Thursday 26 June 2008

Sam Peeing

These few days have been trying to toilet train Sam to do his big business on his toilet seat before his bath. In the past he seemed only interested in stuffing toilet paper down the front into the toilet bowl.

Past 2 days, however, he seems to have gotten the hang of............doing his little business instead!

Just now was going through the bedtime ritual when he started tugging on his diapers. I thought it was too uncomfortable for him, so took it off, but he still continued to stoop & look down at his 'mini sam', so I asked if he wanted to 'poo poo'. He nodded, so I carted him off to the toilet seat.

Where he promptly peed, water gun style, all over the toilet floor & on the freshly laundered mats! And I couldn't scold him, still have to smile & say 'good boy', & give him some toilet paper to stuff as a reward, all the time lamenting in my heart on the additional work!!!!!!

And it seems that it my dismay to notice where all the pee went, I forgot to drill into him that the act of peeing is called "shi-shi". Tried telling him aft the incident to let me know in future when he wants to 'shi-shi', & Sam looked at me blankly. Looks like he thought the act is called 'poo-poo'!!!!!!

More mothering work to do man!!!!!! And gonna get some easy-dry toilet mats this weekend!!!!!

Wednesday 25 June 2008

Feeling Worse :(

Felt worse today..........the phlegm settled in the throat, so started coughing to get it out. Looks like have to go see doctor tomorrow...........

All thanks to Sam lor, haven't had a good night's sleep for the past 2 nights, even the afternoon naps were insufficient to supplement my rest! I can understand his frequent wakes for milk, since he's sick, but dunno why he kept tossing & turning in his sleep.

Ever since he fell off the bed during one of his tosses the night before, I've not been able to sleep well at all, waking up fully whenever he moves to make sure he's still within the safe confines of the bed, & that the pillow 'walls' haven't been kicked out of place. Hopefully tonight will be better............

Oh, a recommendation: the brand 'BOH' has great camomile tea! Since I'm still breastfeeding, can't eat a lot of the flu medicine, so had resorted to a cup of camomile tea in the afternoons.

And 'BOH''s is perfect with some honey!!! It's not too bitter like Twinning's or the other brands I've had before, so now am looking forward to the daily cuppa!

Monday 23 June 2008

What to Do When There's No Playhouse Disney on TV?

No tv programs in the house!!!!!

Since yesterday afternoon, hasn't been able to watch tv, cos the old Astro card has apparently expired, & we have not received the new one yet!

Turns out that our landlord passed the new Astro gold card to the management office while we were back in Singapore, but the card was placed in the wrong mail box. So now the management office is hunting for the misplaced card, while we pray & hope that whichever neighbour who got the card didn't throw it away, else it would be weeks before we get a new one from Astro!

In the meantime, me filling Sam's days with various vcds: Barney, Sesame Street, Baby Songs..........turns out that Sam is afraid to watch Finding Nemo!!!! He seems to be afraid of the sudden appearance of the sharks & divers, and the frantic calls of Nemo & his dad didn't help either.

Then in the evening before bedtime, as a reward for drinking his medicine, I introduced him to the Playhouse Disney website, where he listened & watched 2 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse stories unfold.

Poor little guy, he missed his fav show so much: when I mentioned the words "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" he quickly sat properly on the sofa in front of the tv in eager anticipation, and was so puzzled when I brought him to the computer instead. The website's version didn't include the show's opening theme, which Sam missed & asked for, but luckily the stories still ended with the Hot Dog Dance.

Tomorrow will let Sam watch the Little Einsteins stories......hopefully the website version includes his fav "Pat, Pat, Pat" activity..............

Sunday 22 June 2008

Sick Again!

:( Got flu again!!!!!

This time, must have caught it from hubby, whose 1-week-old flu took a downturn last Thursday & felt so bad he went to see the doctor. I succumbed to it yesterday with a sore throat. Today, all the fever & blocked nose came full blast.

Just now before bed, realised Sam got fever too. Must have caught it from us.

Looks like it's pork & fish for a few days again..............

Saturday 21 June 2008

Sam In HOME

Shopping in Pavillion yesterday, Sam followed another girl onto the letter 'O' of the exhibit 'HOME'.

And he rather have his picture taken than go look for his daddy!

Friday 20 June 2008

Malaysia's KFC Breakfast

1st time tried KFC's breakfast in Malaysia this morning in KLCC.

Had originally thought of having only mashed potato, cos the KFC breakfast in Singapore was really quite lousy (well, it was bad 3 yrs ago. Dunno if they've improved since then.). But saw the menu & changed my mind. Ended up trying the Egg Wrap set @ RM$6.20, which is basically a drink (i got orange juice) & chicken strips + egg mayo + a little lettuce in a wrap. Surprisingly not bad; it's not good good, but I definitely won't mind eating it again, unlike those offered in Singapore.

And the breakfast menu is so much better over in Malaysia! The nasi lemak is expected, but I didn't expect the chicken noodles. And the cheesy chicken muffin looks much more sensible with a fried chicken patty, not a MacDonald copy like in Singapore. Even the kid's menu looks reasonable with sausages & eggs & milo.

Definitely will rather have breakfast in KFC than the Burger King opposite!!!!!!

Bad Mood Again!

Why am I in a bad mood again???????????????????????????

Now feeling very sleepy, but not in a good mood, so don't really wanna sleep.

But if I don't have enough sleep, I'll be in an even worse mood tomorrow.

None of my fav shows are complete enough for me to watch. Those I'm chasing on YouTube taking a long time to buffer recently, so spending 2 hrs to finish a 70min show!

Don't dare to binge on food to ease my mood either, even though just bought a can of Pringles this morning for the purpose: I'll probably put on even more weight........I don't wanna hit the 70kg mark!!!!!!

So here I am, ending up with most Singaporeans' fav past time: complaining!!!!!!!!!!!!!




Gee, it does feel better to complain! ;)

Sunday 15 June 2008

Finally Blogging Again!

Haven't been in the mood to blog for ages!!!!!!

Had been feeling down for a long, long time, so have been drowning my sorrows in my fav drama serials. Unfortunately, had a tough time getting my hands on the latest episodes, so it worsened my bad mood!!!!!

Yesterday aft reading my sister's blog, I'm inspired to blog again! Am now planning to capture a video of Sam's antics on his potty, as my "revenge" on the little bugger! ;P Ha! wait till he grows up and understands 羞耻心!;P

Was inspired during my bad mood period to blog abt something else besides my mothering life. So started a new blog to record my drama serial watching! Welcome to The Drama Mama Diaries if you're interested in knowing what asian drama serials I'm hooked onto now!