Ng Jing Wen Natalie & Ng Jing Yang Emmanuel

Sorry for having no updates for so long..

2010-05-13T12:52:00.002+08:00

Hi everyone.. i'm back..

have been too busy recently ever since emmanuel was born. He has started teething since 5 months.. and there are simply too many things to do and to teach him.. so i figured out that time was better spent with him than blogging..hahaz..so pai seh to everyone who has been asking me to update the blog..

recently, Emmanuel is learning about texture( wood, wax, plastic and etc) , sizes ( i give him diff sizes of bowls to play with) and diff sounds made by diff materials ( i put paper clips, toothpicks, coins and rubber in used yacult bottles).

Now, i'm moving on to smell.. i'm starting with very natural things first..so i'll bring him to the garden to smell the plants.. also, he will often smell fruits..such as lemon and orange. he is a very curious little one..

these are simply things that is very very useful to a little child. I think emmanuel is a fast learner.. he is now interested in reading.. he loves books man.. so i'm reading alot to him in the afternoon..

i really think Natalie takes after me and Emmanuel takes after his daddy.. he is gonna be another bookworm.. hahaz..

well.. that's it for now.. i am only stealing his sleeping time to blog.. hopefully, i'll have time to update all u ppl who loves natalie and emmanuel about their growing up..

now, i have to go teach him..it's flashcard time.. emmanuel simply loves it..

The crown prince Emmanuel is born

2009-11-25T16:41:00.003+08:00

Emmanuel is such a cute little boy.. he drinks milk once every 3 hrs... but at night, he can sleep through quite long.. he drinks about every 4 hrs plus.. that means i only wake up about once and at most twice every night.. such a considerate little boy rite...

he is so so cute.. the first grandSON on both side of the family.. the crown prince.. the most loved now.. of course they also love natalie la... but like most chinese family, boys are always popular....but to me, both males and females are the same.. as long as they are healthy and they grow up to be filial... i dun really care if they are male or female..

But i feel more bonded to the boy..maybe because i'm looking after him all by myself and he is on total breastfeeding.. so i feel inseparable with him... i'm his only source of milk supply..hahaz.. good thing is that it is very easy..he wants to drink then i feed.. no need to go pump, sterilise or warm up the milk..but the bad thing is that i can't even sneak out ( meaning letting someone else look after him, not abandon him alone) for a while..hahaz..

Finally...

2009-11-25T16:33:00.004+08:00

finally this blog is working again.... and

Finally...little Emmanuel is out... he is so cute...

Name: Ng Jing Yang Emmanuel
gender: male
Weight at birth: 3.37kg
Height at birth: 51 cm
total breastfeeding baby

Natalie loves her baby brother alot alot... she kisses him and hugs him every night... she even asked to carry him...

the present tactic really works... cuz natalie associates Emmanuel with the dog house that he "bought" for her... so she loves him....

visit my facebook for updates on Natalie

2009-08-26T16:43:00.002+08:00

visit my facebook for updates and more pics on Natalie..

how come i cannot upload pics anymore??

2009-08-26T16:43:00.001+08:00

is there something wrong?? i can't upload pics...

Impressive progress

2009-04-27T15:34:00.003+08:00

Natalie has made impressive progress these week. She can speak alot more and also more willingly to try and articulate what she needs. She is able to join 2 or 3 words together...

her ability to understand instructions is so much better also. for instance, I dun need to give instruction directly to her for her to do something. e.g. I told augustine to go switch on the fan. But when natalie hears it, she will go on for me. although she could do this at about 1 1/2 years old. but now she is much much better at it. Also, when i ask her to change diapers, she would go get her changing map, baby wipes and even lie down to wait for me..

so cute. very independent kid.

I just love her...

cute little natalie...

mummy's secret recipe....MINI BURGER

2009-04-24T13:49:00.008+08:00

Step 1: get the ingredients ready.

ingredient list:

egg tofu

bun

cheese
spinach

carrot

white bait

fillet chicken

pork

threadfin fish

eggs
1strawberry

Step 2: steam the carrot until it's soft

Step 3: blend the chicken, fish, pork, tofu, carrot and white bait until it's very fine.

step 4: chop up the spinach and add into the mixture.

Step 5: beat half an egg( both egg yoke and white) into the mixture and mix until even.

Do Not add any sauces into the mixture.

step 6: add a little butter into a pan. put a spoon of the meat misture into the pan and fry until cooked. the patty should look like this in the end.

step 7: add a little butter on the pan and fry an egg

step 8: assemble the burger.

follow this sequence
bun

egg

cheese

patty

cheese

egg

bun..
if you follow this way, the cheese will melt in between

FINAL PRODUCT.. cute???

the best thing about this burger is that the child will eat everything. this is very nutritious as it includes meat, protein, calcium, iron, fibre, vegetable and everything else a child needs. More importantly, the child will eat everything without picking out the vegetables or anything.. so for mothers will young kids, you may want to try this healthy burger..

My 2nd birthday party...

2009-04-24T13:16:00.003+08:00

i really had fun that day.. thanks everyone that turned up.. thanks tien hui kor kor for the food, thanks daniel kor kor and jia en gu gu for the music.. thanks all the children for playing with me.. thank you everyone else for the presents.. i love the presents...

this year.. i collected alot of book and clothes... very nice.. thank you everymuch..

if you all want to see more of my pictures... you can go to my mummy's facebook.. all the other pics are there...

Facts at 2 years old..

2009-04-07T16:58:00.005+08:00

I am 89.5 cm tall now..
daddy says that my actual adult height will be double mine now.. but it's impossible. i can't be about 180 cm tall..that is very very tall..hahaz...well, we will see...

Classes I am attending now:
- Shichida's Method Class
-Igenius Class

I can say the following words. although i feel that's alot already.. but mummy is still not happy that i'm not speaking in sentences. but i am learning.. i can speak one or two sentences already.. i'm getting there mummy... be patience..

mummy
daddy
up
down
wake up
star
bus
car
egg
this
one
two
not this one
change disc
no
ten
more
twenty
thirty
fifty
eighty
apple
blue
green
ball
sky
woof ( this is a word.. mummy says an onomatopoeia is a word)
cat
mao ( cat in chinese)
yi ( ah yi in chinese)
stella
baby
bolster
A
ma ma ( grandmother)
yes
nat
tiger
flashcards
book
moon
spot
vase
cup
bowl
eat
fruit
juice
milk
bear
bird
ice
nice
cheese
yao ( want in chinese)
go
dance
beast
fish
toys
nose
bye
hi
jie jie ( sister in chinese)
shit
dirty
raining
daisy
shoes
oh
bath
spoon
cow
please
open
orchid
bud
zebra
bra
bread
duck
mark
night
dark
light
work
where
dog
pink
no more
some more
it's
don't want

these are the words that i can say now and understand now. may have more but mummy can only remember so many.. i'm still learning how to make sentences. I can say a few sentence....
e.g.
- Don't want this one
-change disc please
-not this one
-daddy where?
-mummy go work work

-->see mummy... i am learning.....not bad for a 2 year old already.
according to studies, by the age of 2years old, I should know about 50 vocabulary. but i know more than that.. so that's very good already..

I know there are others who are 2 years old and can speak very well already.. but don't worry.. i understand alot more words.. it is just that i can't say them yet... I know alot alot and can understand alot of words.I am always listening and following your instruction mummy.. so am i a clever girl??

"yes, you are a very clever girl...and mummy loves you.." mummy

FActs about me when i am 2 years old.

2009-04-06T16:01:00.004+08:00

My 2nd Birthday Party

2009-04-06T15:53:00.002+08:00

Happy birthday to me, Happy birthday to me,
happy birthday , happy birthday,
happy birthday to me...

thank you everyone for turning up at my 2nd birthday party. i really had lots of fun... I really love my friends who came to play with me.. we played passing the parcel, musical chairs, dancing and freezing when the music stop... so fun.. my friends came up to my house and play with my toys too.. so fun...

i really enjoyed myself..

the cake was beautiful and nice..

thank you everyone for giving me such a wonderful memory...

When my mummy is busy

2009-03-26T12:13:00.002+08:00

mummy is very busy nowadays. she is so busy working..going to NIE every morning..like from 7.30 am. i have to go to verde ( my ah ma's house) so early. every morning, mummy will force mi to go even though i want to sleep.. nowadays, mummy just lets me sleep and just carry mi to the car and fetch me to ah ma's house. mummy and daddy doesn't come home until late evening. like 6 pm. But it's ok..cuz ah ma who retired just to take care of me plays with me everyday, feed me, bath me and read to me. so i am not bored at all.. sometimes, i even treat the house like my baby gym.. i can climb up and down 3 storeys in the house.. i often goes to different rooms in the house to make a mess. but dun worry.. i'm the princess of the house.. so no one will scold me..

my ah ma, my mummy and daddy calls me darling..hahaz..they really love me alot.. and i love them too.. but i wish mummy and daddy can spend more time with me...

7th dec

2008-12-07T23:21:00.002+08:00

todae i cut my hair. mummy and daddy says that my hair is getting very messy and it's very hot for me. but i'm sad..mummy is sad too.. my hair... my hair so long and nice.. now for christmas and new year, i can't tie my hair anymore.. sad sad...

Natalie modelling in Mother and Baby magazine

2008-10-27T21:49:00.003+08:00

Natalie modelling for Fox Kids..

Natalie modelling for Okaidi Obaibi.

Natalie looks older than she really is in this two photos. hehez.. but she still looks cute rite??? hahaz...

my masterpiece

2008-10-21T21:35:00.005+08:00

mummy says looks like a sea shell..
Mummy: " look at the brillant strokes"mummy says this looks like a flower but daddy says it looks like mountain range. so what do u think?? nice use of colour rite???

today i went for class at igenius.. today we learn to sing song and do painting.. today i painted my first poster colour painting. nice?? i think it's not bad. mummy and daddy says it's nice. of course, they can't say not nice. hahaz..but when we went for dinner, got 4 strangers said it was nice too.. one uncle even stayed for awhile to admire my work. He guessed that I painted it. but he thought i was 3 years old. then the uncle say that my painting dun look like a 18mths old painting.. is that a compliment?? anyway, mummy have taken pics of part of the painting that she thinks is very nice with patterns. so have a look at it and give ur comments... thanks..

Natalie in MOther and Baby magazine

2008-10-10T17:58:00.002+08:00

hi all.. well.. natalie made it to the MOther and Baby Magazine october issue. she is in the section called your album.. hehez.. although her pic is small on the october issue... BUT.. look out for the Nov issue.. she is modelling for baby fox and Okaido.. she will be on the fashion page.. so catch her there on the next issue.. for those that dun buy this magazine, i'll be putting up the her pics on this blog once the issue is out.. copyright issues...hahaz.,.. so just wait folks...

our pretty little star is coming up next...

long time no see..

2008-09-22T10:19:00.003+08:00

too busy with natalie for a long long time.. no time to update this blog and i found out that uploading on facebook is much faster than uploading pics here.. hahaz.. therefore, for those that wants to see pics.. go my facebook.. got a link from here..

natalie is growing fine and going to have a sibling soon next year.. so excited.. hahaz... wonder if natalie is going to have a brother or sister... hehez...

natalie is now 17 months old.. very active.. haiz... she is learning alot and going to attend igenius class... hopefully she will learn something there.. we just want her to go igenius for fun.. we are not stressing her.. jus want to expose her to more of these... she is enjoying the materials alot.. learning well too..

we also just came back from desaru... very fun place to bring little children.. natalie enjoyed herself alot while her parents went there to be her maid.. hahaz... for the photos.. go see facebook. that's all the updates...

oohh... btw... natalie has one new friend who just arrived on sat...yeahz... now natalie has 2 friends and 2 cousins to play with her..

cute little natalie...

2008-08-02T22:33:00.002+08:00

yesterday i sent 2 photos of natalie to a magazine ( mother and baby).. hehez.. cuz got one page, they will put up baby pictures ma.. so i thought i jus try lo.. hehez.. then.. surprisingly, there was a reply from mediacorp. saying that they are keen to photograph baby natalie.. hahaz.. natalie too cute already.. but i think natalie is abit too old for a baby magazine.. hahaz.. i sent a few more pictures over as requested. hopefully, natalie can be the next big STAR... hAhA..( wishful thinking i know)...

Ng Jing Xuan Alicia

2008-07-29T22:10:00.003+08:00

Alicia is my baby cousin. her full name is Ng Jing Xuan Alicia.. hehez.. cute rite?? she is my gu gu's baby girl... I'm her jiejie.. hehez.. even our name is similar.. hahaz.. mine is Ng Jing Wen Natalie.. she is a cute little mei mei...

baby Alicia is born...

2008-07-29T22:01:00.002+08:00

Qianwen Look-alike Meter

2008-07-05T20:01:00.001+08:00

MyHeritage: Family tree - Genealogy - Celebrity - Collage - Morph

Ng Look-alike Meter

2008-07-05T19:31:00.001+08:00

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Free family tree - Family search

2008-06-30T23:06:00.003+08:00

watch me do a somersault

oh..

2008-06-30T23:04:00.000+08:00

hahaz.. i just realised how to make the pic and my comment to be at the center of the page.. hahaz.. i'm abit slow.. sorry.. hehez.. i guess the layout now would be easier to read..hahaz..

My first time..

2008-06-30T22:58:00.003+08:00

I turned on the music cd all by myself for the first time too... on 30 june 2008... first i turned on the switch. next i press the play button..am i smart???

I took off my own shirt for the first time.. hehez...

my first ice cream 26 june

2008-06-30T22:50:00.005+08:00

yummy...ah gong bought me an ice cream at jurong point... it's fruitty orange flavour..

too cold...

my cousin joined me in baby gym on sat...

2008-06-30T22:15:00.010+08:00

cute??

2008-06-23T18:33:00.000+08:00

she is a little naughty girl..always anyhow run around in the shopping centres...

my cousin and me....

2008-06-23T18:29:00.000+08:00

her name is kate. she is abit younger than me. i'm a big jie jie to her... i love her and take cares of her... she is so so cute.. hehez.. in july, i will have another baby cousin.. her name will be Alicia... i love to play with kate.. i always go her house to play. sometimes, she also come to my house. this is my little car tent. she loves to be inside.. cuz there are alot of balls inside...

Hay goat farm

2008-06-23T18:25:00.000+08:00

we went to the goat farm. there were lots of goats.. got fat one, skinny one, short one, tall one and baby ones.. hehez...natalie enjoyed herself alot.. got really excited...wanted to feed the goats but she was scared of them at the same time.. hahaz..abit smelly.. but it's an experience for her afterall.. the goat milk was very nice and fresh. must try if u have the chance to...

betty ah yi's wedding...

2008-06-23T18:18:00.000+08:00

do i look pretty?? the theme of the wedding was black and gold.. i had no black dress. mummy says it's very hard to find. so i just have to wear alot of gold...

the daddies and their baby girl... me or my cousin cuter??

The Big Hippo Speaks

2008-06-21T23:44:00.000+08:00

Hi everyone, this is Daddy Hippo and you've rarely heard from me if ever. I've been assigned to blog about today's trip to the Botanical Gardens.
Natalie really enjoyed her trip today to the Gardens. Our original intention in bringing her there was to allow her to rest her eyes (She has been watching the Wheels on the Bus non-stop ever since we bought the series for her and we fear for the state of her eyes) and allow her to look at far-away things. Can't have the little hippo wearing specs too early in her childhood. We also wanted to expose her to nature as she's usually wandering around shopping malls.
Anyway, from the pics its quite clear that Natty was enjoying herself.
She has a lively, enquring mind. She touched, smelt and observed all the leaves that we asked her to. She also tried to beat the drum made from wood and played with the photosynthesis exhibition.
She got really excited at the bridge. While other children from other families refused to cross it (one little girl actually cried rather than try), she was running up and down with gleeful abandon. Her sense of balance is really good too (probably comes from practice on MRT trains, running from carriage to carriage while the train is in motion)
If she was excited previously, she went wild at the water theme park area. You can see the pics for yourself. There she asserted her inherent right to a turn at the pump, refusing to be intimidated by the older kids. In fact, we had to teach her how to share.
It was really nice for the three of us to walk the park together. My favourite spot was near the lake (actually its just a big pond) where we sat in one of the little rest houses and looked at a picture of tranquility - ducks swimming on the placid surface of the lake, another family lazing around the shore... Mummy Hippo and myself are plotting a return (when Baby Hippo is older and more controllable) to the lake side at a later date.
Ok Mummy Hippo says that I cannot write too long as she is jealous of my language ability (She writes like a retarded hippo) so till next time....
I remain
Your faithful Big PO

hippos at the river...a trip to the botanical gardens 21 jun 08

2008-06-21T23:30:00.000+08:00

today, we arrived at the orchard entranceof the botanical gardens. we then walked for about an hour or more to the jacob balla children's garden ( the name was something like that la). later we found that it was near nus bukit timah campus. wa laoz.. damn far rite... hahaz..
natalie needs to change diaper now. brb...
back.. 1 min later..

natalie had great fun todae playing.. we played at the bridge, the water playing area and went around seeing, touching and smelling plants.. many different plants..

i think natalie had learnt alot todae.. she was very excited.. hehez.. best of all, it's free admission.. hahaz.. if u wanna go there, u should go there by the nus bukit timah campus. dun go from orchard there.. walk like mad.. but quite a nice walk la.. can see lake. got duck inside. but in my opinion, it's not a lake. more like a big pond. hahaz.. but it's just nice to have a change in fact. hehez.. to go to somewhere close to nature. less people and enjoy the fresh air.

no worries for mosquites or insect. we walked for an hour.. only had one mosquite bite on me. natalie is totally safe. had no bites.. hehez.. yupz.. so do go there and enjoy..

An Outing to the Botanical Gardens

2008-06-21T22:18:00.000+08:00

We are at the children's garden...hahaz.. very fun..

natalie's 1st birthday party(29 march 2008) ..HAPPY BIRTHDAY..

2008-06-09T22:23:00.000+08:00

The cake nice rite?? made in the image of the purple hippo.. hehez..

poor hippo..

1st night at Verde

2008-06-07T21:13:00.000+08:00

on 6 june 2008 ( friday), it was natalie's first night staying at verde alone with her ah ma and lao yi( grand aunt for the teochews). hahaz.. she was ok.. slept abt 12 plus.. that's considered early.. cuz she never sleep in the afternoon.. that's y so tired.. she woke up at about 7 am in the morning.. the earliest ever.. hahaz.. cried abit. perhaps looking for her mummy and daddy.., hahaz...poor girl girl.. we went to pick her up at about 7pm.. hehez.. she didn't look too happy.. but she cling onto me for her life. refuse to let go.. hahaz.. i guess she is afraid that i would leave her again.. haiz.. sad to say. but it's true. we are leaving for phuket next tues.. she will be staying there for 4 days 3 nights.. hahaz.. very long rite?? haiz.. i'm starting to regret my decision.. haiz.. not gonna leave her again..

well.. planning to go europe.. will try my best to convince my husband to bring her.. hahaz..but i guess abit hard..cuz of the food and the long flight. dun think she can take it.. even i will have problem with the long flight.hahaz..

anyway she is having slight fever now.. 37 degrees.. from the immunization jab last week. the doctor say that the fever will only come one week later.. hahaz.. and it's true.. so she is very cranky.. hahaz. ok.. have to go off to look after her le.. she is going to sleep.. haiz..

my poor little baby.. will miss her and think about her when i'm in phuket. that's the problem of being a parent. jus can't STOP worrying about your child.. haiz............

I love u natalie.. muackzzz........

plans for june

2008-06-06T12:13:00.000+08:00

ermz... we have alot of plans for june..

firstly, we are trying to get the pacifier off.. hehez.. it is so hard.. but at least we are half way there. nowadays, she is not allow to suck the pacifier in the afternoon. we only give it to her at night to help her sleep.. hehez.. so we plan to totally take it off even at night.. but sometimes, we jus feel so tired that we jus surrender and give it to her so that we can go to sleep.. hahaz...

secondly, we plan to toilet train her.. it seems like an impossible task... haiz.. everytime we wear training pants for her, she jus simple pee whenever and wherever she wants. she doesn't care to tell us. haiz.. irritating.. we have to cleaning up alot.. hehez.. well.. we have now for the time being, given up.. we are gonna wait until she is 1.5 years old and try to train her again.. hehez... enough of cleaning.. anyway, anyone got any advice on toilet training???

thridly, the more fun part.. we plan to take her to birdpark since she loves birds.. hahaz.. she usually look at them for very long along the roads or whenever she finds a birdie.. we also plan to take her to sentosa.. to the beach for a picnic.

ok..natalie is here to disturb again.. gtg..

natalie.

2008-06-06T12:12:00.000+08:00

natalie looks cuter with her hair tied up rite? but she always refuse to let me do it.. especially now that she is older. she simply refuse to let mi touch her hair when she sense that i'm up to something again. hahaz..

some thoughts..

2008-06-06T12:07:00.000+08:00

sometimes, i feel weird being a parent.. it's amazing how small little things that our little one do never fail to amuse us.. hehez.. perhaps, life is filled with other stuff that we adults sometimes forget about the cute little details of life.. it is through our children that we get to see things from a simpler perspective.. hehez.. i guess if u r a parent yourself then u will understand this..

to see through your child's eye is to see the world in a whole new perspective.. perhaps, life is not that bad after all...

hi everyone...

2008-06-05T15:45:00.000+08:00

natalie is now 14 months old... she is a little monster when she is awake.. but a sweet little angel when sleeping..hahaz.. she is getting damn cute la... she can do alot of funny things.. some new things she can do now..
1) call papa, mama, dad dad, ah ma, ah yi ( she can do it some time ago..but no time to update u all)
2) she can say yes.
3) she can nod or shake her head.
4) she can eat better on her own. can feed herself rice
5) she can play peek a boo
6) she can play hide and seek.. ( i mean u go hide a toy and she will seek it out for u..haha.. and she is super fast)
7) she can pretend to cook on her cooking set( the kiddy kitchen set we bought her)
8) she loves to bully her daddy too.. she hates it when her daddy hugs her mummy.. she will try to push him away or scream at him.. she is a little possesive girl..

she love to watch her vcd.. ( the wheel on the b us) can watch up till 6 times a day. luckily got 6 different episodes.. haha.. can be quite boring for the adults.. but she loves it.. she will watch nothing else but this only.

recently, we also just bought her a pair of new shoes from clarks... cost $55 la.. damn expensive. but no choice. cuz she needs a pair of good comfortable shoes to walk and that will support her ankles.. if not her feet will be out of shape.. hahaz..

now that she is older, she can tell us if she is angry or happy. she will clap her hands, jump , smile or dance when she is happy. when she is angry, she will bite her teeth together very hard and her body will shake. hahaz..she is very very naughty..

oh.. tell u all the some funny things she love doing..she ar..very naughty when going shopping now.. she like to "shoplift". for instance, if we go to popular or vcd shops..she will go crazy.. she will insist on coming down then grab books to rearrange them.. ( messing up la)..then she will run out of the shop when we are not looking or distracted. she thinks it's very funny for us to chase after her everytime. she also thinks that the beeping noises ( when u take something out of the shop it beeps like crazy) very funny.. so now, we generally avoid bookshops and vcd shops. hahaz..

more updates about me... i'm posted to kranji secondary school for my attachment.. hehez... looking forward to it.. but sad that i can't look after natalie le.. anyway, i'll more excited about my trip to phuket on 10th june. will be back by 13th.

ok.. gtg..natalie is trying to contribute to this blog too.. she is trying to type.. help.............

2008-06-04T00:59:00.001+08:00

seriously.. uploading pics is so bloody slow here....

2008-06-04T00:49:00.000+08:00

pictures...

2008-06-04T00:24:00.000+08:00

happy mummy and baby at lot 1

little cutie nattie ... eyes glued to the TV...

she is trying to make a funny face.

9 Months

2008-01-14T14:12:00.000+08:00

Finally natalie is in her 9th month..

here's an update of her for the past months..

she can now
1) clap her hands
2) stand on her own without support and walk 1 step. she tried her 2nd step but failed.
3)can wave bye bye
4) bite people
5) listen to instructions(come, let's go, go there, stop, no..etc..).. but she chooses whether to follow it or not.
6) pull people's hair
7) snatch toys from other older children and bully the younger ones....( scream at them to scare them and chasing them to corners)
8) she loves the cold storage adverstiment.. ( you got the whole world in your hands.)
9) grab specs..and things from your hand.
10) steal people's biscuits to eat
11) play piano, throw balls
12) climbs the stairs.. she manage to climb up to the 2nd level on her own. she wanted to continue but we refuse to.

she has 4 teeth now.. 2 on top and 2 below..hahaz..

she is a little naughty girl now. very naughty. has a mind of her own.. knows what she wants.. can be a bit irritating at times...

when she is teething.. it's hell for everyone.. cry and irritate ppl.

FiNalLy... nAtTiE gOiNg tO bE iN hEr 7tH mOnTh...

2007-10-26T16:28:00.000+08:00

it has been a long long time since i last logged into this.. hehez.. well.. i finally found the time to update the blog.. yes yes.. after all the nagging from people to update the blog..hahaz.

well.. natalie is growing up well..she is currently going to be 7 months soon.. hehez.. here's her progress... she has already learn how to sit up and crawl already.. haiz.. this little monster now.. cannot take it man.. move here and mover there.. haiz.. so tiring to keep watching her.. haiz.. can't leave her for a sec man.. if leave her on the bed, scare she fall off the bed. when leave her on her play area, then she will also get herself into trouble.. she either goes to try go close to the posters and end up knocking her head on the posters.. or she will want to crawl out of her play area and end up sometimes falling down. have to really watch her man.. so scare she knock her head on the marble floor..then that one not funny... can be quite serious..

yupz.. so now nattie can sit up and crawl ard.. ermz.. let mi think.. wat else... ermz.. well i have been very tired everyday.. cuz i have to go to sch and look after her when i come back.. life is kinda busy and i have no time for myself at all..sometimes, i really feel so so so tired.. haiz.. but no choice.. who ask mi stupid. hahaz.. ya lo.. plus.. augustine have always been coming home very very late recently.. ( sometimes i really wonder what he is doing in sch)..he comes home everyday at abt 5 or6.. today he even came back at 7.. as if sch already ending really got so much work to do until must come back so late.. well.. anyway, i can't be bothered with him already.. i also dun care abt him le.

okok.. no more talking.. more pics time.. u all quite long never see natalie's recent pics le.. here are some..there are not many pics..becuz firstly.. no time even to rest. where got time to take pics. so many stupid essays and assignments.. wa laoz.. no time to even do any readings at all.. secondly, she is so active that it's damn difficult to take her pic lo.. she move here and there non stop. so take alot pics all blur blur one.. as u can see one of the below pics.. so yupz.. not many pics and not many well taken pic.. the only pic that is cute recently is the first pic..

the pic on top is the cutest so far.. hehez.. little fattie nattie.. anyway, another thing is that we wanted to enter her into a baby contest..the hey baby contest..we wanted to enter her into the cutest baby catergory. but too bad, i think it's full..hahaz.. of course la.. all parents in the world think that their baby is the cutest...yupz.. there are 2 other catergories. 1 is the most talented baby.. the other one is the most look like parents baby.. but we were thinking...natalie only going to 7 month.. where got talent..hahaz..can't think of anything..hahaz.. well she can press ard the keyboard.. does that count??? hahaz.. the other catergory one ..dun need to even think abt it.. cuz i dun think natalie looks like me or augustine at all..hahaz.. so too bad lo.. haiz.. i tot can get her to go and enter the contest.. maybe got adverstiers want to find her for adverstiments.. then good lo..hahaz..best is get pampers or nestle nan.. then dun need to buy anymore..hahaz.. well.. but like i say..too bad.. the cutest baby catergory is full.. anyway..if any of u know of any baby contest, please tell mi.. yar???

ok.. i gtg le.. ermz.. i go do something else le.. sianz.. can't sleep.

more cute pics

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My husband..

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the below is the pic of my husband.. that stupid idiot..

natalie's first hair cut by her Mummy...

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too dumb looking le...hahaz

sorry nattie..hahaz...

i went to the children's hairdresser at suntec city kids zone. but the person say her hair very nice.. shouldn't cut. but her fringe is poking her eyes.. then the person say.. cut abit only then pay $18..not worth.. so ask mi to go home and cut myself.. so i help her cut lo..hahaz.. not straight.. hey.. i cut got style lehz.. see... from short to long..hahaz..

Natalie's 1st birthday party..

2007-08-28T22:05:00.000+08:00

we are planning to book a seaview bungalow at aloha loyang to celebrate natalie's first birthday..

we are thinking of doing it on 29th-30th march 2008(sat to sun)... her actual birthday falls on 2 april..

i guess if u have been following this blog, u must be a big fan of natalie.. therefore, u r invited..
hahaz... everyone is invited to this birthday party. i know it's abit too far.. it's like next year. but remember to keep it free ok??????

there will be mahjong.. for all those mahjong siaoz.. esp those CSC ppl.. hahaz..there will be at least a few tables.. so everyone will get to play..

for the others who dunno how to play mahjong.. there will be board games and other games to play..

finally.. the best part.. dinner will be provided.. Free of charge of course..

BUT..dun forget to bring ur presents........and of course hong bao will be highly preferred..hahaz.. jus kidding la...

i'll keep u all updated abt this.. yupz....see ya.. love all of you.................muack.............

ALERT!!!!

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hello everyone.. jus to make sure u r on the right blog.. recently, there is a big confusion due to my blog address.. there is someone out that with very very similar blog address as me (some N level girl).. yupz.. so.. jus to make sure u r on the right blog, this blog belongs to
NATALIE NG JING WEN. daughter of AUGUSTINE NG and HO QIAN WEN.. hehez..

hehez.. all my fault actually.. cuz i jus posted a shoutout on friendster.. but unfortunately, i type the wrong blog address.. so many people ended up on that girl's blog.. hehez.. so pai seh to everyone..

First food for natalie.. rice cereal..

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as you can see, natalie was fed up becuz she was too hungry already.. feeding spoon by spoon was simply jus too slow for her.. hehez.. so lesson learnt... never feed cereal when baby is too hungry.. have to feed her before it's too late.. haha...

First cerel feed..on 16 august 2007 4 and a half months

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i've tried to feed her cerel on 16 august.. she seem to enjoy it alot.. she use her hands to shove the spoon into her mouth.. and she tries to grab the whole bowl to herself.. obviously and naturally, she made a mess of herself.. but she is so cute la.. so excited to feed her.. so fun.. hehez..

this week is the first week of sch.. and i'm already feeling very tired.. i have to go to sch and look after her also.. jus feel that i need alot of rest.. and never have enough of rest... that's y i feel so irritated and frustrated very easily.. i jus want a quiet environment to rest and sleep or spend some quality time with my little daughter..

sch is boring.. as usually.. so much readings to do.. and soon got essays to write le.. haiz.. i really dunno how i am gonna copy.. i'm already starting to struggle.. readings, baby, essays,pumping milk, wash and sterlise milk bottles, wash clothes and sleep... haiz.. no other time to do any other thing.. sometimes dun even have time to eat..no time to read harry potter also..no time to watch vcds too. hehez..how i wish i go back to the time where i jus need to sleep and eat and shop.. now i think of going shopping also sianz.. bring baby very ma fan.. need to bring alot of things... then cannot go crowded places..anyway, if we go out shopping, i will spend most of the time pumping milk for baby, feeding her and changing her.. takes a long time.. by the time i'm done, i dun feel like walking ard.. tired le.. worse if she wants to be carried and not sit in the pram..

life sucks rite?? hehez.. but i'm happy to see my baby growing up healthy and happy.. she is jus a happy baby... and she has starting teething.. heez.. that's y she crys a little more.. more irritating also.. but too bad.. all babies cry..

yupz.. but as long as i see that she is healthy and happy, i'm happy too.. i dun mind doing so much..hehez.. i jus love my little natalie.. love her alot and the MOST..hehez..when i'm sad and i think of her, i'll feel better. when i'm tired and i think of her, i feel better too...hehez... u will understand when u become a mother..hehez..

i gtg.. she is crying again.. tata..

Natalie's first swim..

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natalie first went swimming with us.. me and augustine on friday 10 august.she enjoyed it..we were swimming in the shallow waters of the adult pool.. we didn't want her to go to the children's pool... cuz children's pool is usually dirtier... hehez..

at first, she seem uncertain abt the new experience.. but after a while, she began to play abit more.. still not very at ease in the swimming pool.. but at least she smile and tried splashing water....

on the next day, sat..11 august, we bought her downstairs to swim again.. this time, she was more confident.. hehez.. we brought along toys and a baby float for her... unfortunately, the baby float was a little too small for the little natalie.. hehez.. so she had to squeeze a little..

we also brought along the hippo toy.. but all natalie is interested in is trying to eat her float and her toys and worse.. trying to drink water.. guess from where.. hehez.. yes.. from the swimming pool.. guess she must be really thirsty to try and do that... hahaz

Kate VS Natalie

2007-08-13T11:20:00.001+08:00

Baby Kate Baby Natalie..

do they look alike??? looks abit alike rite?? both pics on day 1..

Little Kate..Natalie's baby cousin

2007-08-13T11:19:00.000+08:00

cute rite?? little kate was born on 17 july.. hehez.. natalie loves her little cute baby cousin katie...

kate is the daughter of my cousin( tang jie)..

looking at baby kate reminds mi of natalie when she was born.. such joy and pain... hehez.. never had that kind of feeling.. when u are happy abt being in pain..hahaz...

Baptism 8 july

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Natalie at 3 months plus

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Natalie at Exactly 3 month 2 july

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Natalie at 4 months..

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hehe.. once again.. sorry for taking so long to update the blog..it's being abt 1 month plus since i last update.. hehez.. cuz i have been too busy dealing with that little naughty girl..

well.. natalie is beginning to have a mind of her own.. she knows exactly wat she wants and when she is not given wat she wants FAST.. she will start to WAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa......hehez....

she can now hold her own bottle with both her hands.. still cannot really hold it there.. but at least she is trying.. well.. she had spoken the precious word.. mummy on 23 june 2007.. hehez.. so happy to hear that man... but she only said it once and never again.. haiz..

we have started reading storybooks to her and she seem very interested in books.. she have even learnt how to flip the books by her own.. well.. of course then she is going to start spoiling all those nice books we have bought for her.. we bought about a total of 60 bucks worth of books from elm trees( baby bookshop) at suntec kids corner.. it's quite a good shop to start with..

ermz.. and for everyone's information, Ng Jing Wen Natalie was baptised on 8 july 2007. hehez.. and of course, mi together with her..

oh.. now she can lift herself up into the sitting position when put on the pillow.. hehez.. but of course, she can't hold the sitting position yet.. so i have to watch her very closely...

that's y i am so busy now looking after the little one.. so demanding.. haiz..so physically tired also.. slack of sleep.. now my schedule is quite taxing... i wake up at abt 6.30 am to 7 in the morning to pump milk to get ready for her morning feeding.. then i will feed her until abt 8 plus..change diaper then put her back to sleep.. then i'll go put clothes to wash, sterlise her milk bottle..by the time i'm done, it's abt 10 and it's also time for the next feed.. so.. there i go again, pumping milk.. then i'll feed her until abt 11 plus 12.. but this time, she wun go to sleep anymore. she will want to play after milk.. she will also shit while drinking milk.. so it's time to wash her.. or bath her.. then i will go play with her until her next feed at abt 2. then she will go to sleep.. and wakes up abt 4 plus to drink again.. then sleep. then drink again at 6 plus 7.. then play.. then finally at abt 9 plus 10, i'll bath her again b4 giving her last feed and putting her to sleep.. but unfortunately, she doesn't sleep until abt 12 or 1 a.m...haiz..

tiring quite?? hehez.. i hardly even have the time to go eat my lunch when i'm at home alone with her.. luckily got my parents who comes over quite often to help out.. hehez..

of course, with the new Harry Potter- the Deathly Hallows... i'm slack of sleep even more.. becuz the only time i am left with to read is the time after she sleeps at night.. so i'll read until 2 plus. until i cannot take it le.. then i'll collapse onto the bed. hardly enough sleeps these days.. and i'm taking damn long to read (i'm only half way through the book) becuz i'm reading it on PDF.. wa laoz.. reading it on the comp is quite straining.. especially when u r tired..

but i feel very happy looking after my little gal myself.. i can see that she is learning new things everyday and all the cute little things or noises that she makes..

she have also learn to hug mi..hehez.. so so cute rite.. yupz... but soon i'll have to go back to sch le.. sad sad.. can't spend as much time with her anymore.. and i better study harder to pull up my CAP..hehe..

ok...that's all for now.. please stay tune and take care till the next posting.. the next password is "Mad-Eye"...( hahaz... for those potter's fans)

Natalie at 2 and a half months

2007-06-23T11:18:00.000+08:00

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Height: 61 cm
weight: 6.05kg

at 2 and a half months

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little natalie is really growing up fast.. she can protest when she doesn't like it.. she can now say a few more words.. e.g. apple, bear, car, hello, hi and yao.. hehez.. so cute rite..

she had her injection on 21 june 2007.. 2 jabs.. poor little thing.. she kana fever on the first day only.. luckily she is perfectly ok now.. can play, can smile already.. when she is not feeling well, she is a very naughty girl. she will cry whenever the phone rings, or people talking near her or making noise or when people touch her.. she seem to want to have a quiet environment and does not allow people to touch her..not as friendly as when she is when..

anyway, baby natie have better hand coordination now also.. she can grab her pacificer out of her mouth and throw it away wherever she is angry.. she can play with her toys now... she can play with rattles and soft toys.. i think she is starting the stage where babies puts everything into their mouth.. hehez... so cute..but so tiring for mi.. she is a little attention seeker..

but everyone is willing to give her our attention..

little hippo.. mummy and daddy loves you alot..muack..

more updates..

2007-06-16T14:22:00.000+08:00

sorry guys for the slow updates... have been really tired and busy looking after xiao jing wen..she is growing up really fast...

she is now 2 and a half months old..but she is faster than normal babies.. she can do things that a 3 or 4 months baby can do.. check the website out.. http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/baby/babydevelopment/1496585.html

she is so so cute.. so fast.. at 1 month 26 days.. she can say apple.. up till now, she still says it quite often.. she is such a cute little baby..so cheerful also..

she can recognize people too.. for e.g. if i leave her with my mother in law or my mother.. when i come back, she will smile at me.. as if knowing that i'm back and that she is happy to see mi.. that kind of feeling is so amazing.. hehez..

also... she is such a considerate baby..no night feeds... hehez.. she sleeps thru the night.. from 12 plus at night till abt 8, 9 or even 10 in the morning..hehez.. so adorable...

ok.. no more time to continue le..have to go check on her le..

2 months plus

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natalie at 2 months.. 2 june 2007

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1 month plus

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1 month plus.. nearing 2 months...

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First Word and First Flip at 1 month 26 days. My daughter is a genius.

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Day 11.. pretty little natalie..

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Day 10- still a pig pig..

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Day 9

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Day 8- she is asking for milk milk.. with her mouth open and her tongue sticking out..

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Day 7- babies really really sleep alot....especially this little princess... the real sleeping beauty

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1st time Parents

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Daddy and Baby

Mummy and Baby

Day 6 - so so soooooooooooooo cute........

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Day 5 - when will she stop being a PIGLET...????

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Day 4...being a real PIG

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Day 3- 4 april... Going Home.. FINALLY.....

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DAY 2- 3rd april...her first bottle of formula milk. no breast milk for her yet...hahaz...

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DAY 1...2nd april..jus born and in the ward

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My Little Princess Day 1

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pic taken in Day 1.

just pushed to the ward.

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Name: Ng Jing Wen Natalie
Date of Birth: 2 April 2007

Weight at Birth: 3.454kg

height at birth: 51 cm

i was so excited. it's a feeling that cannot be forgotten. now...let me tell u wat exactly happened. more pics will be uploaded soon. for those who are not comfortable with detailed descriptions of labour.. please exit this blog immediately.

it all started on april fool's day -Sunday (1st april for those who do not know). my daughter decided to play an april fool's joke on me early in the morning at about 3.20a.m. there was a show when i woke up to pee at night.( for those who are innocent. show=signs of blood. whether in large quanity or small). mine was jus a small little show.looks like short red strings ( those used for sewing clothes. but much much thinner and finer.) although there was a show, there was no pain, no contraction. therefore, after telling my lao gong... we went back to sleep. it was so sweet of him to keep checking on me thru the night to make sure i had no contraction. that night i slept pretty well. but in the morning after we woke up, i realised that my hubby didn't sleep at all after that. ( he told mi that). he claims that he was too excited after the news.

everything went on as usual in the morning. Since it was a sunday, we didn't go to church because there was sign of labour. we wanted to get more sleep in preparation of labour. we went online to check up on the show. to which we found out that labour can start in a few hours or a few days. so we decided to stay at home a bit longer to see if i'll go into labour. but as we waited waited until about 11 plus, nearing 12, there was still no sign and it was time for lunch. so we went to jurong east to wait for his family to finish church to have lunch with them. however, in the end, we ended up eating by ourselves since there was no time to meet up with them as they wanted to eat at jurong point. my darling lao gong have to meet his friend at dover mrt station at abt 1.30pm. therefore, we didn't want to rush. hence, we eat at the japanese place first. we shared a plate of omelete noodles. then we went to food court to eat again after that. i ate korean ramen and qing tang. he ate curry chicken noodles. after eating, we went to take a mrt to Dover. i alighted at Dover to meet my family (my father picked mi up from there) to go shopping while my hubby who was suppose to alight at bouna vista (change of plan for him to alight at bouna vista instead of at Dover) alighted at Dover and then rush back into the train in the last min when he realised that he was suppose to wait at bouna vista. so cute and so so so super blur as usual. so, i spent the day shopping with my family.. and he spent his day playing games at his friend's house.

After dinner, we both came back home. another day passed and nothing happened.

even though nothing happened, i was so excited. i was so so worried that i dunno that i'm in labour. i know that there will be contractions will labour comes. but still, i was worried that i'll assume that it's braxton hicks( braxton hicks=fake labour contractions) that i've been getting . i really didn't know how the real thing would be like. although i've asked around... but people jus told mi that "YOU WILL KNOW". haha.. wat a lame answer i tot... hahaz.. but after going thru it.. it's true...."YOU WILL KNOW". hahaz.. the pain is unimaginable. i can't imagine how i went thru it myself. i'll get to that later. so since everything went on fine, we went to bed as usual.

As usual, i woke up about 3.40a.m on 2 april to pee again. ( pregnant women pee alot. esp at night. can wake up alot of times to pee.. pee like hell everyday)but nothing happened. no show. nothing. so i went back to bed.

"POP". i woke up from shock to feel that i have wet myself. i know that i felt like peeing before the "POP". but i too lazy to get up to pee. i wanted to sleep for a while longer and wait for my lao gong to wake up to go to work. BUT... i got up immediately after the "POP" and the wet feeling. i tot to myself, although i needed to pee but can't be that i pee without knowing that i peed. so something was wrong. i got up quickly and walked to the toilet and i tot to myself, no pain lehz.. no can't be anything. but the moment i sat down on the toilet bowl...

"sssssssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

alot alot alot of water jus gushed out. for those interested and curious like me, the water was abit brownish when i looked at it. like shit water?? hahaz.. abit la.. i knew that something was wrong. pee cannot be in such a big gush.i shouted to my husband from the toilet. i said: " dear... i think my water bag just burst." upon hearing this, he got up immediately, came to the toilet to confirm. it was 7a.m in the morning.

then i ask: " now how? should i go bath and then we go have breakfast first since there is no pain?"( my mother told mi that i shouldn't be gan chong even after labour starts because " NOT SO FAST ONE". she told me to go bath for the last time b4 going to hospital because once u are there, no more bathing until one month later. and also eat b4 we go in because i wun be allowed to eat anything thru out labour.) and he replied: " i dunno. y dun u call ur mother and check." so i called once the water slowed down and i put on a maternity pad. i told her: " Mummy, i think my water bag jus burst." and she said: " dun wait already, go to the hospital immediately."(for fear that my water will run dry and then the baby will suffocate.)

so we called for a taxi immediately. the most sway thing is that there was no cab. we held onto the phone for about 15 mins. no cab. i spoke to 3 operators and still no cab. finally after about 15 mins, my husband decided to call his aunt who lives near by to drive us there. but unfortunately, she was not at home. But at this point, a cab number was given to us and it said that the taxi will arrive in 5 mins. i felt a sense of relief. my heart was racing since the time i found out my water bag burst. i was so scare since i knew that labour was going to start.

jus as i tot that we were leaving the house, my husband said: " can u wait for mi awhile? i need to SHIT." well, since we have to wait for 5 mins for the cab, i told him to shit first lo. he went to shit, and i went about checking our emergency bag ( a bag where u pack all the things u need in the hospital. e.g mine clothes, baby's clothes, my husband's clothes since he is staying over.) but after a while. i felt that there was abit of pain. i seriously dunno if it was real or jus psychological. so i ask him: " can u faster by a little bit??" he said "can". he came out quickly and went proceeded downstairs.

when we reach the lobby, the cab was there waiting for us. we told the taxi uncle that we wanted to go KK hospital. obviously we didn't tell him that i was in labour. cuz we didn't want him to drive too fast. anyway i wasn't in pain. but still the uncle found out as my husband had to call his HOD to inform that he was going on paternity leave. He calmly said to his HOD over the phone: " my wife's water bag jus burst. i'm going to kk hospital now and i wun be in sch for 2 days. most probably, i'll be back on wednesday. anyway i told pearl to relief my H2 class and have asked shikin to relief my H1 class." whatever else he said, i can't remember. After that we chit chatted calmly with my husband asking me if it was painful

anyway, the point is that the uncle heard the conversation and there he GOES.........120KM/Hr.

my heart was now racing not because of excitement but because i was frighten of getting into an accident. that was the last thing i ever want on my way to hospital. haha.. but thank GOD.. there was no jam on the way, and NO... we didn't get into an accident. we reached KK safely. Ironic that we weren't the one panicking but the taxi uncle instead.

once at KK, we went straight to the deliever suite. told the reception that my water bag burst and they started doing all the admin stuff like feeling forms and watever. was abit irritated though. cuz they were abit slow, and there seem to have alot of forms to fill in. then they ask this ask that. ask if i got any living children la... this la that la.. i was thinking to myself: " so many questions.. take so long to fill the forms... how can those women in real labour ask them?? i can because i was still well and had no pain." anyway after those ma fan thingy.. they wheelchair me to ROOM 30. where i have to go thru labour there and deliever there too.

it was jus a normal hospital room. with a bed, equipments, a telephone that we can use to call in and out and of course a TV. upon entering the room, the nurse ask if i want to go toilet. at first i said NO. but the nurse told mi that once i get onto bed, i can't come down even if i want to go toilet. so i tot about it and was still rational enough to think that i better go. so i went to pee. i wanted to shit too. but no shit. so i gave up after a while. and came out to lie on the bed.

soon, my mother called and said she arrived le.. but unfortunately, no one else except the husband is allowed into the deliever suite. so she wanted outside. but because we all haven had breakfast, i was worried that my husband was hungry and we might have to last for maybe 10 hrs or more. since labour takes abt an average of 10 hrs. we found out from the nurse that it would take an hour to dilate 1 cm. and for the baby to come out. i have to dilate 10 cm. so average of 10 hrs. some people will take longer or shorter. but since it was my first baby, the nurse told mi that not so fast one la.. so i told my dear to go have breakfast with my mother first. he was reluctant to go. but i told him to go eat b4 my contraction and pain starts. and finally he agreed, since it was better for him to go now than later. he may not be able to go once my pain start...hahaz.. so went. b4 he left, i told him... ' come back in half an hours time'. it was about 8 a.m. when he left. he went to eat with my mother at the kopitiam downstairs. the midwife was damn nice. she accompanied me for the whole time when he was gone. talk to me. she trys to find conversation with me. for e.g, she asked about braces and everything.

Luckily he came back quickly. not long after he came back my pain started. contraction started. oh my....... really... when the pain comes u will know.. even at the very pain... it's that kind of lao sai pain. but more painful. so the midwife brought me a chart with a few faces. it is called the PAIN SCORE. to tell her how pain it was. the faces are the same like those yellow smiley in msn.

the chart goes like this:

face 1) smiley face- no pain

2) face with the mouth in a straight line-hurts a little

3) frown face - hurts even more

4) frown with abit of tears -hurts alot

5) crying face- worse pain ever

when my pain started. obviously. it only hurts a little. then the nurse say that every 2 hrs she will ask me again. hahaz.. then at the rest of the time, mi and my husband was watching tv. watched the amazing race on channel 5. the only show that was interesting. channel 8 and U have NO show in the morning. so boring. Halfway through my husband needed to shit again and I told him to go out of the ward to shit as his shit is usually very smelly. I didn't want it wafting around as I was taking deep breaths to calm myself.

anyway, my contractions kept coming. my interval was about 2 mins. and almost everytime the pain comes, it seems to intensify by alot. so.. very very very soon, i had no mood to watch the show le.. i held my darling's hand and squeeze them hard when my pain came. he sat there watched tv, took pics of me and kept telling mi he loves mi. i felt so comforted. at the point in time.. there was nothing more that he can say. anyway, during the contractions, there is nothing much that i want to hear except that he loves mi. it makes mi feel as though watever i am going thru was worth it. i told myself that no matter wat i'll go thru everything for him lo.. and trust me, at that point in time, that's all i want to know and need to know. everything was not impt at all. the pain was intensed. for the next 2 hrs, contractions became worse and worse. every time it came, it was WORSE.

anyway when the nurse came in about 2 hrs later( at about 10a.m.) to ask mi about the chart, i told her..it really hurts alot.. now i'm on scale 4 liao... hahaz.. then my doctor - doctor Ting who jus finished an operation came over to check on me. she asked if i wanted apidural. and my darling... thinks that i dunno.. idiot.. signalled to the doctor saying that we dun want... think i dunno... but then i was in too much pain to react to it. actually i wanted to protest. because if it's only 2 hrs and there is 8 more to go.. i really really cannot take it liao.. i tot at that time the pain was at my limit. but soon the doctor checked me. she stucked her finger into me ( dun ask mi where... dun be so stupid..can't be my ass rite...haha) and annouced that i dilated about 5 cm. At that time, my darling told me that i was half way there. i was nearly in tears at that time because of the pain..hahaz.. not because of the annoucement. but still i was glad.

but i was wondering.. how come so fast?? 2 hrs and i'm 5 cm dilated. but i was still in too much pain to ask. every interval is my rest time. so i cherish every sec of it. then doctor ting said that she will come back in 4 hours to check mi again... i was thinking.. wa laoz.. 4 more hrs??? i'll die of pain by then. i was thinking.. does it mean that the doc thinks that i'll only deliever in 4 hrs?? that's y she say she will be back in 4 hrs??? but i really really had no energy to ask. by this time, i couldn't even squeeze my husband's hand.no strength le...

by about 10 plus near 11 i think... i really couldn't take it le... the pain was really at my limit....i was in tears already... i called for help.. i wanted to beg for apidural from my husband. b4 labour, we agreed that i'll try my best not to use any apidural or laughing gas or watever la in fear of any side effect for the baby and myself...( for those who dunno, by taking apidural, there is a risk of me becoming paralysed from my lower body. laughing gas will make the baby drowy i think ) but in the event that i can't take the pain and i ask him seriously for 3 times, he will ask the doc to give it to me.. i begged him... i told him: " dear, i really really really cannot take it le..." his reply was.. " i love you.. u r half way there. dun give up". i tried to bear the pain again and was really in tears. so i begged him the second time. saying the same thing as the first. " dear, i really really really cannot it anymore." i couldn't think properly by this time.. too painful le.. i was already hyper-ventilating. finally he saw me in so much pain, he told the nurse to give mi the gas... and he breathe in and out with me. he told mi to take deep breathe.

the gas... hahaz.. surprisely it helped quite abit. everytime when the contraction starts, i'm suppose to breathe using the gas. it helped because i have to breathe deep enough in order to get the gas. so it sort of regulated my breathing. my pain was not as painful. then after a while, my husband told me to try it without the gas for one contraction. i want to kill him for that.. still want to kill him for that...the pain was unbearable. i wanted to cry and so painful until got no tears. and trust me.. at that point in time when my contraction starts i cannot even reach out and find my percious gas...my life saver to me.... u see.. what happened is that whenever contraction start then i use the gas to breath. during the interval, i leave it by my side. but when the contraction starts, i have problem looking for in even though it was by my side.. hahaz.. cuz really too painful le.. anyway after that cycle of contraction, i decided not to try anymore funny things that my husband suggest. it's the stupidest thing to do to listen to him. i regreted that till now.. hahaz..

anyway the pain went on until abt 11.30 a.m. i think. i told the midwife i really need to SHIT... hahaz.. the midwife told me.. not so fast one la.. i told her firmly that I REALLY HAVE THE FEELING THAT SHE IS COMING OUT AND SOMETHING IS PUSHING TO COME OUT FROM INSIDE. well.. i may have said it firmly but i dunno how i sounded. i guess i still sounded weak. anyway, she puts her finger into me and told me that i was 9 cm dilated. i was like.. OH my god...(i know i'm not suppose to use god's name in vain..but really... at that time.. nothing matters. my head can't think le) so fast.. it's gonna be over.. but to my disapointment, the midwife told me not so fast. the pain will still heighten and it may take another hour or so.... then i was so upset. i really really couldn't take it le.. i know it myself.. she's in me and i know myself better than anyone. so a min later... i told her.. "REALLY COMING OUT LE.. REALLY... I CANNOT HOLD IT BACK ANYMORE." so she went to call for the doctor who came almost immediately. doctor ting checked me and said that i was 10 cm dilated. yes.. i dilated that 1 cm in that 1 min.. so can u imagine how painful. hahaz..

so the doctor and midwife prepared for my baby to be born. In the meantime, my darling was busy telling me that he loves me.. but at that time, not even that could comfort me anymore. all that was in my mind was to get her out quickly and get over and done with it. i couldn't even remember my life saver... the gas. i totally forgot about it.. all that was in my mind was that my baby is coming out to meet mi and her daddy. i can't wait to see her. i want her out as soon as possible.

so here comes the final stage. the final and the most cruical part. my legs were spread wide open on the bed. bended backwards towards me. and the doctor told me to push as hard as i could and hold it there. i didn't dare to push. cuz the feeling was really like shitting. like a piece of very hard shit and stucked. then i didn't dare. i sscare i push all the shit out of me. then i remember that my mother in law told me that the feeling is like that.. a urgent kind of shitting pain.. so i decided to try and push like shitting. hahaz.. no choice. no time and no energy to ask the doc..

jus the doc jus say PUSH PUSH....ermz.. seriously.. abit very hard to push.. although the urge is there.. but seriously.. no energy.. i have to summon all the energy i have in me.. all of watever is left in me.. to push..

i was really inexperienced at first.. i was breathing too hard. too short.hyperventilating again.. made alot of noise. noises were made thru out labour. whether is it soft moans.. loud moans or screaming.. hehez.. uncontrollable...but the problem is that i was not suppose to make any noise at all. let me explain.. making any noises will mean that the some of the air in the lungs are used to make the noises.. therefore, it will be diffcult to hold ur breathe longer and push the baby out. everytime u push.. the baby will be pushed outward. everytime u stop pushing, the baby will go back in. therefore, it is important to not let the air escape from ur lungs. also, u are not suppose to squeeze ur face.. as in like close ur eyes very tight and everything. because all these squeezing needs energy. and u really need all the energy u have to push the baby out. but since i couldn't control myself at first.. the squeezing of the pain and the screaming, i couldn't push properly and i couldn't hold it there... too painful, no energy. i was suppose to hold onto my legs myself and pull my legs backward towards myself. really pull i mean. bending my legs towards myself, putting my hand on my thigh and with every contraction, i'm suppose to push the "SHIT" out of mi and pull my legs backwards so that the baby can come out fast.

i was so impressed with my husband. actually there was another thing in my mind at that time other that getting the baby out. that was.. is my husband ok?? as u know, some guys are afraid of blood la. scare of this kinda thingy. but he wasn't. he was so calm. he helped mi to hold onto my legs and pull it backward. so.. i was in charged of my right leg and he my left leg.. so that leaves my left hand free.. which i used to pull the bedsheet.. really really hard.. hahaz... he kept telling me she's coming out. when the doctor saw a little of her black hair, he went to look at it and told me that baby got alot of hair. i was so happy man. i was so worried that my baby got no hair.. hehez.. more hair cuter.. hehez..

upon hearing that, i was so encouraged. moreover, the doctor told me that if i dun push correctly, the baby will not come out on her own and my pain will continue. she also told me that once the baby is out, the pain will all be over.

so this was when i decided to calm myself down during the interval and thought of how to push correctly. within that min( a min was a long break actually. the doc was abit worried.).. i thought about my pushing strategy rationally.

so when the next contraction comes.. i took the deepest breathe of my life, held it there... refused to let it go. open my eyes wide big. closed my mouth and refused to let any noise out. and i used all the energy i could find to do my "one FINAL push" to push she out of me. i did PUSH real real HARD. and her head..oh my.. i felt her head coming out of me.. that was really my LIMIT. i scream the hell out of me. it was the most painful part. i could feel myself opening

up and tearing there. the doctor's hand was opening it up for her to come thru.

seriously, i didn't know if the doc cut me..no feeling le.. numb le.. after her head was out.. the doc told mi.. one more push for her body to come out...i was like..wa laoz.. one more?? but i knew that the worse part was over.. her head, the biggest part of her was out.. so she was like head out and her body in..hehe.. can't imagine that.. obviously i didn't see it la.. hahaz.. but i guess her neck was caught in between. hahaz.. so when the next wave of contraction come.. i once again told myself, one more time and it will be all over.. so in fact, it was true.. 1 more time and that's it.. her body came out and the rest of her was pulled out by the doctor.

i felt a sense of relief. i never felt so good. upon hearing the arrival of my baby girl and the doctor's annoucement of my baby girl been born at 11.48a.m. i felt something that i cannot describe... i jus accomplished wat i tot was impossible. i was over-whelmed by everything. all i wanted to see how my husband look. i knew i did it all for him. but his contented and happy face simply puts me at rest. i couldn't move myself after giving birth. it was too much for me. too short a time, too painful an experience. my labour took only about 5 hrs if u count from the time i admin into hospital and when my contraction starts.

Next, it was time for my husband to do wat he calls the "OPENING CEREMONY"- the cutting of her umbilical cord. he was told to put on a pair of gloves. those usual rubber kind. i still remember, i turned my head to his direction and saw him shaking abit.. hahaz.. i tot he was scare. but later, i found out that he was simply too excited. i guess, it must be overwhemling for him too.. hahaz.. after that he proceeded onto cutting the umbilical cord. i didn't see how he did it. but it did his opening ceremony happily.

after that, the midwife carried the baby up from the bed to show me the gential area to allow me to confirm that it's a baby girl. it's really a baby girl. i didn't get to see her face though. but i already exhausted. i wasn't really that interested as i knew i could see her later and soon. but my husband was so careful and he made sure that our baby was tagged so that there will be no mistake.. hahaz.. although the chances of a mistake or a switch in babies was very low.. but trust me.. this is something that u dun want to get it wrong.. hahaz.. so it's better to be safe than sorry...

after that...the baby was cleaned up and put into a warmer by the midwife.. the warmer is a baby cot which has something above that shines on it.. the doctor was busy trying to stitch me up while my husband help to hold my legs which i no longer have energy to control. she stitch me about 2 cm.

after she was done, i laid there without any single movement for abt half an hour while my husband alternated between me and the baby. in that half an hour, all i felt was exhaustion. total exhaustion. no energy, no life i could feel in me. my body simply refuse to move. after half an hour, i felt better. much better.. so i asked to see my baby girl which the midwife refuse to as she explained that the baby needs to be under the warmer as she is adjusting to the temperature. you see.. from my womb to an air-conditioned room.. hahaz.. so she needs time and the warmer to adjust slowly.

so i couldn't see my baby. but my husband took pics of her jus secs after she was born. therefore, i looked at those pics. to my horror.. i tot to myself, what a deformed and ugly baby.. trust me, when u look at those pics when i upload them, you will be shocked too.. but not to worry, she looked deformed simply because she was squashed by the birth giving process. she needs time to get back to shape.. hahaz..

Husband: Before you pass judgement, remember that's how you looked like too when you were born, assuming you took the natural route down the birth canal that is.

anyway, soon, the baby done and they carried her to me.. my husband refuse to carry her because he tot that since he was the first to see her face, i should be the first to carry her. but in the end, he carried her first as i had no energy and was afraid of dropping her. so he carried her in his arms. i will never forget the contented look on his face. full of joy and happiness. that was when i felt that feeling that cannot be described again.

After that I breast fed the baby with collustrum, the liquid which is full of antibodies for my little baby. No milk yet. That would come later.

i really want to thank my darling for being with me thru out the whole labour. he hae been the source of my strength and courage. Without him, i dun think it's possible for me to have such a cute little baby girl. Thank you and i love u.

i will continue in my next post...

written on 9 April 2007. ( exactly one week when she was born)

time on which this is written: 10a.m. till 1.30p.m

written by Qianwen (the mummy of my cute little princess natalie)

2007-03-27T16:48:00.000+08:00

hIpPo rULeZ!!!!

Dreams

2007-03-22T13:22:00.000+08:00

what are dreams??
something that you look forward to?
something that makes you carry on?
what if your dreams are fulfilled,
and then you realise that
your dreams are not as perfect as you thought it was.
would you still continue to live that imperfect dream?
or would you continue searching for another perfect dream?

Life is not a fairytale

2007-03-15T11:19:00.000+08:00

Life is not a fairytale..
Once i thought my fairytale came true.
But as it turned out. it is not as perfect as a fairytale.
it is jus nothing more than an illusion.
fairytales don't jus happen.
it have to be made.