Monthly Archives: June 2010

23 weeks : Rountine Checkup

Posted by Misty Mom on 25/06/2010 None comments

We are at 23 weeks now…I can’t believe how fast time flies…. :)

I recently went for my routine checkup and I was mighty pleased with the doctor. :D I am not easily impressed after multiple disappointments so when I encountered Dr. KS Wan, I reckon I’ve found the perfect baby doc! :) In fact, I reckon that if I were having my baby here in Malaysia, I’d definitely go to him.

He’s a very nice, warm man and full of humours too. He was joking with me for most of the time and during the scan, he was explaining everything that he saw on the screen to me. Otherwise, I wouldn’t know what I was looking at. Then when he saw the gender, he said that there is no mistaking that we are definitely having a boy. He even said 100%! *lol* He showed me Jroc’s bits and all….

When he checked Jroc’s heartbeat with the Doppler, he said that there was a lot of movement but I told him that I could hardly feel any and at times I was very concerned but he told me that all is good and the reason behind why I couldnt really feel those kicks and all was because the placenta was shielding the tummy lining from feeling any movements. Hence, I would only feel the kicks when he’s stomping on my bladder or when he’s kicking down below. Doc said it’s quite common so not to fret – thank goodness for that!! I was wondering why I couldn’t feel anything even at this stage.

Anyway, I am scheduled for another check up next month before we fly back….while I am looking forward to seeing the little man’s progress, it is also a reminder to me that my time here in Malaysia will soon be over. What a bitter sweet reminder….. :(

Like Godma, like god-daughter….

Posted by Misty Mom on 21/06/2010 None comments

Ever since Arianna’s hair started to grow below her shoulders, I’ve had major issues in trying to comb her hair to tie up so that it will look neat and tidy. While Ted loves the fact that his firstborn has lovely lock and wouldn’t mind if she looked like the first born of a caveman, I, on the other hand, beg to differ. It irritates me to see her hair in her face and putting myself in her shoes, I reckon it must be so irritating as well! Hence, we would continuously have this debate of cutting her hair shorter.

He finally sort of agreed to allow me to cut it while I was here in Malaysia and the minute I found the right moment – while she was having her bath and had washed her hair, I snipped off some 2inches! :) I was mighty pleased with my efforts although I would never be a good hairdresser! *lol* As you would have guessed, it was a little uneven but thankfully, with locks, you can’t really notice it.

Although it is still difficult to comb her hair these days, it is not as bad. I have however, found her weakness/Achilles heel…..MONEY. Yes, that’s right…this child actually knows the value of money and apparently, like her Godma (my sister) loves money!! *lol* What I normally do these days is to give her a coin and she’d be too occupied with it to bother about what I’m doing to her hair. I could actually comb her hair twice today because the first time, I didn’t do it right. Sis was a little shocked coz I managed to take my time when usually, it’s always a huge hassle which ends up with Arianna crying her eyes out and me all stressed up by the simple act of combing her hair.

Haiz, the things I have to do to just carry out simple daily and basic task. *sigh* Ted will have to see all this in action when he comes coz only then will he know how much I suffer with combing her hair.

SO cunning!

Posted by Misty Mom on 18/06/2010 1 comments

I’ve got a new definition for the word cunning….a toddler version of it. And it happened today.

The girls were playing in the hall this morning. Arianna was running around with a toy in her hand and KR was in the walker holding another toy.

Suddenly, Arianna decided that she wanted KR’s toy and asked for it. Not surprising, KR out-rightly said (out loud), ‘No!’. This is her fav word at the moment. And I’ve told Arianna many times to ask KR nicely and not just grab so when asking nicely (Please, Kathleen-Rose….) didn’t quite work, she decided to improvise….

She grabbed the nearest thing she could see which happened to be Ted’s house slippers and gave one side to KR and took the toy off KR. KR of course in her blurness, didn’t quite know what to make of it but since she had something new in hand, she was quite happy. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry, or scold Arianna. In fact, I did neither….just took the slipper off KR and gave her something else to play with.

While it was rather bad of Arianna to do such a thing, she does get the idea that if you take a ‘toy’ off KR, then you must give her something else to play with. Sadly, a slipper or the floor rug will NOT do, my dear….. *shakes head* Talk about a fair trade…..

Mum knows best

Posted by Misty Mom on 15/06/2010 None comments

For as long as I can remember, both girls sometimes have poo issues. At this point of time, Arianna can go to poo on the throne on her own with a little bit of persuasion but sometimes, she holds it in and won’t go at all even though I know she needs to go from her body language. At one time, she had some poo issues that required us to give her more fruits and veg to help with digestion but now *touch wood*, she seems a lot better.

KR is another story. Around 6 mths or so, she had blood in her stool but any worries were cleared off once we knew it was because she was allergic to cow’s milk and since I was still bf-ing her, I had to stop all dairy products myself. Since then, there has been no blood in her stool although she too had poo issues and would exert to poo. Sometimes she didn’t go for days despite my efforts in increasing her fiber and food intake. But praise God, since we arrived here, she’s been going daily and she doesn’t have to exert much although sometimes I know she’d been working hard from the output. :P

But she sent me into a scare day before when she had a fair bit of blood in her stool but she’s been ok yesterday and today, so I reckon it must be a one off thing although I am keeping my eyes peeled for any unusual behaviour or difference in her poo. Thankfully all is well.

Anyway, my Mum adviced me to give the girls fruits before having their meals as apparently it helps with digestion. To me, I felt that my eating before hand, it would make them full and not want to eat anything else but when I tried it, it worked! I now give the girls apple or grapes or any fruit that we have about 1/2 hr before their meals and then followed by their main meal and surprisingly Arianna, of all people, actually went to the toilet without me having to coax her which is good news to me! :)

So when people say, ‘Mum knows best….’, don’t doubt it!

20 weeks scan

Posted by Misty Mom on 08/06/2010 None comments

J-roc!!

Ok, I haven’t delivered yet but during my 20th week scan, doc told me that she could see a burung (translated = birdie) so it’s save to say that we are indeed expecting a boy. :) I have to admit that I am a little excited by all this. After all, this simply means that I can close my production line. *lol* I don’t think Ted thinks it is funny when I tell him this but I think it’s hilarious!

I know I have hardly written anything about #3 (whom we shall now official nickname J-Roc). I know that we have had a handful of nickname that we keep tossing about and in fact, I’ve used them too but nothing seem to stick until this came along, hence….J-Roc. Apparently it’s a name of a comedian or something in some movie Ted watched recently. I remember it not really having a positive meaning behind it BUT it does stick quite well with me and I think it’s sort of, kind of cute too. :)

Anyhoo, a little bit about what happened at the docs some weeks ago. At first I didn’t want to blog about it but the more I think about it, the more my blood boils so I have decided to share. I was recommended to carry out my morphography scan done at Island Hospital. It is the most expensive hospital on Penang island and now, I can honestly say that it is indeed very exxy!!

Once we got there, it took awhile for me to find my way around but it was not too difficult given the fact that I’ve lived in Penang for a few years and thankfully, not much has changed. Registering and waiting for my turn took some time and it was close to midday when it was finally our turn. Apparently JR didn’t want to cooperate and turned his back against us, so doc sent me off to have something sweet to drink so we decided to go for lunch instead. By the time we got back to the clinic, it was close to 1pm. Thank goodness the girls had their meals at the canteen or we would have been in trouble!! Once in the room, doc scans and tells me all is good and bub’s gender of course.

After some 15 minutes or so, she is done and tells me that ‘due to baby’s wrong position again, I can’t view certain things which I will note down in the report’. And here I was thinking that I had made the right decision to come all the way to Island Hospital to get this scan done, yet…..the result were not as good as I expected. While the nurses and the doc was rather nice, they didn’t really fullfill what I really wanted.

If I were back home and gone for a scan there, doc would take his time and ensured that everything was 100% and not just note things down if u can’t see it. I was actually quite upset because I came all the way for such a short report. But I didn’t say anything though.

What really pissed me off on top of the less than satisfactory scan was this :

1. Charged me extra RM20 when I was told on the phone that the scan was RM220 and consultation RM60. But when the bill came, I had to pay more!

2. They even charge you to register….RM15 man!! >.< I was so unimpressed by that! Heck, they are already charging me an arm and a leg for it and on top of that, registration fees too??? Too much!! To think it will only be my first and only time at that darn place. Cis!

But all said and done, I did get the report done and I hope that it is sufficient enough for my doc back home. And at least at that time, it was about 60% confirmed that we were having a boy. :D

Arianna’s litany

Posted by Misty Mom on 07/06/2010 None comments

A friend on FB put up a wall picture of a piece of paper her kids had written up. It had a list of do’s and don’ts that the kids had written out and it was SO cute!! I love #7 the best – Don’t make Mummy crazy!!! *lol* That one itself sent me into a laughing frenzy although there were others there which were quite funny as well. Anyway, this reminded of Arianna’s list of do’s and don’ts. Hers is more of a litany…

It all started when we were invited for a party and so Godma (my sis) started drumming into her head about what to do and what not to do. These are :

- no running
– no jumping
– must call ‘aunty’ and ‘uncle’
– must share toys

So the day before and the whole day itself before going to the party, we kept repeating this to Arianna and not surprising, she repeated it on her own even when we weren’t there to ask her about it. It was funny coz she’s come up to me and say, “Going to a party…..no running, no jumping, etc……” for no reason. :P Kesian also la….but the longer we are here, that list has grown to this :

- no biting
– no kicking
– no hitting
– eat properly
– hold with 2 hands
– must poo
– don’t scratch (for mosquito bites)
– no scratching (KR or anyone else)
– don’t drop it
– be gentle

The list now is so long (and getting longer) that she’s been missing out a few things these days. *lol* At least I”m giving her brain a good workout though! Lord knows how long the list will be by the time we go home. Ted will think I’m nuts…..heck, I think I’m nuts now that I’ve actually listed this down. *lol*

Poking the pig in the basket?

Posted by Misty Mom on 06/06/2010 None comments

Yes please Mum!! *lol* This is what the girls get up to when they are in a good and loving mood :

It’s funny how the simplest of toys, in this case, a basket that I store their toys in, turns out to be the one thing that kept them both amused for quite some time. This is a very rare occasion as the girls don’t really play well together. I’m not sure why but when they do play nice, they have a ball. Otherwise, it’s a cat fight the whole day! =.=

On another note, it’s been almost a month (crikey!) since we’ve been here and I must say that I am missing the man a lot. Yes, although it is great to be home and hang out with Mum, spending quality time with her – I am still missing Ted lots. We were chatting online a couple of days ago and he was rather cheeky telling me that he bought me a gift which he thought would be most appropriate for me. I was touched….for a moment until he decided to tell me what it was! :/ Apparently he thought it was funny to get me some plus size lingerie since I am in *this* condition. Ha Ha…very funny, my love.

I will get you back for this……I won’t let you off that easy. :P

Unclo Mo brought us chocolates…

Posted by Misty Mom on 06/06/2010 None comments

Yup….this is what Arianna has been telling me almost everyday since sis’s friend brought her a box of chocs. *shakes head* This is her way of saying that she’d like some but can’t quite figure out HOW she’s going to get me to give it to her coz she know for a fact that any treats she gets is because she has done something good ie. finished her dinner, etc. And normally I’d give her a piece of choc if she’s good that way. But Mum thinks I’m being mean by just giving her the one piece. Ok, I’ll admit that it is kind of pathetic giving her just a piece coz it’s not like a square. It’s choc covered raisins so just one is truly a teasers hence I’ve been giving like 3 now. :P

I reckon if I maintained this amount of choc myself, it would definitely help with my quick weight loss but then again, since I’m not really on one, I’m not too bother. LOL But to be honest, I don’t really go on a diet to lose the pregnancy weight that I put on after bub is born. With both girls, I just ate what I would eat normally but the only difference is that I try to eat smaller portions and (Lord help me) cut down on my sugar intake. Although I do not have a sweet tooth, I’m a menace at making my tea sweet and I mean really sweet!! :P Plus I cannot live without rice…..another big no-no. So the only thing that would work for me would be to just manage smaller portions of food and lessen my sugar intake.

Thank goodness I breastfed both girls and have every intention of doing with same for the little man as well. And this time, fingers, toes and eyes crossed….we’ll get way past 8 months with him. ;)

This is how u do it

Posted by Misty Mom on 05/06/2010 None comments

Sometimes, Arianna tends to be a little too rough and bullies little KR. But when she’s nice to KR, she’s really, really nice and it’s really cute to see them together. Here is one such precious moment :

This is how you do it....
This is how you do it….

When I first let Arianna play the organ she liked it, it made noises and she could bang it with all her might and we didn’t say anything. *lol* It’s a rather rotten instrument and really, it didn’t hurt plus it was nice watching her have fun. Although she does share, most times she is the taker instead of the giver.

Copy cat in action
In this case, she actually let KR play along-side with her which was a really nice change. This does not happen often!

The girls are really growing up fast. I’m surprised by KR’s vocab because she is definitely picking up words so much faster and clearer than Arianna. Although she doesn’t talk much and is on a rather quiet side, she is a very observant baby. I reckon she is taking in lessons from Arianna – what not to do so that Mummy doesn’t go all crazy and start screaming like a banshee! *lol*

Looking at things, I reckon #2 & #3 will most likely gang up on Arianna once they are big enough. I wonder how Arianna is going to handle them. *lol* She’s definitely going to have her hands full. ;)

Simply the best!

Posted by Misty Mom on 03/06/2010 None comments

These days, the term ‘Nanny’ refers specifically to my sister. *lol* Yea, ever since she spent time with the girls, KR has taken quite a liking to sis and whenever sis is home, she normally looks after KR ie. bathes her, carries her and be her human cushion when we go places.


However this vid shows her entertaining Arianna, who is her god-daughter. Such a cool Godma right!! Arianna loves it!! lol

Actually I totally forgot about this until I suddenly remembered it while reading an article on phentremine. Although there is nothing in common between the 2, something triggered my mind and I thought that while I still remember, I better write about it. Just wanted to thank sis for all the help she has given me. I don’t know how much more hectic and stressed I’d be if I had to handle the girls all by myself in such a huge house!! :P Yes, compared to my unit, our house here in Kulim is ginormous!!!