Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
So far, I have blogged about Hannah’s feeding and sleeping. That leaves us with activity time. Like many Singaporean parents, the kiasuism spirit got me into starting her early with reading and listening to music. My best friend, Doreen, helped
One thing that’s changing around The Rivervale is that Hannah’s pair of lungs are getting, well, healthier by the day! Right after birth, when she was in one of her moods, all that we’d typically hear would be whimpers. These
My sleep pattern is largely determined by Hannah since the day she arrived. In the first month, I was extremely sleep-deprived. Hannah required breast-feeding round the clock, every 2-3 hours, every feed lasting an hour. Take away meal times and
We didn’t watch NDP on the TV – Hannah wanted her dinner. So I occupied myself taking more pictures – but this time with the Nikon 50mm f1.8D lens. This is the cheapest lens in Nikon’s line up, but is
The weather looked better on National Day, so we planned to head to Punggol Park to take some family photographs. We had everything nailed down pat – timing, equipment and baby things to bring along. Unfortunately, the most important subject
Ling has a established pattern when it comes to Hannah’s meal times: it’s feeding, then burping, then reading. I’ve been wanting to try out the Sigma 24-60 mm F2.8 EX DG lens too that I bought last year but haven’t
Mum’s birthday is coming in a few days’ time, and Jasmine was planning to celebrate the occasion at what’s turning into a regular family venue: the Imperial Treasures restaurant. We’d been to the Great World City branch for family birthday
One thing about Hannah bawling is this – there’s always collateral damage involved! Specifically, I get scolded by Ling.:( Here’s the story: Hannah was doing her bawling yesterday Friday. Heck, from what Ling was telling me on MSN, the entire
Burp. Burping Hannah has been a major occupation since we introduced the bottle. (Whenever she is breastfed, she requires little or no burping at all.) I started off with Avent bottles, believing that these are the better ones (they claimed
An ex-colleague visited us lately and shared with me that Hannah could be taught sign language before she could articulate her needs. Sounds like fun and interesting to me. Here’s a video to show just that :) httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gSZfW4gVhI
Here’s a funny story that just appeared on The Straits Times today: July 20, 2009 Hospital switched babies SEOUL – A SOUTH Korean court has ordered a hospital to pay a mother 70 million won (S$80,796) in damages after it
The weekend was pretty eventful if also tiring for the both of us, complete with mishaps and tending to Hannah. In no order of importance or sequence… Hannah had a fever after her vaccination on Friday, but recovered on Saturday
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