BIrthday Presents

sorry for the late posting. :) one month due... :P


Shanns's checking on the birthday card


nice dress...

what's inside?

:)
Tim

Updates

Shanna is back to her usual self, playing well on her own and no more clinging on to Daddy/Mummy.

This morning, she was ok to be placed in her play pen again :)

She's also off her milk strike, and back to drinking 6oz of milk per feed. With no less of solids intake.

I don't really know what is the cause, probably teething. Though I wasn't expecting such strong reactions from teething because the new teeth are not molars. But maybe the little girl is growing up and knows how to assert herself more, rather than just letting Daddy/Mummy have their way. Daddy & Mummy have to get smarter now :P

Shanna loves to let go of whatever she's holding on to and dash into our arms, taking few steps on her own... and laughing her little head off the whole time :)

~ Audrey

PISA or Pizza?

For those who are not local, PISA stands for Penang Indoor Stadium Arena.

My darling daughter thinks PISA =Pizza.

When I show her a picture of a Pizza, she points out of the car window, looking for PISA.

When we drive pass PISA, she looks out the window and signs with her hand 'Not there'. PISA is there, but she is looking for a Pizza.

Hmm... I wonder how can I explain it better to her.

She can say 'thumb' and 'mama' and 'koo' (school). When told to say 'cat', she goes 'meow', when told to say baby, she goes 'aaa'.

I taught her some basic informal sign language since she was young (I forgot when I started :P). She now signs done/all gone/no more, please, caterpillar, flying/butterfly/bird, bus, star, swimming, washing machine spinning, bye bye & hot hot.

:)
Audrey

kites!!!

mummy tied up my hair... n daddy got a shock when he saw me... :D
do i look cute ?

then we went to watch ppl play kites beside the seaside near D&M's working place.







u might be wondering y i didnt smile in all the photos...
i was having a piece of grape in my mouth when we were out there... :)

:)
Shanna LYY

The End of Inflicted Pain... For Awhile

Shanna just turned 13 months old this week. My little baby is growing up fast.

She keeps surprising us with her knowledge and understanding of what we say. Just this morning, as we were leaving the house, she pointed to the fan and babbled to me (in baby language that only mummies and daddies understand) that I needed to turn it off. When I asked her how can I turn off the fan, she turned and pointed to the switch on the wall.

Well, the morning started fine, then when Tim and I went to pick her up at the babysitter's during lunch hour to bring her to her paed's appointment, we were informed by the babysitter that Shanna had not been her normal self the whole morning, she kept crying and wanting to be carried. They had never seen her like that. Me neither, so I was puzzled.

During the whole time out with us she was fine so I thought maybe it was just some discomfort and it had passed. We brought her to take the last pneumococcal jab. It's going to be the last jab for her for awhile, until she's 18 months I think, bless her. Well, she cried when the needle went in, and recovered quickly to wave bye bye and give her doctor a flying kiss.

Her weight is 9kg, doc said it's just nice for her age.

She had a 2 hr 45 mins nap after that and babysitter said no fever. After we brought her home, she started acting needy and crying again. Wasn't even interested in walking around. Never seen her like that.

Could it be the mosquito bite near her eye? But she wasn't scratching it much. Could it be the injection? Maybe, but this behavior started before she got the injection. Fever check? Thermometer showed that I had a higher temperature than her. I asked her to show me where's the pain? She pat her tummy, but then she ate really well the whole day. The last thing I can charge it to - teething? Poor girl was tired out with all the fussing and fell asleep immediately when I put her to bed at 7.45pm.

Hope she'll be all well and back to her normal self tomorrow. I will stay home to monitor her in the morning. Maybe I'll learn tomorrow the reason for her behavior. Parenthood... an ongoing learning process.

~ Audrey

PBF!!!

guess what's PBF???
*hint*

our girl girl was so happy and amazed with all the butterfly flying around in the park.

close up with a butterfly on mummy's hand





monkey cup....
our Shanna likes to stand up right now and sometime refuse to sit still in the stroller anymore...
at mario's pizza, mummy's favorite... :)

:)
tim

Days of Freedom

I can hardly believe it. I do not have to spend time with the pump anymore.

Yes, since last Thursday 18 March 2010 I have officially stopped breastfeeding. I started the day Shanna was born on 5th March 2009. Shanna was 100% breastfed for the 1st year of her life. This is beyond my initial goal of 4-6 months :)

Just for the fun of it, and for the record, here is some data:
Duration: 1 yr 14 days
Number of hours spent expressing milk: ~753 hours

As of today, there is still some stock of milk in the freezer. Shanna takes a mix of breastmilk and formula nowadays. She has taken well to formula (Dumex Dugro), and in fact seems to prefer the taste of formula. Oh well, it's understandable that she may have gotten bored with the taste of the same thing for 1 year.

Was breastfeeding hard? Yes! Tiring and require lots of time and energy. Couldn't have done it without God's grace and support from family and friends.

Was it worth it? Absolutely! Shanna is healthy. She hasn't been sick with flu/fever/etc at all. Thank God for good health. A side benefit for me is breastfeeding was the express way to lose weight, I'm thinner than before I got pregnant :)

Would I do it again? Definitely. But I am enjoying my 'freedom' for now :)


~ Audrey