Monthly Archives: September 2010

36w now…

Posted by Misty Mom on 30/09/2010 6 comments

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This was taken 2 days ago after my appointment with the doc. I am indeed getting bigger by the day! JR weighs approx. 2.8kg at this point, the same birth weight Arianna was when she was born! >.< I on the other hand am 90.4kg, lost abt 0.5kg over 2 weeks....belly measurement is abt 104cm.

Things are going along fine, so fine that my next appointment is in 2 weeks time, at 38 weeks and after that, it's just playing that drag of a waiting game! :P I still can't believe how fast it's been. I guess it's coz I spend a chunk of this time in Kulim and what is 3 months when you're having fun, right? But now, the jitters are slowly creeping in. To be honest, I'm not really afraid of the whole labour/birth thing...in fact, I already know it's going to hurt like hell so I'm not going to think about it. But what is totally freaking me out is the fact that I don't know when it's all going to start.

When asked if I had any other stuff to ask, I did mention that I had been experiencing some pins and needles along my right and it happens every night. Some nights, it gets so bad that it keeps me awake! And the skin on my belly is stretching and by some irritating reason, I've actually got some sort of acne happening on my belly! :( I really hope that that top acne treatment Tina keeps telling me about works coz honestly, I got no time to pamper myself unless I totally get rid of the kids for the day. :P

So anyway, at the docs, I asked him about induction and all since the girls were both induced – Arianna coz my waters broke and no action happening after 24hrs and KR was 1 week overdue. I wanted to know if I could schedule an induction even thought I was 40w and guess what….? This is possible!!! *jiggly jigs* :D I was over the moon to hear this because my last doc refused to even talk about it saying that I had to wait out the additional 1 week so that I’d deliver at 41 weeks or anytime before that. You see, my main fear is going into labour at home and just pretty much freaking out despite being in the comforts of my own home. Like I mentioned in my forum, I don’t feel comfy here coz there is no one with medical knowledge that I can depend on if something goes wrong and I’m not about to even comtemplate the possibility of having JR on the way to the hospital in the car! No thank you, m’am….

After experiencing 2 inductions, just lemme have a third and complete my round of 3 inductions in a row. Waiting on for labour to come on naturally is just absolutely so not what I want even though getting induced isn’t nice at all. I rather just get it over and done with asap rather than wait out the contraction and waiting to dilate….I reckon lots of people must think I’m mad! lol But to heck, once Mum arrives and with me due on 25/10, we are SO prepping for the induction immediately….he’s already 2.8kg at the mo, so even if he came out now, he’d be Arianna’s size and I can live with that! :P

I know that some people may think I’m nuts wanting to get induced, but I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, you gotta be in my shoes for you to know what and how I’m feeling to be wanting this in the first place.

Ps. On a happier note, I managed to get my Raspberry Leaf Tea pills online and they arrived today! YAY!!! Another peace of mind….*sighs blissfully*

I’m a big girl now!

Posted by Misty Mom on 28/09/2010 None comments

Today I uploaded a new pix of the girls together in a hug on FB. Actually, that shot is of them giving each other a kiss. Very loving indeed! :)

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See what I mean? A loving moment, rare n priceless!

And a friend of mine commented saying how big they’ve grown and to be honest, because they are your kids and you see them everyday, you don’t realise how fast they grow up and suddenly, Arianna is 3+ and KR is turning 18months next month! >.< Whatever happened to my little babies? Holding them for the first time after they were born is still such a fresh memory in my mind that it's scary how time flies.

These days, Arianna is always singing and dancing, and she just loves books. Give her a book anytime and her face lights up. :) KR is picking up works faster than she can walk. lol Yes, her vocab is actually quite surprising but I am comparing her to Arianna who was a little slow in the speech department, but KR mobility is not good. She can walk if she wants to with some help but prefers to crawl around. And recently, she wont even let us hold her hand so she can walk. (>.<) She just drops to her knees and starts crawling...terrible! At this age, Arianna was already walking quite steadily so I am not particularly happy about her development in this area. But other than that, she's doing alright.

*sigh* My babies are all big girls now!! :(

Modeled shot - Rose dress

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We are big girls now!

O, btw…..HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUMMY/NANNA!!!! Wishing you a lovely day and many happy returns of the day. Can’t wait till you come down!! XOXOXOXO

The big MOVE

Posted by Misty Mom on 26/09/2010 None comments

We finally took the huge step of moving the girls into the same bedroom yesterday. So starts their journey of being room mates. :P I have always been dreading this moment because I just don’t know what to expect and also whether or not there was enough space but praise God, both cots can fit in comfortably with enough space for Nanna and her luggage when she gets here. :)

We decided to test this new arrangement out during their arvo nap. We cleared Arianna’s room and moved KR’s cot in there and all the while I was telling Arianna that KR will be sleeping with her. I don’t think she knew what the heck I was talking about until we set up KR’s cot that I caught her standing in shock and staring at the new cot. LOL But that soon ended the minute she heard the opening credits of Captain Mack. >.< Anyway, as expected, when it came time for nap time, both of them were up for awhile giggling, chatiting and playing but KR plonked off first and I guess Arianna got bored with no one to disturb that she too fell asleep. That was a good sign...and came night time, well...suffice to say that BOTH of them didn't fall asleep till at least 10pm and they were IN bed around 9pm. Terrible I tells ya!!!

Today, arvo nap was a daymare for me!!! >.< Arianna is in this phase where she screams for things when she doesn't get it and more often than not, she just screams and shrieks for no particular reason and it's been driving me absolutely up the wall! That was exactly what happened this afternoon. They had both been behaving ok, not angels at all but ok and then it was nap time and they went into bed at about 2pm....they shrieked, shouted, screamed, threw pillows and bears out of their cots for approximately 1.5hr before they both zonked out. >.<

And amidst all that, I was walking into the room every 10-15mins or so, screaming at them to go to sleep! It was so stressful and tiring, it's not funny. Really. FINALLY, at 3.30pm....I experienced the sound of silence. O what a beautiful thing that is! So I went in to check on them and what did I find....? KR had somehow reached over her cot and got hold of Arianna's dress from on the bed and Arianna had in her cot, KR's pillow and a book off the shelf above her cot! >.< No wonder they were kept occupied....we'll have to rearrange the furniture in there so that no one can reach anything or play with the cupboard doors....otherwise, there will be no decent sleep for the both of them.

I pity Arianna mostly coz when it comes to night time, she tends to go off to lala-land faster than KR...and I know this because so far, even now....I can still hear KR carrying on and when we checked on her, Arianna has her bear over her head and KR is standing up in her cot. >.< I know that this is merely a passing phase, but man….I think it’s going to be a long one! But I’m glad that we’ve started this now and not waited till the last minute coz it would be hell trying to pull this off with the new bub and Mum here as well.

So, Nanna…I hope you will enjoy the company of BOTH your grandkids with you in your room when you come down in a couple of weeks. ;) It’s going to be FUN!!

Only 33 days to go???

Posted by Misty Mom on 24/09/2010 6 comments

I just noticed that pregnancy ticker says that I got 33 days before I’m due. WTH??? Where did the time go? Was I out cold and just woken up?? LOL :P Omg….I really cannot believe that I’ve been preggers that long and it’s even closer to the fact that it will all be over before I can even blink again! One good thing though, I can finally touch my toes if I bend down. LOL

To be absolutely honest, we are SO unprepared for JR this time around. I mean, just last night I was talking to Ted and telling him how we are taking things SO lightly with JR example I’ve not washed or taken the newborn clothes out yet, the bassinet needs a good dry in the sun – not done, move KR into Arianna’s room – not done, we’ve got no newborn nappies – yet, and here I am blogging about this! What we do have is 3 new onesies and a pair of overalls that I sewed recently. :P

Just look at us! We are SOOOOOO relax about the whole thing!! Even my hospital bag is not packed, can you believe it?? And there I was advising Annie that she should pack her hospital bag at least a month before her duedate. :P But nevermind, I got one more day before I hit my target. Hahaha..actually, I’ve decided that I will, I MUST pack my hospital the minute we get back from my 36weeks check up next week. After all, Arianna came at 38+weeks so I really don’t know what to expect from JR. Perhaps for ONCE, he will be on time. :P

The things I’ve been doing the most is sewing up clothes for the girls mainly because once bub comes along, I won’t have the time to just sit and sew although I’ll be so tempted to. Even with my mum here to help, I think it will take time to organise myself and get things in order, and get the girls used to having a new bub around as well. Both of them are screamers at the worst of times and I can just see the both of them freaking out when bub cries and then he’ll most likely return the screams from stressing out due to THEIR screams. OMG, it’s going to be a fun-tastic circus here!!! >.<

And here's another random thought - I am actually REALLY REALLY excited to see JR. It's like I can't envision what he'd look like and it's just so exciting that I will get to see him in a month or less. I'm like, "I can't wait to see him!!!". Let's not hope for another overdue bub pls....that waiting game with KR was hell! It's bad enough that I was told he has a big head - what's with boys and their big heads?? Being overdue is just karma biting me back for whatever pain I put my mum through I reckon. :/

O well, enough random thoughts for now. I've got to figure out how I'm going to get my head around the fact that I don't got my raspberry leaf tea pills!!!! Apparently they have been discontinued. This is just SO not good for me mentally coz although I've been told that it doesn't really do anything, my mental being is hanging on it! >.< Will have to see if there are alternatives or not….

And Mummy turns 32

Posted by Misty Mom on 22/09/2010 1 comments

Well, I’m not sure if I’m suppose to celebrate the fact that I’m growing OLDER but what I do want to celebrate is the fact that I’ve lived another year to see my children grow up and to welcome a new member into our family in a few weeks time, and hopefully celebrate more years to come of course. :) I can’t believe I’m 32 this year…I don’t feel that age at all but I have to accept reality la! My younger, happening days are still fresh in my mind, thank goodness for that but more often than not, it takes awhile to refresh them. And this makes me think how time has really passed me by.

I am content and happy where I am today although there are a couple of things that I have not yet fulfilled. I’ve always wanted to work with animals and that desire is still very much alive although I don’t see it happening so soon coz I really don’t know where to start but SOMEDAY, I will definitely make this dream come through. I still dream of owning our own house someday. After all, with a new house, I can also hope for my own sewing room! :P What can I say…I’ve finally realised that I really enjoy sewing and its something that I won’t stop doing, at least for time being.

I am happy that I have been blessed in so many ways that I could go on and on and bore the heck out of you but one things for sure, the best things that has happened to me up till today is definitely the work of the Lord. Without Him in our lives, I think it would not be as good as it is today. I’ve said this before but I’ll say it again….we may not be filthy rich (though we hope that someday we will be!) but we have everything we need to lead a comfy and happy life and, honestly from the bottom of my heart, I really couldn’t ask for more.

Here’s to another blessed year…. :)

Nanna’s coming to visit!!

Posted by Misty Mom on 21/09/2010 None comments

Whddaya know….I’m 35 weeks this week!! Eeeeekkksss…..how fast is that?? :P I must be thinking too much about the birth and what to expect because I keep getting all these weird dreams!! And the recent one was the worst! (>.<) Long story short, it was like experiencing that same drama we had with Arianna, the bleeding and what not. :( So I'm not very happy at all about it. Also perhaps I'm stressing out because the raspberry leaf tea pills which I had been looking forward to take has been discontinued! That's not much help at all...mentally to me, if you know what I mean. *sigh* But on a happier note, I am excited about Mum coming out here in a few weeks time! :)

She's always come out here to help me with the kids during my confinement especially cooking up all those post-birth dishes that we Asians normally take for at least a month. It's actually most any dish but just add a truck load of ginger to it so that the heat of the ginger warms you up inside. I reckon a Westerner would find it hard to understand but it's really is a norm back home. ;) That said, I'll have to stock up some glucosamine chondroitin msm for Mum as well, to take back with her. She suffers from arthritis especially her knees so having a good stock in the pantry will be good for her.

*grins* Can’t wait to see her and for her to spend more time with the girls!!! Despite only seeing her a few months ago, I wished we lived in the same neighbourhood so I could go visit her whenever I like. Someday, I hope this will happen. :)

Babies and bath time

Posted by Misty Mom on 21/09/2010 2 comments

It wasn’t too long ago when we had to bath Arianna for the first time since her birth, and I was just so jittery about bathing her that I passed on that mission to Ted who gladly took it on and boy, did that girl scream her lungs out! She absolutely hated her first bath and I was totally freaking out. Thank goodness it wasn’t me holding her or Lord knows what I’d do! Then came KR’s turn and once again, I pushed Ted to do it although this time around, after being more experience and what not, I have him the honors anyway coz I wanted to take the pix. :) KR loved her first bath, in fact she was loving it so much that you could literally see it in her face!

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Daddy giving me my first bath coz Mummy chickened out

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Aaaahhh, bliss….

Today, both girls love their baths and it was only recently that we’ve been bathing them together in the tub coz it’s just too taxing for me to bathe them one by one in my current state as well as, we do save on water AND soap! :P Plus, I gotta admit that it’s more fun as well coz they got bath toys and the lot in there.

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Bath time at KLCC Impiana – the first time we put them in the tub together – thank gooodness no blood was shed coz Arianna doesn’t necessarily likes to share her tub. :P

The routine is normally, after bath, I rub them down and lather them up with baby cream to keep their skin moist but these days I keep forgetting. I will really have to keep an eye on how their skin developes over the years because of my horrible pimple gene. I wouldn’t want to be hunting for the best acne treatments in town unless I really have to and honestly, I really don’t want them to go through what I went through as a pimpled face teen in school – what can I say, some memories you just don’t forget, you know? But I’ll worry about that when the time comes.

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This is the latest shot of a bubbled baby in a cave of bubbles. ;) Getty Images worthy, you think?

Because I’ve been there….

Posted by Misty Mom on 20/09/2010 1 comments

I know what it feels like : the frustration, the desperation, the feeling of helplessness…you name it, I’ve felt it when we had settling and sleeping issues with Arianna. Hence, Annie….I know what you’re going through and I’m so glad that I could help in a small way. :)

While I cannot say that life has always been a breeze for me (I’ve had serious issues, ups and downs, and all that) but I have to admit that while all the bad that has happened to me, I reckon I’ve had more good things that has happened in my life than bad and I really can’t ask for more. It was another blessing for me because I had the girls here in Sydney and the after-birth support is excellent here. They have in-house lactation consultants and even a childhood nurse for you to go to if you had issues with your child in any way. Here, they have all sorts of helplines that cater to every single problem you could EVER experience with your new baby and for that I am thankful.

However, I don’t know if I can say the same about what goes on back home. As I was sending this link on settling baby and watching out for tired signs to Annie, I kept thinking about how she would not have suffered as she did with bub if she had the support that I had. Tis a real pity really….especially when you have no idea who to turn to. Of course you have your mum or aunt or a female family member who you could turn to but you’ll be surprise how much they don’t know despite having children of their own. I reckon back in those days, things were worst! At least, these days, the least you have, if not a proper organisation or group, is perhaps an online forum you could join. Perhaps I am underestimating what goes on back home, who knows….I do hope there are such groups and organisations out there that do provide help and support to new mum/parents because those first few weeks are normally the hardest and new parents are tricked into thinking that all bub does is feed, poop and sleep. Heck, if it were only that easy, earth’s population would have doubled or perhaps tripled by now! LOL

Blek….can I have a face transplant?

Posted by Misty Mom on 20/09/2010 None comments

Ok, maybe that is a little too extreme. Perhaps just some skin graft but not from my bottom? :P *lol* It’s just that I’ve really had it with all this acne problem which has resurfaced after being gone for so long. I used to be plagued by it in my teens and some how, like most common teenager health problems, they went away. But now they are back!!! Darn blasted acne….

Of course, I’ve been whinging and whinning about it but Ted is very tolerant and understands this hence, whenever he’s out, he always keeps his eyes peeled for any acne treatment posters around that he can tell me about and then I’d go and do my research. He’s really good that way….thank goodness love is not measured by the smoothness of my skin, or I’d be in deep, deep trouble!

What to get for Daddy?

Posted by Misty Mom on 20/09/2010 None comments

Ever since Ted started his new job in town, he’s been walking and then taking the bus to the office. It’s an excellent way to lose weight what with all the walking AND saves us a ton of moolah too coz petrol here is expensive for most of the time despite the discount coupons and all that. He’s quite happy to walk as well coz he’s always been the ‘walker’ in the family. Me, I rather take the car at any one point but I know I *should* walk more especially in this current state. :P But I tell you, feeling and looking like a beached whale is really no motivation to walk at all! Plus the fact that I can’t really walk a long distance anymore. And if I did try, I’d most likely stop many times before I can even reach my destination and when I get back….o boy, the aches and pains are really not worth it!

Hence my current problem coz #1. I can’t really walk down to the shops pushing a double pram with the girls in it and get back alive, #2. Ted’s been so fit that I can’t really get him any fat burners for men, just to tease him about it! It’ll be his birthday soon so I’ve been cracking my head as to what to get him. :P The fat burner would totally catch him off guard and I’d love to capture his look on camera if possible. Hahaha!! But I’ll definitely get him something appropriate as well, this would just be a teaser. :P Now if only I could GO shopping!!!