Swimming or Cycling?

Two days in the evening, Hong Zheng went cycling with me. On the way i posted him a question.

Mum: Do you like swimming or cycling?
HZ: Swimming.

Mum: Why?
HZ: Cycling is hot!

Interesting answer. An answer from 3 year old kid!

Hm,,,,, soap soap

we decided to send Hong Zheng to nanny. After a week ,he seems to understand he must go although he does not want to.
I do not send him there as i worry i will not able to control myself and leave the job.

All information i got it from his dad.

In the first three days, Hong Zheng kept holding his dad's hand and never want to leave him.
On friday, he still soap soap but he mumble:"Mommy goes to work in NS. Daddy goes to work in computer shop. I need to go nanny's house. Mummy and daddy will pick me up after they come back..soap..soap"

He walked into nanny house although he kind of refuse.

My son is getting more understandable.

Hong Zheng, mommy still love you although we have to send you to nanny. Mommy loves you but life still need to go on..I am sorry.

I am growing up!

One day, while i was trying to hold hand while come down from stair. He told me to let go and wait him all the way at ground floor. He wanted to prove to me that he can walk down on his own and he did! I started to realize my son is trying to tell me he is growing up!

Quiting his diapers

Hong Zheng quits his diaper during his nap and is also slowly quitting his diaper at night. He does not wake up for wee at midnight. Possible? Maybe he sleeps late lately. Maybe he drinks less water lately. Maybe his kidney able to keep more water? One thing for sure, he does not drink much plain water.

How to juggle family and career?

I love my son but i need to work too. How can i handle them? I am trying each day hoping i can make the situation gets better.

At the beginning, i woke up at 6:30am to cook lunch and dinner before i leave to work. I stop doing it after Hong Zheng claim stomach ache. I start to cater for food caterer. Still dont work. I am looking for nanny. Still dont work? What should i do? I am tiring.

Tell me what should i do? I am totally exhausted!

Stomach ache

Last two weeks, Hong Zheng started to claim he has stomach ache. It is worst during mid night when he got up half way sleep and claim pain. At least 6-7 times throughout the night.

Brought him to see doctor, the whole hospital can know us as Hong Zheng can make the whole hospital so "huha". He was so phobia to see doctor after the incident of Influenza A.

His dad never follow the proper medication time so it drags him up to 5 days. I took unpaid leave and look after him. After a day, he is fully recovered. No more stomach ache, no more fever.

From our observation, Hong Zheng actually has kind of stomach gastric where by it is worsen off during the meal time. That implies, irregular feeding hour. Off course, his dad wont feed him at the good timing.

Can i still keep him with his dad? I cannot.

I am so sorry

Looking back to my old blogs, it has been idling for the past two months.

Just two months, so much things change....

Hong Zheng claimed stomach ache afew ago.
We cater for dinner during weekdays.
Hong Zheng follows his dad to computer shop.
I am reactivated as a career yet tired woman...

Today, what i had done? I visited Hong Zheng's soon to be baby sitter.

Hong Zheng dad claimed he cannot handle Hong Zheng and do his business at the same time.

I am terrifyingly sad! so sad that i cannot describe anymore.

Why i just cannot have a happy family who does not worry about all this? Why cant i give more precious time with my son? Since i have to work to support my hubby's ambitious, since i have to work to support the family while he is adventuring, why cant i give a happy childhood with my son while he still so attach to us?? Why? I can say nothing but two words " faith", "destiny".

Hong Zheng, mummy is sorry to you because that is all i can give it to you..I am so sorry.

Busy and busy

Left half month i will have to drop my SAHM title and become a career woman. I am going to hold a section manager post in a MNC company. Life will be so much different. It is a hard decision which took me and my hubby two weeks to make such decision.

As for Hong Zheng's dad, he already resigned his current job and starting his new adventure operating a computer services business in our neighbourhood.

How about Hong Zheng? We decided to keep Hong Zheng with his dad for the coming six months in his computer shop. If Hong Zheng able to coorperate well, we will send him for half day kindi next year. We will have to send him for full day kindi if his dad cannot handle him and his business concurrently. I definitelly wish Hong Zheng can stay with his dad as i fully believe he can continue to learn and explore together with his dad. Hopefully he can turn up become a cooperative boy. I deeply hope so.

Food wise, i plan to cook rice for them before leaving for work. Meanwhile also get ready some fresh fish and vegetables so that his dad can steam and eat for thier lunch. As for dinner, i will try to cook after work if possible else we will have to eat out for the time being. I think this is the best arrangement i can make.

Too much negative comment about catering food so i decided to drop searching for catering.

Life is gonna to be a big big change and i deeply wish my little boy can give us 100% coorperation. Will know very soon.

So, i am currently busy getting all the vendors in for the shop partition, electricity and furniture. Going to have a BIG WASH tomorrow morning.

Busy but contented!

My birthday

I baked a strawberry cheese for my birthday cake. We celebrated in the early morning so that we can eat it as breakfast. Haha, we were all still in pajamas. I think this family photo could not be found else where but i personally like it very much. It was my 35th birthday.

Exercise

I bought a book about how to train our child physically fit. A few poses which i think it is safe we do together with Hong Zheng. It was fun but we are still abit cautions so we do not do it very often but he likes it!

Egg Lover

Hong Zheng loves egg. To my surprise he is able to peel off the egg shell without damaging the egg. Off course with condition the egg is fresh and it wont stick on the shell. Look how much he enjoyed the egg. He likes both soft and hard boiled eggs. However, he dislike the hard boiled egg egg yolk. Surprise me.

Bird nest DIY

We read a book about animal home which demonstrated how a bird nest can be build. Co-incidentally there are birds come to our backyard awning to build a nest. So, we decided to DIY a bird nest. Look, Hong Zheng was holding the DIY bird nest. haha, i do not think bird will want to stay in our nest.

Bean Art Work

I read a blog about craft work. So i decided to give it a try with Hong Zheng. However i have to admit that i am not a talented artist. I gave a few types of bean with different colors and we start to glue them on a piece of paper. I think Hong Zheng is equally less patient as i am. So, the art work did not last long :-(

Ballons Again!

Hong Zheng really loves to draw ballons. Look these are the ballons drawn by him. Not bad huh! Surprisingly is he can drew 6-7 ballons in less a minute!

My Mother's Day Apron

I bought a piece of apron for my own self as a closing ceremony of being a SAHM. I am quiting my job very soon.

What do you think? It has some embroidery specially made by my ex- colleague who currently running a uniform and T-shirt business.

Sick again!

Do you know how much machine i store up in my fridge. How often me and Hong Zheng have been visited clinic, hospital and specialist in the past one month?? At least 5 times for visiting and 10 bottles of medicine.

What are them and what are the purpose?
HEXBIO Pro-batic 5 sachets - 1 sach per day. This diary supplement was prescribed lately due to Hong Zheng complained to me he has stomach-ache. Helps to control diarrhea.

Smecta Dioctahedral Smectite 3g - 5 saches - Half sach per consumption. To stop diarrhea. I do not give this to Hong Zheng as he only has loose stools twice a day which i think it is still ok.

Hydrinate yellow liquid - 6ml per comsumption to contol vomitting. I only never give this to him as he did not throw up seriously. Only once a day and not then serious vomit.

Allergic transparent liquid 2.5ml per consumption - Hong Zheng lately started to react to medication. Rashes grow in when under medication. Medication allergic. I have no choice but to give him this each time to see rashes grow in. Pity boy.

Fever pink liquid - His number one medicine. Hong Zheng fever can easyily shoot up to 39C once he was in fever.

Brown and white liquid for cough - White machine started to prescribe by Dr Lee CM from Pantai Hospital ever since he detected Hong Zheng has whizzy cough. I was told this machine can only sold through doctor's prescibition. Brown liquid is the normal cough medicine. This is only his frequent "visitor".

What else...they are more to come...

Life is going to be different very soon

Life is going to be 180C changes from 1st of Jun 2010. I am going to quit my SAHM position and become a 12 hours working mother. Very sad as the wonderful and precious moment with my son is going to be a full stop. Off course not totally full stop but just maybe 3 hours a day and 48 hours in the weekend. Sad but this is the fact of life.

Feel bad as i think Hong Zheng still need me at home. He is just a two years old 5 months boy. I hope he can understand me as a mum as well as a wife who always need to support his dad as a family.

Many things needed to be plan and trial out as you know, he has been with me 24hours per day for the past one year two months.

Jelly and Jam JJJ

One day when Hong Zheng came down stair for bath, he sang a song with his created "instrument", a roll of flayers. At first, i did not understand about the lyrics. I asked him what he sing and from where he learns. He then told me he said "Jelly and Jam JJJ" from phonics book.

Influenza A Positive!

On 13th April, i brought Hong Zheng to Pantai Specialist because he had high fever up to 39.2C and condition did not improve although under fever medication.
He took his medicine at around 11:30am and we set off to Pantai at 2pm as clinic rests from 1-2pm.
We were the 6th patient in the noon. When came to our turn , it is around 3:30pm.

Doctor took his temperature and it was 40.2C! Doctor explained it could be just a normal fever or influenza. He took small sample of saliva using a cotton butt and tested with a rapid kid. We were asked to perform a blood test.

After around 30min of waiting, we got the blood report and went back to clinic. I immediately asked the nurse how was the result and she told me it was POSITIVE!!!!

I hardly believe my eye and ear as the way she told me was like kidding on me! Finally we went in again and it was confirmed, Influenza A positive! Oh my god! I was told H1N1 was the subset of Influenza A. Hong Zheng might not or might affected H1N1. Doctor told me he wards are full and Hong Zheng cannot be wadded but he can go under medication and quarantine at home.

That day after home, i started to keep an enye on his temeperature. I took his tempearature after each 30min to 1 hour started from 8pm Tuesday. His temperature got stable only after the following day night.









Today is the 6th day, temperature is within control but somewhat cough is never recover. Really really worry me. Will call doctor tomorrow if further check up is needed.

If you asked me why he was affected? I do not know maybe the last sunday shopping trip.

Inhale bubbles

Today in bathroom, Hong Zheng somehow inhaled bubbles into his nose. He complained to me that it was pain. Poor boy. He likes to generates some bubbles in a cup and then blow it. Today, he put the cup too close to his nose. Poor my son.