Monday, 23 April, 3:54pm


These days, nat likes to suck on her mittens, until they are all wet. This is probably the precursor to teething, very cute :)

Monday, 23 April 2007. 3:08pm

They say nice things come in small packages ... i totally agree. everytime i look at nat and see her small little hands and feet, i feel an overwhelming sense of maternal instincts and just want to pick her up and hug her for the rest of the day :)


Today nat is officially 2.5 months old. She has grown up a lot these past few weeks. She is a lot more active and responds when you talk to her. I really can't wait for when she can crawl and talk to me ... soon we'll have to feed her semi solids to supplement her milk intake. She gets very excited when we talk to her and will chatter back to us. This is her grouchy look when we dont pay enough attention to her.


I guess this is the advantage of being a firstborn, where your parents experience all their "first times" with you.

Monday, 16 April, 10:00am

Conversations with my little one
Something I really enjoy doing ... these days, nat is able to establish eye contact when I talk to her ... and if she is in a good mood, she will even "reply" with baby talk. I read somewhere that new mothers spend up to 5 hours a day looking at their babies, not really being dramatic i feel, because i really could spend hours just looking at nat sleeping, stretching and yawning.

Sunday, 15 April 2007, 6:45pm

Today we brought nat for her first massage session at Babies and Cream. It was an enjoyable experience, set in a relaxing environment with warm, dim lights ... nat was not cranky ... and even seemed to enjoy the massage at times. We were taught methods of massaging her legs and feet. Interestingly, the trainer asked that before each massage session, we speak to baby and to tell her that we would be commencing the massage. This is very interesting as it teaches us to view baby as a little adult and not a small little squidge that is not aware of anything. I think gary and i are both looking forward to the next few sessions.

nat enjoying her first massage session
foot reflexology for little feet
the doting daddy

Sunday, 8 April 2007, 6:38pm

Since I started working, breastmilk supply has been going down, not too sure whether it's because of irregularity in pumping, or stress or whatever. Over the weekend, I've tried to pump more regularly and increase my water intake - feel like a camel ... , seems to be working, let's hope I can keep this up.

Baby has been quite a good girl, sleeping well except for those occasional nights when she is up and fussing the whole night. I enjoy spending time with her, just looking at her and talking to her. It's great being a mom to Nat and I hope we will enjoy a close relationship in future, just like me and my mom.

Friday, 6 April 2007, 6:05am

I didn't know that there are so many nice poems about babies on the internet, here's another sweet poem to share.

At first you didn't lift your head;
You didn't know to smile.
The time before you knew my voice
Seemed such a long, long while.

I couldn't wait for you to roll,
And then to sit and clap.
And now you're off and crawling,
Not helpless in my lap.

Why didn't someone tell me
How fast a baby grows,
That every little baby stage
Soon comes, but sooner goes.

So I'll enjoy the fleeting time
Before you learn to walk.
And treasure every tiny noise
Before you learn to talk.

For soon you'll learn to walk,
Then run, And talk and sing a song,
And never be my babe again.
The babe's forever gone.
Little baby, take your time,
For while you're tiny, you are mine.

Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 10:32pm

Separation anxiety

First day at work on Tuesday, left babee at mum's place, felt sad leaving nat there and trudging off to work, really miss her ... sigh ... not sure if I can adapt to this. Never thought I would experience such intense separation anxiety ... in fact, the highlight of my day is lunch time, that's when i can nip home to spend time with nat.

Monday, 2 April 2007. 5:18pm

This is my sweetheart's fave sleeping position, not very lady-like hor! never mind la ... i think i also sleep like that.


Look at her little feet, they're really small aren't they? To think they grow up to be big fat chunky size 7 feet like mine :)

Sunday, 1 April 2007, 9:00pm

Our dream pram

When Gary and I were doing intensive research on the perfect pram for babee nat, we came across our dream pram. Not something we would buy due to the "EX" factor but we can still drool, right?

Check it out: http://www.bugaboo.com/
It's really cool looking and not very common in Singapore, in fact, we see mainly expatriate couples using this pram. Gary likes it because it comes with lots of interesting gadgets.

Anyhowz, we are quite happy with our current pram: Maclaren Techno XT.
It's lightweight, nice looking and easily maneuverable. Most importantly, babee nat seems quite comfy in the pram so it's a good buy ... a gift from her fave and only auntie, my elder sister, yen.

Sunday, 1 April 2007, 8:45pm

babee's first outing!

Today was babee nat's first outing - destination: Botanic Gardens. We took out our new pram, the Maclaren Techno XT (sounds cool?) and tried to figure out how to open and close it. Took us about 10 minutes and soon we were on our way. Had some breakfast - yummy roti prata at Taman Serasi and were about to proceed for our walk. Sigh we then realised it was drizzling. So instead of having a walk in the park, babee's first outing became Great World City shopping mall.


Nat seemed to like her pram as she slept right through. Most of the afternoon was spent at Grandma's house and babee slept right through until 5pm (so did her Dad hahaha!) I'm really glad that everyone in the family loves babee and dotes on her.

Thursday, 29 March 2007, 3:10am

Not sure why this blog site always reflects US time, but I've since decided to include a more accurate Singapore timing in all my posts. In future, when I look back at my previous posts, I can then safely ask myself "what the heck am I doing awake at 3:10am in the morning?"

Just fed nat ... before nat came along ... i was not really a believer of breastfeeding. But now, I truly think that breast is best! Besides the obvious nutritional benefits, I do feel a bonding and closeness to her during feeding times, I enjoy feeling her breathing against me and I know she can feel my breathing as well... think I will try to continue breastfeeding for at least six months ... wish me luck!

It's one of those nights where I can't sleep again ... ended up surfing the net, blogging and trying to coax baby to sleep. These days, she's sleeping a lot during the day and mighty alert during the night. Sigh, maybe I should really read Gina Ford's Contented Little Baby Book which teaches you how to set up a routine, so that baby will learn to sleep longer hours at night. Gary bought it for me months ago but it's been sitting on the shelf since.

I just read this poem on the net, not sure whom it is written by, but it's quite sweet ... and just a reminder to myself to enjoy every moment I spend with Nat as she grows up :)

Baby's Hand

Today I'll hold my baby's hand
And take time to explore.
The secrets of a baby's world
This moment has in store.

For that same hand will wave goodbye
When baby days have passed.
Today I'll hold my baby's hand
For babies grow so fast.

Everyday, we try to bring babee nat downstairs to the pool for a walk. She seems to enjoy it, especially looking up at the sky ... enjoying the coolness of the gentle wind blowing against her face. This is definitely a routine that i will try my best to continue ... After our walk, we stopped by the pool side and I took some pics of her ... this is one of the better shots ... today i specially dressed her in pink because yest some lady mistook her for a boy *gasp* ...

Does babee look nice in her teddy shirt? quite cute hor ... i've been a bad mummy, always want to wake up at least once at night to feed baby, but have been oversleeping these few nights, the next time i look at the clock it's 6:30am and i wake up feeling really guilty, luckily there is my maid who will dutifully wake up to bottlefeed her. recently, i bought a little 2-piece swimming costume for babee from Baby Gap, it's really cute ... would love to bring her swimming soon ... when she is about six months old.

By the way, I'm going back to work next week, really going to miss my babee nat.

just wanted to share this with everyone ... i finally managed to snap a pic of my sweetheart smiling ... not the sharpest pic ... but it'll do for now ... enjoy :)

We brought nat for her first immunisation jab yest. ... my babee has grown, she is now 4.2kg and 52 cm in length ... doc is happy with her growth ... like a typical kiasu mum, i was armed with a whole list of questions for the doc, ranging from her rashes to the colour of her poo :) doc looked at her rashes and determined that she had a mild eczema problem, gave us some cream to apply. poor nat ... hope her rashes go away soon. When doc gave her the jab, nat cried so loudly ... even gary was freaked out ... guess it didn't help that we had not brought any milk for her as we did not expect the wait to be so long ... i had to make an escape to one of the rooms to give her a quick feed.

At the clinic, we also met one of our ex-JC classmates, with her son who is already 1 1/2 years old ... cute kid ... it's interesting to catch up with former school mates once in a while and see how people have moved on in their lives ... heehee she says nat looks like me ... i'm very pleased.

babee nat at 7 weeks ... gary says she's as grumpy as me ... grumpy meh?

In the past before my little Nat came along, I used to tell my frens ... "no prob going for a holiday, we'll just leave the baby with grandma" but now that Nat is with us ... it's a different story. Even when I nip off for a short shopping trip, I feel guilty about leaving her at home and I do miss Nat ... can't wait till she's a little bit older and can come along for outings with us ... :)

My man doesn't like my new blog site ... sigh ... sob sob ... so refer back to this site for more updates, k? promise to update soon ...

I created a new blog site, pls click on this link to view future entries http://tennisbabee.livejournal.com