Monthly Archives: October 2008

Easysuit not so easy

Posted by Misty Mom on 31/10/2008 2 comments

Not too long ago, I remember Mott asking me about Bonds Easysuit. She asked me if it was suitable for spring time and personally, I think the fabric is great for spring time BUT the name ‘Easysuit’ is a big fat lie.

I tried to look up the commercial on YouTube but surprisingly it wasn’t there. Anyway, in the commercial, they make it look so simple and I actually fell for it but never really bought one because it is rather pricey. But when I saw it on sale the other day, I grabbed it. I had half a mind to buy 2 but didn’t want to be greedy and also, kids grow out of their clothes so fast. In fact, I need to go shopping again for Arianna!!

So in the end, I only bought the black one keeping in mind that I wanted a neutral color for Pacman as well. I was so excited about trying it out on Arianna but when I finally did try, I failed at the first attempt. Not only was Arianna upset coz it was something totally different where I had to literally bend her in ways she wasn’t used to, it was so bad that at one point she was screaming. So attempt #1, FAIL.

After about a week or so later, I tried again and this time I picked a time where she was a little more happy and although we struggled a bit, I managed to get it on her and yes, she looked really cute in it but in my opinion, it’s really not worth the struggle. So officially, we’ve only worn it once. Will see how Pacman deals with it and if he’s ok with it, we’ll keep it, otherwise, I’ll be selling it off on Ebay or something la. No point keeping it coz I absolutely find it troublesome. I still prefer the onesies with buttons down the sides of the leg because that also covers the feet.

Anyhoo, I am not alone on this. But unlike Pat, I don’t plan on practising at all. :)

Spending summer in style

Posted by Misty Mom on 24/10/2008 None comments

Summer is just around the corner and what better way to start getting ready than to get a funky new pair of Wayfarer sunglasses. Although I am no fan of sunglases, I have to admit that some of the designs available are simply hard to resist. Since I’ll be getting a new pair of lenses myself, getting sunglasses would definitely complete my summer look. :) Unlike me, Ted loves sunnies and he gets a pair whenever he can and I bet he can definitely find something he’d look good in. :)

Christmas pressie for Daddy

Posted by Misty Mom on 24/10/2008 None comments

Ted is the kind of man who likes to get down and dirty. He likes all those DIY projects and I must say that if he sets his mind to it, the outcome is pretty good. He’s 3/4 finished a book shelf for our massive collection of books and just today, after our little CD tower crashed and thanfully not on Arianna, I think he’s looking into building a small CD cupboard.

With all this interest he has in making stuff, I decided to get him a Christmas present that he’s bound to love. :) I bet one of those air tools will definitely make any man happy. :)

Boy or girl?

Posted by Misty Mom on 24/10/2008 3 comments

We seem to keep calling Pacman ‘he’ and I guess it’s because everyone assumes that Pacman [the real one] is a boy. It wasn’t my intention for that at all. In fact, I just thought it was cute. Everyone is asking what we would like Pacman to be me and I can’t really decide. Aside from the fact that I want a healthy baby and a safe and drama free delivery, I cna’t decide if I want a boy or girl. If I was given the choice to pick, I still wouldn’t know.

On one hand, I think it would be nice to have a boy and say that we’ve got a pair and who knows, can even close shop after. Not only that, our family name will be able to carry on which is something not that important apparently to Westerners but still, it’s nice to know that it’s not going to die off.  On top of that, I get to do more shopping as well. That is something no woman can resist right? *lol*

Then on the other hand, in this day and age, a lot of people said better to have girls in the family because there is a higher chance of them looking after you in old age. Not only that, for us, it would mean that we don’t need to do too much shopping either because of all the hand-me-downs from Arianna. No shopping doesn’t make Mummy happy at all!! Also, after seeing how this little boy at the doctor’s behaving rather badly, when I came out of the nurses room, he told me, it better not be a boy! *lol*

They say that based on mother’s instinct, you can tell. Apparently I was dead wrong about it the first time around. I was so convince that Arianna was going to be a boy. In fact, my mum also told me that she felt it was going to be a boy too until we were confirmed mistaken. For a brief moment, I was a little disappointed not because it was a girl after all, but that my mother’s intinct failed me. And it sort of made me feel blek. So this time when Ted asked me what I thought we were going to have, I didn’t want to guess at all, knowing that I’d most likely get it wrong anyway. But Ted is quite sure that it’s going to be a boy and he may just be right because he was right the first time.

Apparently, another way to tell if you’re going to have a boy or girl next is checking the swirls on top of your childs head. Some of them have 2 swirls on the crown of the head or ‘chuin’ as it is known in Hokkien, and some only one. Arianna has only one so it’s not applicable to us but if your 1st kid has 2, then check the patterns of those “chuin” and if both are opposite swirls, you may have a baby boy and if the patterns are exactly the same then it may be a baby girl. Thanks to Mindy for sharing that. Her girl has opposite ones and she is exepcting a boy! :) So go figure….

Another site she shared was this. Apparently, I’m more likely to have another girl but you know what? II’m not going to bother to do tests and silly questionaires. I’ll just wait till we see the doctors in a few weeks time and find out. Nothing beats the good ol’ ultrasound! *lol*

Pacman @ 14 weeks

Posted by Misty Mom on 23/10/2008 None comments

I went for my 14 wks check up and all is well with bub and mum. Pacman is now 7.3cm and growing well. During the scan, he was facing the other way so we couldn’t really see him or find out the gender even if it was possible. My current obs is good in the sense that he gives us a print out at every visit so that is something I really like about him but other than that, I still find him a little cold. Here’s hoping that as time goes on, he will warm up.

Apparently for second babies you can feel the kicking earlier, but sadly for me, once again I have to wait till about 20 weeks before I can really feel the kicking because the placenta is sitting right againt the front of my tummy. Bah! I was really looking forward to feeling the movements earlier coz that was one of the things I loved most and once again, I have been deprived. Not fair!! Other than that, after being so happy that I wasn’t suffering from anything, I get slapped with terrible backaches.

It’s been quite bad really and I was so worried that it would get worst with time but I was assured that it’s an off and on thing as the body prepares itself for birth again and all the ligaments are now loose, so it is a norm. The backacges are that bad that I normally have my wheat heat pack stuck on my bad for most of the  time. Lucky I got some nice ass-et to hold it up. *lol* Sleeping at night was bad until I realised that if I slept on 3 pillows, it would be ok. So here I am back to sleeping on 3 pillows as I used to. I don’t really care coz as long as I get my sleep, I’m fine. I am also expected to be waddling as well! Aiyo….like duck la then. *slaps forehead*

Hhmmmm……botak baby?

Posted by Misty Mom on 18/10/2008 None comments

For the record, botak means bald in my national language, Bahasa Malaysia. I’m bringing this up because I noticed that I haven’t experience any heartburn ever since I got preggy with Pacman. Now, now….it is not that I want to get heartburn or anything like that but apparently  mothers who suffer from heartburn tend to have babies born with a head full of hair.

This is Arianna maybe about 2 days old [She was so tiny!!!] and that is a lot of hair compared to some babies in the ward. Actually, I can dare say that she was one of the few babies who had that much hair! The other were bald. I started experiencing heartburn pretty much as soon as I found out about the pregnancy.

This time around, it’s totally different. I’ve been heartburn free which I am rather happy about because heartburn sucks! Imagine getting heartburn 24/7. Drink water also can get heartburn….what la. So now, no heartburn means I’m going to have a bald baby??? Aiyo, such a major contrast.

Ted said that it’s ok, one baby look a bit like Mat Salleh and the other one bald so no need to worry, guarantee both are his. Very funny la. Anyway, we will soon find out if this old wives tale is true or not…. :) One of the guys that Ted looks after just became an uncle and his new niece has a head full of hair. Apparently his sister, the mum, also suffered from heartburn. Food for thought eh? ;)

Blood bin #1

Posted by Misty Mom on 16/10/2008 None comments

Here in NRL [Rugby League], blood bin refers to when a substitute is called in and the injured player is sent off to get medical aid due to excessive bleeding from all the rough play that goes on in rugby.

Today, all of us experienced Arianna’s first blood bin. *sigh* Poor little fhing…..I guess it’s must be a norm for toddlers who are learning to stand up to get bruised on an almost daily basis. This time, she slammed her face/upper lip on the table she was holding on to as she fell back on her bum. She didn’t hit her head this time but there was definitely some bleeding from the mouth.

I think Ted panicked more than me. I didn’t really know what to do then with all the crying but the first thing that came to mind was to give her an ice block to stop the blood. But I remembered my aunt who looks after kids giving a spoon full of sugar to a kid who had fallen and had a slightly cut lip, and the bleeding stopped. So I did that. And not only did the sugar stop the bleed on the spot, it cheered Arianna up too. Sweet what…. :) After that, it was as if nothing happened and not long after, she was back to the spot where she fell and hit herself. Gee, makes you think that it takes a hell of a lot of more than a whack on the face to teach kids a lesson eh? *lol* I’m just glad she’s ok.

Time to start somewhere

Posted by Misty Mom on 15/10/2008 None comments

Being a stay at home mum definitely has it’s perks. I lve spending time with Arianna and frankly, I can’t see myself going back to work any time soon. Also keeping in mind that in due time, Pacman will arrive and that will make it even harder to go back to work. That said, I’ve been thinking of ways to help with our financial situation and knowing that Ted has always been interested in starting up our own business. I am seriously thinking about starting a small business franchise. We all have to start somewhere so I guess we should start small. :)

Diving 101

Posted by Misty Mom on 15/10/2008 4 comments

Arianna learnt her first lesson in diving.

Never dive out of the cot – ever. We were actually quite concerned about her cot ever since she started making progress in her standing. These days, it’s not taking much effort to pull herself up anymore although she is still very hesitant to try and move to another spot. She can stand in one spot for a long period of time that sometimes when I feel she has been standing too long, I try and coax her to sit. I suppose like any one of us, she too must suffer from pins and needles but I don’t know for sure. Sometimes if she cries when she is standing, I get her to sit down. Not too sure if that was what she wanted but heck, if I really know what she wants!

Anyway, we were still thinking of ways to solve this problem but we never expected her to try and throw herself out. I am partly to be blamed I guess. :( After her morning nap, I went to get her but she was playing hard to get and wanted to fool around in the cot, so I left her for only a moment to switch on the telly as I wanted to watch Dr. Phil and not even a minute later…..DOINK!

A second of silence and then the floodgates flew open. I rushed in to find her on the floor on her side so I don’t know on which part of her body she landed on. There was no bleeding and although she was screaming and all, she did calm down and kept touching the right side of her face so I assume that that’s where she landed on. Didn’t take long to calm her down but I was totally shocked. As usual when I’m totally shocked I feel nothing, I didn’t panic or anything like that. So I was totally numbed. After a long while, she was her normal self as if nothing happened so I think she should be ok la.

The minute Ted came home from his meeting we talked about it and decided that it wasn’t practical to get another cot because this was just fine. And although it looked kind of weird, we’ve lowered her matress to the lower level so that she can’t throw herself out. This level was meant to be a playpen but once you put in the matress and all, it’s not that low to the ground and she seems quite happy about it since she can easily pull herself up on the sides. I’m quite happy with it for now but man, that fall really shocked me big time.

Poor little fhing….. :(

Mummy needs to lose some lard

Posted by Misty Mom on 07/10/2008 None comments

I know that it’s a great reason not to go on a diet but just because one is pregnant, doesn’t really mean one can go crazy and stuff themselves crazy. I’m not saying that I am but I did notice that I get peckish really easy these days and find myself munching on lots of snacks. I try to keep them at bay but heck, no one can stop a pregnant woman from eating, ok? I remember one night that I was so peckish for something salty that Ted offered to walk down to McD’s and get me fries but I didn’t have the heart to ask him to do so because it was late and he had also just came back from a full day shift. So I really need to work off at least some of this excess lard which is pilling. I know there’s an easier way like using alli, but I prefer the good ol’ sweat it out method. :)