Haven't been posting since last August?, I think.. So much has happened over the last few months and am now keeping up with the blogging...
I am pregnant again, praise the Lord, and this time with only one. When I had the ultrasound, I asked specifically three times and made sure that they've checked me thorough that I only have one sac in there.
Due 25 May 2011, but my obstetrician is not in favour of me having a vaginal birth, so the operation it is again and we've decided on 19 May 2011, unless water breaks earlier.
This time round, morning sickness dragged on for a good 20 weeks. The first 3 months was more constant, all the time, then afterwards it was a few times a day, but mostly at night. Throwing up was an art, with me discarding only certain foods that I ate. Could have a bbq chicken with herbs stuffing along with rice and vegetables for dinner and all I threw up was the her stuffing. My obstetrician, husband and myself were amazed at how the body could separate foods that were taken in together.
Phoebe's a great comfort during these times of throwing up. She'd sit with me, put her arms around my shoulder and give me reassuring pats. What a grown up girl! She'd also bring me a stool to sit on while I throw up and pull the toilet paper for me to clean up too. For a nearly 3 year old (that was before December), I was and still am very proud of her.
We'd have a conversation everyday, with her asking if baby could come out and play today. Over the last few months, Phoebe has taken to having afternoon naps with me, for 2 reasons - One, I was not up to settling her in her own bed, and two, she wants to sleep with her baby sibling. We've found out that it was going to be another girl.
Poor husband had to deal with Phoebe after work as I'm mostly out of action by 7pm. Could hardly eat either and would just crash into bed. Thankfully, morning sickness went pretty much on the dot at 21 weeks.
We'll probably try for another child after a few more years...
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Children Quotes
I'm into quotes recently. Just a phase, perhaps.. But good quotes are always entertaining and some thought-provoking.
Compiled a list of quotes on children and parents that I read online while searching for quotes for my Ling's List's Facebook Page.
So here goes, from some that I quite enjoyed..
From Quote Garden on children :
I brought children into this dark world because it needed the light that only a child can bring. ~Liz Armbruster, on robertbrault.com
A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer. ~Author Unknown
You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long? Never in his life will he be so busy again. ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, 1762
A three year old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm. ~Bill Vaughan
Boy, n.: a noise with dirt on it. ~Not Your Average Dictionary
Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized. ~Margaret Atwood
There are only two things a child will share willingly - communicable diseases and his mother's age. ~Benjamin Spock, Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, 1945
There's nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child. ~Frank A. Clark
If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers. ~Edgar W. Howe
From Quote Garden on parents :
There comes a time when a woman needs to stop thinking about her looks and focus her energies on raising her children. This time comes at the moment of conception. A child needs a role model, not a supermodel. ~Astrid Alauda, on the "hot mom" trend
Your children need your presence more than your presents. ~Jesse Jackson
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. ~Robert Fulghum
It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't. ~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
Children are a great comfort in your old age - and they help you reach it faster, too. ~Lionel Kauffman
The quickest way for a parent to get a child's attention is to sit down and look comfortable. ~Lane Olinghouse
The beauty of "spacing" children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the older ones - which permits them to make exactly the opposite mistakes with the younger ones. ~Sydney J. Harris
Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. ~Charles R. Swindoll, The Strong Family
You will always be your child's favorite toy. ~Vicki Lansky, Trouble-Free Travel with Children, 1991
If your children spend most of their time in other people's houses, you're lucky; if they all congregate at your house, you're blessed. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966
The guys who fear becoming fathers don't understand that fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man. The end product of child raising is not the child but the parent. ~Frank Pittman, Man Enough
When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out. ~Erma Bombeck
The hardest part of raising a child is teaching them to ride bicycles. A shaky child on a bicycle for the first time needs both support and freedom. The realization that this is what the child will always need can hit hard. ~Sloan Wilson
The one thing children wear out faster than shoes is parents. ~John J. Plomp
A child enters your home and for the next twenty years makes so much noise you can hardly stand it. The child departs, leaving the house so silent you think you are going mad. ~John Andrew Holmes
If your kids are giving you a headache, follow the directions on the aspirin bottle, especially the part that says "keep away from children." ~Susan Savannah
It is one thing to show your child the way, and a harder thing to then stand out of it. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com Sphere: Related Content
Compiled a list of quotes on children and parents that I read online while searching for quotes for my Ling's List's Facebook Page.
So here goes, from some that I quite enjoyed..
From Quote Garden on children :
I brought children into this dark world because it needed the light that only a child can bring. ~Liz Armbruster, on robertbrault.com
A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer. ~Author Unknown
You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long? Never in his life will he be so busy again. ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, 1762
A three year old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm. ~Bill Vaughan
Boy, n.: a noise with dirt on it. ~Not Your Average Dictionary
Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized. ~Margaret Atwood
There are only two things a child will share willingly - communicable diseases and his mother's age. ~Benjamin Spock, Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, 1945
There's nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child. ~Frank A. Clark
If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers. ~Edgar W. Howe
From Quote Garden on parents :
There comes a time when a woman needs to stop thinking about her looks and focus her energies on raising her children. This time comes at the moment of conception. A child needs a role model, not a supermodel. ~Astrid Alauda, on the "hot mom" trend
Your children need your presence more than your presents. ~Jesse Jackson
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. ~Robert Fulghum
It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't. ~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
Children are a great comfort in your old age - and they help you reach it faster, too. ~Lionel Kauffman
The quickest way for a parent to get a child's attention is to sit down and look comfortable. ~Lane Olinghouse
The beauty of "spacing" children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the older ones - which permits them to make exactly the opposite mistakes with the younger ones. ~Sydney J. Harris
Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. ~Charles R. Swindoll, The Strong Family
You will always be your child's favorite toy. ~Vicki Lansky, Trouble-Free Travel with Children, 1991
If your children spend most of their time in other people's houses, you're lucky; if they all congregate at your house, you're blessed. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966
The guys who fear becoming fathers don't understand that fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man. The end product of child raising is not the child but the parent. ~Frank Pittman, Man Enough
When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out. ~Erma Bombeck
The hardest part of raising a child is teaching them to ride bicycles. A shaky child on a bicycle for the first time needs both support and freedom. The realization that this is what the child will always need can hit hard. ~Sloan Wilson
The one thing children wear out faster than shoes is parents. ~John J. Plomp
A child enters your home and for the next twenty years makes so much noise you can hardly stand it. The child departs, leaving the house so silent you think you are going mad. ~John Andrew Holmes
If your kids are giving you a headache, follow the directions on the aspirin bottle, especially the part that says "keep away from children." ~Susan Savannah
It is one thing to show your child the way, and a harder thing to then stand out of it. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com Sphere: Related Content
Monday, August 16, 2010
Still fighting sleep at 2.5years old
I'm exasperated by Miss 2.5 today. Refused to sleep. Cried and talked to herself for 1.5 hrs until I went in, made her shut up and lie down. Turned on some soft music and she fell asleep within 5 minutes.
It is especially annoying when I had other children trying to sleep.
For the first time, I felt like slapping her. Don't know where that thought came from, but I know I was boiling. Thank God, I didn't. Told her she's not getting any afternoon tea if she didn't sleep.
It's human nature, isn't it? I fight sleep too. Except, I probably am a little wiser in knowing that I won't be able to survive the following day if I don't get any decent rest.
Sigh, thank God for His grace and redemption. Our old sinful nature is always at work and needs the Holy Spirit's guidance all the time. Sphere: Related Content
It is especially annoying when I had other children trying to sleep.
For the first time, I felt like slapping her. Don't know where that thought came from, but I know I was boiling. Thank God, I didn't. Told her she's not getting any afternoon tea if she didn't sleep.
It's human nature, isn't it? I fight sleep too. Except, I probably am a little wiser in knowing that I won't be able to survive the following day if I don't get any decent rest.
Sigh, thank God for His grace and redemption. Our old sinful nature is always at work and needs the Holy Spirit's guidance all the time. Sphere: Related Content
Thursday, August 5, 2010
What your name, mummy?
Last night at dinner, Miss 2 asked, "What your name, mummy?" at dinner time. In English.
We're constantly surprised at her grasp and understanding of English from Sunday School, MOPPETS and other children.
She speaks English with a Kiwi accent because I babysit these two girls whose mother is from New Zealand. Miss 2's constant, "Mummy, come he-yar!" and "Don't!" (with an emphasis on the 't') is a reflection of what the girls say to each other.
Today, she decided to give her rabbit doll a name : Rabbit. I can foresee role play coming soon. One of my dreaded types of play since growing up. Sigh.. The last few years as a day care mum gave me a bit more insight to the benefits of it, but I'm still not too keen to pretend play.
Time for another baby? Sphere: Related Content
We're constantly surprised at her grasp and understanding of English from Sunday School, MOPPETS and other children.
She speaks English with a Kiwi accent because I babysit these two girls whose mother is from New Zealand. Miss 2's constant, "Mummy, come he-yar!" and "Don't!" (with an emphasis on the 't') is a reflection of what the girls say to each other.
Today, she decided to give her rabbit doll a name : Rabbit. I can foresee role play coming soon. One of my dreaded types of play since growing up. Sigh.. The last few years as a day care mum gave me a bit more insight to the benefits of it, but I'm still not too keen to pretend play.
Time for another baby? Sphere: Related Content
Occupation?
I was updating my Blogger profile and came to this section asking for Work information. First up, Industry. I selected 'Internet' without thinking twice. I'm done with 'Education' for Family Day Care and was happy to change the industry to something else. They didn't have 'Retail', so I picked the next sensible one.
After that was 'Occupation'. What do I write? I had to stop and think about it. What is my occupation? I run my own business, but I'm more than just a 'Business Owner'. I'm my own PR, Marketing, Admin, Accountant, Cleaner, .... Ended up with 'Business Owner' as the occupation title.
As a mum, I find myself struggling with that title too. I'm a 'MUM'. Is that it? Oh, there're other words to it too... Mother, Mummy, Ma...
After being a mum for 2.5 years, I reckon I'm more than a mum. Here's a list of what I think a mum includes :
1. Human resource person : knowing the right people to call for babysitting and play dates.
2. Chef : knowing the right food to cook and serve at the right time.
3. Administrator : getting the household organised for the little things.
4. Cleaner : Other than the usual housework, there's the overflowed poo-ey nappies to clean up, the accidental wees on the carpet, the thrown up milk.
5. Doctor : knowing when to give a dose of hug and kisses; panadol and prescribing plenty of water and rest.
6. Clown : knowing when to be silly with children and when to laugh.
7. Time keeper : the one in the house watching the time and telling everyone to hurry up, be it time to get out of the house or time to go to bed.
8. Teacher : imparting knowledge in every way.
9. Disciplinarian : being firm and keeping to rules even when it breaks my heart to do so.
10. Explorer : Discovering new parks and creatures of nature all the time.
I am very tempted to put my occupation as 'MOTHER' Sphere: Related Content
After that was 'Occupation'. What do I write? I had to stop and think about it. What is my occupation? I run my own business, but I'm more than just a 'Business Owner'. I'm my own PR, Marketing, Admin, Accountant, Cleaner, .... Ended up with 'Business Owner' as the occupation title.
As a mum, I find myself struggling with that title too. I'm a 'MUM'. Is that it? Oh, there're other words to it too... Mother, Mummy, Ma...
After being a mum for 2.5 years, I reckon I'm more than a mum. Here's a list of what I think a mum includes :
1. Human resource person : knowing the right people to call for babysitting and play dates.
2. Chef : knowing the right food to cook and serve at the right time.
3. Administrator : getting the household organised for the little things.
4. Cleaner : Other than the usual housework, there's the overflowed poo-ey nappies to clean up, the accidental wees on the carpet, the thrown up milk.
5. Doctor : knowing when to give a dose of hug and kisses; panadol and prescribing plenty of water and rest.
6. Clown : knowing when to be silly with children and when to laugh.
7. Time keeper : the one in the house watching the time and telling everyone to hurry up, be it time to get out of the house or time to go to bed.
8. Teacher : imparting knowledge in every way.
9. Disciplinarian : being firm and keeping to rules even when it breaks my heart to do so.
10. Explorer : Discovering new parks and creatures of nature all the time.
I am very tempted to put my occupation as 'MOTHER' Sphere: Related Content
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Dreamy baby, creative mum!
Thanks to The Miss K Way for posting! Visited this very creative mum's blog and couldn't help marvel at her patience quick thinking! Reminded me of those cartoon animations! Expected her artwork to move anytime!
You have to read it and I'm sure you'll agree that she's gifted!
Check out Mila's Daydreams. Sphere: Related Content
You have to read it and I'm sure you'll agree that she's gifted!
Check out Mila's Daydreams. Sphere: Related Content
I'm busy... I'm tired
Ask any mum, especially a new mum, how she is, and these are the two words commonly heard : busy, tired.
That was my standard answer too, for awhile after having Miss 2. Those sleepless nights trying to figure out what the fuss was about, reading up on parenting and settling babies, trying to get some sleep for my own sanity's sake, etc. I'm sure that with more children in the household, the madness increases.
Read this article on Kidspot : "Why don't friends with kids have time?"
One look at the title and you'd know that it was asked by someone who isn't a parent, or haven't been in contact with children enough.
The question was sent in to the Washington Post in 2007 and the journalist who responded gave her a blast!
I enjoyed it thoroughly and I hope you did too! Sphere: Related Content
That was my standard answer too, for awhile after having Miss 2. Those sleepless nights trying to figure out what the fuss was about, reading up on parenting and settling babies, trying to get some sleep for my own sanity's sake, etc. I'm sure that with more children in the household, the madness increases.
Read this article on Kidspot : "Why don't friends with kids have time?"
One look at the title and you'd know that it was asked by someone who isn't a parent, or haven't been in contact with children enough.
The question was sent in to the Washington Post in 2007 and the journalist who responded gave her a blast!
I enjoyed it thoroughly and I hope you did too! Sphere: Related Content
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