Daddy's gift to his little gal

Ever since Sara was born, I've been nagging WF to draw a sketch of Sara but either he couldn't find the time or somehow the sketches he drew just didn't look like her (given that he is a great artist). On Sunday, he finally found the inspiration to draw his little girl. He said that he drew her eyes a little bigger and I told him why don't you add more hair so that we will know how she looks like with long hair. My request was rejected by the artist and we will just have to wait patiently to know. So stay Tune....

Sara's 1st Birthday

We started the day off to the Zoo with Tristan Gor Gor, Yee Ma and Yee Jeong.

 
Next we visited the Zoo’s Rainforest Kidzworld. It was Sara's 1st trip to the Rainforest Kidzworld and she had so much fun with the water play!

 

We ended the day with a simple family Birthday Party at home.
Happy Birthday Sara! Ma Ma hope you had a memorable 1st Birthaday :)

Ready Steady Go!

Walking Wings

I remember when I 1st let Sara try on the pink walking wings last December, the moment I put it on her and try to hold her up in it, she was screaming and crying away. Subsquently, whenever I bring the walking wings out and attemp to let her wear she would cry and cry. She just hated the sight of it. 2 weeks back, Sara's Yee Ma got Sara to try and walking (supporting her by holding on to her arms) by playing "catching" with Tristan Gor Gor. The "catching" game made it very interesting for Sara to get started on walking. Thank You Yee Ma! It was then that I realised that she was ready to acquire the walking skill. So on Sunday, I decided to bring out the walking wings and see if Sara was ok to walk wearing it. *Phew* she was and was walking with the walking wings for about 50m. For months I thought that I wasted $$ buying the walking wings and that it would be a white elephant at home.

Tricycle

Some months back when I put Sara in Tristen Gor Gor's trike, she would whine and cry and cringe back on to me the moment I fasten the seat belt. It's probably because of separation anxiety she was feeling. Yesterday, when I let her try Gor Gor's trike again, she was much better. She could sit in it for a good 15 to 20 minutes.

Morale of the Story

When your baby refused to do certain things most likely it's because they are not Ready. Give them time and space to grow and acquire the new skill. They will somehow let you know when they ready. Never give up on them and never stop exploring new things with them. They can't/refuse to do certain things now doesn't mean they wouldn't want to do it in the future. Remember, each kid is an individual let them grow at their own pace.

A baby step to walking

Sara is now able to take little baby steps with support from us. Everytime when we hold her arms up to help her to walk, she would be very happy and excited. She is also showing glimpse of standing on her own without any support but think she is still lacking a bit on confident. I am sure the confident will come in due time :)
Go Sara Go!

Outing at the Barrage

Took Sara, my parents and inlaws for a family outing at the Marina Barrage on Sunday. Weather was good and very windy. We were surprised by huge turn out at the Barrage as the carpark was sardine packed and we had to park by the road which was also very pack. Apparently, the Barrage is becoming a very popular kite flying venue and it was a pretty sight seeing so many colourful kites up in the sky.

Baby Sara managed to sit in her pram through out the outing which was really very good.  Maybe it's cos of the many colourful kites up in the sky that distracted her or it's cos she was holding on to her favourite toy "the carrot". Can't really remember when was the last time she was willing to sit in her pram without kicking a fuss after 5 mins. Shall let her sit more in her pram in the future. She is getting really heavy to carry over a long period of time.

We are family

As much as I refuse to admit, Sara really looks like her daddy when he was young :(  Of course that fact made daddy very very happy and mummy very very upset. Hahaha... However, I would like to think baby Sara is alot cuter than daddy 'cos of the infusion of my good genes and features. Hehehe...

Let's hope that Sara will be smarter as she grows up and perform a 超机变变变!

1st time wearing a dress!

The 1st day of CNY was the 1st time baby Sara is in a dress. Prior to this, Poh Poh "didn't allow" baby Sara to wear a dress as Sara didn't have much hair and Poh Poh was afraid that she would look like boy in a dress. But what the heck, it's CNY so I decided to buy a dress for Sara and insisted that she wore it during CNY.

When I brought Sara to the mirror to look at herself for the 1st in the dress, she was so thrill that she kept kicking and tugging her dress. I thought she looked pretty sweet in a dress isn't it ;)

I guess in every mummy's eyes their child will always be perfect no matter how strange they actually look. hahaha!

I want to ride my bicycle

Brought Sara for her 3rd cycling trip on Sunday. I must say am really impress by how babies grow, learn and adapt. I remember when I brought Sara for her very 1st cycling trip at East Coast Park when she was 7 months, she started wailing away the moment we put her in her bicycle seat. Daddy got to keep cycling to distract her. The moment daddy stopped cycling, she will start crying again.

Things were very different on Sunday. When we put her down in her seat, she sat down quietly without much resistance and she instinctively held on tight to the handle bar of the seat. I could see that she enjoying herself more and even managed to smile at me when she saw me cycling beside her.

Well done Sara! You are a big baby now :)

Sara's birth story

22/4/10 – My mucus plug broke in the morning. Went to see Dr Lai in the afternoon and found out tat my cervix was only 1cm dilated. I started to have irregular contraction in the afternoon.

23/4/10 - More consistent contraction started around midnight. By 4am contraction was every 2 mins so I woke WF and my daddy up to send me to hospital. Dr Lai came about 6am to chk on me and told me tat I was about 3 cm dilated and my cervix was thinning out. Contraction was pretty regular every 2 mins to 5 mins once. Dr Lai came and chk on me around noon but my dilation was not progressing well so he asked if I want to break my water bag to try and speed things up. My answer was yes anything for a quick labour. He told me the nurse will chk on my progress again at 6pm. The sad news was after he broke my water bag, contraction became irregular again. By 6pm I was only 4 cm dilated. I made the decision to induce labour with Oxytocin but before tat I wanted to be on epidural 1st. 18hrs of contraction without any pain killer is really draining me out. The anesthetist came about 7pm to administer the epidural for me together with the oxytocin.

24/4/10 - The good news was tat by 12 midnight I was abt 9cm dilated. 1 more cm to go. But tat 1 cm came only about 1 1/2 hrs later. Thank god I was on epidural if not I think I would have passed out already. However, the downside of epidural was tat I needed to be laying flat on my back through out and that's giving me a terrible shoulder ache and stiff neck. By about 1.45am the nurse came in and told me tat I could finally do the big push I was waiting for 10 months. I tried pushing for abt 15 to 20 mins on my own before Dr Lai came. When he saw my very insignificant progress, he decided to chk my baby's position and told me baby was look upwards tat was why my labour was long and slow. He asked if I wanted him to help. My answer was again yes, anything for a quick labour. He told me he will turn the baby and use a vacum to suck the baby out at the same time with me pushing. At 2.27am finally heard the crying sound of baby Sara I was waiting to hear for 10 months. Thanks to Dr Lai I always knew I was in good hands and tat baby Sara would come into this world safely :)

In a nutshell, I think the “bad egg” genes runs in the family. Just look at the birth story of Tristan and Sara and you will know why ;)