very Good Boy :)

I am very happy today despite I am sick - got nose block and sorethroat. :(

Let's not focus on the sickness.. yeah, I am very happy because J has been a very good boy today. He has been less cranky. Not just that, he slept and played cheerfully.. :))

Guess what's the most astonishing achievement J did today? Hmmm.. this is something I never expected too.. Ummm.. It is.................. J pulled himself up!!!! YAY!!!

Even though it was barely for a second, but he attempted and he did it. I am so proud and happy with his achievement. He is so brave, even though he still hasn't crawled properly.. Hehe..

It made my day.. WooHooo~~

Bidding Farewell

Today, J has finally showing us his new skills - bidding farewell. He started to move his hands farewell whenever we say 'bye bye'.

As a mommy, I am so happy to witness his newly acquired skill.. I know there are more happiness coming along the way with my little baby growing up healthily, happily and cheerfully..

Dairy Free & Eggless Diet

Up to today, it has been like a week or so I am on this wholly new diet - dairy free and eggless diet! J's face has shown tremendous improvement since then.

J's face has totally cleared out yesterday. And for some reason, there is a little bit of rashes showing on his little chubby cheek..

Accessing back, the only food that I have taken differently was the instant noodle, which I took on Sunday late night for supper. And J's rashes come back on Monday midnight/Tuesday morning when we woke up.

I really hope it's not due to the instant noodle for there is not much food variety left for me to eat.. and I love the instant noodle "Mi Goreng" from Myojo and Indomie.

God, please help.. kindly make sure that these two instant noodles are egg-free and dairy-free..

Sitting Steadily

Finally, the time has come.. Jayden is now able to sit steadily without support. What an achievement for my little one. :) And yes, after sitting now what? Crawling.. He started showing signs of crawling by having his mini crawls.. so far, the most he can crawl is about 3 feet, and he gets tired easily. Many times, he will cry (not as in crying, but cry as in calling for help!) for help when he's running out of strenght. How cute.. :P

Falling.. :((((((

This morning, my little J fell off the bed again! I am so worried and felt so guilty. I believe honey felt really guilty too..

It happened when I was still sleeping and honey was in the bathroom brushing teeth.. Reason being J is getting more and more mobile and he especially loves to roll and turn on the bed, yup, even in his sleep.

I didn't know how the incident happened as I was deep asleep, but the next thing I know was the pillow which honey used to block J from falling (which failed!!) was on the floor, and J was ON THE FLOOR too!! :((((

This time is not as lucky as before, J has bruise on his face. Other than that, I couldn't find any other bruise, but my concern is those unseen injury. Fingers crossed there is none..

On 4 Limbs :)))

Finally managed to capture a picture of J on 4 limbs.. It is really hard to catch him doing this because he is so camera sensitive.. He will just stop doing everything he was doing at anytime whenever he saw me with my phone/camera.. Our little friend knows stuffs.. hehe.. :P

Stung by Mosquito!! :(((

This morning, J's right ear was swollen!! It was so terrible that we need to bring him to the Doc!!
It was then confirmed by the Doctor that J was stung by a mosquito. The stupid mosquito not just bit on his ear but on his head too, about 2 inches away from his ear.

I swear I will get the mosquito killed if I ever saw it in my room. But hell, it escaped few times from my hand so I ended up buying the mosquitoes repellent from the hypermart. :P

I hate to post this picture.. but well.. it does make J looks more like a Mickey Mouse.. sigh.. :((((

Holiday @ Bukit Tinggi

We went for a getaway at Bukit Tinggi during the weekends with Ten's family - Wilson, Elaine & E-Zen. :)

I has a totally wrong perception abot Bukit Tinggi. I thought the weather is cold.. well at least cool, but it wasn't. It was so warm during our stay there.

Anyway, other than the warm weather and lousy food, we did find some enjoyment. We enjoyed the garden view of our room, took a lot of pictures @ Colmar Tropicale French Village, abused J's Buggy @ Japanese Garden (we used it like a Hummer!!!), surprised by the size of the so-called Botanical Garden, and amused by the number of rabbits @ the Rabbit Park. :P

Other than that, we did enjoy a lot of fun time with our baby JJ. This video was taken in our hotel room @ Colmar Tropicale. JJ was playing with Mommy.... :)))))

Mini Crawl

I placed some of his favorite toys in fron tof J today.. slightly far from his reach.. and YES.. finally J was showing me his little mini crawl today!!! He pushed himself upward by using both of his arms, and pushed himself forward by using his legs.. And he looked sooooooooooo cute!!!!

I was so happy and excited to see his new attained skills, so to make sure that it wasn't just an illusion optic, I repeated the same thing again.. Guess what, again he showed me what he's got!!! He made another mini crawl forward!!!

I am so excited to see him take mini steps (by crawling of cuz) to get the toys.. I think he is not far from crawling.. hehe.. :)

Turning in the CradleNet

Another new Discovery...

J turns 360degree which he was inside the cradle net. He used to turn upside down.. but within a short period as a few weeks time, he propelled himself to a new stage.. Yes, he has been doing that since yesterday and today too..

Not just that, I notice that he tried to lift his head and pull himself up to sitting position.. Well, it is yet to be successful.. He did get himself lifted at 45degree.. Hehe.. :P

Ganbate my little J :)

Allergy Report

The allergy report is finally out. Obviously, it shows that J is allergic to egg. There might be possibilities that J could be allergic to milk, but we are yet to test it out manually.

Umm.. why manually? Isn't all stated in the report? Yes.. I had the same thought too. When we were talking to the doc in the hospital, he said that J might be allergic to other food which is reported to be not, and vice versa.

I was like what the #^*@? Then, what's the point of taking the allergy test if the accuracy level is so low and afterall, anything that is reported might be false?

Later, I found out from a friend that allergy test is just a waste of money. I shouldn't have taken the allergy test though. It is a waste of time, waste of money and waste of blood!!!

Highly discourage anyone to go for this test. You might as well just test it manually through time.

Hair Pulling

Today, J has his first pull on my hair!! He should have known it hurts.. Well, despite the fact that he doesn't have much hair yet, I wonder how long it is gonna take for him to realize this pain that Mommy is having whenever he pulls my hair. :(

Previously, he has been very gentle. Instead of pulling, he would gently stroke my hair strands. I thought he was such a gentle baby!!! Not until what I experienced today.. My little boy is turning naughty.. Hmmm..

Bad Egg

Yesterday I was having cheese baked rice @ a restaurant in Mid Valley. I didn't realize that the rice underneath the cheese was fried rice with eggs! By the time I realized it, it was already too late as I have half-finished the serving.


The result I was concerning about showed up today. J's rashes increased on his face and some tiny bits on his arms and shoulders. J's skin condition has got so much better lately and I just couldn't accept that it's coming back again. I am so upset. :(

I can't wait any longer for the test report for the allergy test that has been done since the last time J was admitted. Thank God the appointment with the consulting Doc is tomorrow. I really can't wait to know the result so I can take the right action to prevent the food that we shoould not take.

Runny Nose

I am worried!!

It has been so many days J suffers from runny nose and it still hasn't gone away. There were signs that J is getting better but for some reasons out of the sudden the mucous will start flowing down from his nostrils. It has been like this for few days now and I really hope it will leave J alone!!

It's really not easy and it causes so much discomfort for J, I know cuz he's hardly as cheerful as before and he is a bit cranky too. I don't like to see J like this.. It makes me sad. :(

Anyone know any quick effective solution to stop the flu like immediately?

Disappearing Rashes

Good News!!

It's been a constant good few days since last Friday till yesterday because the rashes somehow subsided.. I don't know what I have done right, but since last Thursday I have been doing the following:

1. Put Ionizer in my room
2. Feed J with the olive extract (2 times/day)
3. Feed J with mom's ginseng powder (2 times/day)
4. Feed J with Eu Yan Sang Boh Ying Compound (1/2 bottle)
5. Apply lotions and emulsifying cream on the affected areas

The result was undeniably very encouraging and I think the rashes should be gone in no time. Fingers cross the rashes will be gone forever!!! :)

Learning Curve for Parents

It's been a while I didn't note down anything here about J. It has been a hectic and worrisome moment for the these two weeks. J was admitted on July 5, 2009 due to high fever and thank God for the speed recovery, J is discharged from the hospital on July 7, 2009. It's the most heartbreaking moment that I have to go thru at that time. Seeing the tortures and suffers that JJ had to go thru wasn't easy for us. Despite lots of tears had flown, JJ still smiled, played and chuckled like the usual trademark JJ, which brought to us a lot of JOYS and.... PHEWS!!!

Yesterday, J caught a cold. It was really my bad. We went to the bank and it was closing. Thus, we were stucked in the bank to get some errands done. However, it was freezing cold in there, and being a careless mommy, I never thought of getting JJ his blanket, despite JJ was wearing very little blothes. :(

As a result of my carelessness, JJ caught a cold. He has been in so much discomfort and it hasn't been a good night for all of us. Well, I learned my lesson and now I am praying for JJ quick recovery. Fingers cross...

J's Language

J definitely has his own language and ways of expressing himself. The two most prominent and obvious time when he deliberately using his language or ways of expressing what he wants are during napping time and meal time. :P

Even though he has just been using the baby cradle for less than a week, he knows that it is napping time whenever I put him into the cradle. That happens since the second day we bought the cradle!

Therefore, if he doesn't wanna sleep, he will make a fuss by twisting and turning in the cradle, not wanting to sleep. If that happens, there are only two possibilities:
(1) he wanna drink milk first, or
(2) he wanna play and not ready to sleep.

As for his meal time, J will say "Buu Buu" after eating a few spoons of porridge. That means he wants to drink a bit of water. So if I didn't switch, he will start blowing all the porridge out, to the extend he will shout and cry for water. And vice versa. :P

However, if tried both also he does the same thing, that means he is full. No more food for him! :P

Watermelon

Just now I tried giving J a little bite of watermelon. Looks like he likes watermelon but he was choking!!! Hmmm.. I should have made it not so chunky..

Anyway, I made watermelon juice for J after that.. mix one part of watermelon juice with three part of water. J enjoyed it very much and asking for more. :)

iBaby Electronic Cradle

First of all, I would like to thank my sister in law, Jasmine, for giving such a precious gift - iBaby Electronic Cradle - to my little precious.

I had been struggling to decide whether I wanna get an electronic baby cradle for little J since he needs me to swing him all the time. And due to this, my sister in law is good and thoughtful enough to buy J an iBaby electronic cradle.

I couldn't thank her more.. but I still need to say this: Thank you very much. :)

Attached is a picture of the iBaby Electronic Cradle. :)

First Attempt to Walk

J walks by using the walker!!! I was dangling his toys with me and tried to excite him to come forward.. And after a few attempts, he managed to move forward and grabbed his toys!!! Yay!!!

And today, he has fun playing with his 'gor gor' cousin, Bryan. Taking some pictures and video of them playing. :)


J is so excited.. :)


Look @ J.. He laughs so hard.. LOL!! :)



This video clip features how much J likes to play.. :P

Gong Xi Gong Xi

Oh I forgot to write something.. Since a few days ago, I can't remember exactly how many days... J has been showing this action of "GongXi GongXi" to us..

I don't know when and where he has seen or learned this, but it is great for me to note it down here. Way to go baby J. :)

Papaya & Durian

After getting reassurance from a few friends who are more experienced mommies, I have J to try on a few fruits.. Since my mother in law grows papaya tree, we do have a constant supply of papaya from the tree -one at a time, as it is not a big papaya tree. :P

And since my mother in law prepared some papaya for us to relish, I secretly let my little precious J try on the papaya.. I make the papaya into small bits of chunks, and surprising enough, he wants more of it.. :P

Not just that, hubby and I bought a pack of durian from Tesco as it smells SooOOOooo GOOD!! It really smells so good that we just can't wait to have it.. so again, we secretly did something sinful in the car!! Opps.. hehe.. we "accidentally" have the whole pack of durian in the car.. it was sooOOOooo sinful.. the best and most sinful durian i've had this year.. :P

Of course, during the sinful feast, J was showing interest as usual. Therefore, I let him tried a little bit of it. Expecting him to show some grumpy faces.. Oh No!! He didn't!! Not just that, he wants more!!! Oh boy.. I really can't believe my little son would like durian..

So.. the first few rounds of papaya and durian look encouraging.. :P Hmmm... tempting... :)

J's Eat Out

This is the first time I bring food (porridge) to go out with me so J can have his meal together with us on the table. :)

It is a mesmerizing experience looking at J every movement while having his meal. However, J is too camera sensitive that whenever he is aware that I am capturing him with a camera, he will be too excited and stop eating altogether.

Oh my little child.. :)

Video 1: J is very excited that I capture him on camera, that's why he stops eating.. Aiks..

Video 2: Trying to capture J eating secretly.. well, he is also excited in this video because the couples on next table were trying to play with him.. Aiks Aiks..

Morning Call

Every morning, when J wakes up, he will smile, play and talk to himself. After a while, he will rollover on his tummy and look around, spotting for me. :P

Once he found out where I am, he will slowly turn to me.. he can slowly turn a bit about 45-90degree right now!! :) Then he will roll, turn, roll turn and so on until he is just right beside me.. And then he will use his head to knock on me to wake me up.. I think that's what he can do for the moment. :P

So normally I will make some sleepy grunting sounds.. and when he hears that.. he will start to find my hands.. he will hold my hand and start playing with it. And guess what, when he starts playing with my hand, it means he wants me to wake up and play with him.

And what's more?? Sometimes he will hold my hand and start to suckle, that means he wants to drink milk!! Sometimes, when he wasn't able to find my hand, and he is hungry, he will turn and roll until he is right beside my body, and starts to suckle my body.. :P

He is so small but yet I am amazed by the ways he expresses himself. Babies are so adorable.. :)

J in Walker

I forgot to video little J playing with his new toy.............. The WALKER!! :)

So today, I purposely put him into the walker and try to capture him in video!! Look at how adorable he plays with his new walker.. hmmm.. there are more for him to explore in this little piece of toy.. I just can't wait to see his new adventures.. :P

J's Cradle

Finally, we've got J a cradle.. well, I am still not sure if J enjoys it because he keeps twisting and turning whenever he is inside the cradle. Looks like he doesn't wanna sleep in it. Also, he needs me to keep swinging him, whenever I stop, he will start moving. Not just that, he also likes to turn upside down in the cradle (his face facing down), thus making a "net-ty look" all over his face.. Sigh..

And guess what, we bought the cradle because we want him to sleep longer and so I don't have to be there to rock him all the time.. But it doesn't seem to work the way I want yet.. Sigh.. :(


Anyway, perhaps J is just not used to it yet.. Let's see how things go after a week or so.. Maybe things will turn the way I want it to be.. and I will be freer to do the things needed to be done.. Hmmm.. need to boost up my efficiency level asap. :)

I didn't manage to get a nice shot of the cradle.. the quality of the pictures taken with my phone camera look a bit ugly.. but well.. hmmm.... the picture was taken when J was having his afternoon nap.. :P

Golden Mustard vs Peanut Butter

Hmmm.. how should I put this.. well.. for the passed few months, J's poops has been ever the same = Golden Mustard color and the texture looks just like stir fry egg with starch gravy (Cantonese: "wat dan" - "smooth egg" gravy).

Since J has been on solid for about 2 weeks by now, the texture of his poops has totally changed.. including the color. Yesterday, J did a big biz that looks exactly like "Smooth and Thick Peanut Butter".. Yes, That's including the texture and the color.. :P

However, the smell is.. hmmm.. I leave that to your imagination.. Hehe.. :P

Rocker aka Bouncer

The rocker is no longer suitable for my growing up J. Yesterday, he made a 180degree turn while sleeping in the rocker.. YES! That practically means he is upside down in the rocker. Not just that, he also accidentally knocked his head on the steel frame as he flipped from his tummy to his back.. HE CRIED!! Hehe..

And guess what happened today? His head was hanging out of the rocker in less than 2minutes.. It scared me like hell.. Well.. of course he cried for HELP!! Sigh.. My this son is getting so active that it sometimes scares me.. HMmm.....


This is J's current Rocker aka Bouncer

J's Walkie Rockie

Finally we have bought J a rocker! It looks pretty cool.. and seems like J likes it.. But I think it is a bit pricey..

Well in fact, we came across the same exact unit like 2-3 weeks ago when we were shopping in Jusco and there was a sale.. it was only RM129! And guess what, due to the fact that my hubby aka J's Daddy aka SL thought that Tesco or Giant may sell it at a cheaper price, we forgo the unit.

So yesterday, we have been touring Tesco, Giant and in the end back to Jusco and bought the same exact unit at RM189. Damn it!!! Should have bought it earlier as there was a sale!!! Learning experience.. Sigh..

Anyway.. this is the piece that we bought.. It is a 2 in 1 Baby Rocker and Walker. :)


J's Walker cum Rocker


This is how it looks like as a Rocker..

J and His Boats

J like his toy boats.. The boats are his new bathing toys and he likes them a lot. He would grab the boats on each hands everytime after bathing not letting me to take them away. And he will bring the boats with him to play on the bed.. :P

Backwards

J is still learning new approaches for his mobility. Crawling is definitely a milestone that he will come to soon.. But before learning the skill, he is trying every multiple ways to get himself mobile for the time being.

Rolling from side to side has been what he is good at right now. However, whenever I placed his toys in front of him, he will cry for help in reaching them. Today, he did the same too.. CRY!! Haha.. I tried my best to support him from the back so he can push himself to the front with his legs.. and YES, he did it. :)

During the second time, I tried not to support him at all, and guess what happened to him? The more he pushes himself to the front, the more he goes backwards!! YES, he is moving farther away from his toys.. LOL :P

Not long after that, I put him into his rocker.. he needs a nap! As usual, he was moving about in the rocker, I know the rocker is small but well, he can do wonders there.. He accidentally threw his mini bolster to his feet.. and I thought it might be good just to leave it like that, since he wasn't moving like a worm anymore. :P

To my amazement, he hold the bolster with his two feet and "transporting" the bolster to his hands.. WOW!!! My little J is growing smarter.. hehe.. :P

Cradle (Sarung), Walker, HighChair

We have been looking for a nice high chair for quite some time. But for some reasons, we still couldn't find any that we like.

Today, we went to visit little Lucia, Yvonne and Leon. We like the highchair that Lucia is having. And we got to know that it is from IKEA. So we are going there to get it.. :P

While Lucia is fascinated with J's toys, we let J tried on her walker. Hmmm.. surprisingly J seems to like it.. though he hasn't learn that he can move with the walker. :P He move backwards a little when he was inside the walker.. I think very soon he will learn that he can get himself mobile with it.. On the other hand, I there are a lot of benefits (for me!!) by putting him in the walker.. Thus, we are going to get one for him.. :P

Not just that, during our visit there, J slept on Lucia's cradle.. and he slept for more than an hour!! Wow.. that's amazing.. Hmmm.. I said that is simply because J hardly sleeps for more than 30minutes nowadays.. And it is really tiring for me.. I think getting a cradle is a good idea afterall.. :P

Picky J

It's been 3days since J started eating congee. :)

Grandma is getting a lil' lazy today. Instead of making dried scallop pork congee, she made a plain tasteless pork congee without dried scallop. According to Vicky and Brian (J's cousins), the congee is tasteless and well.. they don't like it.

Without giving any suspicious thought, Grandma prepares some congee for lil' J, hoping that someone will like her congee today. To her surprise, when J tasted the first gulp, he was making noises.. Grandma was wondering hard if J felt that it's tasteless too..

Trying to convince herself that lil' J was not that smart, she kept on feeding her with the second spoon. J closed his mouth tight not wanting to eat. And when he opens his little mouth, Grandma quickly fed him, and he pushed everything out with his little tongue.. and made the sound "werrrr..." Hahaha..

Now we know.. little J is very picky on his food.. and what's more.. he isn't a dumb dumb on food.. no compromise.. lol..

J's First Congee

It's a BNI day again! :) As usual, Jayden spent his morning with Grandma..

Grandma did not feed J the rice cereal today, instead she made her "heartily home-cooked congee" for J! And according to Grandma, he ate without making any sign that he didn't like it. Hmmm.. it seems like J likes eating congee.. :P

Well, after 2 weeks of feeding J with solid, I am very sure to conclude that J does not like rice cereal. We have tried 3 types of rice cereals and he just refused it whenever we feed him with cereal.

Everytime it comes to meal time, I will have a bowl of cereal/congee and a cup cup of water. J will eye on the spoon whenever I scoop something - whether I scoop it from the bowl or the cup.

And guess what, he can differentiate and recognize it well.. Whenever I scoop something (water) from the cup, he will open his mouth, and whenever I scoop something (rice cereal) from the bowl, he will close his mouth tight and make the vomit sound.

Surprising enough, when I feed him with congee now, he does not make any vomitting sound. Not just that, he will open his mouth and said "ummm". Wow!!! I'm super happy.. :)

So, finally, I can conclude that J loves to drink water and eat congee.. :)

J & Cute Lil' Ducklings

Finally, we've got J his bathing buddies - the duckling team!! Yay!! =)

Before we bring J to have his bathing time, we get him to know his buddies first.. I am yet to name the little ducklings.. hmmm.. time to ponder.. :P

Sayang..

There is always these things that I always said I wanna record in my blog yet I always forgot. Since I remember it now, I might as well just put down some points so I can edit when I have more time to do so. :P

J has been very profocient in grasping things that we pass to him.. But lately, there is more than just grasping.. sometimes when he was lying beside me.. he will touch me like the way we touch others when calling them.. During the first time, I thought he just uses his hands to grasp something.. but after a few rounds of experiencing it, I found out that he indeed calls us by touching us (as he still doesn't speak).

Here is something more touching.. Lil' J has also learned to use his hands to touch my face.. no he didn't scratch but TOUCH!! Very soon, I figure out that he did that as a sign of "SAYANG".. Because from one hand, now he learned to 'sayang' us with two hands touching on our cheeks.. I was so happy that I felt like crying when he did that.. now, he would do it every now and then.. I am so HAPPY!!

Mommy loves you so much Jayden. :)

What? Turning 360Degree??

Today, I put lil J lying on his tummy.. just to ensure that he has a little of his tummy time, since it's been ages I didn't do that. What a lazy mom I am.. Hehe..

On the other hand, I placed some of J's favorite toys on around him, just to make sure that he has his toys in every angle that he eyes on.. so he won't make to much noises.. Hehe.. :P

As usual, I turned on my laptop to get some things done. About 10minutes later, J was on his back.. playing with his toys. I continue with my works.. And suddenly, when I turned to him, he was making a flip back to his tummy.. that's not something I have never seen before.. but to my surprise, he turned to his right to grab his toys.. and round and round in a circle.. Guess what, he did a whopping 360degree turn!!!

WOw.. I was so amazed with what he was doing but I forgot to capture a video of that!!! Dang!! Well, I am so proud of him.. I ain't sure where and when he learned that, but well.. I think he will learn to crawl very soon.. :)

Graspy & Snatchy

Nowadays, I can hardly carry lil J with control. He has turned to be a mini monster-ish J.. lol

J would turn from left to right, right to left, up to down, down to up.. he will even arch backward to make things harder for me.. Practically every direction that you can think of.

Not just that, things get tougher for me whenever there any objects around us. J would lean forward to reach, grasp and pull everything that he eyes on.. Nevertheless, whenever we have something on you hands.. we can never escape his snatching.. Yes! He knows how to snatch things from us..

Therefore, carrying J has become really tough for me, adding to his 8kg body weight, is the twisting and turning and pulling that adds more weight to it. I wonder if that's how I get back nexk shoulder and back pain worsen nowadays.. sigh..

Seperation Anxiety

I start to feel that J starts to recognize the people around him since about a week ago. And hoping that he will not be too clingy to me, I always bring him out to meet new people and let different people carry him.

However, it seems that the s0-called nightmare comes.. Haha.. It's getting more and more obvious that J is getting clingy to me.. Whenever I let someone else carry him, he will look at me and if I walk away, he will cry..

And not just that, during our badminton session yesterday, he has been crying so hard for as long as my badminton session. And I could hear his super loud cries even though my friends carried him out for a walk so he would not see me..

Oh boy, I wish he will get this seperation anxiety over asap..

Curiosity to Learn

Jayden's curiosity to learn is growing each day. There are many things that amaze and amuse him, and his repetitions of the same actions enhance his skills in multiple aspects that seem so ordinary to us, yet profound to him.

For the passed few days, J has been grabbing his spoon whenever we fed him with it. He will grab the spoon tight enough and push it towards his mouth, that's when feeding him solid becomes harder.

We have to be extra careful while feeding him especially when his hands come into action, as we can't afford to lose control over the spoon or the consequences will be painful.

I'm blessed to be able to experience together with J his step by step journey of growth, development and exploration everyday. :)

Sun Tan

J has been going out on a daily basis since the day he turned 1month old.. Despite the fact that most people said he has quite fair complexion.. well, I wouldn't have realized how tanned J has become if I didn't come across his folds.. :P

I have always wonder why J is not as fair as mommy and daddy (used to be fair) and I never thought going out will sun-tan him so much.. I think this is mainly due to the un-tinted windscreens on the car..

Poor lil' J.. We should think about investing in tinting DD's car soon..

Tainted Love by DD

There is always a song that will sooth J.. and it always works.. that is "Tainted Love". I do not know who is the original singer, but DD always plays the Marilyn Manson's version.. And it seems like J just like it..

DD tried to play other singers' versions too.. and it works!!! Including DD's singing (just for this song)... :P

I wonder what's with this song that J likes so much.. I have never been listening to this song during my pregnancy.. nor did DD I think.. Hmmm...

Eating Solid - Organic Rice Cereal

Well, for the passed few days, Jayden has taken 2 rice rusks with breastmilk and finish the meal with breastfeeding.. From his respond, I think he quite enjoys it. When he is full, he will blow the rusk out from his mouth.. making things messy.. LOL! :)

Finally, I manage to buy rice cereal for J yesterday. :) It is an organic fruitty rice cereal and it's quite yummy.. Yes! I tasted it to make sure it is tasty.

J still doesn't know that taking rice cereal is a proper meal. Sometimes, he will cry so hard and refuse to have solid meal because he still couldn't relate that solid is a proper meal. Therefore, I do my best to prepare solid for him before he cries for milk, and that's the time that he will eat without making much fuss. :P

Now, J is having 4 teaspoon of rice cereal every meal and I am looking forward for him to have more! :)

J's First Solid

It's a Sunday noon and there isn't much to do since we didn't go out shopping. Since there is banana at home, I am thinking perhaps it would be good to try letting J having a little bit of banana.. this could be a great experience for him to try a little different taste. :P

Guess what, J vomits the moment I put some banana in his mouth!! Hahaha.. well, it's not like he vomits a lot of things, he just makes the vomit sound. I guess he is not used to strong taste yet.. shouldn't be he doesn't like it right? :P

We go to buy some rice rusks for J at Giant as his first solid and see how much he likes it. When we got home, we tried with half a biscuit.. Hmmm.. looks like he likes it!! I am gonna go to organic shop to buy some organic rice cereal for him soon.

Why organic? Well, it is easier for me to find rice cereal that's not just organic, but milk, sucrose, sodium and gluten free! :)

Busy-Baby

I have summarized the things that I observe J doing lately and due to my busy-ness and lazy-ness, I didn't write them into readable blog until now. Hehe.. Finally, I have made up my mind to get them done today and get them posted. Here it goes...

Hands and Feet
J often amuses himself by his own hands and feet. He figures out that he can play with his own feet.. so every now and then, he will lift up both of his feet, play with them, and pull them towards his mouth. :P As a busy mommy, I have to make sure I wipe his feet clean every now and then to get him ready to mouth them. Haha..

Recognize Own Name
J starts to recognize his own name. Not only that, he is a busy-baby, he always turns towards voice and sound. He likes it when we make funny voices and new sounds. :)

Roll' Baby Roll'
J can now roll in both directions. Today, he performs a 360 degree rolling.. First, he rolls to his left side 360 degree, and about 10minutes later, he rolls backward (to his right side) 360 degree again!! It's amazing!! :)

Reach & Drag for Object
Carrying Jayden is harder than before as he learns to reach for objects now. He will lean forward to the object that he is attracted to and will stay in that position until his hands reached them. And then, he will drag and pull the object into his mouth. Even when I am not carrying him, he did it like so spontaneous that he will drag the objects, hold them in his hands and then push them into his mouth. So I have to keep an eye on him all the time. Busy Busy!!

Sit Without Support
J starts to be able to sit momentarily without support. Well, when I say momentarily, I mean it. It's just a little while before he falls to the side. LOL!!

Imitate Speech Sounds
Everyday, DD will be busy talking to J, and the things that DD always tells J is "pa pa". It seems like it's gonna take a little longer for J to catch up "papa" and "mama" but he did very well on saying "ai ya ya". I don't know where J learns it from, but he does always says "ai", "yaya" and "da da" and I heard him saying couples of times "ai ya ya" and "da da" today. Hehe.. How much I wish he will call "Mommy". :P

Strangers Anxiety
I am not sure if I feel it right, but lately, I found that J is having the symptoms of "strangers anxiety". We have been trying to avoid J to have such feeling by meeting a lot of friends and make sure J is having fun with people around him by carrying him and playing with him. I really hope J will not develop this anxiety or else we will have hard time coping with it. Must bring him out more often again. :P