I miss Daddy and Mummy

Daddy is now in Brunei. He has set sail for MSTD since 7 Aug.

Daddy has always been the one who dresses me in pyjamas after my shower and thereafter he will tuck me nicely into bed, pat me with his hugh warm hands and humming the lullaby. I miss Daddy very much and I expressed my sadness to Mummy. I know Mummy also misses Daddy but she kept it well in her heart as she pacifies me at night during shower and bed time. It did not take Daddy off my mind. I don't know why but I could not sleep well the first few nights that Daddy was away. I just kept crying and crying on bed. Mummy had a hard time comforting me. I remembered there was one night that Mummy struggled with me till 1+ in the morning before I finally exhausted my energy.

Mummy is thankful for Jiu Jiu's presence while Daddy is away as he helped to keep me occupied so that Mummy can get the night routine done with ease.

Mummy was away for a 2 day course yesterday and today.
"I thought she's supposed to be on maternity leave to keep me company?!?"

I was left under the care of Gong Gong and Auntie Nur. Things were pretty much the same during the day (sleep, wake up, play, drink milk, cry, sleep again.. and the cycle continues). I was very happy to see Mummy when she got home and I hugged her as she cuddled me before bringing me out. I love the evening walk as this is the uninterrupted 'Mummy-and-Baby' time. Mummy will tell me stories and describes the things that happen around us, sings and dances around as we stroll around the estate.

I look forward to Daddy's home coming, then we can have a family walk together.

National Day (9 Aug)

Happy Birthday Singapore!!

I'm proud to be a Singaporean, and I love my country!! I took my 1st National Pledge, together with thousands of other people at 8.22pm.

Stand up for Singapore, do the best you can..

3 months: Into the Action

Yippe, I'm a happy baby girl. Mummy is into online shopping and she has bought a lot of gadgets for me (some for playing, some for wearing, some for feeding, etc). Daddy and Mummy brought me to Vivo City's Toys R Us to try out the Jumperoo. I LOVE it. Jump jump jump... Check it out, I may be the next spokeperson for Fisherprice =)



Daddy measured me on 30th July and he praised me for growing so well, 67cm!! Mummy has been tracking my growth, plotting them on the chart against the WHO standard. heard Mummy exclaimed when she told Daddy that I'm like above the 100th percentile. Woohoo..I'm a tall girl and I'm determined to join Daddy for his marathon/biathelon/triathelon.. I'm a Daddy's girl.

Look, I can hold my head up too. Everyone has been telling me that I have strong bones and neck. Of course right, Mummy's milk is rich in all kinds of nutrients and anti-bodies. I used to fuss about tummy time, but I'm enjoying it now. I'm trying hard to flip over from back to tummy, and Mummy has been giving me a lot of encouragement as she helps to roll me over. Oh, I'm also learning how to crawl. Mummy will bend my knees and place her hands against my feet as I kick and push myself forward. This is so much fun..



Other than the physical training, it is also important to exercise my eyes and brain. So whenever I'm in the mood, Mummy will bring out the flash cards and wave them at me. She makes Daddy do the same too. I wonder why I get all excited when I look at the black and white images.



Erm, this doesn't seem right.. I've been sitting in my Bumbo for quite some time now. I'm getting bored. Where's my entertainment?? Where's my milk??

2nd visit to Dr Uncle (25 July)

I've learnt my lesson from the previous visit, that meeting Dr Uncle is not pleasant event. That pointy pointy needle hurts my butt. Wah.. sob sob..

Daddy pacified me after the jab. I was told that there will be a few more shots in time to come. I don't want needle needle, Mummy!!! Wah!!! Pain pain painful!!

6-in-1: 2nd dose
Rotavirus: 1st dose
Weight: 6.9kg

My 1st Swimming Session (5 Jul 09)

Mummy had been shopping online, buying a lot of things for me. She had really went all out to make sure that I have the best things, in terms of toys, play area, studying material... And one of the item she bought for me, is a home swimming tub!! =)

After the swimming pool arrived, Mummy decided to let me test out in Jiu Jiu's toilet, as there is much more space. I must say I enjoyed the sensation of being in the pool, in warm water. There is enough space for one adult to go in (to help build my confidence), which Mummy volunteered her service and changed into her swimming costume (she can't really swim inside though). =)



But this did not last long, as I started to get impatient, because the water started to get a little bit cold...

Daddy says...

... that he is very sorry for not helping me to log down the key events that had happened in June and early part of July. He had been very busy with work, and could not find time to sit down and think of what to pen down, the memorable ones. But nonetheless, I managed to track a little of my own development, and here goes:

6-in-1: 13 Jun 09

I visited Daddy's friend, who is a doctor in a clinic. Daddy says this friend of his prefers to stay anonymous, so cannot reveal his name here. We'll call him Dr Uncle. Daddy says I need to be stronger, so that I will not be friends with some illness, who are bad bad things that will make me feel unwell. So, I have to go and see Dr Uncle, and get some protection. Daddy and Mummy did not reveal what kind of protection I am getting (but I think they did discuss in their adult language). Anyway, off we go, on 13 Jun, to see Dr Uncle.

We took some time before Daddy finally found Dr Uncle's clinic. After registering, we went into the room, and this is the first time I see Dr Uncle. He smiled at me, and said things like "Corine good girl ah, Corine no scared right?". I was bewildered, I cannot understand why he ask me not to be afraid. Moments later, Daddy stripped me!! Or rather, Daddy pulled up my diaper, and the next thing I know, I felt something cold on my right buttock. All of a sudden, OUCH!! Very painful!! Dr Uncle seemed to have poked me at my buttock... =(

Later then I realised, it was my first 6-in-1 immunisation jab... To think Daddy and Mummy didn't warn me earlier... Wahhh, why like that? But then again, if they would have told me earlier, I think I would have clinged onto the house door, and refuse to leave the house.

Seeing Doctor Again (21 Jun 09)

It was just slightly more than one week ago that Daddy told me no bad illness will come and disturb me (after the vaccination). But I started to have slight cough on 19 Jun, which got worse each day. Daddy and Mummy got very very worried, and on Sunday (21 Jun), they decided to bring me to for a check at NUH. By then, I started to have running nose on my right and blocked nose on my left. Yi Yi helped remove my nose block by sucking out with her mouth... yucks, but, thank you Yi Yi!!!!!

I had some nose drops from the NUH doctors, which I find it very uncomfortable whenever Daddy or Mummy used it one me... Simply yucky... But no choice, for recovery, I had to endure this for 6 days, and truthfully enough, I started to recover after 7 days, and ceased to have cough from 29 Jun onwards. Yeah, I am now more immuned to the bad bad illness! =)

During the month of June, I also started to settle down, and caused lesser and lesser stress to Mummy. I think this is due to the big big patience and love that Mummy had been showering on me, and this really made me feel the love, and I started to smile a lot to her. My feeding also started to stabilise for the past few weeks, as I can try to stick to a 3hourly feeding window. I guess all these are due to the much effort that Daddy and Mummy had worked on me, when they opted to induce me on the EDD to come on this world, so that I will be an on time baby. =)

I had also became more and more chatty. So much so that Daddy said he had been having those 30-45min sessions with me, to chit chat about anything that I am interested in. But somehow I do not have any impressions of such sessions, I suspect it is more of Daddy talking and I am receiving... And I also suspect I had some chat sessions with Piper cheh cheh, though Daddy never say...

Gai Gai with Daddy and Mummy

27 May: Vivo City
Yeah! This is my first official gai gai to a shopping mall. Mummy said want to bring me to test test some sling pouch and don't know what kangaroo thingy. Wah.. Vivo City is so big and spacious, so many things to see. The lights are so bright that I can hardly open my eyes to explore around. I'm getting dizzy Mummy, think I better retreat into my sleep before I feel any worse.

Deep in my sleep, I felt lots of movements. Were Daddy and Mummy playing "Passing the baton"? One minute I felt the cushioning from Daddy, next minute was the warmth from Mummy, humph.. this went on for an hour or so??? Later then I realised that Mummy was trying on the Pupsik Sling on me. I was being transferred here and there until Mummy was comfortable with the usage of the pouch. So this is the kangaroo issue, and I am little joey =)





6 June: Motherhood Fair @ Expo Hall 6A
It was a long drive from Gong Gong's house to Expo. Mummy carried me in her arms throughout the entire journey, to and fro. Daddy dropped us at the foyer first while he waited for a parking lot. It wasn't long before Daddy joined us at the entrance. Mummy took out the Pupsik sling and in I went, snugged comfortably in the pocket. Mummy was quite focused and knew what to look out for, though we did browse around other booths. We headed towards Mums-in-Mind booth, where Mummy enquired about the use of MIM sling, cos she had difficulty placing me in and adjusting the size. The sales attendent was very patient and guided Mummy through the adjustments. So basically I was being used as a parcel, taken in and out as Mummy struggled to get me slinged up. (The same thing happened last time when we went to Vivo City!!)

Anyway, here's the purchases made: 4 boxes of Blue Egg milk bags, 2 packs of Nepia S diapers, 2 packs of Nepia M diapers and 1 box of Avent 250ml bottle.

7 June: Bugis Junction
Mummy took time off to enjoy a facial session while Daddy stayed home with me. It's nice to have Daddy around in the day time to keep me company, unlike the usual weekdays, where I only get to see Daddy under the moonlight. Anyway, Mummy spontaneously decided that we will tag along Yi Yi and Kaye cheh cheh to go shopping. So we picked up Mummy after her facial and drove straight to Bugis Junction. It was 3.30pm!!! Feeding time, Mummy!!! So hurriedly, all of us rushed to the children's department, found the baby care room and settled down for my meal. This is my first meal in a shopping mall. Humph, it felt weird to makan with so many other children. But hey, I got my milk, and that's all I'm concerned with. Mummy, on the other hand, had a difficult time as she has to hold me in position through the 40min meal.

It was also the first time that I got chauffeured around in my Maxi Cosi Car Seat. Daddy finally remembered to bring along the connector to the stroller (it slipped his mind last time).





10 June: Marina Square
Daddy surprised us this evening by knocking off early (6pm). He wanted to get a new pair of running shoes as his current one is worn out. We left home after dinner. For no apparent reason, Daddy decided to take Keppel Road instead of ECP. He mentioned about trying to delay time so that he can miss the ERP. However, he was taken aback when he saw the gantry light along Shenton Way. Though he managed to insert his cashcard, the IU still gave out a long beep (it doesn't sound good to me). The second gantry outside Fullerton Hotel, the IU gave a short beep (sounds correct) but Daddy exclaimed that there were no deduction made. Humph, I'm confused.

Anyway, it was rather quiet over at Marina Square, weekday evening perhaps. Daddy was trying out his shoes at Asics while Mummy strolled me around. Halfway through, I felt uncomfortable and was fussing around. I cannot remember what happened but I just kept on crying and crying.

Mummy picked up the courage and cuddled me tightly in her arms, tried all means and ways to pacify me (usually she will leave such task to Daddy). Well Mummy, you've made it. I enjoyed the warmth in Mummy arms and she was very happy that night. I believed Daddy too.

Happy Mummy = Happy Baby = Happy Daddy
Here's an ice-cream cone for you!

Sundown Marathon (30 May 09)

30 May was Addidas Sundaown Marathon, and Daddy had signed up for the 84km run (2x normal marathon fo 42km). Long before I was borned, Daddy was quite determined that he will try to complete the distance, but after a series of night watches and all those long afternoons of keeping Mummy company, he has no time to keep up with his training. So sorry Daddy, that you have to forsake your challenge of 84km. Well, nevertheless, Daddy completed the 42km route with Uncle Matthew. Though Daddy was 4min off his personal record of 6h, he enjoyed the run very much. I guess much credit comes from me =) Daddy said there were times during the run, when he will think of me and started to smile to himself. I'm you motivation Daddy!!!

Daddy booked a room at Changi Hotel that day. The initial plan was for Mummy and myself to retreat for the night in the comfort of the hotel room, but Mummy worried that she will not be able to handle me alone, even with the help from Auntie Pat, who offered to bunk in to keep us company.

Mummy decided to sleep over at Yi Yi's place instead. Yi Yi gave up her bed for Mummy and myself, and also wiped my body so that I can sleep more comfortably. Oh, Yi Yi managed to borrow 2 BIG BIG crayons from Khim cheh cheh and Zach gor gor for me to use as bosters.






Khim cheh cheh claimed that she couldnt't sleep and offered to look after me so that Mummy and Yi Yi can rest, but she didn't keep her words!!! She was tucked nicely under the blanket while Mummy fed me at 3plus. Yi Yi took over, cuddled and patted me to sleep after that. Mummy praised me for being such a darling that night. As such, we even spent the entire Sunday at Yi Yi's place, leaving only at 9pm.

Chinese Full Month Celebrations (23 May 09)

23 May was a very exciting day, as my Daddy and Mummy had thrown my very first party, to celebrate my growth and development in the first month. =P

My first gift is from Auntie YY. She mailed the parcel over from the States way back in early April. Guess what, it's a set of pink Polo Ralph top (with panties). Coincidentally, Daddy's friends, Uncle Kelvin and Auntie Alice also bought the same top. Good thing is, they got me a different colour (but there's no panties!)

Anyway, my Yi Po rushed down to Vivo City that particular morning to buy two sets of clothing for me (see pics below). She said it is important and basic courtesy to dress up nicely when meeting others for the first time, so she also dolled me up. In addition, she emphasised that clothings doubled up as a gift that she's giving on behalf of her sister (my grandma, who has been blessing me). Thank you Yi Po and my Po Po too!! =)





As for the food, Daddy has chosen Orange Clove as the caterer for my celebrations. According to him, their food is quite nice, and the decorations are very very well thought of. The uncle who delivered the food had spent much effort in making the display look very nice.



There were a lot of people who came to see me, and many of them had wanted to carry me. This includes my Daddy's Aunties, who were soooo excited in seeing me. They were basically queueing up for their turn!! I am just so popular. =P

I received a lot of gifts that day, so much that Daddy have to arrange them on the floor. I love all my presents!! There's Ang Baos too, and Daddy promised me that he will open a bank account for me soon. Thank you all uncles and aunties, for your kind gesture!! =)

My First Manicure

Ah.. so siok. I just had my first manicure session with my YiYi. Life is just so wonderful. There I was, lying down comfortably on my bed after my 90ml feed, and having my beloved auntie trimming my soft little fingernails.

Everyone was so fearful that I will scratched myself whenever they see my boxing gloves off my hands. But I'm an active baby. Loved to dance, swing my arms, kick the blanket and turn around. Don't the audience enjoy collecting items from the superstar?? Here's my mitten, can add on to your collection =)

Simply milk

Daddy Mummy have decided to bottle feed me instead of direct breastfeeding. Mummy said my tiny little princess mouth finds it difficult to latch onto the areola. As a result, Mummy has to work doubly hard to pump out her milk and keep them refrigerated for me. Mummy had been feeling very bad to resort to bottle feeding, but Daddy cheekily claimed that it's a good avenue for him to bond with me instead =)

Daddy Mummy went shopping for milk bags at Marina Square on Sunday. Goodness, these storage bags ain't cheap, but daddy bought a box to try nevertheless. Auntie Su Yin dropped by later in the evening. She bought a book for mummy, "What to Expect: The First Year". She says it is a "bible" for first time Daddies and Mummies, and Daddy need to finish reading it to help Mummy. Go Daddy, you can do it, it is only 783pages!! =)

The next day, Auntie Guiwei, Uncle Royce, Chang En Cheh Cheh came over to visit. Auntie Guiwei was very nice and shared a lot of her motherhood experience. The secrets to milk production lies with 1 pot of fish soup a day, coupled with lots of hot milo. Haha, this sounds weird, but apparantly many people said the same thing about milo. I wonder if it has to do with the similarity in their spelling, mil-K and mil-O, and then upon drinking, you will definitely win the knock-out (KO) . Anyway, Auntie Guiwei also gave us a box of milk liner and 8 glass bottles for storing milk. This somehow relieved Mummy of the stress over milk storage and can continue to pump more milk for me with ease.

Thanks Mummy, for the most nutritious food ever! Last measured two days ago, I was 4.2kg and 56cm in length. I am growing!! Of course, with the growth, my appetite also increased. I'm currently drinking 80ml per meal. Yummy!!

Clinic Visiting Day (8 May 09)

Today, Daddy and Mummy brought me out to two places, Thomson Plaza and Toa Payoh. You must be thinking "wah, so loving, bring baby out for gai gai". No... The fact is, we went to Thomson Plaza for Mummy to see Dr Goh, so that he can check if Mummy is ok after delivering me. This is the first time I dropped by Dr Goh's clinic, although Mummy claimed that I had been there a lot of times, and they had been looking at me through Dr Goh's scanner many time. Dr Goh seems a very nice uncle, he also carried me and we took a photo together. =)



After visiting Dr Goh, we went to the "evil cheh cheh" place again, Dr Heng's clinic. Mummy said that I had borderline high level of don't know what john dice (jaundice), I think it is because Uncle Johnson, Daddy's cousin, threw too many dice, resulting in me having to visit Dr Heng again. Anyway, Dr Heng poked my leg again!! OUCH!! Evil Cheh Cheh!! =(

Luckily, this time, they told me my "john dice" level had went down, so I hope I will not be poked, if not I will be pain pain again next visit. =(

When we get home, I finally got a chance to take photo with Yi Po. See, she is such a nice and pretty Yi Po right? =)



At night, Ye Ye also came to visit me. He had longed to carry me since the visit at the hospital. But he never carried me earlier because he was a little dirty after work, he did not want to make me dirty or sick. Soooo sweet is my Ye Ye. I also took a picture with him, and somehow, it looks like both Ye Ye and Yi Po took picture at the same position? =)

Daddy Went Back to Work (7 May 09)

The day started as a sad sad day, because my Daddy has to go back to work. His leave ended yesterday, and cannot accompany me whole day anymore. This really dampened my day, and I cannot do anything about it, other than to drink more milk to "drown my sorrows".

Because I need the extra milk to help me forget Daddy's absence, Mummy has to work double hard. In fact, the moment Daddy left, I started to drink for like 1hr, so that there is enough milk to make me sleep, to make me forget that I missed Daddy. Mummy told me it shocked her, for she did not expect to have so many feeding sessions that need her to work for more than 45min... Poor Mummy, but you cannot blame me, it is Daddy's fault.

In the afternoon, there were some hampers sent to the house, courtesy of Daddy's colleagues. Mummy said these are gift hampers for newborns, so it turned my mood the other way round. I was very happy! There were diapers, some clothings, and such in the hampers. Mummy's colleague, Mdm Chang, came to visit me also. She brought along gifts from Mummy's school, and guess what, more diapers! I was sooooo happy, for this means that Daddy and Mummy has to spend lesser to buy night disposable diapers for me, then they can save the money to buy more toys for me! Yay!! =P







Daddy came home rather late, he said he has a lot of work to do, as he did not go back office for quite some time. Because he came back so late, I started to miss him again in the late afternoon, and began on my drinking spree... Sigh, poor Mummy. You are the best!! Daddy naughty!! =P

An Eventful Day...

Wah... I really must say, today (5 May 09, Daddy say today also is Navy Day) is a very eventful day and a lot of things happened. Painful thing, happy things.

Today Daddy and Mummy had to take me to visit Dr Heng, my first PD. It is supposed to be a routine check up, and we have to reach there at 11am. And guess what, Daddy left the packing to the last minute, and being a first time parent, he really did not know what to bring out. I saw him panicking here and there, trying to crack his head on what to bring. He almost forgotten to bring one most important thing to me, which is my diaper... haha.

Reaching Dr Heng's clinic, Daddy was sad to know that only Mummy can company me in. Yah, it is because of Lynn cheh cheh, all her H1N1 flu thingy loh, make the clinic allowing only one adult to company me in. But who knows, the next thing that happened, was very very painful...

OUCH!! Dr Heng poked something into my right leg, similar to the one in MAH. Now I remember, she is the "evil cheh cheh" who made me pain pain. Mummy say she is not evil, and in fact, she is trying to help me by checking my blood. The sharp sharp thing that she poked in, supposed to take out some of my blood for test don't know what jaundice thing one. But it was really painful, I saw my own blood, and it was scary...

After the clinic, we went to Er Gu Ma (second grand-aunt)'s house. I saw my cousin, Shervel there. My, she is much bigger than me. But of course, she is 7 months older. I must say I like her hair style, one look everyone will know she has a lot of hair! At there, Mummy managed to catch some lost sleep, and only to wake up in time to bring me for the lactation consultation at MAH with Sister Kang. The best thing is, Er Gu Ma gave me my very first red packet!! I was soooooo happy. =)

After that, we went to MAH to see Sister Kang, who also made me very happy. She managed to help Mummy to clear the engorgement problem, and I finally got breastmilk to drink!! So sweet is the milk, that I refused to let go even when Sister kang say need to change side... Woooh, glad Mummy chose to press on, to let me have the best milk in the world!! =)

Once home, I can see Mummy very much more relaxed. She seemed to have stressed too much over the last few days of feeding. She tried at every single feeding session to latch me, but my small small mouth just cannot "cup" into the aeorla area, which made me impatient with food and cried a lot. This made Mummy very sad and unhappy with herself for not able to feed me... Naughty me, never consider Mummy's feeling. Sorry Mummy!!

First Few Days at Home

Daddy told me, that Mummy is the greatest person on Earth to me. And I really had for myself to see what he meant by this in the first few days of my stay at home.

During the stay in the hospital, Mummy had been breastfeeding me with the help from the nurse cheh cheh. Everything went on well. But after we were discharge and reach home, Mummy had difficulties in feeding me. She encountered difficulties in getting me to latch on, and thus leading to me crying due to hunger. I still remember, on the first night, Daddy had to drive out to the 24hr Cold Storage, at 11+pm, just to buy milk powder for me, for fear of me starving. Luckily Yi-Po was there also, to give encouragement to Mummy.

And mind you, it was not just once or twice that I didn't managed to latch for feeding, and goodness, Mummy was so stress about that. After the first feed of the formula milk (Daddy bought Friso for me, as he say no money to buy Similac, which I wonder why. Nonetheless, Friso was quite nice also, I finished in few gulps), I went to sleep. But Mummy and Daddy didn't managed to. Mummy got very upset. She blamed herself for being a lousy mum who cannot do the simplest thing such as to feed her daughter (me). She broke down, and cried for the next two hours, so badly that her eyes were swollen on the next morning.

I felt bad, but I really did not know how to communicate to Mummy, telling her that it is ok. But I really tried telling her, I went "Wah, Wah, Wah", in which I meant "Mummy, no sad". In my world, my dictionary is confined to "wah", for I cannot show that I am a very intelligent kid who knows more than that. Give me a few years, I will show you my intelligence. =)

Anyway, things just did not go well for the next two days, and Mummy got into engorgement, and it was harder for me to latch. My tiny weeny mouth just cannot gulp onto the aeorla. =(

Daddy was very sad that Mummy feel sad, and he went on to find research, and went to buy cold cabbage, buy nipple shield, make warm towel, just for Mummy to try to continue feed me. Alas, none of them work. They decide to take Uncle Alphonsus' advice, to seek help from Sister Kang, who is a Lactation Consultant from MAH.

Oh, one important thing that I didn't elaborate. Yi-Po shifted in from the day we arrived back from MAH, to help Mummy to take care of me. She was the one who showered me, clean me, cooked for Mummy, and gave me all the love that I need when Mummy was down. I really must say "Thank you and I love you Yi Po!!". =)

2 May 09, Going Home...

I had one day of extra stay in MAH, as Dr Heng, my first pediatrician (PD), says that my jaundice level is high (10.2, she say more than 10 must stay). But on 2 May, I finally got to go home, yay!! =)

Daddy drove, so he quickly rushed to get the car to the hospital entrance, so that I do not have to go into the sun. According to him, that was my first, and last ride in his Mitsubishi Lancer, shown in the picture below.



The journey home was smooth, as Daddy tried his very best to drive slow and safe. Thanks Daddy! =)

Upon reaching home, I was tucked into bed. I really have no idea, why I perpetually is tired all the time. I spent my time in hospital, and on the car, sleeping (other than feeding time). But the expert say, baby need more sleep, for they will become more clever in the future woah. I am just preparing for the future, to be the next Einstein you see. =)

Daddy and Mummy bought this super nice baby cot for me, with lots of Baby Pooh pictures, very very cute. You can see, I am comfortably tucked in, to sleep (yet again)... =P

The Stay in Mount Alvernia Hospital

Oh, I think I mentioned that I was born in Mt Alvernia Hospital right? Yah, I love that place. I love how the aunties (nurses) helped me pompom, change, and giving me a wonderful sleeping condition in the nursery. I also like the warmness of the room that Mummy stayed in. She was afraid that I will be cold, and thus always ensure that the temperature of the aircon is no lower than 26 degree, sometimes even increasing to 27 degree.

Daddy also tried to stay throughout, even on the first day when Mummy was staying in the double room (324B, St Edward Ward). But he told me he was chased off by the nurse finally at night, when they realised he was hiding behind the curtain...

On the second day of stay, Daddy and Mummy managed to secure a single room, so they shifted to room 327, St John Ward, which is just a few rooms down the same corridor.

When I was born, there's this big hoohaa over the new H1N1 virus, otherwise known as the piggy flu. This resulted in the hospital allowing only one visitor a day per patient, starting from the 3rd day of stay. I heard Grandpa got stuck at the entrance, as they do not allow him to enter... Already asked Lynn cheh cheh not to spread her virus... sigh...

Oh, talk so much, never show photo. Here you go.

I am born...

Hi hi,
My name is Corine, and I am born on this very day of 29 Apr 09, 1538hr. I weighed 3.605kg, at 52cm long. My parents were caught by surprise with my size, as they claimed my Mummy's tummy wasn't big during the final days of the pregnancy.

More importantly, I was induced to be delivered on this day, as my parents like to teach me the first value in life, punctuality. According to Dr Y.C. Goh, my Estimated Delivery Date (EDD) is on 29 Apr 09. Thus, my Mummy was planned for admission to Mount Alvernia Hospital, at 0640hr.

Once "checked in", my Mummy said she was very nervous, as during the period of waiting, she heard at least 2 other mums-to-be screaming during delivery. It made her very very worried that it will be painful. Thus, she chose to have epidural delivery, and was put on drip also for the induction, by 1000hr.

At about 1100hr, Mummy started to feel the pain or contractions. Daddy was there to comfort her, and gave moral support. And after much pain till about 1500hr, the midwife came in to teach Mummy how to push me out... erm, not using hands of course, just using her stomach muscle to push internally. Inside there, I felt the signal to come out then, thus I also pushed hard, to come out on my own. I am not sure why, but Daddy went to tell the midwife, who decided that we all need to wait for Dr Goh to come. And I was pushed back into Mummy's tummy, leaving me a bit confused, on whether should I try to come out on my own. But things were much clearer when they "closed the doorway", which I assumed that it is "no exit" sign.

Shortly after, Dr Goh arrived, and the door way was once again opened, then Mummy and I started to work my exit again. It didn't take too long, as I saw Dr Goh using what I thought was a vacuum cleaner (later my Daddy told me that it is just normal vacuum, not for cleaning) to suck my head, and presto, I was born. =)