我变了吗?

是不是我变了？是好事还是坏事？

我不知道。

以前喜欢待在家，现在害怕待在家。是怕寂寞吧？

一年前的我比较节俭，现在却比较舍得花。虽然没有多少可花，但还是会花。是害怕没有机会花吧？或许是想宠宠自己？

现在的我也没这么怕死。。。想做就去做吧！为何要后悔？

可惜呀，可惜呀！我还是一样不懂得什么是爱。反复懂了一点又不懂了另一点。。是乎被男人搞乱了理智。。真的不了解。

是我笨了吗？

This can calm your baby to sleep!

Recently I realised that there is one thing which will help drift Dawn to sleep.

You will never guess what it is.

It’s the pulling of her diaper tape! I do not know how to describe the sound. Try it if you want to know!

I had to lift up and ‘re-stick’ the diaper tape repeatedly and Dawn will slowly drift to sleep. I had been using this method for a week already and amazingly, it works everytime.

I do not know whether it is the sound or the motion that calms her down. I am really interested to know why!

Maybe you can try this method too if you need a solution to calm your baby to sleep?

That Special You

You are a special person to me.

That very special person who was there when I was in the darkest night.

It was you who gave me the courage.

It was you who bothered to call me immediately when I smsed that I have no more courage left.

It was you who saved me from the edge.

It was you that explained the laughter I had.

The smiles are because of you.

It was you I see some reasons to live on.

It was you who gave me hope.

It was you who melted me. To give in my precious self.

It was all about you.

Thanks for everything.

For now, my smiles are gone.

Laughter are fake.

I still wish that you are here.

Great Book!

I just finished reading this book yesterday. It’s a great book! It offers many parenting advices which I had not thought of or came across from any other books or online articles which I had read before. It lives up the the name of “Darn Good Advice”! Advices includes handling the temper of the child in different situations (which I find it very handy!).

They are all the same

I realised,Men seldom acknowledged that they are wrong, even when they are really wrong. The word “sorry” is so hard to come out from their mouth.

Men hate the past. They rather sweep everything under the carpet than to deal with it. By brushing everything away, it’s called “moving on”. By neglecting the feelings of their partners, it means having dominant over the situation.

Men are quick tempered. They must finish saying what they are unhappy about, and never allow their partners to voice their unhappiness. They expect the partner to shut up before the words fuel their temper to a volcano eruption. But they never shut up even though the partner is about to erupt.

I am not being biased in this post. It’s thoughts that come to me based on my experience with men in my life. I am not saying that I am 100% correct, but I am entitled to my thoughts. To all those men who are reading this and disagree to all my statements, you may just be those extinct men out there whom are no longer available for me. I salute you and envy your partner.

Recipe : Potatoe & Fish Pureed

Mom had been preparing this pureed for little Dawn. It’s just adding fish to the usual potatoe pureed but the sweetness of the fish makes this pureed taste so much better.

Required

1 potato
Fish slices
Expressed breast milk, formula milk or warm boiled water

Directions

Cut the potato into four or five pieces and boil for 15 minutes or until completely soft.
During the last 3-5 minutes, put in the fish slices and boil till cooked.
Place the fish & soft potato into blender or food processor. You can also use a potato hand mesher.
Add 1 tablespoon of fluid at a time until you have a smooth puree of potatoes.

7 Months & 3 Weeks and Standing

The title said it all.

Dawn is 7 months and 3 weeks now. She finally knew how to crawl forward last week, and now, she is standing on her own by clinging support.

Compared to babies of her age, she is one of the fastest to learn her crawling and standing on her own. I am so proud of her. =)

Of cos’, it’s only the starting of our tedious physical exercise every day. She is so busy crawling around the house and wants to stand up on her own the moment she identify her support target. All of us have to chase after her, for fear that she will hurt herself when she falls. We are not being protective though, but having her head slammed on the hard tiles can be a dangerous thing to ignore.

I wonder when will she start saying her first words. It will be very fun to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars together.

Jealousy

What exactly is that? I asked.

An invisible green monster who can eat away your clear mind?

Or something which can mess up your thoughts and ruin your moods?

You started to frown.

You started to raise your voice.

You can’t think right.

Every word that are spoken are pricky.

Your heart went 10x faster.

You feel hot.

Your fists are tight.

You end up shouting.

You can’t listen to anything else. You just want to shout your point across.

In the end you slammed down the phone.

Are these signs of jealousy? Or are these just some act of dominant?

I don’t know.

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Sleeping Patterns

Dawn is coming 8 months. Yet her sleeping patterns at night still causes me many sleepless nights. She still wakes up for her night feed. Sometimes twice! I have only like 4-5 hours of sleep every night.

I seeked help from books and online articles but I realised that not one method works perfectly for my little Dawn. Someday one method can work, but the same method may not work on the other days.

I must confess that there were nights where I really lost my cool.

The reason I started blogging about this today is, Dawn took her afternoon nap without patting! To me, it was an amazing surprise. I was just holding her and she was minding her own business (kids nowadays really do have a mind of their own!), and when I put her down the cot, she just closed her eyes and wander to her dreamland. First time! If only it is so easy everyday!

I must remember that babies have their own schedules sometimes. They need time to quiet down, need time to settle down and need time to drift to sleep. So while I am very anxious that Dawn can sleep immediately when I tell her it’s bedtime, I have to understand that she needs time to wind down too.

Cheers to motherhood! Cheers to learning to be a better mom!