Post ONE
I'm sitting on my couch, waiting for dinner to be served. No, not by ZY but by a new addition to my family- my domestic helper. I've more or less become a typical Singaporean working mum- first comes the baby, then comes the car, and when second baby comes, domestic help also arrives. Been resisting or rather, delaying this idea of employing a helper for quite a long while. But as baby no. 2 is coming (in about 3 months time!), we thought maybe a helper would be useful for my MIL. Our helper has been here for exactly 2 weeks now, and the house has never been SO clean before!! The floor squeaks when we walk, the toilet floors and kitchen tops are stainless, everywhere is dust-free, and even our plastic bags collected over the years are neatly folded and stacked! Even after cooking, I don't have to wash the dishes!! I'm hoping and praying that this helper can be as enthusiastic and responsible as she is now until she leaves us.
Post TWO
Charlene has changed slightly in the manner she plays and talks- more mature, but yet rougher. This could be because both my godsons, T and J, have come back from America. She has been playing with them on Sundays and on other occasions. Now, she has learnt to recognise Ultraman figurines and drawings and calls them Dyna. She is slightly more aggresive and domineering when she plays. Probably beneficial for her, coz it'll toughen her and prepare her for playschool??
She also has weird ideas and reasons. Like the recent stay at Sentosa, she wanted to defecate. So she said something like this:
Ch: Mommy, I want to defecate. My faeces are at my "屁骨" (translated as buttocks) so I must save them and let them go home to the toilet bowl.
Mommy and Daddy: LOL!
Post THREE
Baby no. 2, aka Lucas, is quite different from Ch. At least when it comes to loud noises. I remember when I was pregnant with Ch, she would react quite violently when I was in an environment with loud noises. Like when I watched a movie, or when we went for a wedding dinner. She kicked and punched me so much when the loud noises/ music started. Whereas for Lucas, he's totally the opposite. I watched the Incredible Hulk last Friday. ZY kept asking if Lucas moved, but then, he only gave occasional kicks to indicate his presence. No violent reaction.
On the 10th of Dec last year, I received a very interesting sms from my colleague, EW. It read "I dreamt that you brought your child to school and I play with HIM! It's a sign! Haha..." At that time, I thought that it was funny as I wasn't even pregnant yet.
Now that I'm pregnant, there has been so many guesses about Baby's gender. The usual questions I hear are "Is baby a boy or girl?", "Do you prefer a boy or girl?" etc. Personally, both genders are fine for me and ZY. Another girl will be good because Ch and the baby can share all the clothes and toys. And I would think that they'll be closer when older too. But a boy is also fine. People say that a boy and a girl makes the 好[hao] Chinese word. But then, looking at my friends, this combination would probably mean that the siblings will not be as close when they are older.
So, when I knew that I was pregnant, I casually asked Ch about Baby's gender. She said "Baby is a boy". Haha! Is a child's intuition really true? In school, there are so many speculations too. People look at the size and shape of my bump, my complexion, my pregnancy symptoms and give their opinions. Some will say... my face looks so radiant.. this must be a girl. On the other hand, some will say... my face does not have a glow... must be a boy. Contradicting words based on the same feature. Hmm... I suppose these are subjective.
I once told ZY that if Baby were to be a girl, I'll stop at two. Don't want to be in that situation where people start asking if I am trying for a boy for the 3rd child (if I were to be pregnant again). It'll be worse if the 3rd child turns out to be a girl again. Can imagine people will start saying sympathetically "Oh.. it's ok. 3 girls are good too. Closer to the mom."
So, yesterday after the detailed scan at KKH... I told ZY- "Haha... you have a chance of having three children in the future!!"
Get it?? *wink*
Now that I'm pregnant, there has been so many guesses about Baby's gender. The usual questions I hear are "Is baby a boy or girl?", "Do you prefer a boy or girl?" etc. Personally, both genders are fine for me and ZY. Another girl will be good because Ch and the baby can share all the clothes and toys. And I would think that they'll be closer when older too. But a boy is also fine. People say that a boy and a girl makes the 好[hao] Chinese word. But then, looking at my friends, this combination would probably mean that the siblings will not be as close when they are older.
So, when I knew that I was pregnant, I casually asked Ch about Baby's gender. She said "Baby is a boy". Haha! Is a child's intuition really true? In school, there are so many speculations too. People look at the size and shape of my bump, my complexion, my pregnancy symptoms and give their opinions. Some will say... my face looks so radiant.. this must be a girl. On the other hand, some will say... my face does not have a glow... must be a boy. Contradicting words based on the same feature. Hmm... I suppose these are subjective.
I once told ZY that if Baby were to be a girl, I'll stop at two. Don't want to be in that situation where people start asking if I am trying for a boy for the 3rd child (if I were to be pregnant again). It'll be worse if the 3rd child turns out to be a girl again. Can imagine people will start saying sympathetically "Oh.. it's ok. 3 girls are good too. Closer to the mom."
So, yesterday after the detailed scan at KKH... I told ZY- "Haha... you have a chance of having three children in the future!!"
Get it?? *wink*
Was reading through my previous blogs and laughing at all the cute and funny things Ch has done or said. I decided to post an entry since it's been a long while since I update on her development.
And about 3 weeks ago, she started adding another feature - hair.
She's into drawing faces recently. Perhaps since a few months ago. It started with just us drawing a circle, then she'll fill in the eyes, nose and mouth. Then it progressed to her drawing the circle herself, and filling in the parts of a face. Sometimes, it'll be a smiley face, sometimes a sad face.
And about 3 weeks ago, she started adding another feature - hair.
Then about a week or so after that, her figures started having hands and legs!
Though the figures look simple, I'm still proud that she can control her pen well enough to come up with such pictures. In fact, when I look at them, it reminds me of my first godson, T. He used to send pictures of stickmen looking like this too.
Though the figures look simple, I'm still proud that she can control her pen well enough to come up with such pictures. In fact, when I look at them, it reminds me of my first godson, T. He used to send pictures of stickmen looking like this too.
update (25 Mar 2008):
This was drawn by Ch on 14 Mar 08. Kind of looked like a man's side profile doesn't it? And this time round, she has added another feature to her faces- spectacles. Interestingly, she draws two vertical lines on the horizontal line (the part near the nose which holds the lenses together). Can you guess what the two lines represent?
I didn't really notice the way she draws her spectacles until one evening. Somehow it dawned on me that her spectacles are always drawn the same way (i.e. with the two short vertical lines). So I asked her "What are the two lines?". She pointed to the bridges (is that what they're called?) of my spectacles and said "There, like yours.".
It's amazing how much kids notice and we don't.
I didn't really notice the way she draws her spectacles until one evening. Somehow it dawned on me that her spectacles are always drawn the same way (i.e. with the two short vertical lines). So I asked her "What are the two lines?". She pointed to the bridges (is that what they're called?) of my spectacles and said "There, like yours.".
It's amazing how much kids notice and we don't.
Meet Baby No. 2, the new addition to my life.
This 3rd pregnancy has been so different from the 2nd (for those who didn't know, my 1st pregnancy was an ectopic case). I have a stronger nauseating feel, more vomiting scenes, more tiredness, a bigger bump, more bloatedness, more breathlessness, but less appetite. I'm so sensitive to smells now. Any kind of smell. Like the smell of perspiration, the smell from the toilet, the smell of food on my clothes. All these make me wanna puke. I felt so terrible and so weak last weekend that I ended breaking down and I cried. Ch was very nice, and she kept asking me "Mommy, why are you crying? Are you feeling better?" And she kept wanting to sing to Baby. Oh, it was so comforting to hear that from my girl.
Something to confess (in case any of my students are reading this right now), I've not been marking much. In fact, I think I've only managed to mark one set of worksheets so far this year! I've been so tired after school ends, so all I can manage is to drive myself home without puking along the way, then plop my heavy body on the sofa or bed and snooze until ZY comes back. After having dinner and picking Ch up from my MIL's place, I'll engage in my usual activity- lying down and resting... until Ch sleeps. That's when I sleep too. Looking at the piles and piles of worksheets on my table in the staffroom, I think if this goes on, I'll probably be able to stack enough paper to hide myself from the rest!
So now, all I want for Chinese New Year is to be able to finish marking 50% of my stuff, and not to puke on the way when we go for New Year visitations.
