Mummy has become an avid collector of recipes especially for baby food. We have a baby connoisseur at home and he needs variety. Actually Mummy enjoys cooking just never really had the chance to. A guru needs good recipes... and that's what I am doing for a start. When Baby Matty grows a bit older... hopefully I will find more time on hand to go into the complicated dishes. Would love to bake too... but that requires a bit more effort as we need to get all the fancy pansy apparatus. Don't want to spend that kind of money unless I know that I make every cents worth it.
In the meantime... waiting for a guru to appear and tell me how to get Baby Matty to sleep better. He is still fighting sleep and getting harder and harder to "restraint". Humour doesn't quite work... he just gets too happy to sleep after that. Lecturing him makes him all sniffy and puffy eyes... he ends up having a bad night making things worse for everyone. Every few days we need to think of new alternatives to lull him to sleep. Hi-5 vcd is losing its power. He use to knock out after thirty minutes... then it became one hour and now after 2 rounds he is still wide awake. I just hope that someone will send me the answer I need one of these days... and please make it quick.
Thursday 30 March 2006
Tuesday 28 March 2006
Scaling New Heights
Baby Matty managed to climb up a small flight of stairs all by himself last night. Only 4 steps... but a big feat for a small feet like his! :)
Not sure how he actually managed to work it out... nobody has taught him how. You should see how smug he was after that.
He was climbing on fours... let's see when he will start pulling himself up using the railings by the side.
Not sure how he actually managed to work it out... nobody has taught him how. You should see how smug he was after that.
He was climbing on fours... let's see when he will start pulling himself up using the railings by the side.
Monday 27 March 2006
Drama-Mama
Baby Matty has gotten well adjusted to having to sleep alone. He doesn't wake up as often as before and seems to be sleeping better. Thanks goodness!! At long last Mummy is getting more rest. Fingers and toes crossed that he will stay that way or at least improve on it. Perhaps Daddy is right that our snoring and ruffling of the quilt in the middle of the night wakes him up... considering that he is a light-sleeper like Mummy.
We also learned that he can be such a drama-mama. He screams and weep whenever we need to leave him alone for a while... but for the past few mornings he was happy to stay in bed all by himself. When Mummy woke up on Sunday morning... the house was in absolute silence... but found Baby Matty standing in one corner of his bed, peeping through the door that was left ajar as if waiting for someone to walk pass his room.
We use to hide and he seek for us. The roles are now reversed. He learned how to grab his towel and hide his face to play peek-a-boo. Quite amused with what he did.
Don't want to mention this here but hopefully Baby Matty won't blame Mummy for making a mockery out of him... he had a bad haircut yesterday and looking absolutely horrible right now. *Sigh*. No more magazine-cover-baby-looks. Can't wait for his hair to grow out soon. In the meantime no more photo-taking. Can't afford to have any incriminating evidences lying around.
We also learned that he can be such a drama-mama. He screams and weep whenever we need to leave him alone for a while... but for the past few mornings he was happy to stay in bed all by himself. When Mummy woke up on Sunday morning... the house was in absolute silence... but found Baby Matty standing in one corner of his bed, peeping through the door that was left ajar as if waiting for someone to walk pass his room.
We use to hide and he seek for us. The roles are now reversed. He learned how to grab his towel and hide his face to play peek-a-boo. Quite amused with what he did.
Don't want to mention this here but hopefully Baby Matty won't blame Mummy for making a mockery out of him... he had a bad haircut yesterday and looking absolutely horrible right now. *Sigh*. No more magazine-cover-baby-looks. Can't wait for his hair to grow out soon. In the meantime no more photo-taking. Can't afford to have any incriminating evidences lying around.
Thursday 23 March 2006
Job Hazards
For two days in a row I had to deal with four idiotic persons all with a one-track one. Some people just muddle through their work without careful thought... and of course there are those who think too much, harping on things that are so irrelevant and creating more stress to themselves and the people around.
Half the time, work related stress is due to having to deal with people like these... only a small portion of it comes from the tight deadlines. Talk about job hazards... gotta learn to keep my blood pressure in check. No wonder as we grow older... we need to pay a higher premium for our insurance.
Half the time, work related stress is due to having to deal with people like these... only a small portion of it comes from the tight deadlines. Talk about job hazards... gotta learn to keep my blood pressure in check. No wonder as we grow older... we need to pay a higher premium for our insurance.
Wednesday 22 March 2006
Deprived
Baby Matty will definitely grow up to be a foodie like Mummy and Daddy.
For his age he is quite adventurous when it comes to food (actually almost everything!). He won't reject new food introduced to him.... but whether he likes it or not is a different story. Frankly I can't quite think of what he doesn't like to eat. He is now the official fruit tester in the house. You can tell from his face if the fruit is sour or not. He scrunches his face so much that it sends everyone laughing instantaneously. Should really try and capture a photo of his expression one of these days.
Of course he won't get to taste everything... still too young for most of the stuff. You can tell that it is a torture to him when he had to keep swallowing his saliva just looking at us eat. Even worse if you show him banana or papaya and if he knows it is not meant for him... he will start to shrill. But he managed to get a "taste" of the curry puff yesterday... by grabbing Granny and "kissing" her on the lips. Poor boy... he must be so deprived.
For his age he is quite adventurous when it comes to food (actually almost everything!). He won't reject new food introduced to him.... but whether he likes it or not is a different story. Frankly I can't quite think of what he doesn't like to eat. He is now the official fruit tester in the house. You can tell from his face if the fruit is sour or not. He scrunches his face so much that it sends everyone laughing instantaneously. Should really try and capture a photo of his expression one of these days.
Of course he won't get to taste everything... still too young for most of the stuff. You can tell that it is a torture to him when he had to keep swallowing his saliva just looking at us eat. Even worse if you show him banana or papaya and if he knows it is not meant for him... he will start to shrill. But he managed to get a "taste" of the curry puff yesterday... by grabbing Granny and "kissing" her on the lips. Poor boy... he must be so deprived.
Monday 20 March 2006
Separation Anxiety
Baby Matty moved into his own room last Saturday. It was a whole day work just to put everything in place... his cot, new shelf, sound system. It took us a while to figure out the best place to position the receivers so that we know when he cries in the middle of the night.
Mummy was so worried that he will miss us and not get used to the idea of not seeing us in the same room as him. But he did ok. On the contrary it was Mummy who suffered from separation anxiety. Oh dear... :p
Mummy was so worried that he will miss us and not get used to the idea of not seeing us in the same room as him. But he did ok. On the contrary it was Mummy who suffered from separation anxiety. Oh dear... :p
Friday 17 March 2006
Eight and A Half Months Old
Things are looking alot better now that Baby Matty's teeth are out... well at least for now until his next tooth starts to cut out. He now has 4 at the top and 2 at the bottom. Well not like he sleeps through the night but at least he does fall back into sleep quite promptly and he stopped waking up at the dot of every hour. Then again we are not sure if he is going keep this going. Every time when things are looking up... they don't usually last long.
Baby Matty can cruise around the house quite well nowadays. Not sure when he will start letting go and attempt to walk unsupported. By then we will have more back-breaking moments... not sure if it is a good or bad thing. He blabbers alot more often as well. Mummy just had a funny "conversation" with Baby Matty this morning. He goes "papapapapapapp"... I reply with "papapapappa"... and he will follow up with "papapapapa". He actually paused to listen and wait for his turn to speak. Not much luck trying to get him to say "mamamamama" for a change. If I hadn't mention this... he only says "mamamama" when crying... otherwise its "papapapapa" most of the time. "Baobao" is another word that he can mouth at the moment.
Trying to say "no" to Baby Matty more often lately as well. He tests his limits all the time... from dropping things onto the floor while sitting on the high chair, pulling the curtains (he just can't seem to stop doing this even though he has been told repeatedly not to) to touching the breakable stuff. He knows that he is not allowed to... you can tell from the shifty look he has every time he attempts to do the "un-doable".
Baby Matty can cruise around the house quite well nowadays. Not sure when he will start letting go and attempt to walk unsupported. By then we will have more back-breaking moments... not sure if it is a good or bad thing. He blabbers alot more often as well. Mummy just had a funny "conversation" with Baby Matty this morning. He goes "papapapapapapp"... I reply with "papapapappa"... and he will follow up with "papapapapa". He actually paused to listen and wait for his turn to speak. Not much luck trying to get him to say "mamamamama" for a change. If I hadn't mention this... he only says "mamamama" when crying... otherwise its "papapapapa" most of the time. "Baobao" is another word that he can mouth at the moment.
Trying to say "no" to Baby Matty more often lately as well. He tests his limits all the time... from dropping things onto the floor while sitting on the high chair, pulling the curtains (he just can't seem to stop doing this even though he has been told repeatedly not to) to touching the breakable stuff. He knows that he is not allowed to... you can tell from the shifty look he has every time he attempts to do the "un-doable".
Wednesday 1 March 2006
Feel Like Crying
Time and time again I tell myself not to lose my cool and patience with Baby Matty... but almost everytime I get a big "F" for that. Each time after the dust has settled, the feeling of guilt will engulf me.
I am desperately in need of rest but Baby Matty just has lots of energy to burn. Putting him to bed is like going to a war. It use to be bad but now it is worse. He will struggle and cry non-stop the minute he knows that we are trying to get him to go to sleep. Sometimes I really wonder if other parents have it just as bad. Most people I talk to tells me that a baby's sleeping pattern is more predictable once they hit 6 month old... they sleep long and better. I wonder what happen to mine.
The bad night is giving me a splitting headache. Nowadays I really dread the evenings.
I am desperately in need of rest but Baby Matty just has lots of energy to burn. Putting him to bed is like going to a war. It use to be bad but now it is worse. He will struggle and cry non-stop the minute he knows that we are trying to get him to go to sleep. Sometimes I really wonder if other parents have it just as bad. Most people I talk to tells me that a baby's sleeping pattern is more predictable once they hit 6 month old... they sleep long and better. I wonder what happen to mine.
The bad night is giving me a splitting headache. Nowadays I really dread the evenings.
