Week 11

I am now 11 weeks pregnant. Still, I'm feeling awful each day, especially in the evening and night. I can't eat anything after 5pm, otherwise, it'll most likely end up in the toilet bowl. But even when I don't eat anything, I also puke like mad.

Somehow, you get so engrossed in motherhood that you forgot how hard the pregnancy period was until it hits you all over again. Then when you came to the delivery stage and became a parent all over again, the pregnancy woes will drift far far away and it'll almost become the best part of the entire game.

This pregnancy differs from the time when I was carrying Tessa. I did not have such bad night sickness back then. Also with this pregnancy, I've had a few scares of pain in my abdomen. The other night, I was attacked by this sharp pain that I got really frightened. Dr Anna has said that it was probably due to my constipation.

With this pregnancy, I've not been gaining weight and my complexion has turned bad!! Quite depressing I must say. I just wish the discomfort will go away soon.

Renaming the blog

Ever since I knew that I'm pregnant, I harbour the thought of renaming this blog.

I know that I cannot handle another blog for the little one. As it is, I hardly ever update my personal blog, devoting my time and efforts to Tessa's blog.

But the problem remains...

If I were to rename this blog, what should I name it?

Shichida

Before we knew it, Tessa has been attending Shichida class for more than 9 months now. She enjoys her Shichida lessons alot, especially all the singing and dancing. Even Teacher Nurul commented that she's a great dancer.

Last Saturday, I was with her in Shichida class (Daddy's away in Tianjin on business, otherwise he's her resident Shichida partner). I was pleasantly surprised that she can perform her linking memory with perfection. She knows all her shapes and the vegetables. And when learning a new song, she observes carefully all the words and actions, before practising quietly then performs confidently. That's how she learnt the actions to the Skidarink song - pointing to her eyes, crossing her arms in front of her chest and pointing her fingers at you while verbalising "I love you".

However, she does not show much interest in phonics, the alphabets and numbers. We really must work hard to drill those into her soon.

Nevertheless, it is very gratifying to see her enjoying herself in class and knowing that all the time and efforts we've put in are all worthwhile.

Tessa's nightmare

One of the nights last week, Tessa was waking up frequently at night, crying and screaming "Yeye, there there there".

I think she's having nightmares about going to school.

At school, the teachers have reported that she has been crying for Yeye and pointing at the main door saying "there there there".

Poor baby, is school really such a traumatic experience for her?

Tessa's first art piece

The first art piece Tessa did at childcare was to stick a crescent moon and stars on a piece of black paper.

Her teacher pasted her work on the wall, along with a photo taken when she was doing this art piece.

She was very proud of herself. She'll point to the art piece and her photo and announce "me me me". Even when she's crying, she'll not forget to remind you that her art piece and her photo were pasted on the wall.

Tessa @ Childcare

After 2 weeks plus at childcare, Tessa is still not adapting well. I was with her the first 3 days and she was alright. But she has been crying since I had to leave her alone with her teachers.

She cries and whines throughout the day, whenever she thought of us and home. She even tries to "run away from school".

Her teacher was telling us that she gathers all her stuff in her schoolbag one day, not forgetting her water bottle and walks towards the main door. Her teacher asked her where she was going. She points to the main door and says "find Mommy".

The teacher was so amused by her. She not only knows her way out, and remembers to take all her belongings with her.

This week, she has been displaying unhappiness early in the morning when she knows that we are taking her to school. Worse still, she's down with runing nose and cough. I sure hope she'll adapt to school soon.

MIA

Hello everybody!!! A very belated Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to all!



Sorry for disappearing for so long. It's been a busy festive period for us. We were in Hong Kong and Macau over the Christmas holidays and in Melaka over the New Year period.

Since Monday, I've been going to school (aka childcare centre). Daddy and Mommy said that I'm a big girl now and I'm going to be a jiejie soon, so it's time for me to go to school and take care of myself. School's alright but I just wish Mommy can stay with me all the time when I'm there.

On top of that, Mommy has been hit by the dizzy bugs lately and has not been feeling well enough to update the blog. Hopefully the nasty discomfort will disappear soon and Mommy will then be able to start posting photos of our holidays!

Stay tuned!

Melaka (31 Dec & 1 Jan)

4 cars taking 16 adults and 2 babies embarked on a road trip to Melaka to celebrate the New Year.

This is the first time that we went travelling with such a big group of people! It sure was a great experience. I sat in George Yeye's car with meimei, it was big and spacious, and extremely comfortable. The best thing of all is that I get to watch Barney all through the journey!

This time round, we stayed at the Holiday Inn Melaka which has a nice swimming pool. Daddy & Mommy brought me to have a dip in the pool. It sure was nice, especially when the weather is so humid and hot.

We had lots of yummy food, did shopping at Jonker Street at night and went to buy everyone's favourite nonya kueh.

It will be great if we can do more of such family trips in the future!