new horizon

new horizon

ummie had risen among the ranks and landed herself in a new spot today.

she has left the manufacturing world for the logistical world of SupplyChain...

whats bigger is that she is now on normal shift. no more free days

thats a big change for all of us. i will be sent to baba's place like everyday!

i can sense she's terrified but she always put on a brave front

she still leaves home the same time even when she starts at 0830 now

maybe she trying to 'siam' the crazy ERP gantries...

missyE

ikea

ikea

its all over the news. It will 'revolutionize' the Eastside way of life...

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Where have you been aunty?

I beat the crowd at Alexandra branch at 7 in the morning

just for the mini ikea bag...and a little bit of 'things-u-dont-need' stuff...

C'caine

tenth

tenth
whoa... my baby is 10 months...
i am enjoying the ride coz she is just learning to crawl !
its ok love, slow and steady is the way to go...

what have i learnt from her...

what did she learn from me...

weight : 6.5kg!!!

hair : growing...no more bald patches

teeth : none

diapers : M Drypers

milk : still 150ml Similac...

nightfeed: maybe no more

feeding : breakfast, lunch, dinner: homemade gruel

snacks : during abah & ummies' meal times

rise n shine : 6-7am

slumber time : 10:30 - 11:30pm... still binky dependant when sleepy and cranky!

clothes size : 3-6mths for bottoms 6-9mths for tops & overalls

shoe size : 2

hands : still inclined to receive with left hand

sit : stable

crawl : kinda able to move from one spot to another... hurray!

response : good...nothing escapes those curious eyes

playthings : everything is still a teether

sing n dance : able to clap and snap fingers with bad singing

social : greet anyone with a smile or a stare showdown

appetite : good for solids...dislikes milk

independant : better

ummiE

sundays

sundays

since Hari Raya ummie had been throwing leave and MC so she dont have to work on Sundays. she may get what she want soon.

so what have we been doing on Sundays...

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slack, chill & shop...

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ok actually during the raya season was visiting and slack, chill & shop.. hee.

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we went shopping with Nadya. fun fun fun @ ToysRus

mommies had their fun fun fun @ Paragon

daddies had funfun fun @ LuckyPlaza?

a comic shop at Lucky Plaza. in fact abah walked away with 3 Monopoly sets. more monopoly sets!... LordOftheRing, MarvelHeroes & Spongebob more for ummie i think.

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then, they came to my place for raya. heh... nadya had a go at my BallToyz FunCentre. i was sleeping but i can hear the comotion her daddy created. i think her daddy likes it more than she does. in fact both of them was in it. having a go at the balls. nadya was practically swimming. while her daddy was... swimming too?

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later we return the visit to their place. there nadya daddy got a new toy. a sony DVD theater system courtesy of SCV. ummie had fun too coz she enjoys fixing those techno gadgets. abah slack on the net looking for job.. boring kan...

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later what else can they do but play Monopoly... they showed off the different sets they had... while we, babies, after a day of fun... retreat... yawn...

missyE

PGL

PGL

due to a date mix up. i am actually available to go for Puteri Gunung Ledang after all. Thanx to my daddy who gave up his ticket so i could enjoy the show with my husband, mom and sis. While he babysit Missy for me. Thanx dad...

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i just return from the peak. now i get to watch my very first musical or my very first visit to esplanade itself. now thats a whole new pinnacle too. i once told myself i would only enter the place with a special tour by a special someone. well now that we've moved on, i should too...

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it was a climax for me to watch it with my lurve..

i dont have much to say about the musical. i actually find it disney like or rather comical really. its just the ambience with the ppl i love that makes me dreamy...

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of course we met familiar faces... like my cuz shireen. who was staying at Conrad that night, no less..

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went home to my Missy who refused to sleep without her ummie. i comforted her in the car. i kinda said that i wont leave her alone anymore... *fingers crossed*

ummie: for one night only dear.

missyE: one night only ok. no more ok...

C'caine

aah-chooo

<<aah-chooo>>

sniff sniff.. i got the bug again..

from ummie who else. it's my fault.. i know she's infected yet i want no one else but her...

hmmm... nothing beats the cuddle and warmth of your own ummie. yet i paid a price for it

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without much haste my baba and atok brought me to the pediatrician nearby. i like the place and doctor VanessaTan. i was showing off my 'clap clap hand' & 'snap snap hand' tricks...

didnt seem to be sick if you ask me. i was feeling alllright

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that doc is a real kiasu. she gave so much medicine. maybe she doesnt want us to bother her much. she gave a whole plastic bag. FULL of good stuff...ummie like to think of it as a goodie bag...

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the reason for the generous milk samples is because i am way underweight for my age. ok like 500g under. i am suppose to be 7kg. most ppl i know already hit 10kg!..

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well no hurry right. maybe i'll take time. i do hope i dont ballooon up to be an obese though

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so thanx doc for the free milk.

oh but the doc charge us a hefty fee of $73.50! which they will claim from ummie, who in turn will claim from mr.Hewlett-Packard. he must be a very nice guy that uncle ;p..

missyE

constipated

constipated
my baby got constipation. it's a very sad sight. in laws want me to rush her to the docs. i dont think its necessary. i got flu again. so i stayed at home to nurse her and myself...
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i bought her fruit juice and fed her corn mix with cereal. she pass motion three times and her stools are hard. the last motion looks promising though. by morning its confirmed that her stools are soft again. so i can go to werk now...
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meanwhile the faithful Telon is the only way to ease her tummy...
did you know there are so many different brands of telon in the indonesian market. even one baby brand we all know has it... Cussons.. why it never hit our market. we are definitely being ripped off. thanx to relatives coming over occasionally, i would 'kirim' them...

C'caine

home sweet home

home sweet home
ummie's home...

my ummie's back to tease me...

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. i kinda forgot bout her a bit.

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actually i've been busy while she's away. baba and atok slept our place for a night. i showed them all my toys and made it clear that they are on my turf...

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also abah and me was out and about mostly. in fact we were not home to welcome her. i was out visiting a newbie. a lil cousin of mine called aisyah. sounds like me name right...

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anywayz shes back now and i want no one else but her...
my ummie...

missyE

bribery

bribery

ummie brought her colleagues out to BIG superstore. there she spent like she received green packets. or maybe she took mine. then she tested the capacity of the car's behind.....

she bought plenty... all for me...

she bought me baby wipes...

she bought me a gate....

to stop me from entering the kitchen! ceh...

she bought me a looong catterpillar called lots-a-lots-leggggs...

one more thing... she also bought me this...

yahoo... lets play.. anyone coming with me?

there is plenty of room.. its HUGE...

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maybe its my birthday again..

soon i found out the reason why...

she's leaving me and abah tonight for Ledang... ~uaeeek

missyE

mini open house

welcome
the families turned up at our place on Saturday... mostly ummie's side..
they turned up and made my room and toys theirs

thats my new lots-a-lots-a-legggggs...hmph.

i was passed around, while ummie and abah ran around the house serving them. some came for the first time.. like aunty Shireen here

whom i gave a tour to the kitchen...
some came from the next block yet some came from far...

they savoured Sup Tulang, chocolate cake, carrot cake, 'lapis' cake & many more cakes yang sewaktu dengannya... with ummie's special blend of teh susu...

i would say many many ppl so little time.. i slept at way past midnight entertaining guests...

thanx for coming y'all...
missyE

to the peak

to the peak

the date has been set on 16 of Nov. thats 7 days away...

i just started my first training todaay..... abit late huh..

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i been there a few times. now the place have evolved. not only comercialized, even the terrain has changed. maybe i get too confident that i'll pull through without a scratch. the last time i went there was in 2003. now my body has changed post pregnancy. it makes it worse when my bro told me "wats there to train! its only Ledang wat".. idiot... that statement made me more complacent....

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so i geared up with weights on my back. wat used to be 4 filled bottles. now is my very own lil missy. she's only 7kg though and the carrier lack support unlike my LoweAlpines. nevertheless off we went. up the the 21st floor. jogging speed at first. then slack at the 15th storey and above... wahaha..

never mind. i got my brother to carry my load if i lost my mental up there... heee...

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me and my brother and more old skool frens unite for this trip. the last time i went with my brother was in 1997 i think. this is gonna be a blast.. insya Allah...

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oh wait... while i was going up and down the stairs.. look what i saw...

the door defaced with black paint....

curious me, i followed the drips/smudges of paint i saw on the floor.. hee.. Kpoh...

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isk isk isk.. i thought the new generaton would be educated enough NOT to credit from TaiLong... shocking..

the intriguing part is.. the styrofoam taped at the gate was never removed. it indicates the the house may be vacant. i mean if you move in. one would remove it right?...

ah dunno lah dont care... ignorance has been our generations' motto.. till they come up with a campaign.. kenali tetangga anda... heee... well i sure wouldnt want that door next to mine!!

no artistic value..

C'caine

foamilac

foamilac

Similac formula is very foamy. it clings onto the bottle defying gravity. the very reason why i switched to Enfalac in her 2nd month. thinking it causes colic. after much trial with other fomulas, i decided to stick to Similac. why?... bcoz ZoeTay uses it too... wahaha..

because it produces the best poo consistency for her. as missy was weaning, i do not want a constipated baby... adding to the challenge..

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as for those foamilac bottles left for us to scrub. i am using TOLLYJOY baby accessories and vegetable cleanser. it has a great smell of banana muffins!! enticing my appetite each time i scrub those bottles. so i left the scrubbing for him or i'll get hungry all the time...

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bottle brush, i use PIGEON. the bristles remain clean and shiny and it never bends out of shape...

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sterilized bottles...

how often do you sterilized your bottles?

it is important, according to a doc in KKH. my cuzin's baby was admitted for high fever. the doc pulled her aside questioning her. how many bottles do you have? do you sterilized after each use?

i have to admit i got lazy in the fourth month. then when missy was hit with a long battle of flu. i tried my best to strerilized it often. otherwise it's just twice a week now...

ummiE

rock-a-bye-missy

rock-a-bye-missy

it's her dream for me to sleep on my own

just me myself and missy

no 'buai'. no 'tepok. no 'dodoi'.

what was she thinking. even she has trouble sleeping...

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lately, ummie is not fighting with me anymore

whenever i get cranky. she will rock me to sleep....

i get to slumberland faster. i get my precious sleep. i get to be cranky free.

even abah can put me to sleep now...

isnt everyone happy =)

missyE

nail em

nail em

my baby got short nails. they are short and broad. kinda fan like...

it will grow outwards. potential sharp edges that will show on her face in the morning. one of the reasons why she wears mittens till she's 5 months...

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i trim her nails when she's awake. she is resisting now. but i just have too much to do when she's asleep. so i will persist till she starts to cry. then it will be an unfinished job. i tried not to trim her nails too short. thinking it will adhere to the skin thus getting longer..

but that only means it will break and cause more damage. so she cant have it a bit longer cause it'll break when she scratches...

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she loves to scratch. just like the cat. scratching her head is normal. but she scratches anything with different textures. like seat belt. carpet. leather seat. balloons. fabrics. maybe she like the sound it makes....

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but to scratch and peel stickers off her walker is her favorite past time...

the hand-me-down walker arrived with a full set of decals. thanx to her. now its stripped bare.. she is working her way to other toys now..

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all those destruction with the short stubby nails...

ummiE

raya

raya

hows your raya?

mine's ok...

no ketupat...

no rendang...

no kuehs...

no cookies...

no sweet drinks...

just paper packets...

just ok...
missyE

nineth

nineth

my baby turns 9 today....

chinese?.. she too gets confused... kherhehehe...

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missy is back on her feet... will resume raya hunting tomorrow... yeah...

C'caine

familia

familia

raya is about family bonding...

here are my other lurvess...

me beloved bro and pinky!!!

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C'caine

pangs of raya

pangs of raya

its my first raya. they are excited. i am gonna be all dressed up. ummie said i will be a hot babe..

i am a hot babe all right.. hot at 39.5 degress celcius! ! !

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at start of the day. they wanted to shelve all raya plans to head down to KKH. but i cool down to normal. by the second home i heated up again. we were calling up for the nearest Raffles medical or just go to Raffles Hospital. we end up at my boo's family clinic...

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we head down to the 43rd house. sorry 3rd house. i was drugged by then. everything whizz by. so many colourful ppl. so much good smell. but i couldnt drink, couldnt eat, couldnt sleep...

i was a zombie...

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they squeezed in one more house and ended the day after maghrib. letting me sleep. my grandpa even bought me those forehead stickers. i shall rest and look forward to a better day tommorrow.....

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Selamat Hari Raya....Maaf Zahir dan Batin...

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and oh... Happy Birthday abah...
missyE

seksi housemaid

seksi housemaid
its the last weekend of ramadhan. a crucial time for all households.

washing, scrubing, cleaning, changing sheets, changing curtains, moping....

whoof.. that's a whole lot of things to do.. this time the waiting game seems never ending to me..
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but ummie is missing somewhat.. she's gone to work since yesterday.. saying something like earnin OT to cover the expenses...

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money, i may never understand. but one things for sure. money = time and time away from my ummie or parents is no fun.. so i dont like money...
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but i heard in Hari Raya there is plenty of money to go around. it comes in packets.. neat.. but what can i do wit it. it doesnt make good teethers!...
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anyway.. i feel for my parents working their butts off at work and now at home!... so i decided to get them some help...
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ummie, abah meet Sista mary...

who says one cant be sexy doin housework..

missyE

whacked

whacked

ummie's whacked with work & S/P/R/I/N/G//C/L/E/A/N/I/N/G...

above all her priority is to savour the month of ramadhan with ibadah...

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but she will always make some time for me~ and shopping.. yeah..

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she wears out easily now. must be due to all that walking and fasting of course. so she cheated....

here i am withbeautiful sista Allie. all bukled up in a McLaren..

with no insurance coverage!...

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then i found out where she got it from. coz my bak tok did the very same thing in a shopping cart! how un-Cool....

missyE

downgrade

downgrade

i've been downgraded to the back seat...

what it used to be...

i'm always in the left front seat. facing the back. full view of the driver. with ummie sticking out her head between the seats to humour me. looking out the window to big cars. mostly SUVs, busses, or trucks...

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now..

i'm in the back seat sometimes right, sometime left. facing the front. with a backside view of the driver and everything around me. they have to wait for the red light to crane their necks to bug me. looking out the window is no fun either. no more gold digging disgusting apeks. it's very lonely...

missyE

in the haze

in the haze

click here for more worries
missyE

nanny burfday

nanny burfday

hapi burfday to my nanny...

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so sorry we could not be together for your special day. we think of you and miss you just the same... muuahh..

if it's any consolation, we did meet up last Saturday. it was a nice family feast. although you and boo came late. we were all toghether. it has been a while...

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i so love boo's throne. its gorgeous, comfy and safe. i was happy seating in it while ummie manage to pray with the family. no fuss. i was happy on the throne looking on to them. of course halaNur was my company and always up to mischief..

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she tried to make me crawl. she dont understand how a kid could learn to walk without crawling first. it is possible. just like my boo who simply moves by shifting her toosh. next thing you know she was walking. of course pushing carton boxes in the new house help her a lot. i am still waiting for my stride-to-ride. anyway amiHafiz and halaNur enticed me with their handphone to make me move. haha.. it got them nowhere. they actually tried bending my legs in weird positions. naturally i cried..

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so to comfort me and throw in some family bonding. we had a game of scrabbles. yeah.. them tiles are handy teethers they are...

missyE

savoury

savoury

i spoke too soon.

just yesterday baba cooked for me porridge with fish.

then there was papaya for desert.

whoa... not bad ok.. i may learn to like it..

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ummie with her new adrenalin rush... got home and made me some spinach puree. she gave me 2 spoonfuls just to see my reaction. i swallowed it just the same...

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she called just now asking whats on the menu for today...

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baba said the ingredients are

the ground rice

which is actually brown rice but ummie simply played dumb,

some fish

ikan kurau,

2 spoonful of spinach puree

ummie was hoping she would use the whole serving

and some salt..

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SALT!.. ummie explained that salt is not necessary and she also encouraged her to finsh the serving of spinach. apparently grandpa also agreed that kids dont need salt. ummie just handed baba some printouts about weaning for reading. but ummie knows that there is no one else she would entrust but my loving baba to make me healthy, happy and smart..

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enough of squabbles.. its past my lunch time already...

missyE

waiting game

waiting game

on ummie's first day off. we will play the waiting game...

I will wait for ummie to get up.

I will wait for ummie to freshen up.

I will wait for ummie to do the laundry.

I will wait for ummie to zoom zoom zoom around the house with a black snake like monster...

here's how the game goes...

I will pull the mobile and bumpers in my crib while waiting for her to get up.

I will bite the hanger and belt on her bed while she freshen up.

I will watch the dryer go round and round when she does the smelly laundry.

if you ask me. i like the zoom zoom zoom the best as

I will get to watch baby einstein while she snake her way around the house...

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aaah... today ummie did more..

she made pumpkin puree for me.. noice...

i waved my hands with delight when its feeding time. i kept asking for more. she finally made use of those cube trays she bought long time back. being scarred by my fussy appetite. she thought fruits would fair better than spinach or fish. i still have not had porridge yet. never mind ummie, those can wait. meanwhile i can have more pumpkin. maybe corn or carrots or peas... hmmm yummy!

healthy food is not so bad huh.... hehe...

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btw the score is 1:0 in my favour. coz i earned tasty treats while ummie still have to fold the laundry, clean the windows, wipe the mirrors, clean the toilets, wash the curtrains...etc..etc..

missyE

visitors

visitors
visitors came knocking one evening. maybe its hari raya already. i was asleep then. soon i was disturbed by the chatters of two men in my room! i started to create a fuss. only to find out it was abah and a fellow friend. soon ummie came in the room with a baby in her arms.. gah! what a nightmare. soon she returned alone to comfort me. then she took me out of the room to meet Nadya...

Hi Nadya,

i'm sorry i wasnt a good host. i mean any sleepy host would fair rather badly. I am also sorry we did not succeed to persuade your daddy to buy you toys. You can always come over and play mine. i got plenty and it's no fun playing alone anyway. but next time do come earlier. when you left ummie had to put up wit my tantrum. it was nice having a friend over. do come again...

missyE

baby bites

baby bites
recently ummie intruduced me to biscuits ~yummy!...
its a trial and error mission. buying different brands each time. to find out which suits me well. actually which suits ummie really. she will not feed me great tasting or sweet ones! grrr!!....
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biscuits that is a waste of time
HEINZ TEETHING RUSKS
...hard tags. ummie said it's like those 'dog biscuits' NS men get in their ration packs. back then of course. even ummie could not bite thru. it really is great for teething. great grip, tasteless and really tough..
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biscuits that tastes great
MANNA BABY BISCUITS
...sedaaap. but its too small for me hands. theres no grip. it crumbles in my hands. so they mash with milk for breakfast or teatime...
BABY RUSKS 'malaysion brand' orange flavoured
...not sweet. midsized. ideal for milk or on its own...
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biscuits for anytime anywhere
BABY BITES rice rusks
...big pieces for great grip. they have original or vegetable flavoured ones. bland but tasty enuff. much like WANG WANG. wait it is their product. minus side is.. it is tough to clean. having the 'kanji' effect. ummie got to scrub my hands, face and sometimes feet..
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with all this trial and error. its taking up too much space. hey that's not my concern!i am a fussy eater. so ummie had to depend on proccessed food for a while. she bought different flavours. so i have varieties on my menu. it's a plus as compared to finishing a whole pot of porridge over a few days. but i'm running out of luck. ummie is cooking something for me today. if its healthy its bound to be tasteless. i'm afraid ummie may get disappointed again..
ok ok i'll give it a shot...

missyE

get down

get down

get down and move it all around...

that's exactly what she didn't do ~move it all around.

in my mission to make missy more agile and independent. we all floored for her. then i realised it's 2 defferent mission altogether...

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we all need to change or whatever the moment we reach home. but we cant leave her in one corner, at least not without her whining. my missy is so manja. okay so we take turns. he would play with her first then its my take. i really dont know how to cultivate inedependance. i will sit with her but wont really attend to her.. any difference?

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mission2 is to get her moving. my dear missy is able to sit on her own now. but that's it. just sit. she cannot move from sitting to allfours or vice versa. i will entice her with toys. she will outstreach her arms then topple. and cry~ i propped her up again. this time she got smarter. she will strech her arms within her capability ensuring she wont fall. so SHE DOESNT MOVE.. she simply sit there and tap tap tap her hands. stretch hands for toy. cannot reach. tap tap tap. repeat! lastly whine~

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i really hope she dont take too long... i am trying i hope her other home understand me too.. btw she doing okay with the walker. made her way to the kitchen all...

C'caine

remote control me

remote control me

~never...

we babies are anything but in control. we are full of surprises. even the norm routine would go hay wire... the very reason why ummie has been posting less. she lost her sleep over me and sahur!

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the syiokness of the 'buai' has gotten the best of me. now i literally sleep on ummie's chest during the day. oh the warmth and comfort.. much better than the buai i would say. so i have been asking for it during the night too...

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i am one who sleeps on my own at night. they would pretty much do their own thing after playing with me. that would be around 2230hrs. my bedtime could not be any earlier coz ummie fetches me at 2000hrs. after play and getting ready for bed, it would be late enough..

so since ramadhan, i have been trying to get her to rock me to bed. to no avail...

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one night i cried so hard. she simply let me be and kept on yakking away on her blog! i was howling and growling for her for half an hour when abah woke up to try to hush me. the sleepy abah couldnt do much. i took my wailing up a notch. now they are both by my side but the wouldnt carry me.. pfft.. with 45mins of growling i got sick and threw up. that got them going alright. they cleaned me and put on a brand new pjs for me. noice...

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it's past midninght now and this is me 10 mins later...

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kheherhee... who would have known the drama mama i was just prior to that clip. after all the excitement i actually took a poo.. hehe... the changing mat was still warm i tell ya..

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so wat does a tired ummie do with an excited missy way off her bedtime.. she let me watch tv. she pass me the remote. gah.. i do have the power.. there i was trying to absorb the greatness of the very thing they always refrain me from THE REMOTE CONTROL...

now what do i do really. the tv is talking too much. i could not find the Mtv button the boys claim to be a great watch.. haiz.. what else would an eight months baby do.. slob it in me mouth... bleagh.. whoa this thing taste bad.. this is no fun.. wweeek!~

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ummie shove a bottle of milk down my throat and off i went to ZzzZz land...
missyE

bitten

bitten
look what they discovered on me yesterday..
its right by the 'cheeks' of my armpit..
i dont remember what hit me either..ummie just gave me a massage the day before.
she never noticed anything amiss.
she started massaging me when i'm 6mths!
it's bcoz of my hysterical crying during amd after bath.
now that i'm better after baths she gave it a shot.
she never thought massages can be given at any other time of the day... duh..
she notice i'm rather plump now.
but was disappointed to know i lost weight instead of gaining some.
maybe she can give those ang moh creams a try instead of minyak Lam...
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back to my injury..
it is stragically placed where adults thumbs would be when they lift me..
but they dont sport long fingernails,
and i swear my ummie never pinched me,
or any other wrong doings or thoughts...
it seems friction is the likely cause....
she spread some minyak bubut and inspect for any other abnormalities.
i'm ok.. no sweat...
but the question remains... who bit me??

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missyE
PS: if we can blow kisses over...
can we blow love bites over too??