Monday, 3 September 2007

Another 2 days and nat will be officially 7 months old. How time flies ... doesn't seem so long ago that we just brought her home.

Over the past few nights, I have moved a cot into my room and now nat sleeps with us at night. This issue of nat sleeping with my maid has bugged me quite a lot over the last few months. It's like what my fren told me, the decision is up to you. One could easily outsource nite sleeping/feeding/the works to the maid but is that what you want? do you want it such that as the mum, you are not even able to coax your baby to sleep and have to lift up your hands in desperation and pass it on to the maid? well, it's something i definitely do not want. It is not an easy task though, took me like nearly an hour to coax my sweetheart to bed, but no worries i guess, it can only get better.

You know, I never thought I would like being a mummy or to enjoy having kids ... but I do. As I always tell gary, nat is truly a blessing to us and is something that should be treasured and never taken for granted. I do look forward to the time when we are able to give nat a sibling, after all, I think being an only child is too lonely. meanwhile, we will shower all our love on nat, who grows more and more interactive every day. she loves babbling ... hmm ... i even "thought" she said daddy the other day, but gary thinks it's my hallucination ... hahaha

enjoy the recent pics of our sweetheart

Monday, 27 August 2007

Check this out, interesting game recommended by my fren, Jayne. Gary should be happy with the results, since everyone says nat looks like a little me. heehee lucky her!!!

Monday, 27 August 2007

I have always had the dream that when I become a stay at home mum, I would bring Nat to the park for walks and show her all the interesting sights and sounds of nature. Today, I did just that and I thoroughly enjoyed myself and so did my sweetheart who laughed and giggled all through our walk. I am so looking forward to the day when I can do this with her on a daily basis.

Sunday, 26 August 2007

This weekend, we took lots of photos of nat, i love my sweetheart so much and can spend hours just looking at her pics. On Sunday afternoon, we also brought her to a trial class at Kindermusik, something that I had wanted to try out for a while. Overall, kinda interesting, lots of movement and music play with babies and nat seemed to enjoy it. my conclusion, she's still a little young and i'll register her for these classes later. in fact, i realise that a lot of these activities can already be done at home with baby, but often we are not disciplined enough to do it :)

check out the many cheeky faces of my nat!


Whatcha looking at?


My happy babee


Food theme, wonder why she's holding her nose?


kindermusik class


daddy, my idol


sigh poor baby, i tried on this beanie hat just for fun, a bit silly eh?

Sunday, 26 Aug 2007

nat has teeth :) this past week, she has been kind of moody and cranky, crying a lot more than usual. we were wondering what was the problem, then we saw the little pearly white teeth. check out my baby's toothy grin . you gotta click on the pic to zoom in.

Wednesday, 22 August 2007

Last weekend, we had another baby gathering :) as usual, nat had a good time, meeting up with her friends. it's nice to meet other babies of the same age and their mummies too. check out nat's cutie fren, jamie.

Tuesday, 21 August 2007

Do babies dream? I think they do. This morning, I was carrying nat while she was sleeping and she gave a smile ... very sweet smile and only for a moment ... she must be having sweet dreams :)

Monday, 20 Aug 2007

As nat gets older, she is getting her own personality. there is a streak of sturbboness in her character, just like me. feed her something she likes and she gets impatient for more (hmm, like me) but feed her something she does not like and she will give you a face and "pui" everything out!

One thing that never fails to amuse me is that nat knows her name :) some days when she is extra naughty i give her a stern voice and say to her "natalie ong, don't be naughty". she seems to know its her name because she will stop all that she is doing and give me a sheepish look hahaha ... really cute.

These few weeks, i feel particularly torn ... to quit and stay at home with nat or to continue working. Don't find much challenge in work anymore and feel like I'm not putting in my best effort at all. While at home, my maid seems to be able to manage nat better. It's really being stuck in a limbo state where you are not doing well at both ends. sigh ... guess i'll give myself till the end of the year to make a decision ...

Thursday, 16 August 2007

nat can crawl :) today, i placed her on the sofa and intentionally moved the tv remote control far far away from her. she immediately got onto her front and attempted to leopard crawl towards the remote. before i knew it, she had almost reached the remote. i din believe it, so i pulled her right back again and the persistent little one made her second attempt. yup, nat can crawl and i'm proud of my little baby girl.

Monday, 13 August 2007

They say God made babies beautiful so you cannot resist loving them. Look at my baby nat and you'll see how true this is. 6 months down the road, she is getting her own fiesty little personality:

1. impatience - if you are just a little slow in feeding her, she has no qualms in "complaining" to you.
2. sweet - she knows exactly when to give you her signature chuckle which melts your heart
3. sleepyhead - a moment i really enjoy is watching baby and daddy sleeping together on weekend mornings
4. active - she absolutely hates lying down, during activity time, she constantly needs to stand up and look around
5. curious - my little kangaroo loves being in her baby bjorn sling, think it gives her a sense of security and allows her to view her surroundings from a high vantage point.

I value Mondays, the only day in the week when I am on leave from work and can spend more time with my baby.

Sunday, 5 August 2007

Today, nat started on porridge. She is officially 6 months old today. She is my sweetheart and I love her more and more with each passing day.

Things I like to do with nat:
1. Talk to her
2. See her chuckle and laugh
3. Listen to her baby talk
4. Help her to stand and take her little baby steps
5. Hold her close to me
6. Watch her sleep

This weekend, we also revamped her room. We dismantled the bed and joined the two mattresses. Now, there is a lot more space for nat to flip, toss and turn. It also allays my fear of her falling off the bed as she grows older and can crawl.

Monday, 30 July 2007

Baby nat is a foodie, she likes food just like her daddy :) To date, she's tasted apples, pears, peaches and rice cereals. She's very fussy though, if she finds the fruit too sour she will "pui" and show you a grumpy face haha my cute little sweetheart. Over the weekend, we bought her a high chair. I read that it is important to build up good feeding habits with young children. This means that every meal time, you will find her on the high chair at the dinner table. I hope that she can learn this good habit such that when she grows older, during meal times, she knows that she has to sit at the table for meals and not be running all over the place. hmm, am I making too many demands on my babee?

check out the pics, really love looking at her all day and nite too! sigh, obsessive compulsive behaviour!

Tuesday, 24 July 2007

Hey,I managed to find one of my rare baby photos. Do a quick comparison ... does baby nat look like me when I was young? wat's the vote?

Tuesday, 24 July 2007

I had started writing this blog as a way of reminding myself of all the happy times I experience during baby nat's growing up years. Over the past few months, I realise that many frens do log in regularly to read my blog and share in my happiness :) thanks everyone ... will continue to put up pics of my nat for all to enjoy ... here are some recent pics of her swimming ... finally she is beginning to enjoy it.

Monday, 23 July 2007

The many expressions of nat, my sweetheart. Over the weekend, we became Friends of the Zoo. I've always had a vision of strolling with nat at the zoo, pointing out to her all the interesting animals and just bonding with her. This weekend, it was drizzling, not quite the leisurely stroll I had in mind. But nevertheless we got some really good photos. Check it out!

Monday, 23 July 2007

Baby's first cereal

Having reached 5.5 months, and starting to display a strong interest in food, I decided to start nat on Heinz baby's cereals on Saturday. Initially, she looked suspiciously at it but after tasting it, she took to the cereals quite happily. Next up, fruit purees. But I'll go slow and easy ... introducing one new fruit at a time.

Tuesday, 17 July 2007

Check out my cheeky babe :)

Monday, 16 July 2007

Good mummy, second post for the day. Today brought nat to see dr tan, her pediatrician. she is officially 6.9kg and 60.5cm today ... glad she is growing well. look at her, who can resist this little sweetheart? gary thinks i am baby obsessed.

Monday, 16 July 2007

I've been a lazy mummy, have not been updating my blog regularly :) over the weekend, nat met her little friends jamie and rafe again ... it was great meeting up with the other mums to chit chat and for the babies to mingle :) all 3 took turns to fall asleep and wake up ... v cute. check out the pics.

anywayz, i've recently switched nat to cloth diapers ... it's from a really cool brand called bumwear. sigh, she has been using so many disposable diapies until i'm almost broke, so I decided to try out the cloth diapers instead. may be a bit more tedious in terms of washing but in the long run, think it is better for my wallet and of course her little butt. check out the little pink diapies in the pics.

Tuesday, 3 July 2007

How does it feel when you find that your maid can pacify your baby to sleep and you can't. It sure doesn't feel good, after all, the maid is a stranger while you have been carrying the little blob in your tummy 24/7 for 9 months. Sigh ... life is full of decisions ... don't work and look after baby and you lose your financial freedom ... work and someone else suddenly becomes closer to your baby ... let me mull over these thoughts and make a decision on what to do.

Monday, 2 July 2007

My pretty girl ... today brought nat out for a short trip to Ikea. My girl was dressed in her snazzy pair of jeans. Being the practical person I was, I was all ready to bring her out in just a top and diapers. Heehee but my maid said little girls cannot go out in diapers only, must dress nice nice haha :) ok lor ... anywayz i think she's like me, loves to go out! When we came back from our outing, she was still not tired and we spent great efforts coaxing her to have a nap :)

Sunday, 1 July 2007

Another pressie for nat, a cool walker. I've heard pp say that walkers are no good for babies, but I think it's fine as long as you don't leave them in it for hours on end. She's enjoying her new pressie and it's keeping occupied for a little while. Have I mentioned that I love nat more and more every day, in fact, these days, I want to bring her out with me even when we go shopping because I can't bear to leave her at home. gary thinks i'm obsessive compulsive haha :)

Friday, 29 June 2007

Nat's first swimming adventure! Today she was really cranky, seemed to have too much pent up energy ... so I decided to bring her swimming. Met with some "resistance" at first, but after a while, she seemed to settle down and enjoy it. Looks like this is one activity that we will be doing together more often. Here are pics of my fave girl :)

Sunday, 24 June 2007



Today, we brought nat out for a good time. first, we trooped off to vivocity for a quick shopping trip. i was determined to buy nat a fan to attach to her stroller as i noticed that whenever we went to botanic gardens, she would get cranky as it was very hot. heehee of course i managed to buy the fan ... it's kind of cute in a tacky kind of way ... it's actually in the shape of a bird's beak. then since we were already there, we went to sentosa. this is a place gary and i used to frequent pre-baby days. took some really nice pics there. fun but tiring day ... nat came home and slept the rest of the day ... heehee so did we.

i've also uploaded some new pics of nat, i really like the one of her in a pink hat from babyGap, very sweet. also have a nice and comfy mat for baby.

Sunday, 24 June 2007

baby friends

had a meet up with my forum frens, pp with babies about the same age as nat. it turned out to be quite a fun gathering. never seen so many babies in one house before. i enjoyed it though, it was nice being able to talk about our babies and learn from the experience of others. best of all, nat now has many little friends :)

Monday, 11 June 2007

my happy baby

Monday, 11 June 2007



This weekend, we took lots of pics of baby, she rarely does smile so when we actually do manage to capture her smiles on camera, it's like finding a rare gem. i'm still exploring the templates on the MacBook, so far it's quite user friendly and displays the photos in a very interesting manner.

On Sunday, we brought nat to botanic gardens. she was in my carrier and i think the rocking motion caused by my walking lulled her into sleep, quite cute. after tat, we made our way to Singapore expo. There was an exhibition ongoing and it was super crowded. however, we managed to get diapers cheap cheap for nat, so it was worth it after all.

enjoy our latest pics, think nat is getting more photogenic every day.

Monday, 4 June 2007

One last post for today. Enjoy!

Monday, 4 June 2007

Another interesting montage ... this mac is really user friendly.

Monday, 4 June 2007

we have a new toy, an apple macbook. it's great, especially for designing our blog. here's something i did. still exploring, hope to be able to design an even cuter blog in future.



gary's been away overseas for business, and he's fretting that babee will forget him. no worries about tat, nat always smiles and chuckles away when i ask her where's her daddy.