When the doctor told me yesterday that she needs to have Baby C’s blood taken, my heart skipped a beat or two for a moment for I know it will surely be extremely difficult to find a vein in her chubby hands or feet…. which means that the nurses have to poke her a few times. My heart bled  too when I saw the nurse poke Baby C’s hand to have blood drawn out. The first time, she was poked on the right hand, which was unsuccessful. She wailed her lungs out. After spending a few minutes searching high and low for a vein on her hands and feet, the nurse finally found a vein and poked her left hand. I was desperately trying to distract my poor baby with a musical toy and prayed so hard to God that the needle will not hurt my baby and my prayer was answered…. Baby C was so engrossed with a musical toy in the clinic that she did not let out any cry during the second attempt to draw out her blood. Phew….

A satisfied Baby C after I had nursed her and changed her pooped diaper inside the doctor’s clinic. Read the story here.

Poor Baby C’s hands plastered on both sides.  Now, she has 5 tiny holes on the back of her palm.  My poor baby has been poked 5 times on her hands and 1 time on her foot in 1 month, resulting from the UTI / suspected kidney reflux.  

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Today hubby and I brought Baby C to HUKM (Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) to consult the pediatric nephrologist for a suspected Kidney Reflux.  We reached the hospital at around 10am.  We could have been earlier but Baby C puked when I fed her the antibiotics in the morning and I had to changed her and feed her all over again. 

When we reached HUKM, there were 5 patients ahead of us.  We had to fill up a form and then sat at a designated area.  After a 2-hour wait, we finally got to see the doctor.  I was really disappointed that I did not get to see the Chief Pediatric Nephrologist (who is a Professor Madya) but only got to see a young doctor (who is under this Prof).  All she did was asked me a long list of questions, then checked Baby C’s chest with the stethescope, checked her diaper area and that’s it.  She then filled up a big pile of forms so that we could bring Baby C to do a blood test, get her 1 month supply of antibiotics and to get an appointment for her to do the MCUG test.

to be continued, time to hit the sack now……

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My 3 girls love it whenever I read to them or have a nap with them, all 4 of us together. Yesterday, I put Baby C next to me with Sherilyn on my left and Alycia on my right on the couch as I read to them.   Baby C just sat there and listened intently as I read the book, as if she understood the story.

Sherilyn acting like a big sister, ‘reading’ to Baby C.

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I read a heart-rending story in the newspapers today. It was about a father of four who had to resort to a desperate measure to find money to feed his family – to sell his kidney! This man approached the media about his plan to sell his kidney so that he could find a buyer. His wife and children had cried their hearts out over his selfless act of love for his family. I am sure it would have been a different scenario if this man had a university degree. With a university degree, he could have easily landed himself a decent job to support his family.

If you are looking for an online business school mba or bachelor’s degree program to educate yourself, check out Capella University, a fully online university that is accredited and has been established for over 14 years. You surely don’t have to resort to selling your precious organs to raise money if you have had good education.

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That’s how Alycia eats her meds now, the latest technique, which her mah mah taught her.

First, she licks a candy…

then I pour a drop of her meds into a spoonful of chilled Ribena…

after swallowing the meds, she licks the candy again.

When she has finished the meds, she will obediently throw the remaining candy away.  She knows she can’t bite or chew the candy.  I told her about Mamabok’s Chloe and Sue Sue’s Le Anne (and showed her the pix of the extracted teeth too) where they were put to sleep to have their teeth extracted and she got so scared that she dared not bite into any candy, for fear of loosing her teeth too.

The box of candies which koo mah from HK gave the gals.

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And she’s only in the class for 3-year olds. I was shocked when I saw these 2 books in her school bag the other day. The teacher wrote ‘Revision’ on one of the books and expected the parent to coach the kids at home.  I am fortunate that my mil is still around to help me coach Alycia and Sherilyn in their Mandarin homework.  When she goes back to HK or NZ, it will be the blind leading the blind for I know very little Mandarin words. 

Sherilyn has no problem tracing the word ‘yuet’ or moon in Mandarin (pic above).  When it comes to word recognition, she hasn’t the slightest clue…. and the same goes for this yellow banana mummy.

Don’t you think that this book is a tad too tough for 3-year olds?

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These days, my hair is always tied up in a pony tail. That’s because my hair always strays everywhere and I just don’t have the time to blow it dry and have it carefully coiffeured. With 2 hyper active toddlers and 1 demanding baby, I need to have a hair style that does not need any blow drying to put it in place neatly. My friends commented that I look more elegant when my hair was rebonded and slightly colored. I am planning to do another hair rebonding, most likely a digital rebonding this time. With my hair perpetually straightened after the rebonding, I don’t even need to comb my hair when I get out from bed! This time, I better find a hair salon that uses a good quality chemical to rebond my hair. The last time I did a hair rebonding, flaky dandruff shed from my scalp. Not only did the chemical cause dryness to my scalp, my hair was also dry, stiff and got badly entangled after each wash. The entanglement was so bad that I could not even comb my hair when it was still wet. I had to wait till my hair was all air dried before I could comb it. The owner of another hair salon that I went to the other day told me that I should have used a very mild and moisture-rich shampoo to detangle my hair.

A friend of mine told me that she has tried an ultra-mild and moisture rich shampoo that contains Avocado oil and Nettle extract called Bumble and Bumble Gentle Shampoo. This shampoo  is specially formulated for chemically treated and chronically parched hair, i.e. hair that is fragile and has been permed, colored, rebonded and overstyled. It helps keep the hair soft, healthy, strong and luscious with the wholesome and rich oil of one of nature’s best food – the avocado. She told me that the Bumble and Bumble Gentle Shampoo is currently on sale at mybumbleandbumble.com. I’m going to get a bottle of this shampoo before I make a trip to the hair salon for my hair rebonding!

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I just realized that today is 30th June, which means that exactly half a year has flown passed us, in what seemed like a blink of an eye.  I remember very vividly ushering in the new year and celebrating the New Year’s Eve at Pavillion and staying a night at Sheraton Imperial Hotel with hubby, Alycia, Sherilyn and Su (my previous maid).  We had a great view of the spectacular fireworks  set out at the Merdeka Square and KLCC at 12 midnight from our hotel room.  I was 6 months+ preggers then.  Now, here I am with another baby, who is 2 months+ and half a year has gone.  Time really flies and without realizing it, I will be ushering in another new year.  My New Year Resolution is still not achieved yet and today, I realized that I have to set my mind to work towards it.

What about you?  Have you met your New Year Resolution yet? 

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The Chinese have a taboo of getting married in the seventh  month of the Chinese calendar (which would be the month of August in the English calendar) as that month is believed to be the month of ‘hungry ghost’. Thus, many love birds who are eager to get married would normally rush to tie the knot in the months of June and July.  However, my cousin who is a Christian does not believe in such a taboo and she’ll be getting married in the seventh Chinese month. She called me the other day for Wedding Ideas and told me that the Chinese restaurant that she has booked for the dinner has given her a 30% discount! Most restaurant owners would normally have special offers in the seventh month of the Chinese calendar as many Chinese shun away from having wedding dinners in that month. Do you believe in such a taboo?

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I wrote in my earlier post that almost everyone who sees Baby C the first time would comment that she looks like a boy. Well, last night I dolled her up in her cheh cheh’s old dresses and what say you now? Does she still look like a boy now?

Baby C in this Pumpkin Patch dress which ’sam koo mar’ (3rd sil) bought from New Zealand for Alycia 4 years ago. Alycia only wore it once, Sherilyn wore it a couple of times and now, Baby C gets to wear it. It still looks like it’s brand new.

Initially, Baby C was all smiles when I dressed her up so prettily but after a while, she cried.  I am sure she must have tried to tell me this -  “mummy, stop treating me like a doll and put me back in my jammies now.  I need to sleep now!” LOL…

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