Steady.....let's go round and round.....

Yep! Last week Isaac surprised all of us by walking....I mean really walking like a pro and terrorizing the whole family hallway! and he's only 11months old! Boy, I'm sweating now...

Please take a look at the video and you will know why...

My poor little isaac boy....

Isaac has to go to another babysitter's house when I go to work. My mom recommended me to a **new***(not anymore!) babysitter just opposite of her house. We send him there last week and it was not a good one. We already change to another new babysitter and Isaac was there since yesterday.

Last week, the babysitter kept calling me and complained to me how difficult it was to take care of Isaac and etc. I know it was a challenge as he is already 10months old plus and can understand most of the stuff and is aware of the surroundings more now. This babysitter has no patience in taking care of him. He called me on Monday and inform me that Isaac fell down and it was not serious so I didn't care that much as I thought it was just a normal fall as he is already cruising and walking by holding on furniture. When we went to pick him up that day, his face was blue black and has some bruises on both his left and right cheeks. I questioned the babysitter and aske him how he fell etc. He said he was not sure how he fell as he left Isaac on the bouncer while he went to the back to get something. How irresponsible of him! Of course, we took Isaac to the doctor and doctor told me this injury is not caused by fall and asked him is it physically abuse? He said he's not sure and advised us to make police report. I told him I didn't want to make such a big thing and just want to make sure Isaac is alright only. Doctor look a bit dissapointed.

I called up the babysitter and asked him to pack all Isaac's stuff as I want to change to another babysitter already. He kept apologizing and calling me day and night to say he is sorry and all.

I actually forgive him already and no hatred in my heart. I personally know that accidents may happen and I do not have proove that he actually did physically abuse my son. Nobody knows that for sure. All I know is that he is not meant to be taking care of Isaac and I do not want to take any risks or chances with him anymore.

Then my previous babysitter- Alice gave me a contact. It's her sis in law's sister. Since she is somebody's relatives and from a good recommendation I give it a try. I went to see her yesterday and she seems to be okay. I was surprised Isaac did not cry when we reach her house that time. She's up for the challenge and told me she know it's going to be tough taking care of a 10mths old and going to take time for Isaac to accept her as a new babysitter. I'm thankful for that. So far it has been day 2 and she seems more under control than the previous babysitter so we will see how it goes...Fingers crossed....

Walking already?

Isaac started walking by holding on to furniture about 1 month ago and I have a feeling he will work independently soon. Few nights ago, he suddenly let go of the table and walk 2-3steps unaided to his car toy. Tjun Aun was taking video of him and we manage to capture the 'special' moment. I will try to upload the video here soon.

Tjun Aun was so excited and was yelling for me and the video captured his voice too! hehe....

Even my babysitter was telling me he did the same thing at her house too. He was able to walk 2-3 steps unaided at 9months plus! Well...my little boy is growing up fast....and taking care of him is not easy as he wants to spend his time mostly on the floor exploring. His speech has also develop and he is talkative too (just like her sister). He is able to said "mum-mum" whenever he sees food and whenever we are eating something and "nen-nen" when i bring out his milk bottle. I still direct feed him and sometimes he will beat my chest and scream "NEN-NEN!!!"

He is able to call me "MA-MA" but then I'm not sure he knows the meaning or not as he calls everyone "MA-MA" too. Few times I caught him saying "Da-De" (Sounds like Daddy). He is closer to daddy and I don't know why....must be daddy's boy.

Will keep you guys updated on his progress.

Updates, updates and more updates!

I know I’ve been missing in action for the longest time ever!
Many of you ask me why no updates on your blog? My reply was lazy, no time etc. :P
I have lots to updates…Isaac….oh Isaac…
He is already 9months and 4days old today. Time flies or what?
Ooops my last post was 2months ago…previously I blog about Isaac’s progress. About 1 month after that, he was doing so many things that I hope I can record all of them down.
From crawling to sitting up by himself to pulling himself up and standing up and walking to mumbling words! Yes, guess what is Isaac’s first word? MA-MA…..after all the sacrifices it’s really worth all the effort! Whenever he sees me he will call me MA-MA.
He has 4 teeth now 2 at the bottom and 2 big teeth on top and has been drooling a lot!
He started walking at 8months plus and I have a strong feeling he might walk independently soon?
At 9months, he already can master the Walking Toy (from Fisher Price). Yesterday night he was holding on the toy and cruising around the living hall. I remember my MIL gave this toy to Naomi during Christmas and she was struggling with the toy (That time she was about 9months plus also). Besides, using the walker to walk, Isaac is able to ride on it, he can use his leg to move and change direction! Is he talented or what?! Haha…
I still don’t know what his current weight is as we’re schedule for a 2nd prevanar jab end of this month only. Overall he is doing pretty okay and he’s still on mummy’s milk. I did introduce him to formula and he likes it as well. For solid, he’s eating very well and can eat quite a big bowl of porridge. I’ve started to give him a lot of solids such as cereals, carrots, potatoes, fish, chicken, pork, bread, oats, apples, pears, sweet potatoes, avocados, kiwi and etc. He’s quite adventurous when comes to food as he is willing to try anything and everything that is edible.
He still wakes up in the middle of the night for milk (a.k.a confort sucking). I still let him sleep by himself on his cot every night but sometimes when he’s awake he will stand up on his cot and call onto me. Tjun Aun prefers him to sleep in the middle (same bed as us) as he’s scared that he might climb over and fall from his cot (like what had happen to Naomi – before she turns the big 1). Obviously, Isaac prefers to sleep with us. He will sleep longer when he shares the bed with us compare to the sleep on his cot. Stay tune...more updates coming up...

Isaac @7months

Hmm....overall Isaac has been growing pretty well for a 7months old baby boy. Doctor measure his height, weight and head circumference and concluded that he is a big baby. Dr Tan did some development test with him. First, he grab a toy and move the toy to the left and then slowly to the right and then drop the toy. Isaac follow all his actions and movements with no problem at all. The next test was he gave him another toy and Isaac reach his 2 hands and then slowly uses one hand to grab the toy. Dr Tan said that he is begining to grab things using one hand now instead of both hands and he is able to pass the toy from one hand to another hand now. Next test was he put a small button on his palm and ask Isaac to grab the button. Isaac push the button and then pick the button up with his middle finger and thumb. Dr Tan also said not bad to this. His physical and fine motor skills are both very good but I'm worried about one thing though. He haven't started talking yet :( Dr Tan asked whether has he start to mumble mamamama or dadadada and I told him none. Actually I hardly hear him talking and mumbling.

Dr Tan did say boys start to talk slower compare to girls and mention something abt their brain funtions. I remember Naomi already started talking around this age and she can say few words and call me mama before she even turns 1. I think Isaac is really Mr Cool after all?

No eggs please!

This is a back dated post. This incident happened 2 weeks ago and it was so scary.
I was suppose to work till 7:30 that day and I received a frantic phone call at 6pm from Alice, my babysitter. She asked me to come over to her house asap as Isaac was sick as in seriously sick. She started off by telling me Isaac was having difficulties in breathing and has lots of cold sweat. Besides that, his body was red and swollen. My hands were shaking already that time. The first thing I asked her was “What did you feed him just now? Anything new?” Her reply was “Egg” I was horrified and told her no eggs for babies before 1 year old! As the chances of developing allergy is very high.
She said she took Isaac to the 24hours clinic and the doctor told her to send Isaac to the hospital straight away. I asked my babysitter to take him to the hospital first and will meet them there.
I called Dr Tan on his handphone and he told me has night clinic that day and he will be coming in at 7pm. By the time I reach hospital, the time was already 6:40pm (cause of the traffic jam at the industrial zone area). When I reach hospital, I saw Isaac’s face was so white and pale and he was very very very weak. I’ve never seen him that weak before and his eyes were like rolling upwards and wanted to fell asleep. My babysitter kept talking and playing with him so that he doesn’t fall to deep sleep.
We couldn’t wait any longer so we took him to the emergency instead. The nurse was not helpful at all and they kept saying nothing wrong with him (That time his breathing was back to normal, no more swollen body but he look very very pale and weak).
After some persuasions from us they finally his temperature and oxygen level and told us everything looks normal. I was a bit relieved that time but I just want the doctor to confirm it.
Dr Tan finally came at 7pm sharp! He said he was driving like an F1 driver to reach the hospital as fast as he could. When he saw Isaac, he straight away carries him and kisses him while we make ourselves inside his workplace. He said this is definitely allergy reactions already and ask us not to worry too much. By taking medications Isaac should be fine and no need for any admission. Thank God! :)
Back home, feeding Isaac’s medicine was “not so easy” task as I need to force the medicine down his throat. Less than 1 hour, he became to look ‘normal’ again.
According to Alice, his body reacts very fast to the egg. It was like less than 10seconds, his body started to react and he was having difficulties in breathing for about 20minutes. Alice told me she was so panicked and quickly drove him to the nearby clinic already.

Isaac @6months

Weight: 9.1kg
Height: 70cm
Head circumference: 45cm (I think or was it 42?)
Teeth: 2! Yay

I've started to feed him rice cereal when he's 5 1/2 months old. Besides rice cereal I tried Rusk biscuits+EBM, apple & pear puree. Compare to Naomi, Isaac is not that 'open' about food. Well, no worries for me as I guess every child is unique and I hope he will be willing to try and experiment with variety of food one day. I still breastfeed him and he will take about 6-7oz of EMB. I express my milk 2 times during office hours and will feed him direct when I'm at home with him. He still wakes up in the middle of the night for feeding.
I'm not sure whether it was his teething that gave him problem in eating solids but he has been cranky and refuse for the last 1 week. Finally, we saw 2 teeth on his bottom gums. Sometimes, he will 'bite' when I direct feed him and I need to control my expression cause if I over-react he will laugh (as though I'm encouraging him). But most of the time, I will scold him and ask him not to do it again.
As for his motor development. He's able to sit without support now, roll over both side and able to crawl from one end to the other end using his stomach.
We took Isaac for his first swimming experience 2 weeks ago and he's loving the experience!

Issac @5months

My little prince is growing up fast and in 2 more weeks he's going to be 6 months old! Time flies huh?

He's still 100% on mummy's milk and his next check up will be on the 4th July so I don't have his latest weight, height & head measurement.

He's able to turn from one side and then back again and he's able to sit up with minimal support as well. The only problem I'm having now is he's such a light sleeper. He can't sleep through for more than 2-3hours during the day and he still wakes up 1-2times in the middle of the night. During daytime, he will sleep like 30minutes in the morning then will stay awake till about 2pm and then he will sleep for another 1hour then awake till 5-6pm. After that he might sleep for another 2hours or sometimes less. But he is able to sleep longer from 9pm onwards. Weird huh?

He will sleep till 2am and I will feed him lying down. After that, he will wakes up at 6-7am. Imagine I need to go to work the next day......I think I'm doing okay as I'm use to it already :) although at times I'm really very tired.

I have also started giving him rice cereal when he's 5 months old and he's been taking rice cereal for 2 weeks plus now and he's loving it!

Of course the first few times he pushed out the rice cereal and it was very messy when feeding him. I will start to give him pureed fruits soon as well as start him on porridge when he's ready. I hope he's not a fussy eater and will just trying anything (just like her sister, Naomi). Wish me luck !

He's able to lift his head when he's 4 months old.

good morning ! Just woke up from his nap.

Trying to pose?

Isaac @4months

I took Isaac for his 4months check up and jab last Saturday. Overall, he's doing alright.

His weight is 7.6kg now. He finally can roll over to one side now and he even can move his hand out and lift his head up. He's so cute when he giggles and he likes to play with his saliva (A lot!)Sometimes, he will blow his saliva out and his saliva will be all over the places (sometimes on my face!) Alice (my babysitter) mention that Isaac's gum is quite hard and might be expecting a tooth or 2 teeth soon. I hope he will be alright and no cranky baby during this transitions.

I might start solid for Isaac soon as per doctor's advise. I plan to give him rice cereal when he's 4 and a half months old or maybe 5 months old.

Here's my handsome boy sitting on his bumbo seat. He's loving this seat!!

See his hair? Grow about 1cm already...hahaha...no more botak baby :)

Sisterly Love...

brother & sister bonding